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Where to Eat on New Year’s Eve in Austin

Stellar meals and champagne toasts to welcome 2023

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The place you choose to eat the last meal of 2022 can be just as auspicious as the resolutions for the following day. Eater is here to make sure everyone is well-informed to make the right decision.

Here is a guide to the very best Austin restaurants offering celebratory New Year’s Eve meals where everyone can dine in style. Ring in 2023 with a decadent feast from New American restaurant Lenoir, a fun 1950s/Don’t Worry Darling-themed party at Italian restaurant L’Oca d’Oro (though minus Florence Pugh and Harry Styles), and much more. Some options are prix fixe, many include a complimentary champagne toast at midnight, and all ensure everyone will be well-fed during the journey into 2023.

Everything below takes place on Saturday, December 31, 2022. Make those reservations quickly as these will book up fast.

For those looking for more New Year’s plans, there are New Year’s Eve parties and takeout, as well as New Year’s Day brunch options.

Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated; it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission. The latest CDC guidance is here; find a COVID-19 vaccination site here.

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Andiamo Ristorante

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Greet the new year with Italian fare courtesy of the North Burnet restaurant. The five-course prix fixe menu includes dishes such as lobster risotto, four onion soups, pomegranate panna cotta, plus a glass of prosecco. The $105 meal takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Barley Swine

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The chef’s tasting menu at Barley Swine is always a great option, and for New Year’s Eve, the Brentwood restaurant is offering a special enhanced version for $150 per person. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Westlake Wine Bar

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The Westlake wine restaurant is hosting a $99 five-course menu with optional wine pairings. Call or email for reservations. There are indoor dine-in services.

Foreign & Domestic

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The North Loop New Texan restaurant is offering a five-course tasting menu for New Year’s Eve, with dishes like oysters and caviar, foie gras terrine, liver dumpling soups, and baked Alaskas. It’s $100 per person with $35 for wine pairings. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Olive & June

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The Italian restaurant is hosting a $100 prix fixe meal for New Year’s Eve, which will include choices from an array of pastas as well as Texas quail, grilled ribeye, and semolina cake. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

Honey Moon Spirit Lounge

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The Heritage lounge is hosting a four-course meal for New Year’s Eve. It’s $95 per person with add-ons for wine and cocktail pairings. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The vegan Japanese restaurant is putting together a vegan gluten-free five-course prix fixe menu for New Year’s Eve for $75. Dishes will include soba noodles, a tofu filet encrusted with heart of palms, and vegan nigiri and maki. There are a la carte add-ons and drinks too. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

L'Oca d'Oro

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The Mueller Italian restaurant always has fun with its themed holiday meals, and New Year’s Eve is no exception. This time, it’s a Don’t Worry Darling-themed meal with martinis and steaks. Reservations are $100 per person with $50 for wine pairings. After 10 p.m. the space will turn into a party with a limited menu. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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L’oca d’Oro.
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Dai Due

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Choose your own adventure with Dai Due’s three different four-course prix fixe meals for $100 per person. Expect a wild game option, a seafood one, and a vegetarian one, all with desserts. Potential dishes could include wild boar meatballs, spicy seafood soup, and spiced brown butter carrots. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Jeffrey's

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The upscale Clarksville steakhouse is hosting a three-course New Year’s Eve dinner, with dishes such as lobster bisque vol-au-vents, chestnut and mushroom tortellini, and chocolate soufflé noir, plus there are luxe add-ons like caviar and foie gras, along with champagne and wines. The meal is $275. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Olamaie

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The Southern restaurant is doing a three-course prix fixe meal for New Year’s Eve for $150. Dishes will include Gulf crudo, okra gumbo, and grapefruit semifreddo. There will be a la carte caviar too. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Nixta Taqueria

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Head to the East Austin masa specialists for a five-course prix fixe menu for $175 with dishes like carrot tinga empanadas, persimmon salads, scallops, lamb belly with mole negro, and more. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Truluck's Ocean's Finest Seafood and Crab

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Both locations of the seafood chain (the other up in the Arboretum) are serving four-course New Year’s Eve prix fixe dinners. Dishes will include stone crab claws, lobster bisque, sea scallops, and more, with a la carte add-ons like caviar and champagne. The meals are $175 per person, with reservations available from 5 to 10 p.m. There are indoor dine-in services.

