The Osprey

We let then know before hand that my boyfriend's birthday was that night. They made him a card. Really made him feel special. The Moktail and food was so yummy and fancy. Totally worth every sent. Dinner was amazing.

I am a self proclaimed eggs Benedict connoisseur. The meal served at this establishment was down right delicious with multiple complimenting flavor/texture combinations. I sent my compliments to the chef. The bartenders are both fabulous and the decorations here are trendy. I am looking forward to seeing them again.

We had a wonderful experience at The Osprey. The service was exceptional and prompt, and our food was overall delightful. To start, we had cocktails. I was excited to see mezcal on their libations menu, so I ordered Del Maguey Vida with soda and fresh lime. It was perfect. 10/10 For apps, we chose the Calamari with Citrus Aioli and the Crush Puppies. Both were amazing, but the Crush Puppies were unexpected perfection...a light and fluffy mixture of blue crab, leeks and corn "hushpuppies" fried to a deep golden yumminess and served with a delicious and balanced Green Goddess sauce for dipping. Out of this world! 10/10 For our main course, my partner ordered the Cioppino and I chose the Heirloom, Squash and Zuccini salad. The Cioppino consisted of PEI mussels, shrimp, clams and one sea scallop, in a wonderful arabiatta sauce... finished with diced fennel and served with warm foccacia bread. Although the dish was super tasty, we felt for the price, the portion was a little disappointing. If you don't get appetizers with your meal, I would definitely recommend ordering a salad or other side. 9/10 My Heirloom Squash and Zuccini salad was a very generous portion (enough to share for two) of fresh mixed greens, firm sweet peach slices, goat cheese, and thin ribbons of zuccini and squash, all perfectly dressed in a wonderful sesame vinaigrette. My only disappointment with this wonderful salad was that the Rosemary almonds had an unappealing texture- like raw almonds, but more chewy and soft. I expected more of a toasted, crunchy almond topping. 9/10 The service, decor and atmosphere was impeccable. The music selection for Sunday was most enjoyable--not too loud, but just loud enough to impart a feel-good mood while still being able to have an intimate conversation. A really great vibe! 10/10 We would definitely come back to The Osprey. I'd love to try other offerings on their menu!

The Osprey is my favorite restaurant in Baldwin Park! Not only that, it’s easily one of the best restaurants in all of Orlando! If you’re looking for a place with a bright, clean, rustic atmosphere that at the same time has exceptional service and really unique/flavorful food, this is THE PLACE you should go! Food is 10/10, service is 10/10, and the location is 10/10! We ordered many different things from the menu on our recent visit: Sweet Hawaiian Rolls, Crush Puppies, Calamari, Grilled Octopus, Cioppino, Florida Local Catch, and the Pink Lady Apple Tart for dessert! Everything was AWESOME! There wasn’t a single thing we ordered that we didn’t like. This is one of those restaurants where you could pretty much order whatever, and know it will be extremely good! The Hawaiian rolls came with a super unique bee pollen butter - unlike anything we’ve ever had before! They were warm, and the butter paired so nicely with them. We’d literally have 10 orders of this and be happy. Their “crush puppies” are basically hush puppies with crab - also REALLY good! The sauce they come with is awesome and really makes the whole dish. Like the others, the calamari is another must-try! Definitely some of the best calamari we’ve had in a VERY long time…and we’ve had lots of calamari over the years! Same with the grilled octopus - we always will order this if it’s on a menu, and this was exceptional. This time, it had a unique spicy curry paired with it, and that combined with the nice grilled flavor was just wonderful, I do understand from other reviews that they like to change ingredients around, so if curry flavor isn’t your thing, there’s a good chance the next time you come in, the octopus will be cooked with completely new ingredients! That’s what makes this restaurant special - even though they might keep a lot of the same menu items, they always like to play around with different ingredients and flavors, so it’s like you’re going to a new restaurant every time you visit! Now for the entrees, the local catch this time was a really meaty fish (similar to swordfish, but I forgot the name) and it was some of the best white fish we’ve ever tried - it had a pistachio sauce that was SO GOOD! The cioppino was also really good as well! It’s a bit different form your more traditional cioppinos, but we personally loved the broth. It had Calabrian peppers in it which made for a super unique but excellent flavor! And finally, the dessert rounded off the meal super nicely! The homemade green apple ice cream was unlike anything we ever tried, but was an easy 10/10. The apple tart was great as well! Combine both things together because that’s what tastes the best. Such great food here!! I know this is a long review, but I can’t stress enough how good this restaurant is. If you’re anywhere in the Orlando area, this is easily worth the drive. It also helps that it’s located in downtown Baldwin Park, which is a great area to walk around in afterward! Our waitress was so on top of it, answered all of our questions, and really was awesome. I forgot her name (maybe Maggie?) but she really helped make this a 100/10 experience! We will be back!!! EDIT: We’ve since come back and tried new menu items! We had the local catch of the day once again, and it was Swordfish! Amazing with the pistachio sauce - totally would recommend!! We had the Open Blue Cobia Crudo - a beautiful, fresh bite-size piece of sashimi packed with flavor. Another 10/10! The Bigoli Alle Vongole was really good, but still not as good as some other menu items, so I might recommend skipping that. The Josper Grilled Octopus was cooked different this time with pork belly on the side, and it might’ve been even better than before! How is that even better?! And finally, the Massachusetts Diver Scallops were SUPER expensive, but tasted wonderful! All in all, another wonderful meal at Osprey!!

Awesome dinner! Unique options & well executed. Must have one of everything! Ask for Peter - he made the best recommendations and made our experience perfect. We will be back!