Where to Eat Near Aquatica Orlando

Where to Eat After a Day at the Waterpark

You just spent the whole day at Aquatica Orlando. The kids rode every slide twice and the lazy river three times. Everyone is sunburned, hungry, and ready to sit down somewhere comfortable for a real meal. So where do you go?

Ciao Italia Ristorante is a family-owned Italian restaurant just 3 minutes from Aquatica. We have been here since 1991, long before most of the chain restaurants showed up on International Drive. The pasta is made fresh daily. The sauces are homemade. The bread comes out of the oven warm. It is the kind of meal you remember from your trip.

Show your Aquatica ticket to your server and get 10% off dinner for your entire table. Any ticket type works — single-day, multi-day, annual passes. No coupon, no app, just your ticket.

• 3-minute drive from Aquatica Orlando
• 10% off dinner with any valid Aquatica ticket
• Kids menu $13, includes gelato dessert
• Homemade pasta, bread, and sauces daily
• Free parking lot right in front
• Walk-ins welcome, open 7 nights a week
• Family-owned and operated since 1991
• Casual and welcoming, not stuffy or formal

A Neighborhood Restaurant in a Tourist Area

Most restaurants near the Orlando parks are built for tourists and feel like it. Ciao Italia feels like a neighborhood restaurant because that is exactly what it is. Families from the area eat here every week. Hotel guests come back every night of their vacation.

The dining room is warm and relaxed. No dress code, no pretension. You can come straight from the waterpark in shorts and sandals. The service is friendly and the food is honest. That is what 35 years of being family-owned looks like.

About Dining Near Aquatica Orlando

Aquatica Orlando is SeaWorld's water park, a full day of slides, wave pools, lazy rivers, and sandy beaches. It is one of the most popular waterparks in Central Florida, and families typically spend 6 to 8 hours inside before heading out hungry, sunburned, and ready for dinner.

The dining options around Aquatica are similar to what you find along International Drive: fast food, chain restaurants, and tourist-oriented buffets. After spending an entire day in the Florida sun, most families want something better than a drive-through meal eaten in the car.

Ciao Italia Ristorante is a family-owned Italian restaurant about 4 minutes from Aquatica on Westwood Boulevard. The Navarra family has operated the restaurant since 1991, and everything is made from scratch: the pasta, the bread, the sauces. The dining room is air-conditioned, casual, and quiet enough to actually have a conversation.

Aquatica ticket holders receive 10% off dinner, and the kids menu is $13 with gelato included. After a day of waterslides and wave pools, a proper Italian dinner with free parking and no wait is exactly what most families need.

How to Get to Ciao Italia from Aquatica

Ciao Italia is about 4 minutes from Aquatica Orlando, roughly 1 mile south along International Drive. Exit the waterpark, head south on I-Drive, and turn onto Westwood Boulevard. The restaurant has a free parking lot right in front at 6149 Westwood Blvd. The drive is quick and easy, with no highway needed.

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