Our Guide to Dining at Blue Bayou at Disneyland

If you’ve ever ridden Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland, after your boat launches, you may notice a romantic, candle-lit restaurant with colorful lanterns amidst the fireflies. And you may wonder what that magical place is. It’s Blue Bayou, one of the most in-demand dining experiences at Disneyland! It offers a taste of the old New Orleans in the Louisiana bayou from a time when the steamboat ruled the mighty Mississippi. Dining at Blue Bayou is one of our most romantic things to do at Disneyland, but it's fun for the whole family. If you are wondering what the restaurant is like and how to get a reservation, we have the details right here!

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• Atmosphere
• Reservations
• Special Occasions

FAQs

• Where is Blue Bayou? Hidden in New Orleans Square, Blue Bayou resides in Disneyland Park. The restaurant is uniquely situated within the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
• What kind of food is served at Blue Bayou? The restaurant features Cajun-Creole-inspired cuisine.
• Do I need a reservation for Blue Bayou? Advance dining reservations are highly recommended and can be made 60 days in advance on the Disneyland website or in the Disneyland app.
• Do I need a park ticket to dine at Blue Bayou? Yes! A Disneyland ticket and theme park reservation are required for entry to Blue Bayou. Save on Disneyland tickets by purchasing through Undercover Tourist!
• How is Blue Bayou affected by the Pirates of the Caribbean refurbishment? Blue Bayou Restaurant reopened in May 2026 with a modified dining experience. While Pirates of the Caribbean is under refurbishment in early summer 2026, views are obstructed by construction walls. Diners may hear some refurbishment noise.

Where the Blue Bayou at Disneyland?

Blue Bayou is located inside the Disneyland theme park, so you'll need a Disneyland ticket and theme park reservation to enter the park to dine at this location. You’ll find the entrance to Blue Bayou at 31 Royal Street in New Orleans Square. It is just to the right of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride exit. The indoor dining area is next to the water at the Pirates of the Caribbean. Once you check in (you can use mobile check-in through the Disneyland app), you may sit in the waiting area and they will text you when your table is ready.

Food and Beverage at Blue Bayou at Disneyland

Blue Bayou serves lunch and dinner. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. until about 3:55 p.m. Dinner is 4 p.m. until close. The menus vary between the two services with some items available for both lunch and dinner. A few items, such as the Monte Cristo Sandwich, are only available at lunch. Other items may only appear on the dinner menu. You can view menus and prices in advance on the Disneyland app. Menu items change from time to time, depending on the season or holiday. FYI: The Monte Cristo we mentioned is a full serving and is bigger than the Monte Cristo at nearby Café Orleans.

Special for the Disneyland 70th Anniversary Celebration, Blue Bayou is offering a prix-fixe menu for $89, plus tax and gratuity. The three course meal includes a vegetable hearts salad, filet mignon and a chocolate-pistachio cheesecake.

The menu includes starters, with options such as crab cakes and gumbo, entrées, with options such as filet mignon and market fish, and desserts, with options such as a sundae and a crème brûlée tart. There are also seasonal plant-based options.

There is a kids menu for children ages 3 to 9. Menu items include pasta, shrimp and chicken strips. Kids entrees come with a small milk or Dasani water and a choice of two sides (seasonal vegetables, steamed rice, fruit or mashed potatoes).

Blue Bayou has themed beverages. The nonalcoholic Mint Julep and Louisiana Lemonade are toadally fun for the whole family, especially if you get a souvenir glow cube in this dark setting. It just makes your experience feel more special! Your drinks and Mint Julep are refillable, so you'll get your money's worth of Mint Julep at this location (or Café Orleans) versus buying a single cup at Mint Julep Bar... just sayin'! I can find any way to justify the expense of my meal at Blue Bayou to my more frugal hubby, Leap.

Blue Bayou sells adult beverages. Enjoy wine, beer or a cocktail at Blue Bayou in Disneyland. The cocktails may change, but you can usually choose a Hurricane or Sweet Peach Tea with Rum. We've also seen some seasonal cocktails added to the menu! End your meal with a glass of sparkling wine and dessert.

