December 19, 2024
Food & Drink, Guides,
A new year is on the horizon, and what better way to celebrate the end of one chapter and the beginning of another than with a special dinner with loved ones?
New Year’s Eve is a wild night on the town, but you can savor every moment with a meal and champagne toast at one of Austin’s finest restaurants. We checked the menus at some of our favorite. Now all you have to do is make the reservation!
See also: 10 Stylish Ways to Sparkle This New Year's Eve
Canje
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1914 E 6th St ste c, 512-706-9119 / Website
Bring a little spice into 2025 with a six-course meal from this Caribbean favorite. Each dish is curated to build on the next, taking you on a flavorful journey through the region's history and future.
Perry’s
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Various Locations / Website
If meat is your pleasure, Perry's offers a three-course pork chop supper New Year's Day that can't be beat. For just $49 per person, enjoy a soup or salad before digging into Parry's famous pork chop and a dessert trio
Emmer & Rye
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SkyHouse, 51 Rainey St UNIT 110, 512-366-5530 / Website
Get in touch with the nurturing tastes of our home at this farm-to-table celebration. Emmer & Rye rings in 2025 with a six-course menu with wine pairings, special cocktails and food supplements available. For $150 per person, enjoy Johnny cakes, buckwheat waffles with duck liver mousse, snapper crudo, hibiscus grilled oysters, stuffed Texan quail, Hopi blue cornbread and more.
J-Prime Steakhouse
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737-309-3301 / Website
If steak is the only way you can imagine capping 2024, J-Prime Steakhouse is a must-visit. This six-course meal begins with caviar, moves to prime beef carpaccio and salmon carpaccio, then lobster bisque, Caesar salad and wedge salad. For entrees, choose between filet mignon, American Wagyu NY strip or ribeye, grilled king salmon, chargrilled sea scallops, chicken parmesan and Chilean seabass. Sides include mushrooms, truffle man’n’cheese, crispy Brussels, au gratin potatoes, crab fried rice and more. Dessert offers chocolate mousse cake and carrot cake.
Garrison
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101 Red River St., 512-524-4700 / Website
The Fairmont's revered restaurant offers a six-course tasting dinner prepared by executive chef John Satterfield. Seatings begin at 6 p.m., and the menu boasts oysters and pearls, lobster bisque, artichokes, black and white tortellini, green circle heritage chicken, miyazakigyu A5 wagyu beef, orange semifreddo and more.
Olamaie
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1610 San Antonio St., 512-474-2796 / Website
Let chef Amanda Turner make your New Year’s Eve memorable with a special dinner that includes original menu items, holiday classics, caviar, truffles and more. Ranger Cattle is providing the steaks, and while reservations are encouraged, walk-ups will be available.
Hestia
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607 W 3rd St #105, 512-333-0737 / Website
Wood-fired cooking always brings a feeling of warmth and comfort, and at Hestia, New Year's Eve brings a menu that is fit for all your 2025 hopes and dreams. For $215 per person, this eight-course menu includes oysters, celtuce tart, smoked bluefin, wagyu tartare, pumpkin sourdough, grilled prawns, dry-aged duck skewers, halibut, dry-aged wagyu, hearth roasted apple, and more.
Juniper
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2400 E Cesar Chavez St UNIT 304, 512-220-9421 / Website
Experience the cultural flavors of northern Italy and welcome the new year in style. Juniper is offering a fine tasting menu for $150 per person, with dishes that include cured hamachi tartare or osetra caviar. Brazilian cheese bread, spinach and catupiry cheese agnolotti, seared scallops or sea bass "moqueca," rosewood wagyu NY strip, and dessert of dark chocolate cremeux with hazelnut praline and chocolate crunchies.
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