Last weekend we hit up Blake Shelton's Restaurant
Ole Red in Orlando (next to the big Eye Ferris wheel)
Ambience - Typical themed restaurant lay out but nicely done. The wife pointed out it was more 'Nashville' than 'Oklahoma' which it was. Live music is a big part of the restaurant with a big stage front and center. I don't even like Country music but the band was really good, they had a fiddle player so they went through every song with a heavy violin part you could think of like
Devil Went down to Georgia through
Thunderstruck. Either way I was entertained.
Food - Nothing else matters if the food sucks but the food was surprisingly good. We had the 'redneck' poutine as an appetizer and it was the first poutine I've tried that I've actually liked. The Pulled Pork Sandwich was also really good and reminded me of the amazing one I had in Memphis.. although it wasn't anywhere near
that good.. but still solid and up there as far as pulled pork sandwiches.
You definitely pay the Orlando tax here. The food wasn't too bad, about $12-$15 for a sandwich.. so not
that far over what you'd expect to pay elsewhere. Like STK the drinks were silly overpriced.. the mixed drinks were like $18 but what really got me was the Beers were $15. I was just at
Wrestlemania and the beers were only $14 there. Needless to say we decided to drink elsewhere.
Still overall good place and recommended if you are in the area.
