Fabulous. We live in a very demanding client restaurant area; I'm insistent myself and don't go back to duds. I've eaten on six continents. Didn't expect much at this one, a sit-down locale at Shades of Green on Disney World's property. Everyone loved their selections. The staff was attentive and the drinks were also excellent. Not only were we highly surprised, but we would rate this at the top of restaurants in general. Our chicken, salmon, and pasta were all top shelf - nothing was lacking. Prices were excellent too. Most entrees were at the $20 mark or so. Better than any dining experience in the Disney parks, or properties. We've stayed at three other ones aside of Shades of Green and this was by far the finest. read more

Went there to celebrate a birthday . Very happening place food was delicious . Filet mignon & chicken Marsala melted in your mouth full of flavor. The meatballs are must in their marinara Sauce. To top the meal off just right the cheesecake was the best I ever had and worth every calorie ! read more

Mangino's - Italian Near Me - Orlando, Florida

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The mozzarella sticks and pina coladas were amazing, but best of all was our server Sarah. She took time to really talk with us and share personal stories, which contributed to our marvelous experience! read more

There's a little Italian gem hidden on the ground floor of the Shades of Green resort at Walt Disney WOrld. To the thousands of military families and retired vets who stay at this resort, Mangino's is the firm that delivers pizza to their hotel room. But to those who enter this charming little spot, it is the best value Italian restaurant at WDW. The food is outstanding both at lunch and dinner, but when Mangino's Bistro has their Italian buffet, it is a gourmet treat at a bargain price. The deserts are just dangerous to dieters. Services is professiuonal and friendly. The wine list, while not large, is well-selected. read more

This is actually in the basement of Shades of Green Hotel which is a military hotel on Disney property but more about that later. We were staying at S.O.G. so we decided to stay on the properties for dinner one night and I must say not what I expected. Service was so so and food was marginal at best. Steaks were under cooked (hint, medium does not moo when you put a fork in it)., the seafood wasn't seasoned very well (but it is a steakhouse so I guess you get a pass) overall though the place wasn't busy on a week day in October and the over all impression was that I wouldn't go back. read more

Where is Gordon Ramsey? FOOD: No offense to the other reviewers, but probably the WORST pizza and chicken Marsala I have had ever. The pizza dough seemed like it did not rise and the Margarita pizza was horrible... regular cheese with a few tomato slices and then buffalo mozzarella on top of the tomatoes. As for the chicken marsala, it tasted like a plain piece of chicken breast boiled with some cheap marsala sauce on the top. I know this is a military hotel, but I have had mess hall food that tasted better. Sorry for the harsh review of the food... but it was that poor. SERVICE: Very polite, but rolling around boards is a gimmick that needs to be left somewhere else. OVERALL: I read the other reviews so we headed there. Biggest regret of the trip... very disappointing. I really though Gordon Ramsey was going to be sitting behind me after I bit into the pizza. Maybe there is hope. read more

This is a difficult review because the Cuban sandwich I had was terrible, but my wife's Turkey BLT croissant was exceptional. If the Cuban wouldn't have been soo bad, I would have given them four stars. In addition, our waiter Gilberto, was hands down, one of the best we have had on a Disney property. Gilberto even went in back to fix-up a special sauce to meet my finicky pallet. The prices at this place are affordable in comparison to other Disney resorts and food establishments inside the park (Shades of Green). read more

Mangino's - Cuban - Italian Near Me - Orlando, Florida

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Decent service. Our food was good and prices are very good. Our adult children didn't like their food. If you go there, get the steaks.

We had a great dinner here during our stay at SOG. The portions were large, service was great and the drinks were delicious. My aunt and husband got the surf and turf, thinking it would be a whole lobster but it was more of a stuffed lobster tail. It was still very good. We visit SOG a lot, so we Will definitely go back again! read more

Basically The Olive Garden but worse. They have French Onion soup AND quesadillas on the menu WTF!? The older male waiter looked to have never opened a wine bottle in his life. At least it's relatively cheap (for Disney). It's kindve like an Army chow version of a chain Italian joint. The food is not good. read more

This service is hit or miss. The food is way over priced. It's nice that kids eat free. The wine is severely over priced.

Do not waste your money. I'm assuming expo is on vacation as the sides we're dropped at the same time the entrees as they were stone cold and then reheated ... Still horrible.. the brussel sprouts were old and cold... Tbone was 25$ cooked wrong and then reheated.. not once did a manager come to the table .. again.. save your money go somewhere else. read more

The 2 stars were for the excellent service received by our waiter. His attitude was stellar and you could tell he really wanted to make sure his customers were happy. I'm sorry I don't remember his name, but he was slightly overweight and had a spring in his step. I suppose it didn't help that I had ate at Christner's Steak House 3 night's prior, but the food at Mangino's wasn't even average. Our salads were served up as wilted leaves. Now that's a true sign your kitchen staff "gives a damn". I was appalled. I mean is this what you would want to be known as "putting your best foot forward"? I really should have complained or sent it back but I held out hope for the special of the day "$24.95 Steak and Crab legs". The steak had the consistency of a damp rag, browned (no wait, gray in color) and placed with hatch marks so you realize it's a grilled steak. There were way too many fat pockets on this bovine and it was obvious this steak house was on a tight budget, and the cooks have just never tasted this stuff. A little bit of seasoning would have gone far. The crab legs were skinny, and tan in color telling me they were far from fresh. On the positive side, the green beans were perfectly cooked. I got the impression, the kitchen staff assumes their clientele is accustomed to poor to average, but this food wouldn't even measure up in a military dining facility. read more

