Austin » Restaurants » Romantic/Date Spot

• Aquarelle 
•   Downtown  
• FRENCH
•  $$$$ 

The foie gras doesn't come with barbecue sauce, but at least they have Californian wine.

• Botticelli's 
•   South Austin  
• ITALIAN
•  $$ 

Loud crowds under the mighty oaks channel customer-service skills for which they tip generously.

• Cru 
•   Downtown  
• ASIAN, FRENCH, PIZZA, SOUTHWEST
•  $$$ 

A wine-bar chain, yes, but a superbly situated one with a staff trained to abet you in harmonizing eats and vino.

• Eastside Café 
•   East Austin  
• HEALTH FOOD, NEW AMERICAN, SEAFOOD, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
•  $$ 

This veteran of Eastside’s “restaurant row” will have you and Mom swooning over its organic, New American fare.

• Eddie V's 
•   Downtown  
• SEAFOOD, STEAKHOUSE
•  $$$ 

Weepy, conservative, old broads almost tear their faces apart in smile from the surf and turf.

• Fino 
•   University  
• AMERICAN (NOUVEAU), MEDITERRANEAN, SEAFOOD, SOUPS/SANDWICHES
•  $$ 

Bamboo window shades protect the pretty-people happy-hour set while dates share paella for two.

• Green Pastures 
•   South Austin  
• FRENCH/NEW AMERICAN
•  $$$$ 

Well-mannered preps are as prevalent as the peafowl roaming the grounds.

• Hudson's on the Bend 
•   Out of Town  
• AMERICAN (NOUVEAU), SOUTHWEST
•  $$$$ 

The only rattlesnakes found in this limestone farmhouse are on a plate.

• Jeffrey's 
•   Downtown  
• AMERICAN (NOUVEAU)
•  $$$$ 

Service is paramount, especially for the wasted senior VP whose wife just left him.

• Starlite 
•   Downtown  
• AMERICAN (NOUVEAU), SEAFOOD
•  $$$ 

Seasonal and skillfully prepared fare inspires creative elite to get a scooter as a third ride.