Lamplight Lounge

Reviews

• MA

  Maro Altera

  May 13, 2026
  2.0
  Mid-April 2026 Visit- Not worth the price and prompted me to cancel other reserved dining experiences at the park for fear of a similar wasted experience. Arrived early for our reservation at 7:30 and made to wait an additional 40 mins passed our reservation time. We were seated downstairs along the waterside bar and not upstairs or at a table. The menu here is very limited. Much of the popular appetizer and drink items, even beer, were also sold out to the point I had to ask waitstaff what was actually available. This was during peak dinner service. Waistaff was nice, but not particularly attentive or informative regarding the menu and what was best available, given the lack of options. The food we were able to order was mediocre (potato appetizer), dole whip drink items(just overcharged Pina coladas), Thai seafood curry pasta (poor quality seafood for CA and imbalanced curry flavor (tasted like boxed curry with cayenne or pepper to mask). No single food or drink item we ordered were worth their menu price. The pier atmosphere was a great break to relax in the breeze and the dinner reservation does give you a great view of the World of Color Light show, which is very cute.
• KO

  Korbyn O'Brien

  May 9, 2026
  1.0
  Food tasted good, but pay attention to the cook on your proteins. Just about everyone at my table (12) had to send food back for either being terribly undercooked, cold fries, or not prepared as asked. My 5 year old son got very sick for days after eating there, and at least 3 adults got sick as well. We had to skip our last day in the park as a result. Very disappointing birthday dinner for my mother in law.
• LC

  Logan Allec, CPA

  Apr 30, 2026
  5.0
  Awesome food with a great view! The aguachile is probably the best dish I’ve had at DCA. The lemon rosemary chicken was solid. The pork chop had good flavor but was a tad dry — forgivable though considering that everything else was great. The kids love the kids’ meals.
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  Kevin M

  Apr 25, 2026
  3.0
  I sat at the bar. Everyone raved about the lobster nachos, so that's what I got, NOT good! The nachos were almost chewy, full of moisture, even the dry ones 👎 The lump lobster (was it really lobster) wasn't good. The cheddar cheese was cheap and sparse. Barely any beans or anything else. After picking off the toppings, there was a plate full of naked chips. Worst nachos I've had in quite a while. I also tried a drink, the Find Your Spark, but it had the cough syrup thing going on, I sent it right back. Got the Scream Canister instead. Meh, but I drank it. Disneyland usually has good food, and perhaps this restaurant has much better stuff that I missed, but the nachos sounded so good and were so disappointing that I was really let down. The bartender was nice and attentive, happily exchanged my drink, so at least the service was good. I can't imagine why the nachos have such high marks. After taxes, the bill was $50.64 for a very lackluster meal.
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  Rick Lupert

  Apr 18, 2026
  3.0
  Generally speaking, I'm more and more impressed with dining options at California Adventure. They seem to be chef-driven with seasonal menus...very California authentic. We'd already had dinner and just wanted to try the Chocolate Pistachio Donuts at Lamplight. The wait wasn't great...we checked in on the app and were given a 15 minute estimate. In reality we weren't called in for 45 minutes. We expect to wait at any Disney experience...it's part of the deal...but if they tell you 15 and then it turns into 45...something isn't quite right in Anaheim. Once we were in, we realized there were bar seats which we could have taken without waiting. it would have been amazing, especially since we had told the hosts we were just there for donuts, if they had informed us of this option. It looks like there's a well stocked full bar which is cool. If we were eating a full menu I was happy to see a handful of vegetarian options (including an Impossible Burger). We had come for the Chocolate Pistachio donuts and that's all we ordered. They were certainly gorgeous. We are always appreciative of a dessert that isn't sickly sweet to allow flavors to balance...but these tasted like an almost complete lack of sweetness...the pistachio came through a lot. The texture of the yeast donuts wasn't as light as we'd wanted, and overall we were disappointed. They do list a "seasonal donut" option on their menu...and as suckers for donuts, that enough, especially knowing we could likely just grab seats at the bar might have us give it another chance.

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