OpenTable Adds Disney World Restaurants to its Reservation Platform

Published on 12/26/17 by Craig Smith

Getting a seat at a popular Walt Disney World Restaurant can sometimes feel like winning the lottery. While Disney World has an endless selection of dining options, some are more popular than others and you are competing with everyone else staying at the resort in addition to locals just looking for a night out, for a relatively small number of seats. You almost always need to get a reservation well in advance of your visit.

opentable disney world restaurants Well, things just got slightly better for reservation seekers as the popular restaurant reservation service, OpenTable, has added a number of Walt Disney World restaurants to its platform.

Now, guests to the Walt Disney World Resort can use OpenTable on their smartphone or computer and book a reservation at a bunch of popular restaurants on Disney World property. It is unclear how far in advance a reservation can be made, but I’ve seen a number of reports that the booking window is quite a bit shorter than the 180 day window that is available through Disney’s Advance Dining Reservation (ADR) system.

I did some searching around on OpenTable and here are the Disney World restaurants I found currently available for booking:

Artist Point – Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
Big River Grill – Disney’s BoardWalk
Boatwrights – Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Resort
Bongos Cuban Cafe – Disney Springs
Flying Fish – Disney’s BoardWalk
Frontera Cocina – Disney Springs
Garden Grove – Walt Disney World Swan Resort
Grand Floridian Cafe – Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort
House of Blues – Disney Springs
Il Mulino New York Trattoria – Walt Disney World Swan Resort
Jiko – Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
Kona Cafe – Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
Morimoto Asia – Disney Springs
Olivia’s Cafe – Disney’s Old Key West Resort
Paddlefish – Disney Springs
Planet Hollywood – Disney Springs
Raglan Road Irish Pub – Disney Springs
Sanaa – Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
Shula’s – Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort
STK Orlando – Disney Springs
The Boathouse – Disney Springs
The Wave – Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Todd English’s bluezoo – Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort

Granted, there is no Be Our Guest or Le Cellier here, or any in-park restaurants currently available on OpenTable, but a number of these are very good dining options that usually need a reservation during peak dining hours. Personally, I am sticking with the Disney ADR system so I can manage everything through MyDisneyExperience, but at least there is now a decent alternative for booking reservations.