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FIRST LOOK: The Breakfast Buffet Has Returned to Ale & Compass Restaurant in Disney World
By Madison Owens 1 Comment
We’ve seen several buffets return to Disney World in the past few months.
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Boma at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge has breakfast and dinner buffets again, and family-style dining switched back to a buffet at The Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom . Cape May Café at Disney’s Beach Club Resort will have breakfast and dinner buffets again starting February 15th . And now, yet another buffet is back in Disney World !
Several breakfast items have returned to Ale & Compass Restaurant ! The restaurant is located at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort .
Yacht Club Resort
Ale & Compass has been serving breakfast for a while, but now there are even more options to choose from. In addition to à la carte entrées, you can now “enhance” your breakfast with buffet items like pastries, fresh fruit, yogurt parfaits, and house-made cheddar biscuits with country gravy . Uh, YUM!
Let’s head in!
We headed into the restaurant to check out these returning items. When you sit down, you can choose from the normal entrées or go with the buffet option .
Table setting
The buffet is $23 , and it includes seasonal fruit , assorted yogurt parfaits , chilled overnight oats , assorted breakfast pastries , house-made granola , cheddar biscuits with country sausage gravy , and warm cinnamon rolls .
Buffet menu
If you order the buffet, an entrée item and drink (coffee, tea, juice, or soft drink) are included as well.
Good morning from Ale & Compass 🧭 We’re trying the breakfast buffet enhancement! 🍓 pic.twitter.com/AU3OvA9BDm — Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) January 31, 2022
The buffet is walk-up, and you are required to wear a face covering while you’re up getting food.
Once you have your plate full, you can head back to your table to eat. You’re welcome to revisit the buffet and grab more whenever you’re ready.
Dining room
On to what you really came here for: Let’s take a look at all of the items on the buffet!
First of all, there are a few options for fresh fruit , including pineapple , strawberries , and grapes .
Fresh Fruit
There were also some whole fruits like apples , oranges , and bananas .
Whole fruit
Then there are some parfaits , including blueberry and vanilla yogurt …
… chilled oats with strawberries …
Strawberry Chilled Oats
…and strawberry yogurt .
Strawberry yogurt parfait
There was also a bowl of house-made granola that you could add to your parfait to make it a build-your-own treat.
The granola does contain nuts, and there was a sign next to it so that you can avoid those if you have an allergy.
The granola contains nuts
Next up were some pastries , including croissants …
… assorted muffins (which were blueberry and chocolate chip when we visited)…
…and warm cinnamon rolls .
Cinnamon Rolls
If you’re looking for something more savory, you can find cheddar biscuits…
…which you can add sausage gravy to for a true Southern-style breakfast.
Sausage gravy
We grabbed a little of everything, and we’ll have a full review available for you soon!
Breakfast is served at Ale & Compass from 7:30AM to 11AM every day.
The buffet includes an entree and soft drink for $23. We chose dark chocolate waffles 🍫🧇 📍Ale & Compass 🧭 pic.twitter.com/ebXMYnZhKX — Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) January 31, 2022
Ale & Compass Restaurant will also begin serving lunch again today , so if you can’t make it in the morning, pop over for a midday meal! Stay tuned to DFB for more Disney news and updates.
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No bacon, eggs, sausages, home fries…. that’s a big pass at $23.00 (but you do get a coffee)
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REVIEW: Ale & Compass Breakfast at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
by Tatjana Lazar | Oct 15, 2021 | Walt Disney World Food , Walt Disney World Resorts
Keep reading for our honest review of Ale & Compass at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort.
Looking for something a little bit more elevated than your run-of-the-mill Mickey waffles? Breakfast at Ale & Compass gives you comfort foods with a touch of New England charm.
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Nestled inside Disney’s Yacht Club Resort , you’ll find a cozy little table-service restaurant themed to remind you of the inside of a lighthouse.
