Austin’s Best Outdoor Dining on Resy
Austin’s Best Outdoor Dining
Where to dine outside right now — from sunny sidewalk seating to secret backyard gardens.
Restaurants
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- Rating: 4.7 (1.3K reviews)
- Cuisine: Seafood
- Price: $$
- Location: Downtown
- Description: Here’s one for seafood lovers — a comfortable restaurant with a New Orleans feel where oysters are the star, but everything from tuna tartare to lobster roll is sea-fresh and perfect. Chef and co-owner Daniel Berg worked at Le Bernardin in Manhattan, so you know he knows his fish and shellfish.
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- Rating: 4.7 (305 reviews)
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Price: $$$
- Location: Downtown
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- Rating: 4.5 (539 reviews)
- Cuisine: American
- Price: $$
- Location: Austin
- Description: Famed barbecue bossman Aaron Franklin and local music biz entrepreneur James Moody have breathed new life into this 1949-vintage Eastside hangout: It’s an all-day bar and restaurant serving quality classic cocktails and no-nonsense food with Texas and Louisiana accents (think oysters, po’boys, and gumbo) that you won’t be able to resist.
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- Rating: 4.8 (11K reviews)
- Cuisine: Asian
- Price: $$
- Location: Clarksville
- Description: There’s magic in chef Ling’s dim sum: Her inventive creations (think a jumbo seafood soup dumpling and a basil and chicken variety) could rival dim sum parlors on either coast.
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- Rating: 4.5 (2.3K reviews)
- Cuisine: Australian
- Price: $$
- Location: South Congress
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- Rating: 4.1 (867 reviews)
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Price: $
- Location: Zilker
- Description: This coastal Mediterranean spot offers respite from the nearby buzzing Barton Springs road. The menu is meant for sharing, so grab a group who isn’t shy about sharing items like wood-fired pitas with your dip of choice, cauliflower shawarma, and tuna tartare.
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- Rating: 4.8 (26K reviews)
- Cuisine: American
- Price: $$
- Location: South Lamar
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- Rating: 4.6 (4.1K reviews)
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Price: $
- Location: Travis Heights
- Description: It doesn't get more quintessentially Austin than this local favorite from the owners of Launderette, from the one-of-a-kind patio to the signature, modern take on chicken al carbon.
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- Rating: 4.7 (12K reviews)
- Cuisine: American
- Price: $$
- Location: East Austin
- Description: It's a James Beard-nominated converted laundromat with a dessert program that takes the cake.
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- Rating: 4.8 (2.5K reviews)
- Cuisine: Local
- Price: $$$
- Location: East Austin-Cherrywood
- Description: Lots of places tout their locavore credentials, but few deliver like this one does. A rustic-chic restaurant with an in-house butcher shop, Dai Due is seriously regional and seasonal in sourcing its ingredients.
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- Rating: 4.8 (307 reviews)
- Cuisine: Sushi
- Price: $$
- Location: Central Austin
- Description: This longtime local sushi legend has had a few different locations in Austin history, but their current one in West Campus is nicely hidden from the chaos.
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- Rating: 4.4 (203 reviews)
- Cuisine: Italian
- Price: $
- Location: South Lamar
- Description: Located on South Lamar, this upscale Italian spot serves handmade pastas with ingredients from local farms.
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- Rating: 4.7 (1.8K reviews)
- Cuisine: Asian
- Price: $$
- Location: Rosedale
- Description: Chef Ling Wu has won fans all over Austin for her restaurants serving richly flavored Chinese fare.
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- Rating: 4.5 (1.4K reviews)
- Cuisine: BBQ
- Price: $$
- Location: Westlake
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- Rating: 4.6 (3.3K reviews)
- Cuisine: BBQ
- Price: $$
- Location: Northwest Austin
- Description: Because barbecue with a lakefront view doesn’t get any better than this, so take in the scene from the dock.
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- Rating: 4.7 (3.8K reviews)
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Price: $
- Location: Great Hills
- Description: A bonafide Austin classic since 1984, Manuel’s goes deep on regional Mexican cuisine with an emphasis on wild-caught Gulf seafood and fish.
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- Rating: 4.4 (1.4K reviews)
- Cuisine: Italian American
- Price: $$
- Location: Belterra
Cedro Scratch Italian & Wine Bar
- Rating: 4.6 (837 reviews)
- Cuisine: Italian
- Price: $
- Location: North Austin / Cedar Park
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- Rating: 4.5 (1.2K reviews)
- Cuisine: American
- Price: $$
- Location: Avery Ranch
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- Rating: 4.8 (1K reviews)
- Cuisine: Pizza
- Price: $$
- Location: Avery Ranch
- Description: Because Tony C’s menu is rife with red sauce classics and coal-fired pies, making it the easygoing Italian eatery we all wish our neighborhoods had.