Yachtsman Steakhouse

So I'm pretty happy to be able to give a Disney restaurant a great review; seems like I haven't had a good experience at one in a while. Recently, we were scrambling to make late dinner plans and found a reservation at Yachtsman. You don't really hear much about this place from vloggers and I'm not sure why. * The service: 10/10 - so this is a score that reflects everyone working in the restaurant. The hostess, the expo chef who greets you when walking in (through their open kitchen) and most importantly our server, Li. The service was attentive, knowledgeable, and first class. Li cut our son's chicken tenders at the table and helped us get him to eat ... above and beyond. * Atmosphere: 10/10 - more subjective here, but for me, it is a comfortable place that exudes a laid back but upscale country club vibe. It's one of the few places in Disney that hasn't been "modernized yet," and by that I mean given an update to look more current and sterile. I hope they leave the decor untouched as I'm not a fan of the Disney method of giving places a facelift but ending up with pretty soulless and bland spaces while chasing a "modern aesthetic." I like the character of this place. Real wood floors. Brick fireplace. It's timelessly American steakhouse. * Food: 10/10 - So to reiterate, I've been on a disappointing streak of bad Disney dining experiences. The service is mostly atrocious with cast members being rude and clueless. The food has been cold, bland, or downright bad. But somehow yachtsman is hidden away with an array of delicious food. The bread service is an incredible start. With soft flaky onion bread and whole heads of squeezable roasted garlic. For my steak, I had the bone in prime graded ribeye and it was so good I returned 10 days later to have it again. They achieved an absolutely gorgeous char on the crust while hitting a perfect internal cook of my requested medium rare. They did this for both my visits which showcased their consistency. On my steak was an au poirve sauce. A creamy spicy sauce with brandy. The potatoes au gratin were creamy and perfectly cooked with a robust potato flavor. The mashed potatoes were addicting with a silky texture and decadent amount of butter, and the truffle Mac and cheese was salty, cheesy, and funky with the perfect amount of umami flavor that made it craveable. All in all, this is my favorite Disney restaurant hands down. I hope it isn't washed away by Disney's tidal wave of modernizing restaurants and budget cuts, because from the decor, to the service, to the food, it's one of the few places I've found on property that still offers full Disney quality where the once prevalent "Disney difference" is on full display.

My wife, daughters, and future son-in-law met up at the Steakhouse for our first night in Disney World. We made our reservation a couple of months in advance, as it is a difficult restaurant to find a table. After riding the Skyliner from our Pop Century hotel, the walk was 10 minutes from the EPCOT station to the restaurant. After a brief wait at the podium, we were seated at a six-top table, giving the five of us plenty of room. Our server, Bau, explained the menu to us and took our drink orders. Their wine menu had a wide selection to choose from, but not many bottles under $100. I bit the bullet and ordered a delicious Cakebread Cab for $160. It is probably an $80 bottle in a store, so it's a reasonable 2x markup. Regardless, it was delicious and paired well with the meat. We started with a lobster bisque, shrimp cocktail, and wedge salad. The lobster bisque was phenomenal, as was the wedge salad. The salad was plenty to share with two or three, which I did split with my wife. The shrimp cocktail garnered a "meh" rating. Two of us got the 22-oz bone-in ribeye, two the prime rib, and the other the short ribs. The steaks were all ordered medium rare and came out a beautiful red color. The center portion of my ribeye was delicious. The rest of it was more grisly than I would expect from a cut like this. The prime rib was enjoyable, but one thought it was a bit more chewy than it should be. The ribs were awesome. Bau clued us in on the yummy mashed potatoes, and we all subbed them with our entrees. We all agreed the mashed potatoes were creamy and heavenly. We didn't order any additional sides to save room for dessert. Complimentary bread is served, and for us, it includes sourdough and onion-crusted rolls. The latter made quite a mess, with the crusty bits getting all over the tablecloth. There was no crumb scraper, though, to clean up the debris. For dessert, we shared a chocolate cake and a lemon cake with a merengue frosting. Both were large enough to share between the five of us. They were super delicious and very enjoyable. The service throughout the evening was great. The food overall was good, with room for improvement. The entree prices were a little steep for what we got. We will likely try a different steakhouse on a future visit.

