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Where to Find the Best Drinks with Alcohol at Disneyland

by Leap on March 18, 2025
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The Best Drinks With Alcohol at Disneyland - pinterestUntil recently, it was considered a difficult task to find alcoholic drinks in Disneyland Park. If you wanted a themed drink, beer or glass of wine, you needed to head to Disney California Adventure Park, Downtown Disney or a hotel. But all of that changed when Oga's Cantina opened in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in 2019. Later, in 2021, the Blue Bayou restaurant added boozy drinks to its mouth-watering menu.

And as of Sept. 12, 2023, three more table-service restaurants at Disneyland sell themed alcoholic drinks, beer and wine. We frogs were there for, you know ... research, of course. At Disney California Adventure, both table-service and quick-service restaurants already sell adult beverages, so it's frogciting to see that Disneyland Park is moving in a similar direction!

Let's go over some of the best fun drinks, hard floats and alcohol at Disneyland Park. And if you aren't much of a drinker, but love a good themed beverage, let me direct you to our Disneyland mocktails post.

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Alcohol at Disneyland Park

The number of locations selling adult beverages at Disneyland continues to grow! Let's start off with the newest changes at Disneyland Park. Three table-service restaurants have added some new menu items, including adult beverages:

Carnation Café

Try an Old Fashioned made with Buffalo Trace Bourbon, bitters and orange infused brown sugar syrup topped with a Luxardo cherry and a candied orange peel. Or how about a Cosmopolitan instead? During breakfast hours you can grab a sparkling wine or a mimosa. But all day there are wines and beers to enjoy as well. The tadpoles can say "cheers" with a nonalcoholic orange cream soda option.

River Belle Terrace

Where to Find the Best Drinks with Alcohol at Disneyland - Wildberry Mule

Drinks at this eatery include an alcoholic Wildberry Mule, beer and wine. The Wildberry Mule is nice. It contains Tito's Handmade Vodka, blackberry purée, lime and ginger syrup and blackberries.

Café Orleans

The new menu at Cafe Orleans in New Orleans Square includes a new signature drink: the Bourbon Julep. There's also a Seaborn Margarita and beer and wine selections.

Where to Find the Best Drinks with Alcohol at Disneyland - Guest holding Bourbon Julep

Some places have been serving alcohol at Disneyland Park for a few years now:

Blue Bayou

You can enjoy wine, specialty beers and a signature Hurricane cocktail. The drink is made with light and dark rums with passion fruit and citrus juices, garnished with a Luxardo cherry and an orange wheel. The Melograno Orange Blossom Martini, Melograno Melon Margarita or Sweet Peach Tea with Rum are refreshing options as well. The Blue Bayou has a great selection of red and white wines (even a sparkling!) and a couple of beers to choose from.

You can sip on a refillable nonalcoholic mint julep, a seasonal mint julep and a Louisiana lemonade. Spring for a glow cube in this dark restaurant to set a fun vibe.

Oga's Cantina

The Best Drinks With Alcohol at Disneyland - drinks at Oga's Cantina

Make a reservation or join the walk-up list for this themed bar. The colorful drinks are out of this world. Everything from mouth numbing cocktails such as the Fuzzy Tauntaun to beers you can only get at Oga's such as the Jogan Blossom Hazy IPA.

You can learn more about the drinks, their nonalcoholic versions and snacks to pair with in our Oga's Cantina post.

Club 33

This private club within Disneyland has sold alcohol for many years, but very few have gained access to this exclusive location.

Unfrogtunately, none of the quick-service restaurants at Disneyland Park sell alcohol.

Alcohol at Disney California Adventure Park

The Best Drinks With Alcohol at Disneyland - Mimosas at Food and Wine

This park hosts events such as the Food and Wine Festival, Lunar New Year and the Festival of Holidays, all of which offer special food and beverage items from festival booths, plus special seasonal items from select restaurants. But you can also order beer, wine and cocktails at all table-service locations and most quick-service locations in this park year-round. Even some carts and snack locations sell adult beverages. Some of the drinks are themed, and there are even hidden drink menus to excite those in the know.

