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There are few things Austinites love more than well-cooked meals prepared by the city's finest chefs and quality time spent exploring the gorgeous city with loved ones. This Valentine's Day, combine the two and experience culinary bliss in the city at one of these local restaurants.
Each of the following eateries is offering a Valentine's Day dinner. Pick up the phone and make a reservation so you can make the most of this holiday!
Andiamo Ristorante
2521 Rutland Dr | 512.719.3377
Serving: Four-course “Aphrodisiac” Valentine’s Day dinner with things like oysters, barramundi in white wine sauce, and risotto with lobster.
Cost: is $85 per person.
Aviary Wine & Kitchen
2110 S Lamar Blvd | 512.916.4445
Serving: Five-course menu.
Cost: $60 per person, with wine pairings for an additional $35
Barley Swine
6555 Burnet Rd #400 | 512.394.8150
Serving: Fixed menu of farm-to-table favorites.
Cost: $120, with wine pairings an additional $65; reservations made over the phone only
Boiler Nine Bar + Grill
800 W Cesar Chavez St | 512.220.9990
Serving: A special a la carte menu with oysters, burrata, beef tenderloin, and a complimentary glass of bubbly.
Cost: Contact for reservation
Café Josie
1200 W 6th St | 512.322.9226
Serving: Four-course menu with options like fried goat cheese, grilled redfish and crispy pork belly.
Cost: $60
Cannon & Belle (Hilton)
500 E 4th St | 512.493.4900
Serving: Four-course dinner with options like drunken clams, oven-baked scallops, and grilled beef tenderloin.
Cost: $64 per person
Carillon (AT&T Center)
1900 University Ave | 512.404.3655
Serving: Three-course menu with dessert for two (diners have the choice of two menus, one centered around Iberico ramen and the other around striploin).
Cost: $70 per person, with wine pairings for an additional $25
Chez Zee
5406 Balcones Dr | 512.454.2666
Serving: Dinner menu that includes strawberry salad with scallops, quail and scallops, and seafood pasta; live music from 5 to 10:30 pm.
Cost: Contact for Reservation
Chicon
1914 E 6th St | 512.354.1480
Serving: Four-course movie-inspired menu with things like spicy tempura squash (“Walk the Line”), grilled lobster tail (“Annie Hall”) and bucatini with oxtail Bolognese (“Lady and the Tramp”).
Cost: $45 per person; Wednesday wine happy hour will extend through the night, with some bottles priced at $15
El Chipirón
2717 S Lamar Blvd | 512.518.3618
Serving: A three-course meal including salad, strip loin and chocolate and churros, or a five-course menu with roasted beet salad, grilled Gulf shrimp, rabbit, strip loin and more.
Cost: $49 or $79
Contigo
2027 Anchor Ln | 512.614.2260
Serving: A meal with three small plates per guest, featuring choices like roasted beets and charcuterie, and one large-format entree like a half chicken or mushroom risotto.
Cost: is $70 per couple, with wine bottles half off all night
Cover 3
2700 W Anderson Ln | 512.374.1121
1717 W 6th St | 512.982.1550
2800 N I-35 | 512.693.2393
Serving: Four-course dinner with selections like snapper Veracruz, blackened filet mignon, and Patron XO chocolate cinnamon mousse.
Cost: $79 per couple
Dai Due
2406 Manor Rd | 512.524.0688
Serving: Three-course dinner for including venison tartare and grilled venison, or dinner for seafood lovers that includes Gulf oysters and grilled shrimp Caesar salad; Vegetarian dinner also available including vegetable fritters with yogurt and cilantro, and winter vegetable curry.
Cost: $75 per person, $65 for vegetarian dinner
District Kitchen + Cocktails
5900 W Slaughter Ln | 512-351-8436
Serving: Four-course meal with options like shrimp and lobster bisque, hamachi crudo, and duck breast.
Cost: $75 per person
Driskill Grill
604 Brazos St | 512-391-7162
Serving: Five-course or seven-course menu with options like lobster bisque, filet mignon, and goat brie
Cost: $89 for five courses, $109 for seven courses
Elizabeth Street Café
1501 S 1st St | 512.291.2881
Serving: Heart-shaped macarons through February 10 for pick-up on the 13th and 14th.
Cost: $15 per box
Garage
503 Colorado St | 512.364.3490
Serving: Four craft cocktails and a choice of three Italian dishes that include hand-pulled mozzarella and heirloom tomato salad, beef and pork croquettes, and braised beef cheek.
Cost: $60
Geraldine’s (Hotel Van Zandt)
605 Davis St | 512.476.4755
Serving: A set menu including roasted bone marrow, herbed gnocchi and braised oxtail.
Cost: $75 per person
Gibson Street Bar
1109 S Lamar Blvd | 512.386.1345
Serving: A meal of angel hair pasta with prosciutto-wrapped shrimp, hand-cut beef tenderloin, lobster risotto, and chocolate torte from Luke’s Inside Out food trailer.
Cost: $70 for two; Email lukentracy@gmail.com by February 12 to reserve meals
Gino’s Vino Osteria
1239 E 51st St | 512.351.8426
Serving: Four-course meal with selections like crab cakes, lobster bisque, and rack of lamb.
