Hurricane Hanna's Waterside Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Bay Lake

Every once in a while I will park at Disney Springs and take a bus to the Boardwalk (or Yacht Club, Beach Club, Swan or Dolphin). Then I’ll walk around the Boardwalk area, checking out the shops or, as was the case in this most recent trip, check out the Christmas decorations, especially the gingerbread creations and the miniature railroad set up at the Yacht Club. Then I stop and have lunch somewhere. Most of the time, it’s here at Hurricane Hanna’s.

Hurricane Hanna’s Waterside Bar and Grill is located right outside the shared pool of Yacht and Beach Club (Stormalong Bay). It’s a lovely spot to sit, eat, and people watch. You don’t have to be a pool user, or even be staying at the resort to eat here. It’s a quick service bar and grill so you can get a burger, chicken fingers, Caesar or garden salad, impossible burger, seafood roll, and my favorite, a chicken sandwich.

The chicken sandwich I had was grilled, came with fries, and topped with cheese and a chunky avocado. I like avocado but I would have gotten this without avocado or on the side. Other than that, it was perfection. The fries were hot and crispy and salty. So good. I’m glad they went back to these fries and got rid of the waffle fries, which always seemed kinda stale.

The chicken tenders are the same you get at every quick service at Disney, but my child thinks this one has the best tasting ones. Maybe it’s because we always build up an appetite from walking around?

The chicken sandwich, as of 12/29/23, was $12.49 and a kids meal chicken fingers was $8.49 (you can ask to sub the fruit with French fries).

It does have a small seating area and if you order at the window you’ll be given a buzzer to let you know when your food is ready. It might be hard to get a seat there, but you can sit on the beach, or on the grass under a tree, or there’s a few more seats around the corner from the grill, by the ship (water slide).

If you have room for dessert, make your way to the Beaches and Cream take out window and grab some ice cream or a sundae. Cheers.

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Better then average theme park food. Had the bacon cheeseburger which was great. Toasted roll, plenty of bacon, standard 1 slice of cheese. Patty was cooked well, juicy and tasty. The real knock out here are the waffle fries. They put Chic-Fil-A to shame. They are crispy and stay crispy even when they cool off. Needed salt but to me, everything needs salt. Its inside the Yacht & Beach Club pool so you need to be staying there to access. Limited alcohol selections. If you want a mixed drink (vs beer) , food must be...

Passable food but served by ignorant, rude staff. The worst service I had in Disney - my food was put on a tray and I had some boxes thrown at me and was told I would have to pack it myself to takeaway as they didn’t have time - “we ain’t got time to do that, not today!” , the lady snorted at me. This is not the Disney experience you pay for and certainly isn’t what you would expect from Beach Club - I’m happy to pack my food up but to be talked to in such we used it once...