What to order at Este

Must order
The tuna tostada with avocado and serrano salsa; it has been on the menu since opening.
Signature dishes
Tuna tostada, Aguachile, Whole grilled fish
Editor tip
Lunch runs Friday to Sunday 12 to 4pm; the daytime ceviche service is significantly easier to walk in than dinner.
CuisineMexican
Price$$$
NeighborhoodManor Road
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Address: 2113 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722

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Dai Due ★ 4.6

$$$ AmericanManor Road

Dai Due in Austin is Jesse Griffiths's butcher-shop-and-supper-club on Manor Road, a Bib Gourmand kitchen built on Texas farms and wild game.

OrderThe venison burger on house bun; the meat comes from Griffiths's New School of Traditional Cookery hunts.

TipThe supper-club nights book separately and run the most interesting menus; the regular dinner card is the daytime grill.

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Birdie's ★ 4.8

$$$ Modern BistroEast Austin

Birdie's in Austin is Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel's counter-service bistro at East 12th and Harvey, a James Beard beverage winner and 2025 Time100 Next pick.

OrderWhichever pasta is on the daily-changing menu; Tracy ran pasta at Marea before opening.

TipThe reservation system is limited but walk-ins are always welcome; aim for the 5pm seating on weeknights.

Emmer & Rye ★ 4.5

$$$ New AmericanRainey Street

Emmer & Rye in Austin is Kevin Fink's grain-driven Rainey Street room, a Bib Gourmand kitchen with a dim-sum-style cart and house-milled pastas.

OrderWhatever the pasta of the day is; the kitchen mills its own flour and the pasta moves with the harvest.

TipSit at the counter to flag down the small-plates cart first; the choice cuts go fast.

Dai Due ★ 4.6

$$$ AmericanManor Road

Dai Due in Austin is Jesse Griffiths's butcher-shop-and-supper-club on Manor Road, a Bib Gourmand kitchen built on Texas farms and wild game.

OrderThe venison burger on house bun; the meat comes from Griffiths's New School of Traditional Cookery hunts.

TipThe supper-club nights book separately and run the most interesting menus; the regular dinner card is the daytime grill.

Loro ★ 4.4

$$$ Asian SmokehouseSouth Lamar

Loro in Austin is Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole's Asian smokehouse on South Lamar, a Texas BBQ and Southeast Asian small-plates mashup under live oaks.

OrderThe smoked brisket with rice noodle and Thai chiles; it is the most direct Franklin handprint on the menu.

TipThe South Lamar patio under live oaks is the best seat; no reservations, walk-in only, go early.

Fonda San Miguel ★ 4.5

$$$ MexicanNorth Loop

Fonda San Miguel in Austin is Tom Gilliland's 1975 interior-Mexican dining room on North Loop, a pioneer of regional Oaxacan and Yucatecan cooking.

OrderThe cochinita pibil from the Sunday hacienda brunch buffet, plus a bowl of pozole.

TipThe Sunday brunch buffet is the showcase; book the dining room for it at least a week out and arrive at 11.

Jeffrey's ★ 4.5

$$$$ SteakhouseClarksville

Jeffrey's in Austin is McGuire Moorman's heritage steakhouse on West Lynn since 1975, a Clarksville room with tableside Caesar and oak-grilled steaks.

OrderThe dry-aged ribeye on the bone, with the tableside Caesar to start.

TipJosephine House next door, by the same operators, is the no-booking sibling for a more casual lunch.

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