BAR HELIOS AT UNIVERSAL HELIOS GRAND HOTEL PHOTO VIA VISIT ORLANDO
Visit Orlando’s Magical Dining (Website), presented by Orlando Health, returns for its 21st year on August 14 with a record 188 participating restaurants (38 of which are new to the program this year).
Running through September 30, the program features three-course prix-fixe menus at $40 or $60 per person, plus tax and gratuity, at restaurants across the Orlando area. Menus are now live at OrlandoMagicalDining.com, with filters for location, price point, and dietary preferences.
New this year is the first-ever Michelin-starred participant, OMO by Jônt (Website) in Winter Park at the $60 level, along with two options at the new Universal Helios Grand Hotel (Website), pictured above, on International Drive, a Maitland jazz club offering live music with dinner, a rooftop restaurant with nightly fireworks views, and a private pickleball club opening exclusively to Magical Dining guests. A total of 16 MICHELIN Guide-recognized restaurants are participating this year, too.
The 2026 primary charity beneficiary is OCA (Website), or Opportunity, Community, Ability, which provides programs and resources for individuals with autism and developmental differences. Each $40 meal generates a $1 donation, and each $60 meal generates $2. Funds will support therapy scholarships and programs helping adults with special needs define life after high school. Visit Orlando is also awarding $3,000 donations to nonprofits in each of Orange County’s six commission districts: Children’s Safety Village, The Daily Bread, Nathaniel’s Hope, NextStep Orlando, The Nurture Place, and Victim Service Center of Central Florida.
Since the charity component was added in 2009, Magical Dining has raised nearly $3.3 million for local nonprofits. In 2025, the program generated $398,307 for the REED Charitable Foundation.
The full list of 38 new restaurants includes Alma Argentina (Celebration), Bar Helios and Flora Taverna at Universal Helios Grand Hotel (International Drive), Hamlin House (downtown Orlando), Jazz Tastings (Maitland), OMO by Jônt (Winter Park), Osteria Ester (Thornton Park), Salt & Ember (Mount Dora), Vesuvio (College Park), Voodoo Bayou (Sand Lake), and Yao’s (Oviedo), among others spanning the region from Lake Mary to Kissimmee to Winter Garden.
Reservations are recommended and can be made through the restaurant pages at OrlandoMagicalDining.com.
