Last Updated: April 2026
When I first moved to Austin in 2007, there were 3 Asian restaurants in the entire city — and one of those was Panda Express. So watching Austin’s Asian food scene grow into what it is today has been incredibly exciting. Compared to NYC, Houston, or even Taiwan (where I was born), Austin’s Asian food still has room to grow, but it has gotten much better. Here are my favorite Asian restaurants in Austin sorted by cuisine — Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, plus a dedicated ramen section and Pan-Asian fusion picks.
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Best Chinese Restaurants in Austin
Bamboo House
The Peking duck, thin beef slices with sauerkraut stew, and Sichuan fried chicken at Bamboo House on Chang Street was one of my favorite meals in 2022 (quoted in Eater). This Houston transplant has become a destination Chinese restaurant in Austin.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Peking duck, thin beef slices with sauerkraut stew, Sichuan fried chicken.
7010 Easy Wind Dr Unit 100, bamboohouseaustin.com
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House of Three Gorges
I adore House of Three Gorges — the distance is a challenge but this authentic Sichuan-leaning spot is worth the trek. Affordable, generous portions, and my favorites include shrimp fried rice, Sichuan Dry Stir Fried Chicken, mapo tofu with ground pork, and for the adventurous, the blood jelly and intestine in spicy soup.
Price Range: $
What to order: Shrimp fried rice, Sichuan Dry Stir Fried Chicken, mapo tofu with ground pork.
8557 Research Blvd Suite 144, houseofthreegorges.com
Mian & Bao
I was OBSESSED with Mian & Bao when it first opened — super cute space with really, really good Chinese food focused on Szechuan and Shanghai-style dishes. The beef noodle soup is probably the best in town right now.
Price Range: $
What to order: Beef noodle soup, soup dumplings, pan fried pork dumplings.
4700 W Guadalupe St
Ten Second Noodle House
If you’re looking for noodles or DIY hot pot, try Ten Seconds. Inspired by the noodle traditions of Yunnan, China — slow-simmered broths that are deeply comforting.
Price Range: $
What to order: Fish Maw Chicken 滋补花胶鸡米线, Mala Spicy 麻辣.
9070 Research Blvd #104, tensecondsaustin.com
四姐 Special Noodle
Special Noodle has a HUGE menu of dumplings (boiled, steamed, fried), meat kebabs, clay pots, noodle soups, and more. Overwhelming but excellent.
Price Range: $
13729 Research Blvd #695
Asia Cafe
For anyone willing to drive up to Asia Cafe in North Austin, they have the best Chinese food in Austin IMO. Generous portions, affordable, and this is where my parents will eat.
Price Range: $
What to order: Honey walnut shrimp, braised pork with preserved veggie, stir-fried water spinach, spicy beef noodle soup.
8650 Spicewood Springs Rd #114a
Qi
If I’m wanting fancy Chinese food or entertaining friends, I take them to Qi in downtown Austin. Indoor and outdoor dining, TOTO toilets in the restrooms, and weekend dim sum brunch.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Shanghai soup dumplings (pork and crab), hot & sour soup, har kaw, salt and pepper lobster tail, pecan shrimp, Peking duck, truffle egg fried rice.
835 W 6th St Unit 114, qiaustin.com
Chen Z Noodle House
Located right next door to Asia Cafe in North Austin — Chen Z is the best for hand-pulled noodles.
Price Range: $
What to order: Beef soft noodle, house pan-fried noodle, stir-fried beef flat noodle.
6705 US-290, chenzaustin.com
Old Thousand
If you want to take someone on a date that includes Chinese food, Old Thousand on the East Side is the spot. Hip vibe with a cocktail bar. Happy hour Mon–Fri 5–6:30pm with food discounts and 50% off all bottles of wine.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Mapo eggplant (vegan), green beans, kung pao cauliflower, general tso chicken, char siu.
1000 E 11th St
Din Ho Chinese BBQ
Classic Taiwanese restaurant — roasted BBQ duck, BBQ pork, char siu, mapo tofu, dungeness crab, steamed fish, live lobster, walnut shrimp.
8557 Research Blvd #116
Julie’s Noodles
For authentic Taiwanese beef noodle soup. Add chili crisp for an experience.
8557 Research Blvd #110
Wu Chow
If you’re celebrating a special occasion and want Chinese food, Wu Chow in downtown Austin is the spot. Iconic dishes like Lion’s Head meatballs, Hunan-style beef, Singapore noodles, seafood bird’s nest, salt & pepper squid, pork dumplings, and whole fish. Happy hour Mon–Fri 5–6pm.
Price Range: $$$
What to order: Whole fish, seafood bird’s nest.
