The Turf Club Bar and Grill is officially reopening at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa on September 30, 2026, and the new menu is packed with comfort food, cocktails and some seriously tempting options! 🏇🍽️✨ From slow-roasted prime rib and fried chicken & waffles to French onion soup, shrimp pasta and plant-based dishes, there’s plenty to choose from, plus ingredients grown right at EPCOT’s The Land Pavilion! 🌿 The drink menu is just as impressive, with margaritas, whiskey cocktails, an Espresso Martini and fun non-alcoholic options. I’m breaking down the full reopening menu, what I’d order and why The Turf Club might be an underrated choice for your next Disney World or Disney Springs evening! 🍹💕
If you’re staying at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa soon, or you just love discovering underrated Disney World restaurants, there’s some exciting news!
The Turf Club Bar and Grill is officially reopening on September 30, 2026, and Disney just gave us a first look at the new menu.
And I have to say...
There are WAY more things on this menu that I want to try than I expected. 😂
We’re talking slow-roasted prime rib, fried chicken and waffles, French onion soup, shrimp pasta, margaritas, espresso martinis, cheesecake...
Basically, this is not helping my habit of planning Disney days around where I want to eat. 😂
So let’s take a look at what’s coming to The Turf Club when it reopens!
🏇 First, What Is The Turf Club Bar and Grill?
The Turf Club Bar and Grill is located at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, and the entire restaurant is inspired by turn-of-the-century Upstate New York and horse racing culture.
That fits perfectly with Saratoga Springs Resort, which itself takes inspiration from the historic New York destination famous for horse racing and mineral springs.
Inside, you’ll find vintage equestrian details and memorabilia, but one of the biggest reasons I think this restaurant deserves more attention is its LOCATION.
You can enjoy views of:
⛳ The golf course greens
🌊 Lake Buena Vista
🛍️ Disney Springs
It has a much more relaxed atmosphere than some of Disney World's busier restaurants, which could make it such a nice dinner option when you want to get away from the parks for a few hours.
And now it's coming back with a refreshed menu!
📅 When Is The Turf Club Reopening?
Mark your calendars:
The Turf Club Bar and Grill reopens September 30, 2026! 🎉
So if you have a Walt Disney World trip coming up this fall, you'll soon have another table-service restaurant to add to your list.
And based on this menu...
You might want to arrive hungry. 😂
🥣 Let's Start With the Appetizers
There are quite a few options here, ranging from classic comfort food to lighter choices.
The new appetizer menu includes:
🍗 Crispy Chicken Wings
Served with your choice of buffalo or garlic-Parmesan sauce, plus blue cheese and celery.
🌱 Sweet-and-Spicy Brussels Sprouts
A plant-based option with piquant agave glaze and crispy Vidalia onions.
Honestly, sweet + spicy + crispy onions?
I'm listening. 👀
🧅 French Onion Soup
Made with savory sherry beef broth and topped with melted fontina and Gruyère.
THIS would probably be my appetizer.
There is just something about French onion soup at a cozy Disney Resort restaurant that sounds perfect after a long park day.
🥗 Wedge Salad
Featuring bacon, buttermilk-chive ranch, pickled red onions and tomatoes.
And here's a fun Disney detail: it's garnished with marigold from The Land Pavilion at EPCOT!
🦑 Golden-fried Calamari with Shishito Peppers
Served with toasted sesame aïoli and sweet chili-lime sauce.
🍤 Lemon Butter Shrimp
With sun-dried tomatoes, feta, capers and toasted bread.
I feel like this would be SUCH a good appetizer to share with the table.
🥩 The Entrée Menu Is FULL of Comfort Food
This is where The Turf Club really caught my attention.
There are some seriously hearty meals on this menu.
🥩 Slow-roasted Prime Rib
The prime rib comes with a baked potato, butter, sour cream, chives, seasonal vegetables, au jus and horseradish sauce.
It's classic.
It's simple.
And after walking 25,000 steps around Disney World all day?
Give me the giant plate of meat and potatoes. 😂
🐟 Smoked Salmon-wrapped Halibut
This might be one of the more interesting dishes on the menu.
The halibut is wrapped in smoked salmon and served with seasonal risotto, citrus beurre blanc and nasturtium garnish from The Land Pavilion at EPCOT.
I LOVE that Disney is incorporating ingredients grown at EPCOT into dishes at the resorts.
It's such a small detail, but it's exactly the kind of thing that makes Disney dining interesting.
🍖 Braised Pork Shank
This comes with:
New York cheddar grits + bacon-bourbon glaze.
That's it.
That's all I needed to read. 😂
This sounds like one of those rich comfort-food meals that you order knowing you're probably not doing anything productive afterward.
🌱 There's a Plant-Based Pasta Too!
The Spinach and Mushroom Linguini features a mushroom “cream” sauce with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms and basil-tofu “ricotta.”
