Best Restaurants in Austin
Brisket worship, taco fluency, and a tasting-menu boom.
Austin built its reputation on smoke — hours-long brisket lines that are somehow worth it — and breakfast tacos that locals will fight about. But the city grew up: ambitious kitchens, serious sushi, and chefs who treat Hill Country like a pantry. It's still weird. It just eats better now.
The Spots
The spotThe rating
1la BarbecueEast Austin · Barbecue · $$Delicious as F*ck2Barley SwineBrentwood · American · $$$Delicious as F*ck3Leroy and Lewis BarbecueSouth Austin · Barbecue · $$Delicious as F*ck4HestiaDowntown Austin · American · $$$$Delicious as F*ck5Barbs B QLockhart · Barbecue · $$Delicious as F*ck6Interstellar BBQAnderson Mill · Barbecue · $$Delicious as F*ck7Craft OmakaseRosedale · Sushi · $$$Delicious as F*ck8EsteCherrywood · Mexican · $$$Delicious as F*ck9Birdie'sEast Austin · American · $$Delicious10Nixta TaqueriaEast Austin · Mexican · $$DeliciousBrowse all 483 Austin restaurantsWhat movedAug 30EsteDelicious →Delicious as F*ckAug 29Santa Catarina Mexican Restaurant - CherrywoodOn the Radar →Worth Trying
The beef
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