You may must pack a fats pockets round in the event you’re going for dinner at Victoria & Albert’s at Disney World in Florida.

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Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, the place Victoria & Albert’s is positioned.

After re-opening post-pandemic in July, the restaurant’s least expensive choice went from $185 to $295 for a tasting menu. Additionally it is probably the most costly eating places in Orlando — and is about the identical worth as high-flying Michelin eating places.

Disney launched pictures of the brand new restaurant:

Victoria & Albert’s at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa opens July 28, however at the moment we have got your first take a look at some new inside particulars. From delicate scroll work to shimmering chandeliers, check out the timeless opulence awaiting you. pic.twitter.com/vdLc0vDc6n

— Disney Parks (@DisneyParks) July 18, 2022

What is going on on with Victoria & Albert’s?

Victoria & Albert’s is a victorian-era-themed restaurant in Disney’s luxurious Grand Floridian Lodge & Spa. The lodge itself opened in 1988, and Victoria & Albert’s has been working there since no less than 1993.

It reportedly serves gadgets (they aren’t listed on the official web site and alter often) like “New Zealand Langoustine with Ardour Fruit Nuoc Cham” and “Delicate Poached Quail Egg with Galilee Caviar,” in accordance with a Disney weblog. Apart from fancy meals, you obtain a menu along with your title on it and may hear a harpsichord throughout dinner.

However all that luxurious apparently comes at a worth.

The restaurant’s three areas are The Eating Room, Queen Victoria’s room, and The Chef’s Desk. Costs went up for all three rooms after the restaurant re-opened in July, in accordance with Disney Meals Weblog.

The most cost effective choice, The Eating Room, noticed its prix-fixe menu go from $185 to $295 an individual. Now, If you would like wine pairings, it is an additional $150. The “zero-proof” choices are available in at $110.

It prices $375.00 for the prix-fixe menu for one particular person in Queen Victoria’s room. That is up from $250 in 2020. Lastly, to eat on the fanciest place, The Chef’s Desk, it’s going to price you $425 an individual, up from $235.

None of this consists of ideas or taxes, in accordance with the web site.

How are folks responding

Some individuals are questioning if it is definitely worth the money, in accordance with the New York Publish.

Victoria & Albert’s has been on the AAA 5 Diamond Award record yearly since 2000. It has 4.8 stars on Google.

“Costly, however price it for a world-class eating expertise,” one Google reviewer wrote. However others on Reddit, because the Publish famous, have been involved concerning the pricing.

“We ate there again within the 90s for our honeymoon and paid about $100 every. It is all the time been on my bucket record to return once more sooner or later, however not at $445,” one Reddit person mentioned.

One other cited the zero-proof worth. “What might you presumably get for $110 in mocktails?” they mentioned.

TikTokers, because the Publish famous, have been extra complimentary of the gorgeous visuals of the eating expertise on the restaurant. “I am fairly certain I had a non secular expertise with a few of these dishes,” one TikToker mentioned.

Others complimented the attentiveness of the service and narrative components of the meals.

@touringplans That is the costliest restaurant in Disney World, Victoria & Alberts at Grand Floridian. ✨ Be part of us for dinner on reopening night time. #disneyworld #disney #disneyparks #disneydining ♬ Darling – Bushes and Lucy

How others stack up

Disney World is house to loads of fancy eating — one in all its eating places, Capa, obtained a Michelin star in 2022, per Disney Meals Weblog. Victoria & Albert’s is heralded as a best choice, however there’s additionally Narcoossee’s, in accordance with a Disney fan journal, which ranked it above Victoria & Albert’s in 2019.

But it surely’s not even the costliest restaurant within the Disney stratosphere. 21 Royal at Disneyland in California prices $1,250 an individual, in accordance with Eater. A comparatively fancy restaurant, Bice Ristorante at competing park Common Studios, has entrees that go as much as the $50s.

One Redditor identified you might eat at three Michelin-starred Alinea in Chicago for “the identical worth,” as a few of the fares at Victoria & Albert’s. That’s truly true — the most cost effective choice at Alinea is $295, per Insider. (However meals can go into the $800s.)

Disney didn’t reply to Entrepreneur’s request for remark.