49 Best Budget Restaurants in Orlando: Mills 50 to Disney Springs

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We have been to Orlando more than ten times in the past decade, and over those trips we have worked out where to eat cheaply and where to avoid. This list covers restaurants that deliver genuine value.

Tipping is one of the hidden costs of visiting Orlando from abroad and can easily push a $12 plate closer to $17, so treat prices as indicative.

Last visited February 2026 and fact-checked April 2026.

Top Places to Eat on a Budget in Orlando

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Best Places to Eat in Orlando on a Budget

1. Bánh Mì Boy

📍 1110 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL (inside Mills Market)
🍔 Vietnamese
⭐ Best for: a quick, cheap lunch

Michelin Bib Gourmand and a Netflix feature on Somebody Feed Phil, yet most sandwiches still come in around $9.99. Order the crispy pork belly bánh mì.

2. Bread Box Handcrafted Sandwiches

📍 6000 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL (Universal CityWalk)
🍔 Sandwiches
⭐ Best for: a CityWalk lunch without a theme park ticket

One of the better budget options at CityWalk, where sandwiches now start around $15. The loaded mac and cheese is worth ordering alongside. See our guide to other CityWalk food options for a fuller rundown.

3. Sofrito Latin Café

📍 8607 Palm Pkwy, Orlando, FL
🍔 Latin American
⭐ Best for: a sit-down Latin dinner near Disney

Cuban sandwiches, Venezuelan arepas, Colombian mains, and Peruvian lomo saltado. The roast pork plate is one of the better value hot meals in the Disney area.

4. TaKo Cheena

📍 948 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Pan-Asian fusion
⭐ Best for: a Mills 50 food crawl stop

A small Mills 50 kitchen doing Asian-Latin fusion that spans Japanese, Korean, and Caribbean flavours. Dishes include pan-Asian tacos, burritos, and empanadas, with most plates under $15. The Korean chicken taco is the pick most people come back for.

5. Mamak Asian Street Food

📍 1231 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Malaysian and Singaporean
⭐ Best for: trying Malaysian food you can’t get in the UK

Another Mills 50 hotspot serving Southeast Asian hawker food you’d typically only find in Malaysia and Singapore. Some of my favourite dishes include the char kway teow and the roti canai.

6. Black Rooster Taqueria

📍 1323 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Mexican
⭐ Best for: a Michelin meal without the price tag

Michelin Guide recommended taqueria in Mills 50, run by chefs John and Juliana Calloway. Tacos start from $4.20, everything on the menu comes in under $12.50, and the restaurant is closed on Mondays. The pork belly taco is a good place to start.

7. Bartaco

📍 7600 Dr Phillips Blvd Suite 28, Orlando, FL
🍔 Coastal Mexican
⭐ Best for: a sit-down meal near Universal

Coastal Mexican-style tacos in a beach bar setting near Universal. The kitchen stays open late, which is rare for budget-friendly Orlando. Best known for the duck and spicy chorizo tacos.

8. Se7en Bites

📍 617 Primrose Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Southern comfort
⭐ Best for: Southern breakfast or brunch

This all-day breakfast spot is Michelin Guide recommended and serves large portions of proper Southern biscuits with gravy and a serious chicken pot pie.

9. Gringos Locos

📍 517 E Michigan St, Orlando, FL
🍔 Mexican
⭐ Best for: happy hour tacos

Best known for the Double D, a soft and hard taco wrapped together. The real value comes during the 4pm to 8pm happy hour.

10. Chicken Guy!

📍 Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, FL
🍔 Chicken
⭐ Best for: a cheap Disney Springs meal

Guy Fieri’s quick-service chicken restaurant at Disney Springs. Sandwich combos come in around $12.49, and the sauce bar features over twenty house-made options. The tenders with three sauces from the bar are the move.

11. Beefy King

📍 424 N Bumby Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Roast beef sandwiches
⭐ Best for: cheap, fast, and not a chain

A Milk District institution that has been running since 1968. Sandwiches still start from $4.50, which in 2026 feels astonishing. The classic roast beef with Jack’s Sauce, plus a side of spuds is my go-to.

