Dining is an important part of a European vacation. The flavors, the views, the service- it’s really unmatched. Now you can get all of that when you visit Disney World’s newest resort, Disney’s Riviera Resort.
Disney’s Riviera Resort features four restaurants and additional dining options throughout the resort. Let’s take a look at your dining options thanks to the nice folks at Disney’s Media Relations!
Le Petit Cafe
Le Petit Café is located in the lobby of Disney’s Riviera Resort, which is on the second floor.
This casual dining restaurant is considered a lounge and offers a variety of beverages, snacks, and small plates.
In the morning, you can order coffee, tea, and specialty beverages plus pastries. In the evening, you’ll find a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and a cheese plate, charcuterie, and more.Le Petit Café offers comfortable seating and views of the beautiful lobby.
Primo Piatto
Primo Piatto is translated as “first dish”.Primo Piatto is located on the first floor of the Resort next to Bar Riva and near the feature pool.Primo Piatto serves up soups, salads, hot and cold sandwiches, entrees, desserts, kid’s meals, beer and wine, and cocktails and offers a self-service beverage station for your refillable mugs!
Primo Piatto is open from 7 AM to Midnight.
Bar Riva
Bar Riva is an open-air bar located adjacent to Primo Piatto and near the feature pool. The views are excellent, and the airiness of this restaurant feels very much like being in the European Riviera!
Bar Riva offers an extensive menu of cocktails including sangrias and frozen beverages, wine, beer, and hard cider and water plus salads, hot and cold sandwiches, “bar favorites”, and desserts. You can also get kids’ meals and fun non-alcoholic beverages like Mediterranean Mint Lemonade, Hibiscus Coconut Refresher, and Frosty Blood Orange Sangria.All of the counter-service dining locations feature these vibrant digital signs displaying the menu.I love the blue color palate of Bar Riva!These wooden chairs are comfortable and complement the color palate well!These murals on the wall are a nice touch!I had breakfast at Bar Riva during the grand opening, and I got to try some of the pastries and other dishes available throughout the resort. It was all delicious, but the salmon (right” was definitely a highlight as was the chocolate croissant (middle)!
Additional Dining
Sometimes, you just need a quick snack. Riviera Resort has got you covered!
There are vending machines throughout the resort.There’s a gelato cart located inside the fences of the feature pool. The cart is apparently pulled by a bicycle!
Topolino’s Terrace- Flavors of the Riviera
I saved the best for last! Topolino’s Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera is named after everyone’s favorite mouse. Topolino is Italian for Mickey Mouse!
Topolino’s Terrace is a formal dining location on the top floor of the resort.Topolino’s offers a vast selection of wine!The chefs of Topolino’s create handcrafted pasta for this restaurant!The open kitchen is a nice touch.Topolino’s is beautifully appointed with gold glass lighting fixtures and large flower arrangements.Look at these lighting fixtures!The color palette and décor are exquisite.While you’ll need Advanced Dining Reservations to get a table at Topolino’s, you don’t need an ADR to sit at the bar!The bar area offers plenty of “non-bar” seating.This restaurant is quite large. There are a variety of seating options all with great views out of the large windows.There are also private booths for larger parties.
It’s not just the inside of the restaurant that is stunning. There is also an outdoor terrace that offers breathtaking views of three of Disney World’s four theme parks and the grounds of the resort. Let’s take a look!
The terrace provides comfortable patio seating and ambient lighting.Here’s a view of the Riviera Resort and the leisure pool from the tenth-floor rooftop terrace.Check out this view of Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort!Here are more Caribbean Beach buildings and a view of the sparkling lake in front of the Riviera.Off the left side of the terrace, you can see this beautiful white sand beach, which can be found by following the path around the pool and towards Caribbean Beach.
This is a rooftop view of the feature pool and the firepit, located to the top right of the photo.Besides the resort, you can see Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (left) and Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Expedition Everest and the Tree of Life (right).You can also see Gran Destino Tower (right) at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.
Topolino’s Terrace is open for a character breakfast every morning from 7:30 AM to 11 AM where you can meet, greet, and dine with Painter Mickey, Poet Minnie, Dancer Daisy, and Sculptor Donald in their exclusive Riviera Resort outfits. Dinner is served from 5 PM to 9:30 PM. You’ll definitely want to plan to watch the Hollywood Studios and Epcot Fireworks from Topolino’s!