Is anyone celebrating a birthday? When you reserve, be sure to add a Mickey cake. There’s plenty of this rich mousse-like dessert to go around. The chocolate ears, buttons and tail are also edible.

If you have any allergies, you can note them when you reserve. You can notify the host and your server. There's also an allergy-friendly menu available upon request.

Blue Bayou Atmosphere

While Pirates of the Caribbean is under refurbishment in summer 2026, the Blue Bayou ambiance may be affected by construction walls and noise. 

The setting is what makes this dining location truly special. Is it outside or inside? It feels like you are dining on an outside plantation patio at night along the mysterious water lands of the bayous. It is perpetually evening at Blue Bayou. Colorful lanterns are strung over the tables, wisteria hangs from the lattice and shooting stars streak across the dark skies. Your table is lit by candlelight. Listen for cricket chirps and rustling leaves while you dine under mossy trees.

Whether you come with a loved one or the whole family, it feels like romantic outdoor dining, but the weather is always perfect (because you are in an air-conditioned, indoor environment). We love to eat lunch here because it gets us out of the sun for a bit and allows us to rest our flippers and catch our breath before heading back into the bustling theme park.

While the food is more upscale than you might find elsewhere in the park, don't worry about dressing up unless that's how you like to dress in the park. Everyone arrives in their comfortable theme park clothes.

How to Get Blue Bayou Disneyland Reservations

Blue Bayou is one of the hardest places to get into at Disneyland outside of the private Club 33. Ideally, you’ll want to get a dining reservation. Reservations are generally released 60 days in advance at 3 a.m. PT (so you may lose some sleep! But it's worth it, right?). Occasionally, Disney releases them closer to 6 a.m., so if you do not see any, keep checking. Since reservations do move quickly, you’ll want some backup plans:

• Keep checking — Don’t give up! You just might pick up a reservation that someone else cancels.
• Look in the middle of the night. Have insomnia? Put that bad baby to work for you. Pick up your phone and try to see if any reservations pop up. We've had the best luck getting park and dining reservations when we look when most other people are sleeping.
• Quickly select any reservation for any time and any party size that comes available for your date. If you need to modify once you are in the park, you might have some luck as the restaurants are much more accommodating to parties that have a reservation than people without. They may help you change a time or add or drop a person if you have a reservation. That said, it should be a number relatively close to your actual party size (selecting 4 people when you have 3, versus selecting 2 people when you have 8). Just go talk to the restaurant in person to see if they can accommodate your changes. (It's typically easier to remove rather than add people to your reservation.)
• Check the Disneyland app for walk-up availability. You might get lucky! We've had some luck walking up. If they have room, they will seat you! Try right when the restaurant opens for the day. Blue Bayou opens at about 11 a.m.
• If you cannot get into Blue Bayou, the nearby Cafe Orleans can be a little easier to get into. And it also has Monte Cristo and Mint Julep, not to mention the delicious Pommes Frites you cannot get anywhere else.
• For fine dining in Disney California Adventure, look to Carthay Circle. It is similarly challenging to get into, but the food is great and the dining room is opulent.
• Consider Napa Rose. For other fine dining options at the Disneyland Resort, Napa Rose at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa is particularly nice and does not require a park reservation.

What About Dining Packages and After Dark Parties?

Blue Bayou used to offer a Fantasmic! Dining Package. It ended in January 2025, and a new package is now available at Cafe Orleans. Hop over to our Disneyland Fantasmic! tips post, our Disneyland Dining Packages post and the Disneyland Dining Reservations for the latest news and dining package information.

Blue Bayou is not usually available during Disneyland After Dark events, but there have been special occasions when it is open for separately ticketed events. It's something to keep an eye on if there is a future Disneyland After Dark party that could open reservations for Blue Bayou. But honestly, save Blue Bayou for when you have time to relax and enjoy it. Those After Dark parties just fly by, and we want to experience all the other parts of the party.

Do you have any questions about dining at Blue Bayou? Ask away in the comments below. Don't froget — you will need a Disneyland theme park ticket to access this dining location. 

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