Jason Cochran
North America / USA / Florida / Orlando / Universal Orlando Resort / Universal Epic Universe / Best Restaurants

Atlantic Restaurant

In a way, Atlantic Restaurant was designed to be the showpiece of the Celestial Park area, so it's situated in a prime spot between the entry plaza and Super Nintendo World. The massive tall windows, multi-level seating, and giant dangling fish mobiles proclaim this restaurant as an upscale destination, and when night falls and those fish are illuminated, it looks from the outside like an aquarium brimming with life. As the décor suggests, the focus of this somewhat short menu is seafood, whether it appears in the form of shrimp pasta in cream sauce, crab cakes, baked oysters, or half-pound lobster rolls, although there are also a few land-based options like burgers and chicken. On the upper level, the Aquaria Bar surveys the scene. Atlantic may be too fancy for a theme park, and it's a place for romance and class rather than pigging out and carb-loading—they're going for high-level table-service fare here.