This place is tucked away in the corner by the pool of The Yacht Club resort. The dining space has plenty of tables to dine, but felt the ambience needed a little TLC. All the tables have linens on them to make it look a little more fancy. The servers were seasoned and excellent.We started with a wedge salad with bacon, egg, tomatoes, and radishes. It was paired with a nice blue cheese. The salad was very nice, just wish the egg was over hard instead of slightly runny. For the main entrée, we had the filet mignon. For my dish, I felt that the filet mignon was left on the grill too long on one side and then seared for only a couple of seconds on the other, so on side was brown and the other was medium. However, the taste was excellent. My husband's was cooked perfectly and appeared as if it was more attended to because it was mostly medium consistently throughout the filet. The mashed potatoes were a bit liquid, but still tasted decent. On the side, we had the red wine, braised mushrooms, they were excellent, highly recommend to try them.Overall, I'd say the quality of the filet mignon was subpar, not high end. For a steakhouse, I felt they could do better on the meat quality. The overall seasoning was excellent though. We gave five stars for the professionalism and experience we had.

My family loves this restaurant for a special night out on Disney property! We came here this week for my parent's 35th wedding anniversary. Ken was our server and made our experience spectacular. Ask for Ken!!This restaurant is inside the Yacht Club and is a fantastic steakhouse, also offering other options such as chicken, vegetarian dishes and seafood.They have a full bar and I really enjoyed my martini. The complimentary bread comes with spreadable roasted garlic and butter. This stuff is so addicting! I had the crudo for my appetizer and loved it. The flavors were complex and the texture of the fish was perfect. For my entree, I had the sea bass. I loved the mix of flavors and the crab was a great addition to the dish! For dessert, I opted for a chocolate martini and it was perfection.My entire family enjoyed their meals and we all had the best time celebrating my parents here!

A solid choice for dining on Disney property! My husband and I live in the area and are working on trying all the restaurants, this was next on our list. The restaurant itself is nothing particularly special decor or ambiance wise. I thought it might be a little more intimate but it's Disney so I can't be too shocked at the open concept vibes.Hands down best part of this meal is the BREAD SERVICE. I'd put it up there as one of the best at Disney World. There's sourdough rolls and onion pull apart rolls. Both delicious. And they're served with both butter and a garlic clove. Now, I'm a diehard garlic girly but this was to dieeeeee for. It spread easily and was so delicious. And they'll bring you more if you use it all (which we totally did). I got the New York strip and I will say I've had better steaks in the area. Especially for this price point ($62) I expected it to be excellent. And it was solidly good but not incredible. The mashed potatoes and peppercorn sauce with it were packed with flavor though. For dessert we got the signature chocolate cake. SO moist, chocolatey and delicious. It could've used a little more raspberry imo but we devoured it. The portion was a solid size for the price, we didn't finish it since we were already so full. We also got a cute little anniversary chocolate treat since we told them we were celebrating our five year wedding anniversary!

This was my second visit. Also my second time failing to take many pictures because I was just so excited to eat. 5-stars easily. The service is outstanding. Waitstaff is friendly and attentive. We had Ken today, and he was just a delight. He seemed to genuinely love what he does and took good care of us like we were family. The food is outstanding. We ordered prime rib, medium rare which comes with your potato of choice (highly recommend the gratin) and creamed horseradish (we also requested raw horseradish). We got a side of truffle mac n cheese and the Brussel sprouts. The steaks are incredible and massive. The sides almost stole the show, though. So so so good! For dessert, we shared a crème brûlée which, I mean, how can you go wrong?? Surrounded by beautiful decorations and a calm ambiance, there's really nothing more I could ask for in a higher-end dining experience.

