Celebrating 20 Years in 2025, Visit Orlando's Magical Dining returns with a record 162 Restaurants
- Emma Walton
- Jul 18
- 6 min read
Cheers to 20 Delicious Years as Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining returns from August 15 - September 30.
The table is set for Orlando's foodie event of the year! Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining presented by Orlando Health, is back in 2025, celebrating 20 years of flavor and impact.
Visit Orlando has announced that this years event returns from August 15 – September 30, 2025.
Savor three-course, prix-fixe dinners at a record-shattering 162 Orlando-area restaurants for just $40 or $60 per person, plus tax and gratuity, with participating venues exclusively offering $40 or $60 menus.
The lineup includes 15 MICHELIN Guide honorees and 24 first-time participating eateries, plus accommodation savings with Visit Orlando’s Magical Nights. And it’s all for a great cause: $1 of every $40 meal served and $2 of every $60 meal directly benefits REED Charitable Foundation, which works to end the literary crisis through affordable, accessible childhood training, plus six other local charities that support this cause.
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With 2025 marking the 20th edition of Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining presented by Orlando Health, many participating restaurants will be offering a special 20th Anniversary Dish as part of their menu.
Check with your preferred restaurants for their plans — but first, see what else to expect from this year’s program.
The MICHELIN Guide spotlights 59 restaurants in Orlando. Fifteen are participating in Magical Dining 2025, including Bib Gourmands The Ravenous Pig ($40), Otto’s High Dive ($40), Sushi Saint ($40) and Z Asian ($40).
You can also choose from 11 MICHELIN Recommended venues: AVA MediterrAegean ($60), BACÁN ($60), Bar Kada ($40), Four Flamingos, A Richard Blais Florida Kitchen ($60), Kabooki Sushi — Colonial Drive ($40), Kaya ($40), Maxine’s on Shine ($40), Nami ($60), The Pinery ($40), Ravello ($60) and Shin Jung ($40).
Magical Dining is welcoming 24 first-time participants in 2025:
Acropolis Greek Taverna ($40)
Bar Kada ($40) — MICHELIN Recommended
Cafe-Boutique PIANO* ($40)
The Chapman ($60)
Delmonico’s Italian Steakhouse ($40)
Divina Carne ($60)
The Drake Kitchen + Bar ($40)
The Eye Restaurant Lounge ($60)
Grappolo Cucina Italiana ($40)
Highball & Harvest ($60)
Kaya ($40) — MICHELIN Recommended
Kenzie’s Restaurant & Pub ($40)
Leiah ($60)
Luca Turci Italian Restaurant ($40)
The Nine Heathrow Thai Grill & Kitchen ($40)
Otto’s High Dive ($40) — MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
Palm Tree Club ($40)
Parea Greek Taverna ($40)
Pisco Peruvian Gastrobar* ($40)
Reggiano’s of Celebration ($60)
Sixty Vines – Restaurant Row ($40)
Sixty Vines – Winter Park ($40)
Sushi Saint ($40) — MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
X Sushi ($40)
You will want to keep returning favorites in mind, too, starting with a restaurant that has been part of Magical Dining since the beginning in 2006: The Boheme ($40). Four others have participated since 2007, including Everglades Restaurant ($60), The Kitchen ($40), Mama Della’s Ristorante ($40) and The Oceanaire Seafood Room ($40).
Never mind dinner and a movie. Upgrade to dinner and an overnight stay with Visit Orlando’s Magical Nights, featuring offers from select Orlando hotels and resorts, including many with Magical Dining restaurants. Nights become even more magical with special savings and value-added perks to plan a romantic getaway or weekend escape.
Demand is expected to be high — reserve your rooms as soon as possible to help ensure your preferred dates.
In 2025, $1 from every $40 meal and $2 from every $60 meal served during Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining presented by Orlando Health will provide support for REED Charitable Foundation, which works to end the literacy crisis by ensuring all children have access to reading instruction through educator training that’s both affordable and accessible.
To date, Magical Dining has raised nearly $3 million for local nonprofits — and Visit Orlando expect to go over that mark in 2025.
REED has worked with organizations including Orange County Public Schools, Lift Orlando, Boys & Girls Club of Central Florida, Adult Literacy League, UCP Charter Schools, and the Winter Park Library, among others to implement programs that help equip children with the tools to read, succeed and thrive.
Proceeds from Magical Dining will help REED Charitable Foundation strengthen current partnerships and expand educator training programs throughout Orange County. To date, REED Charitable Foundation has trained 1,376 educators in Orange County, impacting approximately 172,000 students over the past 5 years.
To ensure this donation has widespread impact throughout our community, Visit Orlando will also award a $3,000 donation to one local nonprofit in each of Orange County’s six commission districts that also support this cause.
They include: Boys 2 Men Mentoring, Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, Finding the Lost Sheep, Nuevo Sendero, Samaritan Resource Center Therapy Wish
Head to OrlandoMagicalDining.com to view restaurants and menus and make your OpenTable reservations for Visit Orlando's Magical Dining 2025.
We recommend reserving your preferred dates and times immediately for all the Magical Dining restaurants you want to try. Doing so is easy: Just click the OpenTable link provided on most restaurant listings or contact your preferred venues directly.
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