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Stone crab claws at Truluck’s.
Truluck’s

The live-fire downtown restaurant is dazzling diners with a multi-course tasting menu making use of the entire restaurant for $250 per person with an optional $150 wine pairing. The experience will start in the standing-area bar with champagne and raw seafood, then move into the dining room for dinner, and then the outdoor lounge for desserts and drinks. Book reservations online.

The new South Austin luxury hotel restaurant is hosting its first New Year’s Eve with two different dinners. The first, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., is a four-course prix fixe meal for $185, and wine pairings for $65. The second, starting at 7:30 p.m., is a seven-course prix fixe meal for $225 with wine pairings for $85. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Carpenters Hall

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The South Austin hotel restaurant is hosting a four-course dinner for New Year’s Eve. Dishes will include foie gras ganache, cacio e pepe, miso panna cotta. It’s $100 per person with an additional $50 for wine pairings and $60 for access to the on-site New Year’s Eve party. Book reservations online with seatings from 5 to 10 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Fairmont Austin

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The downtown hotel restaurant is offering two different tasting menus for New Year’s Eve.

There’s the base tasting menu at 5 p.m. for $125, and the more luxe one at 8 p.m. for $175. There are add-on wine pairings too. Dishes will include foie gras tarts, saffron boullabaisse, and grilled ribeye caps. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

APT 115

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The revamped wine restaurant in East Austin is hosting a New Year’s Eve tasting menu meal for $150 per person with seatings on the hour from 5 to 10 pm. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

The Eater Award restaurant of 2022 Caribbean restaurant is offering a five-course meal for New Year’s Eve, similarly set up to sibling restaurant Hestia’s (see above). It’ll start on the patio with appetizers and rum cocktails, move into the dining room for dinner with dishes and desserts stemming from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Haiti, and then return to the patio for a DJ set. The meal is $120 per person with $60 for optional wine pairings. Book reservations online.

Vixen's Wedding

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The Arrive hotel’s Goan restaurant is hosting a New Year’s Eve dinner with courses like caviar and uttapams, a roast duck thali, and potato mousse for $95. The dinner includes access to on-site bars Lefty’s and Gin, as well as a champagne toast. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Emmer & Rye

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For $150 per person, guests at this Rainey Street restaurant will dine on a special luxe five-course tasting menu with oysters, dry-aged wagyu beef tartare, burnt edge lasagna, and more. Wine pairings are available for $95 per person, plus there will be a roaming a la carte martini cart. Book reservations online.

Summer House on Music Lane

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Trek south over the Congress Bridge to the restaurant at the Hotel Magdalena for a four-course dinner tucked inside the beautiful grounds. Dishes include French onion tarts, caramelized scallops, and chocolate-gingerbread cheesecakes. It’s $105 per person, with a wine pairing add-on available. Book reservations online, with seatings starting at 5 p.m.

Lucky Robot

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The Travis Heights Japanese restaurant is offering two omakase experiences for New Year’s Eve, a six-course meal for $90 and a 10-course meal for $145, both with wine and/or sake pairing add-ons. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1417 French Bistro

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The New American restaurant on South First is serving New Year’s Eve dinner with a $120 five-course prix fixe menu with dishes like bacon-wrapped escargot, crab bisque, roasted chicken breast with potatoes and tomatoes, and chocolate mousse. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Shore Raw Bar & Grill

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The South Austin seafood restaurant is hosting two seatings for its five-course New Year’s Eve tasting menu dinners, the 5 to 7:30 p.m. and the 8 to 10:30 p.m., both for $145 per person with $55 for wine pairings. Dishes will include crispy jumbo Gulf prawns, filet mignon paired with grilled lobster tails, and creme brulee. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Aviary Wine & Kitchen

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The South Austin wine restaurant will be hosting a multi-course with wine pairings. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The hidden Travis Heights Japanese hotel restaurant will be serving a large omakase for New Year’s with over 17 courses. Last year, dishes included Murder Point oysters with uni, smoked steelhead roe, and yuzu ponzu; wagyu tartare; foie gras sushi; and madai sushi. There are sake, wine, and nonalcoholic drink pairings. The base meal is $375 per person. The required beverage pairing add-ons are $225 for sake and wine or $125 for non-alcoholic options. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Watertrade

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For something more affordable and different from Otoko’s meal (see above), check out sibling bar Watetrade for a drinks-based. The menu includes five cocktails for $175, with an optional seven-small dish array for $150. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

The Bouldin Creek New American restaurant is putting together a seven-course New Year’s Eve meal for the evening. The $177 per person meal will include ingredients like caviar, truffles, wagyu, and, yes, champagne. The reservation includes a post-meal drink at its wine garden party (see the New Year’s Eve parties map). Timed seatings take place at 6, 6:30, 8, and 8:30 p.m.

