The Artist's Palette Review (Counter Service at Disney's Saratoga Springs)

The Artist’s Palette is the main counter service restaurant at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa. This review of The Artist’s Palette previews the menu, grab-and-go items, and a few things we’ve tried at the restaurant.

If you have an upcoming stay planned at Disney’s Saratoga Springs, you’ll probably want to have a meal or two at The Artist’s Palette. This off-the-beaten-path resort quick service has quickly become one of our favorites.

In all seriousness, it’s one of our go-to spots when picking up resort calendars each month. We’ve eaten here three times this year alone!

In addition to several excellent menu items, The Artist’s Palette has a tremendous selection of grocery and pantry items. For reference, Disney’s Saratoga Springs is a Disney Vacation Club Resort. So, the rooms at the resort range from deluxe studios with small kitchenettes to three-bedroom villas with full kitchens.

Since guests have the ability to prepare food in their rooms, we’ll see more grocery items at The Artist’s Palette than we do at non-DVC Resorts. Hopefully, a preview of these items will help you decide whether to place a grocery order before your vacation or get by with what’s available at the resort.

sign says The Artist's Palette — The Artist’s Palette is the primary quick-service restaurant at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort.

The Artist’s Palette is open daily from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner and offer mobile ordering via the My Disney Experience app.

You’ll find The Artist’s Palette at the Carriage House, which is off the resort’s lobby. If you’re spending the day at the High Rock Springs Pool, this is an excellent location to pick up a meal. It’s considerably better than anything you would find at the pool bar.

entrance to The Artist Palette — The Artist’s Palette is an extension of the Carriage House, which is the resort’s lobby.

Inside, you’ll find that The Artist’s Palette is not only a counter service, but it doubles as the resort’s gift shop. We have a separate article with photos of items in the gift shop at Saratoga Springs.

Guests can enjoy their meal in the dining room or outside. Several tables and chairs are also available on the The Turf Club’s patio, which sits toward the back of the lobby area.

Here are the menu items available on this visit. Not too much has changed since our last visit.

Lemon-Tarragon Roasted Chicken
Braised Meatballs
Cheese Steak Sandwich

Kids’ Meals:

Meatball with Polenta
Chicken Strips
Macaroni and Cheese

Margherita Pizza
Three-Meat Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza
Cheese Pizza

Additional Items:

Chicken Strips
PB&J Uncrustable

The Artist's Palette Pizza menu and Kids' Meals

Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwich
Italian Sub Sandwich
Mango Rum-barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwich

Plant-Based Gyro
Caesar Salad with Chicken
Saratoga Salad with Chicken

For breakfast, the following items are available:

Shrimp and Grits
Bacon and Caramelized Onions Quiche
Mickey-shaped Waffles
Bounty Breakfast Platter
French Toast Strata
Country Breakfast Wrap
Croissant Sandwich
Oatmeal
Harvest Breakfast Sandwich

Kids’ Meals

Egg Scramble
Mickey Waffles

You can preview the entire menus with prices for The Artist’s Palette on Disney’s site or in the mobile order section of the My Disney Experience app. A drop-down menu at the top allows you to change between meal periods.

Before we look at the food we’ve tried, we’ll preview what’s available in the grab-and-go areas and dessert cases. This first case features Mickey-shaped dome cakes and various other desserts.

Here, we have a traditional cannoli filled with chocolate chip ricotta and garnished with milk chocolate chips. On the right sits the Bullseye Cupcake, a staple at Saratoga Springs since it’s an equestrian-themed resort. The Bullseye Cupcake is described as a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter mousse and chocolate peanut butter buttercream.

On a previous visit, we saw this Mickey’s Pot of Gold cupcake, a seasonal treat. However, the Hole in One brownie is another traditional dessert representing the Lake Buena Vista Golf Course.

This vanilla cheesecake is no sugar-added and gluten-free. It looked like a tasty treat.

Mickey Mouse Celebration cakes were also available.

They come in dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate, costing $39.00 at the time of this update.

