Dallas Restaurants Open for New Year's Eve Dinner

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the finest NYE dinner of them all?

It's a bloodbath in our inboxes right now. If you want to know who is hosting dinner specials for New Year's, it's (almost) everyone. Omakase, tasting menus and parties, here are some noteworthy restaurants and bars bringing the vibes going into 2025.

Oh, and if you haven't made a reservation yet, you should have done that like yesterday...

Wicked Butcher

1717 Main St.

Wicked Butcher, which new Dallasite Keith Lee recently visited, is hosting a prix-fixe menu at both its downtown Dallas and Fort Worth locations. The three-course menu is $150 and an additional $75 for the wine pairing. Indulge in salmon tartare, duck a l'orange, Chilean sea bass, Berkshire pork chips and a whole bevy of rich options. And, yes, you can enjoy those popovers Lee loved so much. They always have those — it's their signature piece.

Cafe Nubia

3920 Rosemeade Parkway

Cafe Nubia was one of our surprising and fun finds of 2024. This far north Dallas restaurant, bar and cafe is hosting a New Year's Eve masquerade party. They'll have lots of their Afro-Mediterranean fusion cuisine, plus a DJ, dancers and hookah. Tickets start at $30. Cocktail attire and masks are required. Now go have fun!

Billy Can Can

2386 Victory Park Lane

This Top 100 cowboy-centric and upscale (yet casual) restaurant in Victory Park will feature a special "Salt and Smoke" seafood plateau with caviar, oysters, shrimp and mezcal. There's also lobster ravioli and a prime rib with horseradish Yorkshire pudding. Snag your reservations on Resy.

The Charlotte

2822 N. Henderson Ave.

The Charlotte is a festive and lively restaurant on buzzy Henderson Avenue that we got a close look at recently. On New Year's Eve get a three-course dinner for $95 that starts with crab croquettes or ribeye skewers, then you'll get a choice of salmon and orzo or braised short ribs with polenta. There's also an option for beverage pairings. The Charlotte is known for the oversized stuffed teddy bears throughout the restaurant — it's refined but relaxed. Make reservations online.

NAMO x Bar Colette, Tuna Breakdown

3699 McKinney Ave.

NAMO is a small sushi spot in the West Village with big energy. It's next door to sister-concept Bar Colette and both are swanky and intimate spots and worthy of any night of the year, but the last night will be special: at NAMO they will break down a whole Japanese bluefin tuna. The festivities start at 8 p.m. with drinks, the tuna carving and a DJ. A $350 ticket gets you access to the open bar and a caviar bar all night, plus bites from the kitchen and, naturally, the sushi bar, replete with fresh bluefin tuna. There will a Champagne at midnight. Get your ressies at Resy.

Gemma

2323 N. Henderson

The Michelin Bib Gourmand Gemma calls themselves a "gussied-up casual bistro with an Italian and French bend" and that's just perfect. The only thing we'd add is "neighborhood" (and mama, and trains and ... jk). They're hosting a five-course dinner with an amuse-bouche for $150 per person plus tax and tips. Seatings start at 5 and go through 11 p.m. Take your pick here.

Mot Hai Ba

6047 Lewis St.

Head to French Vietnamese restaurant Mot Hai Ba for chef Krstic's four-course menu with a Champagne toast, surprises from the kitchen, old classics and new favorites. Dinner is $155 per person with an optional wine pairing for an additional $75 per person. We hope his legendary chocolate cake is involved somewhere in there. You haven't had it? Oh, then you have your first New Year resolution.

Rye & Apothecary

1920–1922 Greenville Ave.

Both of these two sister locations on Lower Greenville are hosting a seven-course tasting menu to ring in 2025. Tickets for the dinner are $150 per person with the option to add a beverage pairing for an additional $70 per person or premium for an additional $130 per person (BTW, they just got Michelin recognition for their bar). Beef cheek tacos, wagyu ribeye and foie toast are just a handful of plates to look forward to. Book Apothecary here on Tock. Book Rye here on Tock.