I really like seeing Disney continue to include actual plant-based entrées that feel like complete meals rather than just removing the meat from an existing dish.
🥩 Char-grilled Butcher's Steak
If you're craving steak but don't necessarily want the prime rib, there's also a Char-grilled Butcher's Steak.
It comes with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables and house-made steak sauce.
Very classic steakhouse meal.
And sometimes that's EXACTLY what you want.
🍔 The Turf Club Burger
Of course we need a burger.
But this one is definitely not boring.
The Turf Club Burger comes topped with:
🥓 Applewood-smoked bacon
🧀 New York white cheddar
🥒 House-made pickles
🧅 Onion straws
🥬 Lettuce
🍅 Tomato
And it's served with seasoned waffle fries.
The onion straws and waffle fries immediately make this approximately 100 times more appealing to me. 😂
🧇 Fried Chicken AND Waffles?!
Okay.
This might be what I order.
The Corn Flake-breaded Fried Chicken and Waffle comes with roasted jalapeño maple syrup and candied bacon butter.
COME ON.
Sweet.
Spicy.
Crunchy.
Bacon butter.
I feel like this has my name written all over it. 😂
🍝 Pappardelle Shrimp Pasta
If pasta is more your thing, there's also a Pappardelle Shrimp Pasta featuring shrimp, asparagus and truffle sauce.
This sounds like another really solid option if you want something that feels a little more elevated without going completely outside your comfort zone.
🍰 And Obviously We Need Dessert
You didn't think I was going to skip dessert, did you? 😂
The Turf Club's dessert menu includes four choices.
🍫 Chocolate-Hazelnut Cake
With hazelnut mousse and berry sauce.
🍓 Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
With strawberry sauce and graham crumb.
🍮 Salted Caramel Pot de Crème
With vanilla bean panna cotta, pecan crunch and citrus shortbread.
🍎 Apple Tart
A plant-based dessert served with caramel sauce, streusel and “gelato.”
I think the Salted Caramel Pot de Crème would be my first choice.
But realistically, this feels like one of those situations where everyone orders something different and then we all pretend we're only going to have one bite of each other's desserts. 😂
🍹 The Cocktail Menu Is HUGE
Now we're getting to one of my favourite parts of any Disney menu. 😂
The Turf Club has a surprisingly big specialty cocktail list.
And there are some VERY interesting options.
🥃 The Saratoga Cocktail
This feels like the signature drink of the restaurant.
It's made with:
Michter's Single Barrel Rye Whiskey, Courvoisier VS Cognac, Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth and The Bitter Truth Decanter Bitters.
Definitely one for the whiskey drinkers!
🍹 Winner's Circle Margarita
Now THIS is more my speed. 😂
The Winner's Circle Margarita combines:
🍋 Lime
🌵 Agave
🥃 Don Julio Reposado Tequila
🍊 Grand Marnier
If you've read basically any of my Disney drink posts before, you already know I am not saying no to a margarita.
🍷 New York Sour
The New York Sour combines Widow Jane Bourbon, Disaronno Originale, sweet-and-sour and Francis Ford Coppola Diamond Collection Merlot.
Wine AND bourbon in the same drink?
Disney said we're committing to the theme. 😂
🍊 Blood Orange Margarita
Another margarita option!
This one features Lunazul Añejo Tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and blood orange sour.
Between this and the Winner's Circle Margarita, I would have a decision to make.
🍍 Piña CoLAVA
If you've had drinks around Walt Disney World before, this one might look familiar.
It's made with Bacardí Raspberry Rum blended with coconut, pineapple and raspberry purée.
Basically tropical vacation in a glass. 🌴
🥃 More Cocktails!
The menu doesn't stop there.
You'll also find:
🥃 New York Old Fashioned – Hudson Bright Lights Big Bourbon, demerara and Angostura bitters
🍸 Grandstand Martini – Grey Goose Vodka, Dolin Dry Vermouth, olive brine and blue cheese olives
🌿 Mint Julep – Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon with fresh mint and agave nectar
🍍 Pineapple Mule – Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey, ginger bitters, pineapple juice, ginger beer and mint
There is definitely a strong whiskey and bourbon presence on this menu, which fits the whole Turf Club atmosphere really well.
☕ WAIT... There's an Espresso Martini Too
You knew this section was coming. 😂
The dessert cocktail menu includes both a Chocolate Martini and an Espresso Martini.
The Espresso Martini features Grainger's Deluxe Organic Vanilla Vodka, Tia Maria Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, Bols White Crème de Cacao and espresso.
Dinner.
Dessert.
Coffee.
Cocktail.
All at once.
Efficiency. 😂👏
There's also Banfi Rosa Regale Sparkling Red if you'd rather finish your meal with wine.
🍺 Beer & Wine Drinkers Have Plenty of Choices Too
If cocktails aren't your thing, there's a full selection of beer, hard seltzer and wine.
