Morimoto Street Food is a counter-service restaurant in Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs. Located in The Landing section of the entertainment, shopping and dining district, Street Food is connected to the much larger Morimoto Asia. This counter-service spot offers limited outdoor seating with guests ordering at a window right beside the table-service restaurant. Morimoto Street Food does take part in the Disney Dining Plan as a counter-service credit and offers a 10% Annual Pass discount. In this post, we’ll review the restaurant’s atmosphere, food and value.

Disney Springs counter-service dining is a mixed bag. There are a few exceptional options, led by Polite Pig. That barbecue restaurant is one of the best quick spots in all of Walt Disney World. Pizza Ponte, Amorette’s Patisserie and a few other options are decent quick spots guests can stop in while shopping around. That’s a nice assortment of restaurants but the problem is that they all offer a heavy menu, full of either barbecue, pizza, burgers or sandwiches. I guess I could show restraint and get a salad somewhere but, come on, let’s be serious.

That led us to Morimoto Street Food. I should mention that it didn’t lead us there quickly. The number of times Melissa and I have talked about grabbing food there probably reached double digits before we actually opted for it. We were eventually drawn in by the menu, offering a few different Asian options that sounded better than the heavier fare on that particular night. We also really enjoyed our meal at Morimoto Asia, although that was some years ago now.

As I mentioned, the seating at Morimoto Street Food is limited. The ordering bay is technically inside for the employees, attached to the restaurant. This had me optimistic about the food because I assumed that the kitchen was shared. I’m sure it is for certain menu items.

After ordering, there’s a few different tables to sit at. They’re all outside on what amounts to Morimoto Asia’s patio. This is both nice enough and nothing to write home about. As with most spots in Disney World, there’s some good people watching! Across the walkway from Morimoto Street Food is some water and Homecomin’ so there’s definitely things to look at.

If it’s not overly hot then sitting outside isn’t bad. The whole area is shaded well and there are some ceiling fans that mostly work. We dined here in mid-July and it wasn’t terrible but I also wasn’t rushing off to proclaim this place as Central Florida’s Arctic.

As a whole, the atmosphere is fine. Most of the Disney Spring counter-service spots are just your classic fast casual vibe. Morimoto Asia is no exception in that regard. There’s some stuff to look at and enough shade to get by.

Moving to the food, here’s a link to the menu. Morimoto Street Food is open for lunch and dinner, sticking to small bites and ramen. Seeing how it was mid-July, neither of us were really in the mood for a hot bowl of ramen. Not to spoil the upcoming paragraphs but I do think having that would be the way to go while dining here. All of the non-ramen options outside of the ribs are under $10, making this a good spot to stop for a snack as you’re walking around.

This is the Egg Roll, filled with pork and cabbage. Priced at $6, this was fine. I’ve certainly had worse and I’d put this above a fast food option that you might find at Panda Express or the like. But it also wasn’t something I’ll probably ever get again. A problem throughout Morimoto Street Food was that the food didn’t taste especially fresh. I thought we might escape that with the Egg Roll since it’s served hot, but this was more of a pre-made, warmed up situation than I was hoping for. Overall, it’s fine but not special.

The best thing we had at Morimoto Street Food was the Teriyaki Salmon Onigiri. Melissa has never met onigiri that she doesn’t like and this was no exception. I thought the rice roll filled with salmon and teriyaki sauce was a little heavy on the rice compared to the other ingredients. The salmon was pretty good, albeit a touch on the dry side, and the limited amounts of teriyaki added some sweetness. This was a step above the Egg Roll but still wasn’t overly impressive.

They do come prepackaged but that’s not uncommon for onigiri. I give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt that all of the prepackaged things are made daily. While I wouldn’t term the food fresh, it wasn’t terribly unfresh (totally a word) either. Still, I missed the options at a Japanese convenience store while eating this.

This is the Kanikama Sushi Roll. These aren’t on the online menu but seem to be regularly offered. If you’re unfamiliar with Kanikama, it is the fish that imitation crab is made of. So this is more or less a California Roll, but with the fish being more of a piece than in a crab salad. This is another totally fine option but not one I’d get again. The roll was bland, with no standout component to it. At $10.75, this is fairly cheap sushi and it tasted like it.

The food wasn’t good but fine overall. Our biggest issue with Morimoto Asia was that the place wasn’t especially clean or in good working order. Most of the drink selections weren’t available and the tables all needed a good rinse off. I don’t love to comment on these sorts of things because this could have easily been a one off for our experience. That’s why I’ve put this paragraph at the bottom of the review. But it’s worth mentioning in this particular case because the counter-service restaurant kind of feels like an afterthought for Morimoto Asia.

That may be a little harsh, as we’ve definitely had worse counter-service meals at Walt Disney World. The experience in general was fine, both in the atmosphere, food and value. There are plenty of cheaper options for a snack, although I don’t know if any of them will make someone full. I’d be curious to go back to Morimoto Street Food to try the ramen, otherwise I thought the whole experience was forgettable.

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