Here are a few cereal options, fruit, and specially-packaged cookies from the deli.

individual cups of cereal and fresh fruit

A pastry case offers cinnamon rolls, muffins, bagels, cookies, and croissants.

bakery items like cinnamon rolls, donuts, and bagels

Here are the prices for each item.

Menu that lists prices of bakery offerings at The Artist's Palette.

Several allergy-friendly products are available.

Snack items range from flavored popcorn to bags of chips.

Here is a closer look.

chips and other snacks at The Artist Palette

Most of these pantry items require some form of preparation. Tea, coffee, syrup, pancake mix, oatmeal, condiments, microwaveable mac-and-cheese, Pop-Tarts, donuts, pasta, marinara, etc. Several kinds of coffee were also available.

Coffee, condiments, breakfast food, and bread items

Here are a few more individual fruit selections.

Along the back wall, there’s a large refrigerated case.

refrigerated case with various beverages

It contained fruit juice, bottled water, sports drinks, milk, and soda.

This case has parfaits, fruit cups, veggie cups, and salads. In addition, there were several beer, wine, and champagne selections. A few two-liter drinks sit on the bottom shelf.

Dairy items include cheese, half-n-half, creamer, milk, and orange juice. Pre-packaged sandwich meats, Lunchables, bacon, hot dogs, and eggs were also available.

Below is a photo of the freezer case.

Frozen grocery items like waffles, pizza, pot pies, and ice cream

Regular ice cream and ice cream novelty treats were available. Almost everything involving ice cream was approximately $6.00.

No matter where you go these days, it’s all outrageous.

frozen lemonade and ice cream sandwiches

Choose wisely.

There are a few options for a frozen dinner in your room.

Here are a few more photos of other items.

Those items include waffles, sausage, Tater Tots, individually wrapped burritos, Hot Pockets, and Uncrustables.

A large refrigerated case containing wine and other alcoholic beverages sits in the back corner of the counter service restaurant.

A case with liquors is available behind the cash register.

various liquors available for sell behind the register at The Artist's Palette

Here are a few more snack items scattered around the restaurant.

Several candy selections are available.

Across from the register, you’ll find a beverage station with Coca-Cola products. This is where you would refill any Rapid Fill mug purchases. Rapid mugs are $21.99 and refillable at any Disney Resort counter service with a refill station. They are good for the length of your resort stay.

A sink is available to wash or rinse your mug.

Joffrey’s coffee is available. That’s a hot chocolate machine next to it, and then Gold Peak Tea.

Condiments are pretty standard.

A microwave and a toaster oven are also available. All rooms at Saratoga Springs should have a microwave, at the very least.

Here are a few photos of the dining area.

During our last stay, I had the Cheese Steak sandwich with Saratoga’s housemade chips. This is a respectable counter-service meal, and any reason to enjoy Disney’s homemade chips is a good reason.

On another visit, I tried the lemon-tarragon roasted chicken. This half chicken comes with a side of potatoes and a seasonal vegetable. My order came with green beans. Word of warning: this is a huge meal. When I ordered it, I didn’t realize it was an entire half of a chicken–probably because I don’t read well.

Unfortunately, I wasted a good bit of it because I was going on a bicycle ride afterward and had no place to store my leftovers. That said, the chicken was delicious. If you enjoy a lemon-roasted Rotisserie chicken, this is pretty much the same thing.

On another visit, I had the braised meatballs with a Pomodoro sauce, polenta, roasted onions, and peppers. This was an outstanding dish. I would order it again and again. It’s also easily shareable and so much larger than it looks.

On our last visit, I ordered the ham and cheese panini. Again, this was another winner.

ham and cheese panini with Saratoga housemade chips

Overall, we’ve been impressed with everything we’ve tried at The Artist’s Palette. With Disney Springs being so close to Saratoga Springs, I’ve often wondered if this venue gets overlooked. My take–it’s one of the best quick services at Walt Disney World. If only some of the other resorts would take a page from The Artist’s Palette’s playbook.

If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve been working on updating several of our dining guides and counter service reviews. Some of our recent updates include:

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