Orlando eateries

[Stitch's Greatest Fa]

Hello all,

please help me out. Usually we stay in a WDW hotel and will be this year, but we usually eat at WDW also. This year we are not doing DDP as we have calculated its not worth it without app and tip sooo....could you please recommend your favourite eateries around orlando for breakfast, lunch and dinner, approximate cost and types of stuff they serve.

Thankyou
Kay
xx

 

[JohnnySharp2]

Kind of difficult for us because our son doesn't like dining out at all, however on my limited experience I can recommend Golden Corral and Ponderosa for buffet type food.
Good for breakfast, lunch and dinner - steaks/fries/mash potatoes/chicken wings/veg/fruit etc

We also like the Outback steakhouse, mainly because it is close to where we usually stay in a villa and you can 'take-out' which is something we like to do, and I can have a relaxing drink at the bar whilst waiting.

Bob Evans and IHOP are good for breakfast too and both makes things to order as well as off the menu.
Spoodles at Disney's Boardwalk we also liked for breakfast.

As I said though we don't really get the opportunity to dine out often, chik-fil-a and KFC are about our limit mind you they are a cut above your normal 'fast food' - KFC is much better than in the UK.
Though I hope you get some feedback from people who dine out more than we do!

 

[juliebrooks35]

I like Bob Evans for breakfast and Logan's Roadhouse for dinner. Both are excellent value for money and huge portions.

 

[Charleys Cat]

I am going to disney for 1st time in 44 days (not really counting every day) and my sister goes very regularly and said her favourite is Golden Corral not sure where it is but is in orlando.

 

[JohnnySharp2]

I am going to disney for 1st time in 44 days (not really counting every day) and my sister goes very regularly and said her favourite is Golden Corral not sure where it is but is in orlando.

Like many Orlando based restaurants Golden Corral is a 'chain' and has several in the area. Ponderosa, IHOP, Bob Evans etc are the same too.

http://www.goldencorral.com/

 

[Handsomeprince]

We like:

Ponderosa on I Drive (inexpensive, good choice for kids)
Dennys for breakfast (huge portions and inexpensive)
Ming Court (Chinese) on I Drive (good food)
Olive Garden on I Drive (good food and choice) - read threads suggesting this may have closed!!!!

 

[luke]

Cheesecake Factory (Mall at Millennia).
Tony Roma's (loads - we ate on I Drive) - best ribs ever!!

Wendy's for fast food was my favourite too

 

[Booknut]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Red Lobster, their coconut shrimp is soooooooo delicious! Red Lobster is about $30 a head for 3 courses if you have shrimp or crab claws, with lobster it would be a bit more but worth every penny!

Can't beat IHOP for breakfast, the pancakes are lovely. Arby's and Taco Bell are nice drive-thru places for fast food that's different. Arby's do roast beef sandwiches with a lovely sauce. Taco Bell is yummy cheap mexican food. We've never spent more than $15 at the fast food places for the both of us and that includes drinks and usually something sweet too.

Chili's and Applebee's are good too, nice variety of foods, kinda like TGI's. Main courses go from about $7-$15. Olive Garden is nice too and you can get take-away from them as well as Red Lobster.

Next trip i'd like to try Cracker Barrel, their menu looks interesting, lots of 'southern' dishes.

 

[wayneg]

Orlando Ale House- Very cheap, large portions. Lots of locals eat and drink there. Its a sports bar, TV's everywhere you look. Always have specials like beer $1/pint, Alcopops 5 for $5 etc. Chicken Nahos are huge portion for $10-12 layered with chicken and cheese. 3 of us could not eat them all.
http://www.millersalehouse.com/
We eat at these 2 but there are others.
Hunter's Creek Ale House
LBV Ale House

Texas Roadhouse. Only just opened last summer, about 15-20mins from Int drive and a toll each way but worth it. They have them in other parts of US but this is 1st around Disney. Dance routine every hour, free peanuts in shells(throw shells on floor, kids love that) great steaks and ribs.
http://www.texasroadhouse.com/
This is one we use http://www.texasroadhouse.com/restaurant/273/
Meating friends there 29th of this month

