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🏙️ Downtown Dallas, Dallas
40 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 40 Restaurants
✨ Hotel Dining, Cocktails, Date Night
The reborn urban core. Hotel restaurants, historic bars, and a cluster of award-winning destinations around Main Street and the AT&T Discovery District.
Known for: The Joule, Main Street, AT&T Discovery District, historic theaters
Don't miss: The Joule, The French Room, Midnight Rambler, Wicked Butcher
💡 Park at Klyde Warren and walk south through downtown to hit several spots in one night.
Top 10 in Downtown Dallas
1
The Joule
American Contemporary · Luxury hotel with CBD Provisions restaurant
Upscale hotel restaurant in historic building with acclaimed cuisine from award-winning chef. Features craft cocktails at rooftop bar with skyline views and sophisticated dining in...
98
2
Fond
French · Michelin Guide recognition
Chefs Jennie Kelley and Brandon Moore's indie restaurant downtown — Detroit-style pizzas, shared plates, and an all-natural wine list. Born from their underground dinner series FRA...
95
3
Midnight Rambler
Craft Cocktails · D Magazine Top 50
The sexiest bar in Dallas, tucked beneath The Joule Hotel in the heart of downtown. Midnight Rambler nails the subterranean cocktail lounge vibe with dim lighting, vinyl spinning, ...
94
4
Shyboy HiFi
Listening Bar · D Magazine Top 50
Dallas's first hi-fi listening bar, tucked into 1920s bank vaults beneath The Drakestone. OJAS speaker systems designed by Devon Turnbull (9-foot towers). Cocktail program by Gabe ...
94
5
Wicked Butcher
Modern Steakhouse
Swanky modern steakhouse inside the Comerica Bank Tower in downtown Dallas, known for in-house dry-aging and prime cuts. Elegant dining room, serious wine list, and a menu built ar...
92
6
Ginger's
Cocktail Bar
Subterranean cocktail lounge hidden beneath the historic Magnolia Oil service station in the East Quarter. Technically the come-as-you-are speakeasy sibling of Sushi | Bar next doo...
92
7
The French Room
French Fine Dining · AAA Five Diamond (held continuously since 1989, the only Texas restaurant to do so) | Forbes Travel Guide Recommended
The Adolphus Hotel's crown jewel -- a Beaux Arts dining room with 17th-century Flemish tapestries, murals, and crystal chandeliers inside the landmarked 1912 hotel built by Adolphu...
91
8
Brass Ram
Steakhouse · #1 Best Steakhouse 2023 D Magazine
Nick Badovinus's moody love letter to mid-century prime rib joints sits on the second floor of a historic triangular building in the East Quarter, dripping with leather, brass, and...
90
9
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Museum
The museum documenting the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, housed in the former Texas School Book Depository. The sixth and seventh floors feature exhibits on JFK's lif...
90
10
Partenope Ristorante
Italian · 50 Top Pizza USA (#12)
Chef-owner Dino Santonicola's authentic Neapolitan restaurant in the historic 1929 Titche-Goettinger Building on Main Street downtown. Naples-born Santonicola (formerly of Cane Ros...
89
All 40 Restaurants in Downtown Dallas
Catbird
Cocktail Bar/Hotel
89
House of Blues Dallas
Live Music Venue & Restaurant
89
Dakotas
American Steakhouse
89
The Capital Grille
Steakhouse
88
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Museum
88
Toca Madera
Modern Mexican Steakhouse
87
Reunion Tower GeO-Deck
Tourist Attraction
87
The Operators Club
New American
87
Sky Blossom
Vietnamese Fusion
86
Rex's Seafood & Market
Seafood Market/Restaurant
86
Dallas Farmers Market
Market & Food Hall
86
CBD Provisions
French-Technique Modern American
85
Cafe Momentum
American Contemporary
84
The Hampton Social
Coastal American
84
Weekend Coffee
Coffee Shop
84
White Rhino Coffee
Coffee & Cafe
83
Pegasus City Brewery
Brewery / Taproom
82
Bread Zeppelin
Salads / Fast Casual
80
Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley
Southern / Soul Food
79
Snappy Salads
Salads / Fast Casual
79
Wingstop
Wings / Fast Casual
76
The Dinner Detective
Murder Mystery Dinner
76
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