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Apt 115

Where to Eat on New Year’s Eve in Austin

Stellar meals and champagne toasts to welcome 2024

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The cured salmon bite from Apt 115.
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The place you choose to eat the last meal of 2023 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 2024 with a Caribbean feast from Canje, a massive omakase from Otoko, and caviar galore. 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 2024.

Everything below takes place on Sunday, December 31, 2023. 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.

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Barley Swine

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The chef’s tasting menu at the New Texan restaurant in Brentwood is always a great option. And for New Year’s Eve, it’s offering a special version for $150 per person; expect caviar and foie gras. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

L'Oca d'Oro

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The Mueller Italian restaurant always has fun with its themed New Year’s Eve meals. While the details for this one isn’t available yet, expect something delicious and festive. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Dai Due

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Choose your own adventure with the Cherrywood New Texan butcher shop/restaurant’s three different prix fixe meals for $150 per person. There’s the wild game option with dishes like mushroom powder-cured venison loins; seafood with stuffed shrimp pasta; and vegetables with mushroom schnitzel. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The downtown live-fire restaurant is offering several options for New Year’s Eve dinners. There’s the self-explanatory “before midnight” six-course meal for $175 with $95 wine pairings from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Then there’s the main 10-course meal for $215 with $135 wine pairings from 7 to 10 p.m. And finally, there’s the casual lounge with spirits and wines. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Diner Bar

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The downtown hotel restaurant’s New Year’s Eve dinner consists of a four-course prix fixe meal for $95 per person. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

The Peacock [Austin]

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The downtown Mediterranean hotel restaurant is offering a five-course prix fixe menu for New Year’s Eve. Dishes include grilled duck breast with persimmon verjus maitake, wagyu with crispy leeks, and mushroom escabeche. It’s $195 per person. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Truluck's

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Both locations of the seafood chain (this in downtown and the other up in the Arboretum) are serving three-course New Year’s Eve prix fixe dinners. Dishes will include stone crab claws, lobster bisque, scallops, and more. It’s $175 per person at the downtown location and $175 at the Arboretum. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Garrison

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The downtown American hotel restaurant is offering two timed tasting menus for New Year’s Eve, both with optional wine pairings. There’s the early four-course meal with seatings from 5 to 6:30 pm. for $164. Then there’s the later six-course meal with a champagne toast with seatings starting at 7 through 7:30 p.m. for $228. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Apt 115

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The 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 9 pm. Expect fantastic wine and champagne pairings too. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

The Eater Award restaurant of 2022 East Austin Caribbean restaurant is offering a six-course meal for New Year’s Eve for $125 per person. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Emmer & Rye

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The downtown New American restaurant’s New Year’s Eve dinner consists of a five-course tasting menu for $150 per person with $90 wine pairings. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

The hidden Travis Heights Japanese restaurant within the South Congress Hotel will be serving a large omakase for New Year’s with over multiple courses. The meal is $375 per person with optional sake/wine or nonalcoholic pairings (respectively $225 or $125). There’s a champagne toast and take-home bottles of its sake and masu boxes. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

The Bouldin Creek New Texan restaurant is putting together a seven-course New Year’s Eve meal for the evening for $124 per person with optional wine pairings. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Barley Swine

The chef’s tasting menu at the New Texan restaurant in Brentwood is always a great option. And for New Year’s Eve, it’s offering a special version for $150 per person; expect caviar and foie gras. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

L'Oca d'Oro

The Mueller Italian restaurant always has fun with its themed New Year’s Eve meals. While the details for this one isn’t available yet, expect something delicious and festive. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Dai Due

Choose your own adventure with the Cherrywood New Texan butcher shop/restaurant’s three different prix fixe meals for $150 per person. There’s the wild game option with dishes like mushroom powder-cured venison loins; seafood with stuffed shrimp pasta; and vegetables with mushroom schnitzel. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Hestia

The downtown live-fire restaurant is offering several options for New Year’s Eve dinners. There’s the self-explanatory “before midnight” six-course meal for $175 with $95 wine pairings from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Then there’s the main 10-course meal for $215 with $135 wine pairings from 7 to 10 p.m. And finally, there’s the casual lounge with spirits and wines. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Diner Bar

The downtown hotel restaurant’s New Year’s Eve dinner consists of a four-course prix fixe meal for $95 per person. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

The Peacock [Austin]

The downtown Mediterranean hotel restaurant is offering a five-course prix fixe menu for New Year’s Eve. Dishes include grilled duck breast with persimmon verjus maitake, wagyu with crispy leeks, and mushroom escabeche. It’s $195 per person. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Truluck's

Both locations of the seafood chain (this in downtown and the other up in the Arboretum) are serving three-course New Year’s Eve prix fixe dinners. Dishes will include stone crab claws, lobster bisque, scallops, and more. It’s $175 per person at the downtown location and $175 at the Arboretum. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Garrison

The downtown American hotel restaurant is offering two timed tasting menus for New Year’s Eve, both with optional wine pairings. There’s the early four-course meal with seatings from 5 to 6:30 pm. for $164. Then there’s the later six-course meal with a champagne toast with seatings starting at 7 through 7:30 p.m. for $228. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Apt 115

The 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 9 pm. Expect fantastic wine and champagne pairings too. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Canje

The Eater Award restaurant of 2022 East Austin Caribbean restaurant is offering a six-course meal for New Year’s Eve for $125 per person. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Emmer & Rye

The downtown New American restaurant’s New Year’s Eve dinner consists of a five-course tasting menu for $150 per person with $90 wine pairings. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Otoko

The hidden Travis Heights Japanese restaurant within the South Congress Hotel will be serving a large omakase for New Year’s with over multiple courses. The meal is $375 per person with optional sake/wine or nonalcoholic pairings (respectively $225 or $125). There’s a champagne toast and take-home bottles of its sake and masu boxes. Book reservations online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Lenoir

The Bouldin Creek New Texan restaurant is putting together a seven-course New Year’s Eve meal for the evening for $124 per person with optional wine pairings. Book reservations online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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