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Best Places to Eat Orlando: Local Picks for Dining, Sipping & Strolling
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items Looking for the best local spots in Orlando that aren’t overhyped or overcrowded? This thoughtfully curated list features Orlando coffee shops, independent restaurants, and peaceful parks where you can slow down, eat well, and breathe a little easier...
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Outdoor Activities
Young Pine isn’t the kind of park that calls attention to itself. Tucked just far enough off the main road, it’s the kind of place you find by living nearby, or by needing a break and taking the next right. The playground’s tucked in the shade. The w...
Young Pine Community Park
There’s a stillness to Wekiwa that you notice right away. Maybe it’s the way the water stays clear even when the world around it doesn’t. Or how the trails wind through pine flatwoods and sandhill without trying to impress you. The spring itself is c...
Wekiwa Springs State Park
Some parks are tucked away. Lake Eola isn’t one of them. It sits right in the middle of the city—never in a hurry, even when everything around it is. The fountain glows at night. The swan boats glide by in the afternoon. And the loop around the lake ...
Lake Eola Park
Set just outside the Orlando International Airport, B-52 Memorial Park is easy to miss if you’re not looking for it. But those who find it usually pause. The park is small—just a few benches, some trees, and one massive presence overhead. A retired B...
Orlando International Airport – B-52 Memorial Park – AviationMuseum
Moss Park doesn’t rush you. The roads curve gently through old-growth oaks and tall pines, opening up to wide picnic areas and glimpses of water just beyond the trees. Families spread out across the fields. Kids run between the playground and the sho...
Parks - Moss Park
This isn’t the kind of place you swing by on a whim. Split Oak asks a little more of you—time, quiet, maybe a bottle of water and a good pair of shoes. The trails wind through longleaf pine and wiregrass, past scrub oaks and open fields where deer so...
Split Oak Forest
Out here, the land feels lighter. Longleaf pines stretch tall and spare, casting thin shadows over sandy trails. The air’s dry, the breeze moves easily, and the ground underfoot shifts between scrub and sun. The Econ River runs nearby, but this part ...
Parks - Econlockhatchee Sandhills Conservation Area
**Be prepared to see alligators up close and personal** It starts like a walk, and turns into something else. The gravel trail winds past water that mirrors the sky, and before long you’re sharing space with herons, egrets, and alligators that barely...
Orlando Wetlands
Leu Gardens doesn’t try to impress you all at once. It opens slowly—brick walkways curving through camellias and roses, shaded paths giving way to sunlit lawns. There’s structure here, but also softness. The kind of beauty that comes from tending, no...
Leu Gardens
This is hands-down one of the most memorable things I’ve ever done in Central Florida. Exotic Animal Experience is a private, by-appointment sanctuary just outside Orlando where you can interact with lemurs, kangaroos, sloths, and other animals you’d...
Exotic Animal Experience In Orlando
Restaurants
The sign says pizza, and that’s exactly what you get. Foldable, flavorful, and straight out of the oven with just enough crisp. Goodfella’s isn’t flashy. It doesn’t need to be. The red booths, the checkered floor, the scent of garlic and oregano—it’s...
Goodfellas Italian Restaurant Delivery & Online Ordering
Tucked just steps from the buzz of Winter Park’s Park Avenue, Pizzeria Valdiano feels like a pause button. The kind of place where the counter guy knows your order and the crust always hits that just-right balance between chewy and crisp. There’s New...
Pizzeria Valdiano
You don’t stumble into Christner’s. You plan for it. Dark wood, white tablecloths, the hush of a room where people still dress for dinner. The steaks come thick and perfectly charred, the lobster tails split and steaming, and the sides are made to sh...
Christner’s Prime Steak & Lobster
Dinner here comes with a view you don’t have to fight for—just press your hands to the glass and watch the sea go by. Inside EPCOT’s Seas Pavilion, Coral Reef Restaurant feels like a hidden pocket: dim lighting, soft conversation, and a wall of aquar...
Coral Reef Restaurant | EPCOT
Step through the doors and it’s suddenly dusk in a Bavarian village—string lights overhead, long communal tables, and a band warming up in the background. Biergarten isn’t quiet, but it’s not chaotic either. It’s the kind of joyful hum that builds na...
Biergarten Restaurant | EPCOT
Tucked near the back of EPCOT’s Italy Pavilion, Tutto Italia feels a little quieter than the world outside its doors. The dining room is classic—warm lighting, high ceilings, soft linen—and the menu leans into comfort: house-made pastas, rich sauces,...