Cost: $65 per person; Served from February 8-14
Goodall’s Kitchen (Hotel Ella)
1900 Rio Grande St | 512.495.1800
Serving: Five-course meal featuring New York strip and lemon brulée.
Cost: $90 per person; Served on February 13th and 14th
Jeffrey’s
1204 W Lynn St | 512.477.5584
Serving: Three-course dinner with lobster and fennel bisque and black truffle tortelloni, petit filet with celery root mousseline and roasted shallot oxtail red wine sauce, and white chocolate mousse with ruby red grapefruit.
Cost: $100 per person
Josephine House
1601 Waterston Ave | 512-477- 5584
Serving: Three-course meal with a lobster wedge salad, prime filet, and crispy red snapper.
Cost: $75 per person
June’s All Day
1722 S Congress Ave | 512.416.1722
Serving: A meal that has seared foie gras on croissant with sour cherry caramel, snapper carpaccio, and pappardelle pasta with oyster mushroom ramp butter
Cost: $75 per person with wine pairings available.
Juniper
2400 E. Cesar Chavez St | 512.220.9421
Serving: Prix fixe menu with choices like chicken saltimbocca, New York strip, and tiramisu.
Cost: $65 per person
Kemuri Tatsu-Ya
2713 E 2nd S | 512.893.5561
Serving: Five-course prix fixe menu with scallop and Gulf drum ceviche, smoked tea-pickled beets, and truffled porridge with smoked braised beef short rib.
Cost: $85 per person
Lavaca Street Bar
3121 S Lamar Blvd | 512.291.3407
Serving: Hand-cut ribeyes, asparagus, and baked potatoes.
Cost: $20 per person
L’Oca d’Oro
1900 Simond Ave | 737.212.1876
Serving: Four-course “Love” menu inspired by The Carpenters and a four-course “Hate” menu inspired by the Sex Pistols; The combined eight courses include dishes like black spaghetti carbonara (Hate), brick chicken roulade with mushroom mousseline (Love) and a strawberry-hazelnut hot fudge sundae (Vegetarian substitutions available).
Cost: $65 per person, with wine pairings an additional $40
Native
807 E 4th St | 512.551.947
Serving: Three-course dinner featuring coriander-crusted lamb chops and pan-seared prawns.
Cost: $150 per couple, including a bottle of wine.
Pitchfork Pretty
2708 E Cesar Chavez St | 512.494.4593
Serving: Five-course menu with options like beef tartare with sambal, sweet potato rosette, beef rib, and lemon box pie.
Cost: $85 per person
Le Politique
110 San Antonio St | 512.580.7651
Serving: Three-course prix fixe menu including salmon tartare and Parisian gnocchi.
Cost: $55 per person
Quality Seafood Market
5621 Airport Blvd | 512.452.3820
Serving: Bacon-wrapped filets and lobster tails with mashed potatoes, asparagus, and dessert.
Cost: $64.95 per couple; Served from February 9-17
Searsucker
415 Colorado St | 512.394.8000
Serving: Four-course menu with things like tuna poke, branzino, and mushroom risotto.
Cost: $75 per person
Second Bar + Kitchen at Domain Northside
3121 Palm Way | 737.300.4800
Serving: Four-course prix fixe menu featuring black truffle and potato ravioli, Akaushi strip loin, and seared sea scallops.
Cost: $75 per person, with wine pairings for an additional $40
Soursop
440 E Saint Elmo Rd | 512.522.7710
Serving: A casual meal that includes waterfall ribeye, honey-buttered mashed potatoes, Japanese yams, and more.
Cost: $100 per couple; orders must be placed in advance (email info@soursopaustin.com for more information)
Swift’s Attic
315 Congress Ave | 512-482- 8842
Serving: Seafood platter for two (market price), along with a three-course dinner with options like pozole verde, seared pork shoulder, and red velvet cake.
Cost: $60 per person
Texas French Bread
2900 Rio Grande St | 512.499.0544
Serving: Three-course meal with things like wild boar chop, confit chicken, and butterscotch budino.
Cost: $55 per person
Trace (W Hotel Austin)
200 Lavaca St | 512.542.3660
Serving: A menu centered around decadence and richness, featuring options like oysters, caviar, and honey-glazed duck breast.
Cost: $60 per person
Walton’s Fancy & Staple
609 W 6th St | 512.542.3380
Serving: Four-course meal with choices like roasted sweet corn soup, hanger steak, and roasted salmon.
Cost: $75 per person
Wu Chow
500 W 5th St | 512.476.2469
Serving: Three-course dinner with dry-fried green beans, salt-and-pepper soft shell crab, and cumin lamb.
Cost: $50 per person, with wine pairings available for an additional $25; The restaurant’s popular soup dumplings will be available for $10
Yuyo
1900 Manor Rd | 512.919.4147
Serving: A fixed menu with sea scallop ceviche, duck leg with green rice, and Peruvian chocolate ganache
Cost: $39 per person
Z’Tejas
1110 W 6th St | 512.478.5355
9400 Arboretum Blvd | 512.346.3506
Serving: Four-course dinner with chicken tortilla soup, miso salmon, and ancho pie. Cost: $49 per couple; Served from February 14-17.
Explore the best Austin's culinary scene has to offer this Valentine's Day and make your reservations a few days in advance. We can't wait to spend the evening out in the city with our loved ones, tasting items from these delicious menus!
