Strong Water Tavern - Orlando, Florida

Jenina Slicer

This place was amazing! The atmosphere is very relaxing. The food and drinks were delicious! I had the Rum Revivals. It’s a popular choice and I see why. We enjoyed the grilled octopus, tequenos, jerk chicken, and empanadas. The treats leches cake was huge and could easily feed four people. Highly recommend you making a reservation here. There is a small kids menu as well.

Wendy Cheng

Nice nice! Tapas?

What
I got a couple of dishes and ofcourse a rum cocktail
- Caribbean Ceviche - this was overall very good, I like the bottom layer of mofongo that was warm. Complimented the ceviche. I was surprised that the mofongo had meat in it which was not pointed out on the menu
- Curry Goat - quite an interesting take on the jamaican curry goat I know. Very flavorful and meat falls off the bone. But the meat quality was not as fresh as I expected. The rice in this was also quite interesting, lots of coconut and more sweet...
- Jackfruit Ropa Vieja - This was okay. I expected the jackfruit to be more stringy but less jackfruit flavor. There was a bit more jackfruit sour
- Jerk Chicken - this was also great. Surprised that it also came with rice. Could lose the rice since it was tapas... maybe add plantain strips.
- Last typhoon Rum Cocktail - I love that they use the fruit as sweetener which I could taste, but the amount of alcohol was almost not tasted.

Environment
Located in the Loewe's hotel, this could be fancy evening dining experience but there was also a lot of more casual, maybe cause of the hotel and also the resort being near. The seating were more on the lounge experience side.

Niceness of the staff
Very very nice waitress. Made sure I had everything I needed. Explained the concept, I was sold on the cocktail and definitely appreciated it

Dollar
It was definitely on the more expensive side. The drink was 15$. The goat was 25$ and all other "tapas" were at least 13-15$ per. Can add up pretty quickly

Yes
Very good environment but I am not sure...Would give them another chance if the opportunity arises but I don't see anything exciting that I would want to return

Jessica Meuse

All around perfect experience. From the service to the food itself, it was fantastic! The menu is tapas style, so I recommend getting at least 2 plates per person. There are tons of options and it spans from different styles of food — Puerto Rico, Cuban, etc. — which is really cool if you’re into trying new things! I recommend the goat dish if you like lamb and similar meats.

Brig Bachrach

Very pleasant experience at Strongwater after a day at the parks. The service was phenomenal, huge shoutout to Angel, our server. He knew everything about the rum list, the dishes, the history, just a great all around experience. Food was great and the drinks were varied and all original takes on classic cocktails. Would highly recommend even if not staying on the property.

Trisha Miller

Update for 2024.

Amazing ceviche. They have improved the seafood tostada to have 4 chips instead of one large one. The spicy octopus and grouper ceviche was amazing and the live music was good too.

Service was top notch.

Corey Comegys

This is probably one of my favorite hotel restaurants. The drinks were great and so was the food. Skip the beer and wine here, have one of their rum cocktails. We actually went here twice during our stay. Would probably say to stay away from the kids cheese quesadia. The other kids items were good. The other restaurant downstairs in this hotel was disappointing.

annie chouchou

La nourriture était très bonne! La pieuvre ? excellente surtout avec la sauce aux tomatillo… Le griot wow ? Les drinks excellents! Le service impeccable! Bravo à notre serveur 5/5 ! La vue est splendide! J’ai adoré!

Los

My first time and won’t be my last! Enrique & Sattina my bartenders were simply exquisite!

They made my first time a delight! They both were very knowledgeable not only on the Spirits but also the wine selection as-well!

The food selection was a fresh breath of air! I highly suggest a nice bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon “Justin” - perfect pair would be the Octopus!

Overall a 10/10 experience!