James Beard Award-nominated chef Bryce Gilmore’s high-end Austin restaurant has a multi-course, $100 to $115 tasting menu showcasing seasonal flavors, with an optional $55 beverage pairing. Current dishes include kanpachi crudo tostada, duck with field pea salsa macha, and Akaushi ribeye. The tasting menu does require full table participation.

This North Loop favorite offers a $42 “nose-to-tail” tasting menu using oft-ignored cuts of meat from chefs Sarah Heard and Nathan Lemley. The four courses include dishes like pasta with goat heart bolognese and sweetbread roulade.

Arguably the most difficult reservation to get in Austin, chef Michael Che offers an intimate 11-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 $79 per person.

Uroko’s 45-minute omakase is temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Springdale restaurant offers a 12-course version to-go for $68 per person.

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).

One of the more difficult reservations to get in Austin, the east-side sushi pop-up-turned-restaurant with creatively adorned sushi offers a 17-course omakase for $145 or $300 with beverage pairings.

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 a $195 to $225 multi-course omakase. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are released monthly.

The gorgeous South First restaurant that focuses on local ingredients offers a five-course family-style chef’s menu for $64 per person, with $52 wine pairings.