500 W 5th St
Lin Asian Bar
For a fancy dim sum brunch, Lin Asian Bar on West 6th is the spot. Vegan and gluten-free options. Gets busy on weekends — be prepared to wait.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Soup dumplings, fried dumplings, pork buns.
1203 W 6th St
Taste of Home Handmade Dumplings
Recently opened with all the dumpling options — steamed, boiled, pan-fried. You can even get abalone dumplings here.
10901 N Lamar Blvd Ste B-203
Best Japanese Restaurants in Austin
Uchi
Uchi is really known for the omakase tasting menu. I went recently for happy hour and sat at the sushi bar — loved it.
Price Range: $$$$
What to order: Hot rack wagyu beef, foie gras sushi, and any of the omakase courses.
801 S Lamar Blvd
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Uchiko
Everyone knows Uchi and Uchiko are the gold standard for Japanese in Austin. Uchiko leans more modern; Uchi is more traditional. Sit at the sushi bar for the full experience. Sake Social happy hour every day 5–6:30pm.
Price Range: $$$$
4200 N Lamar Blvd
Tenten
Modern Japanese restaurant in downtown Austin on West 6th — sashimi platter, charred edamame, A5 wagyu strip, and standout cocktails.
Price Range: $$$$
What to order: Charred edamame, giant tiger prawns, sashimi platter, crab leg, A5 wagyu strip ($140 for 9 pieces), peach blossom cocktail.
501 W 6th St
Komé
The teishoku (combination lunch) is a great deal. Happy hour Monday–Thursday 5–6pm with $5 izakaya cocktails, $5 well drinks, and discounted snacks and sushi.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Shrimp tempura, age-dashi tofu, kara-age, takoyaki, any of the teishoku, sushi lunch.
5301 Airport Blvd #100
Sugar Pine
Beautiful North Austin café with onigiri, chicken karaage, soba noodles, sets, and homemade ice cream. Everything is beautifully plated and delicious.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Onigiri, chicken karaage, soba noodles, sets, ice cream.
8578 Research Blvd
Fukumoto
Japanese izakaya popular as an alternative to Uchiko — skewers, sushi, and cooked seafood imported from Japan in a lofty, hip space. The uni pasta is heavenly.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Sushi, uni pasta.
514 Medina St, fukumotoaustin.com
Sushi Junai Omakase
Sushi Junai’s third location in downtown Austin (3rd and Congress) is their fine-dining omakase concept — separate from their all-you-can-eat sushi original. The $150 18-course features A5 wagyu from Japan with shaved truffle and 24k edible gold. The 15-course at $75 doesn’t include wagyu, caviar, or foie gras.
Price Range: $$$$
What to order: 18-course omakase.
315 Congress Ave #100
HokkaiSan
HokkaiSan has become a popular Austin sushi spot known for their omakase and creative rolls. Expanding with another new location in 2026.
Nori
Sophisticated Japanese restaurant on Guadalupe with creative vegan rolls — including spicy “Good Catch” tuna, Just Egg tamago, and tempura asparagus. A standout option for vegans craving sushi without compromise.
3208 Guadalupe St B, Austin, TX 78705
Bonus — Best Japanese Market in Austin: Asahi Imports opened their first location in 1967 on Burnet and now has a second on South Lamar. 30,000+ Japanese products, handmade onigiri rice balls, sushi-grade fish, 30 different rices, 20 misos, dumplings, ramen kits, fish cakes, and 100+ sakes, beers, and plum wines. 6105 Burnet Rd & 3005 South Lamar.
Best Korean Restaurants in Austin
Oseyo
My favorite spot for Korean food in Austin — located in East Austin with a gorgeous open-air courtyard. The food is more expensive and smaller portions than Korea House, but it’s better and the space is beautiful. Date-night and impress-clients caliber. Has a private room for events.
Price Range: $$$
What to order: Kimchi jigae, kalbi (beef short rib), bulgogi, jajangmyeon, kalbi tang.
1628 E Cesar Chavez St
Korea House
For an authentic Korean meal, Korea House in North Austin. Tucked in a strip center but reminiscent of a home-cooked meal. The Dosirak (Korean lunch box) is a steal — beef bulgogi lunch box with 2 banchan, ginger salad, Korean egg drop soup, mandu, and rice for $11, weekdays 11am–2pm.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Bulgogi, Galbi Tang, bibimbap, haemul pajeon (seafood and scallion pancake).
