Best North Austin Restaurants

This guide to the best North Austin restaurants is part of the Austin Food Blogger Alliance’s 2024 City Guide. #atxbesteats

People tend to visit restaurants and shops within a set radius of where they live. While I love visiting restaurants in Central and Downtown Austin, North Austin has its fair share of great restaurants too. There’s no need to go farther than you need to for good food! Here are my favorite and fan-favorite restaurants in North Austin.

Where is North Austin? My southern boundary is Anderson Lane and my other general boundaries are Wells Branch Parkway (north) and Lakeline Blvd. (west) and I-35 (east).

Click to go to the restaurant map at the bottom of the post!

Table of Contents

AMERICAN

Bakery Lorraine

11600 Rock Rose Ave #100, Austin, TX 78758
Details: great place for brunch at the Domain
What to get: quiche lorraine, pastries

Big Nonna’s

12601 Tech Ridge Blvd #300, Austin, TX 78753
Details: NY-style vegan pizza
What to get: Supreme

Cafe Java

11900 Metric Blvd, Austin, TX 78758
Details: cafe with good breakfast and salads and sandwiches for lunch and dinner
What to get: Ironman Omelet; biscuits and gravy; hashbrowns

District Kitchen + Cocktails

7858 Shoal Creek Blvd, Austin, TX 78757
Details: New American cuisine in a relaxed setting
What to get: daily specials, dessert

Flower Child

11721 Rock Rose Ave #160, Austin, TX 78758
Details: health-focused chain cafe offering salads and grain bowls
What to get: kale salad, lemon olive oil cake

Garbo’s

12709 N. Mopac Expressway, Austin, Texas 78727
Details: known for their lobster rolls
What to get: Maine (mayo) lobster roll; fried calamari

Honest Mary’s

9828 Great Hills Trail Suite 300, Austin, TX 78759
Details: local Austin restaurant serving custom grain bowls
What to get: Sedona Lime and Aloha Poke bowls

Hopdoddy

Multiple locations in Austin; North location is 2438A W Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78757
Details: juicy and creative burger joint in town; all-natural meats; delicious shakes
What to get: Magic Shroom (burger with mushrooms); Truffle Fries; Oreo Cookie Shake
See more about Hopdoddy in this post

Interstellar BBQ

12233 Ranch Rd 620 N Suite 105, Austin, TX 78750
Details: barbecue!
What to get: brisket

SLAB BBQ & Beer

Three locations; North is 9012 Research Blvd C4, Austin, TX 78758
Details: barbecue sandwiches
What to get: The McDowell (pork ribs)

CHINESE

Chen’s Noodle House

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd #127, Austin, TX 78759
Details: limited menu compared to others but delicious food
What to get: hand-cut noodles

Fat Dragon

8650 Spicewood Springs Rd #109, Austin, TX 78759
Details: plenty of Chinese favorites here
What to get: soup dumplings

First Chinese BBQ

10901 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
Details: variety of Chinese dishes
What to get: Wonton Noodle Soup; barbecue pork, roast pork and roast duck

House of Three Gorges

8557 Research Blvd #144, Austin, TX 78758
Details: Sichuan cuisine
What to get: mala fish with tofu, eggplant in garlic sauce

Julie’s Noodles

8557 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78758
Details: noodles and dumplings will satisfy your cravings
What to get: soup dumplings; beef noodle soup

Xian Noodles

3401 Esperanza Crossing #106, Austin, TX 78758
Details: hand-pulled to order are their specialty, also serves dim sum
What to get: steamed dumplings, hand-pulled noodles

INDIAN

Sangam Chettinad Indian Cuisine

6001 W Parmer Ln #140, Austin, TX 78727
Details: South Indian cuisine with huge menu
What to get: biryani

ITALIAN

Andiamo Ristorante

2521 Rutland Dr, Austin, TX 78758
Details: tucked-away gem; great service
What to get: Linguine Cozze e Calamari (linguine with mussels and calamari); Vitello al Marsala (veal)

DeSano Pizzeria Napoletana

8000 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
Details: authentic Italian pizza
What to get: Margherita pizza

North Italia

11506 Century Oaks Terrace #124, Austin, TX 78758
Details: chain serving thin-crust pizzas and classic Italian dishes
What to get: prosciutto pizza, bolognese

JAPANESE

Ichi-Umi

9503 Research Blvd #500, Austin, TX 78759
Details: upscale restaurant serving sushi and hot dishes
What to get: bento box for lunch

Ramen Del Barrio

1700 W Parmer Ln Suite 100, Austin, TX 78727 (has Hana World Market)
Details: Mexican-Japanese ramen fusion
What to get: carnitas tonkotsu

Ramen Tatsu-ya

Multiple locations in Austin; North location is 8557 Research Blvd #126, Austin, TX 78758
Details: ramen, simple restaurant design
What to get: Katsu Sliders and #1 Tonkotsu Original
See more about Ramen Tatsu-ya in this post