While the interior décor didn’t necessarily give me light house vibes, the dark blue tones and minimal windows were a cool escape from the heat of the Florida sun, and were a perfect extension of the Yacht Club’s nautical aesthetic.
The dinner menu is loaded with some typical New England dishes like clam chowder and seafood pot pie, but on this visit we were here for a hearty breakfast, and we were not disappointed!
Ale & Compass Breakfast Menu
Blueberry-Bacon Pancakes. Courtesy of Disney
You can find the usual American Breakfast of two eggs served with potatoes and choice of bacon or sausage on the Ale & Compass breakfast menu, but I highly recommend trying something a little different.
The Blueberry-Bacon Pancakes are an ever-popular item, and the Dark Chocolate Waffle with cherry compote and espresso mascarpone looked to die for. The salted caramel apple French toast is another winning item on the sweet side of the menu.
However, on this visit, we opted for the more savory items. I went for the Bacon and Vermont Cheddar Burger, while my husband tried the Crab Cake Benedict.
Ale & Compass also has some nice fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, Joffrey’s coffee and an assortment of teas on their breakfast menu. I decided to try the Tropical Green Smoothie to balance out the truffle fries I had ordered with my burger.
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Ale & Compass Menu Review
Tropical green smoothie.
Tropical Green Smoothie. Photo by Tajana Lazar
The first item to hit our table was my Tropical Green Smoothie, and while the flavor was quite nice, the texture could have been better.
In a good green smoothie, you can’t taste the greens, and in that respect this smoothie was a winner. The tropical fruit flavors were sweet, tangy, refreshing and definitely hid any grassy green taste that can sometimes overpower a green smoothie.
Where it fell short was the texture. For me, a good smoothie is thick and smooth. This smoothie was a little bit on the watery side, and was not blended smoothly enough. I could feel the little gritty bits of what could have been some sort of leafy green or celery. I think next time I’d opt for the fresh squeezed orange juice instead.
Bacon and Vermont Cheddar Burger
Photo by Tatjana Lazar
If the fact that I ordered a burger for breakfast seems a little odd to you, consider this 11am breakfast reservation as more of a brunch, or early lunch and it should seem more sensible.
Either way, I would order this burger again and again for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was just that good.
The burger patty itself was thick and cooked to juicy, tender perfection. The bacon and cheddar cheese added a nice salty touch to each messy bite. It was a seriously good burger.
I opted for the Truffle Fries with Roasted Shallot Mayonnaise as my side, and these were also absolutely delicious. These thin cut fries are crispy, salty, and have just a touch of that truffle flavor to kick everything up a notch in terms of flavor.
Crab Cake Benedict
Crab Cake Benedict. Photo by Tajana Lazar
This was my husband’s dish, and I was a little too focused on my burger to taste it. But I will say that my husband is a big fan of both seafood and eggs benedict, and while this combo may seem a little “out there” he gobbled up every morsel.
This meal was a definite winner in our books and we’ll absolutely be back to try a few more menu items.
What to Know About Dining at Ale & Compass
If you’re interested in trying out this Yacht Club restaurant for breakfast or dinner, I highly recommend getting an Advanced Dining Reservation (ADR) for it ahead of time.
The restaurant itself is not that large, and it’s one of the more convenient spots to eat for Yacht Club guests, so it fills up very quickly. Luckily, ADRs for Ale & Compass aren’t that difficult to get, so you shouldn’t have much trouble snagging one in the weeks leading up to your trip.
If you’re dining with kids, or less adventurous eaters, have no fear! There’s both a kids menu and more simplified menu items for picky eaters. Plus, Disney Cast Members will be happy to help accommodate any dietary restrictions if needed. And don’t worry about wearing a button down and close-toed shoes. This is a casual establishment that will be happy to welcome you in flip flops and tank tops.
What’s your favorite menu item at Ale & Compass? Visit the WDW Magazine Facebook page and tell us what you’ll be ordering during your next stay at Disney’s Yacht Club!
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