37 upscale rooms in Austin, editor-picked. occasion rooms in Austin: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Austin food.
Birdie's ★ 4.8
east-austin · 2944 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
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.
Tip: The reservation system is limited but walk-ins are always welcome; aim for the 5pm seating on weeknights.
Birdie's ★ 4.8
2944 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
Birdie's in Austin is Arjav Ezekiel's natural-wine list paired with Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel's bistro kitchen, the 2025 James Beard Outstanding Beverage.
Tip: The by-glass list is the strongest in town; Arjav is at the bar and will route you through the strange bottles.
Suerte ★ 4.7
east-austin · 1800 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
Suerte in Austin is Fermin Nunez's masa-driven East 6th room, a Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen serving heirloom-corn tortillas and suadero tacos.
Tip: Beverage director Celia Pellegrini won the Michelin Texas Sommelier Award 2025; let her route the pairings.
Comedor ★ 4.6
downtown · 501 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701
Comedor in Austin is Philip Speer's modern Mexican room on the corner of Colorado and 5th, with an Olson Kundig design and a focus on sourcing through Texas.
Tip: The guillotine garage doors open in good weather; ask for the indoor-outdoor counter when you book.
Este ★ 4.6
manor-road · 2113 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722
Este in Austin is Fermin Nunez's seafood-driven Manor Road bungalow, charcoal-cooked coastal Mexican food and ceviches in the old Eastside Cafe space.
Tip: Lunch runs Friday to Sunday 12 to 4pm; the daytime ceviche service is significantly easier to walk in than dinner.
Dai Due ★ 4.6
manor-road · 2406 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722
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.
Tip: The supper-club nights book separately and run the most interesting menus; the regular dinner card is the daytime grill.
El Naranjo ★ 4.6
south-lamar · 2532 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
El Naranjo in Austin is Iliana de la Vega's James Beard-winning regional Mexican kitchen on South Lamar, serving Oaxacan moles and coastal ceviches.
Tip: The Sunday-supper format runs a slightly different menu; ask about it when booking.
El Naranjo ★ 4.6
south-lamar · 2532 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
El Naranjo in Austin is Iliana de la Vega's James Beard-winning Oaxacan dining room on South Lamar, a family kitchen of regional moles, ceviches.
Tip: Daughter Ana Torrealba runs the kitchen as chef de cuisine; the Sunday-supper menu is the most experimental.
The Roosevelt Room ★ 4.6
307 West 5th Street, Unit B, Austin, TX 78701
The Roosevelt Room in Austin is the West 5th cocktail bar in the downtown Warehouse District, Austin's most-awarded cocktail room with a 150-page.
Tip: The classics-and-originals menu runs deep enough that asking the bartender to choose is the standard order.
Suerte (wine bar program) ★ 4.6
1800 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
Suerte in Austin runs a Michelin-recognised wine program led by Celia Pellegrini at the East 6th masa-driven dining room, paired with Fermin Nunez's modern.
Tip: Pellegrini won the Michelin Texas Sommelier Award 2025; ask her to route the pairings or the all-Mexican flight.
Emmer & Rye ★ 4.5
rainey-street · 51 Rainey St, Suite 110, Austin, TX 78701
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.
Tip: Sit at the counter to flag down the small-plates cart first; the choice cuts go fast.
Fonda San Miguel ★ 4.5
north-loop · 2330 W North Loop Blvd, Austin, TX 78756
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.
Tip: The Sunday brunch buffet is the showcase; book the dining room for it at least a week out and arrive at 11.
Kemuri Tatsu-ya ★ 4.5
east-austin · 2713 E 2nd St, Austin, TX 78702
Kemuri Tatsu-ya in Austin is the Tatsu-ya team's Japanese-izakaya-meets-Texas-BBQ mash-up on East 2nd, a Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen with sake list.
Tip: The sake list is unusually deep for a BBQ-leaning room; ask the bar to route a flight from Junmai to Daiginjo.
