Diners' Choice: Best Overall restaurants in Dallas

OpenTable

Updated 05 March 2025

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

Mariano's Hacienda Mexican Cuisine Since 1971

5.0

5 (64)

$30 and under

Mexican

Upper Greenville

About the restaurant

Mariano’s Hacienda is a traditional Tex-Mex restaurant in Dallas dishing up Texas ranch cuisine amidst authentic ranch décor. Whether you’re looking for Southwestern classics like flame-roasted poblano stuffed with grilled chicken, steak fajitas or mesquite grilled camarones carlos y charlies with epazote white rice, the wide variety of dishes available at Mariano’s Hacienda will have something you’ll enjoy. Mariano’s also serves a wide variety of signature margaritas, curated by the founder of the restaurant, and inventor of the frozen margarita machine.

Focusing on mesquite whole logs, locally-sourced, farm-fresh produce and quality meats, Mariano’s Hacienda has been offering innovative dishes since opening in 1971. Mariano’s also offers a kids’ menu and has a private room for special events that you can contact the restaurant to reserve.

Top review

Mike

Dined 5 days ago

Awesome as always . Great food and drinks attentive staff

Cafe Momentum - Dallas

5.0

5 (912)

$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

KJHolland

Dined on 28 Feb 2025

Great food, great atmosphere, great service!!! I love this place!!!

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Experience

French Wine Dinner

Mot Hai Ba - Lakewood

4.9

4.9 (1317)

$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

David

Dined on 28 Feb 2025

Consistently fantastic food and service. Cannot wait for our next visit.

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Popular dish

Kimchi and Foie Gras Dumplings

Onesan Dim Sum & Sushi

4.9

4.9 (388)

$31 to $50

Sushi

North Dallas / Addison

About the restaurant

Now Open!
Modern Dim Sum featuring the flavors of Asia from Chef Ray Skradzinski coupled with Incredible Sushi created by Executive Sushi Chef Jimmy Duke, set in a beautiful dining room, patio and bar.
Full bar with Asian inspired cocktails, Sake, Soju and adventurist wine list.

Top review

WalterA

Dined 6 days ago

What a gem! Creative menu perfectly prepared, great service comfortable ambience and reasonable prices. Quality everywhere. The sushi is outstanding - you can taste each ingredient and the freshness is obvious. Singapore noodles, Korean fried chicken were perfectly prepared, served hot and ideal for sharing. Cocktail menu featured different combinations, wine list was very balanced and had prices for everyone. $120 for drinks and dinner for two is about average for a nice, casual night out-but there was nothing average about the exceptional experience that Onesan happily provides. Already planning our return.

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Popular dish

Thai Chicken Dumplings

Popular dish

Shanghai Noodles

Ziziki's - Travis Walk

4.9

4.9 (1451)

$31 to $50

Greek

Park Cities

About the restaurant

Neighborhood bistro specializing in Greek cuisine, with a focus on Greek-fusion and Seafood dishes. Named best Sunday Brunch and Best Patio dining from customers and press. Received Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence since opening in 1994!

Top review

OpenTable Diner

Dined 2 days ago

I enjoyed my visit to Ziziki’s. The food was great and our waiter was very friendly/attentive. I will definitely be back.

Encina

4.9

4.9 (906)

$31 to $50

Farm-to-table

Oak Cliff / Bishop Arts

About the restaurant

Encina is a warm and inviting neighborhood restaurant offering New American cuisine, cocktails, wine, and beer with influences from Texas, California, and the South in the beloved Bishop Arts District of Oak Cliff in Dallas, Texas.

Top review

Jay

Dined 2 days ago

Encina’s brunch is Amazing! Their quiche and blue corn pancakes are beyond delicious. Service is very good.

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4.9

4.9 (3041)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Uptown

About the restaurant

Centrally located between the West Village and Knox - Henderson areas, Salum is a casual yet elegant and comfortable space composed by Julio Quiñones, one of Dallas’ most progressive young designers. The spacious dining room displays a welcoming palette of brown, green and beige, with a sleek open kitchen as the focal point. Salum combines the intimacy of a neighborhood establishment with the quality of a fine dining restaurant with an atmosphere that is approachable and distinctive yet unpretentious ~ a marriage of vision, passion and skill with the goal of providing its visitors with an extraordinary dining experience. Owner and Chef Abraham Salum offers an array of contemporary American cuisine that combines the highest quality seasonal ingredients with a nuanced use of contrasting and complementary flavors to create a vibrant and visually inviting menu. Menus change once a month.

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DanVIP

Dined on 3 Mar 2025

Salum is always an incredible meal. Great staff and march’s menu is awesome. Salmon Veracruz is incredible cooked to perfection moist on the inside just the way I like.

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Popular dish

Fried Green Tomatoes

Popular dish

Grilled Beef Tenderloin

Popular dish

Cobb Salad

Cafe Pacific

4.9

4.9 (4056)

$31 to $50

Seafood

Park Cities

About the restaurant

An institution in Dallas dining for over 40 years, Cafe Pacific embodies sophistication while remaining decidedly unpretentious. Our friendly "neighborhood seafood restaurant" has garnered praise both locally and nationally for its casual elegance. You’ll dine in the warm glow of dark mahogany, rich marble, etched glass and polished brass. The walls are adorned with art from the owner's collection.

Proper Dress Required (No T-Shirts, Shorts or Flip Flops.)

Cafe Pacific is nestled in Highland Park Village, Dallas' premiere shopping locale, where pampering is the order of the day. From the complimentary valet parking to the outstanding service from our knowledgeable veteran staff, Cafe Pacific offers you sophistication without a hint of snobbery.

Top review

BillKVIP

Dined today

Always a favorite. Never disappoints! Exceptional food and attentive service.

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Popular dish

Point Judith Calamari

La Hacienda Ranch - Dallas

4.8

4.8 (24)

$30 and under

Tex-Mex

North Dallas / Addison

About the restaurant

La Hacienda Ranch in Dallas is a Texas favorite and has been providing quality Tex-Mex cuisine for several years now. La Hacienda Ranch was founded by Mariano Martinez who is the inventor of the Frozen Margarita Machine, which is in the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

Some of the entres at La Hacienda Ranch in Dallas include mesquite grilled Tenderloin Filet, Bone-in Ribeye, and Fajitas. La Hacienda Ranch in Dallas also has a special event room. Those who would like to hold an event, such as a party, at the facility can speak with the restaurant. In addition, offsite catering is available for those holding an event at their own location.

Top review

Travis

Dined on 23 Feb 2025

Beef fajitas and their cheese enchiladas with Dads Award Winning State Fair Chili is to absolutely die for!!!!!

Momo's Pasta Dallas

4.9

4.9 (841)

$30 and under

Italian

Preston Hollow

About the restaurant

Like a friendly neighborhood trattoria you might find in Naples or Venice, MoMo’s serves fare passed down through generations. The atmosphere is friendly and intimate, with exposed brick walls and sunny patio. The patio invites people watching along Knox Avenue at the uptown location. MoMo’s continues to set the standard for Italian dining in Dallas.

Directions: Best secret restaurant in Quadrangle . We are located at Lacelede & Routh next to Theatre 3

Top review

Amazing

Dined on 3 Mar 2025

Food was amazing and so was the service! Definitely going back!

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