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11 Fancy Tasting Menus to Try Around Austin

From omakase to tacos

by Erin Russell Updated
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by Erin Russell Updated

Though Austin is a town known for its casual dining scene, the abundance of culinary talent and Texas ingredients lends well to tasting menus.

Multi-course tasting menus offer chefs a chance to guide diners through a culinary story or showcase the freshest ingredients of the season. Tasting menus often bring to mind restaurants like Clarksville’s Wink, an Austin staple for over 20 years, or chef Bryce Gilmore’s Barley Swine, but they can also encompass more playful takes, like Nixta’s taco menu.

Of course, Japanese restaurants usually offer a version of a tasting menu with multi-course omakase, featuring the freshest fish of the day. From South Lamar standby Uchi to South Congress Hotel’s sleek Otoko, there are several options to try the chef’s choice sushi around town.

For other special-occasion meals, take a look at date-night recommendations, splurges that are worth it, or restaurants to visit with parents.

With updates by Nadia Chaudhury.

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Barley Swine

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James Beard Award-nominated chef Bryce Gilmore’s high-end Brentwood restaurant has a multi-course, $115 tasting menu showcasing seasonal flavors, with an optional $65 beverage pairing. Current dishes include cured bluefin tuna, dry-aged Akaushi rib-eye, and brown butter/buttermilk panna cotta with pear granita. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

6555 Burnet Rd #400, Austin, TX 78757
(512) 394-8150
(512) 394-8150

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Tsuke Edomae

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Arguably the most difficult reservation to get in Austin, chef Michael Che offers an intimate 21-course omakase experience at this Mueller restaurant with relatively ungarnished edomae-style sushi (which uses curing methods developed during the Edo period of Japan). The fully immersive experience, which includes a soundtrack reflective of Che’s emotions, is $135 per person. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

4600 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723

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Wink

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Offering fine dining for 23 years, the Clarksville New American restaurant has five-course ($100) and seven-course ($130) tasting menus centered on seasonal ingredients that can be customized based on diet, including items like mahi mahi with broccoli and okra; duck breast with a tomato-saffron risotto, and creme brulee. Wine pairings are $60 and $80, respectively. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

1014 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 482-8868
(512) 482-8868

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Nixta Taqueria

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While the Chestnut Mexican restaurant deals with permitting issues, it is hosting a taco omakase within its alfresco garden space. Expect dishes like crispy mushroom tacos, snapper tacos, and hamachi tostadas. Seatings are $65. There are outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2512 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 551-3855
(512) 551-3855

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Tonari at Uroko

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The MLK-183 neighborhood Japanese restaurant within Springdale General brought back its in-person 45-minute omakase service courtesy of its new slightly larger space Tonari. This means a quick yet exquisite 12 courses of nigiri from chefs Masazumi Saio and Takehiro Asazu. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

1023 Springdale Road Bldg 1 Suite C, Austin, TX 78721
(512) 520-4004
(512) 520-4004

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APT 115

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Under chef Charles Zhuo, the East Austin wine bar expanded its food menu to include more upscale and creative New Texan-Chinese bites available a la carte, but also through the 13-course tasting menu, with dishes like jellyfish, surf clam, and rabbit soup dumplings. It’s $130 per person, with options to add on wine pairings. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2025 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702
(737) 333-0780
(737) 333-0780

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Toshokan at the Pershing

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Another one of the more difficult reservations to get in Austin, even though the hot omakase spot relocated into members club Pershing. Chef Saine Wong’s 14-course $150 meal spans new-school bites such as spot prawns served two ways, raw fish topped with fresh wasabi, and the decadent bone marrow and potato pave bite. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2415 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 953-5045
(512) 953-5045

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Uchi

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Austin’s classic sushi restaurant from James Beard Award-winner Tyson Cole offers an omakase menu at market price (its sibling restaurant, Uchiko, does the same). Both offer indoor and outdoor dine-in services. There are takeout omakases for two as well. Book reservations online.

801 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 916-4808
(512) 916-4808

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Sushi|Bar ATX

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The now-larger, still intimate Holly omakase is a great way to go all-out on dinner. The team turns out creative bites precisely adorned with ingredients like marigold flowers or fermented peppers. The multi-course omakase is $159 per person. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2600 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702
(415) 919-8300
(415) 919-8300

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Otoko

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Walk through the dark and sophisticated South Congress Hotel to find the burst of hidden light at chef Yoshi Okai’s twelve-seat tasting table restaurant. Otoko only offers two options, the $295 sushi omakase on Wednesdays or the $250 general omakase available on other days. Book tickets online.