Sugar Pine

8578 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78758
Details: Casual counter-service Japanese restaurant
What to get: chicken karaage, katsu, ice cream

Tomodachi

4101 W Parmer Ln, Austin, TX 78727
Details: laid-back restaurant with a great team; creative dishes; fresh fish
What to order: chef/server-recommended sashimi; anything with Japanese Madai Snapper
See my review here

KOREAN

Charm Korean BBQ

1200 W Howard Ln, Austin, TX 78753
Details: restaurant with sections for regular menu or tabletop grilling
What to get: Korean BBQ all-you-can-eat

Chi’Lantro

Multiple locations in Austin. North location: 11005 Burnet Rd #108, Austin, TX 78758
Details: modern Korean Mexican fusion fast-casual restaurant
What to get: kimchi fries, make your own noodle bowl

Hi Wings

2525 W Anderson Ln #135, Austin, TX 78757
Details: Korean restaurant is known for its traditional dishes and fried chicken
What to get: Korean fried chicken

MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EASTERN

Halal Bros

1910 W Braker Ln #800, Austin, TX 78758 and 11521 N FM 620 Suite 1300, Austin, TX 78726
Details: “street cart style” food and it’s fantastic
What to order: chicken over rice

Peace Bakery and Deli

11220 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
Details: affordable and stellar big-plate eats; the bakery has a small selection of sweet treats
What to order: meat and side combo plate; baba ghanoush

Santorini Cafe

11800 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
Details: cute and roomy Greek restaurant; expansive menu; Greek beers available
What to order: Gyro Plate; Appetizer Trio

Usta Kababgy

9310 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
Details: featuring grilled halal meats
What to get: kabab Iraqi pita (lamb and beef)

MEXICAN/TEX-MEX

Bulevar

9400 Arboretum Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
Details: Mexican flavors in an upscale yet comfortable setting, good happy hour
What to get: machete, guacamole, mixto pibil

Con Todo

10001 Metric Blvd, Austin, TX 78758
Details: food truck with excellent tacos
What to get: bistec

Eldorado Cafe

3300 W Anderson Ln #303, Austin, TX 78757
Details: colorful restaurant with a tasty menu
What to get: enchiladas

El Tacorrido

9320 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
Details: small taco stand with little seating in the middle of a parking lot
What to get: carnitas; barbacoa

Los Chillakillers

13000 N Interstate Hwy 35 Building 12 Suite 204, Austin, TX 78753
Details: good spot for chilaquiles
What to get: Old 183

One Taco

2900 W Anderson Ln. Suite K, Austin, TX 78757; 12200 Research Blvd. Suite 400. Austin, TX 78759; 500 W Canyon Ridge Dr. L400 Austin, TX 78753
Details: Fast-casual taco spot
What to get: taco norte

Tacodeli

12001 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758
Details: love their breakfast tacos but lunch is good too
What to get: Jess Special; Sirloin, Egg, and Cheese

Vazquez Restaurant

9063 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78758; 915 E Braker Ln, Austin, TX 78753; 13729 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78750
Details: consistent eats; opens early for breakfast
What to get: breakfast tacos; huevos rancheros

Veracruz All Natural

9003 Waterford Centre Blvd Suite 180, Austin, TX 78758
Details: breakfast and lunch plates keep this place busy
What to get: migas taco; horchata

SWEETS

Baklava House

10205 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
Details: so many different kinds of baklava, purchase by weight
What to get: your fill of baklava

Michoacana Natural Ice Cream

9426 Parkfield Dr, Austin, TX 78758
Details: delish ice cream and paletas
What to get: paletas, mangonada

Snowy Village

1700 W Parmer Ln Ste.244, Austin, TX 78727
Details: bingsu and taiyaki
What to get: brown sugar mochi bingsu and red bean taiyaki

THAI

Madam Mam’s

2700 W Anderson Ln Suite 419, Austin, TX 78757
Details: great selection of Thai dishes
What to get: Kao Soi; Pad Thai; Pad Sea-Ew

Thai Cuisine

4101 W Parmer Ln, Austin, TX 78727
Details: popular Thai restaurant
What to get: Tom Ka soup; Tom Yum soup; Pad Kra Prow; Yellow Curry; Pad Kee Mao

Thai Kun

11601 Rock Rose #100, Austin, TX 78758
Details: located in the Rock Rose Domain area
What to get: crab rice; stir-fry eggplant

Sip Saam Thai

6301 W Parmer Ln #505, Austin, TX 78729
Details: Casual Thai restaurant with lots of flavor
What to get: som tum/papaya salad, yellow curry

Spicy Boys

10609 Metric Blvd #108, Austin, TX 78758
Details: Thai fusion food truck located outside Fairweather Cider
What to get: chicken sandwich