Orlando > Orlando Restaurants

Advantages: Good value for money, fast service, kids enjoy choosing themselves
Disadvantages: Basic in appearance but don't be turned off by this

Ponderosa restaurants great for those families visiting Orlando on a budget. They offer a good choice of entrees, which you order as you enter, all of which are a good price and displayed by the till area for you to choose from. A typical entree would be steak tips and onions and a jacket potato, or maybe a steak with fries. These are then paid for along with your required drinks, and then you are seated and introduced to your server. This system ...
...used to, but it works well when in Florida. By purchasing the entree, this also entitles you to choose from the buffet. You can have as much as you like, and your server will encourage you to eat more by constantly replacing the pile of plates for you to use! Once again, not like here in the UK where the restaurants barely give you anything on your plate. I have visited this chain many times, and the staff have always been very polite and friendly. ... Read review

Advantages: good atmosphere/friendly/convenient/family friendly
Disadvantages: slightly pricey

...I also like fun places, Race rock filled both these criteria. There is plenty to see - motorbikes/cars -all re-modelled and fitted around the restaurant, if you look up, you will probably see a racing car dangling above you! This was great, as there was no place in the restaurant where you did not get a good view of the racing memorabilia, you do not have to be a huge fan of motor sports to enjoy this restaurant's atmosphere either -- the quirkiness ...
...all dressed up in the race car theme, and this added to the fun. They were very helpful and bought our meals quickly to us each time. We did not have the greatest food -- I would call this more of a snack cafe' , we ate pizza here and burgers, but no serious large meals, the ice cream was pretty good too. There is also a wide variety of drinks here and car themed cocktails! I really enjoyed these:) This was basically a very convenient restaurant, ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent Food, Fun, Decoration.
Disadvantages: Cost

...where to eat BUT the Rainforest Cafe is a place we as a whole family agree on again and again. We have been to the one at Animal Kingdom 4 times, the last visit was on the 22nd November 2007 (Thanksgiving). I have also visited the one in London but the Orlando one is a lot better all round. Waiting times: The wait to get into The Rainforest cafe is normally along one, my advice is to as soon as you get to animal kingdom make a reservation. Even ...
...main reasons we visit the Rainforest cafe, the room is decorated in an Amazon rainforest theme with Waterfall, Trees, Animals, Thunderstorms and more. The thunderstorm can be a bit scary for little ones and normally occurs every 15 minutes or so. The animals make movements and noises, some really do look real. The only real animals in the restaurant are the fish in the tanks. Food: The menu is very easy to navigate with plenty of choice. The children ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Possibility of queues (but they're worth it)

After visiting Orlando 5 times, i finally stumbled upon the Sizzler. I had never eaten there before, but then found myself there every night for a whole two weeks! There is a fair selection of food available, but as the sizzler is a steak house, most of the food consists of portions of meat. There is not alot of choice for vegetarians, but you can get a cheeseburger. The all you can eat buffet mainly consists of fruit and vegetables however. There ...
...you enter the restaurant, you may be faced with a long queue. This is especially apparent at busy times of the year like Christmas. However, due to the quality of the food, it is well worth the wait. There is a huge selection of steak available on the menu, all at reasonable prices. I can't remember what I had, but it was excellent. This view was mirrored by the opinions of my family. Included with the meal is an all you can eat buffet. The selection ... Read review

Advantages: GOOD VALUE
Disadvantages: NON

Ponderosa is extremely good value for money, the it is all buffet style but you can if you wish order from the menu if you wish, but, to be honey there is no need to unless you are wanting a steak, there is everything you can think of in the buffet. You can go for breakfast, dinner or tea. Breakfast is around $4.99, and all you have to pay for is the drinks on top of this, the children go free under 12 The choices are good : - Breakfast – you can ...
...the toilets (this is the ponderosa in Florida) there are coupon booklets – I recommend you take some of these, they are free, you get discount off of other restaurants in Florida for meals and clothes like 10% off Sheplers – which is a shop that specialises in Boots and belts. All in all this is good value for money and clean. I would recommend this to anyone. I would recommend that if you want to go for a breakfast that you get there early because ... Read review