Kemuri Tatsu-ya ★ 4.5
east-austin · 2713 E 2nd St, Austin, TX 78702
Kemuri Tatsu-ya in Austin is the Tatsu-ya team's izakaya-meets-BBQ casual room on East 2nd, a Bib Gourmand kitchen built for big shared plates and sake.
Tip: The sake list runs 80 bottles; ask the bar to walk you up from Junmai to Daiginjo as a flight.
Whisler's ★ 4.5
1816 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
Whisler's in Austin is the East 6th Street cocktail bar with the city's strongest mezcal program, plus Mezcaleria Tobala upstairs serving agave flights.
Tip: Walk straight upstairs to Mezcaleria Tobala for the agave list; the downstairs bar runs faster and louder.
June's All Day ★ 4.5
1722 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
June's All Day in Austin is McGuire Moorman's South Congress wine bar and bistro since 2017, anchored by Master Sommelier June Rodil's by-the-glass program.
Tip: Master Sommelier June Rodil rebuilds the by-glass list monthly; ask the bar for the latest revision.
Bufalina ★ 4.5
2215 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702
Bufalina in Austin is Steven Dilley's natural-Italian wine bar and Neapolitan pizzeria on East Cesar Chavez since 2013, the room that started.
Tip: Half-off pizzas during happy hour 4:30 to 6pm daily; the wine list runs 200 deep, ask for the orange-wine page.
Este (wine bar program) ★ 4.5
2113 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722
Este in Austin runs a sharply curated Mexican and Mediterranean wine program at the Manor Road bungalow, with bar seating for ceviches and a wine-only.
Tip: The bar takes walk-ins after 9pm; the wine list runs Valle de Guadalupe through southern Italy at the same depth.
Emmer & Rye (wine bar) ★ 4.5
51 Rainey St, Suite 110, Austin, TX 78701
Emmer & Rye in Austin runs an Old World-leaning wine bar program at the Rainey Street grain-driven kitchen, with a list built to drink alongside house-milled.
Tip: The bar seats see the dim-sum cart first and route directly to the cellar; book bar over table if you want both.
Loro ★ 4.4
south-lamar · 2115 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
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.
Tip: The South Lamar patio under live oaks is the best seat; no reservations, walk-in only, go early.
Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum ★ 4.4
downtown · 1203 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703
Lin Asian Bar in Austin is Ling Qi Wu's dim sum and Chinese kitchen on West 6th, a bright room with an open kitchen and Sunday dim-sum brunch carts.
Tip: The dim sum cart only runs Sunday brunch; lunch service Monday to Saturday is a la carte off the same kitchen.
Loro ★ 4.4
south-lamar · 2115 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Loro in Austin is the Franklin and Uchi teams' Asian smokehouse on South Lamar, a casual walk-in patio for Texas BBQ and Southeast Asian small plates.
Tip: Walk-in only; come at 5pm sharp or after 9pm to dodge the 90-minute weekend wait.
Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum ★ 4.4
downtown · 1203 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703
Lin Asian Bar in Austin is Ling Qi Wu's dim sum and Chinese kitchen on West 6th, a bright counter room with an open kitchen and Sunday brunch dim-sum carts.
Tip: Sunday brunch is the only dim-sum-cart service; book a week out for the 11am seating window.
Perla's Seafood and Oyster Bar ★ 4.4
south-congress · 1400 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
Perla's in Austin is the McGuire Moorman South Congress seafood patio, a Gulf-leaning oyster bar with dozens of half-shell varieties and a wraparound porch.
Tip: Weekend brunch from 10:30am; reservations a week ahead for the patio or walk in at 11am Monday for the quiet oyster hour.
Garrison (bar program) ★ 4.4
101 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
Garrison in Austin runs a steakhouse bar program at the Fairmont Austin on Red River, with a five-time Wine Spectator-recognised cellar and a tableside Dirty.
Tip: The bar takes walk-ins; ask for the tableside Dirty Martini and the seasonal-fruit Old Fashioned variant.
