Barley Swine is a wine bar fine-dining restaurant in Austin.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 1h 30m
Sip high-end teas and enjoy tapas-style bites on a double-decker bus tour in Austin. Relax in a plush, floral sanctuary with live entertainment and stunning city views.
Day trip · 5 hours
Explore the Texas Hill Country on a small-group tour from Austin. Start with a stop for authentic Texas BBQ, then visit local wineries and enjoy tastings at your own pace.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Six East Austin smokehouses in three hours, including a MICHELIN One Star pitmaster and three Bib Gourmands. Skip every line, ride in an air-conditioned van, and come hungry.
Address: 6555 Burnet Rd, Ste 400, Austin, TX 78757
Hestia in Austin is Kevin Fink's Michelin-starred live-fire dining room downtown, built around a 20-foot custom hearth and a tasting menu of wood-grilled.
OrderThe whole roasted duck for two and the hearth-cooked vegetable course.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipSit at the hearth counter if you can land it at booking; the view of the live-fire kitchen is the point.
Olamaie in Austin is Michael Fojtasek's Michelin-starred Southern dining room in a converted house near downtown, with a four-course prix fixe of modern.
OrderThe off-menu buttermilk biscuits with whipped honey butter, asked for at the start of the meal.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe four-course tasting accommodates a full vegetarian path on request; ask at booking.
Uchi in Austin is Tyson Cole's James Beard-winning sushi room on South Lamar, the kitchen that codified modern Japanese in Texas, with omakase counter.
OrderThe omakase route at the sushi bar; the bar tasting flows in real time.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipSake Social and the early seating run a discounted bar menu daily from 5 to 6:30pm.
Uchiko in Austin is Tyson Cole's elevated Japanese farmhouse room on North Lamar, the Hai Hospitality sibling to Uchi and a Top Chef alumni line.
OrderThe Yokai Berry course; it has been on the menu since opening for a reason.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipSake Social runs 5 to 6:30pm and is the cheapest way to sit at the bar.
Jeffrey's in Austin is McGuire Moorman's heritage Clarksville steakhouse since 1975, a West Lynn dining room with tableside Caesar, oak-grilled steaks.
OrderThe dry-aged ribeye on the bone with the tableside Caesar.
Book1 week ahead
TipJosephine House next door is the sibling lunch room with the same kitchen and no booking required.
Emmer & Rye in Austin is Kevin Fink's grain-focused Rainey Street dining room, a Bib Gourmand tasting kitchen with a roaming dim-sum-style cart of small.
OrderWhatever pasta is on the daily card; the kitchen mills its own flour each morning.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe counter seats see the cart first; book one if you want choice cuts of the small plates.
