Florida Eats · Orlando, Florida
Orlando restaurants: MICHELIN & James Beard and more
What Orlando has on our lists: 50 MICHELIN or James Beard honorees, 2 hand-checked Cuban sandwich and cafecito spots, 2 Latin and Caribbean restaurants, 1 oyster bar and 1 of Florida's oldest restaurants (from 1950). Each hand-checked place had a 2025 or 2026 source when we looked in fall 2026. In all, Florida Eats maps 3,523 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Orlando, nearest first on your phone.
MICHELIN & James Beard in Orlando
Restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide Florida 2026 or named by the James Beard Foundation, reported as facts rather than scores. Across Florida: 217 Florida MICHELIN and James Beard restaurants.
Sorekara
4979 New Broad St, Orlando
2 MICHELIN Stars
Kadence
1809 Winter Park Rd, Orlando
1 MICHELIN StarJames Beard semifinalist
James Beard: Best Chef: South semifinalist 2024 (Jennifer Berdin and Mark Berdin)
Camille
4962 New Broad St, Orlando
1 MICHELIN Star
James Beard: Outstanding Restaurateur semifinalist 2023 (Jimmy and Johnny Tung)
Domu
3201 Corrine Dr, Orlando
Bib GourmandJames Beard semifinalist
James Beard: Best Chef: South semifinalist 2025 (Sean "Sonny" Nguyen)
Bombay Street Kitchen
6215 S Orange Blossom Trl, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Bánh Mì Boy
1021 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Coro
3022 Corrine Dr, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Isan Zaap
4693 Gardens Park Blvd, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Kabooki Sushi
3122 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN RecommendedJames Beard finalist
James Beard: Best Chef: South finalist 2023 (Henry Moso); James Beard: Best Chef: South semifinalist 2024 (Henry Moso)
Kaya
618 N Thornton Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN RecommendedMICHELIN Green StarJames Beard finalist
James Beard: Best New Restaurant finalist 2024; James Beard: Best Chef: South semifinalist 2025 (Lordfer Lalicon)
Otto's High Dive
2304 E Robinson St, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Smokemade Meats + Eats
1400 S Crystal Lake Dr, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Strand
807 N Mills Ave, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Sushi Saint
400 Pittman St, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Taste of Chengdu
4856 New Broad St, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
UniGirl
1110 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Zaru
1110 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
Bib Gourmand
Bacán
6100 Wave Hotel Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Black Rooster Taqueria
1323 N Mills Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Capa
10100 Dream Tree Blvd, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Edoboy
728 N Thornton Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Four Flamingos, A Richard Blais Florida Kitchen
1 Grand Cypress Blvd, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Gyukatsu Rose
3201 Corrine Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Juju
700 Maguire Blvd, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
June
700 E Washington Street, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Kai Kai BBQ & Dumplings
1110 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Kappo Tsan
11815 Glass House Ln, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Knife & Spoon
4012 Central Florida Pkwy, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Maxine's on Shine
337 Shine Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Nami
6004 Artist Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Osteria Ester
629 E Central Blvd, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Pizza Bruno
3990 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Primo
4040 Central Florida Pkwy, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Se7en Bites
617 N Primrose Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Selam
5494 Central Florida Pkwy, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Shin Jung
1638 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Smoke & Donuts BBQ
601 N Primrose Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Sparrow
807 N Orange Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Sticky Rice
1915 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Swine & Sons
201 N Bumby Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
The Pinery
295 NE Ivanhoe Blvd, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
The Polite Pig
1536 Buena Vista Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Toledo
1001 W Buena Vista Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Tori Tori
720 N Mills Ave, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Twenty Pho Hour
11951 International Dr S, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Walala Hand-Pulled Noodle House
5062 W Colonial Dr, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
YH Seafood Clubhouse
8081 Turkey Lake Rd, Orlando
MICHELIN Recommended
Reyes Mezcaleria
821 N Orange Ave, Orlando
James Beard semifinalist
James Beard: Outstanding Restaurateur finalist 2025 (Sue Chin and Jason Chin, Good Salt Restaurant Group); James Beard: Best Chef: South semifinalist 2026 (Wendy Lopez)
Seito Sushi
4898 New Broad St, Orlando
James Beard: Outstanding Restaurateur finalist 2025 (Sue Chin and Jason Chin, Good Salt Restaurant Group)
The Osprey
4899 New Broad St, Orlando
James Beard: Outstanding Restaurateur finalist 2025 (Sue Chin and Jason Chin, Good Salt Restaurant Group)
Cuban sandwiches & cafecito in Orlando
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 56 Florida Cuban sandwich and cafecito spots.
