Diners' Choice: Good for special occasions restaurants in Corpus Christi / McAllen

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Updated 05 December 2024

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Dodici Pizza and Wine

5.0

5 (265)

$31 to $50

Pizzeria

Brownsville

About the restaurant

Dodici Pizza + Wine serves delicious brick oven pizzas with a spectacular wine list to pair.
Neapolitan pizza, vegan and gluten free options. Garden patio seating.

Top review

Amanda

Dined on 13 Dec 2024

Excellent ambience and food. An excellent place to gather with friends. I highly recommend the patio.

SALT

4.9

4.9 (1357)

$30 and under

Contemporary American

McAllen

About the restaurant

SALT-New American Table, brought to you by the owners of McAllen’s house.wine & bistro. and Salomé on Main, Chef Larry Delgado and his lovely wife Jessica Delgado. The chef driven menu features local, organic and sustainable products, and a full service bar that boast beautiful, boutique wines, craft beers, and high end spirits!

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Joseph

Dined 3 days ago

Bit of a wait even with a reservation, but service, and food were exceptional! Also appreciated the history on the restaurant and the managers checking in on us. The team I brought wanted to return again the following day. Great food!

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Republic of Texas Bar & Grill

4.7

4.7 (2506)

$50 and over

Steakhouse

Corpus Christi

About the restaurant

The AAA Four-Diamond Republic of Texas Bar & Grill is one of Corpus Christi's top dining destinations. Located on the 20th floor of the Bayfront Tower, this multi-level restaurant offers diners beautiful panoramic views of the Corpus Christi bay. Featuring USDA prime beef cuts, a wide variety of wild game and seafood selections. We acquired the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for having one of the most outstanding restaurant wine lists in the world in the past four years. We obtained the 2014 Diners' Choice Award for the Top 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America. Also, won February Diners' Choice Award! Stop by and experience our lounge, it is open daily at 5 PM. Happy Hour from 5 PM to 7 PM

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Jenn

Dined 1 day ago

Great evening, I brought my husband for the first time on my work trip and he enjoyed every minute of the evening! Bartenders were EXCELLENT AND BRITTANY OUR SERVER WAS AMAZING. She remembered me from previous visits and is attentive and engaging. Thanks so much!!!

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Popular dish

Filet Mignon

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Filet Chateaubriand (for Two)

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Carrot Cake

Mikhuna Japanese-Peruvian Cuisine

4.7

4.7 (287)

$30 and under

Japanese

McAllen

About the restaurant

Our aim is to bring the flavors of Peru and nikkei to the Rio Grande Valley, while providing a culinary experience that can't be found anywhere else. When you dine at MIKHUNA, you can expect Peruvian flavors that are exotic yet balanced. On our menu, you'll find indigenous Peruvian recipes, Japanese-influenced nikkei plates, and modern flavors you might encounter today in the streets of Lima.

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Tere

Dined on 6 Dec 2024

Our Server was not focused on making sure our table was well served.😞

Ambra

4.7

4.7 (273)

$50 and over

Steakhouse

McAllen

About the restaurant

AMBRA combines a globally inspired steakhouse and a chic lounge creating one electrifying dining experience. Inside AMBRA, every foot of space is filled with eye-catching visuals, varied lighting, contrasting materials and textures, lush plants, and a layout of space perfect for mingling, date night, and dining. Take a seat in one of our stylish dining rooms or enjoy al fresco seating in our outdoor patio while sipping mezcal cocktails until closing time, when you dine with us every experience will be one to remember.

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Eddie

Dined 2 days ago

This place is super nice. Modern decor with great ambiance. This was my 3rd time there and they provided a consistent level of service. Appetizers were top notch and steaks were perfectly cooked. I will be back again.

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Experience

New Year's Eve Early Dinner Experience

Experience

New Year's Eve Golden Midnight Experience

Texas de Brazil - Mcallen

4.6

4.6 (937)

$31 to $50

Steakhouse

McAllen

About the restaurant

Texas de Brazil, is a Brazilian steakhouse, or churrascaria, that features endless servings of flame-grilled beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and Brazilian sausage as well as an extravagant salad area with a wide array of seasonal chef-crafted items.