Andiamo Ristorante

Greet the new year with Italian fare courtesy of the North Burnet restaurant. The five-course prix fixe menu includes dishes such as lobster risotto, four onion soups, pomegranate panna cotta, plus a glass of prosecco. The $105 meal takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Barley Swine

The chef’s tasting menu at Barley Swine is always a great option, and for New Year’s Eve, the Brentwood restaurant is offering a special enhanced version for $150 per person. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Westlake Wine Bar

The Westlake wine restaurant is hosting a $99 five-course menu with optional wine pairings. Call or email for reservations. There are indoor dine-in services.

Foreign & Domestic

The North Loop New Texan restaurant is offering a five-course tasting menu for New Year’s Eve, with dishes like oysters and caviar, foie gras terrine, liver dumpling soups, and baked Alaskas. It’s $100 per person with $35 for wine pairings. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Olive & June

The Italian restaurant is hosting a $100 prix fixe meal for New Year’s Eve, which will include choices from an array of pastas as well as Texas quail, grilled ribeye, and semolina cake. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Book reservations online.

Honey Moon Spirit Lounge

The Heritage lounge is hosting a four-course meal for New Year’s Eve. It’s $95 per person with add-ons for wine and cocktail pairings. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Nori

The vegan Japanese restaurant is putting together a vegan gluten-free five-course prix fixe menu for New Year’s Eve for $75. Dishes will include soba noodles, a tofu filet encrusted with heart of palms, and vegan nigiri and maki. There are a la carte add-ons and drinks too. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

L'Oca d'Oro

The Mueller Italian restaurant always has fun with its themed holiday meals, and New Year’s Eve is no exception. This time, it’s a Don’t Worry Darling-themed meal with martinis and steaks. Reservations are $100 per person with $50 for wine pairings. After 10 p.m. the space will turn into a party with a limited menu. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A restaurant dining room and bar.
L’oca d’Oro.
Robert Lerma/Eater Austin

Dai Due

Choose your own adventure with Dai Due’s three different four-course prix fixe meals for $100 per person. Expect a wild game option, a seafood one, and a vegetarian one, all with desserts. Potential dishes could include wild boar meatballs, spicy seafood soup, and spiced brown butter carrots. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Jeffrey's

The upscale Clarksville steakhouse is hosting a three-course New Year’s Eve dinner, with dishes such as lobster bisque vol-au-vents, chestnut and mushroom tortellini, and chocolate soufflé noir, plus there are luxe add-ons like caviar and foie gras, along with champagne and wines. The meal is $275. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Olamaie

The Southern restaurant is doing a three-course prix fixe meal for New Year’s Eve for $150. Dishes will include Gulf crudo, okra gumbo, and grapefruit semifreddo. There will be a la carte caviar too. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Nixta Taqueria

Head to the East Austin masa specialists for a five-course prix fixe menu for $175 with dishes like carrot tinga empanadas, persimmon salads, scallops, lamb belly with mole negro, and more. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Truluck's Ocean's Finest Seafood and Crab

Both locations of the seafood chain (the other up in the Arboretum) are serving four-course New Year’s Eve prix fixe dinners. Dishes will include stone crab claws, lobster bisque, sea scallops, and more, with a la carte add-ons like caviar and champagne. The meals are $175 per person, with reservations available from 5 to 10 p.m. There are indoor dine-in services.

A large crab claw on a food plate.
Stone crab claws at Truluck’s.
Truluck’s

Hestia

The live-fire downtown restaurant is dazzling diners with a multi-course tasting menu making use of the entire restaurant for $250 per person with an optional $150 wine pairing. The experience will start in the standing-area bar with champagne and raw seafood, then move into the dining room for dinner, and then the outdoor lounge for desserts and drinks. Book reservations online.