Sweet Tomato. All my life I have been a 100% meat eater, no meal without meat until I found S.T They make a salad enjoyable. Massive salad buffet then homemade soups, pastas cooked fresh infront of you, breads made fresh on the premises, also pudding, ice cream, fruit. All for a bargain $9ish ($7.50 lunch) Register with their website they send you a buy one get one free voucher, 2 for $9 amazing. put your birthday as day you fly, its a birthday offer. I will be registering again this afternoon as we fly Easter Saturday.
http://www.souplantation.com/
Int Drive location http://www.souplantation.com/locations/restaurant.asp?store_id=72&store_name=Orlando_1

They are main 3 we really like but loads of others we goto.
Olive Garden
Black Angus Steakhouse
Ponderosa, know manageress so get 20% off
Golden Corral
Cicis, 3 of us unlimited pizza and drinks $17
Market street pizza, Celebration for take out Pizza and Garlic rolls

Endless choice.

 

[DADAD]

Western Steer On I Drive V.cheap Carters For Brits
It Used To Have Football Memorbila Form All Its Visiting Customers
Thay Have Gone Now But It is Very Friendly Place
They Have A Britsh Waitress Thats Worked There For Years
Always Has A Few Local Guide Tips For Use When Where There

 

[AnnaTink]

We do tend to eat mainly in WDW as we've collected lots of favourites over the years.

However I love Red Lobster, and if you like Mexican - Chevy's is great, both are in the Crossroads just outside Disney!

 

[scojos]

golden coral is brill.
IHOP v cheap and filling, but my fav is sweet tomatoes!!
very cheap buffet with the best brownies ever.
my kids love buffets.
taco bell for cheap and quick mexican, and arbys if you can find one is well worth a visit.
Tracy

 

[BRobson]

I find that the Brits Guide to Orlando guidebook has good info on all the restaurants - it tells you the food they serve and rates how pricey they are as well

 

[Daysleeper40]

Sweet Tomatos on I-Drive is an absolute must. Scrummy, filling, and healthy. Will keep you going after a hard days theme-parking. Absolute bargain as well.

Loved Bahama Breeze - also on I-Drive. I had a lovely seafood pasta thing - probably my favourite single dish of the whole holiday.

Buffalo Wild Wings - I-Drive, good if you like spicy chicken!

I can't recommend Ponderosa - easily our least favourite meal (dinner - can't comment on brekky) and we found there are much better quality buffet places such as Sizzler.

I-HOP - just great breakfasts.

I'm hungry now!

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

Bahama Breeze is on my list too Also like Cheescake factory & we normally go to TGI's as DD likes it there.

We also enjoy the Market Street Cafe & Cafe D'Antonio at Celebration.
There are plenty of good suggestions for you here - I have got Sweet Tomatoes on my 'to do' list for December

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Breakkie - Golden Corrall, very good value for money and a huge choice.

Evening - Love Rain Forest Cafe
Plany Hollywood is great too


We also like Olive Garden

but for Chinese, all you can eat at Bill wongs Super \buffet is brilliant, but for easiness, we usually get the take away pizza's at the Hess garage at DTD and eat them in the car for an eveing, thats quick and cheap.

 

[nobodies36]

Chilis, Olive Garden and IHOP are our must eats for every trip. We also like Ponderosa, Panda Express (lunch/snack), Fridays, Adobe Gilas and Dennys. We also keep meaning to get to Texas De Brazil.

 

[wayneg]

Sweet Tomatos on I-Drive is an absolute must. Scrummy, filling, and healthy. Will keep you going after a hard days theme-parking. Absolute bargain as well.

ST can be healthy if they don't have a delicious pudding on, last August they had Cherry cobbler and Last Easter and lemon crumble, delicious.

 

[amystevekai&bump]

THE BEST - Red Lobster!! (LOVE their cheddar bay biscuits and lobster/crab stuffed mushrooms!!! )

ALMOST THE BEST!! - Olive Garden, Chilis, Shoneys (Brekkie), Dennys, Cracker Barrel, TGI Fridays (Much more choice than the UK ones - notably their french onion soup - yummy!!!), Outback steakhouse (gorgeous bread!! ), Cheesecake Factory, Wendys (Best fastfood burgers around imho!!).

TRYING FOR FIRST TIME - Possibly the Pizza that Wayneg mentioned at Celebration and DEFINITELY the icecream that he mentioned on another thread there too!!!


I'm now really hungry!!

 

[Stitch's Greatest Fa]

Thanks for your recommendations so far everyone. Lots of you mention cheesecake factory - we already do this, its a favourite, so much so that I have hunted down the cheesecake factory in Boston for our Easter trip.