Austin’s Newest Restaurant Openings, Now on Resy

If great cocktails and records sound like your ideal paring, step this way to Austin’s first kissa — a Japanese-style listening bar downstairs at the Hotel Magdalena, where libations both classic and contemporary are served, and vinyl jazz plays on a state-of-the-art Klipsch hi-fi system.

Chef Ling Qi Wu (of Lin Asian Bar) scores again with this luminous Chinese establishment in southwest Austin. Look for showpiece dishes like Peking duck with foie gras paste and salt and pepper whole red snapper — and definitely put the extravagant dim sum brunch on your calendar.

This stylish East Austin lounge is creating a buzz for its imaginative cocktails (frozen drinks are a specialty, and there are plenty of no-proof options) and Mexican fusion menu by chef Marissa Tuñon, a veteran of José Andrés’ Bazaar Meat in Chicago.

You’ll definitely want to reserve a couple of places at this 10-seat gem from culinary master Ling Qi Wu (of Lin Asian Bar, Qi, etc.) in North Austin, where she’ll serve a weekly chef’s table tasting menu guaranteed to redefine your experience of Chinese cuisine.

Here’s one that stands out vividly on the city’s Mexican restaurant scene: a festive fish and shellfish haven (its motto is “mariscos con onda” — “cool seafood”), featuring coastal specialties from Baja, Sinaloa, Nayarit, and Jalisco, from the owners of East Austin’s award-winning Suerte.

Savannah restaurant star Mashama Bailey of The Grey follows up her first Austin effort, the Grey Market in the Thompson Hotel, with this Texas-meets-the-Georgia-Coast hot spot in the hotel lobby. Expect everything from Savannah red rice balls to chicken-fried quail.

Bring friends so you can order all the snacks and shareables at chef Gerard Kenny’s East Austin offshoot of the downtown original. Proviso: One thing you might not want to share is the chuck-and-brisket cheeseburger with Gruyère and confit shallots, hailed as one of the city’s best.

Chicago’s Land & Sea Dept. (Longman & Eagle, Parson’s Chicken & Fish) brings an exuberant, internationally flavored menu to this plant-filled dining room and fourth-floor poolside dining deck shared by the Thompson and tommie hotels, and you definitely won’t want to miss it.