One of my favorite restaurants in Magic Kingdom to have a sit-down meal is Liberty Tree Tavern. Located in Liberty Square, the meals at Liberty Tree Tavern feature an all-you-can-eat Family-style buffet.
A family-style buffet is when all of the food is brought to you instead of you having to go get it, like a typical buffet.
Keeping to its American roots, the food at Liberty Tree Tavern is something akin to a Thanksgiving dinner with roast turkey and all the trimmings.
Be sure to bring your appetite and if you don’t have the Disney dining plan, your wallet too.
Lunch & Dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern
No matter what time of day you dine at Liberty Tree Tavern, your meal will be the same.
Meals will begin with a fresh tossed salad and yeast rolls.
As I stated, food is served family-style, so there is a large portion (of everything) brought out to share.
Don’t worry about not having enough, because you can always request more.
But be careful not to over-indulge on the bread, because you want to leave plenty of room for the main course.
Main Course: Patriot’s Platter
For your meal at Liberty Tree Tavern, you’ll be given a Patriot’s Platter of meats to choose from (turkey breast, roast beef and pork tenderloin) along with mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, green beans, sauteed mixed vegetables and gravy.
This meal is filled with what I would call comfort food.
And if you want seconds, all you have to do is ask!
Desserts
You will be stuffed after eating the meal, but you do not want to miss out on dessert.
You will be given a choice between Oooey Gooey Toffee Cake and Johnny Appleseed’s cake.
The Ooey Gooey toffee cake is served with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. It is amazingly rich and delicious.
Johnny’s Appleseed cake is a combination of warm apple cake with tart cranberries and topped with creamy whipped topping.
You will find it hard to choose, so make sure you each get a different dessert in order to try both!
The decor is very much Colonial American. Nothing fancy, just simple and traditional for the era. Each room commemorates an important person from U.S. history. You will find rooms dedicated to:
- Benjamin Franklin
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Paul Jones
- Paul Revere
- Betsy Ross
- George Washington
We dined in the Benjamin Franklin room. As you can see, Ben is prominently displayed as are other objects that would more than likely have been in a home during his lifetime.
You know that I always like using Disney as an Educational Experience, so this is a great place for kids to learn about US History while enjoying a meal.
Overall, the family-style meals at Liberty Tree Tavern do not disappoint.
You will get more than enough food, so be sure to come in hungry!
In fact, if you come for dinner you might want to even skip lunch!
Prices at Liberty Tree Tavern
Meals at Liberty Tree Tavern are expensive and prices can fluctuate throughout the year.
Typically for Lunch & Dinner, you can expect to pay around $42 for adults and $23 for children: (ages 3-9).
If you are dining on the Disney Dining Plan, it is a table service credit.
Because of its popularity, you will need to make a reservation for this restaurant well in advance of your trip!
Overall, we think Liberty Tree Tavern is one of the best restaurants at Magic Kingdom and if you want a filling meal, you certainly will get it!
Have you had a chance to check out dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern? What did you think?
Peg P
Monday 2nd of October 2017
I had wanted to make a reservation for here until I found it's like a few other Disney restaurants where they bring you food whether you want it or not. I would love the turkey, not so much the other things. The current menu features turkey, pot roast and pork roast. I can (and do) make the pot roast and pork roast (we just had that last night for dinner) too often to want to spend good money to eat it at a restaurant.
I think it's a shame that Ohana , Liberty Tree Tavern, The Diamond Horseshoe, and The Garden Grill all serve their food this way. It's difficult to teach a child not to waste food when Disney seems to excel at that. It's not like they're going to (or at least I hope they wouldn't) serve the meat & veggies you didn't want/eat to other guests. It's sad that so much gets wasted.
Haley
Wednesday 30th of January 2019
If you go for lunch, you can choose to order from the menu instead of getting the bill of fare.
Kristi
Monday 2nd of October 2017
You can request for them not to bring certain dishes that you know you won't eat ahead of them serving the meal. Disney is really great about honoring requests. There are people who have food allergies. We cannot have milk products, so we always request to not be served certain foods that contain cheese, etc.