Epic Universe Dining Guide

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The Universal Orlando Resort’s newest theme park, Epic Universe, opened this summer.  I have had the pleasure of visiting, and I had an absolutely wonderful time.  Every about the experience was great, from rides to live entertainment to theming.

But one of the best parts is the dining.  Epic Universe has a great mix of restaurants.  They have a lot of unique foods, more diverse than what you normally expect at a theme park.  And they have wonderful theming, too.  They really fit the five different “universes” of Epic Universe (you can read more about the theming of Epic Universe in our Epic Universe guide).

But today, I want to go into more detail about the different dining experiences.  I’ll break up the restaurants based on the theme park section.

Super Nintendo World

Toadstool Cafe

Fast-casual dining spot serving unique lunch & dinner items like:

• Mario Burger: 7-ounce burger with tomato, lettuce, mushrooms, bacon & melty American cheese
• Luigi Burger: Grilled chicken sandwich with pesto and Swiss cheese
• Bowser’s Fireball Challenge: One-pound meatball topped with mozzarella cheese in a mushroom marinara sauce & fresh parsley
• Super Star Chicken Salad
• Super Mushroom Soup
• Power-Up Spaghetti Marinara
• Toadstool Cheesy Garlic Knots

Yoshi’s Snack Island

Eatery serving quick snack items like:

• Calzones like:
  • Vegan Green Shell Calzone
  • Italian meat Red Shell Calzone
• Yoshi’s Smoothie in flavors like
  • Apple melon
  • Mango
• Drink Bottles like:
  • 1-UP Mushroom
  • Super Mushroom

Turbo Treats

Take a pit stop after your Mario Kart race with some snacks here.

Bubbly Barrel

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic

Café L’air De La Sirène

Parisian café serving breakfast, lunch & dinner, with dishes like:

• Poulet à la Provençal: Half chicken with a tomato olive vinaigrette & a side of roasted potatoes and French green beans
• Quiche Lorraine: Eggs & cream custard with bacon & cheese in a flaky cust topped with a lavender honey drizzle & paired with fresh berries on the side
• Baguette de Dinde: A sandwich with sliced cracked black pepper turkey, crisp apples, creamy brie, apple butter, zesty mustard butter, arugula, and a warm crusty baguette
• Butterbeer Crepe: A crepe filled with shortbread cookie butter Bavarian cream & Butterbeer cream, topped with a Butterbeer drizzle, shortbread cookie & fresh strawberries

Le Goblet Noir

A fast casual dining spot themed to dark witches and wizards with unique dishes like:

• The Alchemist’s Platter: Smoked sausage, potato & cheese pierogies, plus tangly pickled eggs
• Lentil Stew: Vegan-friendly stew made of lentils, vegan bacon & root vegetables, served with artisan bread
• Beef Goulash: Hearty beef stew with potatoes, tomatoes, peppers & Hungarian paprika served with egg noodles
• Herb Crusted Cod: Cod, caramelized leeks & potatoes in a creamy broth

Bar Moonshine

A bar decorated with American Quidditch pennants serving:

• Fleur 75: A cocktail with elderflower liqueur, simple syrup, zesty lemon juice, and gin, added to a flute of sparkling wine
• American cocktails
• Butterbeer
• Wine
• Beer

Bièraubeurre

Butterbeer cart serving butterbeer.

Dark Universe: Land of the Universal Monsters

Das Stakehaus

A fast-casual restaurant who (legend has it) was build on top of ancient catacombs where vampires reside.  They serve creative fare like

• Meat on a stake (as in what you use to slay vampires
  • Bird on a Stake
    • Grilled chicken
    • Served with roasted vegetables & charred green onion mashed potatoes
  • Fish on a Stake
    • Served with roasted vegetables & charred green onion mashed potatoes
• Bits and Pieces: Brisket meatloaf & wild mushroom
• “Blood” Orange Chicken Sandwich: Two black buns filled with flash-fried marinated chicken breast, pickle slaw & a blood orange sauce, served with a side of French Fries
• Red Velvet Death: Velvet cake cut into a coffin shape made with beets to give it a blood-red hue
• Darkmoor Black Wings: Spicy chili-dusted fried wings topped with soy chili garlic sauce, charred scallions & smoky cheddar
• Vegan Familiar’s Stuffed Cabbage: Vegan meat wrapped in cabbage over a bell pepper tomato sauce & beet bucatini

For more information about this restaurant, check out our Das Stakehaus review.

