Orlando: Italian Food at Primo at the JW Marriott, Grande Lakes

When you are at a convention located at the Grand Lakes with the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton for 5 nights, you get to know every restaurant on the property. On our first night, I checked out Primo, an Italian restaurant at the JW Marriott for dinner. I enjoyed hearing they had a little farm out back and they were proudly serving vegetables grown on site. They also shared honey with Whisper Creek Farm: The Kitchen as they also keep bees on site.

I ordered an Old Fashioned whiskey cocktail from the nifty ipad menu (though the regular food menu is on plain ol’ paper).

The restaurant sent out an amuse bouche. It was a great start.

I had eaten fairly lightly during the day since I had just flown into Orlando from LA so I decided I needed a big carb fest. I zeroed in on the squid ink pasta with seafood. It was rich and hearty and just about the best meal of the table.

I love tomatoes and couldn’t resist the heirloom tomatoes which our server said were grown in the garden on the property. These were heavily dosed with vinegar and proved to be a little eye-watering even for a tart fiend like me.

Primo at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes

4040 Central Florida Pkwy., Orlando, FL 32837  —  (407) 393-4444

 

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