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This restaurant in a castle has a great menu, with tasty prime-rib pastry-pie leading the way.

The Cat in the Hat, the Grinch, Thing One, and Thing Two turn up at Seuss Landing in Islands of Adventure at 2:45pm daily for a late lunch.

Classical music and aquarium visuals are the setting here. Try the roasted snapper with veggies.

A 600,000-gallon (272,600-liter) floor-to-ceiling aquarium is a calming backdrop to this themed restaurant. Despite the high-brow, mainly fish and seafood menu, it’s very child-friendly. Try the sauteed rock shrimp in a lemon cream sauce. (see Coral Reef).

Nothing beats this weird little sandwich shop, with its outer-space theme and awesome sandwiches, such as the Battlestar Garlica. Eat in or take away.

A favorite after-work spot, Dexter’s offers exotic sandwiches, hearty salads, and entrees such as seared tuna and steak.

All kinds of Mediteranean food is served here, with plenty of fresh salads, vegetarian dishes and kebab platters.

Famous US TV chef Emeril Lagasse owns this place, but only appears once a month, leaving the day-to-day cooking of the creole-inspired menu to his chefs. They create treats such as quail stuffed with Louisiana oyster dressing, andouille-crusted redfish, and a kosher salt and cracked black pepper rib-eye steak. This lofty place has a 12,000-bottle wine cellar. It’s tough to get a table for dinner unless you book early, but there’s a similar lunch menu at two-thirds of the price.

Suitable for families, the endless buffet isn’t fancy, but offers value for money and there’s bound to be something for everyone.

Polish off SoCal dishes such as skillet-seared tuna with the signature grapefruit cake with cream-cheese icing.