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The Best Soups in Austin

Where to warm up with soup at Austin restaurants

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Winter/fall, cold weather, and/or rain all mean it’s time for warming bowls of comforting soup. Nothing beats the liquid concoctions filled with vegetables, meats, noodles, and whatever else of your choosing. There are plentiful options and styles found in the city, from ramen to pho to caldos to tortilla to bisque to good ol' chicken soup.

Austin’s best bowls of soups include the therapeutic broths of Ramen Tatsu-Ya, weekend menudo at Tacorrido, pho from Pho Saigon, caldos from Joe’s Bakery, French onion soup at Epicerie, gumbo from Cypress Grill, and many others.

For similar dishes, check out Eater’s guide to the best ramen, birria, beef noodle soups, and hot pot/shabu shabu destinations.

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Chen's Noodle House

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The hand-cut noodles in the Barrington Oaks Chinese restaurant’s soups amplify the bowls to the next level. Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Garbo's

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The Parmer Point seafood restaurant has three stellar soups available: clam chowder, lobster bisque, and roasted tomato. There’s a second location on North Lamar between downtown and Clarksville and a third out in Dripping Springs. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Ramen del Barrio

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It’s the best of both worlds at this Eater Award-winning Mexican Japanese food stall within the Hana World Market supermarket’s food court in the Scofield Farms neighborhood. Look no further than the menudo tonkotsu. There are indoor dine-in areas.

Pho Saigon Noodle House

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For some of the best pho in the city, check out the Austin location of the Houston-based mini-chain in the North Lamar neighborhood. The Vietnamese restaurant serves up consistent giant bowls of beef and chicken pho. Takeout orders can be placed online; here are indoor dine-in services.

Tan My Restaurant

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The North Austin restaurant is all about Vietnamese noodle soups, like pho and hu tieu mi (clear noodle soup with chicken broth). Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in services.

House of Three Gorges

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The soups — hot and sour, egg drop, spicy wonton, and spicy rice noodles with brisket — are highly recommended at this Sichuan restaurant in North Austin. There are third-party takeout and delivery orders via DoorDash and Uber Eats; there are indoor dine-in services.

Ramen Tatsu-ya [Research Boulevard]

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The ramen is so good at Ramen Tatsu-ya that people still want the slurpable bowls during the depths of summer. Takeout orders for all locations can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Korea House

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For fantastic Korean stews, look no further than this North Shoal Creek restaurant. There are bone broth-based ones like the sullungtang with thin brisket slices and glass noodles; the vegetable broth-based kimchi jjigae; and the miyukguk, a bone broth-seaweed soup. For a larger party, opt for the giant budae jjigae, which comes full of Spam, hot dogs, tofu, ground beef, rice cakes, ramen, cheese, etc. etc. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

JewBoy Sub Shop

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The El Paso-slash-Jewish sandwich shop and deli in Brentwood has a perfect matzo ball soup on deck. Takeout orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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The matzo ball soup at JewBoy Sub Shop.
JewBoy Sub Shop

Yeni's Fusion

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The Indonesian food trailer at Brentwood bar the Aristocrat Lounge has a bunch of warming, soothing soupy dishes. There’s the empal genton (a creamy coconut soup with smoked brisket) and the iconic bubur ayam (a chicken porridge); keep an eye out for specials. Takeout orders can be placed online or in person; there are also in-person takeout orders; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Soupleaf Hot Pot

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It’s right there in the name: this Cantonese all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurant in Highland has really great base soups, like the spicy mala or the flavorful miso dashi. Add in the unlimited buffet with noodles, seafood, vegetables, etc., plus a la carte meats, and you’ve got the best deal for a very warm meal. There are indoor dine-in services.

Epicerie

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The Rosedale French-New Orleans restaurant’s soup offerings include the ooey-gooey French onion. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

An Nyeong K Tofu and BBQ

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The newcomer Brentwood Korean restaurant is all about soothing and piping hot tofu stews with varying spice levels and ingredient combinations, including tofu (duh), vegetables, meats, seafood, noodles, and cheese. There are indoor dine-in services.

