📍 Downtown, San Antonio
80 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 80 Restaurants
Rooftop bars, old-school steakhouses, and 24-hour bakeries in the shadow of the Alamo and the Convention Center
Top 10 in Downtown
1
Esencia
Chef Leo Davila cooks inside the St. Anthony Hotel, weaving Chinese and Mexican flavors into a New American framework. The downtown room carries the weight of the hotel's history w...
91
2
Lo Cura
Tucked under the bridge beside Domingo on the San Antonio River Walk, below the Canopy hotel, Lo Cura is a quick-service bar with a playful, tropical streak. The kitchen sends out ...
91
3
Mozna Chocolate & Coffee Co.
Mozna Chocolate & Coffee Co. is the San Antonio coffee-shop outpost of Mozna Chocolate, an artisan bean-to-bar chocolate maker founded in 2015 and based at a factory in Hidalgo...
91
4
Jacobs Bear Coffee
Jacobs Bear Coffee roasts out of a compact trailer on South Main Avenue in downtown San Antonio, run by David and Brenda. The menu leans into specialty drinks — a cold brew topped ...
91
5
Mi Tierra Cafe & Bakery
Open since 1941 and open 24 hours — Mi Tierra in Market Square is the Tex-Mex room San Antonio sends every visiting cousin and out-of-state in-law to, and it has earned the right. ...
90
6
Rebelle
Chef Stefan Bowers' refined seafood room inside the historic St. Anthony Hotel downtown — a raw bar, Gulf snapper, wagyu tartare, a chocolate fondant finish, all delivered in an Ar...
90
7
kapej
kapej pairs a coffee counter with a small gallery of local art tucked just off Camden Street in downtown San Antonio — close enough to the center of the city to be convenient, quie...
90
8
Rathskeller Bar
The Rathskeller sits in the basement of Hermann Sons Hall at 525 S. St. Mary's St., a fraternal-lodge building the Order of Hermann Sons — a German immigrant fraternal organization...
90
9
Rosella Coffee Co.
The local specialty roaster downtown San Antonio defaults to, with a flagship in a converted gas station on Jones Ave that looks like a third-wave coffee press release came to life...
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10
Bohanan's Prime Steaks & Seafood
Mark Bohanan's Houston Street steakhouse and piano bar — prime dry-aged beef, a serious bourbon program, a speakeasy-style downstairs bar, and the business-dinner room of record fo...
88
All 80 Restaurants in Downtown
Nonna Osteria
88
Biga
88
Zen Haus Cafe + Matcha Bar
88
River Sun
88
Cavalier
88
The Moon's Daughters
86
Rita's on the River
86
Tony's Siesta
86
Archie's Coffee Lounge
86
Little Rhein Steak House
85
Pharm Table
84
Paramour
84
Jots
84
Pink Shark
84
La Vida Coffee
84
Bar Three Twenty One
84
Menger Bar
84
Still Golden Social House
83
Tenfold Rooftop
83
Pinkerton's BBQ
83
Crockett Tavern
82
Mala Fama Bar & Nightclub
82
Kafe Krave
82
Mexico Ceaty
82
Mi Tierra Café y Panaderia
81
Leo's Hideout
81
Lulu's Bakery & Cafe
80
Howdy, Sore Loser
80
Bonham Exchange
80
Colonial Room Restaurant
80
La Margarita Restaurant
80
Hugman's Oasis
80
4th Bar and Lounge
80
El Tigre Coffee Roasters
80
Roadmap Brewing Co.
79
1Watson
79
Merkaba
78
Bar Bamboosh
78
Dorrego's
78
Drink Texas Bar
78
The Gavel
78
The Bunker Mixology
78
Smoke Skybar
77
Paradise Unknown
77
Bar 414
77
Mad Dogs British Pub
76
Cellar Mixology
76
Naranja Tequila & Mezcal Bar
76
Iron Cactus Mexican Grill and Margarita Bar
76
Republic of Texas Restaurant on the Riverwalk
76
Kaedama Battleship
76
Double Standard
75
Aleteo
75
Devil's River Distillery
74
Otro Bar
74
The Rose
74
505 Rooftop Bar
74
High Praise
73
Riot Riverwalk Comedy Club
73
Maverick Distilling
73
El Honky Tonk
72
Bombay Bicycle Club — Hemisfair
72
On The Bend Oyster Bar & Cigar Lounge
72
Howl at the Moon
71
Durty Nelly's Irish Pub
71
Be Kind & Rewind
71
Re:Rooted 210 Urban Winery
71
Mala Fama Social Cantina
71
La Roca Cantina
70
Texas T Pub
66
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