The Burning Blade Tavern

The Burning Blade Tavern is a restaurant which, per the Orlando Informer, draws its inspiration from the finale of the 1931 Universal film, Frankenstein.  It’s a fast casual dark restaurant with dishes like:

• Burning Blade Burger: A beef patty, spicy tomato jam spread & jalapeño bacon in between two jet black brioche buns
• Hunter’s Garlic Stake: A cheesy garlic pretzel
• Burning Cheddar Bites: Crispy fried poppers

De Lacey’s Cottage

Grab snacks and cool drinks at this quick-service eatery near Frankenstein Manor.

How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk

Mead Hall

A brilliantly themed and decorated quick-service restaurant serving Viking-themed menu items like:

• Thawfest Platter: Salmon with dill sauce, grilled sausage, chicken drumsticks glazed with a wild berry barbecue sauce & a side of housemade pickles and French Fries
• Sullen Sea Sandwich: Salmon, pickled cucumbers & horseradish dill crème on a pumpernickel Kaiser bun with a side of ancient grains with sundried berries.
• Yaknog: A creamy, chilled malted beverage with a vanilla flavor
• Nordic Harvest Salad: Arugula greens, kale red cabbage, radishes, hearty ancient grain, blueberries & apples make up this salad.

Spit Fyre Grill

An outdoor quick service dining option with lots of bowls such as:

• Stoick’s Steak Bowl
• Hiccup’s Salmon Bowl
• Astrid’s Shrimp Bowl
• Meatlug’s Chicken Bowl
• Valka’s Vegan Bowl

Hooligan’s Grog & Gruel

A quick-service kiosk serving:

• Mac and Cheese Cones: Half-loaves of bread where the insides are carved out & mac and cheese is placed inside

Celestial Park

Atlantic

Celestial Park’s signature restaurant with seafood options like:

• Sea Bass: Sea bass in a lemongrass broth with carrot mochi, sugar snap peas & garnished with tropical starfruit slices
• Romesco Romanesco: Oven-roasted Romanesco, pea tendrils, and wild mushrooms on a bed of hazelnut romesco and fregola
• Northern Lights Martini: A vodka cocktail with dry Curacao, Limoncello, and a garnish of butterfly pea blossom ice sphere in gold luster dust spray

The Oak & Star Tavern

A relaxing, casual restaurant where you could hear live music.  You can gather around an ancient, starlight-filled oak tree and enjoy conversations with family and friends while sipping on a drink from the Plastered Owl Bar.  You can also enjoy food like:

• Two Meats Platter with Spit Roasted Citrus Herb Chicken and Smoked St. Louis Ribs: Choose from pulled pork, cheddar jalapeno sausage, spit-roasted herbed infused chicken, smoked ribs, or smoked brisket. Choice of sides includes mac and cheese, braised greens, and more.
• Platter with Mango Bread & Pickles: Choose from cheddar jalapeno sausage, smoked ribs, spit-roasted herbed-infused chicken, pulled pork, or smoked brisket. Also, choose four sides from several different options.
• Grilled Peach Arugula Salad: Candied pecans, grilled peaches, soft creamy cheese, and arugula, with a white balsamic drizzle.
• The Plastered Owl: A cocktail consisting of lemon juice, muddled cherries, dark rye whiskey, simple syrup, lemon wedges, and cherry syrup.
• Slow Smoked Brisket Sandwich: 14-hour smoked brisket, sweet BBQ, sweet and tangy homemade pickles, and a pan sobao bun.
• Banana Pudding: Creamy vanilla pudding layered with fresh bananas, with wafer cookie crumbles and a generous dollop of whipped cream on top.

The Blue Dragon Pan-Asian Restaurant

An Asian restaurant where you sit under constellation-covered ceilings while surrounded by bright neon dragons.  It serves flavors from Japan, China, Korea, Southeast Asia & more, including:

• Beef Xi’an Noodles: Made with Szechuan spices & hearty beef
• Passion Fruit Mooncake: A small hand pie filled with passion fruit cheesecake stamped with a signature dragon on top
• Tonkotsu Ramen: Delicate ramen noodles in a rich pork broth, with shiitake mushrooms, tender chashu pork, fragrant togarashi oil, and tare egg on top
• Smashed Cucumbers: Cucumbers tossed in zesty dragon sauce, with peanuts, fresh cilantro and a sprinkling of Sichuan dust
• Snowflake Potstickers: Pan-seared lacey crust pork potstickers served with dragon sauce
• Chengdu Dream: A cocktail that combines falernum syrup, baiju, blue curacao, pineapple juice and grapefruit juice, garnished with an edible orchid
• Double Fried Korean Wings

