Tiana’s Palace has officially opened at Disneyland offering a robust assortment of Southern specialties. Inspired by the PRINCESS AND THE FROG film, fans can expect to get a taste of Tiana’s famous recipes including gumbo that’s the bees knees and of course… those man-catching beignets.

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Here’s everything you need to know Tiana’s Palace restaurant at Disneyland.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was updated with new photographs and information on 4/15/24 and 4/10/24.

About the Location

The New Orleans Square eatery replaces the former French Market and has been refreshed from top to bottom, inside and out, including its menu! The exterior resembles the waterside restaurant featured at the end of THE PRINCESS IN THE FROG with warm and inviting hues evocative of the Southern hospitality that the new location aims to embody.

Of course, there’s a bunch of fun details to take in including homages not just to the 2009 animated classic but also New Orleans and also Disneyland itself. While this is not character dining location, you MIGHT get lucky and see Princess Tiana walking around the area, welcoming guests to her restaurant.

This location offers Mobile Order to help minimize your time standing in line. It’s open for lunch and dinner and typically operates from around 10am – 8pm, always check the Disneyland app for the latest timing and details.

About the Food

The new eatery serves a heaping dose of the flavors of New Orleans with a taste of the world of Princess Tiana from THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG. We had the chance to taste just about everything on the menu and are happy to share what we thought!

MORE INFO: REVIEW: Everything we tried at Tiana’s Palace at Disneyland

Behind the Scenes

The Team

Some of the team responsible for the refresh of Tiana’s Palace include Chef John State (Culinary Director, Food and Beverage, Disneyland Resort) and Kim Irvine (Executive Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering) who respectively overaw the food offerings and the thematic updates. They worked in coordination with others including Michele Gendreau (Director, Food & Beverage Experience Integration, Disneyland Resort) and Lindell Skinner (Operations Manager, Food and Beverage, Disneyland Resort, and Co-Chair of PULSE Employee Resource Group)

Recipes

Disneyland has released two recipes for the dishes at Tiana’s Palace.

House Gumbo

MORE INFO: RECIPE: Tiana’s Palace House Gumbo at New Orleans Square in Disneyland

7 Greens Gumbo

MORE INFO: RECIPE: 7 Greens Gumbo with Chicken & Andouille Sausage from Tiana’s Palace at Disneyland

The Ingredients

Several ingredients that are used at Tiana’s Palace are supplied from New Orleans including the andouille sausage, Carolina gold rice, and the bread. Tabasco and Crystal are two brands of hot sauces popular in New Orealns that are also used and the featured Joffrey’s Coffee Chicory Cold Brew uses cane syrup from Louisiana.

These photos below are recipe cards offering details about some of the specialty ingredients that are used in the food at Tiana’s Palace.

Photos

Below is a collection of photographs sharing a closer look at all the beautiful details inside of Tiana’s Palace.

An adorable statuette of Louis the alligator welcomes diners outside the restaurant. Bright yellow canopies drape the area evocative of the warm colors Tiana wears in the film.

Mobile order exists at this location, just open up the Disneyland app, select your pickup time and order’s up! It’s important to note that if you dine at the restaurant the food is served on proper plates with silverware. However, if you Mobile Order, your food is placed in plastic to-go containers for a decidedly less authentic presentation of the culinary creations that Tiana and her team have cooked up.

On rare occasion, you might get lucky and have a visit from the Princess herself. Although not guaranteed, Tiana is known to sometimes walk around the restaurant eager to check with customers about how they’re enjoying their meal.

Homey details are peppered around the location including the hats and coats for Tiana, her husband Naveen, her mother Eudora, and a little hat that we’re guessing is for Naveen’s brother Prince Ralphie.

Many of the details from the location’s former existence as the French Market can still be seen but are plussed up with personal touches by Princess Tiana. Lighting evocative of water lilies grace the area while a royal blue skylight evokes the twilight sky — blue skies guaranteed. Some finer details line the shelves including some China evocative of lily pads and some personal mementos for Tiana and her friends.

Firefly Five Plus Lou is a fun nod to the Firehouse Five Plus Two jazz band which played at Disneyland in the early days of Disneyland on Main Street, USA. The band was comprised some of Disney’s original animators, including Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, and Harper Goff.

The location remains a cafeteria style setup where you get your food from the kitchen staff and then slide your tray down to the cash registers to make your purchase.