The Best Restaurants in Orlando
Having a hard time deciding where to eat during your stay in Orlando? Orlando boasts a broad assortment of world-class restaurants were you can savor an array of delicacies. Among the following list of the best restaurants in Orlando, you’re sure to find eateries that would satisfy the palates of everyone in your family.
California Grill Lounge: California Grill Lounge is an award-winning restaurant located on the 15th floor of Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, offering a panoramic view of Disney World and Orlando. Getting a reservation at this restaurant can be difficult since it has the best views of the fireworks among all of the restaurants in Disney World. Popular items at the California Grill Lounge include goat cheese ravioli, oak-fired pork tenderloin, red wine-braised short ribs, and flat bread. There are also several sommeliers on staff.
Yellow Dog Eats: Yellow Dog Eats is a casual gourmet café in the middle of the tiny suburban town of Gotha. Menu items include sandwiches, wraps, salads, pork, and BBQ chicken. The ingredients used are all fresh, healthy, and full of flavor. The dining room is housed in a historic farmhouse and there’s a garden in the backyard that guests can enjoy. Guests can also savor a mouthwatering selection of homemade jams and sauces, as well as delightful wines from around the world.
Texas de Brazil:Texas de Brazil is an all-you-can-eat Brazilian-style steak house with a dose of Texas spirit. Texas de Brazil boasts a 40-item seasonal salad bar and 14+ cuts of slow roasted cuts of beef, chicken, pork, and lamb. Waiters dressed as gauchos, or South American cowboys, come to your table to bring you freshly grilled cuts of meat when you flip the card on your table from red (stop) to green (go).
Victoria & Alberts: Victoria & Alberts is an elegant restaurant located in Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa that serves contemporary American cuisine, including a renowned 6-course prix fixe menu prepared with fresh ingredients from around the world. Victoria & Alberts serves wines from an award-winning cellar and is a 10-year recipient of the prestigious AAA Five Diamond Award. The restaurant offers a two to two and a half hour adult-oriented dining experience; children under the age of 10 will not be served. No jeans, shorts, Capri pants, sandals flip flops, or tennis shoes are allowed.
Seasons 52: Seasons 52 is a waterfront restaurant in Southwest Orlando that offers an eclectic, seasonally-inspired menu. The restaurant is named after the 52 weeks in the year, and the menu changes slightly each week. Standard dishes you’ll find on the menu include filet mignon, jumbo sea scallops, salmon, and shrimp, all grilled over an oak fire. No dish on the menu contains more than 475 calories. There are also more than 100 wines on their wine list.
Maggiano’s Little Italy: Maggiano’s Little Italy is a family-style restaurant that offers a wide selection of meat dishes, pasta, seafood, and entrée salads. All of the dishes served at Maggiano’s are Italian-American favorites made from scratch. Some popular choices include the Sunday-only Italian pot roast, gnocchi and tomato vodka sauce, veal marsala, and chicken parmesan.