Restaurant Listings
Pio Pio Latin Cuisine
There are other Pio Pios (Piae Piae?) in the area and although it doesn’t say so on any of the restaurants’ websites, they are all related via ownership. The menus are similar, but, as a pleasant young man at the Semoran Boulevard restaurant explained, “We all serve the same food, but there might be subtle differences like in a sauce.”...
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Address | 2259 S. Semoran Blvd. |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-207-2262 |
Price | $$ |
Scott's Review |
Pisces Rising
Apparently, I haven’t dined at Pisces Rising in Mount Dora since the middle of 2004. At least that’s the date on a yellowed framed copy of a review I wrote in June of that year. Since then, I’ve learned, there have been at least a couple of ownership changes, so I figured it was time to check it out again.
Not only ownership changes, the concept is different, too. Originally a seafood centric restaurant — Pisces, after all — its menu is decidedly less fishy in its current iteration.
Actually, I’d be hard pressed to put my finger on a central menu theme. Dishes jump from region to region and even to different countries. But a general goal, it seems, is to Floridate them with a local twist using ingredients from nearby farms....
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Address | 239 4th Ave. |
City | Mount Dora |
Phone | 352-385-2669 |
Price | $$ |
Pizza Bruno
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Address | 3990 Curry Ford Road |
City | Orlando |
Phone | |
Price | $$ |
Scott's Review |
Pizza Ponte
A quick-serve restaurant that not only serves a decent slice of pizza pie but also has very good sandwiches....
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Address | 1560 E. Buena Vista Drive |
City | Lake Buena Vista |
Phone | 407-560-9463 |
Price | $$ |
Scott's Review |
Planet Hollywood
After a year-long renovation, Planet Hollywood has been refurbished to resemble a large observatory to better fit in with the Disney Springs backstory. (Never mind that it's really a planetarium.) Inside, it's a little like dining in an IMAX theater, with massive projections of music videos that stretch the three-story auditorium/dining room.
Food Network star Guy Fieri contributed to the new menu. Food is impressive mostly in the size of the portion....
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Address | Disney Springs Walt Disney World |
City | Lake Buena Vista |
Phone | 407-827-7827 |
Price | $$$ |
Scott's Review |
Poke Hana
Poke Hana is one of the more recent entries among the the local poke providers. It occupies a rather spartan but colorful spot in a storefront on East Colonial Drive in the Mills 50 district. One supposes the decor is meant to approximate a beachside shack somewhere in Hawaii. There are long narrow tables (too narrow, really, for two people to sit across from one another) with yellow and white metal chairs that no one would ever look at and think, "Boy, those sure look comfortable." Touches of neon, ceiling fans with a rattan look, and a projector splashing a video of surfers on one of the walls completes the Maui-like mien....
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Address | 1225 E. Colonial Drive |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-601-0283 |
Price | $$ |
Scott's Review |
Polite Pig
From the owners of the area's popular Ravenous Pig, this Disney Springs quick-serve specializes in barbecue and cocktails on tap....
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Address | 1536 Buena Vista Drive |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-938-7444 |
Price | $$ |
Scott's Review |
Pop Thai
It’s a full service restaurant with a spartan but tasteful decor and exceptionally friendly service. I stopped in for a quick lunch just to check the place out and ordered the Mussaman Curry with chicken. Although the dish’s listing on the menu has a chili pepper next to it, this mussaman was mild, which is actually the way it should be. It has as its base a creamy coconut milk that’s fried with a paste filled with myriad spices, including cardamom, peppers, dried chili powder and cilantro. ...
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Address | 1227 N Mills Ave |
City | Orlando |
Phone | 407-203-5008 |
Price | $$ |
Scott's Review |