We have never once made it through an EPCOT day without stopping at La Cava del Tequila.
It’s a tiny tequila bar inside the Mexico pavilion pyramid, and it is our emotional support cave. Air conditioning, mood lighting, tequila, and queso.
Loving it doesn’t make it cheap, and it doesn’t make the midday line shorter. So here’s what’s on the menu now and what it costs, what to order if you hate avocado, how the line works, and whether it’s worth it.
The Short Version
Go. It’s worth it, with a caveat about the drinks. A lot of them are batch-made now, so they’ve lost some of the craft cocktail feel while keeping the craft cocktail prices. I still go for the cold air and the servers, plus the chips and queso, and I still order the Avocado. Lately I’ve also fallen in love with the Cafe Foster, when it’s on the printed menu.
Wait for a table if you can. The chips and queso only come out if you sit.
Quick Facts | La Cava del Tequila (Sept. 30, 2026) |
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Where | Inside the Mexico pavilion pyramid, World Showcase, EPCOT. Go down the ramp to the main floor, and it’s on the right. |
Hours | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, per Disney’s listing |
Cocktail prices | $19 to $25 on Disney’s online list. The printed menu adds $14 zero proof drinks and specialty pours up to $50. |
Reservations | None for the bar. First come, first served. The separate La Cava Experience tasting does take reservations. |
Dining Plan | Not accepted |
Easiest first order | The Avocado ($21), or La Paloma ($19) if you hate avocado |
What Is La Cava del Tequila?
On paper, La Cava is a tequila bar in the Mexico pavilion. Disney says it stocks over 200 tequilas, plus cocktails, Mexican beer, and wine. You walk into the pyramid and let your eyes adjust to the fake twilight. Past the carts and shops, there it is, carved into the side like a holy grotto and full of people happily sipping margaritas.
It’s dark enough that you feel like you’re getting away with something. It’s loud enough that you can talk freely without worrying about the family at the next table. Go ahead and say, “I swear, if I don’t get a proper drink after that Guardians line, I’m going to scream.”
It smells like lime and salt and tortilla chips, and every table sounds like it’s in the middle of a good story. Seats are the problem. There are way fewer than there are people who want them, and that shapes how you visit.
La Cava del Tequila Menu and Prices
Disney’s online La Cava menu lists eight cocktails as of September 30, 2026, from $19 to $25. The lineup rotates. The Corn Old Fashioned and the Cafe Foster Margarita were on the online list in August and are gone from it now, and The Vaquero’s Falsetto is new. The printed menu at the bar is longer than the online list, and the second table below covers it.
A quick decoder for the ingredient lists. Blanco is unaged tequila. Reposado is rested in barrels for a few months, and añejo is aged at least a year. Mezcal is tequila’s smokier cousin, and black ant salt is exactly what it sounds like: salt made with ground ants.
In both tables, “We’ve had it” means we’ve ordered that drink ourselves. The other verdicts are our read of the menu description.
Drink | What’s In It | Price (Sept. 30, 2026) | Our Verdict |
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Avocado | Fresh avocado, melon-orange liqueur, lime juice, hibiscus salt rim. Made with Dos Hombres mezcal or Flecha Azul tequila. | $21.00 with mezcal $19.50 with tequila | We’ve had it. I love this one, and I’d order it first. It’s the drink La Cava is known for, and the avocado gives it a creamy texture without making it taste like guacamole. Tell them mezcal or tequila when you order, since the tequila version is $1.50 cheaper. Our copycat is in the avocado margarita recipe. |
La Paloma | Mijenta blanco tequila, Dos Hombres mezcal, grapefruit soda, fresh lime, chile-lime powder rim. | $19.00 | We’ve had it. The easy one. It’s grapefruit soda and lime with no surprises, so start here if avocado sounds like a threat. |
The Wild One | Pasote blanco tequila, ilegal reposado mezcal, orange passion fruit cordial, black ant salt rim. | $19.00 | Passion fruit up front, with the mezcal adding a little smoke. Pick it if you like fruity margaritas. |
Blood Orange | Pasote blanco tequila, blood orange, black currant liqueur, ilegal reposado mezcal, chile-lime powder rim. | $19.00 | We’ve had it. Sweet-tart with a chile kick from the rim. Order it if you like a little heat. |
