Top Restaurants in Dallas

The French Room
Location: Downtown Houston
Cuisine: Italian
Price: $$$$
Ambience: Casual
Sample Dishes: Grilled Chicken with Smoked Provolone and Avocado Ciabatta, Carmalized Foie Gras

Consistently rated one of the best restaurants in Dallas, the French Room is located in the Hotel Adolphus in downtown. The modern American cuisine is given a twist with traditional French cooking techniques. Executive Chef Jason Weaver leads a team of chefs and cooks that inspired the New York Times to call the French Room "indisputably the most striking and sumptuous restaurant in Dallas."

Mansion on Turtle Creek Restaurant
Location: Uptown Houston
Cuisine: New American
Price: $$$$
Ambience: Dressy
Sample Dishes: Provencale Vegetables and Basil, and Maine Lobster Casserole, Lobster Corral and Lobster Butter

This fine dining experience takes the visitor on a sensual journey not only of taste and smell but inclusive of all six senses. The main dining area has been renovated to include modern furniture and light open spaces with honey colored walls. The enclosed verandah is an elegant mix of finely decorated wall details, wrought-iron highlights and celadon fabrics draping the windows. The food itself combines traditional American fare with a taste of the local, making the experience one to savor.

Abacus
Location: Uptown Houston
Cuisine: New American
Price: $$$$
Ambience: Dressy
Sample Dishes: Lobster-Scallion Shooters, Calamari Fondue, Sushi

Recent Iron Chef Winner Executive Chef Kent Rathbun helps bring a fine dining experience to Abacus, with a menu that offers innovation with seasonal ingredients. The open kitchen gives you a birds-eye view of the master chef and his team at work. Rathbun's official website not only provides the current menu, but information on catering and even recipes from the chef himself.

Lola the Restaurant
Location: Downtown Houston
Cuisine: New American
Price: $$$
Ambience: Dressy
Sample Dishes: Gnocchi, Scottish Salmon Tartare, Braised Sweetbreads, Braised Beef Short Ribs

A reasonably priced restaurant, Lola's holds its own with some of the finest in the city. The owner's prolific taste for wine makes it one of the premium handpicked choices in the city, and the food's distinguished world- reaching cuisine offers dishes ranging from Texan dishes to Mediterranean fare.

Teppo
Location: Downtown Houston
Cuisine: Japanese
Price: $$$
Ambience: Casual
Sample Dishes: Beef Tongue, Yakitori, Duck Breast Filet, Chicken Meatballs

The first sushi restaurant of its kind on Lower Greenville, Teppo is still considered the foremost sushi and sashimi restaurant in the area. Always fresh meats, seafood and vegetables are arrayed in beautiful presentations that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but succulent and flavorful.