Diners' Choice: Innovative restaurants in Dallas - Fort Worth

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Updated 05 December 2024

Looking for the best restaurants that are fit for foodies in Dallas - Fort Worth? 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 book, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Purepecha

5.0

5 (164)

$50 and over

Mexican

Deep Ellum

About the restaurant

Offering a 4 course tasting menu in the front dining room and a 7 course tasting menu in the communal chefs kitchen table. The menu showcases dishes of Michoacan, Mexico featuring both traditional and international ingredients, flair and flavors. Experience brought to you by chef Regino Rojas, multi time nominated chef for James Beard Award and numerous accolades all together. Purepecha was named Best Tasting Menu by D Magazine August 2024 issue, named Best Restaurant by D magazine December 2023 issue.

Please contact us directly for groups up to 14 people.

Unable to accommodate to vegan, vegetarian or pescatarian, these requests will not be accepted. Thank you for understanding.

No shows and cancellations with less than 72 hours notice will be charged a $120-$180 cancellation fee per person. Online cancellation cut off is 72 hours before the reservation and not able to be cancelled. Cancellations are not accepted over the phone or email. Thank you for respecting our policy

Top review

michelle

Dined on 22 Dec 2024

Amazing 7 course dinner with each meal being perfectly cooked and curated! Highly recommend doing the chefs meal in the kitchen for a truly amazing experience!

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Experience

7 Course $180pp Chefs Kitchen Table

Experience

4 Course $120 pp Front Dining Room

Cafe Momentum - Dallas

4.9

4.9 (904)

$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

Karen

Dined on 24 Nov 2024

Always enjoy Cafe Momentum and supporting their mission.

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Experience

Trinchero Wine Dinner

Uchiba Dallas

4.9

4.9 (1530)

$31 to $50

Sushi

Uptown

About the restaurant

:: ADDITIONAL RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE ON RESTAURANT WEBSITE ::

A bar concept located on the 2nd floor from Chef Tyson Cole that incorporates elements of Uchi & expands that into a cocktail experience. Reservations are encouraged and can be booked online up to 1 month in advance. Walk-in bar seating is available and is subject to wait times. Patio seating is weather permitting and may be rescheduled in the event of inclement weather. We look forward to serving you, Kanpai!

Top review

Katherine

Dined on 14 Dec 2024

Overall great experience! Plates great to share! Our waiter was great giving his favorite dishes and they were espectacular! Definitely will be back again!

Mot Hai Ba - Lakewood

4.9

4.9 (1266)

$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

DebbieVIP

Dined 4 days ago

Our favorite part of the meal was the grilled lettuce salad with pear and whipped ricotta cheese. We also loved the black bass with caramelized onions and apple curry. We're anxious to return and try other menu items. We had food envy all night looking at what the others around us ordered.

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Popular dish

Kimchi and Foie Gras Dumplings

4.8

4.8 (301)

$50 and over

Global, International

Greenville Avenue

About the restaurant

Quarter Acre, a welcoming neighbourhood restaurant combined with an upscale dining experience, is inspired by Chef Toby Archibald’s world travels and New Zealand roots. When you enter Quarter Acre, you will be transported to a place of warmth and character. A journey from the earthy green musk of the New Zealand rainforest to the cool blue of the Pacific Ocean.

The Culinary Experience:
Enjoy food prepared using both classic and modern techniques with a strong influence placed on local and national, seasonal produce. At the same time, global ingredients will also have their place at the table, in particular items from Toby’s home country of New Zealand, such as fresh seafood and unique meats and flavours.

When dining with us, Quarter Acre accepts cash, debit, and credit card. A 3.4% convenience fee will be added to all payments made by credit card.

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Amit

Dined 5 days ago

Probably one of the best restaurants in Dallas I’ve had as far as their lack of pretension and their quality of food. Everything my vegetarian wife and I ate (I am not vegetarian) was fantastic. Standouts for us were the mushroom and egg appetizer, the crab eclair, and my striploin entree. Their house made bread is also fantastic (I even asked for extra but didn’t get any unfortunately!). Yes, it’s pricey, but for a nice dinner out you could pay the same or way more in this town and get food that’s not even half as good. Kudos to this chef and team.