Mongers

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Of course, the Hyde Park market and restaurant would dish out a rich and worthy seafood chowder, made with potatoes and bacon. Plus there’s gumbo. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Julio's Cafe

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The Hyde Park Mexican restaurant's chicken soup is chock-full of vegetables. Remember it's cash-only. Takeout orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Xian Sushi & Noodle [Mueller]

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The Chinese Austin mini-chain dishes up noodle soups with choices of kinds of pasta. A sure-fire bet is the red braised beef noodles. Takeout orders can be placed online for all locations; there are indoor dine-in services.

FoodHeads

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The Heritage neighborhood sandwich shop’s soup game is very strong, offering everything from a vegan tomato-coconut to a Tuscan white bean to green chile chicken pozole. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Mum Foods

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Another great bet for matzo ball soup is found at this Pecan Springs-Springdale deli from the famed farmers market stand. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in areas.

Vic and Al's

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The Cherrywood Cajun restaurant’s gumbo is a favorite, a classic mix with sassafra rice and chicken thighs. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Salt Traders Coastal Cooking Zilker

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Both locations of the seafood restaurant, including this in Zilker, offer two soups: clam chowder and seafood gumbo. Takeout orders for both locations (the other in Round Rock) can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Austin Rotisserie

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The French spot with two locations — this downtown food hall stall within the Fareground and the food truck on South Lamar — offers chicken bone broth as well as lentil and French carrot soups. Takeout orders can be placed online for the Fareground or in-person for both; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Joe’s Bakery & Coffee Shop

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The East Austin Mexican restaurant serves both menudo and beef caldo, with options to add additional meats, vegetables, and hominy. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

El Alma

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The Mexican restaurant serves up a soothing crema de elote soup at both of its locations — this one in Bouldin Creek and the other further down in Westgate. It’s made with corn-poblano pepper chowder and queso panela. There’s also the sopa Azteca, a spicy tomato soup with chicken and tortilla strips. Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online.; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Justine's

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The very French East Austin restaurant offers a classic gooey French onion soup. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Bouldin Creek Café

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Really great vegan soups can be found at the Bouldin Creek vegetarian restaurant, such as the chickpea tortilla. Takeout orders and delivery orders online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A fusion soup meshing Jewish and Mexican cuisines is available at the Boulin Creek wine restaurant. The matzo ball caldo is loaded with chicken, vegetables, avocado, and the dumpling. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A matzo ball soup with corn.
June’s matzo ball caldo.
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1618 Asian Fusion

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Find all the pan-Asian soups and noodle soups a person could watch at the East Riverside restaurant. There are Thai (tom yum), Chinese (roasted duck with wontons), and Vietnamese (pho, hủ tiếu mì). Takeout orders can be placed online; there are third-party deliveries (Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub); and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Soup Peddler

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As is the name, the Austin fast-casual chain offers many soups from vegan- and gluten-free-friendly tomato basil to the superb mulligatawny to daily specials. Takeout orders for all locations can be placed online in person; there are Favor deliveries too; and there are typically outdoor areas for dine-in service.

El Tacorrido

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While the menudo soup is only available on weekends from all of locations of the Mexican fast-casual drive-thru restaurant, the tripe-filled dish is worth the wait. Takeout orders can be placed in person via the drive-thru.

Sap's Ver Fine Thai Cuisine

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The soup options at the Westgate Thai restaurant are wide-ranging, from the various fillings (duck, beef, chicken, shrimp, noodles) to spiciness levels. Takeout orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor dine-in services.

888 Pan Asian Restaurant

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The East Riverside restaurant has giant bowls of soup, from tom kha to pho. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone; there are indoor dine-in services.

Hecho en Mexico

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The sopa Azteca is made with an ancho chile-based broth for a spicier kick. Spicy chicken soup lovers should try calda tlalpeno. Takeout and delivery orders for both locations, one in Oak Hill and the other in Montopolis, can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in services.

El Borrego De Oro

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The Dawson neighborhood Mexican restaurant’s soup lineup includes birria, caldo de camaron, and menudo. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone or in person; there are indoor dine-in services.

Cypress Grill

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The Louisiana-styled restaurant in Oak Hill naturally has gumbo, both seafood and chicken/sausage. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are Uber Eats deliveries; and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Evangeline Cafe

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For Cajun gumbo, look to this far south Austin restaurant , where it comes with Gulf Coast oysters, shrimp, and crab, served with white rice. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone; there are indoor dine-in services.

