7 Must-Try Universal CityWalk Restaurants | Best Restaurants At CityWalk Orlando, FL

Written By: Gail Clifford | Published By: Foodie Flashpacker | July 22, 2022

7 Must-try Universal CityWalk Restaurants | Best Restaurants at CityWalk Orlando, FL

Considering the vast number of options available, are you curious about Citywalk’s finest restaurants?

One of the things you must pay close attention to when visiting Universal Orlando is where you choose to eat. Citywalk eateries at Universal Orlando are a total dream, and there are plenty of incredible places to dine.

While each business has its own distinct personality, from gourmet dining to all-you-can-eat buffets, there are several tried and true favorites you should consider on your next trip to Orlando.

Here is a list of all the top restaurants in Citywalk, along with recommendations on what to get from their most well-liked menu items and desserts!

7 Must-Try Universal CityWalk Restaurants

Red Oven Pizza Bakery

6000 Universal Blvd // +14072243663

When you’re ready for a great pizza pie, made fresh to order, baked hot and fast at 900F, salads (Arugula, caprese or classic Caesar), soft drinks (Coke products), beer, wine, or iced tea, this is one of the best Universal Citywalk restaurants for that.

For fans of white pizza, their choices include prosciutto and arugula, a Bianca, a pesto, fennel sausage, rapini, roasted chicken, and Margherita.

Their red pizzas include cheese, bigeye pepperoni, alla benno, mushroom, and Italian meat.

For me, the perfect meal in the middle of the day protected from the hot sun is the Margherita on a gluten-free crust when available, with my version of a half and half iced tea, half sweet and half unsweet. 

I’ve learned that the best waitresses pour them in together from two separate pitchers, rather than putting half on the bottom and half on the top which never mixes quite as well. They have it down to a science.

The Cowfish Sushi—Burger Bar

6000 Universal Blvd // +14072243663

When you’re ready for a longer break, fusion specialty rolls or Bento boxes, the Cowfish has a menu wide enough to cover something for everyone.

For appetizers, start with a crab Rangoon dip, tuna and avocado-tini, edamame (always my favorite), blackened tuna nachos, crispy calamari TNT (meaning their tubes and tentacles), crispy Brussels sprouts, spicy togarashi shrimp, Big AL’S yellowtail, parmesan bacon truffle fries, crinkle cut fried pickles, spicy poke dip, or sesame chicken bites. 

The sesame chicken bites are panko-crusted, toasted in a sweet and sour glaze, and served over a bed of pickled kale slaw, dusted with sesame seeds. Delicious and maybe the sole reason why this is one of the best Universal Citywalk restaurants.

Salads include Chinese chicken salad, seared sesame tuna salad or a Goat In The Garden. My second go-to meal here is the Chinese chicken salad, because it has grilled all-natural chicken, mixed greens, just the right amount of cilantro, green onion, peanuts, red bell pepper, Mandarin oranges, snow peas, crispy wonton strips, and a peanut ranch vinaigrette.

If you have a taste for something heartier, choose a burger. All are made with a half-pound of Creekstone Farm black Angus beef and seasoned fries, or you can substitute it— for a slight charge— with seaweed salad, sweet and spicy Thai cucumbers, edamame, sweet potato fries, bacon coleslaw, or grilled vegetables. It’s the burgers that helped this place made the list of the best Universal Citywalk restaurants.

They offered 17 burgers or sandwiches when I visited last. Depending on your appetite, you may want to choose the “Cowfish has officially left the building.” It’s a full-pound beef burger, with creamy peanut butter, fried bananas, and applewood bacon on a brioche bun. 

In true Elvis fashion, if you’re not quite that hungry, they recommend you go for a single “hunka love,“ with only a half-pound of beef in the burger. 

They have eight types of classic makimono, from a California roll to a spicy crunchy roll or rainbow roll. Check out eleven fusion specialty rolls, such as a golden dragon roll, coconut shrimp, sushi Mayo, and scallions wrapped in sushi rice in a soy paper wrap.