The Best Places in Austin
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Rank 82. Kyoko Coffee
Japanese Coffee Shop
A Honda van parked at the Highland Collective, serving drinks with names like Cause of Death alongside miso piloncillo lattes and umami mochas. Kyoko Coffee is a Japanese-inspired coffee van that runs on the premise that your cup should be at least a little surprising. The standard cortados and cappuccinos are there if you want them, but the ube milk and the oddball flavor combinations are clearly why the regulars come back.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Austin
- Eater Eater: The Best Coffee in Austin
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Rank 82. Lutie's
Texas American
The dining room at this fine dining restaurant sits inside a landmark Austin estate, all green and gold with windows opening onto a fountain garden that makes you feel like someone's very wealthy aunt has invited you to dinner. The kitchen takes Texas heritage cooking seriously enough to maintain a decades-old bread starter, and the seasonal tasting menu moves between refined and genuinely rooted. The Michelin Guide has it selected.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #23 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
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Rank 82. Tsuke Edomae
Sushi
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #2 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Michael Che
- The Infatuation #2 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Michael Che
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Rank 107. Bufalina
Pizzeria
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #7 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- The Infatuation #7 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
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Gruyere popovers with charred onion butter have their own devoted following here, which tells you most of what you need to know about this North Loop gastropub. Foreign & Domestic has been a neighborhood fixture long enough that regulars treat the menu like a contract. Seasonal dishes rotate, but the charcuterie and those popovers don't move, and the tasting menu leans into less common cuts for anyone feeling ambitious.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Key
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Rank 107. House of Three Gorges
Traditional Sichuan
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- The Infatuation #10 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Austin
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Austin
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Rank 107. Justine's
French
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Rank 107. Lenoir
Cajun & Creole
A whitewashed South Austin bungalow with just a handful of tables and a few bar seats, Lenoir is a small, romantic restaurant where the menu rotates every six weeks or so around a different global theme, French Cajun one visit, something else entirely the next. You can go à la carte or commit to a multicourse tasting served family style. The Michelin Guide has taken notice, and a reservation here books up accordingly.
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- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Zombie Taco, the 24-hour taqueria downstairs, tells you most of what you need to know about the neighborhood this hotel occupies. Moxy Austin-University sits just north of the UT campus in the strip of bars, shops, and perpetual foot traffic that lines Guadalupe. Rooms run clean and modernist with leather furniture and Western wool blankets, and Bar Moxy's indoor-outdoor lounge doubles as a genuine local hangout, not just a hotel bar for guests with nowhere better to be.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
- AAA AAA: Approved
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A polished-concrete courtyard, warmed by mid-century Danish armchairs, sets the tone at this boutique hotel on East Cesar Chavez. The Heywood holds a Michelin Key, and what's quietly notable is how thoroughly Austin-rooted it is: the architects, designers, artists on the walls, and most of the supply chain are local, with women running the show from ownership down. Style with a conscience, and it doesn't feel the need to remind you constantly.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Key
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The omakase counter is tucked behind a bookshelf wall inside a mini golf bar, which tells you most of what you need to know about the vibe. Toshokan seats a handful of guests in a tiny soundproofed room for nigiri that leans playful, a spicy margarita riff on hamachi, wagyu evoking steak and eggs. It's a Michelin Guide selection that also happens to be the least self-serious omakase in Texas, possibly anywhere.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Eater Eater: The 38 Essential Restaurants in Austin
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Rank 107. Uchiko
Japanese
The hama chili and a milk-and-cereal dessert that somehow became an Austin institution tell you exactly where Tyson Cole's priorities are. This is a polished Japanese restaurant in Rosedale with a sushi counter, a full bar, patio, and table service, so there's no wrong way to sit. The bar draws a crowd worth watching, and happy hour makes the whole upscale operation feel a little more negotiable.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Takéhiro Asazu and Masazumi Saio
- The Infatuation The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Takéhiro Asazu and Masazumi Saio
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Rank 128. Better Half Coffee & Cocktails
Taiwanese Café
A big live oak shades the patio, which tells you most of what you need to know about this all-day cafe and cocktail bar on West Fifth. Coffee in the morning, serious drinks by afternoon, and a menu of laid-back dishes that runs from breakfast sandwiches built around crispy hash brown patties to a Taiwanese-style fried chicken sandwich at dinner. The kind of Austin spot that makes parking feel like a personality trait, and means it.
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Hospitality
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- Wine Enthusiast Wine Enthusiast: Forward 50 Restaurants
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Rank 128. Komé
Modern Sushi
Brie tempura on the same menu as otoro nigiri tells you something about the kitchen's priorities at this laid-back North Loop sushi spot: a little of everything, taken seriously. The room leans into natural wood and blue tile, calm enough that the quality of the fish can do the talking. House wine that doesn't embarrass itself and a short sake list round things out without fuss.
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Rank 128. Patika
Thoughtful Coffee
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- Eater Eater: The Best Coffee in Austin
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
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Rank 150. Half Step
Laid-Back Cocktail Bar
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- Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Austin
- Spirited Awards 2023 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. Central
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Rank 179. Micklethwait Craft Meats
Central Texas Barbecue
The brisket comes sliced on butcher paper at this East Austin BBQ shop, where the pit crew turns out central Texas smoke across ribs, sausage, pulled pork, and lamb. The sides pull their own weight, especially a potato salad dressed with cider vinegar that has no business being this good. Save room for banana pudding, or don't, it's your afternoon. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the line outside tells you everything else.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #1 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #1 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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Rank 179. Twin Isle
Caribbean
The pepper sauce question is your first test: they ask at the counter, you say yes, and then you find out. Twin Isle is a fast-casual Caribbean spot on Rosewood serving oxtail fries, doubles, jerk chicken, and rice and peas from a team with roots at Shirley's Trini Cuisine. The neighborhood keeps getting smoother around it, but this place stays sharp, bright, and legitimately incendiary if you're not careful with that sauce.
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- The Austin Chronicle 2026 · Best Place to Burn Your Taste Buds Off While Eating Caribbean · Best of Austin
- The Infatuation The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
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Rank 179. Veracruz Fonda & Bar
Mexican
The sisters behind the beloved Veracruz All Natural truck empire opened this taco shop and bar in Mueller, keeping the signature blue color on the walls and the blue corn tortillas coming fresh off the press. The menu stays in its lane, tacos and antojitos plus a few bigger plates, and the house cocktails lean agave. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, which tracks: the food is unfussy and the check won't sting.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #6 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
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