LoLo Natural Wine (bar) ★ 4.4
1504 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
LoLo in Austin is the natural wine bar and bottle shop on East 6th Street, with hundreds of wines for drinking on site or taking home, plus a large back.
Tip: The retail shelves double as bottle list; pick from the wall and the corkage is a flat low rate.
Kemuri Tatsu-ya (sake bar) ★ 4.4
2713 E 2nd St, Austin, TX 78702
Kemuri Tatsu-ya in Austin runs an 80-bottle sake program at the East 2nd izakaya-meets-BBQ room, a Bib Gourmand kitchen built for late-night.
Tip: Ask the bar for the sake flight; it walks you from Junmai through Ginjo to Daiginjo with explanations.
LoLo Natural Wine ★ 4.4
1504 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
LoLo in Austin is the East 6th natural wine bar and bottle shop from Christian Moses and partners, the city's first dedicated natural-wine room with a large.
Tip: The wine wall doubles as the retail shop; ask for a bottle to drink on-site at a flat corkage rate.
Sammie's Italian ★ 4.3
downtown · 807 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78703
Sammie's Italian in Austin is McGuire Moorman's downtown red-sauce room on West 6th, an old-school Italian-American card with veal and a martini bar.
Tip: The bar runs walk-in service; the dining room books a week out and goes faster on Friday nights.
Justine's Brasserie ★ 4.3
east-austin · 4710 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702
Justine's Brasserie in Austin is a late-night French brasserie in a 1937 East 5th cottage, owned by Justine Gilcrease since 2009 and open until midnight.
Tip: The Pagoda room and patio handle the smoking crowd; the Tuesday closure is firm, so plan around it.
Better Half Coffee & Cocktails ★ 4.3
406 Walsh St, Austin, TX 78703
Better Half in Austin is the Clarksville bungalow from the New Waterloo group, a coffee-shop-by-day, cocktail-bar-by-night patio with a frozen Negroni.
Tip: The patio is the work-friendly room until 4pm; after that the cocktail program runs and the laptops close.
Justine's Brasserie (bar) ★ 4.3
4710 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702
Justine's Brasserie in Austin runs an after-midnight bar program at the 1937 East 5th cottage, the city's longest-running late-night French room.
Tip: Late-night service runs to 12am Friday and Saturday; the Pagoda room is the smoking patio.
Better Half (wine and cocktail bar) ★ 4.3
406 Walsh St, Austin, TX 78703
Better Half Coffee & Cocktails in Austin runs a wine, beer and cocktail patio at its Clarksville bungalow from the New Waterloo group, coffee shop by day.
Tip: Order frozen Negronis on Sunday with a brunch plate; the wine glass list is short but sharp at $14.
Fonda San Miguel (wine and tequila bar) ★ 4.3
2330 W North Loop Blvd, Austin, TX 78756
Fonda San Miguel in Austin runs a deep tequila and reposado list alongside Mexican and Spanish wines at the 1975 North Loop dining room, the city's heritage.
Tip: The reposado-and-mezcal flight at the bar is the room's quiet routine; ask for the Mexican wine list at the back.
Stubb's Bar-B-Q (bar) ★ 4.2
801 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin is the Red River BBQ-and-music venue in an 1850s limestone building, a downtown amphitheatre with smoked plates and a long.
Tip: Sunday Gospel Brunch books out 3 weeks ahead; the regular bar runs late on show nights.
Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden ★ 4.2
121 Pickle Rd, Suite 111, Austin, TX 78704
Cosmic Coffee in Austin is the South Congress beer garden on Pickle Road since 2018, an indoor-outdoor patio with rotating Texas drafts and the Pueblo Viejo.
Tip: The beer garden runs until 11pm; Pueblo Viejo's truck closes earlier, plan a 9pm taco run.
Bouldin Acres (beer garden) ★ 4.0
2027 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Bouldin Acres in Austin is the South Lamar two-acre beer garden on the corner of Oltorf, a family-and-dog-friendly patio with smash burgers.
Tip: 21-plus rule kicks in after 10pm; the daytime patio is family-and-dog territory until then.