Beer options include familiar choices like:
🍺 Stella Artois
🍺 Michelob Ultra
🍺 Blue Moon Belgian White Ale
🍺 Cigar City Jai Alai
🍺 Samuel Adams Seasonal
There's also High Noon Pineapple Vodka Hard Seltzer and an Athletic Brewing Co. Upside Dawn Golden non-alcoholic option.
The wine list includes sparkling, white, rosé and red selections, including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Basically...
You're not going thirsty here. 😂
🍋 There Are Fun Non-Alcoholic Drinks Too!
I always appreciate when Disney puts some effort into the zero-proof options instead of making the choices soda, water or lemonade.
The new menu has two specialty non-alcoholic drinks.
🥒 Enchanted Grove Lime Splash
Minute Maid Limeade with refreshing cucumber and mint.
This sounds SO refreshing after spending a hot day in the parks.
🍓 Enchanting Ember Lemonade
Minute Maid Premium Lemonade with strawberry and hot honey.
Okay...
Strawberry + hot honey?
I'm intrigued. 👀
☕ Coffee Lovers Aren't Forgotten
The Turf Club will also serve freshly brewed Joffrey's Coffee, including:
☕ Regular or decaf
☕ Double espresso
☕ Cappuccino
☕ Caffè latte
There's also Peru Alto Mayo Protected Forest Coffee, roasted by Joffrey's and served as a press pot.
So yes...
You can absolutely follow your Espresso Martini with actual espresso if your Disney schedule demands it. 😂
🌿 I LOVE the Ingredients Coming From EPCOT
One little detail from this menu that I think is worth highlighting is the use of ingredients from The Land Pavilion at EPCOT.
The Wedge Salad uses a marigold garnish grown at The Land, while the Smoked Salmon-wrapped Halibut features nasturtium from the pavilion.
If you've ever ridden Living with the Land, you've seen Disney growing food inside those greenhouses.
And some of those ingredients actually end up being used in Disney restaurants!
It's one of those Disney details that makes something as simple as ordering dinner a little more interesting.
🛍️ This Could Be a GREAT Disney Springs Dinner
One of the reasons I'd consider The Turf Club even if I WASN'T staying at Saratoga Springs is its proximity to Disney Springs.
Saratoga Springs sits right across Lake Buena Vista from Disney Springs, making this an interesting option for a resort-and-Disney-Springs evening.
You could spend the afternoon shopping and exploring Disney Springs, head over to Saratoga Springs for dinner and then finish your night back at Disney Springs.
And unlike some of the restaurants directly inside Disney Springs, The Turf Club could potentially give you a little break from the busiest areas.
Sometimes that's exactly what you need halfway through a Disney vacation. 😂
🍽️ What Would I Order?
I've already mentally ordered my meal, obviously.
For me, I think it would be:
🥣 French Onion Soup
🧇 Corn Flake-breaded Fried Chicken and Waffle
🍹 Winner's Circle Margarita
🍮 Salted Caramel Pot de Crème
And then...
Maybe an Espresso Martini.
Because we're on vacation. 😂
Although that Braised Pork Shank with cheddar grits and bacon-bourbon glaze is making this decision MUCH harder than it needs to be.
✨ Is The Turf Club Worth Adding to Your Disney World Plans?
I think this reopening is especially worth paying attention to if you're staying at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.
Having another full table-service option right at your resort is always a win.
But I wouldn't automatically rule it out just because you're staying somewhere else.
The combination of comfort food, cocktails, scenic views and the relaxed resort atmosphere could make The Turf Club a great choice for:
💕 A quieter date-night dinner
👨👩👧👦 A family resort meal
🛍️ A Disney Springs evening
😴 A rest-day dinner
🍹 Drinks and appetizers outside the parks
🏨 Saratoga Springs Resort guests
Not every Disney meal needs to involve characters, fireworks or a dining room with a giant attraction happening around you.
Sometimes after several days in the parks, sitting down somewhere quieter with French onion soup and a margarita sounds AMAZING. 😂
🏇 The Turf Club Returns September 30!
The Turf Club Bar and Grill officially reopens at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa on September 30, 2026, bringing back its horse-racing-inspired atmosphere with a menu packed with steaks, seafood, comfort food, plant-based options, desserts and a pretty impressive drink selection.
I think this is one of those restaurants that could easily fly under the radar compared with Disney World's huge character meals and famous signature restaurants.
But looking at this menu?
I wouldn't overlook it.
Especially if someone puts that fried chicken and waffle in front of me. 😂🧇
If you're planning a Walt Disney World vacation for fall 2026 or beyond, Magical Moments Travel can help with your resort, tickets, dining plans and the rest of those approximately 400 decisions that somehow come with planning a Disney vacation. 😂✨
And yes...
Figuring out where we're eating is absolutely one of the important ones. 🍽️💕