Tutto Italia Ristorante | EPCOT
Down a stone path in EPCOT’s Canada Pavilion, Le Cellier feels like a secret. Low ceilings, candlelit tables, and the hush of a wine cellar far from the midday sun. It’s cozy without being cramped, elegant without needing to say so. The steaks are th...
Le Cellier Steakhouse | EPCOT
Step inside Mexico’s pavilion and it’s instantly nightfall—stars above, water below, and the soft flicker of lanterns reflecting off your glass. San Angel Inn isn’t showy, but it doesn’t need to be. The setting does the heavy lifting: a quiet river d...
San Angel Inn Restaurante | EPCOT
By far, my FAVORITE restaurant at EPCOT; the experience is unmatched. Tucked upstairs in the France Pavilion, Monsieur Paul feels worlds away from the bustle below. The room is elegant but unassuming—white tablecloths, soft lighting, windows that ove...
Monsieur Paul | EPCOT
There’s a hum to this place—the kind that comes from good music, steady conversation, and plates landing on tables with just enough sizzle to turn heads. Azteca D’Oro on West Colonial doesn’t overthink it. The portions are generous, the margaritas co...
Azteca D'Oro West Colonial | Call (407) 270-9687 & Book a Table
These tacos are amazing. First time here and pur party of three tried several -- Chick Magnet, Notorious Pig, Pork on Fire, Al Pastor, Trailer Park, Tacosaurus -- and everyone of them was outstanding. We literally did not want to stop eating them.
The only reason I can't give it a full 5-star rating is because when we first arrived, the rap music was so loud, it was deafening. After about three songs, the "station" changed, and I've never been so happy to hear the Bee Gees in my life. And that...
The only reason I can't give it a full 5-star rating is because when we first arrived, the rap music was so loud, it was deafening. After about three songs, the "station" changed, and I've never been so happy to hear the Bee Gees in my life. And that...
Tin & Taco - Tacos and Craft Beer Spot
Now we know what all the "fuss" is about!! We've been meaning to try this place out ever since seeing it in our first trip down the hidden alley. The ambiance is amazing, wonderfully decorated and private booths. The view of the atrium was just lovel...
Garp & Fuss
Found this little gem tucked away underground at Disney Springs, never knew it existed! For the experience, it was great. The ambiance really feels like you are in a speakeasy. The staff is both friendly and fun. The charcuterie board we shared was v...
Enzo's Hideaway | Italian Restaurant & Speakeasy | Disney Springs
Finally got to Hawkers after being in Orlando for months, and it wish we had come sooner! Next best place to Morimoto's at Disney Springs. We shared small plates of the BBQ pork bar, spring rolls, steamed dumplings, and soup dumplings. Everything was...
Hawkers Asian Street Food & Craft Cocktails
My MOST favorite spot for delicious, healthy foods in Waterford Lakes! The staff is SO sweet. As it was my first visit, I had no idea what I wanted to order, given the extensive menu. The young gentleman was patient and answered all my questions, eve...
Designer Greens
Sweet little restaurant where the chef could challenge Morimoto. The Takoyaki was amazing, as was the garlic chicken bento box and pork chops plate. Peach green tea was the best I've ever had. We've made this a regular eating place.
MS TEA'S BENTO & SUSHI Restaurant
Amazing food and service! The burrito was loaded and so filling, I could not finish. Their queso is also great - flavor and creaminess. Very impressed.
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Other Food & Drinks
This isn’t your grab-and-go kind of coffee shop. VESPR feels more like a creative pause—soft light, clean lines, and a menu that reads like someone really thought it through. The baristas move with intention. The pour-overs take their time. And the s...
Vespr Coffe Bar
Tucked into an unassuming corner, Fable feels like a place you’d stumble into in a story—minimalist but warm, with windows that let the light in just right. The coffee is the draw, of course: roasted in-house, dialed in with precision, and served wit...
Fable Coffee & Pastries
There’s no need to dress it up—Lineage knows what it’s doing. The space is clean, modern, almost monastic in how it focuses your attention. Nothing distracts from the cup in front of you. Roasted in-house, brewed with care, and served without a hint ...
Lineage Craft Coffee Roasters
At the University Blvd location, Foxtail feels like a steady in-between. Students, remote workers, and neighbors settle in at reclaimed wood tables, coffee in hand, laptops open, playlists just low enough not to distract. The drinks come fast but wel...
Foxtail Coffee