The Best Places to Eat in Austin
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Rank 171. Top Notch Hamburgers
Retro American
The awards
- Eater The Best Classic Austin Restaurants
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #171. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #171 Sip Pho 61.728
- #171 Super Thai 61.728
- #171 The Omelettry 61.728
- #171 Top Notch Hamburgers (this place) 61.728
- #171 Vaquero Taquero 61.728
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Vaquero Taquero is a tiny taco counter on East 31st where nothing on the menu costs more than five dollars, which makes it a rare lunch that won't require explaining your finances to anyone. The al pastor comes with pineapple, and the spiciest salsa is there for people who like a little drama. The room is small enough that you should bring one friend, maybe two if you're feeling reckless.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
- The Infatuation The 15 Best Lunch Spots In Austin
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #171. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #171 Sip Pho 61.728
- #171 Super Thai 61.728
- #171 The Omelettry 61.728
- #171 Top Notch Hamburgers 61.728
- #171 Vaquero Taquero (this place) 61.728
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #203. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #203 Alfred Coffee (this place) 59.520
- #203 Codependent 59.520
- #203 Halcyon 59.520
- #203 Houndstooth 59.520
- #203 Mañana 59.520
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #203. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #203 Alfred Coffee 59.520
- #203 Codependent (this place) 59.520
- #203 Halcyon 59.520
- #203 Houndstooth 59.520
- #203 Mañana 59.520
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #203. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #203 Alfred Coffee 59.520
- #203 Codependent 59.520
- #203 Halcyon (this place) 59.520
- #203 Houndstooth 59.520
- #203 Mañana 59.520
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #203. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #203 Codependent 59.520
- #203 Halcyon 59.520
- #203 Houndstooth (this place) 59.520
- #203 Mañana 59.520
- #203 The Hideout Coffee House 59.520
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #203. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #203 Codependent 59.520
- #203 Halcyon 59.520
- #203 Houndstooth 59.520
- #203 Mañana (this place) 59.520
- #203 The Hideout Coffee House 59.520
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In Downtown Austin
A Tie
Six places have the exact same Score, so they share #203. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #203 Codependent 59.520
- #203 Halcyon 59.520
- #203 Houndstooth 59.520
- #203 Mañana 59.520
- #203 The Hideout Coffee House (this place) 59.520
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Rank 209. Maie Day
Steakhouse
Inside the South Congress Hotel, Maie Day is a steakhouse in the way a band covers a song, recognizable but slightly, pleasingly off. The chef behind Olamaie runs this one, and the menu leans on shareable plates, seafood-forward starters, and cuts that stray from the usual canon, a whiskey-brined pork chop, a chicken fried steak with peppery white gravy. The room is festive in the non-embarrassing sense, and the blooming onion is back, earnestly.
The awards
- Texas Monthly Texas Monthly: #9 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Texas Monthly #9 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 210. Blue Apsara
Cambodian Thai
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #9 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #9 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #210. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #210 Blue Apsara (this place) 43.316
- #210 Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken 43.316
- #210 Kai Zabb 43.316
- #210 Mian & Bao 43.316
- #210 Sami Sumeli 43.316
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Rank 210. Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken
American
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #5 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #5 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #210. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #210 Blue Apsara 43.316
- #210 Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken (this place) 43.316
- #210 Kai Zabb 43.316
- #210 Mian & Bao 43.316
- #210 Sami Sumeli 43.316
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Rank 210. Kai Zabb
Thai
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #7 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #7 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #210. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #210 Blue Apsara 43.316
- #210 Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken 43.316
- #210 Kai Zabb (this place) 43.316
- #210 Mian & Bao 43.316
- #210 Sami Sumeli 43.316
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Rank 210. Mian & Bao
Noodle Shop
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #6 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #6 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #210. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #210 Blue Apsara 43.316
- #210 Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken 43.316
- #210 Kai Zabb 43.316
- #210 Mian & Bao (this place) 43.316
- #210 Sami Sumeli 43.316
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #8 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #8 · Austin’s Best New Restaurants
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #210. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #210 Blue Apsara 43.316
- #210 Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken 43.316
- #210 Kai Zabb 43.316
- #210 Mian & Bao 43.316
- #210 Sami Sumeli (this place) 43.316
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The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #1 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #1 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
Why #215, not #216
Both places show 29. This one's exact Score is 29.0 and the next is 28.6, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #215 Eldorado Café (this place) 29.0
- #216 Bar Toti 28.6
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Rank 216. Bar Toti
Mediterranean Cocktail Bar
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Bar Toti (this place) 28.624
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit 28.624
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit 28.624
- #216 Dalia's Tex-Mex 28.624
- #216 De Nada Cantina 28.624
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Rank 216. Bird Bird Biscuit
Southern
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Bar Toti 28.624
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit (this place) 28.624
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit 28.624
- #216 Dalia's Tex-Mex 28.624
- #216 De Nada Cantina 28.624
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Rank 216. Bird Bird Biscuit
Southern
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #9 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Bar Toti 28.624
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit 28.624
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit (this place) 28.624
- #216 Dalia's Tex-Mex 28.624
- #216 De Nada Cantina 28.624
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The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #10 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #10 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit 28.624
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit 28.624
- #216 Dalia's Tex-Mex (this place) 28.624
- #216 De Nada Cantina 28.624
- #216 Flo's Wine Bar and Bottle Shop 28.624
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Rank 216. De Nada Cantina
Mexican
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #2 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #2 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Bird Bird Biscuit 28.624
- #216 Dalia's Tex-Mex 28.624
- #216 De Nada Cantina (this place) 28.624
- #216 Flo's Wine Bar and Bottle Shop 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
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The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #4 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #4 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Dalia's Tex-Mex 28.624
- #216 De Nada Cantina 28.624
- #216 Flo's Wine Bar and Bottle Shop (this place) 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
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Rank 216. Ling Wu
Chinese
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #3 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #3 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 De Nada Cantina 28.624
- #216 Flo's Wine Bar and Bottle Shop 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu (this place) 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
- #216 OMG Squee 28.624
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Rank 216. Ling Wu
Chinese
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #3 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #3 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Flo's Wine Bar and Bottle Shop 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu (this place) 28.624
- #216 OMG Squee 28.624
- #216 The Little Darlin' 28.624
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The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #8 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #8 · Best of Austin - Melanie Hapt's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
- #216 OMG Squee (this place) 28.624
- #216 The Little Darlin' 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos 28.624
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The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #8 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #8 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 Ling Wu 28.624
- #216 OMG Squee 28.624
- #216 The Little Darlin' (this place) 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos 28.624
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Rank 216. Trippy Tacos
Mexican
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 OMG Squee 28.624
- #216 The Little Darlin' 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos (this place) 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos 28.624
- #216 Underdog 28.624
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Rank 216. Trippy Tacos
Mexican
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #7 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 OMG Squee 28.624
- #216 The Little Darlin' 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos (this place) 28.624
- #216 Underdog 28.624
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Rank 216. Underdog
Korean Cocktail Bar
The awards
- The Austin Chronicle The Austin Chronicle: 2024 · #10 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
- The Austin Chronicle 2024 · #10 · Best of Austin - Taylor Tobin's Top 10
A Tie
There are 13 places with the exact same Score, so they share #216. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #216 OMG Squee 28.624
- #216 The Little Darlin' 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos 28.624
- #216 Trippy Tacos 28.624
- #216 Underdog (this place) 28.624
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The awards
- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: America's Best New Restaurants
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants