Garrison is a steakhouse fine-dining restaurant in Austin.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Barley Swine in Austin is Bryce Gilmore's farm-driven Burnet Road tasting room since 2010, a Texas-only sourcing kitchen with a Southwestern palette.
OrderThe chef's tasting flow; the menu changes daily around the morning's farm delivery.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipOdd Duck on Lamar is Gilmore's sibling and the more casual option from the same playbook.
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.
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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.
