Diners' Choice: Best Food restaurants in Dallas

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Updated October 05, 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best overall cuisine in Dallas? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Cafe Momentum - Dallas

4.9

4.9 (896)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Downtown

About the restaurant

Cafe Momentum is a non-profit restaurant that serves as a paid post-release internship for juvenile offenders. Youth are released from detention into the sheltered environment of Café Momentum’s post-release program. Café Momentum’s program teaches critical skills that allow youth to re-enter society in a safe, real-world environment of nurturing accountability. By participating in our program, at-risk young people rotate through every aspect of the restaurant from waiting tables to washing dishes, while working side-by-side with established chefs.

The paid internship gives them the opportunity to exercise and practice their new skills while continuing to develop leadership, social, and vocational skills for as long as they choose to maintain involvement with Café Momentum. Additionally, Café Momentum works with the Dallas County Juvenile Justice Department to serve youth deemed highest risk for incarceration.

Top review

Teresa

Dined 3 days ago

We always love supporting Café Momentum. Enjoyed new items from the fall menu. The cauliflower elotes is amazing, and the smoked friend chicken is always a hit. The beet and burrata salad was so flavorful. Bread basket is so plentiful and the assortment was perfect. It was an enjoyable meal and we will be back soon.

Mot Hai Ba - Lakewood

4.9

4.9 (1206)

$31 to $50

Vietnamese

Lakewood / White Rock Lake

About the restaurant

Mot Hai Ba has been an East Dallas staple since 2013, offering a seasonal menu inspired by locally sourced farms and ingredients, as well as influences from France, Asia & Italy.
Our original location in Lakewood offers a cozy, intimate dining room, and a lovely enclosed patio for your enjoyment.

Due to our limited seating capacity we ask that guests adhere to the following reservation timeframes:
parties of 1 to 2 guests - 1 hour 45 minutes .
2 to 4 guests - 2 hours .
5 guests and up - 2.5 hours .

Parties of 5 and larger must call the restaurant to reserve, as a credit card hold will be required.

Top review

Anne

Dined 2 days ago

Cant wait to go back! Loved every dish. Don’t skip the garlic noodles!

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Popular dish

Kimchi and Foie Gras Dumplings

4.9

4.9 (304)

$50 and over

Japanese

Knox / Henderson

About the restaurant

Welcome to Tei Tei Robata Bar! The place you feel like you are almost in Japan. Just open your mind, eyes and mouth, enjoy the cultural experience during your visit.

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Grace

Dined on Sep 18, 2024

The food was fantastic and the service was out of this world. We had 8 or 9 dishes and several drinks each and the bill was very reasonable for the quality of the food and the impeccable service!

TacoLingo Tex-Mex

4.8

4.8 (321)

$30 and under

Tex-Mex

Uptown

About the restaurant

You're local Tex-Mex Hangout. TacoLingo is a new casual dining experience in Uptown Dallas that brings the "Lingo" back to Tex-Mex with fresh ingredients made in-house, delicious enchiladas, fajitas and tacos. Hand crafted cocktails and Margaritas that won't disappoint.

Top review

Garyvip

Dined 4 days ago

Always dependable Tex Mex dishes. Service is good. Large outdoor patio available. Margaritas are tasty.

Adelmo's Ristorante

4.9

4.9 (931)

$31 to $50

Italian

Park Cities

About the restaurant

Hailing from Florence, Italy, Adelmo Banchetti started his career in the food and beverage world at the tender age of 16. His work took him all over the world from ships to hotels, and finally, Dallas, Texas , where he worked at the legendary Fairmont Hotel’s Pyramid Room, the Mansion On Turtle Creek, and the Crescent Court Hotel. In 1989, he and his wife Eliza, who hails from the Mediterranean region, opened Adelmo’s Ristorante to rave reviews. Their love of family, friends, good food and wines is reflected, to this day, at Adelmo’s. We feature cuisine inspired by the Italian/ Mediterranean region as well as the herbs, spices and grains indigenous to its shores. Made with the freshest ingredients. Now, the tradition continues with their children Andrew and Lauren on board . We continue to be family owned and operated and offer award winning wine selections and personalized service, all in a rare old world setting.

