We review the new Tanzanian Meat Pie at Harambe Market in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, covering taste, price, and first-time guest tips.

Harambe Market at Disney’s Animal Kingdom has spent the better part of a year on a culinary rollercoaster. It has gone through closing, reopening with a stripped-down burgers-and-nuggets lineup, and now, finally, welcoming back a taste of its original African-inspired identity. Leading that charge is the new Tanzanian Meat Pie, a naan-wrapped entrée that’s easily the most distinctive thing on the current menu. We picked one up on a busy early afternoon to see whether it lives up to Harambe Market’s street-food roots. Here’s our full review, plus everything a first-time guest needs to know before ordering.

First Time at Harambe Market? Here’s What to Know

Located in the Africa section of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, near Kilimanjaro Safaris and Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, Harambe Market is designed to look and feel like a bustling open-air village marketplace. It features string lights, weathered signage, multiple ordering windows, and shaded outdoor seating scattered throughout. The location reopened in early 2026 after a refurbishment, so if your last visit was pre-2025, expect a somewhat different layout and menu than you may remember.

Before you go, here are the basics:

• It’s quick service. There’s no table-side ordering. You walk up to a window, order, and grab a seat at one of the shared outdoor tables.
• Multiple windows, one menu. Different windows may handle different parts of the order (entrées vs. drinks), so don’t be surprised if a cast member points you to a second window.
• Mobile Order is the move. More on that below, but it’s genuinely the fastest way through Harambe Market on a busy day.
• Allergy-friendly options exist. Gluten and wheat-free, egg-free, fish- and shellfish-free, milk-free, peanut- and tree nut-free, and soy-free allergy-friendly versions of most entrées are available. Just speak to a cast member about your needs.
• Beer and cocktails are on the menu. Harambe Market pours a couple of draft beers and the tequila-based Harambe Sunrise, making it a low-key stop for a mid-safari drink.

A Menu That’s… Let’s Say “Focused”

If you visited Harambe Market before its 2025 refurbishment, brace yourself: the current entrée lineup is a lot smaller than it used to be. For a stretch of 2026, the menu consisted almost entirely of burgers, chicken strips, and a chicken wrap. You know…the same trio you could find at roughly 900 other counter-service windows across Walt Disney World. It was so aggressively normal that ordering a cheeseburger here felt less like “exploring an East African marketplace” and more like “exploring a food court in literally any airport.” Blame (lovingly) the closure of Restaurantosaurus, whose nuggets-and-fries menu essentially relocated to Harambe Market when the DinoLand favorite closed for good on February 1, 2026.

Walt Disney World has since slightly course-corrected. A late-June 2026 menu expansion brought back bolder, more regionally inspired dishes, including the Tanzanian Meat Pie and an updated Savanna Salad, without pulling the burger-and-fries safety net for pickier eaters. It’s not quite the fully globally inspired lineup Harambe Market was known for pre-refurbishment, but it’s a meaningful step back toward that identity. The Tanzanian Meat Pie is leading the charge.

The Tanzanian Meat Pie: The Details

According to the official Walt Disney World dining menu, the Tanzanian Meat Pie is described as “African-spiced Beef and Lamb in Warm Naan Bread with Kachumbari and Tzatziki, served with a choice of side.” The side options include French fries, seasoned kettle chips, or a fruit cup. It’s priced at $13.49. It’s also offered in fish/shellfish and peanut/tree nut allergy-friendly versions.

Kachumbari, for guests unfamiliar with the term, is a fresh East African tomato-and-onion relish. The tzatziki brings a cooling, garlicky yogurt element more commonly associated with Mediterranean and Greek cuisine. This makes an interesting, but not unwelcome pairing alongside the naan-wrapped filling.

Our Tanzanian Meat Pie Review

We ordered ours via mobile order on a busy early afternoon and picked it up from the window. First impressions were promising. The pie arrived with a genuinely nice aroma, and the interior filling was very warm. This served as a real plus, though admittedly a lower bar to clear when you’re eating outdoors in Florida in July.

The naan itself was a mixed bag. Around the edges where filling wasn’t present, the bread turned noticeably chewy. Of course, this is a common issue with this style of handheld pie, but one that does knock down the overall quality a touch. How quickly the order came out also left us suspecting the pies are largely pre-made and reheated to order, which would help explain both the speed and the interior warmth.

As for the filling, the beef-and-lamb blend leaned heavily toward beef. In fairness, we couldn’t detect much distinct lamb flavor, though the portion size of meat was generous and does bring a distinct spice profile that helps this stand out on an otherwise fairly straightforward menu. Diced carrots mixed into the interior added a nice bit of texture and a touch of natural sweetness. We’d have liked a bit more seasoning intensity in the meat itself, but the kachumbari and tzatziki do a lot of heavy lifting, elevating what could otherwise be a fairly plain quick-service filling into something more balanced.

For comparison, the interior reminded us somewhat of the Nigerian Beef Pie previously served during the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival. Still, the Tanzanian Meat Pie is noticeably milder and lacks that dish’s spicy kick.

Sides: Skip the Fries

Based on our experience, the seasoned kettle chips are the stronger choice here compared to Walt Disney World’s standard French fries, and the portion size was generous as well. We’d also expect the fruit cup to be a solid, lighter option if you’re looking to balance out a fairly hearty entrée.

Mobile Ordering: Use It

Mobile order is absolutely the way to go at Harambe Market. Ordering ahead saved us an estimated 15–20 minutes compared to the walk-up queue, and our order was ready almost instantly even during a busy early-afternoon rush. One tip from experience: don’t sprint to the window the second the app tells you it’s ready. That’s happened to us more than once at Harambe Market specifically, with the order not quite ready the moment the notification lands. Give it another minute or two.

Tanzanian Meat Pie at Harambe Market

The Tanzanian Meat Pie isn’t a flawless dish. The chewy naan edges and light-on-lamb filling keep it from being a home run, but it’s clearly the most unique item currently available at Harambe Market. In a post-refurbishment world where the location’s menu leans heavily on burgers and chicken strips, this Tanzanian Meat Pie is the closest thing left to the globally inspired, adventurous street food that once defined Harambe Market. Given where the menu has been over the past year, this is probably the best a flavor-seeking guest can get at Harambe Market for a while. The Tanzanian Meat Pie is a genuinely solid quick-service option worth trying on your next visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

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