📍 Monte Vista, San Antonio
18 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 18 Restaurants
Craftsman-bungalow neighborhood with serious Tex-Mex taquerias, wood-fired pizza, and a couple of genuinely ambitious kitchens
Top 10 in Monte Vista
1
Chika Omakase
A 20-seat underground omakase in Monte Vista where Chefs Jonathan Reyes and John Ramos run a 13-course progression blending Japanese and broader influences. The room is small enoug...
92
2
Outlaw Kitchens
Paul Sartory rotates a weekly three-course dinner through world cuisines from a Monte Vista house that feels more like a dinner party than a restaurant. One menu, one seating, and ...
91
3
Cullum's Attaboy
Counter-service diner in Monte Vista that casually pairs champagne and caviar with a French omelette and a solid breakfast taco on the same menu. It shouldn't work, but nobody told...
90
4
Through Grace Coffee
A Christian-themed coffee shop on North Main Avenue in Monte Vista. It's a neighborhood spot for espresso drinks and a quiet seat near the edge of downtown San Antonio.
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5
Barbaro
A Monte Vista cocktail bar that happens to make some of the best pizza in town. The Taleggio hash brown pie is the opening argument, the carbonara pizza closes it. Happy hour is ge...
89
6
Taco Taco Cafe
A Hildebrand Avenue breakfast-taco institution — flour tortillas made on site, migas-and-chorizo breakfast tacos, and one of the benchmark breakfast-taco shops in a city that takes...
84
7
La Fonda on Main
The oldest Mexican restaurant in San Antonio, holding court on N Main Ave in Monte Vista since 1932. The tree-shaded courtyard patio is the main event — order a margarita, bring th...
84
8
Ming's
A Chinese street-food spot with a following from the Pearl Farmers Market, now in a brick-and-mortar room. Regulars come for Ming's noodles, pork-belly steamed buns, and sweet pota...
84
9
Niki's Tokyo Inn
A long-running, family-run Japanese restaurant favored by San Antonio's Japanese community. The extensive menu of traditional dishes and sushi includes a well-regarded unagi and sh...
84
10
South Barbecue
A barbecue spot on North Main Avenue in Monte Vista, smoking brisket and ribs alongside homemade Tex-Mex sides. The kitchen folds South Texas flavors into the smoke, a fitting appr...
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All 18 Restaurants in Monte Vista
Los Barrios Mexican Restaurant
83
Yaya's Thai Restaurant
82
Extra Fine
82
Capparelli's On Main
80
Lovers Pizzeria
78
Pegasus Nightclub
76
2015 Place
68
Banana's Billiards
66
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