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The Most Booked Restaurants in the Dallas 'Burbs

OpenTable’s latest list proves that the suburbs are eating very well.
Image: The slow-roasted pork chop at Mexican Sugar.
The slow-roasted pork chop at Mexican Sugar. Courtesy of Mexican Sugar

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Every month, OpenTable analyzes almost 500,000 global diner reviews over the last month to uncover which restaurants were the most booked; like this one from June that looked at Dallas proper. The booking site sorts the results by location, so that everyone who says Plano isn't Dallas doesn't get mad.

These restaurants were the most booked in the Dallas suburbs last month, and ironically, many of them also have sister locations in Dallas proper.

Haywire

5901 Winthrop St. (Plano)
Haywire is a New American restaurant with an impressive whiskey bar; the second floor has the proper dining room, and the third floor has the upstairs patio overlooking the Legacy Hall outdoor dining area. It's about as Texan as it gets when it comes to the menu: there are plenty of steaks to choose from, a few burgers and a whole section dedicated to Texas plates like chicken-fried steak and Texas farm-raised red fish. The restaurant partners with farms and businesses all over Texas to source wild game meat, honey, cheese, microgreens and even ice cream. So they talk the talk and walk the walk.

Perry's Steakhouse & Grille

2440 Parkwood Boulevard (Frisco) & 2400 W State Highway 114 (Grapevine)
Have you heard about pork chop Friday at Perry's in Dallas? Oh, you should totally check it out soon. Two different Perry's Steakhouse locations popped up on the most booked list, one in Frisco and the other in Grapevine. Some of the most popular dishes ordered here are the classic filet, dinner-cut pork chops, which are carved tableside on a hot cast iron skillet. And the creme brulee for dessert is popular. Both locations boast wine towers that feature over 2,000 different wines from around the world. If you don't come for dinner, they also have a lunch menu and al fresco dining at Bar 79, the restaurant's covered patio flanked by fireplaces.

North Italia

7501 Windrose Ave. (Plano)
North Italia is all about Italian food from scratch, and they don't shy away from catering to a wide audience of diners. Have you ever had breakfast carbonara pasta? They make that here with poached egg, pancetta, English peas, lumache, herb breadcrumb and pecorino cheese. Small plates, charcuterie, house-made pasta, pizza, salads and classic entrees all grace their lunch and dinner menus. They adopt seasonality to all the menus, so you can bet the dishes are fresh. Right now, they have an heirloom tomato and a variety of cocktails to match all the dishes.

Fogo de Chao

5908 Headquarters Drive (Plano)
Legacy West is on a roll with its third restaurant being the most booked, Fogo de Chao. The all-you-can-eat steakhouse started in Brazil over 40 years ago and is now a global sensation for premium Brazilian cuts. People dine here for the Churrasco Experience, which is what made the restaurant famous. For $65 per person, you get continuous tableside carving of premium meat cuts like picanha (prime part of top sirloin), fraldinha (bottom sirloin), plus roasted chicken, bone-in ribeye, filet and lamb chops. For $20 more per person, you can get the indulgent experience, which includes all the perks of the classic, but with your choice of enhancement (butter-bathed lobster tail, black truffle butter, jumbo lump crab cake or roasted bone marrow) and a dessert. They'll keep bringing the meat until you holler uncle.

Sixty Vines

3701 Dallas Parkway (Plano)
Sixty Vines started in Dallas just over a decade ago and has transformed the way people enjoy wine. At any given time, 60 different wines are on tap via a sustainable tap system that gets you the closest ‘from the barrel’ tasting experience outside of the vineyard. All of the wines are served from barrels, and not bottles and kept at the proper temperature so that after the barrel is tapped, the wines are good for 12 months untapped and 3 months once tapped. They've saved over half a million glass wine bottles from landfill to date doing this, and Tappy Hour on weekdays from 3-6 p.m. is the best time to go in and sample select wines when they're $3 off.

Seasons 52

7300 Lone Star Drive (Plano)
OpenTable could have listed all the restaurants in Legacy West and it would be nearly the exact same without having to filter through reviews. Seasons 52 is another New American restaurant that secured a spot on the most booked list. It's a destination for seasonal cooking as the menu rotates every few months or so to feature the freshest produce with oak-fire grilled and brick-oven roasted meats. For dessert, they do these small shooter glasses of classic desserts like key lime and pecan pies, and they do have an option to order all six different ones. Genuis.

Eddie V's

5300 State Highway 121 (Plano)
Eddie V's is a modern luxury steakhouse that started in Austin back in 2010. It's slowly made its way north to Dallas with only one location after the Uptown Dallas location closed in 2024. Diners love the 10-ounce center cut filet mignon, morel crusted lamb chops and Maine lobster bisque. The seafood is fresh, ever-changing and flown in from around the world, while the steaks are USDA Prime or sourced from Snake River Farms. Eclipse your dinner plans with happy hour, which happens Sunday through Thursday from 4-6:30 p.m. and you'll get discounted small plates, $10 cocktails and $9 wines by the glass.

Rainforest Cafe

3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway (Grapevine Mills)
Grapevine Mills has one of the last Rainforest Cafe locations in the country, so it only makes sense diners want to appreciate what they have before it's gone. This over-the-top restaurant is part-adventure, part restaurant with its decorative jungle decor, animatronics and menu full of American fusion foods. This location has an entire retail village, and a Build-A-Bear Workshop if you can believe it.

Mexican Sugar

7501 Lone Star Drive (Plano)
Mexican Sugar celebrates the richness of Latin cuisine inside Legacy West. This location was the concept's very first, and they've since spread to Uptown, Las Colinas, Houston, and soon, Addison. At every location, they have a robust library of over 150 different premium tequilas, and they're best sampled during happy hour from 4-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Other ways to dine include brunch on the weekends until 3 p.m. and proper dinner service, which features well-priced cocktails and all of your Latin food favorites like tacos and fajitas.


See the list of OpenTable's Diner's Choice Most Booked Restaurants.