Best reasonably priced off site restaurants

[NaturalNine]

Hi All

For our trip in December for 2 weeks, given we have a vehicle, I thought we would try some offsite restaurants to save a littl money and most importantly add some variety

What are your favourite off site restaurants which are reasonably priced and suitable for a family?

Thanks in advance

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

Here are some of our favourites:

Bubbalou's Bodacious Barbecue
Steak & Shake
Sweet Tomatoes
Chili's
Millers Ale House
Carrabba's
Olive Garden
Buffalo Wild Wing
Twistee Treat (ice cream)
TGI Fridays
IHOP

Golden Corral is also very affordable and well suited to families (sooooo many choices), but the atmosphere and food quality might not be acceptable to some. Ditto to the super-cheap Cici's Pizza.

 

[staceyrhood]

Town Tavern in Celebration...actually all the restaurants downtown Celebration are great! And as a bonus it "snows" every night in December...lots of fun to see! www.celebrationtowncenter.com

 

[sk8jdgca]

Don't go to Cici's it will always remain as the low bar for restaurant recommendations " well it isn't as bad as CiCis"

We love sweet tomatoes, if you go on their site they will send you money saving coupons

Hash house a go go is also great-huge portions

 

[FofMM]

Take a drive to the Town of Celebration. We love Columbia restaurant. Town Tavern is fun for a burger and sandwich. When we are on vacation we love exploring and make a point of going to Celebration for a walk through it's charming downtown.

 

[GreatLakes]

I'll echo some PPs and also suggest Celebration. For good food at a good price my three recommendations would be Celebration Town Tavern, Cafe D'Antonio, and Columbia Restaurant. I avoid the nation chains as often as possible but especially when on vacation. It is a great time to find either a local chain or one off place.

 

[Woodview]

You have a car ... so go and explore a little bit ....

Drive onto Hwy 192 & head west towards Hwy 27

There are a great variety of places to eat along that area , all within 15 min drive from Down Town Disney ( Disney Springs ... new name )

Cracker Barrell , Longhorns , Texas Road House , Millers Ale House. Olive Gardens. Logans, & many more.

Then in Haines City ( Hwy 27 south ) Manny's Chop House .

On Hwy 27 North towards Clermont there are many more & less Touristy,

As is The Golden Corral on Hwy 50 a short mile from the junction of Hwy 27.

 

[party-of-five]

We were very happy with NYPD Pizza and Chuy's Mexican. Both were great food, great service, large portions at a reasonable price.

 

[NaturalNine]

Thanks for the recommendations, really appreciate it! Going to build a list for reference off this so please keep them coming

 

[loveswdw]

There used to be a HUGE thread on this…I'll see if I can find it.

Hmmm…hasn't been updated for quite a while. But here it is.
http://www.disboards.com/threads/best-off-site-restaurants-thread.498998/page-33

 

[party-of-five]

Oh and Keke's was very good too.

 

[kj2mom]

My children absolutely loved Steak N Shake! The 3 of us ate there (burgers, fries and shakes) for under $30. I had gone online before our trip and purchased a $25 gift card for less than face value (I think I paid $22) and it almost completely covered our meal. We only ate there once but we stopped several more times for shakes (it was walking distance from our resort). I should have purchased another gift card before we left but I did get the app on my phone and by using that we got one shake free! I also signed up for emails to get coupons before we left!

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

A couple of more that have come to mind since my first reply....

Cracker Barrel & Hash House A Go Go (both already mentioned)

Giordano's Pizza

 

[scottandtisha]

Our family always goes to Miller's Ale House. Good food and atmosphere and very reasonable. One time they even had a guy there doing balloon animals at your table.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

OP, several of the places mentioned have some good coupons available online, or incentives for signing up for their email clubs. In the spirit of maximizing the bang for your buck, they might be worth looking into as well.

Unless they have changed since we last signed up.....

Milllers Ale House gives a free flatbread appetizer for signing up for their email club (worth about $8.99).

Friendly's (another favourite of ours that I forgot to mention) offers a 20% off your first order with their email club sign up.

The Earl of Sandwich email club offers a free sub for signing up (another good place where a family can eat well and at a reasonable price).

Sweet Tomatoes sends coupons out to their email club members.

TGI Fridays and a few others also offer incentive to their free-to-join club members too.

 

[100AcreWood]

I don't know if you're looking for only sit down or quick restaurants too.

Chick Fil A is great and cheap. There is a Chevy's in that area that we also like.

 

[sharona]

Cheesecake Factory at the Millenium Mall - one of our favorites! Portions are big enough to share and prices are in the same range as most similar chains.

Head down International Drive or Vineland Rd and you'll see so many choices!

 

[Fundytrail]

Town Tavern in Celebration's!

 

[ilovefh]

You have a car ... so go and explore a little bit ....

Drive onto Hwy 192 & head west towards Hwy 27

There are a great variety of places to eat along that area , all within 15 min drive from Down Town Disney ( Disney Springs ... new name )

Cracker Barrell , Longhorns , Texas Road House , Millers Ale House. Olive Gardens. Logans, & many more.

Then in Haines City ( Hwy 27 south ) Manny's Chop House .

On Hwy 27 North towards Clermont there are many more & less Touristy,

As is The Golden Corral on Hwy 50 a short mile from the junction of Hwy 27.

They're building a Manny's on 192!

 

[bearzabout]

These are the ones we will try on our next trip:
Q’Kenan - 8117 Vineland Ave - excellent Venezuelan food
M & M's Café 533 Old Vineland Road,Kissimmee - soul food
Chuy's 7913 W Irlo Bronson Mem Hwy,11:00 am - 10:00pm -Free nacho bar in the car in the bar area during happy hour.
Columbia - in Celebration - we love their 1905 salad, black bean soup and cuban sandwich at lunch.
Miller's Kissimmee Ale House - 8123 Irlo Bronson Mem, Monday night rack of ribs 10.99 special.
Havana’s Cuban Cuisine - 8544 Palm Pkwy Orlando, check in on yelp, you get a free qualifying appetizer
The Coop - Must-Order:Fried chicken ($7.99 with “fixin's”); creamed corn made w/ cream cheese ($2.49); old-school banana pudding made with baked bananas and ‘Nilla wafers ($3.99) 610 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park; 407-THE-COOP
Hot Krust Panini Kitchen - 8015 Turkey Lake Road Suite 200 - Awesome sandwiches and soup.
Border Grill Fresh-Mex - 5695-A Vineland Rd Orlando, FL International Drive / I-Drive, Horizons West / West Orlando - Hole in the wall with outstanding Mexican food near Universal.
Twistee Treat Café - Disney World Area - 11947 South Apopka Vineland Road. Soft swirl
Ginther's Swirls Ice Cream – Mom & Pop Place near Seaworld. 11036 Intl Dr. - incredible banana split is HUGE for less than $5.
Benihana's on International drive for lunch. $12 or so buy a steak lunch with fried rice and a soup or salad.
Sweet Tomatoes is a must for us.