Friday For Foodies Featured Disney Restaurant: Akershus Royal Banquet Hall



Akershus Royal Banquet Hall

DVC Shop’s Friday For Foodies is an exploration of dining at the Walt Disney World Resort. The first series in this journey through Disney World’s food is called “Eating Around The World Showcase at EPCOT.” As part of this series, DVC Shop will dine at restaurants around the World Showcase in order to explore their food items and overall dining experience. This week’s featured dining location is Akershus Royal Banquet Hall!

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Akershus Royal Banquet Hall Entrance.

Overview of Spice Road Table

Tucked away in the Norway Pavilion, Akershus Royal Banquet Hall is a must-visit for anyone a delicious meal at EPCOT. This sit-down dining location is designed to resemble a 14th-century Norwegian castle, complete with stone walls, stained glass windows, and suits of armor. During a meal at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, you will even encounter some Disney royalty!

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Akershus Royal Banquet Hall seating area.

Food & Drink Items We Tried

The menu at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall Norwegian-style dishes. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are all served family-style. We were able to try some of Akershus Royal Banquet Hall’s breakfast items during our visit.

Pastries and Accompaniments

Our first family-style plate was filled with authentic pastries and accompaniments. This dish included Norwegian Berrie jam, salmon spread, cheddar cheese, cinnamon roll, croissant, apple pastry, chocolate turnover, ham, and salami.

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Pastries and Accompaniments.

Breakfast Platter

Next, we enjoyed the breakfast platter. This came with potato casserole, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and Norwegian waffles.

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Breakfast Platter.

Princess Meet and Greets

While eating at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, we were joined by a few of Disney’s princesses! They stopped by our table for photos and autographs. The princesses we met were Tiana, Ariel, Aurora, Belle, and Snow White.

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Aurora, Ariel, and Tiana. Photos: Emily Murray.

Akershus Royal Banquet Hall offers authentic Norwegian dishes along with Princess meet and greets. Have you ever eaten Akershus Royal Banquet Hall? Let us know in the comments!

Written by

Emily Murray


Contributing Writer

For as long as Emily can remember, Disney has played a huge role in her life. Her infatuation with Disney resulted in many hours spent rewatching Toy Story and creating multiple powerpoints to convince her parents to book yet another vacation to the “Most Magical Place on Earth”. In 2015, Emily followed one of her dreams and moved to Orlando, Florida where she spent just over five years working for the mouse in three separate roles. Emily is passionate about writing and using words creatively and concisely. She loves to make others laugh and hopes to sprinkle a little bit of magic into everything she does.

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