The Cucumber | Tromba blanco tequila, fresh cucumber and lime juice, Abasolo corn whiskey, chile-lime powder rim. | $19.00 ($2 more to make it spicy) | We’ve had it. The cool-down drink for a hot afternoon. Add the $2 spicy upgrade if you like heat. |
Malumita | Contraluz reposado cristalino mezcal, pineapple juice, Ancho Reyes poblano chile liqueur, ginger-peach cordial, Italicus (a bergamot liqueur), tortilla ash rim. | $25.00 | The most complicated drink on the menu and the most expensive. Order it if you’re a mezcal person. If you just want a good margarita, the $19 drinks cost $6 less. |
La Cava Top Shelf | Centinela añejo tequila, Alma Finca orange liqueur, Abasolo corn whiskey, fresh lime juice, black ant salt rim. | $24.00 | A margarita for people who want to taste the aged tequila. At $24 it only pays off if you like añejo. If you don’t, spend the difference on queso. |
The Vaquero’s Falsetto | Bardstown bourbon, Pasote reposado tequila, mole bitters, bourbon-infused Luxardo Maraschino cherry. | $24.00 | The one that reads like a bourbon cocktail. It’s for whoever in your group normally orders whiskey and is here under protest. |
Two Avocados run $39 to $42 before the tip, or about $47 to $50 with a 20 percent tip, and we tip 20 percent at La Cava. For comparison, the frozen margaritas at Choza de Margarita, the outdoor stand, run $14.50 to $18.00. Our cost breakdown for drinking around the world has the whole-loop number.
The Rest of the Printed Menu
The printed menu at the bar has more than Disney’s online list. These drinks were on it in menu photos posted around March 2026 and aren’t on the online list now. Some may be gone or repriced, so confirm at the bar. Prices below come from those photos.
Drink | What’s In It | Price (Spring 2026 Photos) | Our Verdict |
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Ranch Water | Mijenta blanco tequila, Dos Hombres espadín mezcal, or half and half, with mineral sparkling water, a hint of agave, orange liqueur, lime juice, black ant salt rim. The printed menu calls it the La Cava skinny margarita. | $22 | The pick if you want light and bubbly on a hot day. The sparkling water stretches the spirit, so it drinks lighter than the margaritas. |
Black Magic (frozen) | Contraluz reposado mezcal, blackberry-hibiscus tea, black currant liqueur, lime, mint, black ant salt rim. Created by Neil Patrick Harris. | $22 | The blended option that isn’t the Avocado. Fruity and purple, with some mezcal behind it. |
Cafe Foster | Mijenta blanco tequila, ilegal reposado mezcal, coffee, chocolate cream liqueur, cold foam, spiced chocolate salt. | $21 | We’ve had it. I’ve fallen in love with this one. It’s a coffee margarita with chocolate cream liqueur and cold foam. |
Crystal Inferno | Dos Hombres espadín mezcal, Alma Finca orange liqueur, clarified lemon juice, spiced nectar. Made in collaboration with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. | $21 | We’ve had it. The pick for the Breaking Bad fans in your group. Mezcal-forward and spiced. |
The Standing Ovation | Ilegal añejo mezcal, Rittenhouse rye, Cocchi vermouth, mole bitters, aged in house. | $20 | A Manhattan with mezcal. Stirred and aged in house, so it’s for the whiskey drinker. |
Seasonal Negroni | Celosa Rosé tequila, MG mezcal gin, Cocchi rosa vermouth, Primo apéritif. | $20 | Order it if you already drink Negronis. |
Old Fashioned | Bardstown bourbon, Pasote reposado tequila, mole bitters, bourbon-infused Luxardo Maraschino cherry. | $23 | Same recipe as The Vaquero’s Falsetto on Disney’s current list. |
The Lily | Celosa Rosé tequila, cranberry-lime juice, rose petal liqueur, shimmering Empress 1908 gin, rose and hibiscus salt rim. | $33 | The priciest margarita on that spring menu, with shimmering gin that makes it the showiest one too. |
Smokey Ninja | Contraluz 11:11 mezcal, IWA sake, Rockey’s botanical liqueur, a hint of lavender. Small batch, very limited, served with a souvenir jícara (a gourd cup). | $50 | Novelty pricing. Order it as a splurge for the souvenir cup, not for value. |
Mentirosa (zero proof) | Almave blanco (an alcohol-free agave spirit), watermelon and lime juice, raspberry agave, herbal hint, hibiscus salt rim. | $14 | An alcohol-free margarita for the designated driver or the person pacing themselves. |
Piña Prix (zero proof) | Almave blanco, pineapple-guava juice, orgeat, coconut-infused agave. | $14 | The sweeter of the two zero proof drinks. |
What to Order If You Hate Avocado
The Avocado is the famous one, and it’s fine if it sounds like a bad idea. Several other drinks are on the list.
