The hottest new restaurants to open in Orlando this summer

Garden Tiger

1900 Alden Road, Orlando
Garden Tiger, opened in early June, serves as a refreshing dining concept in the heart of Ivanhoe Village. The concept comes from the team behind local concepts like The Heavy, Porch Therapy and Janet’s Dry Humor. This arboreal eatery also offers small bites, drinks and live music.

Lazy Moon Maitland

441 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland
Opened late May, Lazy Moon's Maitland outpost brings the area large slices of customizable pizzas and 30-inch pies to share. This location marks the chain's third outpost in Florida offering massive pies, salads, soups, desserts and more.

Lamp & Shade Craft Kitchen and Cocktails

1336 N. Mills Ave., Orlando
After a much anticipated wait, Lamp & Shade Craft Kitchen and Cocktails finally opened its doors late May. The spot offers modern Asian-fusion bites, drinks and ambient interior design. The dimly lit eatery features an interior mural painted by Sumner Mormeneo and an exterior mural titled “Diversity Mural” painted by Cherie Bosela, which honors the lives lost during the Pulse Nightclub shooting and lives affected today by discrimination.

Coro

3022 Corrine Drive, Orlando
Coro opened in June in the Audubon Park space formerly occupied by Bikes, Beans + Bordeaux Cafe, which closed in November 2022. Coro’s menu features small plates with Italian and Japanese influences.

Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream

120 Independence Lane, Maitland
Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream opened its Maitland shop in early June, sharing unique homemade ice cream flavors. With a menu that changes monthly, Kelly’s is sure to have flavors to appease even the pickiest of ice cream lovers.

Pizza Bruno in Maitland Social

360 E. Horatio Ave., Maitland
This Pizza Bruno, located inside Maitland Social, offers its popular menu options including snacks like garlic knots, wings, meatballs and lemon ricotta. But we can't forget about their unique pizza combinations with options like the vegan viva verde, crimson ghost, dirt nap and more. And if you’re ever wondering, "Why’s this take so dang long?” the craftspeople behind Pizza Bruno ask that you give the kitchen 30 to 45 minutes during peak hours to handcraft each pie to perfection.

BinBông

1200 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando
With options like its crème brûlée coffee, cherry blossom cream coffee and salted cheese foam coffee, BinBông offers a Vietnamese-inspired sweets. Stop by for cute desserts like an egg crème tofu pudding in the shape of a bunny.

Tom’s Watch Bar

8050 International Drive, Orlando
Sports bar Tom’s Watch Bar offers a full snacking menu with options like deep-dish nachos, crispy dill pickles and potstickers. Dining options like Tom’s famous prime rib dip, burgers, desserts and more are also on offer. The spot's lengthy drink menu also hosts sips to keep your hands busy as you cheer on your team.

Grazie Modern Italian Kitchen

3101 Corrine Drive, Orlando
Grazie Modern Italian Kitchen opened in Orlando this summer in Bem Bom's old space, and is now offering Italian cuisine ranging from modern selections to Italian staples.The spot's menu highlights the authenticity of Italian cuisine with a variety of wood-fired pizzas, pastas, fresh seafood and cocktails.

Oza Izakaya

5310 Central Florida Parkway, Orlando
This modern take on Kyoto and Izakaya traditions brings eats like Tsukune (Japanese chicken meatballs), smoked dashi ramen, Hokage salmon and more to town. Oza Izakaya soft opened mid June.

BluWave Sushi and Handroll Bar

54 W. Church St., Orlando
This new sushi spot opened in June and now offers eats like miso soup, ginger salad, hand rolls, unique sushi rolls as well as classics. There's also a sizable dessert menu featuring home-made Ube ice cream.

KŌRI Bakery & Dessert

721 N. Mills Ave., Orlando
KŌRI Bakery & Dessert highlights refreshingly authentic Japanese desserts and drinks in the heart of Orlando. This spot offers drinks like, Uji matcha from Japan, caffeine-free strawberry milk, Ceylon black tea from Sri Lanka, ChaTraMue Thai tea from Thailand, and a caffeine-free taro milk. The spot also serves desserts like shaved ice, milk bread and more.

Kai Kai

1110 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando
Opened early July, Kai Kai hosts a variety of authentic Cantonese bites inside Mills Market. With more than 35 years of experience in the kitchen, owners Jackie and Jerry Lau have moved from their food truck and continue to serve up roast duck, dim sum, barbecued pork, a variety of dumpling options and more.

M'ama Napoli Italian Bakery & Deli

965 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park
Offering authentic Italian pastries, coffees and pizzas, M’ama Napoli Italian Bakery and Deli opened mid June. This eatery makes authentic pastries like Ferrero Rocher maritozzi, Nutella maritozzi, cannolis, bombolone and more.

Jeff’s Bagel Run

1332 N. Orange Ave., Winter Park | 11012 Daryl Carter Parkway, Orlando
The locally loved breakfast chain Jeff’s Bagel Run is expanding across Central Florida. The Dr. Phillips location opened its doors early in June and the Winter Park location opened in late June.

Great Southern Food Box Hall

2105 N. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando
The old Great Southern Box Co. building on the southeast corner of Princeton Street and North Orange Blossom Trail has been preserved and repurposed into a 22,400-square-foot food hall featuring an elevated plaza with outdoor green space (read: shade). Guests can expect A Lo Cubano, offering Cuban street food, Kabab2Go, offering Lebanese food, Kayos Jamaican Grill, Stack’d Brownies and many more.

Yao’s

15 Alafaya Woods Boulevard, Oviedo
Yao’s in Oviedo offers authentic Shanghainese cuisine and French elements to bring Yao’s to the forefront of Orlando’s culinary scene. The menu includes bites like spicy cucumber spirals, Pel Pel’s wonton soup, D’s dumplings, firecracker chicken fried rice and more.

City Barbeque

108 S. Semoran Boulevard, Winter Park
Opened this summer for the first time in Florida, City Barbeque specializes in classics like pulled pork sandwiches, beef brisket, ribs and even fried pickles. The chain's claim to fame is that it smokes everything it serves itself, with the help of on-site smokers that run 24 hours a day at each location.

Dada Indian Cuisine

2447 S. Orange Ave., Orlando
Located in downtown Orlando, Dada Indian Cuisine is 100 percent halal and serves up a fresh authentic Indian buffet every day, promising high quality and fresh ingredients.