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Coral Reef Restaurant

Epcot's Living Seas Pavilion
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32856
Phone: (407) 560-6784
Fax: (407) 560-3660
Coral Reef Restaurant
Price:
$$$
Best of Citysearch:
Waterfront Dining 2004
Hours:
Daily 11:30am-3:20pm, 4pm-8:50pm

Editorial Review for Coral Reef Restaurant – by Sylvia Whitman

In Short
The restaurant is both aquatic and spectacular. Tiers of art deco tables and booths face a tank teeming with tropical fish, rays, sharks, 85 different species of tropical fish, and the occasional scuba diver. Tempting starters include creamy lobster soup and blue crab cakes. Entrees feature upscale seafood selections, such as Maine lobster or seared wild king salmon with pancetta garlic vinaigrette. Fish-phobes can opt for grilled chicken or a steak.

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Insider Tips

Know Before You Go

On a busy day, reservations will guarantee you a seat, though not necessarily tankside. Call (407) 939-3463 up to 60 days before your visit.

When to Go

The menu changes and gets scaled back a little during the park's busiest days. Coral Reef features special pairings during EPCOT's Food and Wine Festival in October.

User Reviews for Coral Reef Restaurant

4 Star Rating: Recommended

06/26/2007 Posted by scarletreality

So the setting is awesome with a huge aqarium making up one of the walls of the restaurant. You can even see SCUBA divers swimming around and neat sea life (including sea turtles!). The food is so-so, but it is worth it for just one dinner point from the Disney Dining Plan. I'm not sure that I would pay cash to eat here. We ordered the stone crab as our appetizer...and let me tell you...the color was not at all appetizer nor what normally looks like! Try the chocolate lava cake though...it's awesome and they will even give you the recipe card. The service is good, but very quick (almost like they are rushing you out).

Pros: Setting, Lava Cake, Service

Cons: Seafood

3 Star Rating: Average

07/28/2005 Posted by bluehensfan

This popular Epcot restaurant serves primarily seafood in a theater-style restaurant with large windows overlooking the salt water tank with fishes, turtles, rays, and sharks eying you while you eat. Be sure to ask for a table down front for the best view. Starters include top notch shrimp cocktail, but only had three jumbo shrimp in it. Entrees included a pretty good salmon and a fair other fish (perhaps sea bass?) but both were subpar to what was served over at the Flying Fish in Disney's Boardwalk resort. The chocolate mousse dessert was fair but overall the meal was not worth the price of being eating fish while being watched by them simultaneously.

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Insider Tips

Know Before You Go

On a busy day, reservations will guarantee you a seat, though not necessarily tankside. Call (407) 939-3463 up to 60 days before your visit.

More Insider Tips

Restaurant Information

Admission

  • Admittance to Epcot Center Required

Parking

  • Lot

Hours

  • Daily 11:30am-3:20pm, 4pm-8:50pm

Payment Types

  • Discover
  • Visa
  • MasterCard
  • American Express

Cuisines

  • Seafood

Meal Price

  • $$$

Amenities

  • Kid Friendly
  • Group Dining
  • Romantic Dining
  • Local Favorites
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Recognition for Coral Reef Restaurant

2004 Audience Winner - Waterfront Dining

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Epcot's Living Seas Pavilion
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32856

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