The Turf Club Lounge Reopens at Saratoga Springs August 31

Half of the Turf Club is coming back. The Turf Club Lounge at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa reopens August 31, 2026, following its extended closure as part of the ongoing Turf Club refurbishment.

The Turf Club Bar & Grill stays closed through late September.

Quick Summary

• The Lounge reopens August 31, 2026
• Hours are 4:00pm to 11:00pm
• Lounge fare is served until 10:00pm
• The food and drink menu appears unchanged from before the closure
• The Turf Club Bar & Grill remains closed through late September
• The Lounge is the only Turf Club dining option for now

Hours

The lounge opens at 4:00pm and runs until 11:00pm, with lounge fare available until 10:00pm.

Note the one-hour gap at the end. The kitchen closes at 10:00pm while the bar keeps serving until 11:00pm — so a late arrival gets drinks, not food.

What’s on the Menu

The food and drink menu appears unchanged from before the closure.

Lounge fare:

• Turf Club Burger — applewood-smoked bacon, New York white cheddar, and Saratoga sauce — $25
• Crispy Chicken Wings — choice of Buffalo or garlic-Parmesan sauce — $16
• Buffalo Chicken Dip — slow-cooked chicken and pimento cheese — $14
• Sweet-and-Spicy Brussels Sprouts — piquant-agave glaze and crispy Vidalia onions — $13
• Onion Ring Tower — Saratoga sauce and horseradish sauce — $12
• Giant Pretzel — mustard and cheese dipping sauce — $12

Cocktails

• Mint Julep with Woodford Reserve bourbon — $18.50
• New York Sour with Widow Jane Bourbon and a Merlot float — $24.50
• Two margarita options — $17.50 each
• Captain’s Mai Tai — $16.50
• Red and white sangria — $14.00 each

The $24.50 New York Sour

That’s a striking number even by Walt Disney World standards, and it’s worth understanding what you’re paying for.

Widow Jane is a small-batch Brooklyn distillery with genuine specialty-bourbon pricing, and a New York Sour is a labour-intensive build — the red wine float has to be poured slowly over the back of a spoon to sit on top of the drink rather than mixing into it.

It’s also the most on-theme drink on the list. Saratoga Springs is themed to upstate New York horse country, and a New York Sour made with a New York bourbon is the resort’s cocktail menu actually doing its job.

Whether it’s worth $24.50 is a separate question. For context, that’s roughly what a signature cocktail costs at a Disney Signature Dining restaurant, and this is a resort lounge.

The sangria at $14.00 is the value play if you’re not chasing the specialty pour.

The Menu Being Unchanged Is Interesting

Refurbishments usually bring menu changes, and this one apparently hasn’t.

That cuts two ways.

Reassuring for regulars: the Turf Club Burger, the Onion Ring Tower, and the Giant Pretzel are exactly what people book this lounge for. Nothing beloved has quietly disappeared during the closure.

But it also suggests the refurbishment is physical rather than culinary — an update to the space itself rather than a reimagining of the offering. That fits a phased reopening where the Lounge comes back first and the Bar & Grill follows in late September.

Worth watching whether the Bar & Grill menu changes when it returns. If the full restaurant reopens with a reworked menu while the Lounge keeps its old one, that tells you where the actual investment went.

What’s Still Closed

The Turf Club Bar & Grill remains closed through late September as the refurbishment continues.

The Lounge is your only Turf Club dining option for now.

That matters for Saratoga Springs guests specifically. The resort is enormous — one of the largest DVC properties at Walt Disney World, spread across multiple villa sections — and its table-service options are limited. With the Bar & Grill down, the Lounge plus quick service at The Artist’s Palette is most of what’s on site.

Plan accordingly if you’re staying there in September. Disney Springs is a short boat ride away and has considerably more options, which is the practical workaround.

About the Turf Club

The Turf Club sits at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, themed to the historic upstate New York town famous for its horse racing and mineral springs.

The lounge leans into that heritage — equestrian décor, a clubhouse feel, and a menu built around American bar food rather than anything more elaborate.

It’s also one of the more genuinely relaxed lounges on property. Saratoga Springs draws a quieter crowd than the monorail resorts, and the Turf Club rarely has the wait times you’d find at a comparable space at the Grand Floridian or the Contemporary.

Saratoga Springs is walkable to Disney Springs, which makes the lounge a reasonable pre- or post-dinner stop even if you’re not staying there.

The Bottom Line

The Turf Club Lounge at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa reopens August 31, 2026, running 4:00pm to 11:00pm with food service until 10:00pm.

The menu is unchanged — Turf Club Burger at $25, wings at $16, Buffalo chicken dip at $14, Brussels sprouts at $13, and both the Onion Ring Tower and Giant Pretzel at $12 — alongside cocktails from $14 sangria up to a $24.50 New York Sour.

The Turf Club Bar & Grill stays closed through late September.

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