Top review

PCvip

Dined 6 days ago

Outstanding as always. John and the “family” have it down. Best traditional Italian in the metroplex, and that is not easy to do.

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Popular dish

Lasagna della Casa

Thai Spice

4.9

4.9 (106)

$30 and under

Thai

North Dallas

About the restaurant

Thai Spice cuisine is a tapestry for the tongue that balances spicy, sour, sweet, salty, and better tastes. The blending of fresh herbs and spices and using of ingredients with medicinal benefits, as well as good flavor.
In addition to being the authentic restaurant to specialize in Thai cuisine, Thai Spice likewise was the high-class very first fine-dining Thai venue. Thai spice cuisine opens in 2012. Thai Spice Master Chef Sangjan Kamthong (born in Lopburi province, Thailand) is a Thai chef that been working in Thai hotel and restaurant for more than twenty-five years. Chef Sangjan began her culinary career in 5 stars restaurant at Grand Hyatt Bangkok .Chef Sangjan was invited to be a head chef for a very first Thai cuisine in Dallas since 2001 .She provided and created so many specialty sauces and dishes for her customer.
Gastronomy of Chef Sangjan is always cooked food with her happy and smile face.

Top review

Matthewvip

Dined on Sep 8, 2024

Food was very good. Staff was super friendly and attentive! TY

Selda Dallas

4.9

4.9 (50)

$30 and under

Mediterranean

Far North Dallas

About the restaurant

Selda Mediterranean brings a unique culinary experience to Dallas. Chef Habip’s creations are sure to please anyone seeking an international flavor.

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Stefan

Dined on Sep 28, 2024

Amazing food. Authentic flavors. Super busy but they were quick to serve. Will come back for sure.

Niwa Japanese BBQ

4.9

4.9 (1031)

$31 to $50

Japanese

Deep Ellum

About the restaurant

LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DEEP ELLUM NEIGHBORHOOD OF DALLAS, TX.
Niwa provides an authentic yakiniku experience, featuring premium in–table smoke–free grills.

Prepare premium grade beef, seafood, vegetables and more at your own table while enjoying a wide selection of Japanese sake, beer, and craft cocktails. Eating at Niwa is always an exciting experience, perfect for dinner with family, or a fun night out with friends.

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Angelina

Dined on Sep 17, 2024

Always great, our favorite place for our date night!

Little Katana - Uptown

4.9

4.9 (28)

$31 to $50

Sushi

Park Cities

About the restaurant

Little Katana features a uniquely varied upscale-casual dining experience, offering Asian-Fusion and traditional steakhouse cuisines.

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Laura

Dined on Sep 28, 2024

Excellent service and accommodated our large party seamlessly. Easy parking on street or two doors down in a free parking garage! Great start to SMU Parent Weekend for our boys and their parents!

Shinsei Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (2000)

$50 and over

Asian

Park Cities

About the restaurant

Shinsei Restaurant - Traditional Sushi / Contemporary Asian Kitchen

When we came up with the concept of Shinsei we wanted a place that reflected our lifestyles: sometimes we went out to dinner with our kids and sometimes with our friends and husbands. We wanted to create a place where a night out with the kids didn’t mean food adults had to suffer through or a night out with the parents didn’t mean a stuffy place where kids had to wear a scratchy clip-on tie. Shinsei is just that: a neighborhood gathering place with date night appeal.

But not so unexpected that you won’t be able to decipher the menu or recognize your favorite dish. Our signature poppers, for instance, are a sophisticated mix of late night bar food and sumptuous finger food with a distinctly Asian flair.

Top review

Janvip

Dined on Sep 30, 2024

Tammy went above and beyond, as usual. Last night, even more so.

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