Start your day right to a hearty breakfast at your resort with Las Ventanas, which serves ham and cheese omelets ($12.99), huevos divorciados ($12.99), steak and eggs ($19.49), and ancient grain pancakes ($11.99). This table-service restaurant also serves lunch and dinner, with offerings such as roasted corn chowder ($7.49), lobster salad ($16.49), chicken focaccia ($14.99), and blackened mahi mahi ($17.99). Kids meals are $9.99.

Maya Grill has re-invented its menu yet again, returning to its Mexican roots. The restaurant is almost too elegant for a moderate resort, with grand, soaring architecture evoking a Mayan temple in warm yellows and accents of deep blue, shimmering gold, and rich woods. On the menu are green tortilla soup ($8.99), soft shell crabs ($12.99), shrimp tacos ($23.99), fajita skillet ($25.99), Yucatan pork ($23.99), red snapper Vera Cruz ($27.99), Pueba chicken ($21.99), and beef short ribs ($27.99). There are also some seasonal signature platters ($43–$58) with an array of tempting dishes. Kids’ menu available with quesadilla, chicken taco, and chicken tenders, ranging in price from $6.95 to $9.50. Note: Breakfast and lunch are no longer served.

One of the best dining deals on Disney property. While the vittles at Trail’s End won’t win awards for elegance, the food is plentiful, fresh, and tasty. Breakfast buffets ($17.99-$19.16/$9.99-$11.71 kids 3–9, tax. incl.) are hearty and heavy on home-style classics—eggs, French toast, Mickey waffles, hash, donuts, biscuits and gravy, cereals, yogurt, and fruit. Lunch has been replaced by a brunch on the weekends (open until 2:00 pm) for $23/$13 kids 3–9—brunch adds pasta, fried chicken, shrimp, chili, and more to the usual breakfast offerings. The dinner buffet is gentle on the wallet at $24.99-$26.62/$13.99-$15.90, and you still get a tasty soup, salad bar, peel-and-eat shrimp, chicken, ribs, carved meat, fish, good veggies, pizza, and a daily regional specialty. 

A grand restaurant at the Grand Floridian, Cítricos blends the fresh flavors of Florida and the Mediterranean with simplicity and elegance. Warm colors, tall windows, and well-spaced tables make this a very comfortable place. The menu changes frequently. Key West shrimp ($17) and charcuterie plate ($16) are appealing appetizers. Wonderful braised beef short ribs are available ($47), along with yellowtail red snapper ($40), Kurobuta pork porterhouse ($44) and quinoa ratatouille ($30). Wine pairings are a fine idea, and the desserts ($8-$12) are gorgeous! Kids’ menu entrees $9–$18. Dress code is “business casual” (see page 228).

If you’ve ever yearned for afternoon tea, this is the place for it. The quiet, genteel Victorian setting is perfect for finger sandwiches, buttery scones, jam tarts, strawberries and creme, and pastries in all-inclusive tea “offerings,” with or without champagne. Prices range from $30-$48 per person, or you can get “tea for two” for $150–$175. Mrs. Potts Tea, for the young ones, is $20. A good variety of teas is served. Site of “My Disney Girl’s Tea Party” (see page 274).