Room service at most Disney World hotels has been gone for over five years now, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and at this time, there’s no sign it’ll return to the majority of hotels any time soon.

Oh how we miss room service!

That makes us sad, and it has been every day for the past 5+ years, but we have to admit that there is something out there that makes it…at least a little bit better. At select Disney World hotel table service restaurants, you may notice an option called “To-Go.” This means that, while it can’t be brought to your room, you are able to order a meal, go and pick it up, then bring it back to your room to enjoy instead of eating inside the restaurant. Is it really worth it, though? We found out for ourselves!

During a recent stay at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, we hopped onto the My Disney Experience App and noticed that Steakhouse 71 had the To-Go option available for guests staying at the hotel. This was listed separately from the restaurant itself, as well as the Steakhouse 71 Lounge — it was listed in the app as “Steakhouse 71 To-Go.” This option is only available for restaurants that have the To-Go option listed!

Steakhouse 71

We were able to select our preferred pickup time, and then we were able to scroll through the WHOLE menu to see what we wanted to eat. Yes, this doesn’t just give you a small selection of the menu — the majority of the menu is readily available for you to choose from, which we loved. This means we didn’t have to worry about getting a reservation, which can be hard for a restaurant with this level of popularity, but we still got to choose from the whole menu!

The front of the menu!

We ended up choosing the 10-oz New York Strip for $38, which comes with Charred Asparagus and Whipped Horseradish Cream. Once we had placed our order, we walked over from Bay Lake Tower when the app told us it was ready, then took the meal right back to our room.

Eating fancy in our room!

We felt the food was of equal quality to what we would get at the table. The steak was a well-cooked medium-rare NY strip, though we don’t feel it stood out particularly from a seasoning perspective (though the horseradish helped that). We thought the asparagus was a bit undercooked, but we did like how thick and hearty the spears were.

A solid meal

We also really enjoyed being able to eat in a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) room (shoutout to David’s Vacation Club Rentals for hosting us!), as it had a full kitchen, so we were able to plate the meal nicely. Even without that, though, we do feel like the meal came packaged well from the restaurant. Would we do it again? Absolutely, and we’re glad there’s something semi-familiar to room service offered, but we still really do hope it’ll come back someday.

With DOZENS of places to eat at Disney World, we know it can be tough to plan your meals. That’s why we wrote the DFB Guide to Dining at Walt Disney World. We have reviews, pictures, and details about every restaurant, all in one digital download, along with ALL of our best tips and strategies from decades of Disney World trips to make it easy-peasy for you to navigate!

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