Trying to figure out where to grab a quick meal at Animal Kingdom? Here’s your list of the best Animal Kingdom quick service restaurants! We rank all the restaurants Disney qualifies as “quick service” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, with a brief description of what each offers.
Quick Service at Walt Disney World
Just in case you’re not familiar with what “quick service” means: quick service meals are those meals where you typically order from a cashier, pick up your food at a counter, and find your own seat. The restaurants usually don’t require (or take) Advance Dining Reservations, but we’ll note where they do.
Disney dining plans divide meals into quick service and table service, the latter (not covered here) being where you’re seated and have a waiter. Animal Kingdom has six total quick service restaurants.
We have posts discussing the best quick service options at each park:
Best Quick Service Restaurants at Animal Kingdom (you are here)
Animal Kingdom Quick Service Restaurant Rankings
Before we get to our short descriptions of the restaurants, we’ll just give you the rankings in case you just need those. Here are all the Animal Kingdom quick service restaurants, ranked:
Satu’li Canteen
Flame Tree Barbecue
Harambe Market
Yak & Yeti Local Food Cafes
Restaurantosaurus
Pizzafari
Also, I want to add that like Epcot and (to a lesser extent) Magic Kingdom, some of the real highlight foods around Animal Kingdom will be found at smaller snack stands not on this list. The Smiling Crocodile snack stand offers street tacos, including pulled pork with Lime Crema. Or there’s fan favorite Dole Whip treats at Tamu Tamu Refreshments. OH! And green beer and lumpias and at Pongu Pongu in Pandora. You won’t find a ton of seating around these spots, but I highly recommend checking any menus you walk past.
1. Satu’li Canteen
Link to the Full Menu at Satu’li Canteen
Satu’li Canteen is the best quick service restaurant in Animal Kingdom and one of our favorite quick service dining stops in all of Walt Disney World. Satu’li’s feature menu item is its build-your-own bowls—offering beef, chicken, shrimp, or tofu with your choice of base and sauce.
Moreover, Satu’li Canteen has ample indoor seating, something you won’t see on this list again until the last two spots.
The restaurant also offers one of Disney's most instagrammable desserts, the Blueberry Cream Cheese Mousse. Satu’li Canteen is located in Pandora — The World of Avatar, just outside the Windtraders store near the entrance to Avatar Flight of Passage.
2. Flame Tree Barbecue
Link to the Full Menu at Flame Tree Barbecue
As the name implies, Flame Tree is the barbecue spot in Animal Kingdom. Ribs and pulled pork are the featured items here, but you'll also find chicken and mac & cheese.
Flame Tree remains a favorite of many who haven’t been won over by the customizable, pseudo-healthy trend that gave us Satu’li. And I get it—who doesn’t love some great barbecue?
But really, the highlight of Flame Tree Barbecue isn’t just the great food. It’s the seating and view. As an early fixture of the park and a go-to for outdoor / open air seating, the restaurant offers tons of seating with beautiful views. You wouldn’t know it unless you deliberately walked back there, but below is a quick look at what you’re missing.
Flame Tree Barbecue is located on Discovery Island, on the left-hand side of the path to Dinoland USA, across from the Viva Gaia stage. Use the arrows to click through the gallery:
3. Yak & Yeti Local Food Cafes
Link to the Full Menu at Yak & Yeti Local Food Cafes
Yet & Yeti is sort of an American / Asian fast food fusion restaurant. It has items like the American Kobe Cheeseburger with Asian Pickles, and the Korean Fried Chicken Sandwich.
While we’re not blown away by this menu (and the location/seating is nothing special), it is trying to do a bit more than the last three restaurants on the list (Harambe Market took a step back recently, sadly). Yat & Yeti Local Food Cafes is located in the Asia land near the path that leads to Kali River Rapids. There is a table service option (just "Yak & Yeti") in the same area.
4. Harambe Market
Link to the Full Menu at Harambe Market
It’s not often I have the need to re-order a quick service ranking, but Harambe Market’s menu has taken a step back, now offering pretty standard chicken, beef, and shrimp items.
There is a plant based Impossible Kofta Pita, which is a positive note for vegetarians/vegans. Our favorite thing about Harambe Market is the decor, which is highlighted by various small pieces of "street art" around the outdoor seating area.
Harambe Market is one of the more "hidden" restaurants. It is located on the east side of the Africa land. From Discovery Island, you'd cross the bridge into Africa and, instead of going straight toward Kilimanjaro Safaris, immediately take a right then a left.
An alternative in Africa is Tusker House Restaurant. This is a table service restaurant with characters, but it often has same-day availability.
5. Restaurantosaurus
Link to the Full Menu at Restaurantosaurus
By theming, Restaurantosaurus is arguably the best quick service restaurant in Animal Kingdom. Like much of Dinoland USA, every inch of the restaurant has some piece of backstory.
That aside, it’s mostly just a burger restaurant with a few other options (hot dog, chicken). But every theme park needs a good burger spot, and we’re still fans Restaurantosaurus.
Restaurantosaurus is located in Dinoland USA right outside Dino-Rama and near the entrance to DINOSAUR.
6. Pizzafari
Link to the Full Menu at Pizzafari
Pizzafari is the Animal Kingdom spot for Disney's famously not great pizza. Personally, we eat Disney pizza a lot, but it is often the subject of ridicule and we're not here to dispute that it isn't the highest quality product.
Anyways...eat a Pizzafari if you want Disney pizza. Pizzafari is located on Discovery Island on the southwest corner, where the paths to Africa and Pandora diverge.
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