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LeeRoy

Dined on 11 Dec 2024

The ambience and service was perfect. The food wasn't fantastic and in my honest opinion it felt that the choices they had were rather few for the hefty price they charge.

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Prime Steak & Seafood

4.6

4.6 (436)

$31 to $50

Steakhouse

McAllen

About the restaurant

At PRIME, we don’t just cook food. We craft a dining experience defined by excellence. Our perfectly prepared dishes reflect the full potential of the finest ingredients, because we treat the process of crafting good food as an art, not a science. Served within a luxuriously appointed dining room and paired with the very best appetizers, sides, and beverages, every meal at PRIME is one worth remembering.

Relax in our private dining area that seats up to people. Elegantly set and beautifully decorated, our dining room perfectly complements your unforgettable taste experience. Stop by for that special date, that exciting celebration, or that important business connection. The very best in fine steakhouse dining awaits.

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Wayne

Dined 7 days ago

Staff and service was exceptional! Food was outstanding! Highly recommend the restaurant!

Liam's Steakhouse - South Padre Island

4.4

4.4 (1156)

$31 to $50

Steakhouse

McAllen

About the restaurant

Alfonso Salazar, better known as “Dirty Al” originally started shrimping as a young man with his father and 6 brothers. In 2003, he and his youngest son, Cameron, who graduated from Culinary School, transformed his bait stand into a restaurant where together they have been known for having “The World’s Best Fried Shrimp”! In 2005, his other two sons returned home to help grow the business. To this day, they now own 7 restaurants on beautiful South Padre Island and across the valley and continue to bring only the “best” Gulf Seafood to each customer’s table.

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RichardVIP

Dined 7 days ago

My wife and I enjoyed Liam’s. We started with the cooked Oyster sample plate of 9 (3 oysters Rockefeller, 3 oysters garlic parmesan, and 3 oysters chipotle). The oysters were excellent. They also brought out some garlic bread which was very good and quite handy to sop up some of the sauce left in the oyster shells. For our main courses, my wife had the Mussette Snapper and I had the Mahi Mahi Ixtapa. We both enjoyed our dishes. The serving size of the dinners, which included rice and broccoli, was quite ample. Unfortunately, we had no room left to try their Chocolate Bomb dessert which another table ordered and which, with the finishing touches made at the table, looked spectacular. The wait staff was attentive and helpful. For a restaurant that deals in both beef and seafood, I found the wine list to be somewhat biased towards red wines and a little light on white wines. They did have a Vinho Verde from Portugal which was good and reasonably priced. We could have asked for a table next to the window overlooking the Laguna Madre but didn’t since the weather was not cooperating to provide a clear evening view. Overall, a very pleasant dinner and worthy of a return visit.

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Popular dish

Garlic Parmesan Oysters

4.4

4.4 (283)

$31 to $50

Sushi

Corpus Christi

About the restaurant

Industrial-style destination dishing up sushi, bento boxes & craft cocktails, plus a take-out option.

Top review

Zerique

Dined on 8 Dec 2024

Mel was our server and she was outstanding, always refilled our cups, recommended great apps and meals!

Toloa Rooftop

4.2

4.2 (57)

$30 and under

Mexican / Southwestern

McAllen

About the restaurant

Overlooking North McAllen, TOLOA's rooftop space acts as a studio for creating social experiences around food and drink. A list of seasonally curated cocktails act as an accessory to the open-air patio and lounge from sunset to late night. The food offered focuses on Modern Mexican eatery and is designed to either be shared, provide a small bite, or be ordered as a multi-course dinner. TOLOA is a new way to indulge and be social.

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Dan

Dined on 13 Oct 2024

Food was ok. Steak was very chewy and very small lobster/shrimp on what easily seen as a hot dog bun.

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