2700 W Anderson Ln #501, koreahouseaustin.com
Chosun Galbi
Chosun Galbi is at the top of my list for Korean BBQ in Austin — really good meat at reasonable prices and excellent banchan. The Assorted BBQ for 3 ($83.95) gets you fresh short ribs, marinated short ribs, thinly sliced beef brisket, beef bulgogi, pork bulgogi, chicken bulgogi, and 3 jumbo shrimps. Staff helps cook the meat and restocks banchan.
713 E Huntland Dr, chosungalbiaustin.com
Charm Korean BBQ
I love Charm because it’s the only all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ in Austin. Best with a group of friends with soju or sake. $25.99–$49.99 depending on premium meats like prime rib.
Price Range: $$$
1200 W Howard Ln
DAM-A
One of the newer additions to Austin’s Korean scene — DAM-A combines Korean BBQ AND hot pot under one roof, which most Austin Korean BBQ spots don’t offer. A real gap-filler if you’ve been wanting Korean hot pot in town.
Chi’Lantro
Everyone loves Chi’Lantro’s kimchi fries — they also have Korean fried chicken wings, tacos, rice and noodle bowls.
Price Range: $
Multiple locations in Austin
bb.q Chicken Highland Village
Popular KFC (Korean fried chicken) franchise now in Austin.
Best Thai Restaurants in Austin
Thai Fresh
If you ever meet Jam at Thai Fresh, she’s super sweet — and she’s almost always there. Slightly more expensive than typical Austin Thai because gratuity is included. Cooking classes available too.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Drunken noodles, pad thai, fried chicken skins, any of the ice cream.
909 W Mary St
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Dee Dee
Food truck currently parked at Radio Coffee in South Austin. The most authentic Thai food in Austin. Pad kaprow and laab moo are exceptional but really, really spicy. Tame the fire with mango & sticky rice and an iced Thai tea.
Price Range: $
What to order: Pad kaprow, laab moo, mango & sticky rice.
4204 Manchaca Rd
Sway
One of Austin’s highly recommended fine-dining restaurants serving authentic Thai. Warning: most things are very spicy.
Price Range: $$$$
What to order: Chicken wings, jungle curry, blue crab fried rice, son-in-law egg, tiger cry.
3437 Bee Caves Rd
Madam Mam’s
When I was at UT Austin, I’d treat myself to Madam Mam’s after exams. Best fried rice IMO when paired with their homemade chili oil — so good people kept stealing the jars, so they only give you a little plastic container now.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Fried rice with chili oil.
2514 Guadalupe St
Titaya’s
For pad Thai, Titaya’s is my recommendation. When I’m craving Asian takeout, I usually order their pad Thai and tom kha soup.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Pad Thai, tom kha soup.
5501 N Lamar Blvd
Best Vietnamese Restaurants in Austin
Pho Dan
My favorite spot for pho — affordable, clean, and hits the spot when I need something soupy. My go-to is #13. I like marble brisket because it’s more tender than round steak. Also love #40A — steamed rice with charbroiled beef and egg rolls.
Price Range: $
1220 N Lamar Blvd
Sip Pho
If I want pho in a fancy setting, I go to Sip Pho. Located next to UT Campus, beautifully designed by Magic Architecture. Pho is more expensive ($12–$13) but still delicious. Also serves chicken broth pho, vegan pho, banh mi, kids menu, and bubble tea.
Price Range: $$
512 W 29th St, sippho.com
Anh Em
From the former phoCraft owners, Anh Em serves some of the best banh mi in Austin — generous smear of pâté and mayo on excellent bread, plus solid pho. A welcome addition to the Vietnamese scene.
Thanh Nhi
The best vermicelli bowl in Austin IMO. Hole-in-the-wall in a strip mall — not fancy, but cheap and really good. The grilled pork vermicelli bowl has perfectly marinated and BBQ’d pork, fried spring rolls, and fish sauce. The #A1 special spring rolls (with grilled pork sausage and a deep-fried spring roll wrapped inside) are a must.
Price Range: $
1335 E Whitestone Blvd T100
Baguette House
For banh mi, I always go to Baguette House in the MT shopping center. They bake the baguettes from scratch and the sandwiches are long and skinny.
What to order: #1 House Special Combination Banh Mi.
Price Range: $
10901 N Lamar Blvd
Elizabeth Street Cafe
I only go to Elizabeth St Cafe when someone else is paying — pho is $18 vs. the typical $7 bowl elsewhere. That said, I do love their kaffir lime fried chicken bún (vermicelli bowl) and the spring rolls.
Price Range: $$$
What to order: Spring rolls, kaffir lime fried chicken bún.
1501 S 1st St
La Vi
Vietnamese coffee truck in downtown Austin known for the salted caramel Viet latte and traditional egg coffee — a great quick stop in the downtown core.
