The Write-Up

The full story

An I-Drive original since the 1990s that treats dinner like an art opening, with resident artists painting at easels and the walls doubling as the gallery. The menu is small plates built for passing: brick oven flatbreads, tuna crudo, Cuban sliders and sangria pitchers. Guests call the atmosphere vibrant and buzzing, and it earns the word; expect a loud, high-energy room, not a quiet conversation.

Address

8625 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

Price

$$

District

International Drive

Directions → Open in the full finder Read the International Drive story Instagram

What People Are Saying

The word from guests

Real words from people who have been, gathered from public reviews. Café Tu Tu Tango holds 4.7 on OpenTable across 7,705 reviews.

“Such a fun experience always! Been coming here for 25 years and it never disappoints!!”

Kristel, via OpenTable

“Overall great experience, food variety and quality brilliant, ambience and atmosphere vibrant and buzzing, service great!”

George, via OpenTable

Our honest take

An I-Drive original since the 1990s that still rates among the corridor's best liked rooms, which almost never happens on International Drive. Artists work live, the walls are the gallery, and the tapas are built for a table that shares. This is the rare tourist-corridor spot locals vouch for too.

District Story

The story of I-Drive

A hotel in the boondocks, a road paved after it and named to sound big and important, and the corridor that taught Orlando how to be a vacation.

Read the I-Drive story →

Similar Feel

More places with this feel

Matched by vibe, not by neighborhood: the places across Greater Orlando closest in spirit to Café Tu Tu Tango.

Twenty Pho Hour

Noodles & Southeast Asian · International Drive · $$

Black-and-white ink lines wrap this International Drive room, a playful comic-book space guests compare to a music video.

11951 International Dr Ste B-2, Orlando, FL 32821

The Outta Control Magic Dinner Show

Attractions · International Drive · $$$

Inside WonderWorks on I-Drive, pizza keeps coming, a volunteer gets pulled into the bit, and the room laughs before the trick lands.

9067 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

World Food Trucks

Markets & shops · Kissimmee · $$

A Kissimmee parking lot becomes a passport you can eat through, truck after truck serving arepas, tacos, elotes and more.

5811 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34746

Moon Wok Kitchen & Lounge

Chinese · I-Drive · $$

International Drive has plenty of Chinese takeout, but this one has a moonlit lounge attached, all glow and dressed-up energy.

11701 International Dr Ste 300, Orlando, FL 32821

Grocery Los Hermanos

Mexican · East Orlando · $

A family-run market and taqueria on Curry Ford where guests say the food tastes homemade and very fresh.

4130 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, FL 32806

Sfiha's International Drive

Latin & Caribbean · International Drive · $

Sfiha's bakes palm-sized Brazilian meat pies on International Drive, golden rounds filled with beef, chicken and catupiry cheese, or four cheeses.

5640 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

Keep Going

More in International Drive

Other places in International Drive, Local Picks first, then the closest to Café Tu Tu Tango.

Tom's Watch Bar Local Pick

Bars & lounges · Bar · $$

On International Drive, a sports bar built like a stadium, with an oversized screen and screens wrapping the room so every seat faces the action.

8050 International Dr, Suite 1000, Orlando, FL 32819

Baires Grill Local Pick

Latin & Caribbean · Argentinian Steakhouse · $$

The parrilla decides everything at this Argentine steakhouse just off International Drive.

8050 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

Ole Red Orlando

Bars & lounges · Live Music Bar · $$

Blake Shelton's honky-tonk in the middle of ICON Park, with live country on stage and scratch-made Southern cooking from the kitchen.

8417 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

Helena Modern Riviera

Mediterranean · Supper Club · $$$

The polished room inside ICON Park, a Mediterranean supper club for Italian and Greek plates like crudos, whole fish and a Moroccan lamb shank.

8441 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

ICON Park & The Orlando Eye

Attractions · Entertainment Complex · $$

An open-air stretch of I-Drive with no gate to wander in, anchored by the 400-foot Orlando Eye above the night lights.

8375 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium

Attractions · $$

Sharks and rays pass overhead in the 360-degree ocean tunnel while you stay dry, unhurried and air conditioned.

8449 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

See the full International Drive list