Las Ventanas was a short-lived table-service restaurant at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, located near the resort’s central dining and convention-area amenities. Its name, Spanish for “the windows,” suited both the resort’s Southwestern and Mexican-inspired atmosphere and the restaurant’s role as a quieter, more refined alternative to Coronado Springs’ busier food court environment.
The restaurant opened in 2014, during a period when Coronado Springs was gradually expanding and refining its dining identity. Before becoming Las Ventanas, the space had functioned more like a private dining room connected to Rix Lounge. Its conversion into a public restaurant gave the resort another option for guests who wanted a relaxed, full-service meal without committing to Maya Grill or navigating the larger Pepper Market-style dining setup. The restaurant was relatively small, which helped give it a calmer feeling than many moderate-resort dining spaces.
Las Ventanas served breakfast, lunch, and eventually dinner, with a menu that mixed approachable American fare with flavors that fit the Coronado Springs setting. It was not designed as a major destination restaurant or a heavily themed dining experience. Instead, it served a practical purpose for resort guests, convention attendees, and travelers who wanted a quieter meal close to the lobby, meeting spaces, and central resort activity. That made it especially useful at Coronado Springs, a resort that has always balanced leisure travel with a significant convention audience.
Historically, Las Ventanas is interesting because it represents the transitional dining era before Coronado Springs underwent its most dramatic transformation. The later arrival of Gran Destino Tower, Toledo – Tapas, Steak & Seafood, Dahlia Lounge, Barcelona Lounge, Three Bridges Bar & Grill, and the reworked El Mercado de Coronado substantially changed the resort’s food and beverage profile. Coronado Springs moved from being a moderate resort with a few practical dining options into one of Walt Disney World’s strongest resort dining clusters.
Las Ventanas closed in 2018, just before that newer identity fully came into focus. As a result, it is remembered less as a headline restaurant and more as a useful bridge between eras. For guests who experienced it, Las Ventanas offered something simple but valuable: a quieter, sit-down meal at a sprawling resort where convenience and calm were both important. Its legacy is tied to the evolution of Coronado Springs from a convention-friendly moderate resort into a more polished, dining-forward destination.