Best Pan-Asian & Asian Fusion Restaurants in Austin
The Peached Tortilla
Southern/Asian comfort food with a casual lunch menu of tacos, tostadas, and bowls. The dinner menu is even better — lush pork belly bowl, dan dan noodles, and Hainan chicken. I think Peached is the only spot in Austin where you can get Hainan chicken, and it’s SO good with the ginger-scallion dipping sauce. Food truck available for events and weddings.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Hainan chicken, pork belly bowl, dan dan noodles.
5520 Burnet Rd #100
888 Pan Asian Restaurant
If you go on a Friday, expect a one-hour wait for this popular Pan-Asian restaurant serving Vietnamese and Chinese dishes in South Austin.
Price Range: $
What to order: Roast duck egg noodle soup, beef flat rice noodles.
2400 E Oltorf St #1A
1618 Asian Fusion
If you want Asian food in a fancy space, 1618 Asian Fusion on Riverside. Cocktails (the smoky old fashioned is stellar), lobster, whole Peking duck, fried whole fish, and live music.
Price Range: $$$
What to order: Filet mignon pepper steak, Thai crispy red snapper, spicy chili Singapore lobster.
1618 E Riverside Dr
Best Ramen in Austin
Ramen has become its own destination scene in Austin. Here are my top picks — from the long-established Ramen Tatsu-Ya to the newest brick-and-mortar additions.
Ramen Tatsu-Ya
The OG Austin ramen shop — their pork tonkotsu broth is magical. They also do a 100% vegan mazemen if you’re feeding a vegan friend.
Price Range: $$
What to order: Tonkotsu Original, Mi-So-Hot, Ol’Skool ramen.
8557 Research Blvd, East 6th, South Lamar
Matsuba Japanese Ramen
South Austin ramen spot on Comsouth Drive — solid bowls at a reasonable price, and a good go-to if you’re south of the river and don’t want to drive to Tatsu-ya. Online ordering for takeout makes it easy.
3400 Comsouth Drive Suite 120, Austin, TX 78744
Ramen Del Barrio
MICHELIN Bib Gourmand–awarded Japanese-Mexican fusion ramen — a rare crossover concept in Austin. Their brick-and-mortar near Q2 Stadium opened in January 2026 and has been generating a lot of buzz. The Bib Gourmand recognition is a real credential.
Frequently Asked Questions About Asian Restaurants in Austin
What’s the best authentic Chinese restaurant in Austin?
Asia Cafe in North Austin is my top pick — it’s where my parents will eat, and that’s the gold standard. House of Three Gorges (Sichuan), Mian & Bao (Szechuan and Shanghai), and Bamboo House (Houston transplant doing Chinese-Texas fusion) are also excellent. For a special occasion, Wu Chow downtown or Qi for fancy dim sum.
Where do I get the best ramen in Austin?
Ramen Tatsu-Ya is the long-standing favorite — their tonkotsu broth is the move. For something newer, Ramen Del Barrio earned a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand for Japanese-Mexican fusion ramen, and their brick-and-mortar near Q2 Stadium just opened in early 2026. Matsuba Japanese Ramen is a solid South Austin option.
What’s the best Korean BBQ in Austin?
Chosun Galbi is at the top — really good meat at reasonable prices with excellent banchan. For all-you-can-eat, Charm Korean BBQ is the only one in town. For Korean BBQ + hot pot in one trip, the newer DAM-A combines both under one roof.
Are there any Michelin-recognized Asian restaurants in Austin?
Yes — Ramen Del Barrio holds a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand for their Japanese-Mexican fusion ramen. Several Austin Asian spots are also recognized in MICHELIN’s broader Texas guide, including Uchi and Uchiko for sushi.
What’s the best omakase in Austin?
Sushi Junai Omakase downtown offers an 18-course tasting menu at $150 with A5 wagyu, shaved truffle, and 24k edible gold. Uchi’s omakase is also exceptional. For more options, see my 10 Best Options For Omakase in Austin guide.
Where can I get vegan Asian food in Austin?
Nori on Guadalupe makes vegan sushi rolls (spicy “Good Catch” tuna, Just Egg tamago). Ramen Tatsu-Ya offers a 100% vegan mazemen at all locations. Lin Asian Bar has vegan and gluten-free dim sum options. Old Thousand has vegan options like mapo eggplant. For more vegan picks, see my Best Vegan Restaurants in Austin guide.
What’s the best authentic Thai food in Austin?
Dee Dee at Radio Coffee in South Austin is the most authentic — pad kaprow, laab moo, and proper Thai spice levels. Thai Fresh is a longtime favorite (Jam, the owner, is almost always there). Sway is the fine-dining option for authentic Thai.