1603 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 920-6405
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Lenoir

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The gorgeous South First restaurant that focuses on local ingredients offers a five-course family-style New Texan tasting menu for $90 per person, with $64 wine pairings. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

1807 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 215-9778
(512) 215-9778

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Barley Swine

6555 Burnet Rd #400, Austin, TX 78757

James Beard Award-nominated chef Bryce Gilmore’s high-end Brentwood restaurant has a multi-course, $115 tasting menu showcasing seasonal flavors, with an optional $65 beverage pairing. Current dishes include cured bluefin tuna, dry-aged Akaushi rib-eye, and brown butter/buttermilk panna cotta with pear granita. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

6555 Burnet Rd #400, Austin, TX 78757
(512) 394-8150
(512) 394-8150

Tsuke Edomae

4600 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723

Arguably the most difficult reservation to get in Austin, chef Michael Che offers an intimate 21-course omakase experience at this Mueller restaurant with relatively ungarnished edomae-style sushi (which uses curing methods developed during the Edo period of Japan). The fully immersive experience, which includes a soundtrack reflective of Che’s emotions, is $135 per person. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

4600 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723

Wink

1014 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703

Offering fine dining for 23 years, the Clarksville New American restaurant has five-course ($100) and seven-course ($130) tasting menus centered on seasonal ingredients that can be customized based on diet, including items like mahi mahi with broccoli and okra; duck breast with a tomato-saffron risotto, and creme brulee. Wine pairings are $60 and $80, respectively. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

1014 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 482-8868
(512) 482-8868

Nixta Taqueria

2512 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702

While the Chestnut Mexican restaurant deals with permitting issues, it is hosting a taco omakase within its alfresco garden space. Expect dishes like crispy mushroom tacos, snapper tacos, and hamachi tostadas. Seatings are $65. There are outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2512 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 551-3855
(512) 551-3855

Tonari at Uroko

1023 Springdale Road Bldg 1 Suite C, Austin, TX 78721

The MLK-183 neighborhood Japanese restaurant within Springdale General brought back its in-person 45-minute omakase service courtesy of its new slightly larger space Tonari. This means a quick yet exquisite 12 courses of nigiri from chefs Masazumi Saio and Takehiro Asazu. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

1023 Springdale Road Bldg 1 Suite C, Austin, TX 78721
(512) 520-4004
(512) 520-4004

APT 115

2025 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702

Under chef Charles Zhuo, the East Austin wine bar expanded its food menu to include more upscale and creative New Texan-Chinese bites available a la carte, but also through the 13-course tasting menu, with dishes like jellyfish, surf clam, and rabbit soup dumplings. It’s $130 per person, with options to add on wine pairings. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2025 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702
(737) 333-0780
(737) 333-0780

Toshokan at the Pershing

2415 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702

Another one of the more difficult reservations to get in Austin, even though the hot omakase spot relocated into members club Pershing. Chef Saine Wong’s 14-course $150 meal spans new-school bites such as spot prawns served two ways, raw fish topped with fresh wasabi, and the decadent bone marrow and potato pave bite. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2415 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 953-5045
(512) 953-5045

Uchi

801 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704

Austin’s classic sushi restaurant from James Beard Award-winner Tyson Cole offers an omakase menu at market price (its sibling restaurant, Uchiko, does the same). Both offer indoor and outdoor dine-in services. There are takeout omakases for two as well. Book reservations online.

801 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 916-4808
(512) 916-4808

Sushi|Bar ATX

2600 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702

The now-larger, still intimate Holly omakase is a great way to go all-out on dinner. The team turns out creative bites precisely adorned with ingredients like marigold flowers or fermented peppers. The multi-course omakase is $159 per person. There are indoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

2600 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702
(415) 919-8300
(415) 919-8300

Otoko

1603 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

Walk through the dark and sophisticated South Congress Hotel to find the burst of hidden light at chef Yoshi Okai’s twelve-seat tasting table restaurant. Otoko only offers two options, the $295 sushi omakase on Wednesdays or the $250 general omakase available on other days. Book tickets online.

1603 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 920-6405
(512) 920-6405

Lenoir

1807 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704

The gorgeous South First restaurant that focuses on local ingredients offers a five-course family-style New Texan tasting menu for $90 per person, with $64 wine pairings. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

1807 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 215-9778
(512) 215-9778

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