Annie N.
Yelp
Geo-82 recently opened at EPCOT. It is located inside Spaceship Earth, the main attraction of the park when you first enter. If you don't know its there, you might miss it. You do not need to go on the ride to enter but it is easy if you come off the ride and as you head to the exit, head to the right, there is a small hallway and that is the entrance. If you are coming from the outside, walk past Spaceship Earth on the right and enter the exit. This is a small lounge, most notably is this is a 21 and up lounge, no one under 21 allowed. They will check your IDs before heading up stairs. You are basically sitting on the back side of Spaceship Earth, with a beautiful view of EPCOT.
Let me preference by saying this is new, I take that into consideration even though we had a few hiccups. We started with the hostess downstairs, we had a reservation for 6 and wanted to try and add one more. I knew they had a couple of larger tables. I did go early and speak with the hostess. She started by telling me they don't take reservations over 5. I showed her I had one for 6 and her reply was "Oh". I ended up having to speak with the coordinator who could not guarantee to add a person and I would have to ask when we checked in. When it was our time to check in, I asked again, and was sent to the manager. I explained the situation, saying we didn't mind if we needed to squeeze but it was only 1 extra person and it was my birthday. He was very polite and took me upstairs to look at the table and determine if that was ok. It was fine. It was a long booth on one side and then 3 chairs on the other. I don't quite understand why the hassle, we fit perfectly and it was a tad embarrassing as everyone starred at us as to what was taking place. I will give the manager props, he was the only polite cast member during check in that we interacted with.
Our server was very nice, very sweet, explained and answered questions when we had them. She did seem a little nervous but they were very busy. She did tell us that the bar was running behind. I did ask about the time limit because of that, we wanted to lounge for a bit and had been told at check in there was a 75-minute wait. Our server had no clue about a time limit. This also made question what was happening here.
The lounge is small, there are probably about 20-30 tables of varying sizes. There are also about 15 seats at the bar. Currently there are no walk ups available, you must have a reservation. We heard them turn tons of groups away that were trying to just walk in.
There menu is interesting. They have a bunch of specialty cocktails, none of which were really screaming to me. One in particular, was a leek martini. Gross! The drinks on the menu are expensive, the cheapest was $25. They do have a fully stocked bar, so you can really order whatever you would like. You do not need to order off the menu. I ordered an espresso martini as well as a lemon drop martini. Both of them really good, but both incredibly small. Both of my drinks were much cheaper though, more standard Disney drink prices. My husband ordered a dirty martini and Manhattan. He enjoyed both as well. Two of our friends, also ordered off the menu and choose mojitos. They both enjoyed them. Two other friends of ours, did order off the menu. They tried a total of 3 drinks: Electron, Strawberry Black Pepper Sour, and High Brow Batanga. I did try all of them and I was correct, they were not for me. I will stick with classic drinks that I know.
We also ordered a few food items. My husband and I ordered the Jumbo Lump Crab Gâteau: Smoked Cheddar, Pickled Mustard Seed-Lemon Vinaigrette, Supreme Caviar. Dang! This was delicious! We are on a crab cake kick lately and we knew we had to order this. It was fantastic. Really really delicious. It was not like a crab cake, almost like a crab pile. It was soft and mostly crab, there was very little bread crumbs in this. It was topped with caviar and as someone who has never had caviar, I did really enjoy it, I did not really find it gave any flavor but added salt. Our friend ordered Cannellini Hummus: Pumpkin Seed Pistou, Radish, Preserved Lemon, Fresno Peppers, Pappadam. I tasted the hummus and it was fine. It was pricy for what it was and the pappadam was so thin, it kept breaking when she would scoop the hummus. It needs a pita. Lastly, our other friends order the Chef's Selection of Artisanal Cheeses, Cured Meats, and Accompaniments. For $29 this was actually a really good price. It was fully of cheese, meats, breads, honeycomb, brittle and more. It was very good for the few items we tried. Our server also told us this will rotate based on availability and what the chef wants to add to the board. But we would get this.
Overall, this is a neat place, and perfect lounge for adults. We enjoyed it, issues and all. I would for sure go back but I would go as a date night with my husband. I think the more you add the harder it is to get in. But definitely check it out.