Favorite South Austin Spots

Updated March 2019

Here's a brief run down of some of my favorite South Austin places. Questions? Shoot me a line at
southaustinfoodie at gmail or reach out through social media.

Also see my March 2019 posts from the Austin Food Blogger Alliance 2019 City Guide:
The Best South Austin Restaurants
Guide to South Austin Food Trailers

Sweet Shops
-- Sugar Mama's (cupcakes + baked goods)
-- Dolce Neve (Italian gelato)
-- La Patisserie (French sweet goods)
-- Crepe Crazy (savory crepes too)
-- Confituras (biscuits)

Vegetarian
-- Vinaigrette (not exclusively vegetarian, but you mix and match your proteins from tofu to ahi tuna with your salad)
-- Bouldin Creek Cafe (my favorite veggie burger)
-- Mr. Natural
-- TLC Austin (their Enlightenment sandwich!)

Mexican
-- Papalote (street food)
-- Habanero (breakfast and lunch daily, dinner on Fri + Sat)
-- Sazon
-- El Borrego de Oro
-- La Mexicana (panaderia/bakery + tacos, etc)

Thai 
-- Sap's (amazing tom kha soup)
-- Thai Fresh (some of the best pad thai)
-- Thai Taste (delicious pad se ew)
-- Sway (upscale, Australian-influenced)

Japanese
-- Uchi (one of the top restaurants in the city)
-- Yanagi (underrated, great bento box lunch specials)
-- Ramen Tatsuya
-- Michi Ramen (south location is take out only)

Chinese
-- Chen Z Noodle House (green onion pancakes, handcut noodles + lamb skewers)
-- Sichuan River (finally, decent Sichuan/Szechuan in South Austin!)

Vietnamese
-- Dong Nai (good inexpensive Vietnamese, love the bun bowl with char-grilled pork)
-- Elizabeth Street Cafe (upscale; really what I love are the French breakfast pastries)
-- Me Con Bistro

Italian + Spanish
-- Enoteca (I always get the carbonara with linguine instead of spaghetti)
-- Barlata (the crema catalana for dessert is incredible)
-- Cane Rosso

Other Ethnic
-- Tarka (Indian)
-- Taste of Ethiopia
-- Phoenicia Bakery (Mediterranean)
-- Habana (Cuban)

Gastropub / Americana +/-
-- Winebelly (some of the best chicken liver mousse pate anywhere)
-- Odd Duck
-- June's All Day
-- Cafe Malta
-- TLC Austin

Burgers
-- Hopdoddy (oh, but the lines....)
-- The Park ($5 Tuesdays during happy hour)
-- Bouldin Creek Cafe (vegetarian)

Pizza
-- Homeslice (NY style)
-- Cane Rosso (Neopolitan)
-- Via 313 (Detroit style)
-- Pinthouse
-- Toss (NY style)

BBQ
-- Uncle Billy's
-- Terry Black's
-- Opie's (yes, it's in Spicewood, but they've got my favorite baby backs!)

Breakfasts
-- Phoebe's Diner
-- Cafe No Se
-- Bouldin Creek Cafe
-- Kerbey Lane
-- Magnolia Cafe
-- breakfast tacos at La Mexicana, Torchy's, or Papalote

Upscale
-- Lenior
-- Uchi
-- Vespaio

Liquids
-- The Golden Goose (fun cocktails)
-- Patika Coffee and Wine (great pastries too)
-- Juicebox (fresh pressed juices)