📍 East Austin, Austin
184 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 184 Restaurants
Smoke-pit BBQ, East 6th taco walk-ups, Mexican kitchens, and craft breweries spread across a stretch that runs late on weeknights
Top 10 in East Austin
1
Franklin Barbecue
Aaron Franklin's East 11th Street smokehouse is the one every other Central Texas pit gets measured against, and the brisket is why — post-oak, peppered bark, fat rendered to the p...
99
2
Suerte
Chef Fermin Núñez's Austin masterclass in masa. Heirloom Mexican corn nixtamalized in-house becomes the foundation for suadero tacos, puffy tostadas, and the tamal Oaxaqueño. James...
98
3
Nixta Taqueria
Nixta is an East Austin taqueria built around a tight menu and a clear point of view: blue-corn tortillas, duck carnitas, and a seasonal-special board that rotates with the produce...
97
4
Kemuri Tatsu-ya
Chef Tatsu Aikawa's Japanese izakaya / Texas BBQ mashup. Taiyaki cornbread, brisket tsukemen, guaca-poke, and a smoked-yakitori program that reads like an Austin dare. Loud, packed...
96
5
la Barbecue
LeAnn Mueller carries the family name into East Cesar Chavez, and the brisket and beef ribs are the argument she keeps winning — Central Texas pit tradition with the post-oak smoke...
95
6
Birdie's
Counter-service prix fixe in East Austin from Arjav Ezekiel and Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel. The menu changes daily, drawing from regional European traditions. Dinner runs multiple cour...
95
7
Canje
Tavel Bristol-Joseph's East 6th Street Caribbean room, drawing hard on his Guyanese heritage and rewriting what a fine dining Caribbean restaurant looks like in a city that didn't ...
94
8
Launderette
The converted laundromat on Holly Street that quietly became one of East Austin's most reliable rooms — American cooking pulled toward the Mediterranean, run hard at brunch and hel...
93
9
Dai Due
Manor Road butcher shop and restaurant that took the Texas hunter-gatherer thing seriously before it was a marketing line — venison tartare, heritage pork chops, wild boar sausage,...
93
10
Mercado Sin Nombre
East Austin cafe that took heirloom Mexican corn and a serious coffee program and built one of the most-talked-about breakfast operations in the country around them. The 100-hour b...
92
All 184 Restaurants in East Austin
Justine's Brasserie
91
Parish Barbecue
91
Tsuke Edomae
91
Este
91
Sheesh
91
The Marylander
91
Infierno Tacos
91
Intero
90
Sushi|Bar ATX
90
Techo Mezcaleria & Agave Bar
90
Austin Oyster Co.
90
Veracruz All Natural
89
Bufalina
89
Distant Relatives
89
Fukumoto
89
Loro
89
KG BBQ
89
Poeta
89
Via 313
88
Whisler's
88
Lao'd Bar
88
Oseyo
88
Dee Dee
88
Toshokan
88
Ezov
88
Konbini
88
Shokunin
88
Micklethwait Craft Meats
88
Vic & Al's
88
Small's Pizza
88
Murray's Tavern
88
Bar Toti
88
Mama Dearest
88
Four Five Six
88
Paperboy
87
Juniper
87
Salty Sow
87
Bird Bird Biscuit
87
Cuantos Tacos
87
Lazarus Brewing Co.
87
Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile
87
Fish Shop
87
Taqueria Diez
87
Mum Foods Smokehouse & Deli
87
Siti
87
Poet's
87
Fabrik
87
Space Kat BBQ
87
Here Nor There
87
Via 313 Pizza
87
Kerlin BBQ
87
Yuyo
87
Contigo
87
Ember Kitchen
87
Wax Myrtle's
87
De Nada Cantina
87
La Santa Barbacha
87
Twin Isle
87
Sammie's
87
Pueblo Viejo
86
Discada
86
Apt 115
86
The White Horse
86
Hoover's Cooking
86
Mexta
86
Este Pizza
86
HOPE Outdoor Gallery
86
Salt & Time Butcher Shop
86
Anthem
86
Juan in a Million
86
Hold Out Brewing
86
Uptown Sports Club
86
East End Ballroom
86
Bread Boat
86
Desnudo Tacos
86
Oink BBQ
86
Easy Tiger
86
Sour Duck Market
86
Tumble 22
86
Casino El Camino
86
Cane Rosso
86
Hillside Farmacy
86
1618 Asian Fusion
86
Chicon
86
Cockta'l
86
El Chile
86
Colleen's Kitchen
86
Zanzibar
86
Sazan Ramen
86
Blue Dahlia Bistro
86
Forthright
86
Licha's Cantina
86
Patrizi's
86
Texas State Cemetery
86
Jewboy Sliders
86
Gati
86
The Cavalier
86
Casa Bianca
86
The Wheel
86
La Holly
86
Mother's Ruin
86
Nickel City
85
Merit Coffee
85
Casa Colombia
85
Zilker Brewing Company
85
Batch Craft Beer + Kolaches
85
Flitch Coffee
85
Cisco's Restaurant Bakery & Bar
85
Cenote
85
Better Half Coffee & Cocktails
85
Quality Seafood Market
85
Oddwood Ales
85
Sawyer & Co.
85
Revelry Kitchen + Bar
85
Hotel Vegas
85
Revival Coffee
85
Central Machine Works
85
Arlo's
85
Wright Bros. Brew & Brew
85
Daydreamer
85
Granny's Tacos
85
Il Brutto
85
NADC Burger
85
Mi Madre's
84
Kitty Cohen's
84
Violet Crown Social Club
84
Sahara Lounge
84
Saigon On 7th
84
Blue Owl Brewing
84
George Washington Carver Museum
84
Old Thousand
84
Industry
84
Joe's Bakery & Coffee Shop
84
Comadre Panadería
84
Llama Queen
84
Rollin Smoke
84
Cosmic Saltillo
84
The Liberty
84
King Bee
84
Grackle
83
French Legation State Historic Site
83
Yellow Jacket Social Club
83
Ensenada ATX
83
Oddwood Brewing
82
The Volstead Lounge
82
Cuvee Coffee
82
Hi Sign Brewing
82
Haymaker Austin
82
Hi-Hat Public House
82
Craftsman
82
Las Trancas
82
Civil Goat Coffee
82
Space Cowboy
82
Lefty's Day & Night
82
Trona
82
Fleet Coffee
81
The Southern Soul Bowl
81
Lou's Eastside
80
Parley
80
Buenos Aires Café
80
Chalmers Live Bar
80
Palomino Coffee
79
Mezcaleria Tobala
79
Shangri-La
78
Counter Cafe
78
Cherrywood Coffeehouse
78
Handsome Dan's
78
David Doughie's Bagelry
78
Rockstar Bagels
78
Seven Spirits
77
The Long Goodbye
76
Milonga Room
76
Drinks Lounge & Records
74
Butterfly Bar at The Vortex
72
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