Pizza Moon

The inspiration behind this fun restaurant is that it is a early 1990s Victorian theater turned into a pizza place.  You can get Italian cuisine or unique pizzas you can share with your family, like:

• Space Cowboy: A pizza with castelvetrano olives, crunchy BBQ potato chips, tangy BBQ sauce tender rotisserie chicken, and pickled red onions.
• Rigatoni Meteor Melt: Fresh basil, gooey provolone cheese, handmade meatballs, hearty rigatoni, and rich marinara sauce.
• The Giant Mushroom: A pizza topped with savory wild mushrooms, fromage de lune, creamy roasted garlic bechamel, and a truffle aioli drizzle.
• Rocket Fuel: This salad includes chopped romaine, grated parmesan shavings, moon cheese shavings, and a creamy Caesar dressing.
• Pizza Lunare: A pizza with ube pizza crust, ricotta, creamy roasted garlic béchamel, fromage de lune, savory pancetta and a garlic confit.
• A Trip to Vesuvio: A pizza featuring a blend of fennel sausage, caramelized onions, fromage de lune, roasted peppers, and pepperoni. There are also toppings of Calabrian chili, cherry peppers, fresh arugula, and a hot honey drizzle.

Meteor Astropub

A celestial-themed astropub serving fare like:

• Fish and Chips consisting of Gochujang beer-battered cod, kimchee remoulade sauce & wasabi fries
• Spicy Chicken Sandwich with Calabrian chili & Italian herb marinated chicken, basil pesto, mozzarella & arugula on a potato roll
• Astro Pub Burger with Black Angus beef, cherry pepper aioli, garlic pickles & American cheese on a potato roll
• Sloppy Alya’s Tavern Sandwich with Brisket burnt end sloppy joe mix, salt & vinegar potato sticks on a potato roll

Comet Dogs

Quick service stop serving unique spins on hot dogs like:

• Bulgogi Dog: A hot dog with the flavors of a traditional bulgogi rice bowl infused inside the hot dog itself
• Smoky Carrot Dog: Vegan-friendly hot dog that is smoked carrot seasoned to taste like a grilled hot dog
• Al Pastor Dog

Star Sui Bao

An Asian food cart with unique takes on the traditional steamed bao bun, suich as:

• Ttedkbokki Skewer (Grilled hot dog and rice cake wrapped in a cheese crust with Japanese bbq sauce, yuzu aioli & scallions)
• Pork Soup Dumpling (Ground pork with a side of black vinegar dipping sauce)
• Kimchi Bao (Chicken tossed in a kimchi honey with a scallion yuzu aioli & kimchi slaw)
• Celestial Steamed Bun (A bun made of a vegetable blend with shiitake mushrooms, bok choy & vegetarian oyster sauce)

Frosty Moon

An ice cream stand serving cones and cups in flavors like:

• Vanilla
• Chocolate
• Cookie Butter
• Strawberry Yum
• Cheesecake
• Vegan Vanilla

CelesTiki

A bar serving drinks like:

• Frozen Pina Colada: A blend of Pineapple juice, rum, cream of coconut, and lime juice, with a hint of smoked sea salt and a garnish of vibrant fronds and a juicy pineapple wedge
• Kunuku Daiquiri: A daiquiri mocktail with simple syrup, strawberry puree, lime juice, strawberry essence, and a touch of smoked sea salt
• Waturi Punch: A blend of bitters, fruit juices, and rum
• Branca Colada: A cocktail consisting of passion fruit puree, pineapple juice, rum, cream of coconut, and lime juice, garnished with a lime wheel
• Frozen Mudslide: A frosty blend of crème de cacao, heavy cream, dark rum, and espresso liqueur, with whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup on top

Bar Zenith

Another bar with drinks like:

• Meridian Bramble: A cocktail with a blend of raspberry liqueur, dry gin, simple syrup, and zesty lemon juice, topped with blackberries on a charming flower knot
• Star-garita: This drink includes fresh lime juice, blue curaçao, tequila, and agave syrup, with a sprinkle of smoked sea salt and a lime wheel garnish
• Cosmos-Politan: A mix of Cranberry juice, simple syrup, lime juice, vodka, blood orange syrup, and limoncello, with a touch of smoked sea salt, and a dried blood orange wheel garnish
• Mojit-eor: Fresh lime juice simple syrup, a splash of mint essence, and light rum, with a garnish of a lime wheel and a sprig of mint
• Meteor Strike: Light rum, zesty lime, triple sec, pineapple juices, and lemon lime soda, with an edible gold glitter sprinkle and a flaming lemon extract infused raw sugar cube meteor

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