When the FIFA Word Cup begins on Friday, restaurants around Orlando will be offering special game-day menus throughout the monthlong tournament. Here’s a look at four venues that can host groups of 10 to 10,000 for a watch party.
1. Crave
This 8,600-square-foot restaurant near the Mall at Millenia will offer drink and food specials during games. Menu items include tuna tataki, Australian spiced shrimp, Korean chicken nuggets, and mini Italian sausage pizza. There are multiple event spaces for groups. The bar can accommodate 70 and has five TVs; the sunroom has its own TV and seats 30. The main dining room can seat 250 and has a TV over the sushi bar.
2. Wall Street Plaza
This downtown Orlando venue is made up of eight bars, restaurants, and patios. The property recently added 17 additional TV screens throughout its patio and bar spaces, as well as at WaiTiki restaurant. The plaza can accommodate groups of 50 to 10,000 in various venues and the private street connecting them.
3. Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Café
This Sanford restaurant has created a World Cup Fussball Fan Zone—a.k.a. the bar plus three TVs—that seats 50. For morning games, the venue will also serve a special German breakfast menu with specialty meat, cheese, and egg combinations served with potato pancakes, sweet mustard, and pretzels.
4. ESPN Club
This expansive sports bar and restaurant at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort will broadcast all the matches live on its 108 TV screens. In honor of the World Cup, the club will open daily at 10 a.m., 90 minutes earlier than usual. The venue is divided into two spaces, a bar that can host 200 and a dining room for 260.
