Good casual restaurants within 10 min of Disney?

[dioxide45]

Beware that the Giordano's on 192 had a 2+ hour wait time on an offseason Friday night last October. The pizza is the best we have ever eaten though.

Bob Evans, Cracker barrel, Fridays, Olive Garden, you name it, it is closeby.

This is odd, though we usually go late in the evening (after 8:00 p.m.) and have never had to wait. We do go off-season. Though whenever we go to their restaurant on Rush Street in Chicago we usually do wait for an hour and a half to two hours. It is definitely worth it.

I have only eaten at CiCi's at home and was not a fan. While cheap, the quality isn't there. You do get what you pay for. We have also eaten at the TGI Friday's there on Thanksgiving Day once, and it was good. We also went to Bahama Breeze, we didn't like the items we ordered, but it is a popular place.

 

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Giordano's is GREAT!!! It has excellent Chicago style pizza. I recommend calling in your order and just picking it up. We didn't have to wait long at all and the pizza was really fresh. I'm another person who has also waited over an hour and a half at the location on Rush Street in Chicago...but man, it was well worth it!

I also LOVE Sweet Tomatoes. It's a salad buffet w/ soups, pastas and breads. It's a great meal, but of course...you have to like salad to fully appreciate it.

There's always IKEA off Conroy. Mmm, you can't beat IKEA meatballs...even if they are located throughout the country. I love that place.

 

[srgibbs]

How do you get to the Giodarando's pizza rest. from Disney property say W?.We have decided to stay at WL Dec 13-20 and have decided we will do some outside dining since the parks close early. Figure we can have a light snack and do a later dinner offsite since we will be paying more for our room. We love Carraba's and eat at Outback freq. but we all love good pizza.

 

[WDWRocksMySocks]

How do you get to the Giodarando's pizza rest. from Disney property say W?.We have decided to stay at WL Dec 13-20 and have decided we will do some outside dining since the parks close early. Figure we can have a light snack and do a later dinner offsite since we will be paying more for our room. We love Carraba's and eat at Outback freq. but we all love good pizza.

There's a location on Apopka Vineland, which is the street that goes past the Downtown Disney entrance of WDW (by Crossroads). You'll make a left on Apopka and Giordano's is just down the street on the right hand side.The address is12151 S. APOPKA VINELAND RD.

 

[Frothy]

Where is "The Loop" ?

John Young Parkway... we asked the people we rent from and they recommended it. It's a smaller shopping mall but new and more and more stores are going into it. If you are taying East of Disney it's worth checking out.