Mid-Range in Orlando

Domu

• ★ 4.8
• Japanese Ramen
• $$
• Audubon Park

Domu at East End Market on Corrine Drive in Audubon Park is the ramen and Japanese-pub anchor, with tonkotsu, sake and a strong cocktail program.

Lineage Coffee Roasting

• ★ 4.8
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Audubon Park

Lineage Coffee Roasting at East End Market in Audubon Park is the small-batch roaster founded 2014, with single-origin pour-overs and espresso flights.

Hanson's Shoe Repair

• ★ 4.8
• Cocktail bar
• $$
• Downtown Orlando

Hanson's Shoe Repair in downtown Orlando is a rooftop tiki speakeasy hidden behind a Prohibition-style shoe-repair facade on East Pine Street, daily password.

Se7en Bites

• ★ 4.8
• Brunch
• $$
• Milk District

Order The Minnie Pearl biscuit with sausage gravy

Se7en Bites on North Primrose Drive in the Milk District is the Southern brunch institution, with house biscuits, cinnamon rolls and a 09:00 walk-in queue.

Maxine's on Shine

• ★ 4.7
• New American
• $$
• Thornton Park

Maxine's on Shine on North Shine Avenue near Thornton Park is the neighborhood bistro favorite with a weekend brunch, weeknight dinners and a long bar.

Beefy King

• ★ 4.7
• American diner
• $$
• Mills 50

Beefy King is the 1968 roast beef counter on north bumby avenue, with six counter seats, the original blue logo and a third generation behind the slicer.

The Rusty Spoon Brunch

• ★ 4.7
• Brunch
• $$
• Downtown Orlando

Order Buttermilk fried chicken plus a brunch cocktail

The Rusty Spoon on West Church Street downtown runs a weekend brunch from chef Kathleen Blake, with fried chicken, shrimp and grits and seasonal plates.

Ravello at Four Seasons Sunday Brunch

• ★ 4.7
• Brunch
• $$
• Disney Springs and Lake Buena Vista

Order Pasta-making station plus a Champagne pour

Ravello at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando runs an Italian Sunday Brunch, with a pasta-making station, Champagne bar and antipasti spread from the buffet.

4 Rivers Smokehouse

• ★ 4.6
• American Bbq
• $$
• Winter Park

4 Rivers Smokehouse on South Orlando Avenue in Winter Park is the John Rivers Texas-style barbecue chain founding location, with brisket, ribs and burnt ends.

Foxtail Coffee Co

• ★ 4.6
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Winter Park

Foxtail Coffee on North Orange Avenue in Winter Park is the local roaster founded 2016 with a Winter Park flagship cafe and twenty-plus Central Florida shops.

Christner's Prime Steak and Lobster

• ★ 4.6
• Steakhouse
• $$
• ICON Park and I-Drive

Christner's Prime Steak and Lobster is a steakhouse room in Icon Park. Book the chef's counter for a view of the dry-aged ribeyes hitting the grill.

Maxine's on Shine Weekend Brunch

• ★ 4.6
• Brunch
• $$
• Thornton Park

Order Maxine's eggs Benedict plus a Bloody Mary

Maxine's on Shine on North Shine Avenue near Thornton Park runs the weekend brunch at the corner bistro, with eggs Benedict, breakfast tacos and a patio.

Hawkers Asian Street Food

• ★ 4.5
• Southeast Asian
• $$
• Mills 50

Hawkers on North Mills Avenue is the Mills 50 flagship of the homegrown Asian-hawker chain, with roti canai, dumplings and skewers from across Southeast Asia.

Pizza Bruno

• ★ 4.5
• Pizzeria
• $$
• Mills 50

Pizza Bruno on Curry Ford Road is chef Bruno Zacchini's New York-leaning pizzeria, with hand-tossed pies, fresh pasta and a small Italian wine list.

Vespr Craft Coffee and Allures

• ★ 4.5
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Mills 50

Vespr Craft Coffee and Allures on Collegiate Way near UCF is the third-wave shop with single-origin pour-overs, espresso flights and a striking interior.

Crooked Can Brewing Company

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$
• Sanford

Crooked Can on West Plant Street in Winter Garden anchors the Plant Street Market food hall, with a Florida craft brewery taproom and 30-plus rotating taps.

Sideward Brewing Company

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$
• Milk District

Sideward Brewing on North Bumby Avenue in the Milk District is the modern craft taproom with rotating IPAs, mixed-culture sours and a Florida tap list.

Lil Indies

• ★ 4.5
• Cocktail bar
• $$
• Mills 50

Try Craft cocktails and Will's Pub kitchen snacks

Lil Indies on North Mills Avenue runs the cocktail-craft sister room to Will's Pub until 02:00, with technical cocktails and snacks from the Will's kitchen.

Tori Tori

• ★ 4.5
• Japanese
• $$
• Mills 50

Try Yakitori, karaage and izakaya small plates

Michelin-listed izakaya on North Mills Avenue that keeps yakitori skewers, chicken karaage and sake highballs going until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Wally's Mills Avenue Liquors

• ★ 4.5
• Cocktail bar
• $$
• Mills 50

Wallys Mills Avenue Liquors is a 1954 Mills Avenue dive bar with vintage wallpaper and a back-room crowd that has not changed since the Disney boom.

