Tangaroa Terrace Tropical Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Anaheim

Tangaroa Terrace Restaurant at Disneyland Hotel. This is a cute tropical Hawaiian themed restaurant.

You can definitely find a couple of great healthy vegan options here whether you're looking for an amazing breakfast to start your day or a light salad to end it or some adult beverages 🤭 (via the attached bar around the corner, Trader Sam's).

We had plenty to eat throughout the day so I was looking for something lighter and, the Swaying Palm Salad, with the charred hearts of palm, cashews, puffed rice noodles and more, looked to be a perfect option. I would say you really have to be a salad person to appreciate this salad. I appreciate a good salad but I'm not like "a salad person" and in spite of variety of ingredients .. which I appreciated, I was umm inspired by this salad. Again, if you're "a salad person", you'll probably find yourself having more of an affinity for this, as it's probably just one of those "it's not you, it's me" kinda things....

In addition to the salad, we ordered a couple of "Nightmare Grog Floats with Rum" from Trader Sam's, which is a bar that's attached to the Tangaroa Terrace restaurant. The drink on the left was made with a lighter rum and on the right, a darker rum, but I couldn't speak to the specific brand. This was really delicious but I mean, who doesn't love Dole Whip 🤤 (if that's "you", please don't out yourself 🤨, I think it's best for you and everyone else involved that you remain in hiding 😊 lol). On an aside, while the drink was supposed to be presented inside of the Nightmare Before Christmas cups and clearly .. was not, they still gave us the cups separately so .. no harm, no foul.

Last but certainly not least was their breakfast, holy f(bleeped to avoid social media police and a feigned sense of moral decency lol). I'm totally a sucker for anything "avocado toast" so I was easily intrigued by this menu item, especially given it was on a croissant. I didn't expect this breakfast to be so "much", and I say that in an amazingly good way, I thought I was merely ordering a sandwich but turns out, I received an experience! The croissant was light, fluffy and flaky. The breakfast as a whole was very filling yet light and healthy, you'll finish feeling full without feeling...

So the food had been on a steady decline in the last 2 years, but today was our last visit.

Went for breakfast and because the cashier didn't ask if we were together, we were told we would have to pay separately because she was too far into the transaction for us to be "allowed" to pay separately.

So we order our second entrée and ask if we may substitute potatoes for bacon, and we're told that's not possible. The only solution is for us to pay for the full entrée, request they hold the bacon and pay for an additional side of potatoes. No upgrades, no substitutions. We were told that this is the case because the restaurant (at the Disneyland Resort) was losing too much money making substitutions and they had to change their policy. I asked, "What if someone is vegetarian?" They don't care.

So if you are vegetarian, or don't eat pork due to some religious or political belief or don't eat bacon or sausage because you have a health condition that prevents you from being able to eat bacon or sausage (or perhaps you just don't feel like eating their crappy paper thin, flavorless "bacon" ) I suggest going somewhere else for breakfast. Tangaroa Terrace clearly isn't the place...

My husband and I stopped here for breakfast one morning to try out the Japanese pancakes. The Terrace has both indoor and outdoor seating. There is a refrigerated grab and go section and a place where you can give them your order. Take out is available along with mobile order.

I learned that later on in the day they serve the famous dole whips you would find in Disneyland and oddly enough they serve the famous pog juice that you would only find at the Polynesian Village in Walt Disney World. Would have loved to have stayed for that!

The Japanese pancakes were light and fluffy and with the guava and toppings made it just right. Even the orchid is edible. The bacon on the other hand was so tough I couldn't even cut it with a knife. I had already sent this dish back once because the order was cold and they prepared us a new plate so I didn't want to bother with that again.

This is the fast casual eatery of the Disneyland hotel. It has that tropical vibe to it and the scenery around it is spectacular-much like the Polynesian longhouses. Definitely recommend the pancakes if you are...