Where to Make Reservations for Dallas Restaurant Week

Some of the city’s best restaurants offer deals for Dallas Restaurant Week this year, so if you haven’t tried them, this is the time. We offer you a highly opinionated guide to where to make a restaurant and get a bang for your buck.

Reservations open on July 8 via the Dallas Restaurant Week website, and the menus will be available on that date. Preview weekend dining will be from August 1 through the 4th, and the main week is August 5 to the 11th. Three additional weeks of dining follow, from August 12 to September 1, so there is plenty of time to take advantage of the deals.

Restaurants are offering prix fixe menus for lunch and dinner, and most at a substantial discount, with a $29 lunch and dinner options for $49, $59, or a signature experience at $99 per diner. The possibilities span Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, and Colin counties. A portion of all proceeds goes to the North Texas Food Bank.

Here is our highly opinionated list of the best deals from the best restaurants.

Must-Try

These spots are recommended as must-try because it’s a good time to eat there, an excellent spot that you haven’t gotten around to yet, or it’s one of our favorites in town, and you must go immediately.

Aguasal at Rye — The folks at Rye changed the concept for the summer to a Mexican-inspired menu. Rye is always forward-thinking and experimental with its cuisine, and the same can be expected at it’s Aguasal pop-up.

Apothecary — The speakeasy-style bar on Lower Greenville, from the owners of Rye, is always packed. The small room is a fun time with wild cocktails.

Beverley’s Bistro & Bar — This beautiful, light-filled bistro is always a great stop.

Billy Can Can — If you’ve got visitors in town during August, take them here. It’s heavy on the Texas vibes, in a cool way. The restaurant week menu here is one of the most robust, with lots of offerings from its regular menu to try.

Dea — Over in the Park Cities, hit up this Mediterranean-style restaurant for pastas and salads.

El Carlos Elegante — Regular Eater Dallas readers already know this was our restaurant of the year for 2023 in the Eater Awards. Need we say more?

Green Point Seafood and Oyster Bar — Straight out of the Eater Dallas 38 Essential Restaurants, try Green Point during lunch. It’s a great intro to the restaurant.

Joa Korean Barbecue — For the $59 priced dinner, you get some solid meat options for the barbecue grill.

José on Lovers — Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to eat at this James Beard-recognized Mexican restaurant for $49? The extensive list of options on the signature menu are worth going in on as well.

La Pizza & Le Pasta (at Eataly) — The Neopolitan-style pizza here will make you dream about it. The menu options also include a whole lot of pasta.

Landmark Prime Rib — It is doing the signature option, which includes 8 oz of prime rib and three additional courses.

Liam’s Steakhouse — Go for the dinner, which includes a 12 oz prime NY strip.

McRae’s American Bistro — Pop into this tiny East Dallas spot for good old-fashioned comfort food.

North Italia (Dallas and Galleria locations) — Yes it’s a chain, but look it’s really good Italian food. Don’t believe us? Here’s your chance to give it a shot.

Ocean Prime — This fine dining spot is only participating for the first week, so grab a res while you can.

Ser Steak + Spirits — For a solid steak dinner and a stunning view of Dallas, this is the best place on the list of restaurants.

Stillwell’s — This sexy steakhouse in the Hotel Swexan is extremely pricey, so this deal is the best way to check it out that one could hope to find.

Terra (at Eataly) — Not gonna lie, the last time we had three courses here it was wonderful and more expensive than expected. Would return, however, for these lunch and dinner deals.

On Trend

These are the trendy, scene-y spots that are worth a try during a solid deal but might not be where we’re all the time.

Corrientes 348 Argentinian Steakhouse — Jump into the Argentinian-style fare at this Arts District spot. It’s a wonderful lunch option.

Culpepper Cattle Co. — This newly opened steak and Tex-Mex spot in Deep Ellum is a solid pick to try. And yes, steak is one of the entree options.

Komodo Dallas — If the young-skewing scene at this spot isn’t your usual, this is the week to drop in and try it. The food is quite good and that $99 signature menu includes the option of a whole branzino, a 10 oz. New York strip, and a surf and turf plate with wagyu beef and tempura shrimp, among other options. Not bad.

La Stella Cucina Verace — This Arts District restaurant is for the old heads, the folks who eat dinner at 5:30 or 8 p.m. with no options in between. It’s also a good time, with live music and whimsical decor. It’s going whole hog with a signature menu, and offering four courses of traditional Italian dishes.

Steakyard — It’s a trendy, affordable steak spot. Offering steak frites.

Vino — The gorgeous interiors here are worth checking out and the menu offerings for this deal are robust.

Out of Town

These are our favorites outside of Dallas.

Black Agave — This Tex-Mex restaurant in Farmer’s Branch is solid, and the lunch and brunch restaurant week menus look especially tempting.

Don Artemio — This is simply one of the best restaurants in DFW. If you haven’t tripped over to Fort Worth to try it yet, make this month the time you do. It is offering wine pairings with each course for an additional cost. At even the most expensive menu level, you’re getting a steal.

Ellerbe Fine Foods — Another Fort Worth must-try, this Southern cafe is beloved by locals. The fare is sophisticated but cozy and comfortable.

Lili’s Bistro — Drop in to this Fort Worth restaurant for a seafood-heavy menu, which is perfectly perfect in August.

Piccolo Mondo — This cozy restaurant in Arlington serves some of the best Italian food in DFW, and often with live piano music. Seriously, take the trip out and give it a try.

Quince Riverside — The Quince restaurants pride themselves on selecting locations with the best views. Head to Fort Worth and see what they found to look at.

Sanjh — This Indian fine dining spot is Dallas’s Stephan Pyles’s pick for best new restaurant to open in DFW so far in 2024. Head to Las Colinas and find out why.

Classic Dallas

These spots have been around forever and if its been a minute since you ate there, or if you’ve never tried them, while there’s a special offer is a fine time to get around to it.

Al Biernat’s (North and Oak Lawn locations) — Sometimes you just want classic steakhouse fare. This place does it well.

Chamberlain’s Steak & Chop House — Richard Chamberlain is one of Dallas’s beloved chefs, and to know Dallas food is to eat his food. And this chef does not skimp on the offerings for the week.

Fearing’s — Another Dallas chef whose food is a must-try is Dean Fearing, the father of Southwest cuisine. And the signature offering comes with Dean’s margarita.

Nick & Sam’s — The see-and-be-seen steakhouse of Dallas is in for restaurant week, for the first week only. And while there is steak, it’s also possible to get a vegetarian meal on this deal as well.

Pappas Bros. Steakhouse — We read all your Facebook comments and we know y’all love this place. So it’s on the list. That many people cannot be wrong.

The Mansion Restaurant — Many of the best chefs in town have worked in this kitchen over the years, and left their mark on the menu. It doesn’t get more classic Dallas.