Café Tu Tu Tango — Restaurant in Dr. Phillips

(Last visited 1/22/2022.) Hanging out on vacation in the Orlando, FL area and it's the weekend so it's time for brunch! I did my Yelp due-diligence and I found this place that not only offers bottomless mimosas, but an entire bottomless brunch experience! Now I'm going to tell you why I loved this place so much!

Atmosphere/Appearance: This place is a Latin fusion style restaurant and it was FULL of energy! The private parking lot was packed and they even offer valet if you don't feel like parking the car yourself. Once inside you're immersed with high ceilings, lots and lots of decorations, pumping music and if you're lucky, you can catch live dancers that will make their way around the restaurant. It was so freaking cool and entertaining. The restaurant is huge with an open concept and with many different seating areas.

Service: Clarissa took AMAZING care of us for the couple of hours that we were there. She kept the mimosas coming with quick speed, she put up with us, gave us great recommendations and was there when we needed her. I'd also like to give honorable mention to Erin for helping out as well!

Food: Like I mentioned earlier, this place offers both bottomless drinks AND food! We were in Heaven! So, there are 9 freaking flavors of juice that you can have added to your Prosecco! I don't think I've been anywhere that offered that many options! WOW! Nothing is going to beat the traditional orange juice mimosa, but in addition to that there is grapefruit basil, pomegranate, passion fruit, cranberry sangria, floral pear, sparkling passion, jalapeño pineapple & peach cobbler. A PEACH COBBER MIMOSA?! C'mon now! Lol. You'll be MESSED UP by the time you've made it through all of these flavors. I won't waste a whole bunch of space here going over each dish that I got to try because I want to encourage you to splurge and do the bottomless brunch yourself. Everything is served tapas style so they're small plates that allow you to eat and eat and eat and eat! However, I will mention my favorite dish of the day, the fried chicken with the bacon and honey on top. OMG. As I'm looking at the online menu right now I actually don't see this item, but you better ask for it! Look for my picture! Lol.

Value: I mean, this ain't Old Country Buffet or the Chinese Buffet so you have to pay to play. Plus, the quality of the food is incredible. Bottomless mimosas will run you $21.22/person and to have the unlimited taps/street tacos that is an additional $29.22. A little more than $50.00 to stuff yourself full of delicious Latin food AND drinks?! SIGN ME UP EVERY WEEKEND!

In conclusion, I want to go back RIGHT NOW. I loved this place so much and whenever I'm in Orlando again, I'm going to make my way back here for sure.

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I Give Cafe Tu Tu Tango 3 out of 5 stars

My recent visit to Cafe Tu Tu Tango was a mixed experience, starting with our arrival in the parking lot. The valet attendant was on his phone and took a little while to acknowledge us. Once he did, he was friendly and directed us to park anywhere beyond the cones if we preferred not to use valet service.

We had made a reservation for five and were welcomed with a smile. The host asked if we wanted to enjoy happy hour or regular dining. The restaurant is quite spacious, with plenty of seating options, and it didn't seem overly busy. However, we were initially seated at a small two-top booth in a corner next to a large family table. Given the many open tables, I requested a different seating arrangement. The host was accommodating and quickly moved us to a half booth, which was much nicer.

Our water was served promptly, and our waitress, Cassie, greeted us warmly. She inquired if we were celebrating anything special, and I mentioned it was a birthday. Cassie was very informative, offering great recommendations from the menu and taking our order efficiently. I appreciated the restaurant's theme of promoting local art, and it was a nice touch to see an artist showcasing their work live, available for purchase.

The food arrived quickly, and I was impressed by the flavors. The street corn was delicious, and the tzatziki dip was excellent. The butternut squash dish was great, though I would have preferred it warm; the warm pita served alongside made up for that. The cauliflower tacos were tasty, and my son enjoyed the beef skewers. For dessert, we opted for the guava bread pudding, which was delightful, and the chocolate cherry bonbons were sweet but hey it’s chocolate you’ve gotta expect that. Cassie lit a candle for the birthday dessert and wished a happy birthday, though I expected a bit more fanfare—no singing or special celebration as I've experienced in other places.

The music in our section was low and just okay, and while the ambiance was pleasant with the art theme, the lighting was quite dim where we were seated. Overall, the staff, especially Cassie, were excellent, and I appreciated the focus on local artists. The food was good, and the pricing felt fair. However, the seating situation and lack of a more celebratory birthday experience left something...

The food was amazing literally everything but I will go in detail. Went for girls night fo magical dining and the menu is blurry but yes I was 5 courses for the $37 special event rate.

I got the lamb meatballs. It was very good. It was not what I expected because I’m used to a tougher gamey stark texture for lamb but still very good and strong meaty flavor.

I would recommend the tacos we didn’t get a good photo because we ate those pretty fast delicious. I would pick that over the lamb meat balls for next time.

The steak and the jerk chicken were surprisingly amazing. I normally only eat steak from a steak place. The steak was cooked very well and had a perfect smokey flavor I ate a killer more than I should have since it wasn’t my plate. The pizza over the peppers. This one was a no brainer. The pizza won the comparison but both dishes were flavored well and pretty. I’m missing a picture of the stuffed peppers but they were small like a small chili or small poblano stuffed peeper with cheese. Then the chicken skewer just wow cooked and flavored so well i cannot say if the chicken or steak tasted better.

The lettuce wraps and Tika masala were our last course. By this time we could only sample our food because we were so full. I’m not sure how this style of restaurant handles so may cuisines so well. I love Indian food and the Tika masala tasted authentic well authentic as far as chains such as tamarind mynt etc.

The Nutella flan. Just get it. It tasted chocolatey to me but better. I wouldn’t have ordered an additional but I was one button loose already.

The service was probably the best I have had. Our server was Mariah (not 100% on spelling ) from Michigan 🥰. She always checked in, looked at our tables to see when to bring out the next course. This was helpful cause we had a 2 seat spot so not a lot of table space. We were allowed to split one experience if we wanted too. We definitely did not. She maneuvered around all the entertainment and explained any dish delays. Just 10/10

There is also live entertainment around thorough-out the meal there were belly dancers and a Michael Jackson dance impression that was amazing.

I was there for over two hours and I am an eat and go kind of person, but I thoroughly enjoyed the place and did not notice the time. When I come back hopefully Mariah...