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Romantic Dining

Best Dallas restaurants for romantic dining on Valentine's Day 2017

Teresa Gubbins
Jan 24, 2017 | 3:20 pm
Valentine's Day
Where to eat with your sweetheart on Valentine's Day.
Photo by Malin Strandvall/Flickr

Is it too soon to have romance on your mind? Some would say never. If you're wise in the ways of love, you know that restaurants fill up on Valentine's Day, and you get your reservation in early. These restaurants are already planning, and so might you.

Here's our list of restaurants ready to serve up some romantic dining on Valentine's Day. All dinners take place on February 14, unless otherwise noted.

Americano
Specials include oysters on the half shell ($19), beet gnudi with goat cheese and hazelnuts ($20), and squid ink spaghetti with mussels, clams, and rock shrimp in San Marzano tomato sauce ($22). For dessert, Italian cream cake and pistachio-strawberry opera torte. February 10-14. 214-261-4600.

Asador
Three-course meal with oysters, kale salad, and choice of rib eye with asparagus and truffle potato or tuna with forbidden rice. Desserts include choice of passion fruit tart in a jar or chocolate lava cake. 5-10 pm. $60 or $90 with wine pairing. 214-267-4815.

Bird Cafe
Four-course dinner begins with an amuse-bouche and champagne, followed by choices such as Blue Point oysters, pork cheek croquettes, eggplant bruschetta, lobster bisque, strawberry beet salad, rack of lamb, sea bass, quail cordon bleu, and osso bucco. Dessert options include red velvet trifle, a "reversed" banana muffin, and a bourbon-glazed bacon brownie. 5-10 pm. $90, plus $30 for wine flight. 817-332-2473.

Bistro 31
Special menu includes Atlantic oysters, sweet red shrimp, potato-leek soup, lobster risotto, surf and turf, and chocolate cake with raspberry coulis. $16-$58. 214-420-3900.

Bolsa
Four-course menu includes choices from beef tartare, shrimp and grits, quail with collards, flatbread, and local greens salad. Desserts include white-chocolate rum tile and brownies. 214-367-9367.

Canary By Gorji
Four-course dinner includes choices such as mussels, venison, Caesar salad, filet with garlic-gorgonzola smashed potatoes, trout and poached shrimp, lamb and quail, wild boar and scallop, or spinach lasagna. Desserts include flourless chocolate cake or kefir cheese butterfly. 5-10 pm. $99. 972-503-7080.

CBD Provisions
Chateaubriand steak for two with frisee salad and potato gratin is $90. Other specials include pork chop, beef tartare, wild mushroom pasta, and chocolate crinkle cookie sandwich with rocky road ice cream and burnt marshmallow fluff. February 11 and February 14. 214-261-4500.

CiboDivino Marketplace
Five-course Italian-centric dinner with mezzelune ravioli filled with beets and ricotta cheese; and pan-seared scallops with cream of corn. An alternate farm-to-table menu with choices such as hangar steak is a la carte. 5:30-8:30 pm. 214-653-2426.

Cook Hall
Three-course menu includes Texas quail with mole sauce, choice of duck breast or beef Wellington, and raspberry soufflé. $80 per couple. 214-397-4111.

Cru
Four-course menu includes choices from potato blinis; vol au vent; jumbo shrimp; asparagus salad; lobster salad; filet of sole with crawfish; beef tenderloin with pommes puree; lamb loin; and sea bass with celery root puree, sautéed spinach, and shaved black truffles. Desserts include chocolate bombe, sauternes sorbet, or chocolate fondue for two. 5-10 pm. $55. 214-526-9463.

Del Frisco's Grille
Special menu includes two pairings featuring bone-in rib eye with fried oysters for $65, or crab-stuffed lobster tail with garlic grits, for $49. Raspberry chocolate ganache tart is a special Valentine’s Day dessert. Regular menu is also available. February 10-14. Dallas 972-807-6152, Fort Worth 817-887-9900.