Nido

The new South Austin luxury hotel restaurant is hosting its first New Year’s Eve with two different dinners. The first, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., is a four-course prix fixe meal for $185, and wine pairings for $65. The second, starting at 7:30 p.m., is a seven-course prix fixe meal for $225 with wine pairings for $85. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

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Carpenters Hall

The South Austin hotel restaurant is hosting a four-course dinner for New Year’s Eve. Dishes will include foie gras ganache, cacio e pepe, miso panna cotta. It’s $100 per person with an additional $50 for wine pairings and $60 for access to the on-site New Year’s Eve party. Book reservations online with seatings from 5 to 10 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Fairmont Austin

The downtown hotel restaurant is offering two different tasting menus for New Year’s Eve.

There’s the base tasting menu at 5 p.m. for $125, and the more luxe one at 8 p.m. for $175. There are add-on wine pairings too. Dishes will include foie gras tarts, saffron boullabaisse, and grilled ribeye caps. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

APT 115

The revamped wine restaurant in East Austin is hosting a New Year’s Eve tasting menu meal for $150 per person with seatings on the hour from 5 to 10 pm. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Canje

The Eater Award restaurant of 2022 Caribbean restaurant is offering a five-course meal for New Year’s Eve, similarly set up to sibling restaurant Hestia’s (see above). It’ll start on the patio with appetizers and rum cocktails, move into the dining room for dinner with dishes and desserts stemming from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Haiti, and then return to the patio for a DJ set. The meal is $120 per person with $60 for optional wine pairings. Book reservations online.

Vixen's Wedding

The Arrive hotel’s Goan restaurant is hosting a New Year’s Eve dinner with courses like caviar and uttapams, a roast duck thali, and potato mousse for $95. The dinner includes access to on-site bars Lefty’s and Gin, as well as a champagne toast. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Emmer & Rye

For $150 per person, guests at this Rainey Street restaurant will dine on a special luxe five-course tasting menu with oysters, dry-aged wagyu beef tartare, burnt edge lasagna, and more. Wine pairings are available for $95 per person, plus there will be a roaming a la carte martini cart. Book reservations online.

Summer House on Music Lane

Trek south over the Congress Bridge to the restaurant at the Hotel Magdalena for a four-course dinner tucked inside the beautiful grounds. Dishes include French onion tarts, caramelized scallops, and chocolate-gingerbread cheesecakes. It’s $105 per person, with a wine pairing add-on available. Book reservations online, with seatings starting at 5 p.m.

Lucky Robot

The Travis Heights Japanese restaurant is offering two omakase experiences for New Year’s Eve, a six-course meal for $90 and a 10-course meal for $145, both with wine and/or sake pairing add-ons. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1417 French Bistro

The New American restaurant on South First is serving New Year’s Eve dinner with a $120 five-course prix fixe menu with dishes like bacon-wrapped escargot, crab bisque, roasted chicken breast with potatoes and tomatoes, and chocolate mousse. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Shore Raw Bar & Grill

The South Austin seafood restaurant is hosting two seatings for its five-course New Year’s Eve tasting menu dinners, the 5 to 7:30 p.m. and the 8 to 10:30 p.m., both for $145 per person with $55 for wine pairings. Dishes will include crispy jumbo Gulf prawns, filet mignon paired with grilled lobster tails, and creme brulee. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Aviary Wine & Kitchen

The South Austin wine restaurant will be hosting a multi-course with wine pairings. Book reservations online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Otoko

The hidden Travis Heights Japanese hotel restaurant will be serving a large omakase for New Year’s with over 17 courses. Last year, dishes included Murder Point oysters with uni, smoked steelhead roe, and yuzu ponzu; wagyu tartare; foie gras sushi; and madai sushi. There are sake, wine, and nonalcoholic drink pairings. The base meal is $375 per person. The required beverage pairing add-ons are $225 for sake and wine or $125 for non-alcoholic options. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Watertrade

For something more affordable and different from Otoko’s meal (see above), check out sibling bar Watetrade for a drinks-based. The menu includes five cocktails for $175, with an optional seven-small dish array for $150. Book reservations online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Lenoir

The Bouldin Creek New American restaurant is putting together a seven-course New Year’s Eve meal for the evening. The $177 per person meal will include ingredients like caviar, truffles, wagyu, and, yes, champagne. The reservation includes a post-meal drink at its wine garden party (see the New Year’s Eve parties map). Timed seatings take place at 6, 6:30, 8, and 8:30 p.m.

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