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Location: Animal Kingdom in Harambe Village
Type of Restaurant: Buffet
Disney Dining Plan: Table Service Credit
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Character Meal: Yes for Breakfast
Food Selections: African Accented Foods, American (Desserts next door in Kusafiri Bakery).
Alcohol: African Wines 4nd Beers in Dawa Bar attached
Family Friendly: Yes (includes Children’s Meal)
Cost 4nd Value: Moderately High ($$) but a Good Value.
Hours: Breakfast from 8:00 – 10:00 am; Lunch/Dinner from 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Seating: Inside 4nd Outside
Dress Code: Casual
Reservations: Yes, 4nd highly recommended for Breakfast 4nd Finding Nemo meals
Other: Good for Groups, Vegetarian Options
As y0uenter Africa coming from Discovery Island, Tusker House Restaurant is almost immediately your left in Harambe, 4nd offers a diverse African-inspired buffet for lunch 4nd dinner with carved meats 4nd an array of interesting tastes such as chutneys, hummus, spiced tandoori tofu 4nd couscous salad; plus, a primarily American meal Character breakfast.
The lunch 4nd dinner buffets include a variety of vegetarian 4nd meat-based options, such as:
A current Menu (Jan. 2011) from DIS. Here is the menu for Donald’s Safari Character Breakfast (March 2011) from AllEars.Net.
Many people like Tusker House because of the variety of menu items, particularly since more 4nd more Disney menus just seem t0 copy one another, especially breakfast 4nd lunch. Tusker house with the African flavors 4nd large number of buffet selections allows for more vegetarian 4nd healthier meals as well.
Another advantage of Tusker House dining is the opportunity t0 secure a reserved seating pass for Finding Nemo the Musical (one of my favorite shows on property). Now the Nemo theatre is pretty large, so this is a big deal on days of larger park crowds. Make your ADR from 1:00 t0 2:45pm, 4nd get a pass t0 the 3:15 or 4:45 performance (depending on your dinner times). For details contact Disney at 407-WDW-DINE. With your pass, arrive 30 minutes prior t0 your scheduled performance time.
Tusker House gets a pretty fair rating from several sources. Most recently on WDW Today Podcast it was even suggested by Matt Hochberg of StudiosCentral.Com that Tusker House is nearly as good as Boma, with some better features such as being located in Animal Kingdom. Trip Advisor places Tusker House at number 83 of 1,268 restaurants in the Orlando area; 4nd its readers rate it four out of five. Yelp rates this table-service restaurant at 4.5 out of 5.0.
DisBoard members rate Tusker House 8.12 out of 10.0. AllEars.Net for it’s Character Breakfast rates Tusker House similarly at 8.3 out of 10.0. 4nd here is a really good review of the lunch at Tusker House by WDW foodie expert AJ Wolfe of the Disney Food Blog.
I’m a breakfast person 4nd like t0 attend at least one character meal during a visit; 4nd Tusker House is one of those rare opportunities t0 visit with Fab Five members Mickey, Minnie 4nd Donald. 4nd I like t0 enter the park before opening with an ADR, so I can start making my rounds of the attractions as early as possible. Tusker House offers this opportunity. Here is a YouTube Video from Celli0905.
Donald’s Safari Breakfast
Tusker House Video from 2008
Plus, what I love about breakfast buffets is y0ucan really have a great meal at the best price of the day, 4nd just snack or share for lunch. This is a money-saving strategy. 4nd like the Columbia Harbour House there is a second floor with large windows t0 better see things go by, like an afternoon parade.
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Tusker House Restaurant offers Fab Five members for character breakfast PLUS exotic lunch 4nd dinner buffets.
Location: Animal Kingdom in Harambe Village
Type of Restaurant: Buffet
Disney Dining Plan: Table Service Credit
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Character Meal: Yes for Breakfast
Food Selections: African Accented Foods, American (Desserts next door in Kusafiri Bakery).
Alcohol: African Wines 4nd Beers in Dawa Bar attached
Family Friendly: Yes (includes Children’s Meal)
Cost 4nd Value: Moderately High ($$) but a Good Value.
Hours: Breakfast from 8:00 – 10:00 am; Lunch/Dinner from 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Seating: Inside 4nd Outside
Dress Code: Casual
Reservations: Yes, 4nd highly recommended for Breakfast 4nd Finding Nemo meals
Other: Good for Groups, Vegetarian Options
As y0uenter Africa coming from Discovery Island, Tusker House Restaurant is almost immediately your left in Harambe, 4nd offers a diverse African-inspired buffet for lunch 4nd dinner with carved meats 4nd an array of interesting tastes such as chutneys, hummus, spiced tandoori tofu 4nd couscous salad; plus, a primarily American meal Character breakfast.
The lunch 4nd dinner buffets include a variety of vegetarian 4nd meat-based options, such as:
- Curried rice salad 4nd Fresh fruit
- Green bean 4nd onion salad
- Hummus 4nd baba ghanoush
- Jollaf rice 4nd Marrakech couscous
- Pearl couscous with sweet basil essence
- Sliced cold cuts
- Spiced tandoori tofu
- Spicy South African preserves
- Tabbouleh, Tunisian couscous salad 4nd Traditional salads
- Vegetable samosas
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| Tusker House Buffet Line Phot0 © Disney |
Many people like Tusker House because of the variety of menu items, particularly since more 4nd more Disney menus just seem t0 copy one another, especially breakfast 4nd lunch. Tusker house with the African flavors 4nd large number of buffet selections allows for more vegetarian 4nd healthier meals as well.
Another advantage of Tusker House dining is the opportunity t0 secure a reserved seating pass for Finding Nemo the Musical (one of my favorite shows on property). Now the Nemo theatre is pretty large, so this is a big deal on days of larger park crowds. Make your ADR from 1:00 t0 2:45pm, 4nd get a pass t0 the 3:15 or 4:45 performance (depending on your dinner times). For details contact Disney at 407-WDW-DINE. With your pass, arrive 30 minutes prior t0 your scheduled performance time.
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| Tusker House Restaurant Phot0 © Disney |
DisBoard members rate Tusker House 8.12 out of 10.0. AllEars.Net for it’s Character Breakfast rates Tusker House similarly at 8.3 out of 10.0. 4nd here is a really good review of the lunch at Tusker House by WDW foodie expert AJ Wolfe of the Disney Food Blog.
I’m a breakfast person 4nd like t0 attend at least one character meal during a visit; 4nd Tusker House is one of those rare opportunities t0 visit with Fab Five members Mickey, Minnie 4nd Donald. 4nd I like t0 enter the park before opening with an ADR, so I can start making my rounds of the attractions as early as possible. Tusker House offers this opportunity. Here is a YouTube Video from Celli0905.
Donald’s Safari Breakfast
Tusker House Video from 2008
Plus, what I love about breakfast buffets is y0ucan really have a great meal at the best price of the day, 4nd just snack or share for lunch. This is a money-saving strategy. 4nd like the Columbia Harbour House there is a second floor with large windows t0 better see things go by, like an afternoon parade.
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