As my intro/profile says, I’m a Disney fan living in Orlando, so I’m definitely excited to talk about the restaurant that Iron Chef Japanese Morimoto has had at Disney Springs (originally Downtown Disney) at Walt Disney World since October 2015.
It’s Morimoto’s first pan-Asian restaurant, focusing not just on Japanese food but also Chinese, Korean and Thai food as well. When I ate there with my mother, I assured her that the sushi had to be good given that Morimoto started out as a sushi chef, and she was thrilled that that was indeed the case. Personally, yet another reason I like it is that it has good ramen – one of the rare things that had been hard to find considering all of Walt Disney World’s food offerings. A Quick Service option, Morimoto Asia Street Food, is also present.
The restaurant is also a partnership with Patina Group, which also associates with Disney Parks Italian restaurants including Tutto Italia, Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar and Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria at the Italian Showcase at Epcot and Catal Restaurant and Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria at Disneyland in Anaheim.
Reservations may be made either on the restaurant’s main website or through the Walt Disney World website – I recommend the latter especially if you are visiting the parks so you can keep all your plans together. Be advised that the restaurant did reopen when Disney Springs reopened in July after a temporary closure due to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and I made sure to go there, but they were working back up to a full menu (though I definitely and thankfully still enjoyed myself!)