Orlando Business Trip-Dining Help
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Orlando Business Trip-Dining Help
Hi, I am attending a trade show in Orlando in two weeks and need suggestions on top-notch restaurants to take a client, preferably located in the vicinity of the convention center (although driving a short distance is OK if worth it). Cost is not an issue, and it doesn't have to have a "stuffy" atmosphere.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
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Yup Bahama Breeze is very convenient to the Convention center has everyone has mentioned, and the food is very good. Order the conch fritters, and enjoy.
Also you might want to go to the Peabody Hotel for dinner or drinks, or to see the "duck march", yup Ducks hang out in the lobby fountain all day and are "marched" back to their quarters in the evening with great fanfare (pardon the pun).
There are several other good restaurants right in that area, so you shouldn't have a problem finding one that suits your needs.
Enjoy Orlando.
Also you might want to go to the Peabody Hotel for dinner or drinks, or to see the "duck march", yup Ducks hang out in the lobby fountain all day and are "marched" back to their quarters in the evening with great fanfare (pardon the pun).
There are several other good restaurants right in that area, so you shouldn't have a problem finding one that suits your needs.
Enjoy Orlando.
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Try the Chicago Tribune travel archive; they did an Orlando fine dining report about a month ago.
Personally, I wouldn't go to Bahama Breeze for a business dinner. Much too loud and funky, I think. Don't rule out restaurants affiliated with the theme park companies just on principle, many of their hotels have outstanding restaurants.
Personally, I wouldn't go to Bahama Breeze for a business dinner. Much too loud and funky, I think. Don't rule out restaurants affiliated with the theme park companies just on principle, many of their hotels have outstanding restaurants.
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I have no idea where this is in relation to the Convention Center, and I'll preface these remarks by saying my husband works for Hyatt, though not in Orlando.
Hotel dining rooms generally have a bad reputation and more often than not, it's a fair evaluation, but we had an exceptionally fine dining experience at La Coquina restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. It truly was one of the better meals I've had in FL (which may not be saying much gt;).
They have 4 or 5 restaurants in that hotel, and this one is the "fine dining", overlooking a small lake on property. If anyone else has eaten in La Coquina, I'd be interested in hearing how you liked it--they knew us so our experience may not have been typical, but I would think it was--hard to fake the ability to prepare and present food as exceptionally as they did that evening. We were with another couple, who hunt down gourmet restaurants and had had their hearts set on a restaurant in Winter Park until the weather turned sour. They were as delighted as we were. Anyone else?
Hotel dining rooms generally have a bad reputation and more often than not, it's a fair evaluation, but we had an exceptionally fine dining experience at La Coquina restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. It truly was one of the better meals I've had in FL (which may not be saying much gt;).
They have 4 or 5 restaurants in that hotel, and this one is the "fine dining", overlooking a small lake on property. If anyone else has eaten in La Coquina, I'd be interested in hearing how you liked it--they knew us so our experience may not have been typical, but I would think it was--hard to fake the ability to prepare and present food as exceptionally as they did that evening. We were with another couple, who hunt down gourmet restaurants and had had their hearts set on a restaurant in Winter Park until the weather turned sour. They were as delighted as we were. Anyone else?
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If you're looking for a special place, Maison et Jardin in Altamonte Springs, not far from Orlando. Check out the Zagat reviews. Relatives and friends who know food rave about this place. Great wine list as well. Interesting owner - ask him about his history before he bought this place decades ago. By all means reserve - 407/862-4410. Ciao. :gt;>)) Nods of approval.