

and requested a table by the large picture windows overlooking World Showcase Lagoon to take advantage of the sunset views. We made our advance dining reservation for 5:30 p.m. The dining room is divided into several sections with configurations that include booths, tables and banquette seating. The restaurant’s interior is fashioned from brick and stucco with colorful wooden accents and pottery. Guests check in at a podium outside and enter into a receiving area while waiting for their table to become available. Note the address tiles to the left of the doors giving the space that residential feel. The entry into La Hacienda de San Angel is through two massive ornate wooden double doors. So when you dine at La Hacienda de San Angel, you’re basically dining inside someone’s home.

In 1915, the hacienda became a popular restaurant, and in 1962, the Debler family took it over and made the restaurant, San Angel Inn.Ī hacienda can be described as a large palatial plantation or ranch with living quarters. After Mexican Independence it continued to host some of the country’s most famous figures. For years the hacienda was a retreat for Spanish aristocracy. La Hacienda de San Angel’s design is inspired by the original San Angel Inn in Mexico City and can be traced back to 1692, when a beautiful hacienda was built near the town. After lunch, the dining room closes down so that full-service La Hacienda de San Angel can open exclusively for dinner guests.Ī little history on the space, because all Disney spaces have a story right?.

Guests dining at quick-service La Cantina for lunch are able to sit outside on the over water terrace or inside the dining room of La Hacienda de San Angel. The restaurant opened back in the fall of 2010 after an extensive expansion and now shares a space with sister fast-casual restaurant La Cantina. You can find La Hacienda de San Angel in Epcot’s Mexico Pavilion nestled on the shores of The World Showcase Lagoon. Love Disney? Equally love Mexican food? Then get ready to be wowed by what I’m about to show you! Vegan Disney Food Review: La Hacienda de San Angel in Epcot’s Mexico Pavilion The ambience is gorgeous and romantic as your overlook the waterway leading to the Aztecan pyramid and passing riders on El Rio del Tiempo con los Tres Caballeros.Check out all of the wonderfull vegan options available at the waterfront eatery La Hacienda de San Angel in Epcot’s Mexico pavilion. If you can’t get a spot at La Hacienda, try the more quaint and quiet location inside the pyramid at the Mexico pavilion and eat at San Angel Inn. Of course, there is a chance that walk-ups will be available but I have a feeling this will be a HOT location at Epcot for some time. Be sure to call (407) WDW-DINE at least 180 days from your check-in date to ensure that you grab a seat. Get your advance dining reservations (or ADRs) early if you want to land a spot at La Hacienda. The quick service menu includes tacos on handmade corn tortillas, nachos, guacamole and churros. The counter service locale will be open each day at 11 a.m. La Cantina de San Angel will also reopen. The menu consists of queso fundido (warm cheese with peppers and spicy chorizo sausage), tacos, roasted meats and shrimp, black bean soup, chocolate churros and fruit empanadas. My friends over at DisneyFoodBlog have heard that all the chairs in the restaurant face the waterfront so you can catch a glimpse of the laser and light spectacular. The restaurant will seat 250 and will be the PERFECT spot for viewing Illuminations. Cast members (and a few lucky guests) were able to sample Mexican treats from La Hacienda de San Angel recently and the Orlando Sentinel was there to snap pix.Īn extension of La Cantina de San Angel, a quick service restaurant on the banks of World Showcase Lagoon, La Hacienda is a sit-down, dinner-only location from 4 p.m. The restaurant opens soon at Epcot at Walt Disney World.Įpcot’s latest dining hot spot is opening soon. Margaritas are served to cast members during a preview at La Hacienda de San Angel.
