Restaurants in Orlando FL
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As Michelin rated restaurateurs for over 20 years, you can trust that we know food. Just next to the resort and walking distance we have some good options.
NYPD Pizza Best pizza in the area and they deliver.
China Tea Easily the best Chinese food for miles! Take out only. Order ahead
The Diner Open for breakfast and lunch.
Also..Beth’s Burger Bar, Subway and Dunkin Donuts.
A short drive away…all these are popular dining venues and I recommend booking- even for happy hour!
Eddie V’s W.Sand Lake Rd Restaurant Row.
When you want to impress. Good happy hour 4:30 to 7pm. Chic, big city slick restaurant with consistently great food and service. Seafood specialities. Our fave restaurant! Book for the restaurant! We eat in the bar. Live jazz in the bar during happy hour.
Ocean Prime W.Sand Lake Rd Restaurant Row
Always good food and always busy. Nice happy hour menu. Great for entertaining or a special evening with friends.
The Pharmacy W.Sand Lake Rd Restaurant Row
Good food and buzzy atmosphere. It’s a tiny, crowded, Speakeasy style place. Find the secret elevator door. Press the button and step straight into the bar. Great for sharing dishes with crafted cocktails or a few glasses of wine and fab. pizza. Super cool – if you can find it!
Dragonfly Robata Grill W.Sand Lake Rd Restaurant Row
Shades of Nobu here. Sparkling fresh modern take on Sushi at the bar, or modern Japanese inspired menu in the dining area or deck. Not the cheapest but consistently excellent food.
Rocco’s Tacos W.Sand Lake Rd Restaurant Row
Fun, loud and reasonably priced Mexican food. Good Margaritas, don’t miss the table side made guacamole! All you can eat Taco Tuesday. Book the lakeside patio on a hot night. If you turn up without a reservation, just ask to sit at the bar.
Seasons 52 Sand Lake Road Restaurant Row
Upscale restaurants offering interesting dishes that are all under 500 calories. If you didn’t already know that though, you may not notice your caloric intake was being controlled. Tasty, well thought out menu and nice room with water view.
Capital Grill International Drive. High priced steak house. Good food and service. The perfect business entertainment restaurant when you want to impress clients. Lovely old fashioned bar and good cocktails/wine by glass. The bar is a favorite of ours..
Cafe Tu Tu Tango International Drive
Buzzy quirky place with interesting tapas menu. Very noisy inside but the deck is relaxed and quiet. You can’t miss it, it looks like a Gaudi fan designed it Expect a belly dancer, tarot reader, fire eater, artists galore. Weird and wonderful and surprisingly good food. Try the spicy margarita. We like to walk here (45 minutes) and eat outside.
Bahama Breeze International Drive
Family favorite! Good cocktails, food and atmosphere. Firecracker shrimp and Jamaican wings are great to start. Large outside deck with live music. We hide on the far end of the deck away from the band for a peaceful outside spot for 2. Gets super busy in convention season. They only take bookings for later tables.
Miller Ale House International Drive
If you want a true American sport bar, this is it! 88 big screen TV’s, Family friendly. Buzzy atmosphere. Serves late.
Tapa Toro By Orlando Eye
Not the cheapest but a good take on an upscale tapas bar. Some very good dishes. Best to go for Happy Hour drinks pricing.
The Yellow Dog Eats 1236 Hempel Ave, Windermere, FL 34786
Funky little house in the middle of residential neighborhood. Not a tourist destination, only locals and those in the know. Slow smoked BBQ is the speciality and you can enjoy it inside or in the cute, crazy paved, graffiti decorated garden while you watch the neighbor’s chickens pecking around the parking lot. Local micro brewed beers and house style wines. No liquor license. Highly recommended for lunch or late afternoon (substantial) snack. Definitely go hungry. We love this quirky spot! 20 mins from here.
Cuba Libre International Drive.
Stop in for the best Mojito on route to your dinner venue. Howl at the Moon For late night drinks and fun. Dueling pianos and jam sessions galore. This is a crazy place and much loved by people not concerned with hearing loss.
Disney Springs Lots for the kids and plenty of restaurants. House of Blues, Wolfgang Puck, BoatHouse (we love to eat down on the pontoon bar at sunset), STK, Morimoto Asia, Portobello,.. all along the waterfront. You will also find Cirque du Soleil, bowling, multi cinema complex, Town Center shopping, live music, too much to mention.. Parking free. Great place to spend a few hours.
Universal City Walk Loads of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, Blue Man Group show, Hard Rock concerts and plenty of other things to things to do. A fun place to wander around early evening. You will be charged for parking but no entrance fee. Tip: It’s a very, very long walk from the parking! Consider valet parking – not expensive and shortest walk.