If you want easy, order the La Paloma. It’s grapefruit soda and lime, and nothing about it will surprise you.
If you want fruity, The Wild One has passion fruit and the Blood Orange is sweet-tart. Both are $19.
If you want the cool green drink without the avocado, that’s The Cucumber. Add the $2 spicy upgrade if you like heat. Whiskey people should look at The Vaquero’s Falsetto, which is built on bourbon.
If you love espresso martinis, ask whether the Cafe Foster is on the printed menu. It’s a coffee margarita, and it was $21 in the spring photos.
If you want a classic frozen strawberry margarita, walk back outside to Choza de Margarita, where it was $14.95 on our last price check. Our Mexico pavilion guide has the full Choza list.
If you want light or alcohol-free, the printed menu has a Ranch Water skinny margarita and two zero proof drinks, covered in the second menu table above.
Beyond the Cocktails
Tequila Flights and Neat Pours
Disney’s online menu doesn’t list the flights, so ask at the bar for the current lineup. In our cost breakdown, tequila flights in Mexico push past $30. Get a flight if you want to taste tequila. If you want a margarita, get a margarita.
Beer and Zero Proof
Mexican beer and wine are on offer, and Disney’s online menu doesn’t list them. In the spring menu photos, the beer list was a Michelada, Heineken 0.0, and Sun King Pachanga, a draft Mexican-style beer, at $12. If you’re skipping alcohol, the two $14 zero proof drinks above are made for this bar, so they fit better than a Heineken 0.0. Otherwise, order tequila.
Chips, Queso, and Guacamole
You know how you can be three drinks deep and realize you’ve eaten nothing but one sad pretzel and half a Mickey-shaped snack six hours ago? La Cava fixes that. The chips come out warm and crispy, and you can get them with guacamole, salsa, or queso. If you can’t decide, the Trio is a big basket of chips with all three.
From the spring menu photos, chips and salsa were $8, chips and queso $12, chips and guacamole $15, and the Trio $25. Ordered separately, those three list at $35. The Trio is $25, and it’s the order for two or more of you.
Is it overpriced? Of course it is. You’re in Disney World, inside a pyramid, in a tequila cave.
It’s also the base layer that keeps your blood sugar from tanking before Luminous. Those food prices are from spring, so confirm them at the bar.
How the Line Works (No Reservations)
La Cava doesn’t take reservations, and you can’t book it in the app like a table service restaurant. It’s first come, first served, with one line.
When you get to the front, tell them whether you want your drink to go or you want to sit. To-go is faster: you get your drink and head back into the pavilion. If you want to sit and nothing is open, they’ll send you to wait by the fountain outside the door until a spot opens up. It moves faster than you’d expect.
Seating is a mix of standing tables and a handful of real seated tables. We wait for the seated ones because the chips and queso only come out if you sit.
If the line is short when you walk by, get in it. Don’t wait until you’re hangry and exhausted to decide you might try La Cava. Treat it as part of the plan.
Disney also lists Dining Plan meals as not accepted here.
Best Times to Go
In our experience, the line is very short early in the day, especially right at 11:00 AM when La Cava opens, and in the middle of the day it has been up the ramp. Late in the evening has historically been quieter too, when people head to the lagoon to claim fireworks spots. Disney lists a 9:00 PM close. Waits change with the crowd, so treat these as patterns, not promises.
On a hot or rainy afternoon it’s the best decision in the pavilion, so plan for a line if that’s when you go.
Doing the full Drinking Around the World crawl? Go at 11 or save La Cava for the end of the night, and grab a to-go margarita if the line is long. Sitting down early in a crawl is how a twenty-minute break turns into your whole afternoon.
