The Wilson

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Inside the Meliá Orlando Celebration, The Wilson is a polished, poolside coastal bistro with a relaxed elegance guests call a cut above. The New Yorker Burger and stone-oven Margherita pizza headline a menu that also runs to a tuna poke bowl and a lobster BLT, with an espresso martini at the bar. Guests come in for a drink and stay for the hospitality, praising service that makes the whole visit.

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Nuri's

Pizza · Orlando · $$

Downtown's tavern-style pizza joint on East Pine, all cracker-crisp, paper-thin crust party-cut into squares you keep grabbing.

Nuri's, 63 E Pine St, Orlando, FL 32801-2617, United States

The Hampton Social

American · Pointe Orlando · $$

A coastal escape inside Pointe Orlando, whitewashed wood and rose on the tables, with seafood towers, a lobster roll and blackened sea bass.

9101 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

The Strand

American · Mills 50 · $$

A cozy, mid-century dining room on Mills Avenue, with mom-and-pop warmth polished up a level.

807 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803

At The Diner

Breakfast & brunch · Dr Phillips · $

Bright, playful Dr.

5072 Dr Phillips Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819

Garni Café

Mediterranean · Lake Nona · $$$

Up on the Wave Hotel's second floor, a casual French bistro in a botanical room full of greenery and rattan.

6100 Wave Hotel Dr, Orlando, FL 32827

Theo's Kitchen

Mediterranean · Curry Ford · $$

Family-owned on Curry Ford, a staple that plays a rare double act locals keep coming back for.

Theo's Kitchen, 2952 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, FL 32806, United States

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Columbia Restaurant

Latin & Caribbean · Spanish · $$

On Front Street in Celebration, this lakeside sister to the 1905 Ybor City original brings old Florida with hand-painted tiles.

649 Front St, Celebration, FL 34747

Celebration Town Tavern

American · Tavern · $$

Across from the lake on Front Street sits a cozy little slice of New England in the middle of Celebration.

721 Front St, Celebration, FL 34747

World Food Trucks

Markets & shops · Food Truck Park · $$

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

Brazi Burger

Burgers & sandwiches · Burger Joint · $$

A food truck at Food Trucks Heaven on 192, casual and unpretentious, serving Brazilian-style burgers guests say taste like back in Brazil.

5405 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34746

Salt & the Cellar by Akira Back

Restaurants · Restaurant · $$$

Inside the Ette Hotel in Kissimmee, this dim, polished room feels like an occasion, elegant, warm and quietly luxurious.

Salt & the Cellar by Akira Back, 3001 Sherberth Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34747-1787

King O Falafel

Mediterranean · $$

Family-owned Kissimmee storefront on 192 since 2009, unassuming outside and all flavor inside.

King O Falafel, 5045 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34746-5345, United States