orlando/disney fine dining

Someone wrote:

> I get to go to the DisneyWorld complex next month.  Are there any
> outstanding restaurants within easy driving distance (e.g., 20 min?).
> thanks.

I've only been their once, but I recall a terrific Italian restaurant in the DWorld complex on Pleasure Island.  Roasted garlic on the tables, and a superb Tuscan steak. Give it a shot.

Theo

Marc B. wrote:

>I get to go to the DisneyWorld complex next month.  Are there any
>outstanding restaurants within easy driving distance (e.g., 20 min?).
>thanks.

  I have always enjoyed Le Coq au Vin on S. Orange very much.  Not much on
ambiance, but the food is always well done.  Much of the wait staff speaks French, and there is always at least a sprinkling of French people in the restaurant.  In my opinion, the food *not the surroundings* is the equal of many of the better NYC restaurants.  YMMV.
  By the way, if you can make it over to Cocoa Beach, nothing can beat a
casual meal on the deck, right on the ocean.  The sweet potato fries are to die for.  Pretty good fish, too.  If that doesn't appeal, there's always the perennial favorite, Bernard's Surf.  Cocoa Beach is about 45 min to 1 hr from Orlando, depending on where you are (maybe 1.25 hours from Disney.)

Chuck

Marc B. wrote:
>
> I get to go to the DisneyWorld complex next month.  Are there any
> outstanding restaurants within easy driving distance (e.g., 20 min?).
> thanks.
>
> Marc

I was at the convention center area of Orlando several years ago and had an awesome dinner at Bergamo's in the Marcada (spelling may be off). I was with friends and took a taxi and don't know details about where we were exactly. It is a very classy Italian restaurant with singing waiters.  When the group said that's were we were going, I thought how hocky! Was I ever wrong! When I say singing waiters, I mean like actors in between gigs on Broadway and from the world of opera! It really is a dinner and a show in one. It's the first restaurant where I've actually seen escargo on the menu, and I can't remember what I had, but remember I was really impressed. We had reservations and the place was packed. Not the fastest service in the world, but when the waiter sang one of my favorite songs from Les Miserables, I forgave him for not being prompt with the coffee refills...some actually could sing and serve at the same time, as I witnessed during some chorus parts. It was  a memorable evening.