SĒR Steak & Spirits

2201 N. Stemmons Freeway

Twenty-seven floors up in the Hilton Anatole, SĒR Steak & Spirits is offering NYE specials with a backdrop of the Dallas skyline. In addition to their regular menu, caviar churros ($60), lobster thermidor ($95) and 24k pearl clafoutis (like a tarte, $16) will all be available to add something special to your evening.

Sushi | Bar

2115 Jackson St.

Sushi | Bar is hosting one of the most opulent NYE offerings this year with two omakases, one of which is a premium affair. The regular omakase has two seatings, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., and includes an elevated menu with touches of caviar and fresh truffle. Tickets for both seatings are $345, not including tax or gratuity. You can add a Krug Champagne toast for $90 per person or a wine or sake pairing for $70 per person. The premium omakase is at 9:15 or 9:30 p.m. and includes even more luxurious additions, beginning with a Krug Champagne toast. The premium omakase goes for $465 per person, not including tax or gratuity. Come hungry. This omakase has 17 courses.

Quarter Bar

3301 McKinney Ave.

Uptown's favorite dive bar, Quarter Bar, is hosting a NYE party with live music, $3 late-night tacos and a Champagne toast at midnight. Tickets are a steal for only $15 before taxes and fees ($20 at the door). There will be plenty of New Year accessories to liven the vibes along with a DJ from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Purchase tickets on Eventbrite.

Knife Italian

4150 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving

Chef John Tesar is offering an elevated New Year's Eve dining experience with a four-course food and wine dinner inside Knife Italian. Two obvious entree highlights are his famous 90-day dry-aged ribeye or 60-day dry-aged striploin. Starters include caviar bruschetta or oysters on the half-shell served with shallot and cucumber vinegar. The night concludes with a double chocolate rose, Champagne tart with 24-carat gold leaf and a strawberry cloud. Each course has a respective wine pairing. Dinner is $365 per person, not including taxes and gratuity.

Uchiko

7801 Windrose Ave.

Uchiko is promising a 10-course omakase that will be as memorable as the New Year. The dinner costs $395 for two guests, which rounds out to fifty cents shy of $198 per person, not including taxes or fees. On the menu are premium cuts like yakitori scallop and ora king salmon tataki among a miso butternut tarte, koji lamp chop and a pecan pie to seal the evening.

Encina

614 W. Davis St.

Encina is hosting a $90, four-course dinner on NYE and you can choose each course. Lamb tartare with fried olives, fava hummus, wagyu short ribs and duck leg confit are a few highlights on the roster. Encina will also host a New Year's Eve brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Two words: Table pancakes.

Drake's Hollywood

5007 W. Lovers Lane

An Evening in Hollywood is the theme of Drake's NYE party this year. Seating options include 5:30 –7 pm: $125 per person; 7:30 – 9 pm: $150 per person; and 9:30 pm – close: $200 per person. At each, there will be a crafted pre-fixe menu with the option to add champagne and caviar to elevate things. The live DJ starts at 8 p.m., and at midnight, enjoy a Champagne toast to end the night with a sparkle.

Columbian Country Club

3314 Ross Ave.

Tickets for Columbian Country Club's NYE celebration may cost $400, BUT you get an all-inclusive bar, hors d'oeuvres, Champagne and caviar toast, festive party favors and an open dance floor to ring in the new year. Tickets are limited. Go make us proud.

Sanjh

5250 N. O'Connor Blvd., Irving

If there's one place to ring in the new year feeling glamorous, it's Sanjh. There's a NYE brunch as well as two seatings for NYE dinner. The first, 5–8 p.m., costs $125 per person, plus tax and gratuity. The second, 8 p.m. – midnight, is $150 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Both seatings feature a set six-course menu and a champagne toast. Even the bar makes you feel like you're in a James Bond movie. It's chic. It's Sanjh.