Where to eat at Universal Orlando including menus

[bumbershoot]

Morning: coffee from Three Broomsticks and a Rock Cake from the candy store.

Lunch: veggie burger from Richter's in the studios. Yum yum yum. Also the veggie burger at The Burger Digs in Jurassic at IOA is good.


Frozen butterbeer is SO good but I've started getting MASSIVE and repeated brain-freezes with every sip I take (through straw or without straw, slowly or quickly, no matter what I do), and I don't like crying while at themeparks, so I'm not sure I can drink those anymore. Cold butterbeer tastes horrid in my opinion. (my son has the opposite opinion)

A Starbucks is opening at Islands (there already is one at Studios) so if that makes you happy you don't have to go allllll the way into Citywalk (and up the escalator) to get that.

We were shocked at the tastiness of the cheese pizza in Jurassic Park; Predatorria or something like that?

There's a Ben and Jerry's next to the Starbucks in the Studios.

 

[bumbershoot]

Oh, and the popcorn is weirdly good. If you buy a plastic souvenir container you get some little discount on refills.

 

[schumigirl]

There are plenty of really good counter service places to eat in the parks.

And lots of nice treats around the parks.

In IOA one of the best counter service places is Thunder Falls Terrace, meals are big enough to share......ribs and chicken are delicious and the chicken wrap is one of the nicest, freshest wraps I have ever eaten.

Fire Eaters Grill for Gyros, hot dogs, chicken salad and the nicest spicy chicken fingers all very fresh and cheap too.

Blondies is nice for freshly made sandwiches and lovely potato salad.

Monsters café was good.

Croissant Moon Bakery has lovely fresh croissants and nice desserts too, again everything is very reasonably priced.

Cinnabon is a must have.........

3 Broomsticks is highly recommended. Go into The Hogshead for a fizzy pumpkin juice.....very sweet but nice to share. Frozen Butterbeer is nice too. Cauldron cake is lovely, as is most of the goodies in that shop.

Not a counter service but we couldn't miss Confisco Grill or Mythos, all excellent and not expensive. They have lovely inexpensive cocktails in both places........Sangria is lush!!

In IOA I wouldn't go back to Burger Digs or Circus McGurkas.



Studios........

Beverly Hills Boulangerie again for fresh croissants, sandwiches and desserts

Louie`s for cheap and cheerful pizza and salad.....lovely!!!

Simpsons area, we had a burger that was not nice so took it back and they happily exchanged it......it had been sitting out for too long, but the pizza, chicken and waffles and wraps were lovely.

Not counter but Finnegans is excellent and Lombards is good too.

Richter Burger has been a hit and a miss for us, but mostly good and a fixin`s bar.

Ben and Jerry`s is a never miss for us

Wouldn`t go back to Mel`s Diner.

Dippin Dots are ok.

Can`t comment on snack carts as apart from buying water we usually don`t use them.

You won`t be stuck for choice.

Have a look at damo`s sticky..........

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2681315

most of the menu`s are there, some of the prices may not be accurate and some places are not there any more, but they`re not far away and will give you a good idea of what your choices are in the parks.

 

[sandyplayer]

Wow! This is a great list!

We never tried the cauldron cakes, will do! And frozen butter beer and fizzy pumpkin juice were not sold when we went so we will try.

So many suggestions, thanks.
We did mythos last time and loved it, but wanted to try a different table service this time. I did see the sticky, but most of that was about table service
restaurants, not snacks. I think we may do finnegans baed on what I read there.

I had no idea there was a Ben and Jerry's at city walk.....that will be great too.

Thanks!

 

[schumigirl]

Wow! This is a great list!

We never tried the cauldron cakes, will do! And frozen butter beer and fizzy pumpkin juice were not sold when we went so we will try.

So many suggestions, thanks.
We did mythos last time and loved it, but wanted to try a different table service this time. I did see the sticky, but most of that was about table service
restaurants, not snacks. I think we may do finnegans baed on what I read there.

I had no idea there was a Ben and Jerry's at city walk.....that will be great too.

Thanks!

