You Deserve Better Than CityWalk Prices
After a full day at Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, or the new Epic Universe, you are exhausted and starving. CityWalk has restaurants, sure. But they are packed, overpriced, and most of them are the same chains you can eat at back home. You did not come to Orlando to pay theme park prices for chain restaurant food.
Ciao Italia Ristorante is about 15 minutes south of Universal on Westwood Blvd. The Navarra family has been making handmade Italian food here since 1991. Real pasta, real sauces, real Italian cooking. Over 4,000 reviews from guests who discovered that the best dinner near Universal is not actually at Universal. And parking is free.
The Italian Dinner Your Family Has Been Waiting For
Picture this. You spent the day riding roller coasters and walking through Hogwarts. The kids are tired. You are tired. Everyone is hungry. Instead of fighting for a table at a noisy CityWalk restaurant, you drive 15 minutes to a warm, quiet dining room where a family-owned Italian restaurant has been welcoming guests for over 35 years.
The kids order from the $13 menu and get gelato for dessert. You finally get to enjoy a glass of Italian wine with Veal Piccata or Pappardelle with Wild Boar. Your partner tries the Risotto Pescatore. The pace is relaxed. The food is handmade. And you just saved money compared to what you would have spent at CityWalk. That is Ciao Italia.
