Food and Drink

Local Restaurants

• Green Leaf Chinese SuperBuffet (1-863-420-0098) - at 4615 Hwy 27.
• Sangam Indian Polo Park West - Just north of the villa on Hwy 27.
• 19th Hole Bar and Grill - also just north of the villa on Hwy 27
• Randy's Family Restaurant - on Hwy 27 just north of Hwy 192.
• Southern Dunes Golf Club (1-863-421-1376). Sunday Brunches.
• Fish Tales (1-863-421-3474) - at 35510 Hwy 27 in Haines City
• La Crepe - Champions Gate
• Beef O'Brady's (1-863-420-3350) - on the corner of Dean Still and Loughman just south of the villa.

Boardwalk

The elegance of an Atlantic coast 1940s town combined with great shopping, entertainment and restaurants.

Early morning and evening time are especially nice. Just stroll around, eat at one of the many restaurants there or sit and watch the world go by.

The Boardwalk bakery does a really good Breakfast Burrito and nice coffee plus a great selection of pastries. Be aware though it can get very busy so there may be a queue. Spoodles also open for breakfast and the fruit platter is fantastic huge chunks of fresh melon (3 types) fresh pineapple and a huge bunch of grapes.

It is near the Fantasia Mini Golf and the road to it is opposite the back entrance to MGM (if you know where that is). Take photo-id with you. No entrance fee and you can see the Epcot fireworks from here.

Child-Friendly Restaurants for Special Occasions

• Narcoosees and Citricos at Disney's Grand Floridian are both child-friendly yet suitable for a special occasion. Afterwards you could go to Disneys Polynesian for drinks or get on the free launch outside the hotel for a ride round the 7 lagoons. If you time it right you will see the Magic Kingdom fireworks

• Mediterranean Restaurant at the Gaylord Palms Hotel - scrumptious buffet sitting in a rain forest with turtles,fish and gators.
• Cafe D'Antanio at Celebration (between Hwy 192 and the I-4

Fine Dining

• Anaelle and Hugo
• Chalet Suzanne
• (Disney's) Victoria and Albert's

Beer and Wine

Beer Lovers

If The Cricketers Arms looks like a British pub, that's because it is: it's an old English barn lifted beam-by-beam to Florida. Top quality real ales like Fuller's London Pride and Ringwood Old Thumper are served too cold for Brits and too warm for Americans, but just right on average. In the Mercado, 8445 International Drive. Phone 407-354-0686.

Wine Lovers

Lakeridge Winery Tour and wine tasting in Clermont. Free. Phone 352-394-8627

Night-Time Entertainment

The general opinion seems to be that the dinner shows are good entertainment with average food (except for Disney's Polynesian and Dolly Partons.)

A lot of people prefer Cirque de Soleil followed by dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, though this will cost you a little more.

You can also get DISCOUNT tickets for all these at park-tickets.com.

• Pleasure Island
• CityWalk Hollywood
• Dinner Shows
• Sleuths
• Pirates' Dinner Adventure
• Dixie Stampede
• Medieval Times
• Arabian Nights

Fireworks at Disney

Two of the best view of "Wishes" from a Disney hotel restaurant are from the California Grill in The Contemporary Resort and Narcoossee's at the Grand Floridian. they are also quite expensive.

Good views of the fireworks also from the beach at the Polynesian Resort and the Grand Floridian.

Wonder Works

A review from one of our guests:

Magic Show at Wonderworks tonight, a great family show. Endless Pizza and Pop Corn, and drinks. The show was really great and good fun.

Winter Park is lovely to visit, it is basically quaint shops and lovely pavement cafes and restaurants all down one side of a cobbled street and parkland on the other side of the street. Some of the shops are most unusual and sell stuff you will only see there. What is well worth the journey is the boat trip on the lake there, the lake is to the right of the shops and takes you through a few canals with a running commentary on the surrounding buildings including how much people paid for fantastic buildings, most fascinating. We had a very comical commentator when we went and it was a beautiful day so we took some great photos and had a good laugh whilst catching some rays at the same time.

The easiest direction to Winter Park is to go up the I-4 towards Orlando take the Fairbanks Avenue Exit then travel east for 2 miles, turn left into Park Avenue which is the said street. The approach to Park Avenue looks very run down but it is a nice surprise when you turn into Park Avenue.

Disclaimer

We do not take payment for any of these recommendations - these are all just places we and our guests have had a great time.

This information has been given in good faith, but it is always best to ring and check before you make any arrangements. Have a great vacation!

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