The Strand

• ★ 4.5
• Brunch
• $$
• Mills 50

Order Burger and fries plus a Bloody Mary

The Strand on North Mills Avenue runs a weekend brunch with the chef-owners' burger, a chicken biscuit and rotating seasonal plates from the dinner menu.

Z Asian Vietnamese Kitchen

• ★ 4.4
• Vietnamese
• $$
• Mills 50

Z Asian Vietnamese Kitchen on East Colonial Drive is the modern Vietnamese room in Mills 50, with chef-led plates beyond pho and a strong cocktail program.

Pig Floyd's Urban Barbakoa

• ★ 4.4
• Latin American
• $$
• Mills 50

Pig Floyd's Urban Barbakoa on North Mills Avenue is the smokehouse with Latin-style barbecue, smoked pork tacos and Cuban-influenced sides in Mills 50.

Pio Pio Restaurant

• ★ 4.4
• Peruvian
• $$
• Downtown Orlando

Pio Pio Restaurant on East Washington Street near Lake Eola is the Peruvian rotisserie chicken spot with pollo a la brasa, lomo saltado and tres leches cake.

Shin Jung Korean

• ★ 4.4
• Korean
• $$
• Mills 50

Shin Jung Korean on East Colonial Drive in Mills 50 is the long-standing Korean room with bibimbap, bulgogi and the area's standby tabletop barbecue grills.

The Sanctum Cafe

• ★ 4.4
• Vegetarian
• $$
• Mills 50

The Sanctum Cafe on North Ferncreek Avenue is the plant-based and organic neighborhood room with grain bowls, plant-based burgers and a wide brunch menu.

Ten10 Brewing Company

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery
• $$
• Mills 50

Ten10 Brewing on Virginia Drive at the north end of Mills 50 is the craft brewery taproom, with IPAs, lagers and a covered patio near Leu Gardens.

Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery
• $$
• Milk District

Hourglass Brewing at the Hourglass District on Curry Ford Road is the converted-church taproom with 42 Hourglass beers on rotation and a to-go cooler.

Bowigens Beer Company

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery
• $$
• Sanford

Bowigens Beer Company on State Road 436 in Casselberry is the Seminole County brewery, with a sour-focused program, annual Sour Fest and a covered patio.

Linda's La Cantina

• ★ 4.4
• Steakhouse
• $$
• Mills 50

Linda's La Cantina is a 1947 family-run steakhouse on east colonial drive that survived the disney era unchanged, with hand-cut steaks and house garlic bread.

Briarpatch Restaurant

• ★ 4.4
• Brunch
• $$
• Winter Park

Order Chef's torta sandwich or blueberry pancakes

Briarpatch on North Park Avenue in Winter Park has run all-day brunch and lunch since 1980, with blueberry pancakes, shrimp po boys and a chef's torta.

The Osprey

• ★ 4.4
• Brunch
• $$
• Baldwin Park

Order Wood-fired prime rib hash with poached eggs

The Osprey Tavern on New Broad Street in Baldwin Park runs a Sunday brunch with a prime rib hash, wood-fired toast and a long bar full of brunch cocktails.

Santiago's Bodega

• ★ 4.3
• Spanish Tapas
• $$
• Mills 50

Santiago's Bodega on Virginia Drive in the Mills Park complex is the small-plates wine bar serving Spanish tapas, charcuterie boards and Iberian wines.

Tibby's New Orleans Kitchen

• ★ 4.3
• Cajun & Creole
• $$
• Winter Park

Tibby's New Orleans Kitchen on Aloma Avenue in Winter Park is the Louisiana-rooted casual room with crawfish etouffee, po-boys, gumbo and beignets to finish.

The Stubborn Mule

• ★ 4.3
• New American
• $$
• Thornton Park

The Stubborn Mule on South Eola Drive in Thornton Park is the burgers-and-cocktails room with a long Moscow Mule list, weekend brunch and a covered patio.

Ethos Vegan Kitchen

• ★ 4.3
• Vegan
• $$
• Winter Park

Ethos Vegan Kitchen on South New York Avenue in Winter Park is the long-running vegan room with shepherd's pie, seitan wings and a Sunday brunch.

Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar

• ★ 4.3
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Mills 50

Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar on North Bumby Avenue in Mills 50 is the local cafe institution since 2001, with espresso, drip and vegan-friendly sandwiches.

Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$
• Downtown Orlando

Ivanhoe Park Brewing on Alden Road in the Ivanhoe District is the independent neighborhood brewery and taproom, with lagers, IPAs and Florida-parks lineup.

Persimmon Hollow Brewing Company

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$
• Sanford

Persimmon Hollow Brewing on West Georgia Avenue in DeLand is the Volusia County brewery, with a downtown DeLand taproom, IPAs and seasonal Florida beers.

Wop's Hops Brewing Company

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$
• Sanford

Wop's Hops Brewing on Sanford Avenue in Historic Downtown Sanford is the city's first microbrewery, inside the landmark Stokes Fish Market building.