Austin Restaurant Recommendations

We love trying new restaurants around Austin but when someone asks me for a recommendation or my favorite restaurant, I always blank. So I finally decided it was time to collect all our favorites into an Austin Restaurant Recommendations list and organize them based on cuisine, price, location, dining style, and special features (large patios mostly). This list also features my favorite menu item in case you’re looking for a suggestion! This list is not in any particular order so it is not ranked.

Use the categories in the columns to organize the list based on price, cuisine, dining style, locations, and favorite menu items. Or if you’re headed out to a restaurant and want more details on it, use the search bar! If you’re on the mobile version of my site or can’t see all of the categories, click the green + sign next to the restaurant’s name to expand to view all the categories for that restaurant.

Name	Price	Cuisine	Dining Style	Location	Second Location	Third Location	Favorite Menu Item	Other
Barley Swine	$$$	American	Full Service	Central Austin			Tasting menu	Special Occasion
Home Slice *	$$	Pizza	Counter Service	Central Austin	South Austin		Eggplant Pie	Large Patio
Via 313	$$	Pizza	Full Service	Central Austin	East Austin		Cadillac
Via 313 Food Truck	$$	Pizza	Food Truck	Downtown (Rainey)	Downtown (W. 6th)		Cadillac
1618 *	$$	Asian Fusion	Full Service	South Austin			Vietnamese Vegan Bowl, Green Curry, Dim Sum Brunch
Nixta *	$$	Mexican	Counter Service	East Austin			Beet Tartare, Corn Ribs	Large Patio
Rebel Cheese	$$	Vegan	Counter Service	East Austin			Bacon, Brie, Me
Honest Mary's	$$	Health Food	Counter Service	Central Austin	North Austin		Dear Quinoa
Bouldin Creek Cafe	$$	Vegetarian	Full Service	South Austin			Veggie Royale	Large Patio
Uchiko	$$$$	Japanese	Full Service	Central Austin			Omakase	Special Occasion
The Beer Plant	$$	Vegan	Full Service	Central Austin			Nashville Hot & Crispy
Citizen Eatery	$$	Vegan	Full Service	Central Austin			Pulled Plant BBQ Sandwich
Launderette	$$$	American	Full Service	East Austin
The Odd Duck *	$$$	American	Full Service	South Austin				Special Occasion
Lenoir *	$$$	Mediterranean Wine Bar	Full Service	South Austin				Large Patio, Special Ocassion
Sour Duck *	$$	American	Full Service	East Austin				Large Patio
Ramen Tatsuya	$$	Japanese	Full Service	North Austin	East Austin	South Austin	Nu Skool
Kinda Tropical	$$	Unspecified	Counter Service	East Austin			Cuba Yuca Fries	Large Patio
Arlo's	$$	Vegan	Food Truck	Central Austin	East Austin		BBQ Burger	Outside a bar
Huckleberry	$$	Seafood	Food Truck	North Austin			Shrimp Roll	Brewery
Anthem	$$	Asian Fusion	Full Service	Downtown			Yummy Fries, Thai Hippie Tofu
El Dorado Cafe *	$$	Tex-Mex	Full Service	North Austin			Veganchiladas
Paperboy *	$$	Brunch	Full Service	East Austin			Stonground Grits	Large Patio
Sunny's Backyard	$$	Vegan	Food Truck	East Austin			Bulgogi Tacos	Outside a bar
Hopfield's	$$	French	Full Service	Central Austin			Escargot Dumplings
T-Loc's Sonoran Hot Dogs	$	Hot Dog	Food Truck	Central Austin			Smart Veggie	Food Truck Park
Veracruz	$	Mexican	Food Truck	South Austin	East Austin			Food Truck Park
Kalimotixo	$$$	Spanish	Full Service	Downtown			Patatas Bravas
Fukumoto	$$	Japanese	Full Service	East Austin
Nervous Charlie's *	$	Brunch Bagles	Counter Service	Central Austin			The Longhorn
The Peached Tortilla	$$	Asian Fusion	Full Service	Central Austin			Vegetarian Dan Dan Noodles
Tyson's Tacos	$	Tex-Mex	Counter Service	Central Austin			Scooby
TacoDeli	$	Tex-Mex	Counter Service	Downtown	Central Austin	North Austin	Migas Platter
PicNik	$$	Health	Full Service	Central Austin
Pinthouse	$$	Pizza	Counter Service	South Austin	South Austin	Central Austin	Shroomin' Goat, Honey Pear	Large Patio
Little Deli	$$	Pizza	Counter Service	Central Austin	East Austin		Rollatini Pizza, Veggie Sandwich
Old Thousand (East)	$$	Chinese	Full Service	East Austin			Salt & Pepper Tofu
Old Thousand (Burnet)	$$	Chinese	Counter Service	Central Austin			Salt & Pepper Tofu
China Family	$$	Chinese	Full Service	Central Austin	North Austin		Mapo Tofu, Green Beans
Chi'Lantro	$	Asian Fusion	Counter Service	Central Austin	East Austin	North Austin	Bowl with Tofu
Taco Flats	$	Tex-Mex	Full Service	Central Austin			El Hippie
Sala & Betty	$	American	Counter Service	Central Austin			Veggie Burger
Foreign & Domestic	$$$	American	Full Service	Central Austin				Large Patio
Bun Belly	$$	Vietanamese	Full Service	Central Austin			Bao
Jewboy Burgers	$	Burger	Counter Service	Central Austin			The Mensch	Large Patio
DoughBoys	$$	Pizza	Food Truck	South Austin			The Greengo	Brewery
Bird Bird Biscuit	$	Brunch	Food Truck	Central Austin	East Austin		Biscuitarian, Lovely Day
Oakmont	$$	American	Full Service	Central Austin			Buffalo Cauliflower
Fil n' Viet	$	Asian Fusion	Food Truck	East Austin			Wild Mushroom Tofu Adobo	Wine Shop
Freddo	$$	Greek	Counter Service	South Austin			Baklava	Large Patio
Better Half *	$$	American	Counter Service	Downtown			Seasonal Grilled Halloumi	Large Patio
Lin Asian Bar and Dim Sum	$$	Chinese	Full Service	Downtown
Granny's *	$	Tacos	Food Truck	East Austin			Chilaquil Verde, Veggie
Bar Peached	$$	Asian Fusion	Full Service	Downtown			Mapo Bolognese (Spicy)
Fresa's	$$	Mexican	Full Service & Counter Service	South Austin			Power Bol w/ Crispy Brussel Sprouts, Loaded Queso

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