Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
Family-owned since 1980, Enzo’s on the Lake serves bucatini, Dover sole and zucotto in a villa-style former residence on the water — Longwood’s special-occasion room for more than four decades.
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The Back Room Steakhouse and Caffe Positano divide Apopka’s special occasions between them — aged Black Angus one night, a Positano family’s Italian the next.
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Handcrafted pasta at Mangia, sushi and hibachi at A-Aki, Peruvian seafood at Chabuca and brunch at The Blackhawk Social Club — Avalon Park’s full-service rooms, reviewed as a set.
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Garlic knots, New York and Sicilian pies, and a dining room full of regulars — Bella Italia on East Michigan Street is the Italian room Conway adopted as its own.
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The Scialoia family of Dr. Phillips fame opened a wood-fired pizzeria on Main Street in December 2025 — 48-hour dough, handmade pasta, cornetti in the morning — and ended Windermere’s oldest running joke.
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Good Salt’s Italian-American osteria in the former Soco space — housemade pasta, a chef cooking his grandmother’s brief, a Michelin listing in year one, and our No. 2 Italian ranking. Why Ester is Thornton Park’s new anchor.
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Down a tunnel beneath Maria & Enzo’s sits a rum-runner speakeasy pouring barrel-aged cocktails and Roman pasta — our No. 5 cocktail bar in Orlando, hiding in plain sight.
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Christini’s Ristorante Italiano takes No. 1 in our Italian rankings with a Net Score of 97.1 — why it won, and what to get when you go.
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