12. 4 Rivers Smokehouse

📍 1600 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL (plus SoDo, East Orlando, and more)
🍔 BBQ
⭐ Best for: BBQ with the family

The original 4 Rivers location, born in Winter Park in 2009 and now a Central Florida institution. Orlando Weekly has named it Best Barbecue in Orlando in 2025. Brisket, pulled pork, burnt ends, and smoked chicken are the headliners, with most plates in the $14 to $22 range.

13. Mrs. Potato

📍 4550 S Kirkman Rd, Orlando, FL
🍔 Brazilian
⭐ Best for: something a bit different

Brazilian potato house that has featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The menu includes rosti potatoes and loaded baked potatoes, with most plates under $20.

14. Border Grill Fresh-Mex

📍 5695-A Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL
🍔 Mexican
⭐ Best for: a quick stop near Universal

Small made-to-order Mexican spot near Universal Orlando with tacos, burritos, fajitas, and quesadillas. Functional rather than a destination, but handy for a quick stop and most mains are under $12.

15. Tu Casa

📍 9251 S Orange Blossom Trl Ste 10, Orlando, FL
🍔 Dominican
⭐ Best for: a filling, no-frills Dominican plate

Family-owned Dominican restaurant serving generous plates of rice and beans with a choice of steak, chicken, pork, or shrimp for under $10. The breakfast sandwiches are worth the trip on their own.

16. Sticky Rice

📍 1915 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Laotian
⭐ Best for: sharing Laotian small plates

Michelin Guide recommended Laotian kitchen serving small plates built for sharing, with grilled meats, papaya salad, and proper sticky rice that arrives hot and fermented in the best way.

17. Paris Banh Mi

📍 1021 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Vietnamese
⭐ Best for: breakfast and a Vietnamese coffee

A bright Vietnamese bakery and café right on Colonial Drive. Banh mi sandwiches around $9.30, plus Vietnamese coffee, fresh spring rolls, and bakery items. Open daily 9am to 8pm.

18. Q’Kenan

📍 8117 Vineland Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Venezuelan
⭐ Best for: trying Venezuelan food near Disney

A family-owned Venezuelan restaurant near Walt Disney World. The menu includes arepas, cachapas, and Venezuelan-style burgers at honest prices.

19. Hot Dog Hall of Fame

📍 6000 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL (Universal CityWalk)
🍔 Hot dogs
⭐ Best for: a quick bite after Universal

Baseball-themed hot dogs styled after various US ballparks. Hot dogs from around $9. We have found it a perfect end to a theme park day, although seating can be hard to come by at peak times so you might end up eating on the stairs outside. If you’re navigating CityWalk with kids, we’ve got more tips in a separate post. The Fenway Frank is the classic if you want to keep it simple.

20. Beth’s Burger Bar

📍 9938 Universal Blvd #120, Orlando, FL
🍔 Burgers
⭐ Best for: a family dinner with live music

A multi-award-winning local burger chain with build-your-own burgers from $6.80. The menu features proper plant-based options, and most locations have live music most nights.

21. King Bao

📍 710 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Bao buns
⭐ Best for: a quick Mills 50 lunch

Another Mills 50 counter-service shop, and one we like for a quick lunch. Bao come in around $4 each, and most people order three or four. The OG King (pork belly) is the one to try first.

22. Lazy Moon Pizza

📍 1011 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL (also at University Blvd)
🍔 Pizza
⭐ Best for: feeding a group on a budget

One of our all-time Orlando favourites. Gourmet pies with dinner-plate-sized slices, plus a craft beer list at the Mills 50 branch.

23. Earl of Sandwich

📍 Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, FL
🍔 Sandwiches
⭐ Best for: the cheapest proper meal at Disney Springs

The cheapest proper meal at Disney Springs. Hot sandwiches on artisan bread for around $10. We don’t have Earl of Sandwich in the UK so eating here is a must for us every time we visit Disney Springs. The Holiday Turkey is the original and still the one most people order.

