Food & Dining

Orlando has emerged as one of America’s premier culinary destinations, featuring MICHELIN Guide-recognized restaurants, James Beard Award honorees, celebrity chefs and diverse global cuisine. Whether you seek fine dining, local favorites, innovative tasting experiences or hidden neighborhood gems, Orlando offers a food scene that is as impressive as its famous attractions.

Orlando offers much more than traditional restaurants. You can enjoy celebrity chef concepts, MICHELIN Guide dining, character meals, dinner shows, themed restaurants, food festivals, tasting events and neighborhood culinary gems. With more than 6,000 restaurants across the destination, Orlando delivers dining experiences for virtually every taste, occasion and budget.

Yes. As of 2026, Orlando is home to 60 MICHELIN Guide restaurants. They include one Two-Star eatery, five One-Star options, 14 Bib Gourmands and 40 Recommended. Make reservations to experience them during your next visit.

Orlando’s sensational dining scene includes numerous celebrity chefs — and you will find the lion’s share at DISNEY SPRINGS®. Options include José Andrés’ JALEO and Pepe, Rick Bayless’ Frontera Cocina, Maneet Chauhan’s eet, Guy Fieri at Planet Hollywood and Chicken Guy!, Masaharu Morimoto’s Morimoto Asia, and Art Smith’s Homecomin’ Florida Kitchen.

Minutes from DISNEY SPRINGS, you can experience Four Flamingos, A Richard Blais Florida Kitchen at Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, plus Todd English’s bluezoo and Chef Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort. Closer to the Orange County Convention Center, dig into Primo by Melissa Kelly at JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, with Top Chef’s John Tesar helming Knife & Spoon at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes.

Many of these restaurants are also MICHELIN Recommended, including Four Flamingos, Morimoto Asia, Primo by Melissa Kelly, and Knife & Spoon.

Yes, Orlando has a bevy of homegrown culinary geniuses who are ready to dazzle you with their skills and knowledge. Hot off of three James Beard Award nominations, Chef Henry Moso heads up Kabooki Sushi in two locations, including the original, MICHELIN Recommended Milk District venue and a second on Restaurant Row. Headed by Food Network favorite Trina Gregory, the MICHELIN Recommended Se7en Bites is also in The Milk District.

Fellow James Beard Award nominees James and Julie Petrakis are the masterminds behind Winter Park’s The Ravenous Pig and Disney Springs’ The Polite Pig. And prior to joining Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar at Pointe Orlando, Chef-Partner Guillermo Pernot earned James Beard Awards for Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic Region, and Best Single Subject Cookbook in 2002.

Also of note is Chef Brandon McGlamery, a semifinalist in the James Beard Foundation’s “Best Chefs of the South” category. Having founded Winter Park’s MICHELIN Recommended Prato and Maitland’s Luke’s Kitchen, McGlamery is debuting an all-new concept, The Reverie, in 2026. Other local favorites include Food Network’s Wendy Lopez of Reyes Mezcaleria and John Rivers of 4 Rivers Smokehouse in East Orlando, Kissimmee, Longwood, SODO, Winter Garden and Winter Park, as well the 4 Rivers Cantina Barbacoa Food Truck.

Several other notable chefs have brought their talents to Orlando after winning awards and accolades in other destinations. They include Akira Back of Salt & The Cellar, Hung Huynh of Mills Market (home to four different MICHELIN restaurants), Guillermo Perno of Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, and Ryan Ratino of ÔMO by JÔNT.