Six Ravens settles in at Disney Springs, and the opening-day queue has already gone quiet

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Six Ravens, the savoury hand-pie counter from the Gideon's Bakehouse team, has been soft open at Disney Springs since Monday, August 3. All six Coffyns are priced at $10.96, the breakfast Coffyn is not yet available, and the virtual queue that handled dozens of parties on opening day was no longer needed by day two.

Six Ravens settles in at Disney Springs, and the opening-day queue has already gone quiet

Six Ravens is open at Disney Springs. The savoury spin-off from the Gideon's Bakehouse team began soft opening on Monday, August 3, and by its second day the virtual queue that managed opening-day demand had gone quiet enough to be unnecessary. The full menu is confirmed, with all six Coffyns priced at $10.96.

Disney's own photograph of Six Ravens.
Disney's own photograph of Six Ravens.

Key Details

What Six Ravens is

Six Ravens has been in development for several years and takes over the former Art of Shaving storefront, a short walk from the existing Gideon's Bakehouse location. It is a quick-service counter rather than a sit-down restaurant, built around a single idea: the Coffyn.

Disney's own photograph of Gideon's Bakehouse.
Disney's own photograph of Gideon's Bakehouse.

A Coffyn is closer to a hand pie than a sandwich. The fillings are the sort that would normally go between two slices of bread, but they are enclosed on every side by a house-made yeast roll, which makes the whole thing portable in a way a stacked sandwich is not. The name is historical rather than macabre: in medieval and Tudor English cooking, a coffyn was the pastry case that held a filling, a baked shell that worked as cookware and container at once, and the word meant a box long before it meant anything funereal.

The restaurant's name comes from the Tower of London, where six ravens are kept under a legend that the kingdom falls if the birds ever leave.

The Coffyn menu and prices

Six Coffyns are on the menu at opening, each at $10.96, and each paired with a dipping sauce developed with a Central Florida restaurant rather than an in-house test kitchen.

One item is missing at opening. The Rooster's Roar, the breakfast Coffyn, is not available yet. The rest of the menu is confirmed as listed.

Sides, sweets and what is on tap

The drinks list is short by Disney Springs standards, and it reads as a decision rather than an oversight: root beer on tap, fountain drinks, and three Orlando-area breweries. The Tell Tale Tatties, a smashed potato side, has been the item most often called out by early guests alongside the Coffyns themselves.

Disney's own photograph of Sides.
Disney's own photograph of Sides.

Opening day, and then day two

Six Ravens soft opened on Monday with a virtual queue in place to manage demand, and dozens of parties joined it that first day. On Tuesday the picture changed. Only a few groups joined the queue in the morning, and they were called back quickly. The physical line had space in it, which meant the virtual queue was not really doing anything.

That drop is normal for a Walt Disney World opening. Day one draws locals, annual passholders and anyone who plans a trip around a debut; day two is whoever happened to be at Disney Springs. Crowds tend to build again into the evening as local guests finish work.

A gold and white monorail is shown with a geometric patterned building in the background.
A gold and white monorail is shown with a geometric patterned building in the background. Photo: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Disney's own photograph of Disney Springs.
Disney's own photograph of Disney Springs.
Opening.
Opening. Photo: Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Soft opening means hours and availability can change without notice, and the experience is not necessarily what it will be at a full opening. Disney has not announced a grand opening date, and the restaurant is operating daily while it ramps up.

The Buzz

The Gideon's Bakehouse queue has been part of the Disney Springs routine since 2020, so a savoury restaurant from the same team opening a few doors away came with an assumption about waits. Two days in, that assumption has not held: the virtual queue built for opening day was already surplus by Tuesday morning. Whether that is the rush settling or the format simply moving faster than a cookie counter is the thing guests are now watching.

What this means for guests

Right now Six Ravens is walk-up. There is no reservation to chase, the queue is short outside peak evening hours, and $10.96 for a filled roll puts it at the lower end of Disney Springs quick service. Disney lists the restaurant at 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM daily, though soft-opening hours can run shorter, and Disney Dining Plan meals are not accepted, so a Coffyn is an out-of-pocket purchase for guests on a plan. Anyone hoping for the breakfast Coffyn will need to wait for the grand opening, which does not yet have a date.

Disney's own photograph of Disney Springs.
Disney's own photograph of Disney Springs.