The Market at Ale and Compass Review (The Good and the Bad)

The Market at Ale and Compass is the primary counter-service restaurant at Disney’s Yacht Club. As most of you know, we enjoy staying at the Yacht Club. However, we find that the resort’s quick-service dining options are lacking, to say the very least. Below, we’ll discuss the Market at Ale and Compass and what you can expect to find here during your vacation.

The Market at Ale and Compass is part quick service and part gift shop. To avoid confusion, we have a separate photo post that includes all the items in the Yacht Club’s gift shop. That article will give you an idea of convenience items you might need in the event you forget to pack something. You’ll also want to know that the name Ale and Compass at Disney’s Yacht Club refers to a table service restaurant, a lounge, a gift shop, and the quick service we’re discussing in this review.

The Market is open daily from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. As you may have guessed by the word “market,” it’s more of a grab-and-go or convenience establishment. The entrance to The Market is down a hall off the resort’s main lobby. You’ll enter through the gift shop.

Guests must enter The Market through the resort’s gift shop.

Menu Items

Before we preview the grab-and-go items, I wanted to share an overview of the menu items you can expect during your stay. We update this article fairly often to provide an idea of what’s available. You can view the entire menu with prices here on Disney’s site or in the My Disney Experience app.

Breakfast Items Include:

Breakfast Bowl
Egg White Breakfast Wrap
Ham and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich
Mickey-shaped Waffles

Breakfast Sides:

Potato Barrels
Bacon
Gourmet Oatmeal

Lunch and Dinner items include:

Foot-long, All-beef Chili-cheese Hot Dog
Grilled Chicken Panini
Cuban Sandwich
Ham and Cheese Sandwich

Premade Cold Sandwiches:

Roast Beef Sandwich
Turkey and Brie Sandwich
Spicy Italian Sandwich

Salads:

Chicken Caesar Salad
Greek Salad
Garden Salad

Kids’ Meals:

Ham Sandwich
Turkey Sandwich
PB&J Uncrustable
Grilled Cheese
Macaroni and Cheese

Desserts:

Cookies n’ Cream Trifle
Gluten/Wheat-Friendly Fudge Brownie
Various Other Treats (Photographed Below)

Coffee

The Market at Ale and Compass has various specialty coffee drinks. They serve Joffrey’s brand Coffee. Selections include:

Joffrey’s Coffee Cold Brew
Espresso (Regular, Macchiato, or Con Panna)
Americano
Caffe Latte
Cafe Mocha
Cappuccino
Caramel Machiatto
Seasonal Latte

If you’re staying next door at Disney’s Beach Club Resort, you might want to walk to The Market for a specialty coffee. The Market typically has more coffee options than Beach Club’s Marketplace.

You might enjoy an early morning cup of coffee from The Market in the resort’s lobby.

Refillable Mugs at Yacht Club

Rapid Fill mugs are available for purchase at the register. At the time of this update, they cost $21.99 and are refillable at any resort self-service beverage location for the length of your stay. At Yacht Club, you can refill mugs at The Market, Hurricane Hanna’s, and Beach Club Marketplace next door.

Inside The Market

The Market at Ale and Compass has a good selection of snack items and pastries. We often pick up grab-and-go items here during our stays. I will also stop here more than anywhere else when I’m touring the Epcot Resorts Area. I know I can grab a bag of homemade chips or something small to tide me over to the next meal.

The restaurant has a small dining room if you want to dine inside. But we always take our food out to the patio or one of the pool areas. The quick service is within short proximity of Admiral Pool or Stormalong Bay.

Dining Area |The Market at Ale and Compass

Condiments are available.

The Market at Ale and Compass has two Coca-Cola Freestyle machines. You can refill resort mugs here.

If you don’t want one of the specialty coffees, regular and decaf Joffrey’s coffee is available. You can also refill resort mugs with coffee and tea.

Gold Peak Tea is the tea offering. A sink for rinsing mugs is available.

The Market offers a decent selection of Twinings Tea.

A microwave is available in the back corner of the quick service. This freezer case is usually stocked with ice cream and Mickey bars. A few were available at the bottom of the case.

Below is the selection of wine.

They can uncork it for you. Here are the prices.

A cabinet with various liquors is available on the gift shop side of The Market.

A large refrigerated case has various items like salads, cold sandwiches, fruits, and yogurt. Toward the left, you’ll find anything from milk and soda to beer and champagne.

A long counter with snacks and bakery items sits in the middle of the room.

Here, we have various flavored popcorn.

Gluten-free and allergy-friendly items are available, which some of us can truly appreciate.

Various breakfast and protein bars are available.

Here, we have Mickey-shaped brownies.

The Market had a decent selection of Disney-branded snack mixes and candy.

Some of the items count as snack credits on the Disney Dining Plan. The small purple icon indicates those items.

Snack Bag Pricing with Disney Dining Plan Credit Info

A pastry case offered croissants, sticky buns, and muffins.

They also had danishes, cinnamon rolls, and chocolate chip chunk cookies.

Individual packages of cereal are available.

A few fresh fruit items are on display.

I appreciate the smaller snack servings. Sometimes, you just want a bite of something in between meals.

During this visit, I picked up a tiny bag of Cheez-Its and chocolate espresso beans.

Here are a few other things that were available.

Overall Review

Overall, the Market at Ale and Compass offers an excellent selection of snacks and to-go-style items. However, it’s frustrating that you can’t walk in and order a custom-made sandwich or kid-friendly meal like chicken nuggets or a cheeseburger. Unfortunately, we avoid dining at The Market because of the lack of freshly prepared items. It’s become a real problem at all the resorts in this area.

So, when we stay at the Yacht Club, we order the majority of our meals to go from Ale and Compass restaurant. For breakfast, we can get pancakes, chocolate waffles, eggs benedict, and much more. We have a review of breakfast at Ale and Compass that shares almost everything on the menu.

For lunch and dinner, we often order from the same restaurant. We get things like the Vermont Cheddar burger, jumbo lump crab cakes, truffle fries, soup, and salad. We have a separate review of lunch and dinner at Ale and Compass. We dine at the restaurant sometimes. But often, we place a mobile order and take it to the pool. The weather is just too nice not to enjoy it.

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In the Comments

Hopefully, this article gave you an idea of what you can expect to find at The Market at Ale and Compass. Are you planning a stay at the resort? Leave a comment below with your thoughts.