Black Bean Deli
1835 E Colonial Dr, Orlando
Cuban & cafecito On the menu: Cuban sandwich (sweet ham, roast pork, Swiss, pickles), pan con lechón, picadillo, cafecito, colada and cortadito
Cuban deli in Orlando's Mills 50 district, open from breakfast through dinner daily.
Vicky Bakery
4556 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando
Cuban & cafecito On the menu: pastelitos, croquetas, Cuban coffee, Cuban bread
Orlando outpost of the Miami Cuban bakery chain on South Semoran, with pastelitos, croquetas and Cuban coffee.
Latin & Caribbean in Orlando
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 35 Florida Latin and Caribbean restaurants.
Taino's Bakery
5806 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando
Latin & Caribbean On the menu: Puerto Rican bakery goods, jibarito sandwich, tripleta, quesitos · Since 2005
Original shop of a family Puerto Rican bakery-restaurant that has grown to about a dozen Central Florida locations.
Q'kenan Restaurant & Bar
8117 Vineland Ave, Orlando
Latin & Caribbean On the menu: arepas, cachapas, pabellón, tequeños
Venezuelan restaurant near the I-4 tourist corridor serving arepas and cachapas with late hours on weekends.
Oyster bars & raw bars in Orlando
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 68 Florida oyster bars.
Lee & Rick's Oyster Bar
5621 Old Winter Garden Rd, Orlando
Oyster bar On the menu: raw oysters, steamed oyster buckets (bar only) · Since 1950
Orlando's long-running family oyster bar, now run by the founders' oldest son, where oysters are shucked to order along an 80-foot concrete bar.
Oldest restaurants in Orlando
In business at this address since 1960 or before, going by the place itself or a published history, listed from the oldest. Each note gives the source of the year. Across Florida: Florida's oldest restaurants.
Lee & Rick's Oyster Bar
5621 Old Winter Garden Rd, Orlando
Oyster bar On the menu: raw oysters, steamed oyster buckets (bar only) · Since 1950
Orlando's long-running family oyster bar, now run by the founders' oldest son, where oysters are shucked to order along an 80-foot concrete bar.
The family's history page says Lee & Rick's opened in 1950 as a nine-stool oyster bar, with the founders living in the back of the building; it describes growth to today's 80-foot shucking bar and mentions no move.
Inspections in Orlando
Florida DBPR has an inspection on record for 3,256 places we list in Orlando. At their latest visit, by DBPR's own result groups: 3,090 places Met Inspection Standards and 166 places Follow-Up Inspection Required. Florida doesn't grade restaurants, and neither do we. Records through September 30, 2026. Each place's results are in the web search; what the results mean: Florida restaurant inspections, explained.
What Orlando eats
Kinds of food among the 3,523 places we list in Orlando, counted from DBPR's licenses and open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Bar & Pub | 414 |
| Coffee & Café | 292 |
| Pizza | 223 |
| Latin & Caribbean | 223 |
| Burgers | 195 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 181 |
| Mexican | 177 |
| Japanese & Sushi | 137 |
| Sandwiches & Deli | 135 |
| Chicken & Wings | 124 |