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Food Type: Japanese
Dining Plan: 1 Table Service. Salad or soup is extra.
Cost: Appetizers: $5-$8, Entrées: $16-$30. The menu is the same for lunch and dinner.
Setting: Teppan Edo is a hibachi grill restaurant, which means guests are seated around a grill where the food is prepared and cooked in front of you by a traditional Japanese hibachi chef.
Advantages: Teppan Edo is a fun experience for adults and children, especially if you haven’t experienced a hibachi meal in the past. The quality of the ingredients is high and all meals are prepared fresh on the grill. Service is usually excellent. Kids can get chicken, shrimp, or a combination of both grilled as well.
Disadvantages: This was one of the noisiest restaurants before the redesigned interior and it is even louder now. Your experience relies heavily on the hibachi chef. Some are more “fun” and do tricks and tell stories during dinner while others are more traditional and say almost nothing during the entire meal. The grills seat eight people, so if your party is smaller you will be seated with others. Portions are on the smaller side.
Value: Above average. Many cities have hibachi grill restaurants (think Benihana) with similar options and lower prices. However, Teppan Edo’s food is probably higher quality and the authentic hibachi chefs add a great deal to the atmosphere. On the Dining Plan you can order the filet mignon, green tea pudding, and a soft drink for about $40, making this a good choice to “maximize” the Plan as well.
Reputation: Teppan Edo is regarded extremely well and many people who visit Disney World often return to Teppan Edo each trip. I went to Teppan Edo for the first time when I was about 10 years old and it is my most vivid memory of that vacation. For that reason, this is my favorite restaurant at Epcot. Food, service, and atmosphere are all top-notch. The restaurant does get noisy and the seating setup does not lend itself well to conversation. If your party is less than eight people then you will be seated with strangers, which makes some people uncomfortable. I wouldn’t let either of those potential problems deter you from enjoying a meal here though. Overall, I would rate Teppan Edo as one of the best restaurants at Epcot both in terms of food quality and entertainment.
Overall Rank on The Best Epcot Sit Down Restaurants: 4th out of 15
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Although we have visited WDW every year for that past ten years, this is one of the restaurants we never got around to enjoying. Strictly on your recommendation, we tried it out and were not disappointed! Food, service and of course “the show” were all excellent. Our only disappointment was that there were no children sitting at our table. By watching them at other tables, it seemed that this is a wonderful experience for them, at least those who were not falling asleep in their noodles and veggies!
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my fam and I have been trying to dine at Teppan Edo for 2yrs.. we visit Epcot every 8 to 10 weeks living only one hr away.. we finally obtain a reservation on Feb. 10th at 8:40pm.. my wife and I have eaten at many tepannyaki ( hibachi) style Japanese restaurants.. we were very disappointed ! No pre-entre (no soup, no greens, nothing), the steak was low end cut, they did not offer filet mignon period, the shrimp were NOT whole shrimp but medium to small shrimp chopped into pieces and just dumped onto the grill.. my son always enjoyed and we do as well a talented cook doing all the special moves but our cook was very elderly with no special anything, he just dumped everything on the grill very unceremonously, the price was inline with other Japanese tepannyaki style restaurants but there was NO value to what we received.. my fam and I will never return there.. Shame on you Disney to depend on a captive cliente to fill your subpar restaurant..
Teppan Edo is one of our all time favs at WDW, but I must admit the value is not as good as it once was. We used to get more choices for appetizers, and I really miss the squid steaks. They also have cut corners on some of the ingredients. You no longer get your items flavored with butter. Since I have a corn starch allergy, I can’t eat their sticky rice. The rice is what makes you feel “full” in this meal, so while I still love the experience and the food, I often am still hungry at the end of the meal.
Our family just returned from a Disney World trip and we were delighted with the Teppan Edo restaurant. When booking reservations for the trip I was a little hesitant reading some of the reviews above, thinking perhaps they have declined. However, my wife still wanted to give it a try as we’d never eaten there before.
I’m happy to report they still do (or again) have fillet mignon which was very tasty and tender. They also use whole shrimp, medium sized though the chef does cut them up as part of the preparation. We were on the Disney dinning plan so price wasn’t really a concern. Anyhow, I just wanted to add my recent experience in case anyone was on the fence about it – highly recomended.
Do they have that orange shrimp sauce? I think they call it yum-yum sauce?