The Write-Up

The full story

On Restaurant Row since 1984, Christini's stages dinner as an old-world occasion: tuxedoed service, candlelight, and live accordion drifting through the room. Guests call it one of the most romantic dinners in town and insist on the veal parm on the bone, with the veal chop and Chilean sea bass over shrimp risotto close behind. It is priced for milestones rather than weeknights, and regulars say it earns it.

Address

7600 Dr Phillips Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819

Price

$$

District

International Drive

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What People Are Saying

The word from guests

Real words from people who have been, gathered from public reviews. Christini's Ristorante Italiano holds 4.9 on OpenTable across 5,068 reviews.

“A hidden gem, one of the most romantic dinner experience we’ve had in a long time !!!”

Julie, via OpenTable

“Amazing place…Khan is the man ! Drinks spectacular! Serious yet fun!”

Chris, via OpenTable

“Amazing food! Great, amazing service! Can’t wait to go back!”

Lynnette Gold, via OpenTable

Our honest take

The highest rated room in this wave, and priced like it: reviewers call it expensive in the same breath as superb. Standing on Restaurant Row since 1984, this is the corridor's special-occasion standard. Budget for the occasion rather than the weeknight and it delivers the old-world ceremony it promises.

District Story

The story of Dr Phillips

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.

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