While the food is good, the staff has a hard time with managing and seating people. There were over 20 open tables and only 5 groups of 6 or less waiting. It still took over 30 minutes for the staff to seat the 5 groups. Staff then has difficulty serving more than one table at a time. read more

What a lovely surprise! We had hoped for a decent dinner, but got far more than we expected. After searching for a sit-down restaurant at Magic Kingdom and the Polynesian, we ended up back at Shades of Green and were hoping for something that would work easily for our group of 6- 3 adults, 3 kids. What we got was actually a perfectly cooked meal which was a bargain! The calamari were delicious and even the kids couldn't get enough. The French onion soup was perfectly prepared. All the kids loved their dinners. The Salmon A La Griglia was perfectly seasoned and prepared. Wow! Sign me up again any time. The price was less for dinner than I paid for a quick serve lunch of meager proportions at the resort. read more

The take out option at Shades of Green resort. I am reviewing specifically the pizza in hopes of warning others. The crust is heavily seasoned and for a bite or two, pretty good, until salt overload kicks in. Less would be more in a big way with the seasoning. The same cannot be said for the sauce, almost nine on either the supreme or the build-your-own pizzas we ordered. Making the pizza itself dry and bland. The cheese is nearly as sparse, do yourself a favor if you must order their pizza order extra sauce and cheese. Toppings--best part of the pizza..... meaning that they were of fair quality (more on this later) and good quantity. Our supreme was amply loaded with toppings...... Ok, the supreme.... again lots of toppings (sans sauce and cheese) but the onions were raw or at best undercooked, as were the green peppers. The worst part of it is that their 'supreme' has the unfortunate inclusion of pineapple, something I've NEVER sound on any supreme I've ever ordered. There was no description beyond what one would expect, which if taken literally did say that it had everything on it...... if you don't like pineapple on your pizza, tell them to skip it. Overall the pizza lacked much flavor and what was there wasn't worth the price. Incidentally we ordered a Caesar Salad along with it. The dressing was good, lettuce fairly fresh and croutons weren't bad. Biggest problem here was the two small cups of dressing, containing very thick dressing, was very difficult to get onto the salad. Poor planning but I still consider the salad to have been good, we didn't have the chicken with it so I can't address that. Considering that the Shades of Green is a military resort, intended to provide a great resort to veterans and their families at good prices, the prices at the Bistro (and the exchange for that matter) are inflated on a par with Disney's notorious pricing. If you can, see if you can either get delivery from outside or heed my advice and tweak your order (on pizza anyhow) to minimize the weak points. read more

Hubby and I decided to drop in and we ordered a pizza. The pizza was delicious but our waiter was a little weird with slow service. He acted like he didn't want to be there. We may visit again but hope for better service. read more

According to my 13 year old best pizza ever...that's pretty good coming from a teenagers who's main food group is pizza. All of the food was wonderful. read more

Relaxed atmosphere. Awesome food. Easy parking. Only problem for me is that it is a 2 hour drive. I had all you can eat shrimp. I highly recommend the blackened or chef special flavors. The sweet chili was incredibly messy. My wife ordered the pizza and was delicious as well. There was enough for dinner the next day. read more

We have been coming to Manginos as Resort guests for many many years. Tonight's experience was the worst to say the least. We arrived 20mins after they opened, ordered fine, pizza, shrimp scampi, chicken Parm & chicken penne Alfredo along with two kids meals. Pizza came pretty fast along with the chicken parm. Both items were cold and we've had better frozen meals than these items they served to us. We also waited an additional hour for our Alfredo and shrimp scampi, not once did the waiter ask us for refills on our drinks etc. point being we were still meant to pay our bill minus them removing the pizza from the bill due to it being cold and just tasting like cardboard. It's a shame this was a horrible experience, we really did enjoy going to Mangino's every time we are in town for Disney. When we mentioned how our experience was the waiter said "Ok"...... shame shame shame being a Military resort would allow this. read more

Great food, and have much better prices than other resort restaurants. Oh and FYI you can bring in your own bottle of wine, and they will not charge a corking fee. read more

the best chicken tortilla soap i've eaten. the creme brûlée is delish. the fire it at your table to make extra special.

