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🛋️ Design District, Dallas
39 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 39 Restaurants
✨ Fine Dining, Date Night, Rooftop
Former industrial corridor turned upscale dining and design destination. Big spaces, bold concepts, and some of Dallas most architecturally impressive restaurants.
Known for: Culinary Dropout, Tango Room, Town Hearth, furniture showrooms
Don't miss: Culinary Dropout, The Mexican, Town Hearth, Bullion
💡 The Design District bleeds into the Harwood District -- worth walking both blocks on a dinner night.
Top 10 in Design District
1
Carbone
Italian-American · Michelin Guide Texas 2024 & 2025 | World's most acclaimed Italian-American restaurant
Major Food Group's flagship Dallas restaurant -- one of the most celebrated Italian-American dining experiences in the world, now in the Design District. Burgundy-tuxedoed service ...
97
2
Tango Room
Steakhouse / Cocktail Bar · D Magazine Best New Restaurant
A jewel box of a restaurant tucked inside the Decorative Center in the Design District. This lavish 16-top dinner-only homage to the steakhouse from Headington Companies features A...
94
3
Puerto Cocina
Coastal Mexican / Baja Seafood
Coastal Mexican restaurant from restaurateurs Mauricio Gallegos and Gerardo Barrera (Xaman Cafe, Ayahuasca Cantina) with consulting chef Anastacia Quinones-Pittman (James Beard-nom...
93
4
Bar Charles
Champagne & Cocktail Bar
Hidden 1,700-square-foot champagne and cocktail lounge tucked behind The Charles in the Design District, entered through a back alleyway. The Duro Hospitality team went all in on t...
93
5
Punk Noir
Immersive Tasting Menu · James Beard Award-winning Chef (RJ Cooper, Best Chef Mid-Atlantic 2007)
A 20-course immersive, multi-room tasting menu experience from James Beard Award-winning chef RJ Cooper (Rogue 24, Gypsy Soul). Opening early 2026 in the Design District: a 9,500-s...
93
6
The Mexican
Northern Mexican · CultureMap Best Mexican
Grand Design District Mexican restaurant from Monterrey businessman Roberto Gonzalez Alcalá (Mission Foods family). A multi-million dollar love letter between Monterrey and Dallas ...
92
7
The Slow Bone
Texas BBQ · Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ 2025
Jack Perkins (Maple & Motor) founded this Design District BBQ joint in 2013 -- now owned by a group tied to Eatzi's, but still among Dallas's most decorated smokehouses. One of...
92
8
Jo'Seon Wagyu Omakase
Korean Wagyu Omakase · CultureMap Best New Restaurant Nominee 2026
Dallas first Korean Wagyu omakase by Executive Chef Danny Shin, featuring certified Japanese A5 Wagyu flown in fresh six days a week, paired with uni, truffle, and rare seasonal in...
91
9
SĒR Steak + Spirits
Steakhouse / Fine Dining
Award-winning 27th-floor steakhouse inside the Hilton Anatole in the Design District. Chef Aubrey Murphy's menu leans on wood-fired Heartbrand Akaushi, Allen Brothers Prime, and A5...
91
10
Town Hearth
Modern Steakhouse
Chef Nick Badovinus's kitschy-glam modern steakhouse in the Design District, dripping with over-the-top decor -- more than 60 crystal chandeliers, a yellow submarine in a fish tank...
90
All 39 Restaurants in Design District
SILO Dallas
Nightclub & Live Music
90
AM/FM
All-Day Diner, Lounge & Live Music
89
Celestial Beerworks
Brewery / Taproom
89
Peticolas Brewing Company
Brewery / Taproom
88
La Lupita Taco & Mezcal
Mexican Taqueria & Mezcaleria
88
DeLucca Gaucho Pizza & Wine
Brazilian / Pizza
88
Community Beer Company
Brewery / Taproom
87
Alara
Modern Mediterranean
87
Delilah Dallas
Supper Club / Steakhouse
87
Night Rooster
Modern Chinese Fine Dining
87
Triumphs Espresso & Whiskey
Cafe
87
Rodeo Goat
American Bar & Grill
86
Maroma Dallas
Coastal Mexican
86
Kilo Coffee
Specialty Coffee
86
Texas Ale Project
Brewery / Beer Garden
85
Slow & Steady Coffee
Specialty Coffee
85
Bishop Cidercade
Cidery / Arcade Bar
85
Culinary Dropout
American Gastropub
84
BowlGames Dallas
Entertainment Bar / PinToss
84
The Meteor
Specialty Coffee / Bar
83
Maple & Motor
Burgers / Fast Casual
83
Los Primos Tacos & More
Mexican
82
Medieval Times
Dinner Theater
80
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Celebrations (9)
Happy Hour (9)
Exclusive (7)
Late Night (7)
Eat & Play (6)
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