24. Winter Park Biscuit Co.

📍 3201 Corrine Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Plant-based Southern
⭐ Best for: plant-based comfort food

Properly flaky biscuits, rich gravy, and plant-based comfort food that omnivores also happily eat. The WPBC Box with chik’n strips is the best-value order.

25. Black Bean Deli

📍 1835 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Cuban
⭐ Best for: a classic Cuban sandwich

A Cuban deli that has been running for nearly twenty years, with branches in both Mills 50 and Winter Park. Classic sandwiches come in around $10, Cuban bowls $14, and plates $18. The classic Cuban sandwich is a reliable pick.

26. Hawkers Asian Street Fare

📍 1103 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Pan-Asian
⭐ Best for: grazing across Asian small plates

Original Mills 50 location of the pan-Asian small plates chain, spanning Chinese, Malaysian, Thai, and Vietnamese street food. Most dishes are under $12 making grazing across the menu an affordable possibility. The roti canai with curry is a long-running favourite.

27. Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa

📍 1326 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 BBQ fusion
⭐ Best for: BBQ with a twist in Mills 50

A smokehouse blending Southern barbecue with Caribbean, Latin, and Asian flavours. Sandwiches come in under $15, with shareable platters under $20. The Plain Jane brisket sandwich is the original.

28. Z Asian

📍 1830 E Colonial Dr Suite B, Orlando, FL
🍔 Vietnamese
⭐ Best for: trying Vietnamese beyond pho

This Michelin Bib Gourmand Vietnamese kitchen is located in Mills 50. The menu goes well beyond pho, exploring less-seen Vietnamese dishes at affordable prices.

29. Hash House A Go Go

📍 5350 International Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Breakfast and brunch
⭐ Best for: an enormous brunch

Now breakfast and brunch only, closing by 2pm weekdays and 3pm weekends. Portions are enormous, so order one plate for two. The pancakes are what Hash House is known for.

30. Reyes Mezcaleria

📍 821 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Regional Mexican
⭐ Best for: a slight splurge with mezcal

Sits at the higher end of this list, with entrees creeping into the $20 to $30 range. The weekday lunch and happy hour menus keep it affordable. Serious mezcal list.

31. IHOP

📍 6005 International Drive, Orlando, FL
🍔 Pancakes and breakfast
⭐ Best for: a cheap, kid-friendly breakfast

IHOP has been a budget restaurant staple of ours for more than a decade of visiting Orlando. This American pancake and breakfast chain has several Orlando locations, with all-day pancakes, omelettes, French toast, and kid-friendly combos.

32. NYPD Pizza

📍 13586 Village Park Dr Suite 310, Orlando, FL
🍔 New York pizza
⭐ Best for: feeding a family on a budget

This New York style pizza joint has been slinging slices in Orlando since 1996. There are several branches across the city, and a large cheese comfortably feeds a family. A plain cheese slice is the benchmark.

33. JAM Hot Chicken

📍 400 W New England Ave #13, Winter Park, FL
🍔 Nashville hot chicken
⭐ Best for: Nashville hot chicken

Heat scale runs from plain through to JAM, which comes with a warning. Every item is customisable.

34. Dixie Belle’s Cafe

📍 7125 S Orange Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Breakfast
⭐ Best for: an early breakfast

This breakfast-only diner is open from 6am to 1:30pm daily. The plates are generously-sized, service is quick, and prices are typically below $15.

35. Shake Shack

📍 8359 International Drive, Orlando, FL
🍔 Burgers
⭐ Best for: a better fast-food burger

Shake Shack is my go-to for burgers whenever I’m in the US. The hormone-free Angus burgers, cage-free chicken, and hand-spun shakes make the food here feel far less overproduced than the likes of McDonald’s, and cost very little more.

36. McDonald’s (International Drive)

📍 6875 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL
🍔 Fast food
⭐ Best for: a novelty McDonald’s experience

The McDonald’s on the iconic International Drive is the largest entertainment McDonald’s in the world at 19,000 square feet. The custom menu here includes brick-oven pizzas, pasta, and Belgian waffles. The novelty of getting pizza in a McDonald’s was not lost on me, and it was absolutely delicious.