Maple Landing

4.7

4.7 (76)

$30 and under

American

Medical District

About the restaurant

Maple Landing is the latest restaurant to open in the Dallas love Field area! Sharing a space with Social Pie, we are a laid back “wanna be “ dive-bar with a nod to the aviation history of Love Field & Southwest Airlines. Stop in for a Burger, Bourbon, Brisket or Beer before work or your next flight.

Top review

RichardVIP

Dined on 14 Nov 2024

The whiskey dinner at Maple Landing was remarkable in many ways. The whiskeys presented were introduced and explained by the provider. The quality was superb. The food was exceptional, always interesting and artistically presented. Again, explanations were provided with each course, regarding the unique ingredients and methods of preparation. I can't wait till their next whiskey dinner event. A real gourmet treat!

The Market Cafe at Bonton Farms

4.7

4.7 (37)

$30 and under

Southern

Southeast Dallas

About the restaurant

"We grow and raise the best food right here in the city. From chickens and eggs to local honey and honey butter, to the freshest vegetables you can find, we do it at Bonton Farms. We are so much more than a farm. We use our farm to help restore lives, create jobs, and ignite hope in the inner-city community of Bonton in South Dallas." (-Daron Babcock)

We are a farm to table restaurant that serves Southern fare that feeds the soul; our menu items rotate often and change seasonally. We have a beautiful, bright, inviting dining room and ample space on our dog-friendly patio. Our charming, farm-side patio is the perfect place to host your special events; our catering team will create a one-of-a-kind experience for you and your guests.

The Market Cafe at Bonton Farms is here to help spread awareness and support our mission: we transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where change yields health, wholeness and opportunity as the norms.

Top review

Tonya

Dined on 31 Oct 2024

Service was outstanding and food was delicious. Family truly enjoyed and we will return.

Soy Cowboy

4.7

4.7 (177)

$31 to $50

Pan-Asian

Arlington

About the restaurant

Soy Cowboy is an upscale and sophisticated pan-Asian concept, transporting guests on an adventurous tour through the flavors of China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and more. The menu includes a selection of sharable plates exploring classic Asian cooking techniques including traditional sushi, tempura, wok, robatayaki, hibachi and teppanyaki, as well as Korean barbeque. Guests can also expect an innovative cocktail menu paired with an extensive wine and sake list.

Top review

Tasasha

Dined 5 days ago

The food was outstanding and the service couldn’t have been better. It was a great way to celebrate my niece’s birthday. Will definitely return soon.

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Experience

Chefs Tasting Menu $175 pp

Experience

Join us for Weekend Brunch

Experience

Sushi Bar Experience

Derby Dallas

4.6

4.6 (112)

$30 and under

American

West Dallas

About the restaurant

Derby is located inside The Shop - a state-of-the-art facility for car and motorcycle enthusiasts to indulge all aspects of their passion. Our Culinary Team creates elevated comfort food with a southern influence, classic technique, and modern interpretation.
Local beers, hand-crafted cocktails, and a curated list selection of high-end spirits. Open to the public for lunch, happy hour, dinner, and weekend brunch in Central Dallas.

Top review

Meghan

Dined 6 days ago

Excellent service, great food, fun cool atmosphere. Can’t wait to come back!

Pie Tap Pizza + Rotisserie + Bar - Magnolia

4.3

4.3 (89)

$30 and under

Pizzeria

Fairmount

About the restaurant

Operating on the philosophy that good food takes work, the Pie Tap Pizza + Rotisserie + Bar on Magnolia Ave emphasizes the finest ingredients and dedication to premium technique in all they offer. Chef Giovanni Mauro has translated the classic techniques learned in his mother's kitchen to ensure that the dough, pies and all other dishes served at Pie Tap Pizza + Rotisserie + Bar exceed expectations. With a bar offering more than 35 taps emphasizing local beer, craft cocktails and specialty wines, you can pair your pizza, pasta or salad at Pie Tap Pizza + Rotisserie + Bar with only the best. The full menu is available online.

Top review

Natalie

Dined on 24 Dec 2024

Great! Service is kind of slow but other than that it was good!!!

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