Disney’s Beach Club Marketplace Review
Beach Club Marketplace is the primary quick-service dining location at Disney’s Beach Club. If you plan to stay at the resort, you will likely rely on this location for several meals or, at the very least, a few snacks. Below, we’ll review our experience along with a preview of the menu and photos of the available grab-and-go items.
During our latest stay, we visited the Beach Club Marketplace several times. But besides grabbing a bite for breakfast one morning, we mainly stopped for snacks and drinks. We found the menu items limited, especially considering this hotel often commands an expensive price tag.
Unfortunately, this is nothing new. For years, our major complaint about all the resorts in the Crescent Lake area has been the lack of quick-service dining options. No one wants to enjoy every meal of a seven-day vacation at a table-service restaurant. Some days, you want to grab a quick dinner and return it to the room. Or you might like to enjoy breakfast in a casual setting with enough options for everyone.
Beach Club Marketplace is a few steps from the resort’s lobby. It has two entrances. The resort’s gift shop is part of the Marketplace, while the other half is a quick service with various grocery items.
Because Beach Club Marketplace is a combined gift shop and restaurant. It does not have a formal dining area. However, double doors across from the main entrance lead to a covered dining area. This is an excellent place to dine if the weather is pleasant.
You’ll find a variety of tables and chairs with views of the resort’s green lawn and Beach Club Villas.
Inside, several tables with chairs are available in the Beach Club’s Solarium. The Solarium is also within a few feet of the restaurant’s entrance, so it won’t be difficult to find.
Outside of Beach Club Marketplace, a sign lists breakfast menu items and kids’ meals. A microwave is available on a table to the side, should you need one during your stay.
Here is the lunch menu that was posted during our stay. A few new items have been added since then.
Freshly prepared offerings include:
- Meatball Sub
- Pepperoni Flatbread
- Pulled Pork Sandwich
- Roasted Half Chicken Dinner (only available after 5:00 p.m.)
- Garden Salad
- Seasonal Soup
- Clam Chowder
*Premade sandwiches and other items are available in the display case.
- Roast Beef Sandwich
- Caprese Sandwich
- Turkey and Swiss Sandwich
- Spicy Italian Sandwich
- Ham and Swiss Sandwich
*These items are listed in the My Disney Experience app under “entrees.” But it’s important to note that they are not freshly prepared.
Kids’ meals include:
- Turkey Sandwich
- PB&J Uncrustable
- Chicken and Cheddar Kid’s Pack
- All-Beef Hot Dog
Breakfast menu items:
- Breakfast Sandwich
- Bounty Platter
- Mickey-shaped Waffles
- Plant-based Mickey-shaped Waffles
Kids’ Meals:
- Scrambled Egg Sandwich
- Mickey Waffle
Side items include scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, bacon, and breakfast potatoes. Kids’ meals come with a choice of side and a small Dasani water or a choice of small lowfat milk or juice. Substitutions include fountain drinks. You can view the entire menu on Disney’s site.
You’ll find a beverage refill station on the far side of Beach Club Marketplace. Drinks include Coca-Cola products like Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Minute Maid Zero Sugar, Powerade, Fanta, Acai-Blueberry Vitamin Water, Cherry Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, and Barg’s Root Beer. We have a separate guide that discusses how refillable mugs work at Disney’s Beach Club.
Gold Peak Tea is also available.
Rapid Fill drinks are available at Beach Club Marketplace. Guests can enjoy refills of fountain drinks, coffee, and tea at any resort’s self-service beverage location for the entire stay.
Toward the back of the restaurant, you’ll find an area with coffee, hot tea, and accompaniments.
Joffrey’s Coffee is the brand used at the Walt Disney World Resorts.
You’ll also find creamer and a specialty coffee machine.
Speaking of specialty coffee, I was surprised to find this coffee machine. We recently had access to one at the Chronos Club at Gran Destino Tower. Make sure to select whether you want decaf or regular. You can purchase a cup for this machine at the register, and you’ll have a cappuccino in less than a minute.
A toaster oven, condiments, and a selection of tea bags are also available in this area.
I didn’t get a great picture, but a display case had cinnamon buns, cherry danishes, apple blossoms, banana bread muffins, bagels, and more.
This case has the Mickey Brownie and a plant-based brownie.
I can confirm that the plant-based brownie is delicious. A few months ago, someone told me I had to try it, and they were right. That chocolate icing is also delicious!
Along the back corner of Beach Club Marketplace, a beverage case has a wide range of sodas, juice, sports drinks, milk, wine, and beer.
Frozen items include burritos, Mickey ice cream bars, and other frozen novelties.
If you’re staying in one of the larger Beach Club Villas, you’ll have access to a kitchen in your room. So items like waffles, sausage, pot pies, frozen dinners, pizza, and frozen vegetables are available.
Here, we have Lunchables, pre-packaged sandwich meat, cheese, eggs, and butter.
Another case had chilled wine, champagne, and beer.
Energy drinks, sports drinks, milk, juice, and other beverages are available.
A separate case with various liquors sits behind the register.
Pantry items include cereal, Pop-Tarts, Crackers, oatmeal, baby food, tomato sauce, condiments, etc.
Along the back wall, a display features Entenmann’s donuts, pastries, and other bread selections. Other items like chips and dip were nearby.
This case features various Disney-branded candies, Walker’s shortbread cookies, Twinings Tea, popcorn, and cotton candy.
Here, we have wine and various flavored popcorn.
Lastly, we’ll look at the refrigerated case in the middle of the store. This is where all the premade sandwiches are located.
As someone who spends considerable time in hotels, I’m appalled at the lack of freshly prepared items at Disney’s Beach Club (and surrounding resorts). This is my favorite hotel. But when we stay here, I often rely on ordering to-go items from Ale and Compass.
Years ago, I picked up a premade item at the Yacht Club’s quick service and got sick with food poisoning. It’s the only time I’ve ever had food poisoning. But the experience was bad enough that I wouldn’t consider eating anything like this that was prepared elsewhere.
Here are a few of the premade salad selections.
We see a few more items on the case’s opposite side.
Fruit, yogurt parfaits, hard-boiled eggs, and other items are available.
A cheese tray features dried figs with various kinds of cheese, like Brie and blue cheese.
A few kids’ meal items sit at the end of the display.
We see seasonal desserts, cupcakes, and a Mickey dome-shaped cake on the opposite end.
This chocolate caramel cheesecake looks delicious. I would try it.
Overall, Disney’s Beach Club Marketplace has a decent selection of items. However, the actual entrees for lunch and dinner are seriously lacking. A few years ago, I knew I could get a freshly prepared sandwich (served warm) to take back to the room after a long day in the parks. Now–not so much, and the Yacht Club’s counter service next door isn’t any better.
So, if you’re planning a stay at Disney’s Beach Club Resort, remember these things. If you have the extra time, we love to take the Skyliner to Disney’s Riviera and have a meal at Primo Piatto, the resort’s quick service. Or you might pick up something at Disney Springs, like D-Luxe Burger, and bring it back to your room.
For more on dining at the resort, see our list of restaurants at Disney’s Beach and Yacht Club. Or you can preview our entire list of Disney Resort Hotel Restaurants. We’re always exploring what’s new around Walt Disney World! Stop by Resorts Gal again soon for the latest resort details.
In the Comments
What are your thoughts on the Beach Club Marketplace? Do you think that this kind of location should have more offerings? Or do you rarely eat at the resort during your vacation?
