NEWS: California Grill Gets New Menu Items

California Grill, located at the top of Disney’s Contemporary Resort, offers more than just great views. This bucket list, fan favorite is one of Disney World’s best signature dining experiences. The California Grill is rolling out new menu items that look absolutely delicious.

California Grill offers a three-course, prix-fixe dining experience with guests choosing an starter, main, and dessert. The cost is $99 per adult and $42 for kids 3-9, not including tax and gratuity. Guests can also include a deluxe wine pairing with their meal for $78, with some additional meal add-ons available for an additional cost.

Starters

• Hearth-Steamed Saffron Mussels — charred leeks, chorizo, potato confit, and persillade

• Fire-Roasted Artichoke Flatbread — white bean purée, ramp aïoli, lemon zest, artichokes, arugula, and California extra virgin olive oil

• Seasonal Flatbread — chef-inspired, changes with the season
• Sonoma Goat Cheese Ravioli — organic mixed mushroom ragout, tomato-fennel broth, California extra virgin olive oil
• Surf & Turf Roll — Wagyu beef, soft-shell crab, yuzu-avocado purée, soy gel
• Dungeness Crab Salad — gem lettuces, seasonal fruit, rye crisp, shaved fennel, tarragon, Meyer lemon vinaigrette, mustard aïoli
• Spicy Kazan Roll — blue crab, ebi shrimp, bay scallops, fireball sauce

Mains

• Wagyu Strip Loin — corn, beef tallow-herb fingerling potatoes, grilled green garlic, salsa macha (additional surcharge of $47)

• Domestic Lamb — herb-ricotta gnudi, fava beans, stinging nettles, root spinach, tomato ragù, red wine jus

• Seared Market Fish — wax beans, ancient grains, English peas, Marcona almonds, Meyer lemon-caper butter sauce

• Cioppino — black bass, clams, shrimp, calamari, mussels, crispy garlic chips, sourdough croutons
• Oak-Grilled Filet of Beef — roasted garlic potato purée, grilled asparagus, pickled ramps, cabernet-veal demi
• Grilled Pork Tenderloin — creamy goat cheese polenta, roasted pork belly, aged balsamic organic mushrooms, zinfandel glaze
• Pan-Roasted Carrot Gnocchi — toasted pistachios, agave-citrus-glazed baby carrots, pesto sauce, carrot hummus

Main Course Add-Ons

• Tiger prawns — tomato butter, mandarin vinaigrette ($22)
• Lobster tail — vanilla bean butter-poached, tarragon, fines herb ($28)
• Scallops — creamy seasonal risotto ($20)

Desserts

• Celebration of Citrus — Meyer lemon, olive oil-poppy seed cake, blood orange gel, yuzu curd
• Blueberry-Goat Cheese Cheesecake — blueberry meringue, vanilla chantilly, raspberry coulis, goat cheese mousse
• Flourless Chocolate-Espresso Cake — spiced chocolate crémeux, ancho chile-caramel sauce, candied nut crumble (plant-based)
• Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée — seasonal fruit

Drinks

• Honeycomb Fizz — Casamigos Blanco Tequila, house-made lemon and honey syrup, peach nectar, and Domaine Carneros Brut

• Maple Bourbon Old Fashioned — Redwood Empire Pipe Dream Bourbon, vanilla maple syrup, Angostura bitters, Luxardo gourmet maraschino cherries, orange twist