37. Pio Pio

📍 5803 Precision Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Peruvian and Colombian
⭐ Best for: a Peruvian family dinner

A Peruvian and Colombian spot serving rotisserie chicken and ceviche, with most dishes under $15. A good restaurant for families looking for something a little different.

38. La Fiesta Mexican Grill

📍 2901 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, FL
🍔 Mexican
⭐ Best for: a generous plate under $12

A no-frills Mexican spot with a menu that includes tacos, enchiladas, burritos, and fajitas. Portions are generous and most of the menu sits under $12.

39. Pho 88

📍 730 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Vietnamese
⭐ Best for: sharing a large pho

Reliable Vietnamese spot in Mills 50 and one we’ve come back to a few times. Most dishes sit under $12, and a large pho comfortably feeds two.

40. Firehouse Subs

📍 1790 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL
🍔 Subs
⭐ Best for: an alternative to theme park food

This Florida sub chain was founded by two firefighter brothers and serves sandwiches for under $10 with ingredients a notch above the usual. A fantastic lunch choice if you are fed up of the overproduced fast food in the theme parks. The Hook & Ladder is my favourite.

41. Grilled Cheezus

📍 912 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Grilled cheese
⭐ Best for: a Mills 50 lunch worth the drive

We have driven almost an hour to Grilled Cheezus on a previous trip to Orlando. Yes, the creative grilled cheese sandwiches in the Mills 50 district are THAT good!

42. Isan Zaap

📍 4693 Gardens Park Blvd Ste 113, Orlando, FL
🍔 Northeastern Thai
⭐ Best for: authentic Northeastern Thai

This Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant serves authentic Northeastern Thai dishes including som tum, larb, grilled meats, and sticky rice. Most dishes come in between $12 and $19.

43. Panda Express

📍 4064 Millenia Blvd, Orlando, FL
🍔 Chinese-American
⭐ Best for: a familiar quick meal

Familiar American-Chinese chain. Pick a base of rice or noodles, then one or two proteins such as orange chicken, kung pao, or beef and broccoli. Panda Express has several Orlando locations and most meals are under $12.

44. Chicken Fire

📍 2425 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 Spicy chicken
⭐ Best for: a spicy chicken fix

Small hot chicken shop with a tight menu of sandwiches, tenders, and bowls. The spice levels run from mild to seriously hot, most dishes come in under $15, and the heat is real.

45. Christo’s Cafe

📍 1815 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, FL
🍔 American diner
⭐ Best for: classic diner comfort

This classic American diner has a vast menu with most mains under $15. They also recently extended into dinner service.

46. Blaze Pizza

📍 4100 N Alafaya Trail Suite 113, Orlando, FL (also at Disney Springs)
🍔 Pizza
⭐ Best for: feeding a family at Disney Springs

Blaze Pizza is one of the cheapest ways to feed a family at Disney Springs, with fresh ingredients and quick-fire oven pizzas that are ready in minutes.

47. Saigon Noodle & Grill

📍 101 N Bumby Ave, Orlando, FL
🍔 Vietnamese
⭐ Best for: a Milk District Vietnamese lunch

A family-owned Vietnamese spot in the Milk District. The menu includes pho, bun, banh mi, and fresh spring rolls, with most dishes under $12.

48. Bombay Street Kitchen

📍 6215 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL
🍔 Indian street food
⭐ Best for: Indian street food on a budget

A four-time Michelin Bib Gourmand Indian restaurant. Street food snacks come in at $3 to $10, with mains around $14 to $15.

49. Panera Bread

📍 6424 South Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL
🍔 Soups and sandwiches
⭐ Best for: a predictable, cheap lunch

Reliable chain with several Orlando locations. The “You Pick Two” lunch deal pairs a half sandwich with soup or salad for around $12, which is solid value for a quick lunch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the questions we are often asked about budget food in Orlando.