Disney Springs has been quietly building one of the better weekend brunch lineups in Central Florida for years, and most guests who discover it do so accidentally, wandering into the district on a Saturday morning and realizing that what they assumed was primarily a dinner and evening destination has a genuinely impressive morning and midday food scene running alongside everything else.
Chef Art Smith's Homecomin starts Southern-style brunch at 9:30 a.m. on weekends. Summer House on the Lake is open from 9 a.m. with its famous giant cinnamon roll. Wine Bar George runs its Wine Country Brunch from 10:30 a.m House of Blues serves bold weekend brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. That lineup was already strong enough to make Disney Springs worth a dedicated weekend morning visit.
And then The Edison decided to join the conversation.
What Just Launched
The Edison, the steampunk industrial venue at Disney Springs that has been one of the district's most visually distinctive and atmospherically distinct restaurants since it opened, is now serving brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Craft cocktails, live music, and the full industrial Edison atmosphere are now available over a late morning menu that matches the venue's reputation for doing things properly.
This is not a stripped-down brunch service with a few eggs and a mimosa option tacked onto the existing dinner menu. The Edison built a dedicated brunch program with its own identity, and the menu reflects that.
The Food
Four items make up the Edison brunch food menu, and each one is worth knowing about before you sit down.
The Early Bird is buttermilk fried chicken and a Belgian waffle with cherry pepper maple syrup. The sweet-savory combination with the specific heat of cherry pepper in the syrup is the kind of menu decision that separates a brunch item from a standard morning plate. The French Toast takes the bread pudding approach, topped with berries and cream, which gives a familiar format enough distinction to feel worth ordering specifically rather than as a default choice. The Big Ol Biscuit Sando stacks a house-made biscuit with sausage, bacon, eggs, and cheese. The Sticky Monkey Bread is an apple-cinnamon brioche pull-apart with toffee caramel. This shareable sweet option rounds out the sweet side of the menu and works as a table centerpiece for groups.
The Cocktails
The cocktail program is where The Edison brunch earns its place in the Disney Springs weekend lineup most convincingly.
The Piggyback Maple Old-Fashioned combines WhistlePig PiggyBack bourbon with maple syrup, pecan liqueur, and a bacon garnish. That is the kind of drink that gets talked about after the meal rather than forgotten before the entree arrives. The Bloody Mary uses Grey Goose vodka with bacon, blue cheese olive, and gem lettuce, which is a composed and thoughtful version of the brunch standard rather than a perfunctory one. Mimosas come with a choice of orange, pineapple, grapefruit, or watermelon juice, giving the classic brunch beverage more variety than most Disney Springs restaurants currently offer.
Why The Edison Brunch Is Worth It at Disney Springs
The Edison's brunch hours, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, position it as the late-morning and early-afternoon anchor of a Disney Springs weekend day. Guests who start at Joffrey's for coffee, browse World of Disney at the 10 a.m. opening, and want to settle into a proper brunch before an afternoon of shopping and entertainment have a new, genuinely compelling option that wasn't there last week.
The atmosphere at The Edison is one of the most theatrical in all of Disney Springs. The industrial steampunk design, the scale of the space, and the live music program create a dining environment unlike any other brunch option in the district. Homecomin is warm and Southern. Summer House is breezy and coastal. The Edison is neither of those things, and that differentiation is what makes the addition meaningful rather than redundant.
Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reservations are highly recommended. The Piggyback Maple Old-Fashioned and the bread pudding French toast are the two items to start with.
Disney Springs brunch just got its most interesting new addition in a while, and the cocktail menu alone makes it worth booking before the weekend fills up.
