Now there is the million-dollar question!
There are so many places to eat in the Orlando area that you could almost spend a whole lifetime trying them all out. There are places to suit all budgets and tastes from basic fast food to fine dining restaurants. So even the fussiest of palates is catered for!
In this article we shall start off towards the lower end of the scale and work our way up.
So lets look firstly at the fast food joints, the usual suspects are to be found and below are the main ones, which are in abundance and lets face it you can fill your face for less that $15 in most of them.
- McDonalds
- Burger King
- Wendy’s
- Dairy King
- Sonic
- Subway
- Quizznos
- Tropical Chicken
- Taco Bell
- Pizza Hut
- Long John Silvers
- KFC
- Dunkin Donuts
- Krispy Crème Donuts
- Shake and Steak
- Blimpie
Now for the cheaper to moderate chain restaurants with just a selection below, many of them have all you can eat or 2 for 1 specials, always worth asking or check out the websites for any offers:
- Perkins
- Bob Evans
- Denny’s
- Golden Corral
- Applebee’s
- Chilis
- Boston Market
- Waffle House
- IHOP (International House of Pancakes)!
- The Ponderosa
- The Outback
- Olive Garden
- Red Tomato
- Tony Romas
- Sonny’s
- Harry Ramsdens (Epcot)
There are a good few themed Chains also to be found also including
- Race Rock
- Hard Rock Café
- Planet Hollywood
- Rainforest Cafe
- TGIF
- Ruby Tuesdays
- Motown Café
- NASCAR
- Jimmy Buffets Margaretville
- Don Pablo’s Mexican
- Boston Lobster Feast
- Red Lobster
- Logan’s Roadhouse grill
Towards the top end of the spectrum there are many fine restaurant to be found, I have listed just a small selection below
- Villa De Flora
- Texas De Brazil
- Seasons 52
- Vito’s Chop House
- Cattleman’s Steak House
- Pacinos
- La Bola
And the finest dining in Orlando area is possibly to be found at
- Victoria and Albert’s (Grand Floridian)
- Dux (Peabody)
- Chalet Suzanne
Not wishing to leave any one cuisine out as there are also hundreds, no thousands of privately owned Ethnic restaurants many Chinese, Thai and Indian as well as Mexican, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Cuban, British, Irish and every other country on the map almost. It is a fantastic and diverse place to dine and Nirvana almost for the fellow foodies amongst you!
…………….And don’t forget in the restaurants you are expected to leave between 15 and 20% tip, parties of 8 or more, sometimes even 6, the gratuity is usually added to the bill. Always check and don’t end up paying the gratuity twice! The basic fast food chains like Burger King, no tip is required.