Splurge in San Antonio

Mixtli

• ★ 4.9
• Modern Mexican
• $$$$
• Southtown

Order Whatever region the rotating tasting menu is exploring this season.

Mixtli is San Antonio's first Michelin-starred restaurant, where chefs Diego Galicia and Rico Torres build a rotating tasting menu around one Mexican region.

Isidore

• ★ 4.7
• American
• $$$$
• Pearl

Order The seasonal tasting built around local farms and producers.

Isidore at Pullman Market earned a Michelin star and a Green Star in 2025, a Modern Texas room from the Emmer & Rye group built around local farms.

Nicosi

• ★ 4.7
• 1 MICHELIN star
• Tasting menu
• $$$$

Nicosi is pastry chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph's dessert-only, phones-away tasting room behind Pullman Market, a multi-course menu that won a Michelin star.

Clementine

• ★ 4.6
• New American
• $$$$

John and Elise Russ run Clementine in Castle Hills, one of San Antonio's most ambitious New American kitchens since 2017, best seen through the Feed Me menu.

Bohanan's Prime Steaks and Seafood

• ★ 4.5
• Steakhouse
• $$$$

Bohanan's is downtown's defining steakhouse, an upstairs white-tablecloth room from chef-owner Mark Bohanan serving prime steaks and Gulf seafood.

Ladino

• ★ 4.5
• Middle Eastern
• $$$$

Ladino is chef Berty Richter's Eastern Mediterranean room at the Pearl, built for family-style sharing across mezze, hummus and a wood-fired grill section.

Best Quality Daughter

• ★ 4.5
• New American
• $$$$

Best Quality Daughter is chef Jennifer Dobbertin's New Asian American restaurant in a funky converted Mueller House at the Pearl, with cheeky cocktails.

Signature

• ★ 4.4
• Mexican
• $$$$
• North Side

Order The chef's tasting blending French technique with Mexican flavour.

Signature at the Signia by Hilton La Cantera resort is chef John Carpenter's tasting-menu room blending French technique with Mexican flavour.

Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery

• ★ 4.4
• Fried chicken
• $$$$

Chef Jeff Balfour's Southerleigh brews 15 beers in-house at the Pearl Brewery and pairs them with Texas coastal cooking, a Michelin Bib Gourmand room.

Mezquite

• ★ 4.4
• Mexican
• $$$$

Mezquite at Pullman Market celebrates the Sonoran food pathways of northern Mexico, with handmade flour tortillas and mesquite-grilled meats.

Brasserie Mon Chou Chou

• ★ 4.3
• French fine dining
• $$$$

Brasserie Mon Chou Chou is a French brasserie at the Pearl from three French-born partners, serving escargot and steak frites on a patio over the plaza.

Supper at Hotel Emma

• ★ 4.3
• New American
• $$$$

Supper inside Hotel Emma is the Pearl's farm-to-table flagship, an American kitchen leaning on the adjacent farmers market and on-site garden for seasonal.

Battalion

• ★ 4.3
• Italian
• $$$$

Battalion is chef Stefan Bowers's Italian restaurant in a restored Southtown firehouse on South Alamo, leading with house pastas and a solid Italian list.

Little Em's Oyster Bar

• ★ 4.3
• Seafood
• $$$$

Little Em's Oyster Bar brings a proper raw bar to Southtown, with Gulf and East Coast oysters, a seafood tower, and Louisiana-leaning plates.

Ostra

• ★ 4.2
• Seafood
• $$$$

Ostra is the riverside seafood room at the Mokara Hotel downtown, an upscale dining room built around a raw bar, whole fish and a terrace over the River Walk.

Las Canarias

• ★ 4.2
• New American
• $$$$

Las Canarias is the fine-dining room at La Mansion del Rio on the River Walk, a longtime special-occasion address known for its riverside Sunday brunch.

Maverick Texas Brasserie

• ★ 4.2
• Brasserie
• $$$$

Maverick Texas Brasserie sits on the South St Mary's strip downtown, a brasserie known for its mimosa-service weekend brunch and a burger that holds its own.

18 Oaks

• ★ 4.1
• Steakhouse
• $$$$

18 Oaks is the steakhouse inside the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort north of the city, serving prime cuts and Gulf seafood with views over the golf course.

Cappy's Restaurant

• ★ 4.1
• New American
• $$$$

Cappy's is a long-running Alamo Heights restaurant on Broadway, an oak-shaded patio room whose pecan-crusted chicken is the enduring signature dish.