Fearing's
Three-course romance menu includes peekie-toe crab soup with dumplings, beef wellington, and a dessert duo featuring dark chocolate cake with raspberry chocolate filling, and vanilla panna cotta with passion fruit champagne sauce. February 10-14, 6-10 pm. $75. 214-922-4848.

Grayson Social
Four-course dinner has choices such as oysters, chicken-fried quail, baked Brie, arugula salad, corn bisque, fried chicken, oscar wellington, lamb, and dessert for two. $65. 972-232-1728.

Knife Dallas
Options include steaks for sharing as well as a cherry-chocolate cocktail with Luxardo amaretto, cherry liqueur, creme de cacao, vodka, and cranberry. Special dessert is dark chocolate raspberry roulade, with raspberry foam, dark chocolate ganache, raspberry sorbet, and dehydrated chocolate mousse. February 10-14. 214-443-9339.

Pakpao
Three-course meal includes lobster roll, wagyu filet with crispy oysters and Brussels sprouts, and a chocolate cloud cake for dessert. $39. 214-749-7002.

Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
Three-course dinner with choices from Caesar salad, soup, filet oscar, filet with shrimp, and red velvet brownie for dessert. February 10-14, 5–10 pm. $75. 214-366-2000.

​Reunion Tower
Candlelight buffet with imported and domestic cheeses and nuts; Caesar salad, chicken breast, butternut squash risotto, jalapeño macaroni and cheese, New York strip loin, garlic potato puree, rolls. Dessert buffet includes dark chocolate cake, milk chocolate hazelnut crumble, crème brulee, red velvet cheesecake with white chocolate sauce, and glass of champagne. February 11 and 14, 6 and 8:30 pm. $250. 214-712-7043.

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek
Three-course dinner begins with welcome cocktail and amuse. Choices include tenderloin, venison, duck, quail, lobster risotto, butternut squash tortellini, and vegetable couscous. Desserts include chocolate cake, yuzu mousse, or apple tart. Seatings at 5:30, 7:45, 9, and 9:30 pm. $150. 214-443-4747.

Salum
Three-course dinner includes a "three-heart" salad with artichoke, palm, and strawberry hearts, and surf and turf with lobster tail and beef tenderloin. Dessert is a chocolate-themed confection with "chocolate pets de nonne," dark chocolate mousse, chocolate-caramel tart, and a shake with white chocolate and Licor 43, accompanied by a glass of Ruinart blanc de blancs. February 10-14. $75. 214-252-9604.

Second Floor
Three-course dinner with choices from corn bisque, tenderloin, diver scallops, chicken, or mushroom ravioli. Vanilla bean creme brulee for dessert. 6–9:30 pm. $125 or $200 with wine pairings. 972-450-2978.

SER Steak + Spirits
In addition to à la carte classics like tartare deviled eggs, 28-day aged black rib-eye, and diver scallop purloo will be a menu of special "for two" dishes including oyster and tequila pairings ($36), porterhouse, and tomahawk steak. A dessert lounge will feature an array of confections for $12. Live music and dancing will be available in a special “speak easy lounge” featuring top-tier champagne selections. February 10-14. 214-761-7479.

Theodore
Three-course menu includes oysters, baked Brie, lobster bisque, short ribs, salmon with quinoa, pork osso bucco, and roasted chicken. Desserts include choice of cheesecake, crème brûlée, or ice cream. February 10-18. $80 for two, with champagne toast. 469-232-9771.

Toulouse
Special menu includes petit oysters; salad with smoked salmon, crispy avocado, arugula, goat cheese, grapefruit, blood oranges, and olives; Nova Scotia halibut; beef wellington; and spicy Valrhona dark chocolate fondue. $12-38. 214-520-8999.

Whisk Crepes Cafe
Three-course meal with choice of two savory crepes and one dessert. Options include French copa with parmigiana, mozzarella, fig, and hazelnuts. Desserts include the Parisian pink with raspberry whipped cream, lemon sorbet, raspberries, and white chocolate. 5-10 pm. $50. 469-407-1899.

