Cape May Cafe is the New England inspired restaurant at Disney’s Beach Club Resort. It features an all-you-care-to-enjoy buffet for breakfast and dinner. Breakfast (which we did not try this visit) is a character meal known as Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast. You can meet Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Daisy, dressed in their beach attire. 

After many visits to Disney’s Beach Club Resort we finally got to try a meal at Cape May Cafe. Usually we’re running around and eating meals in the parks, but this time we wanted a nice meal at the hotel and saw that Cape May wasn’t too busy and the price was $49 for adults and $29 for kids. Not terrible for a Disney World dinner.

The main buffet is set up like a big square in the dining room with four sides of food offerings:

The salad side had an assortment of cold foods including mixed salads, various fresh fruits, peel and eat shrimp, olives, and soups. We’re not the kind to “waste” stomach space on salad at a buffet, but we enjoyed the caesar salad, balsamic tomatoes, and seafood pasta salad.

The first hot side had your dinner rolls, mashed potatoes, baked chicken, bbq ribs, corn, and red potatoes, along with steamed seafood offerings of mussels, clams, and shrimp. If you’re in the mood for a seafood boil/steam-pot type of meal this is the side for you.

The second hot side included a carving station with beef and pork, with optional horseradish or sour cream onion sauce. Further along was a kids’ food section with pasta with marinara sauce, meatballs, pizza, macaroni and cheese, and baked chicken legs. This was a very popular section for all ages. Not a very adventurous side, but a good selection of meats and comfort foods.

The final hot side surprised us with some more lively offerings like mixed meat and seafood paella, vegetable paella, a house pasta with balsamic sauce, assorted vegetables, and baked salmon with a sweet and spicy glaze. The fried seafood selection had cod, shrimp, and clams. This was our favorite side. The paellas were flavorful. The fried items were crispy, with our fave being the shrimp. The salmon was very popular and tended to disappear soon after being put out. They replaced it at least twice during our meal. Don’t sleep on that salmon. Get it while you can.

After a few platefuls of savory items, we drifted over to the desserts. This section, separate from the main dinner items, is located in a corner near the restaurant entrance. Dessert here is mainly a selection of mini sweets, cookies, and a fruit buckle with berry sauce. We were intrigued by the Peanut Butter Marshmallow Profiteroles and Chocolate Banana Tarts. The restaurant’s Signature Bon Bon was a circular bite of very rich chocolate. The fruit buckle, a sort of cakey fruit cobbler, was warm and delightful with the berry sauce. (It reminded Mrs. Jotter of when her mom would make buttery fruit cobbler with Bisquick back in the day. IYKYK.) We did wish there had been some whipped topping or vanilla ice cream to add to the fruit buckle, but it was good as is.

Was it worth it? If you’re hungry, don’t want to travel far from the resort to eat, and this type of food is your thing, it’s worth a try. Otherwise, we’d recommend other eateries over this one. For example, the Ale and Compass at the nearby Yacht Club Resort will provide a top notch dining experience for roughly the same price. You could also try Trattoria al Forno at Disney’s Boardwalk, which is only a short walk away. Happy dining!