Universal's Islands of Adventure · Seuss Landing
The big-top dining hall in Seuss Landing with a trolley train running through the ceiling and the largest indoor seating on this side of the park.
Last verified July 2026
Circus McGurkus Cafe Stoo-pendous is a very large indoor restaurant done as a circus tent, with striped fabric, ringmaster signage and - the good bit - the Seuss Trolley Train passing right through the upper part of the room on its track. Children stop eating every time it goes by, which is either charming or a logistical problem depending on your schedule.
The food is fried chicken, spaghetti and meatballs, pizza and salads, cooked to standard theme park counter quality. It is unremarkable and it is inoffensive, which is roughly the right target for the audience in this island.
The room's real function is capacity. It is the largest air-conditioned dining space on the Seuss Landing side of the park and it rarely fills, which makes it the correct place to put a hot, overstimulated four-year-old at 2 PM.
Ordinary food in the most useful room in Seuss Landing. The trolley train passing through the ceiling buys it more goodwill than the fried chicken does.
The dishes this kitchen is actually known for. Menus change seasonally, so treat this as what to look for rather than a guaranteed list.
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Fried chicken with a side and a roll, served in the big-top dining hall where the Seuss trolley train passes overhead.
Our take: Adequate counter fried chicken. You are eating here for the air conditioning, the space and the trolley overhead, and that is a fair trade with a tired four-year-old.
Yes. The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride! passes through the upper part of the Circus McGurkus building on its circuit, which is visible from the dining room and is the single best piece of theming in the restaurant.
It is the best option in the park for them. Large air-conditioned room, plenty of space for a stroller, simple food that a picky child will eat, and something happening overhead. It rarely fills, so it works as a rest stop as well as a meal.