Orlando’s Mills 50 District is known for its eclectic and diverse restaurants and businesses – from the Vietnamese markets and restaurants to fusion restaurants like Tako Cheena and Pig Floyd’s serving up creative and delightfully delicious dishes with a modern twist.

Lately there have been new restaurants popping up so here is our latest guide to the Mills 50 District – visit soon!

Black Rooster Taqueria

Dishes to try: Achiote Pork taco made with slow roasted pork in banana leaf, achiote, pickled onion, cilantro, habanero salsa and the divine Chocolate Chipotle Flan for dessert.

Black Rooster Taqueria 1323 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803 Phone: (407) 601-0994 www.blackroostertaqueria.com

Banh Mi Nha Trang

Dishes to try: Any of the 22 Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches! I like the traditional banh mi dac biet nha trang with their spicy nuoc cham sauce. Banh Mi Nha Trang 1216 E Colonial Dr #9, Orlando, FL 32803

Phone: (407) 346-4549

Lazy Moon Pizza

Dishes to try: Their ginormous pizza – top it any way you like. Eat with a knife and fork.

Lazy Moon Pizza

1011 E Colonial Dr, Ste 101

Orlando, FL 32803

Phone number (407) 412-6222

lazymoonpizza.com

Tasty Wok

Dishes to try: Cantonese bbq plate with crispy skin roast pork, honey bbq roast pork, and roast duck, and the fried salt and pepper squid.

Tasty Wok 1246 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32803

Phone: (407) 896-8988

King Bao

Dishes to try: Hogzilla bao, braised pork belly with pickled carrots and daikon, and the truffle tater tots.

King Bao

https://www.facebook.com/kingbaoorlando/

Address: 710 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803, United States

Phone: +1 407-237-0013

King Cajun Crawfish – Vietnamese influenced Louisiana cajun cuisine

Dishes to try: Boiled crawfish, crab, and shrimp in “sha-bang” sauce, a unique blend of buttery garlic, spices, and sweet orange peel. Also try the beignets and fried shrimp po boy sandwiches. The owners are from Louisiana and imbued their Vietnamese heritage into some of the dishes like the gumbo. They recently moved into this larger place next door.

King Cajun Crawfish

924 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803

Phone: (407) 704-8863

www.kingcajuncrawfish.com

Mamak – Malaysian street food

Dishes to try: Wontons in hot peanut sauce, Indian mee goreng, char kwa teo, and the roti canai.

Mamak

1231 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32803

Phone: (407) 270-4688

www.mamakasianorlando.com

Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa



Dishes to try: The Oak-smoked St. Louis ribs (half-rack $14.99, full $22.99) are truly among the best, if not the best, ribs in all of Orlando – slow-cooked with a crispy surface yet tender, fall of the bone meat within and a nice sweet flavor. Try it with the crispy sweet fennel apple salad. Also, great chicken tikka tacos and shrimp and chorizo tacos.

Pig Floyds

1326 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803

Phone: (407) 203-0866

www.pigfloyds.com

Chuan Lu Garden – Sichuan Chinese cuisine



Dishes to try: La Zi Fish, fried with spicy numb Sichuan peppercorns, cumin lamb, beef and chicken clay pot, dan dan noodles, sliced tofu and fish in hot sauce, and the pan fried house made dumplings.

Chuan Lu Garden

Phone (407) 896-8966

??1101 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32803

http://www.chuanluorlando.com/

The Strand



Dishes to try: STRAND BURGER – bacon, blue cheese dressing,

lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, & roasted jalapeño on brioche bun served with fries

The Strand

807 N Mills Ave

Orlando, FL 32803

Phone number (407) 920-7744

strandorlando.com

Vietnam Cuisine:



Dishes to try: Banh cuon, a rice noodle crepe dish filled with mushrooms and pickled daikon radish, and the oxtail beef pho noodle soup.

Vietnam Cuisine

1224 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32803

Phone: (407) 228-7053 Ming Bistro: Dim Sum Dishes to try: Dim sum! Shrimp ha gow dumplings, siu mai pork dumplings, fried taro shrimp balls, chicken feet, steamed spare ribs, a plate of beef chow fun, salt and pepper calamari, and some egg custart tart pastries for dessert. Ming’s Bistro

Phone: 407-898-9672

1212 Woodward St., Suite 6 Orlando, FL 32803