Because there are so many to choose from, we cannot cover them all! You can find all the menus in the Disneyland app to pinpoint the perfect drink for you. With that being said, we can still call your attention to a few frog parent favorites (or just fun drinks you won't necessarily find anywhere else). There are also a few new drinks and food items in San Fransokyo Square! You can use the mobile order service to skip the lines at quick-service locations.

The Best Drinks With Alcohol at Disneyland - Double Pear Martini at Carthay Circle

Restaurants with Bars at Disney California Adventure

Cocktails are mixed at these table-service locations:

  • Lamplight Lounge and Boardwalk Dining at Lamplight Lounge — Enjoy Pixar-themed beverages and great views of Paradise Bay. My wife, Flora, likes the bubbly Sequel with dry ice. If you're looking for some beer variety, this is the spot for you! Lamplight Lounge has the biggest selection of draft, bottled and canned beer inside of the parks. Hop over to our secret menu post for some secret cocktail suggestions like the Sea Witch. During brunch, we love to sip on a mimosa flight and a Cinnamon Toast Cocktail.
  • Carthay Circle Lounge — Take a step back to the Golden Age of Hollywood with these drinks in a swanky lounge setting or outdoor patio. Flora enjoys the Double Pear Martini, but there are a lot of nice drinks here.
  • Wine Country Trattoria — Looking for an Aperol Spritz or a Limoncello? This outdoor Italian restaurant offers Italian cocktails, wine flights, sangria, beer and a classy atmosphere to accompany your meal. There is a great selection of wines both by the glass and by the bottle available.
  • Magic Key Terrace (for Magic Key holders and their guests) — Order drinks themed to Disney attractions! Small bites accompany cocktails such as the Drop In... If You Dare and the Mulholland Mule. You can also find an assortment of wines and beers. Our personal favorites are the Shipwreck and the 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... which are both made with rum and coconut cream! Yum. 

Quick-Service Bars and Hard Floats

  • Hollywood Lounge — This quick-service location sells a lot of beverages, especially Micheladas, seasonal cocktails, beer and wine.
  • Bayside Brews — Visit this spot for Micheladas, lagers and hard seltzers. Don't froget about the Mickey pretzels!
  • Clarabelle's — Ever had a beer with a vanilla bean ice cream bar inside of it? This ice cream shop is not a bar at all, but it offers hard floats. You can add a scoop or an actual ice cream bar right into your beer. There's also a Mich-Helado Float, which consists of bloody mary sorbet, Dos Equis, tamarind sauce and chile-lime seasoning.

The Best Drinks With Alcohol at Disneyland - Pym Tasting Lab drinks

  • Pym's Tasting Lab — All the drinks are pre-mixed at this quick-service location. Watch the beers get filled from the bottom. Enjoy cocktails, seltzers, popping boba and even a pint-size mini flight with a souvenir ruler board and mini steins.
  • Port of San Fransokyo Cervecería — Taste a Karl Strauss ale or lager. This is our favorite spot for a beer to go!

 

Cocktails

The Best Drinks With Alcohol at Disneyland - Drinks at Adorable Snowman

Flora enjoys a nice, themed cocktail every once in a while. Here are a few locations where you can get not so typical drinks at Disney California Adventure:

  • Adorable Snowman Frosted Treats — The Pixar Pier Frosty Parfait with Spiced Rum (with non-dairy lemon soft-serve) or the It's Chile-Lime Mango Margarita! (with non-dairy mango soft-serve) are perfect frozen drinks on a hot day.
  • Cozy Cone Motel 4 — Vodka & All Natural Lemonade or a Vodka & Pomegranate Limeade? The answer is both! You can always find something interesting at this Cozy Cone like a Strawberry Michelada, a Liquid Candy IPA or a Pink Lemonade Seltzer, but we find ourselves ordering the lemonade and limeade time and time again!
  • Lucky Fortune Cookery — Wash down tasty Asian fusion dishes (such as beef birria ramen or a crispy chicken udon bowl) with a sweet Strawberry Lychee Cocktail or an orange wit beer.
  • Grab margaritas and tequila-based drinks at Ritas Turbine Blenders and Cocina Cucamonga. This is a great place to stop for a cold drink on a hot day!
  • Aunt Cass Café — Peach Soju Citrus Cocktail, a pinot Grigio or a lychee hard seltzer are your options here!
  • Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill — Here, you'll find an assortment of beers and margaritas as well as a horchata and strawberry horchata with rum.

