Places to eat outside of WDW -Any tips?

[winniepie81]

We love Denny's, great for 1st night and breakfasts.
Cheesecake Factory is amazing but a little pricey compared to other places but nice for a special dinner etc.
Bahama breeze is a fave too, along with chilis and Outback Steakhouse.
As 2 adults we rarely eat table service in disney (we ve only done crystal palace and chef mickeys) as we stay offsite, we much prefer to eat outside as it's such good value for us.
Only places we ve not had great meals is tgi Fridays and Pizza Hut, we actually think they re nicer in the uk! Apart from the price difference!

 

[lpereira]

We eat one off property meal. Boston Lobster Feast. My child hates seafood. So much so that she won't eat any food that has been on a buffet with seafood. They always make a great pretense of bringing her a "special plate" of food that has never been near any seafood. So far she believes it.
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[laurab84]

we like ponderosa for breakfast, it's a HUGE buffet, we find we don't have to eat till tea te after filling up there. also a huge vote for Logan's roadhouse. it's meatloaf is the best thing ever, and as for the cheesecake... I dream of it! last time we went I was 33 weeks pregnancy and we agreed if the baby came in America and was a boy we'd call him Logan Orlando! lol he came when I got home and got the name Theo instead.


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[marcgiu]

Thanks for all the tips - sounds like by eating off site we will eat better and cheaper this year )))

 

[tinkerpea]

I'm looking forward to eating offsite again in may, we have decided to book 5 nights at cabana bay universal as got an amazing deal,after our disney cruise, just so we could leisurely do universal and shopping while eating offsite before our 12nights at SSR
Have not eating offsite part from bubba gumps in ages!!
I actually am starting to miss all the I drive and other offsite restaurants since spending the last 5 trips purely staying on disney property.

 

[MissPrincess101]

Got to be Steak and Shake.....fab steak burgers and milkshakes to die for in an great American diner setting!! There's one on Apopka Vineland Rd near Cross Roads - great food at a great price and good service!

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[mikkithemouse]

Golden coral gets our vote and perkins! Love the dessert counter in there.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Ponderosa has a breakfast buffet.

Cici is a pizza buffet place for $5.99 a person Has salad, pizza, pasta, desserts

 

[PJB71]

We ate at Texas Roadhouse tonight and it was

They also have an early bird dine were they have meal for $8.99 served up until 6pm. I had the pulled pork & portion size was huge

Will definitely be returning

 

[jessibelle]

We love to have buffet breakfast in Sizzler, plus when you do they give you a voucher to use when you come back for your evening meal.
Really great value and their buffet is much better than Ponderosa. Sets you up for a day in the parks and you avoid all the lunchtime queues for food!

 

[mollies_mum]

We were offsite without DDP for the first time this year and LOVED it!
Our favourites were Longhorns (by a mile) followed by Logans. Great food and service. Have fun x

 

[1andrea]

We LOVE Cheesecake Factory and Longhorns.

We also love Five Guys Burgers and Fries and JRs Steakery.

We had a Dominos takeaway which was such good value and tasty too!

I want to go back now!!

 

[Vixster]

That's given me some ideas to thanks

 

[ToonTagTrolleyDollie]

We usually don't stay on disney property, because there's 5 of us and that means we'd have to get a second room, so we frequently visit some of the restaurants just outside of disney. We like:
Dennys
Perkins
Cracker barrel
Bob Evans
Houlihans
IHOP
Olive Garden
Red Lobster
Outback Steakhouse
Kobi (which is one of the ones where to cook everything in front of you)
Applebees
etc.

I know some of these have already been said but ahh well

 

[marcgiu]

Thanks for all of the tips - much appreciated