Domu Chibi
Domu, the popular East End Market ramenerie, has opened a new concept, Domu Chibi Ramen, in Waterford Lakes. It’s meant to be a quick-serve operation, but they’ve managed to make it quicker serve in at least one aspect.
Instead of giving an order to someone at the counter, customers are prompted to use electronic tablets in front of it to place and pay for an order. Heck, you might even want to leave yourself a tip as you pay, because unlike other quick-serve restaurants, you must go back up to the pick-up counter to fetch your own food. I’m guessing if they could, they’d find away for a non-human to call the names....
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Address | 869 N. Alafaya Trail |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-730-7260 |
Price | $$ |
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Don Julio's Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Bar
It would seem that the place to be on a Friday night if you live in the area of Chickasaw Trail and Lake Underhill Road is Don Julio’s Mexican Kitchen and Tequila Bar. At least it seemed that way the Friday evening my companion and I stopped in. The restaurant in the aptly named Rio Pina Plaza was jumping like veritable frijoles saltarines.
It was so crowded that people waiting for tables were standing around on the sidewalk outside the strip plaza storefront. The only seats available, the young woman at the host stand told us, were at either of the bars, the tequila bar in the title or the ceviche bar on the other side of the room.
That suited us just fine because it was the ceviche bar that drew my attention to this particular D. Julio’s over the one in Lake Mary or the other location in Waterford Lakes....
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Address | 551 S. Chickasaw Trail |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-930-3735 |
Price | $$ |
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Durian Durian
Address | 10743 Narcoossee Road |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-282-2992 |
Price | $ |
Scott's Review |
Durian Durian is one of what undoubtedly will be many new restaurants that will crop up to serve the burgeoning medical city rising in Lake Nona. The food is good but not extraordinary. The service is extraordinarily poor. It is not recommended at this time.
Eastside Asian Market
An Asian market with a corner set aside for a vegetarian cafe. Yes, everything is vegetarian. As a sign next to the menu says, "Deal with it."...
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Address | 12950 E. Colonial Drive |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-615-8881 |
Price | $$ |
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F&D Cantina
This is a second try for this Tex-Mex eatery. The first, in Waterford Lakes, didn't go so well and is now closed. They apparently learned some lessons from that one and now are serving solid Tex-Mex fare in a fun atmosphere....
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Address | 1125 Townpark Ave. |
City | Lake Mary |
Phone | 407-915-7012 |
Price | $$ |
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First Watch
There are other locations of this popular breakfast and lunch spot in the area, but this one is unique in that it has a bar. Not a fully stocked bar, mind you, but a careful selection of appropriate cocktails. The food is good, too, with an emphasis on fresh cooking...
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Address | 1448 N. Alafaya Trail |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-809-3447 |
Price | $$ |
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Golden Krust
A small storefront location for what is a Jamaican franchise out of New York. Very friendly staff serving hearty Islands food. The oxtail stew is a specialty....
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Address | 318 N Alafaya Trail |
City | Orlando |
Phone | |
Price | $ |
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Hong Kong Alley's Kitchen
I'm glad I stumbled upon Hong Kong Alley's Kitchen. I almost took a different route that day and I might never have noticed it. I'm glad I took the right fork in the road....
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Address | 10663 E. Colonial Drive |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-969-0886 |
Price | $$ |
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