Wine

When in California, you must go wine tasting, and you can do it inside the theme park!

  • Mendocino Terrace — Pair your reds, whites, rosés or bubblies with a cheese and fruit plate.
  • Sonoma Terrace — You can get wine, beer and pre-made cocktails here. Look for seasonal items, especially during festivals.

Best Places to Get a Drink in Downtown Disney

These are some spots where we like to grab a refreshing drink (they are all family-friendly).

  • Ballast Point has an on-site brewery. Enjoy your some craft beers and other drinks with tasty food on the rooftop patio.
  • Naples Ristorante e Bar has a lovely outside bar and restaurant where you can enjoy cocktails, wine and beer.
  • Black Tap offers quick-service food, beer, wine and craft cocktails, not to mention the CrazyShake milkshakes your kids will go bananas for.
  • Splitsville: Share a bowl drink or sip a cocktail, handcrafted spirit, beer or wine. Enjoy live music or maybe even bowl a round while you are there.
  • Céntrico has a 360 outdoor bar in the center of the district. This Mexican inspired restaurant and bar has craft cocktails and authentic margaritas as well as beer and wine.

Best Disneyland Hotel Bars

The most fun bar at Disneyland Resorts is, no doubt, Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel. You'll want to get a reservation to dine inside and see the magic take place. We have a whole post on Trader Sam's if you want to learn more. But you can still get the drinks and food when seated outside or at the next-door Tangaroa Terrace. Besides the themed drinks, some of which magically make things happen inside the bar, you can also get Dole whip floats with rum at these locations.

The Best Drinks With Alcohol at Disneyland - Trader Sam's Dole Whip Rum Float

There's almost always a specialty seasonal drink at Trader Sam's like this 65th Matterhorn anniversary Dole whip with coconut rum from 2024!

Next up is the GCH Crafstman Bar. This poolside bar has all the vacation feels (even if you're a local) and good food. It's located just inside the theme park entrance to Disney's Grand Californian from Disney California Adventure.

We also love Hearthstone Lounge off Disney's Grand Californian's lobby. It's a low-key quiet spot that's good for unwinding at the end of a long day in the theme parks. And you can get your kids a late-night grilled cheese snack here while you relax with a cold beverage.

Pixar Place Hotel is now home to Great Maple Modern American Eatery which boasts a fantastic brunch. For breakfast you can grab a mimosa or an espresso martini. Or even a Maple Bacon Old Fashioned if you're feeling adventurous. You might want to order large-format cocktails to share if you have five or six (over 21) frogs in your party!

Over at the Disneyland Hotel you can also check out Palm Breeze Bar, located at the new DVC tower. This outdoor restaurant has a full bar complete with delicious cocktails right by the pool.

Also in the Disneyland Hotel, check out Broken Spell Lounge for an impressive list of spirits, wine and beer.

So which drinks with alcohol at Disneyland are going on your must-try list? Drinks are not necessarily the cheapest things on the menu, but we can help you save some money on discount theme park tickets, hotel stays and rental cars, so you can add your savings to your food and beverage budget. Glad we can help!

Related: Best Disneyland Table-Service Restaurants

Related: Best Table-Service Restaurants at Disney California Adventure

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Jul 17, 2024 at 12:57 a.m.
Stephanie Stewart Says...

Do you know what time California adventure starts serving alcohol. What time does downtown Disney start serving? I can’t find anything that confirms times. Thanks!

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Jul 18, 2024 at 3:52 p.m.
FrogBlog Says...

Hi Stephanie!

There isn't a specific start time. Whenever a place that serves alcohol opens, it serves alcohol so we'd recommend looking at the restaurant's operating hours.

Keep hopping!

Leap

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