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Restaurants in Orlando
In keeping with everything else in Orlando, there is massive dining choice - more than 4,000 restaurants and counting, and virtually every type of cuisine known to man. There are breakfast buffets, all-day diners, steakhouses and five-star gourmet restaurants. Every theme park offers multiple standout full-service restaurants, while areas like Downtown Disney, Universal's CityWalk and International Drive all feature a high concentration of dining outlets. You will find well-known chains like Planet Hollywood, Hard Rock Café and Outback Steakhouse, and one-off hot newcomers like Joachim Splichal's Tutto Italia Ristorante in Epcot.
Vegetarians are not well served, but there are a few exceptions like Sweet Tomatoes and Café Tu-Tu Tango.
The restaurants below have been listed alphabetically and classed into four pricing categories:
$$$$ (over US$45)
$$$ (US$30 to US$45)
$$ (US$15 to US$30)
$ (up to US$15)
The price ranges quoted below are for a three-course meal for one, including sales tax but excluding tips, unless otherwise stated.
Victoria & Albert's
Frette linens, Riedel crystal - this is a pull-out-all-the-stops kind of place. It's on a much more intimate scale than many of the Disney resort restaurants, with only 18 tables in the main dining room and another five in the private fireplace room, plus a chef's table in the kitchen. It's a kind of old-timey fancy restaurant ambiance, but chef Scott Hunnel's culinary vision is emphatically 21st century.
Todd English's bluezoo
Bluezoo is another of Orlando's underwater-themed, but gorgeous, restaurants. It's the best example of fusion cuisine, heavy on the fish, with price tags that seem to draw conventioneers whooping it up on an expense account.
Tchoup Chop
American master chef Emeril Lagasse has created a simply superb Asian/Pacific restaurant at Universal's Royal Pacific Resort.
Sweet Tomatoes
Salad lovers should make a beeline for this buffet-style diner, which also offers pizza, pasta and fresh breads.
Jiko
At Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge is their signature African-themed restaurant which features superb African-Asian fusion cuisine.
Café Tu Tu Tango
Tapas-style cuisine, with some vegetarian specialities, plus an amazing artist-colony theme, with live entertainment.
B-Line Diner
This 24-hour diner features an amazing range of comfort food around the clock and is located inside the lovely Peabody Hotel.
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