Location: Winter Garden
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Winter Garden is a city located 14 miles (23 km) west of downtown Orlando in western Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winter Garden's population as of the 2010 census was 34,568.
Restaurants in Winter Garden
1. Garden Theatre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 130 reviews
Located in the heart of historic downtown Winter Garden on Plant Street, the Garden Theatre is a nonprofit organization committed to enriching, engaging, and entertaining through professional entertainment with a community focus. The theatre, which is located in a repurposed vintage movie theatre that reopened 2008, showcases atmospheric theatre in a Mediterranean Revival-style venue. The Garden Theatre hosts live plays, concerts, movies, and more to the residents of and visitors to the city of Winter Garden and the surrounding Orlando area.
Reviewed By philipw635 - Leesport, United States
I can’t say that every show at the Garden Theater is great (your personal preference for entertainment may be different from mine) but I will say that the theater and organization are great. I’m from another state but I visit Winter Garden every couple of years. Whenever I plan a visit, the first thing I do is check if anything is playing at the Garden Theater. It is a small, restored building and you get a very personal experience. I have always found the staff to be friendly and the place very clean. It’s not like being in a huge, big city venue. I am always amazed with what they are able to do with the plays they perform as far as scenery & special effects. Very professional. If you are in the area, check what is happening. It’s worth the effort.
2. Winter Garden Art Association
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 11 reviews
3. Resurrection Catholic Church
4. Kaebisch Chocolate
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 19 reviews
Kaebisch Chocolate offers a exquisite handmade chocolates made with raw material consecrated worldwide in a range of flavors and surprising textures. At Kaebisch you will find the atmosphere of traditional European chocolatiers. An irresistible invitation to assumed chocoholics and gourmets able to recognize the quality and the origin of a fresh chocolate.
5. Escape Goat
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 48 reviews
Escape Goat, Escape room of Winter Garden, is a brand new entertainment experience! Each game is a real life escape room adventure for a small groups. Work together as a team to escape the room before time runs out. It's great for groups of friends, family, or coworkers. You'll solve puzzles, crack codes, find hidden items, and more in order to complete your mission.
Reviewed By Nevinli158 - Sunnyvale, United States
I've done over 150 escape rooms in Seattle, LA, New Orleans, Houston, and the Bay Area. I actively travel and seek out the best escape rooms in the US, so this review is catered specifically to enthusiasts looking for unique, high quality rooms. The Quest - mid 4 / 5. (Rank 36 / 156. A good game, and one we'll happily recommend to travelling enthusiasts. One of the best games in the Orlando area). The Quest is a mostly lock based game where you're on a quest to slay a dragon. There is an (in-character) GM in the room with you at all times to help you out - generally not a fan of this, but our GM was nice and tried to be as unintrusive as possible. The game has a mom and pop feel, and they did a pretty good job with the theming and overall structure of the game. The set was a medieval house (i don't like house themes) with a bunch of interesting custom props, the story had some nice flavor and a good decision point at the end though not much progression throughout the game, and the puzzles had a nice mix, including one more hands-on physical puzzle. Overall a pretty decent room that did most things reasonably well, and worth the trip up. Player Recommendations - Standard recs of bring near the minimum (2-3) for experienced players, and around the middle for beginners (4-5). A good portion of the room is highly parallel so you can bring more if you want. Set - You're in a medieval house full with medievally stuff. This stuff is well themed and appeared to be mostly custom, which evoked the feeling of being in a fantasy world reasonably well. Not a lot of change in scenery, but the props were great. Puzzles - The puzzles were mostly reasonable, and had a decent mix of stuff (and some amount of locks). One puzzle required a bit of scavenger hunting and probably could have used some better cluing, one involved a fun wooden mechanical contraption to get a thing, and there was one fairly complex logic puzzle which was fun to work out. Some of these puzzles Story - You're trying to figure out how to stop a dragon and are on a quest. Each of the tasks during your quest was nicely on theme and had some variety, though this felt more like a bunch of random tasks rather than one coherent quest (which is still fine given that they were going for the parallel structure). Some of the tasks also had a couple of flavor moments which were a nice touch. The ending was also cool, since you get to make a small choice that impacts the ending that you get, which is a fun moment of choice in the game. Personal Stats: Escaped just in time in a group of 2 enthusiasts taking ~3-4 hints. A Fisherman's Tale - mid 