Bourbon Steak is temporarily closed, so move your dinner booking
Bourbon Steak at the Walt Disney World Dolphin is temporarily closed. The official notice says it plans to welcome diners back, but it gives no reopening date. If your reservation is coming up, choose a replacement now rather than leaving dinner tied to a date that hasn't been announced.
Bourbon Steak is a signature, table-service dinner restaurant inside the Dolphin. Its main guest seating is an indoor dining room with an upscale, traditional steakhouse feel suited to a celebratory meal. The current menu provides a useful baseline for the original plan, and its prices appear in the comparison below.
A steakhouse booking often carries two expectations: a polished evening and a serious beef option. Some groups will want both preserved. Others will be happy to change the cooking if doing so opens up lower-priced mains or a later, livelier night. Work out which part mattered to your group before treating all five official alternatives as interchangeable.
The five alternatives sit across three Swan and Dolphin hotels
The Walt Disney World Swan, Dolphin and Swan Reserve form one resort group between EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios, with 23 restaurants and lounges across the three hotels. First-time visitors should not read “Swan and Dolphin” as one building. The hotel column shows where each restaurant is and helps readers who want to remain in the Dolphin.
The official notice names the five restaurants below as alternatives. They solve different versions of the problem, so compare where you want to eat and how far the food can change from the original dinner.
| Restaurant | Hotel and style | Useful price or timing detail | Best reason to choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd English's bluezoo | Dolphin. Dinner-only signature coastal restaurant with a sophisticated underwater-themed dining room; reservations recommended. | simply steak $72, nightly simply fish $45 and crispy brick chicken $36. Dinner 5pm to 10pm daily. | Closest practical replacement for an upscale dinner with a steak option in the Dolphin. |
| Il Mulino | Swan. Relaxed, dinner-only signature Italian restaurant with wood-fired pizza, pasta, fish and meat; reservations recommended. | Penne with marinara, parmesan and ricotta $26, gnocchi Bolognese $29, striped bass $41 and 10-ounce beef tenderloin with mushroom sauce $71. Dinner 5pm to 11pm daily. | Lower-priced pasta choices alongside a high-end beef option. |
| Kimonos | Swan. Dinner-only Japanese restaurant and sushi bar with an intimate dark-wood dining room. | Dinner 5:30pm to 11:30pm daily. Karaoke starts at 9:30pm. | Sushi changes the meal. Karaoke changes the later evening. |
| Amare | Swan Reserve. Modern signature Mediterranean restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner; dinner reservations recommended. | Chicken $33, swordfish $42, striped bass steamed in a parchment pouch $58 and 14-ounce ribeye $85. Dinner 5pm to 11pm daily. | Mediterranean cooking in a modern signature setting. |
| Rosa Mexicano | Dolphin. Signature Mexican restaurant with a stylish, festive dining room, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner; dinner reservations recommended. | Red-chile chicken tacos $20, grilled steak tacos $26, beef-brisket enchiladas $28, 12-ounce skirt steak $42 and 8-ounce filet mignon $62. Dinner 5pm to 11pm daily. | Mexican cooking and the clearest lower-priced mains in the comparison. |
Bluezoo keeps an upscale steak dinner inside the Dolphin
Bluezoo is the closest practical replacement for a group that booked Bourbon Steak for a celebratory dinner and still wants steak. Both are signature dinner restaurants in the Dolphin, so the new booking stays in the same hotel.
The dining rooms have different identities. Bourbon Steak has the traditional steakhouse frame; bluezoo has a sophisticated underwater theme. A group attached to the steakhouse look should know that before booking. A group focused on an upscale meal and a steak option has a straightforward replacement.
Il Mulino and Rosa Mexicano lower the likely main-course spend
Il Mulino is a relaxed signature Italian restaurant with pasta, fish, meat and a high-end beef option. It suits a group that still wants a full dinner but is comfortable swapping the steakhouse setting for Italian food. The pasta mains cost less than Bourbon Steak's two steak examples in the table, while beef remains available for the person who had their heart set on it.
Rosa Mexicano makes a clearer cuisine change. Its Mexican menu contains the lowest-priced examples in this comparison, as well as steak choices. Between them, Il Mulino and Rosa Mexicano are the two strongest options when lowering likely main-course spend matters more than keeping Bourbon Steak's original style.
Amare offers Mediterranean food; Kimonos adds later karaoke
Amare offers Mediterranean food in a modern signature setting at Swan Reserve. It gives the group a polished restaurant dinner while moving well away from a traditional steakhouse menu.
Kimonos is a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar. Sushi changes the meal, and karaoke changes the later evening.
The Disney Dining Plan cannot narrow this list
None of these six restaurants accepts the Disney Dining Plan, so credits cannot narrow the list. Compare the food, hotel and likely main-course spend instead.
Book the replacement that matches your dinner
The official Swan and Dolphin dining site provides direct booking links for Bourbon Steak and each of the five named alternatives. Once the group has agreed, update the meal wherever you recorded it. PlanTheMagic can keep meals, reservations, notes and plan changes together in one trip plan.
For an upscale steak dinner in the Dolphin, bluezoo is the clearest choice. If changing cuisine and paying less for a main matters more, book Il Mulino or Rosa Mexicano.
