Best Cozy Restaurants in Maitland

We live Boca. It's our favorite spot in Winter Park, FL. Great food. Great atmosphere. Friendly staff. Great drinks. Outside dining and inside dining, both wonderful. Perfect location. Food portions are ideal. Drinks are made well. Seating is situated with enough space between tables to enjoy a private conversation.

Amazing ambiance, drinks were fantastic and the staff was chill and incredibly helpful! We can’t wait to come back again!

I had a wonderful experience at Braccia in Winter Park! I loved the location, and we sat outside, where the weather was perfect for dining outdoors. The service was excellent—our server gave us great recommendations, and we tried the burrata and beef carpaccio as appetizers, both of which were delicious! For the main course, we had the pasta with mushroom sauce and the lasagna, and both were absolutely amazing. I highly recommend this place and would definitely return!

This is a wonderful restaurant. It’s family owned. Very intimate. We took two other couples so there were a total of six of us. And they all enjoyed the food. I highly recommend this restaurant. The staff is really warm and welcoming. Food is amazing, especially all their seafood. Ingredients are fresh.  It’s literally like being in a cafe in Europe with the piano playing snd a bar off to the side with AMAZING food being served fresh. It will NOT disappoint. 

We’ve been to Greece many times, admiring the cuisine, culture, architecture, and the Cycladic design we love so much. Parea does a great job of capturing the warm, family feeling while incorporating various familiar elements of Greek decor and theming. We ordered cocktails that we enjoyed (Garden, Karpouzi, Not Today Hades, and the Greek Sangria), along with the tzatziki and tirokafteri dips with warm pita bread. The tirokafteri, a spicy feta dip, was the big hit for everyone at the table. They didn’t have the skordalia dip this time (a delicious garlic dip made with small bits of potatoes), but might bring it back in the future. For salad we had the classic Horiatiki (traditional Greek village salad), and the calamari. Both were delicious. The horiatiki was done so well and had a perfect vinaigrette on it. I hope this doesn’t change at all, because it was quite literally what we know and love about Greece! <3 For our main course, we ordered the Chicken Souvlaki, the Lamb Shank, the Cast Iron Moussaka, and the Chicken Tata. Everything was really great, and generous portions. The Chicken Tata was similar to a chicken schnitzel and had a side of pasta. We ended our meal with Mastiha (a sweet digestif that’s much better tasting than Ouzo; you must try it if you haven’t), and the Portokalopita (an orange cake) that were both great. There are still so many menu items we want to try like Phyllis’ Potatoes, Pastitsio, Greek Tea, Saganaki, Spanakopita, Beefteki, Tiropitakia, and more. It’s so exciting to see authentic Greek brands like Alpha, Mythos (the beers of Greece), Skinos and more. The beauty and hospitality of Greece has arrived to Maitland, and we’re so happy! We’ll be back very soon. I can’t wait to see lunch options in the near future. I’m hoping for fries inside gyros, galaktobouriko, and maybe some Cretan options.