The Hollywood Brown Derby

Hollywood Blvd, Disney's Hollywood Studios

The only signature restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios with a beautiful decor that truly transports you to another place and time. Menu items include the world-famous Cobb salad, steaks, seafood, pasta specialties, desserts and fine International wines. For an al fresco experience, you can enjoy the Derby's new patio for small savory and sweet bites, plus wine, beer and cocktails such as a classic Mint Gimlet or a Bloody Mary.

Main Details
Cuisine American
Type Signature Table Service
Price Range $60 and under
Adult Lunch Fixed priced Fantasmic! package $66.03 adult, $23.34 child (appetizer, entrée, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverage, plus Fantasmic! seating voucher). Fixed priced Dine with an Imagineer $89.46 per person.
Child Lunch Fixed priced Fantasmic! package $23.42 (appetizer, entrée, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverage, plus Fantasmic! seating voucher)
Adult Dinner Fixed priced Fantasmic! package $67.09 (appetizer, entrée, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverage, plus Fantasmic! seating voucher)
Child Dinner Fixed priced Fantasmic! package $23.42 (appetizer, entrée, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverage, plus Fantasmic! seating voucher)
Alcohol Served
Characters
Disney Operated

Disney Dining Plan
Disney Dining Plan
DDP Credits 2
Deluxe DDP Credits 2

Dining Room
Indoor Seating
Outdoor Seating
Capacity Medium
Child Friendly
Unique Features Fantasmic fixed price package available. Dine with a Disney Imagineer lunch event.

Dining Availability
Breakfast Not Served
Lunch 12pm to 3:25pm
Dinner From 3:30pm

Discounts
Annual Passholder
DVC Members
Passholder Discount 10% Discount applies to the non-discounted price of food and non-alcoholic beverages (excluding applicable tax and gratuity) during all available meal periods. Special events and dining packages excluded unless otherwise noted. Valid for the Passholder and up to three (3) Guests.
TiW
Disney Visa Card

Menu Highlights
Lunch Pan-seared Scallop, Grilled Wagyu Beef Burger, Famous Cobb Salad, Andouille-crusted Chicken Breast, Original Fettucine Alfredo, Mini Dessert Trio.
Dinner Herb-crusted Grilled Loin of Lamb, Pan-seared Porcini Powder-dusted Pork Tenderloin, Scotch Maple-glazed Loch Duart Salmon, Charred-glazed Filet of Beef.

Allergy-Friendly Menus
Lunch
Dinner

Reservations
Available
Required
Recommended
Walk-Up Possibility Low
Website Disney.com

Important Dates
Opening May 1 1989

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Lunch

September 2024

Dinner

September 2024

The Hollywood Brown Derby seasonal menu May 2023

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The Hollywood Brown Derby overview

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The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge

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Outdoor Bar service

13 years ago3 photos

New seasonal menu launches at The Hollywood Brown Derby in Disney's Hollywood Studios
1 year ago

Allergy-friendly menus now available at the majority of Walt Disney World restaurants
9 years ago

Nearly all Disney operated quick service and table service restaurants now offer allergy-friendly menus - read on for details.

New dining location - 'The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge' opens next week at Disney's Hollywood Studios
11 years ago

Experience 'The Hollywood Brown Derby' with no reservations required

Lunch specials at The Hollywood Brown Derby available this month
11 years ago

Disney's Hollywood Studios signature restaurant has some lunch specialties available this month

Write a Review

"Not worth the hype" 9 years ago by 2012

We were really looking forward to our meal at Brown Derby, and were severely disappointed. Our starters just simply did not taste good, however we were willing to put this down to it just being an off day for the restaurant until the main courses came. Two of them had quite clearly been cooked hours before and had been sitting on hot plates since that time (the plate was warm but the food was stone cold), considering that the meal was meat-based we did not find this very hygienic and requested a refund, which we were not given. We then ordered dessert despite evidence suggesting that it would be sub-par, and although they were not bad, they did not excuse the terrible food that came before them

"You'll have to over manage your wait staff" 9 years ago by Mark

Simple - I placed the order for an appetizer and it never came. When dinner was served 40 minutes later, I asked the waiter to make sure to remove the appetizer from the bill. Instead, he brought it out in the middle of diner and said the chef was providing the item free. Then the manager came over and asked what was wrong. When I explained the appetizer never arrived he explained the waiter did not hear the order - THAT WAS A LIE! - Either the manager Louis was covering up or the waiter was lying. I explained to Louis that I clearly pointed to the item and the waiter acknowledged the order.