BAO. BAO. BAO. BAO. BAO. BAO. BAO!!!!THE MOST AMAZING SERVER! Wonderful customer service. Gave him a cast compliment through the Disney World app. Last time we tried Steakhouse 51 at Contemporary Resort. Yachtsman Steakhouse is definitely the superior steakhouse between the two. Both in quality and taste. My group of 7 made a reservation here and it was truly one of the best meals we had there. We did have a cast member discount so I'm sure that played into our experience. But even without the discount, it was a delicious meal! A majority of us split the ribeye. Keep in mind that you can swap any of the potato sides that comes with the steak for a different potato side. I ended up splitting a 22 ounce ribeye with potato gratin with my husband. It was the perfect amount of food between the two of us.As a table we ordered the Summer Bib Salad, Truffle Macaroni and Cheese, Red Wine-braised Mushrooms, and Hot Honey-Bourbon Brussel Sprouts. We also had a Strawberry Cheesecake.Our meal started off with the Summer Bib Salad as well as the bread basket (sourdough and onion rolls) served with butter and roasted garlic. BOTH WERE DELICIOUS. The summer bib salad was so insanely fresh and the green goddess dressing was perfection. Both the breads were delicious and a different experience. The butter was wonderfully whipped and light and the roasted garlic was so delicious smeared on a roll. THE SALAD AND BREAD ARE ABSOLUTE MUST HAVES.When our steaks arrived, we realized that the two ribeye steaks had been switched. To our surprise, the kitchen offered us a replacement and told us it was no problem at all. We had even started to eat our steaks and our potatoes before we noticed and the kitchen gave us back both potatoes as well as both ribeyes. We were so impressed!The steaks were delicious and cooked to perfection. They were seasoned well. The potato gratin was also tasty, especially that butter sauce. All the sides were yummy. I'd definitely order the brussel sprouts and mushrooms again. The truffle mac and cheese was not as strong of a side because I thought the noodles were a bit overcooked and the sauce was not as flavorful as I wanted.The strawberry cheesecake was also delicious and surprisingly citrusy.Overall, a truly wonderful and delicious meal. Special shoutout to Bao for making the meal so special. We will definitely come back!!!!

One of my favorite restaurants at Disney.Be prepared, this could be a long meal. We were a table of 8 with four kids under the age of 7 and our server served us at a leisurely pace. Whereas our friends at the table next to us, a family of 5 with three kids under 7 were in and out before our kids got their Mickey cookie to paint (which is a really fun experience for the kids). So it really depends on your server, but every experience I've had here has been on the longer side. The food here is where they shine. They bring complimentary bread and the pull apart onion bread is to-die-for (there is another type of bread that they bring, but I didn't touch it once I heard pull apart onion bread.) My husband and I got the 22 oz ribeye and a caesar salad to split and I think we'll do that every time. We also got a side of mushrooms, which were amazing. I wasn't enamored with the au gratin potatoes that come with the ribeye. It had a heavy cheese sauce poured on top that I didn't like (next time I should ask to sub it out). However, the steak was perfection. I actually ate it cold the next day and it was still delicious.We got the kids grilled chicken (they don't have chicken tenders). They do have fries though even though it's not on the menu. We got a side of fries and a side of the mickey cookie, which is edible paint and cookie/white chocolate pieces. We bought a second mickey cookie for my other son, since he was eating off everyone's plates and the cookie by itself is $9. Might be worth ordering the kids meal knowing the cookie alone is that expensive. I got a dirty martini, which was good, but the passionfruit margarita was excellent. If I'm feeling a margarita I will definitely get that over the dirty martini. You can't go wrong with either.The decor is all dark woods. It is basically a nice steakhouse where it's not weird to have young kids. That's what I love about Disney, you can bring your kids to nice meals. Every time we stay at Beach Club I will book dining here.

If you are looking for a steakhouse in the Disney area then Yachtsman Steakhouse is a must try. We had a great experience. The food was delicious and good quality, the service was phenomenal and the atmosphere was relaxing. They are only open for dinner and dining reservations are highly recommended. For starters you get complimentary bread and roasted garlic. The roasted garlic was so delicious especially paired with the bread. I would go back just for their roasted garlic it was that good. For appetizers we ordered the Lobster Bisque and Beef Carpaccio. The Lobster Bisque was really good and everything tasted fresh and rich. I highly recommend that as a starter. The Beef Carpaccio was also really good. The beef was tender and all the ingredients combined together made it a fresh and enjoyable appetizer. For entrees we got the 22-oz Angus Bone-In Rib-Eye Prime and the 7-oz Filet Mignon. Our steaks were cooked perfectly and were tender and had amazing flavor. My kid's ordered off their kid menu and they also enjoyed their food. One of the things I liked about this restaurant is they have a good kid's menu. For sides we ordered the mashed potatoes, loaded baked potato, truffle macaroni and cheese, hot honey-bourbon brussels sprouts, truffle fries and the sauce flight. All the sides were really good and I was happy with the portion sizes. The only thing I don't recommend ordering is the sauce flight. It was ok but nothing great and we didn't really use the sauces on anything because everything was already delicious and flavorful as is. This is a restaurant I will definitely go back to again.

Yachtsman is a hit or miss Resturant and is very expensive when it is a miss but this last time we went we both very much enjoyed our meals. I was able to have a nice meal as a vegetarian and my mom was able to have a good streak. Overall this last time I would say I would recommend it. That being said the few times before that were not good service and incorrect orders and cold food so it really depends on the night.