Offsite restaurants - Suggestions please

[mithuri]

Hi;

For those who stay offsite, can you please recommend the offsite restaurants that you normally frequent?

Thanks, Al

 

[tone.def]

Ihop for breakfast whether I'm on site or off! At the corner of 192 and Poinnciana... Yum yum.

 

[braddillman]

Millers Orlando Ale House (several around, SR 535, I-drive, Florida Mall, etc.). Really inexpensive sports bar, decent pub food, large portions.

Cuba Libre at Pointe Orlando, great food, great atmosphere. Check their website for happy hours. Best mojitos.

B.B. Kings at Pointe Orlando. Decent food, great live music. The house band is the best!

Panera Bread (one on Vineland near the outlet mall, other by Florida Mall). Great baguettes, french onion soup, pastries and salads. Good prices too, IMHO. This one I never like to miss.

Bonefish Grill is really nice IMHO, good prices too. DO NOT confuse with Fish Bones, which I've never been but heard bad things (1 degree of separation).

Macaroni Grill was pretty good, haven't been recently. I preferred it to Olive Garden.

 

[Disney Ontario]

Earls Sandwich in Down Town Disney.Mmmm

 

[potzie2]

Sweet Tomatoes is great at the CrossRoads across from Downtown Disney. Sign up on their site and you will lots of 2-4-1 coupons and such each week. All the food/soups/breads are made from scratch fresh on site each day.

Cheers,

Brian

 

[dancin Disney style]

CiCi's....the cheapest pizza you'll find. It's $5.49 for the buffet and while it's not the best pizza I've ever had it's hard to complain when 4 people can have a dinner and dessert buffet for $25. Also, if you want a certain combination of toppings they will make it for you and bring it to your table...no extra charge. I totally love pizza so we usually go twice.

 

[Kat&Dom]

Cracker Barrel - it is a homestyle restaurant where you chose your main dish then can have whatever sides you want - stuff like hashbrown casserole, homemade mashed potatoes, green beans, about a dozen choices etc. They bring a basket of biscuits and cornbread for you to munch on while you wait for your food. Their prices are really reasonable too.

They have a store attached to them that you can wonder through and look at things - it kind of reminds me of the store off Little House on the Prairie, they have the candy sticks in a jar, all kinds of interesting gift ideas. I have bought a few unique gifts for friends here.

They also have a huge porch with rocking chairs on it for sale that people can just sit in and relax. It is a totally different kind of restaurant from anything that I have seen. It is fun and great food.

 

[Disney_Mama]

Benihana at the Hilton across the street from DTD. Lot's of great tasting food and entertainment. Went for the first time a couple of weeks ago. This is now on our must do list for every trip.

 

[sprmom]

Their salad and breadsticks are always a favourite of the children and their kids menu is OK. They have some "healthy choice" options noted in their menu with an olive branch. We stop there once per trip. There is some new restaurant developments up passed Universal off exit 76 near Mall of Millenia, a farther drive, but less traffic than the Sand Lake I-drive Restaurant Row.

Of course, no trip would be complete without our annual vist to Dennys! There is a nice one by the airport near the Hertx car rental facility. Tony Romas and Cracker Barrel are there too.

 

[weezy26nm]

We also like CiCi's pizza. Another favorite is the Golden Corral (all you can eat buffet) and we also enjoyed a buffet breakfast at the Ponderosa. Can you tell we like buffets? We just find it is the best value for a family of 5 and everyone can find something they like.

 

[ribica]

CAA now has a "kids eat free" card you can buy. I think it's about $9.00 and it's good for kids up to 11 years old. Not sure which restaurants are included in the deal, but I think there's a website that lists all the places that are participating.

 

[Sue M]

Bahama Breeze and Cheesecake Factory!

 

[doxie24]

I second the Cheesecake Factory and Cracker Barrel votes...so yummy.

Oh, deep fried olives and mac and cheese from the CF are killer

 

[weewuvvdisney]

This one is not really off=site.

If you are at Epcot and would like a good meal.... take the boat to the Boardwalk and go eat at THE BIG RIVER.

Good food....decent prices.

We always have a side trip to have supper there one night!




Jan

 

[minnie56]

http://www.roysrestaurant.com/
http://www.texasdebrazil.com/
http://www.seasons52.com/

Ate at all 3 last week and they were excellent!

 

[Cdn Gal]

Golden Coral- great buffet with steak and seafood and great prices! (usually under $11 a person)

 

[busyshrew]

I'd LIKE to be able to recommend Texas de Brazil.
BUT.
I took DH to Sweet Tomatoes first. Big mistake. Big, BIG mistake. He ate the food, saw how well DD ate, took one look at the prices and told me "no way to I want to bother with TdB, I wanna come back here!".

Never got to try TdB..... sigh....

Whoops. Forgot to add, I'd also recommend Hanamazuki (Japanese for sushi & ramen at lunch), and Pio Pio Columbian (mmmm... chicken, steak strips).

 

[cslittle999]

Celebration Town Tavern Great sea food at a very reasonable price.

 

[purple hippo]

Has anyone used the Kids Eat Free Card lately? I see the restaurant choices have changed since these messages were posted. Would you still get it with the current choices?

 

[c&m]

Bumping this up so we can see recent experiences.

When we went in Aug 2009, we really enjoyed Earl of Sandwich and Wolfgang Puck Express in Downtown Disney.