What I witnessed for 40 minutes was this waiter bringing out very little food. It was as if he had nothing to do. He was clearly out of his league and probably should get out of food service.

The diner was very good. It was just the waiter and the managers condescending, patronizing, un-apologetic tone, that really set me off. I asked the waiter to skip it. I would have left a tip if they just all moved on. However, the manager, Louis, had to stop by and be a snob - OMG!

Disney does not take complaints or suggestions? I searched online for somewhere to let Disney know the service was less than expected at one of their 4 star dining facilities but apparently guest are not allowed to do that.

The meals were very good, overpriced, but I thought that was to pay for over the top service - "Be our guest" - apparently not here.

We ate at several in parks establishments this trip. I make big allowances and tradeoffs on the limited menus in return for the table service. However, the table service best be exceptional and it usually is. Disney does not serve bad meals, it is just the people that need to be checked from time to time.

Suggestions:
1) Don't bring out the appetizer after the meal is served. Just admit failure, offer a small token, and move on.
2) Don't cover up for failing wait staff. Offer a sincere apology, and at least look like you are running a dining facility.

"Not much good to say" 11 years ago by Annie G

We went for lunch, were seated immediately and introduced to our less-then-exciting-or-interesting waiter. We placed our order - fettuccine, cobb salad and children's grilled chicken - and waited 45 minutes for our order before my mother in law asked a waitress where our food was as we were watching people who came in after us receive their food. Within minutes, our order arrived, but it was quite obvious that the food sat for some time as the sauce on the fettuccine was pooled in the bottom of the plate and dry and the chicken cutlet was rubber and dry and inedible. Only the cob salad was good. It took our waiter 15 minutes before he stopped by the check on us and we told him how bad our food was. He merely shrugged and took the chicken cutlet away because we didn't want another made made since the other 2 in our party were nearly finished. We contacted the manager and explained our concerned and he seemed upset by it all and took the chicken off of the bill. We were still disappointed, but at least we didn't have to pay for what wasn't eaten.

"Mandatory meal for us" 11 years ago by senor_jorge

This is one of our favorite restaurants when we visit WDW. We always dine here at least once and frequently twice over a 7-10 day trip. The mandatory visit is lunch on the day we leave to come home, and catch a 7 PM flight out of MCO. After 7-10 days of eating more than I should, I'm craving a Cobb salad for lunch. OK, a Cobb salad and a cold La Fin du Monde. It's light but filling, and I know I'm not going to have 'issues' during the flight home! Dinner is another favorite meal. I'll usually start with the Cobb salad, and have a med-rare filet. The latter has always been cooked properly and arrives tender and with great flavor. The butter compliments the flavor of the beef and doesn't overpower or disquise it. And finally, no visit is complete without the grapefruit cake. I like grapefruit, but I never crave it. I crave this cake. It's a great blend of flavors that you wouldn't always expect to work together but they do! Service has almost always been excellent or better. The one time that it wasn't I'll attribute to "one of those days".

The Hollywood Brown Derby is a signature full table service restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios serving gourmet American dishes. Designed to take in-park dining to a new level with the creation of the Studios, the Brown Derby is based on the restaurant by the same name that once served the famous stars and directors of Hollywood (including Walt Disney himself). The original Brown Derby opened in 1929 but has since closed. It's most famous food legacy is the Cobb Salad, which you can still order at the Studios Brown Derby, along with Walt's favorite desert from the original Brown Derby, the Grapefruit Cake.

Trivia

The original Brown Derby that the Studios version is based on was featured in the Disney film "Fun and Fancy Free" (1947).

The movie star caricatures that line the walls of the restaurant are based on the originals from the original restaurant.

The Hollywood Brown Derby

Hollywood Blvd, Disney's Hollywood Studios