Credit: Erica Lauren, Inside the MagicEPCOT’s World Showcase sets it apart from other theme parks, offering more than just entertainment. Guests can wander between pavilions, enjoying authentic food, drinks, architecture, music, and culture that bridge the gap to faraway places. For many who grew up visiting EPCOT, this experience carries deep nostalgia, and the restaurants in the World Showcase reflect genuine culinary traditions from their respective countries, making them significant dining experiences beyond typical theme park options.
Chefs de France has held that position in the France Pavilion since 1982, one of the original World Showcase restaurants that has been feeding guests croissants and creamy sauces under the Eiffel Tower replica for over four decades. It is a table-service restaurant that regulars return to trip after trip, specifically because it offers a version of the France Pavilion experience that cannot be replicated at a quick-service counter or a festival food booth. When prices change at a restaurant like this, it is not simply a menu update. It is a shift in the cost of access to one of the most culturally specific dining experiences at Walt Disney World, and for guests who plan around it, those changes are worth knowing about before they sit down.
Prices have increased at Chefs de France, and multiple dishes across both the appetizer and entree sections of the menu are now more expensive than they were.
What Actually Changed at EPCOT
The price increases at Chefs de France affect several of the restaurant’s most popular dishes across the menu. In the appetizer section, the Rillettes au Deux Saumon, a smoked salmon spread served with toasted brioche and dill dressing, has increased from $18.95 to $20.95, representing a $2 jump that makes it the largest single increase among the changes.
The entree increases are more modest in dollar terms but spread across multiple dishes that regulars and first-time visitors alike are likely to consider. The Fruits de la Mer, which brings together gulf shrimp, sea scallops, spinach pastry, and creamy lobster sauce, has gone from $38.95 to $39.95. The Filet de Saumon, a seared salmon served with rice pilaf, sweet peas, carrots, and beurre blanc sauce, increased from $37.95 to $38.95. The Ratatouille Provençale, the plant-based option featuring ratatouille, quinoa, olive vinaigrette, basil, and tomato sauce, moved from $27.95 to $28.95. The Steak Frites, a grilled strip loin with French fries and béarnaise sauce, has increased from $54.95 to $55.95.
Not every dish on the menu received a price increase, so guests whose budgets are affected by these specific changes still have options within the restaurant that have not increased in price.
The Scale of the Increases
None of the individual increases is large enough to be dramatic. The biggest jump is $2 on the salmon appetizer, and most of the entrees increase by exactly one dollar. In isolation, each of those changes is easy to absorb without much reaction. The more meaningful way to look at them is cumulatively, particularly for tables dining with multiple people across multiple courses. A family of four ordering from the affected dishes could be looking at several additional dollars on their final check compared to what they paid on their last visit, and those additions stack on top of a base pricing structure that was already firmly in premium territory before these increases took effect.
The Steak Frites at $55.95 after the increase is the most visible single price point on the updated menu. A starter and an entrée from the affected dishes for two guests would now exceed $150 before beverages, tax, and gratuity, positioning Chefs de France in the category of dining experiences that require deliberate budget planning rather than spontaneous decision-making.
The Broader Pattern at EPCOT
The France Pavilion price increases are arriving during a period when EPCOT dining has been accumulating upward pricing pressure across multiple locations. The park has seen consistent menu price adjustments in recent months, and the pattern across the World Showcase, in particular, reflects a tension between the cultural mission that made EPCOT’s dining distinctive and the financial reality of operating table-service restaurants in one of the world’s most expensive theme park destinations.
Disney has simultaneously been offering hotel discounts, dining promotions, and value-oriented ticket options that create genuine savings opportunities for guests who plan strategically. The presence of those deals does not offset the reality of individual restaurant price increases, but it does suggest that the company is navigating the balance between premium pricing and guest accessibility with at least some awareness of the pressure points.
For guests with upcoming EPCOT visits who have Chefs de France reservations already locked in, the increases are modest enough that they are unlikely to require a reservation change. For guests in the planning stage who are building a dining budget around the France Pavilion these updated prices are worth factoring in before the final numbers are set.
Chefs de France remains one of the most enjoyable table service experiences in the World Showcase, and the culinary quality that has made it a reliable destination for four decades has not changed with the menu prices. It is just slightly more expensive than it was before, and in 2026, at Walt Disney World, that sentence has become familiar enough to stop being surprising.