The Servers Are Half the Reason
The bartenders and servers move fast and juggle a lot, and they still make you feel like their favorite table. They notice when you’re curious but overwhelmed by the menu and will steer you toward skinny, spicy, smoky, or something with fruit that won’t knock you flat right away.
People like Sergio and Barbas make La Cava feel like your neighborhood spot, even though it’s inside a pyramid full of strangers. They’ll talk you through the tequila options if you ask.
Tip them well. They earn it.
The La Cava Experience Is Different
The La Cava Experience is a separate guided tasting with a certified Tequila Ambassador, held at La Hacienda de San Angel, the restaurant neighboring the bar. Unlike the bar, it takes reservations.
It costs $180 per person plus tax, gratuity included. You have to be 21 or older, and it includes chips and guacamole but not a full meal. Some of the tequilas are only poured in this tasting.
Disney recommends booking ahead and doesn’t offer same-day reservations online. Cancel less than a day out, or don’t show, and it’s $50 per person. Dining Plan meals aren’t accepted.
I gifted the experience to a tequila-loving friend, and she loved it. It’s pricey, but it’s so well done, and if you enjoy tequila you’ll learn a lot. If what you want is a margarita in the cave, this is $180 you don’t need to spend.
Is La Cava del Tequila Worth It?
Yes. Not for the cocktails alone. A lot of the list is batch-made now, and the drinks aren’t as good as they used to be, so $19 to $25 buys you good rather than great. The rest of the bill is the cold air, a seat, the servers, and the chips and queso, and all four are worth the money.
The case against it is the price. If you’re on a budget or short on time, the frozen margaritas at Choza cost less and the line moves quickly. We still make the stop every time.
Skip the flight and the Malumita unless you’re a tequila or mezcal person. Spend on the Avocado and the seat, and order the food.
It’s our emotional support cave. Go sit in it.
La Cava del Tequila FAQs
Does La Cava Take Reservations?
The bar doesn’t. It’s first come, first served. The separate La Cava Experience tasting does take reservations, at $180 per person.
What Are La Cava’s Hours?
Disney lists 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM as of September 30, 2026. Hours change, so check the My Disney Experience app before you plan around them.
How Much Are La Cava Drinks?
Cocktails run $19 to $25 on Disney’s current online menu, and the Avocado is $21 with mezcal or $19.50 with tequila. The printed menu also has $14 zero proof drinks and specialty pours up to $50.
What Should I Order?
The Avocado if you like creamy drinks and La Paloma if you don’t. Coffee drinkers should ask for the Cafe Foster if it’s on the printed menu.
Is the Experience Worth It?
It is if you love tequila. I gifted it to a tequila-loving friend, and she loved it. It’s $180 per person plus tax, so skip it if you only want a margarita.
Can I Use the Dining Plan?
No. Disney lists Dining Plan meals as not accepted at La Cava.
Does La Cava Serve Food?
Chips with guacamole, salsa, or queso, plus a Trio with all three. The chips and queso come out when you sit.
Can’t get to the cave this week? Our math puts the copycat Avocado Margarita at about $4.21 a drink at home, and the blender doesn’t have a line.
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Keep Planning Your La Cava Trip
If this made you want to head into the Mexico pyramid immediately, here’s where to go next:
- La Cava Avocado Margarita Recipe (EPCOT Copycat, 2026)
The copycat, with the hibiscus salt trick and the frozen avocado tip. - Drinking Around the World at EPCOT
The full country-by-country game plan, including what to drink before and after La Cava. - Mexico Pavilion at EPCOT: Choza vs. La Cava vs. La Cantina
Our dedicated Mexico pavilion guide, with prices for all three stops and what to do once you emerge from the cave. - How Much Does It Cost to Drink Around the World at EPCOT in 2026
The whole-loop number, so you know where La Cava fits in the budget. - The 5 BEST Bars in EPCOT
La Cava is elite, but it is not alone. - The Ultimate EPCOT One-Day Itinerary for Adults
A full park plan that makes room for lingering in La Cava instead of “just popping in.” - The Disney Skyliner Bar Crawl Guide
When you’re done sipping in the cave and ready to keep the night going, hop on the Skyliner.
