Austin’s Great Restaurants

I’m often asked about my favorite restaurants in town. The top of the list changes occasionally but each of those below remains one I recommend. I’m certain I’ve missed a few deserving mentions. Feel free to add yours in the comments.

What is it that makes a great restaurant? Sure, delicious food. But also atmosphere, value, service, variety, creativity and more. For me, great food is adventurous. When the waiter at Uchi offered to take our menus away and to keep bringing us spectacular sushi until we said stop, I knew we were in for a memorable evening. When the owner of a bistro in Paris cautioned me that Americans didn’t tend to choose the special, because it was a “strange French delicacy”, it was my immediate entrée choice. He was right, but it was so good even Jackie abandoned her seafood to help me enjoy it. So, with this perspective in mind, here we go. A link is included for to each restaurant with a web site.