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One of the best counter service restaurants in all of the Magic Kingdom is Columbia Harbor House.\u00a0 This quick service dining location offers a multitude of options for guests that are downright tasty. Don’t pass this location up because you think it’s all typical theme park fare. It most certainly is not. They even have a nice selection of healthier items on the menu.\u00a0 Columbia Harbor House serves up chicken, fish, shrimp, sandwiches, salads and more!<\/p>\n
To find Columbia Harbor House you’ll easily see that it is situated in Liberty Square right across from The Haunted Mansion.\u00a0 The restaurant is themed after sea shanties in Colonial America.\u00a0 There are tons of nautical decorations here, including paintings, ships, mastheads, ship wheels, maps, and more. Look around and explore to see truly all the great details this dining establishment has to offer. Because of it’s sea-faring motif, the restaurant relies heavily on woods to carry the theme out.<\/p>\n
When you enter, you’ll enter the main ordering area.\u00a0 Here, you will often be directed by a Cast Member to a cash register.\u00a0 If you don’t see one, just head to whichever line is the shortest.\u00a0 Please keep in mind that BOTH SIDES OF THE REGISTER ARE OPEN!\u00a0 Cast Members rotate to the left and the right who’s order they take. This is something that I am well aware of, but I cannot tell you how many times I’ve gone right up and ordered via a shorter line and the people on the other side of the line give me the stink eye.<\/p>\n
Also, please be aware of what you want to eat before you get to the cash register.\u00a0 Make sure to take a look at the menu while you’re waiting to get a general idea…it will make the whole process go a lot faster, for both you and those waiting behind you.\u00a0 Once you have placed your order, you will make your way up to the pick up counter.\u00a0 Here, when your order is ready, the Cast Member will hand you your food.\u00a0 You can then proceed to finding a table.<\/p>\n
While there is ample seating downstairs, I’m going to let you in on this hint…there are stairs that are right by the main ordering area…take them.\u00a0 Upstairs is a glorious seating area that is often not crazy full of guests, since most people don’t necessarily know about it.\u00a0 Plus, if you sit by a window, you’ve got a great view of Liberty Square!<\/p>\n
Now, let’s get to the food!<\/p>\n
Perhaps the items they are most famous for are their chicken and fish baskets.\u00a0 These are delicious fried white fish or chicken breast nuggets that are served with either fries, apples or steamed broccoli! (Broccoli?\u00a0 In a theme park?\u00a0 What a wonderful idea!) In the mood for both, ala Long John Silvers…you can get both here too!\u00a0 I’ve gotten the fish basket before and it’s quite good. Not too greasy with good flavor. The french fries are your standard issue fry.<\/p>\n
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You know how I said that this isn’t your typical theme park counter service location.\u00a0 Here’s why.\u00a0 Columbia Harbor House also serves up quite a few unique and healthy options.\u00a0 Chief among them are the infamous Anchors Aweigh sandwich (a white tuna sandwich served with lettuce and tomato) and the Lighthouse sandwich (hummus, tomato, and broccoli slaw).<\/p>\n
They also serve my favorite sandwich, which is the lobster roll. Wait…what?\u00a0 A lobster roll?!\u00a0 Why yes indeedy!\u00a0 This sandwich consists of lobster chunks, lettuce, celery, onion, and mayo served on a hoagie type roll.\u00a0 Do keep in mind, it’s got quite a bit of mayo and I would probably prefer if there were a few less onions (whew…onion breath stays with you) but overall it’s a good sandwich.\u00a0 Though I mostly ate the stuffing by itself as it fell out of the roll, cause they do heap in in there.<\/p>\n
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A couple other unique options.\u00a0 They serve up grilled salmon, which comes with broccoli and couscous. They also have an amazing fried shrimp platter, which serves up good sized fried shrimp!\u00a0 If you are looking for a good salad, look no further than the Broccoli Peppercorn Salad, served with Mixed greens, chicken, broccoli, bacon, all tossed with a creamy peppercorn dressing.<\/p>\n
Looking for a heavier snack?\u00a0 They also serve up some great soups.\u00a0 They have a vegetarian chili, but my favorite is the New England Clam Chowder. It’s the perfect consistency and got wonderfully sized chunks of potato and clam.<\/p>\n
For kids, they offer chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, an Uncrustable, or a tuna sandwich.<\/p>\n
They also have a couple of dessert options.\u00a0 On one of our previous visits, our food never showed up at the counter, so they offered us dessert too.\u00a0 I decided to try the chocolate cake and my husband got the seasonal cobbler, which was apple. The chocolate cake is your standard counter service chocolate cake. It is a decent dessert, but it’s not really something I’d write home about.\u00a0 I’d say the same about the apple cobbler, though I did enjoy that one just a little more.\u00a0 If you’re visiting here and on the dining plan though, I would choose the cobbler.<\/p>\n
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