Y.O. Ranch
Dinner for two with prime rib and lobster tail carved tableside. $99 for two. 214-744-3287.

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West Dallas gets new Spanish-Peruvian restaurant with big-name chef

Luciana Gomez
Sep 18, 2026 | 4:27 pm
Ulloa's
Photo courtesy of Ulloa's
Paella will be on the menu.

A new restaurant with a high-profile culinary director will bring Spanish and Peruvian flavors to West Dallas: Called Ulloa’s, it is coming to 727 Fort Worth Ave., with a projected opening in March 2027.

The concept is from philanthropists Susan and Woodrow Gandy, who were previously investors in the historic Belmont Hotel just around the corner. They've teamed up with Dallas celebrity chef Kent Rathbun as culinary director, along with Christopher Tunnell as general manager to lead the front of the house.

Rathbun is a name Dallas diners know well, with a resume that includes The Mansion on Turtle Creek, the Landmark Restaurant at the historic Melrose Hotel, Seventeen Seventeen at the Dallas Museum of Art, Abacus, Jasper's, Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen, and more. He's won numerous awards and made multiple appearances on Food Network. He was most recently behind the launch of On The Rocks, an Italian bistro in Burleson.

Kent Rathbun Chef Kent Rathbun will be the culinary director of Ulloa's. Photo courtesy of Kent Rathbun

Tunnell’s background spans both culinary direction and front-of-house operations. He worked at Los Angeles hot spots Ketchup, Geisha House, and Les Deux, as well as the Mandalay Bay and The Mirage in Las Vegas, before moving to Dallas to open The Mexican, the upscale restaurant in the Design District.

“I am truly excited to partner with Chef Kent Rathbun, whose reputation is amazing — not only in the DFW Metroplex, but in the culinary world,” Tunnell says. “He has been with this project since the beginning, helping develop it; this will be a very chef-driven, culinary-forward restaurant.”

The team's vision for Ulloa’s is both culinary and urban, with hopes of anchoring the corridor and attracting other businesses to Fort Worth Avenue — a stretch connecting downtown Dallas with Oak Cliff that remains somewhat underdeveloped despite its panoramic skyline views.

The restaurant is named for Spanish explorer, astronomer, and scientist Antonio de Ulloa, who spent extensive time in the Mexican peninsula before becoming Louisiana’s first governor. During his travels, Ulloa documented a fogbow — a circular rainbow formed when sunlight meets mist that causes silhouettes standing between the sun and fog to appear ringed in light, a phenomenon known today as “Ulloa’s Rings.”

That vibrant phenomenon inspired both the restaurant's identity and logo. The concept promises "bold, worldly flavors in a welcoming neighborhood setting inspired by exploration and discovery,” the owners say.

Ulloa's Rendering of Ulloa's.Rendering courtesy of Ulloa's

While the menu remains in development, Tunnell describes the culinary direction as “Spanish soul with a Peruvian heart.” The kitchen will merge the coastal flavors of both traditions — ranging from paellas and ceviches to crafted cocktails and signature adaptations by Rathbun.

The 200-seat, two-story space will feature a downstairs dining room, a large bar, and an outdoor patio. Upstairs, plans call for a secondary bar, a private dining room, a patio, and an expansive balcony patio, offering views of the city's skyline and of the Margaret Hunt Hill and Margaret McDermott bridges.

While the upstairs space will be available for private events, the owners intend for it to operate primarily as an organic extension of the main restaurant. The buildout will include a guest elevator along with ample parking, including both self-parking and valet options.

The team says the restaurant will have have an aesthetic that's “warm, theatrical, generous, elegant but alive, with the energy of a great Spanish tapas bar and the soul of Peruvian hospitality.”

Ulloa’s plans to launch with dinner service first, followed by lunch and weekend brunch.

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