by Beth Keating
News
DisneyBizJournal.com
June 17, 2024
Disney World restaurants have been honored in four of the eleven categories during the recently released Summer Quarter of the “Orlando Sentinel’s Foodie Awards.”
The annual awards are typically given in more than 50 categories, but this year, they are being announced quarterly because there are over 300 restaurants as part of the review process. In order to give each category their moment to shine, and to make the process more manageable, the Orlando Sentinel is now issuing their awards quarterly, with different categories in each quarter.
In the Best Splurge category, Victoria & Albert’s at the Grand Floridian earned a runners-up slot in the Reader’s Choice section. But in the Best Theme Park Restaurant division, it was a Disney sweep - Disney took home all four slots. The Critic’s Choice went to Skipper Canteen at Magic Kingdom, while the Reader’s Choice named The Hollywood Brown Derby in Hollywood Studios the winner, with Yak & Yeti Restaurant at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and San Angel Inn Restaurante at EPCOT as runners-up.
Best Wine Bar in the Orlando area? The Readers named Wine Bar George in Disney Springs their choice. Best Japanese? The Disney adjacent Swan and Dolphin’s Kimonos garnered one of the Reader’s Choice runners-up spots.
The Summer Quarter Foodie Awards named winners and runners-up in the following groupings: Best Chinese; Best Dessert; Best Hotel Restaurant; Best Indian; Best Japanese; Best Korean; Best Splurge; Best Thai; Best Theme Park Restaurant; Best Vietnamese and Best Wine Bar. (You can check the previous “Winter Quarter” awards here, with fourteen other categories.)
Here's a look at the other restaurants that were cooking up the competition in the same categories as the Disney winners for the summer session:
• 2024 Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards: Best Splurge
Critic’s Choice
Winner:
Camille, 4962 New Broad St. in Orlando.
Readers’ Choice
Winner: Bull & Bear, 14200 Bonnet Creek Resort Lane in Orlando.
Runners-up: Victoria & Albert’s at Disney’s Grand Floridian, and Trabucco in Orlando.
• 2024 Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards: Best Theme Park Restaurant
Critic’s Choice
Winner: Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen in Magic Kingdom.
Readers’ Choice
Winner: The Hollywood Brown Derby at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Runners-up: Yak & Yeti Restaurant at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and San Angel Inn Restaurante at EPCOT.
• 2024 Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards: Best Wine Bar
Critic’s Choice
Winner: Golden Hour Wine, 1560 Lake Baldwin Lane in Orlando.
Readers’ Choice
Winner: Wine Bar George at Disney Springs.
Runners-up: VINIA Wine & Kitchen in Winter Park and The Wine Room in Winter Park.
• 2024 Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards: Best Japanese
Critic’s Choice
Winner: Sushi Kichi, 5368 Central Florida Parkway in Orlando.
Readers’ Choice
Winner: Seito Sushi, 4898 New Broad St. in Orlando and 8031 Turkey Lake Road in Orlando.
Runners-up: Tori Tori in Orlando and Kimonos at the Swan and Dolphin at Disney.
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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.
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