Glad to help

Ben and Jerry`s is in The Studios.....opposite Louie`s ......very handy for us after pizza

 

[Metro West]

Let's keep all the food related questions together.

Merging with the food sticky.

 

[GoofyWithGlasses]

Hi there Does anyone know if Pastamore is still open, or will still be there by the end of July? We can't find anything about it on the Universal website <3

 

[annette20071]

Does anyone know which characters are typically at the Superstar Character Breakfast? The Universal site just says Characters From: Nickelodeon; Hop; Despicable Me


I want to know which Nickelodeon characters!

 

[Debs Hill]

Does anyone know what is the next new restaurant to open at Citywalk....interested in the Italian and CowFish!
Thanks
debsx

 

[Metro West]

Let's keep all the food related questions together.

Merging with the food sticky.

 

[damo]

Hi there Does anyone know if Pastamore is still open, or will still be there by the end of July? We can't find anything about it on the Universal website <3

Pastamore is closed. Another Italian restaurant is opening in its place and should be open by July.

Does anyone know which characters are typically at the Superstar Character Breakfast? The Universal site just says Characters From: Nickelodeon; Hop; Despicable Me


I want to know which Nickelodeon characters!

The character vary but tend to be the characters from the parade.

Does anyone know what is the next new restaurant to open at Citywalk....interested in the Italian and CowFish!
Thanks
debsx

Keep an eye on the front page of this sticky as I will link to the new menus when the restaurants open.

 

[aggordon2]

I have twins with gluten, egg & dairy allergies.
Are the restaurants as good as the restaurants at Disney when it come to food allergies?

 

[damo]

I have twins with gluten, egg & dairy allergies.
Are the restaurants as good as the restaurants at Disney when it come to food allergies?

At the sit down restaurants, the items are marked with information if they are gluten free and dairy free. The wait staff has info on all the food and you need to ask them.

At the counter service restaurants they have written information about the ingredients. Personally, since your children have quite extensive allergies, I would contact the parks for info.

https://www.universalorlando.com/Resort-Information/Food-Allergies.aspx

 

[GrumpyFamilyof5]

We are pizza lovers, I've looked at the menus for Red Oven and Big Kahuna's, but no sizes for the pizza's, can someone who has ate at these places give me an idea on the size. I would hate to spend that much for a small pizza, there are 4 of us, DH and Ds have quite the appetite,lol... are they any good? I don't really want to leave being on-site if I don't have to...thanks!

 

[damo]

We are pizza lovers, I've looked at the menus for Red Oven and Big Kahuna's, but no sizes for the pizza's, can someone who has ate at these places give me an idea on the size. I would hate to spend that much for a small pizza, there are 4 of us, DH and Ds have quite the appetite,lol... are they any good? I don't really want to leave being on-site if I don't have to...thanks!

Sal's Deli at Portofino has excellent pizza. I find that a large pizza is good for 3 adults. We usually get a salad to go with it.

https://www.universalorlando.com/Images/Online - Sals Lunch _and_ Dinner Menu 2.1.14_tcm13-44752.pdf

 

[GrumpyFamilyof5]

Sal's Deli at Portofino has excellent pizza. I find that a large pizza is good for 3 adults. We usually get a salad to go with it.

https://www.universalorlando.com/Images/Online - Sals Lunch _and_ Dinner Menu 2.1.14_tcm13-44752.pdf

thx!

 

[deblynt13]

What restaurants in Universal and IOA offer AAA discounts ? Does any of the restaurants at RPH offer AAA discounts ? Thanks.

 

[deblynt13]

I have a 14 year old daughter who is still a very picky eater. She eats chicken strips, hot dogs, pizza and Mac and cheese. She orders from kids meals in our home state all the time. Will we have a problem with her ordering from kids meals in Universal/IOA, Seaworld and surrounding hotels ?

 

[damo]

Not sure about anywhere other than Universal, but they usually do not care.

 

[RAPstar]

Pretty much all of the sit down restaurants in both parks have AAA discounts. Not sure about RPH, but I'm pretty sure the Islands dining room does. Not sure about Tchoup Chop or Jake's.