I dislike the menu change. They cut Chicken Alfredo and the baked potato soup. I asked if they had fried chicken wings they told me yes and gave me buffalo wings. I was looking forward to coming here after a good experience 2yrs ago. Not impressed! read more

Our first nights dinner was awesome! My husband ordered the special which was a seafood bucket & I ordered the steak. It was good in flavor and hit the spot after a day of walking around at the magic kingdom. The second meal we had here wasn't so good. My spaghetti bolognese tasted like leftovers and my husbands penne Alfredo tasted the same. Neither one of our dishes had any flavor and were bland. We had the same server both times we went and he was great. 3.5 stars read more

Ate here at 9 pm on 8/2/14 with my parents. Ordered the 12 oz ribeye steak which wS flavorful and perfectly cooked medium as I requested. Enjoyed a delicious creamy horseradish to top the meat which our server Alfredo brought us without us asking for it. It was a delicious addition to the steak, adding to it's flavor rather than masking it's true flavor complement. They had bottled steak sauce avail if you prefer that. We do not. The Caesar salad was an ample size and the house-made Caesar dressing was perfect. I couldn't have done any better myself. The baked potato was of moderate size and cooked through so that it was sufficiently fork-tender throughout and served with whipped butter and sour cream. The veggies were sugar snap peas and bite-sized plum tomatoes, the peas left tender-crisp just like I like them, the tomatoes cooked until warm and tender without keeping them on the heat long enough for the skin to wrinkle and them to get gooey. Perfect and simple. I tried the Mojito priced at $6 and enjoyed it's refreshing 12 ounces of ice cold lime/mint goodness. Instead of simple syrup, they opt to use sugar-cane juice, adding to it's Cuban authenticity - $19.95 for the salad, steak, potato, and veggies and no tax as this is on US Military property. What an excellent value especially compared to other resorts and any food at Disney. read more

This place was excellent. We decided to come here on a whim and were pleasantly surprised to find that they had taken down all the trashy televisions and opened up the kitchen like it used to be years ago. Our food was wonderful. The calamari was tender and fresh. I had the Veal Marsala and it was wonderful. Husband had the chicken parmesan and loved it. Wine very reasonably priced. We will go back. read more

Swung by to pick up tickets from ITT and decided to eat lunch around 1130. It was pretty empty, which meant our food came out quickly. The menu is simple and small. I ordered the turkey club and my five year old ordered the kids cheeseburger with a special request of potato chips, which was gladly honored. She devoured the burger, even before she ate a single chip! The croissant for the turkey club was buttery, flaky, and a bit crispy. Very delicious. Prices are no more expensive than what you would find at a chain restaurant. read more

Let me first start this by saying I love this resort, the staff are great, the rooms are nice, and garden gallery and the sports bar evergreens are great also. Mangino's is definitely where this resort falls short. The first time we ate here was for a quick lunch when they use to not have any other dining options available for lunch ( this has since changed evergreens is open for lunch now). Everyone ordered basic turkey sandwiches or hamburgers and they were all good, basic but good. Service was good also. Where things went bad was one night when we came back from the parks and were deciding where to eat we chose mangino's because we had already done the buffet for a good amount of our trip and wanted to try something different. There were three of us one ordered spaghetti and meatballs one ordered some type of pasta dish with sauce and I ordered veal Marsala. The person who got the spaghetti said it was ok but definitely not homemade and sauce was from a can with little seasoning, same thing with the pasta dish. My veal was tuff not very flavorful and very watery which is not typical of veal Marsala. All dinners were served with salad and bread but they were pretty much the same salad and bread they offer at garden gallery for much less, I found this disappointing as if we knew this we would have done the buffet for a fraction of the price and have as much as we wanted with it being a buffet. I would not eat here again the buffet food in general taste much better it may be that they have different chefs for each restaurant as the food on the buffet is cheaper and tastes Better. I would recommend the buffet but stay away from mangino's at dinner time. read more

Good food and great service. Definitely worth the try - the alternative is driving off Disney World or taking a shuttle into Disney Springs. read more

We were not staying at Shades of Green but decided to have dinner there after purchasing our tickets. We were going to eat at Evergreens but the overwhelming odor of burnt popcorn had us walking right back out the door. Oh, that was after we finally found it because the staff gave us horrible directions. And you need a map to figure this place out. So we went back to Mangino's. We were seated right away because the place was almost empty (should have given us the first clue). Our waiter barely spoke English, couldn't understand my husband wanted to order a beer in a souvenier glass. I was running the Jingle Jungle 5K in the morning so I just got a sweet tea. My husband ordered the prime rib and I got the special of the night...all you can eat shrimp (garlic, which was one of 4 seasoning choices) with herb roasted potatoes and fresh vegetables. My shrimp had no seasoning, was rubbery and not peeled. Who wants to eat at a "nice" restaurant and peel their shrimp? My potatoe was not roasted, it was boiled, probably in with my corn-on-the-cob and carrots. Everything was very bland. Oh and it was delivered to me in a cardboard tub. I sent the entire dinner back. I asked for the chicken alfredo penne and it also had no flavor, seasoning, very bland. My husband's steak was overcooked and flavorless. We were never offered a chance to order dessert. We got the check and got the heck out. Will never be back. read more

We were at Shades of Green a few years ago. I ate at Manginos several times. I actually had the salmon and risotto several times it was that good! I have been craving it for 2 days now!! read more