3 / 5. (Rank 80 / 156. A decent game, somewhat standard, but one of the better games in the Orlando area). A Fisherman's Tale is a mostly lock based game where you're trying to find a lost treasure. The set was good but a little mundane, the story had a couple of nice moments but not much in the middle, and the puzzles were reasonable but more on the standard side of things (though the final puzzle was neater than most). All in all, this was a decent game but a bit more standard compared to say The Quest. Set - The game is set in a fisherman's shack, and while a fisherman's shack is sort of mundane, they did a pretty good job with making it feel like a shack (including an outdoor area to help with the illusion), which was neat. The space is relatively small (which makes sense since talking with the owners revealed that this was more of a bonus game using some extra space they ahd), but used reasonably well. The props are stuff you'd find in a fisherman's shack, though theres a couple of neat pieces of tech here. Parts of the room had minor touches that Puzzles - The puzzles were decent, but maybe a little less diverse than the Quest. I do remember two fairly interesting puzzles here that felt more involved than your standard puzzles, and that's pretty good given that I've done a lot of these. Story - There's a written intro from the GM, and one or two moments in game that set the groundwork for the story. Not a ton here since the premise isn't too interesting, but maybe just a little more than most games since at least there was a moment near the middle and end where they did try to make it more interactive while most games just phone it in. Personal Stats: Escaped in 50 mins taking 2 hints in a group of 2 enthusiasts.
6. Winter Garden Heritage Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 96 reviews
Reviewed By MarieHardy - Orlando, United States
This museum is housed in an old railroad depot and shares a lot of local history specific to the Winter Garden area. There is quite a collection of the old brightly-colored citrus company labels from years ago, a slide show, and some dioramas relating to the once robust citrus industry. You can even browse through a collection of old yearbooks from that area. The caboose is a fun and interesting thing to visit. We enjoyed everything.
7. Central Florida Railroad Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 74 reviews
Reviewed By The_Concierge_8
It’s free to visit and donations are welcomed. They are doing a great job producing historical displays, adding to their fine collection and educating the public. Loved the photos of the old station showing the architectural changes over the decades. My favourite items were the collapsible metal sink, construction and maintenance equipment in the last room, the communication equipment and the chinaware and dinner service items. Great relics of the past! Such a quaint and historic building that is nicely preserved. The guy running the place is so knowledgeable and he takes the time to speak with guests about all things trains and railroads. Nicely done indeed!
8. Crooked Can Brewing Company
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 379 reviews
Crooked Can Brewing Company is a craft brewery located inside Plant St. Market in historical downtown Winter Garden Fl.
Reviewed By U3282KKsamm - Satellite Beach, United States
This brewery is inside Plant Street Market, you can get all kinds of foods from other places, walk down to the Crooked Can and get yourself an awesome beer or three! All inside, or sit outside, not a bad seat anywhere. We had the McSwagger’s Own and Bandelero. Awesome!
9. Plant Street Market
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 151 reviews
The Plant St. Market is a community of quality and diverse farm fresh products, artisan specialties, on-site Brewery specializing in Award Winning Brews, Live Entertainment and Family Fun Events. Space is also available for local community group meetings, events, weddings and classes.
Reviewed By lilirishstar - North Canton, United States
Anchored on one end by Crooked Can Brewing this market is a great place. Plenty of outdoor seating under the old trees. A great variety of things to eat like sushi, fresh made donuts, made to order ceviche, sweets from the chocolatier, sandwiches or fresh meat from the awesome Butcher’s Deli. Not to be missed if you are in the area.
10. Cinepolis
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By Hazmat35 - Winter Garden, United States
Went to see HITCH on 2-13-21, thought idea of drive in was good, espically trying to Social Distancing. next time, though, all employees should be wearing FACE MASKS, espically ones leaning into cars giving out WAIVERS that needed to be signed (???) and the ones trying to direct traffic and taking numbers off windshields after the movie. Most patrions walking around wore masks, some didnt. mostly the age group in 20s didnt. Familys with younger kids did from what WE noticed. Traffic and parking idea needs to be revisited if they ever do this again, seemed they were figuring it out as they went along. loved the concept of outdoor movie. should have concessions outdoors too, instead of having to go to movie theater or use UBER...and what is with the prici g...$15.00 for a cold burger and fries??? NOT but love the idea of the outdoor movie. hope they have more. espically since nights are not blistering hot.