Nadia Chaudhury is an editor for Eater Northeast and Eater New York and was the former Eater Austin editor, who often writes about food and pop culture.

Chen's Noodle House

The hand-cut noodles in the Barrington Oaks Chinese restaurant’s soups amplify the bowls to the next level. Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in services.

Garbo's

The Parmer Point seafood restaurant has three stellar soups available: clam chowder, lobster bisque, and roasted tomato. There’s a second location on North Lamar between downtown and Clarksville and a third out in Dripping Springs. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Ramen del Barrio

It’s the best of both worlds at this Eater Award-winning Mexican Japanese food stall within the Hana World Market supermarket’s food court in the Scofield Farms neighborhood. Look no further than the menudo tonkotsu. There are indoor dine-in areas.

Pho Saigon Noodle House

For some of the best pho in the city, check out the Austin location of the Houston-based mini-chain in the North Lamar neighborhood. The Vietnamese restaurant serves up consistent giant bowls of beef and chicken pho. Takeout orders can be placed online; here are indoor dine-in services.

Tan My Restaurant

The North Austin restaurant is all about Vietnamese noodle soups, like pho and hu tieu mi (clear noodle soup with chicken broth). Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in services.

House of Three Gorges

The soups — hot and sour, egg drop, spicy wonton, and spicy rice noodles with brisket — are highly recommended at this Sichuan restaurant in North Austin. There are third-party takeout and delivery orders via DoorDash and Uber Eats; there are indoor dine-in services.

Ramen Tatsu-ya [Research Boulevard]

The ramen is so good at Ramen Tatsu-ya that people still want the slurpable bowls during the depths of summer. Takeout orders for all locations can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Korea House

For fantastic Korean stews, look no further than this North Shoal Creek restaurant. There are bone broth-based ones like the sullungtang with thin brisket slices and glass noodles; the vegetable broth-based kimchi jjigae; and the miyukguk, a bone broth-seaweed soup. For a larger party, opt for the giant budae jjigae, which comes full of Spam, hot dogs, tofu, ground beef, rice cakes, ramen, cheese, etc. etc. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

JewBoy Sub Shop

The El Paso-slash-Jewish sandwich shop and deli in Brentwood has a perfect matzo ball soup on deck. Takeout orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A soup with a giant matzo ball in it.
The matzo ball soup at JewBoy Sub Shop.
JewBoy Sub Shop

Yeni's Fusion

The Indonesian food trailer at Brentwood bar the Aristocrat Lounge has a bunch of warming, soothing soupy dishes. There’s the empal genton (a creamy coconut soup with smoked brisket) and the iconic bubur ayam (a chicken porridge); keep an eye out for specials. Takeout orders can be placed online or in person; there are also in-person takeout orders; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Soupleaf Hot Pot

It’s right there in the name: this Cantonese all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurant in Highland has really great base soups, like the spicy mala or the flavorful miso dashi. Add in the unlimited buffet with noodles, seafood, vegetables, etc., plus a la carte meats, and you’ve got the best deal for a very warm meal. There are indoor dine-in services.

Epicerie

The Rosedale French-New Orleans restaurant’s soup offerings include the ooey-gooey French onion. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

An Nyeong K Tofu and BBQ

The newcomer Brentwood Korean restaurant is all about soothing and piping hot tofu stews with varying spice levels and ingredient combinations, including tofu (duh), vegetables, meats, seafood, noodles, and cheese. There are indoor dine-in services.

Mongers

Of course, the Hyde Park market and restaurant would dish out a rich and worthy seafood chowder, made with potatoes and bacon. Plus there’s gumbo. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Julio's Cafe

The Hyde Park Mexican restaurant's chicken soup is chock-full of vegetables. Remember it's cash-only. Takeout orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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Xian Sushi & Noodle [Mueller]

The Chinese Austin mini-chain dishes up noodle soups with choices of kinds of pasta. A sure-fire bet is the red braised beef noodles. Takeout orders can be placed online for all locations; there are indoor dine-in services.

FoodHeads

The Heritage neighborhood sandwich shop’s soup game is very strong, offering everything from a vegan tomato-coconut to a Tuscan white bean to green chile chicken pozole. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Mum Foods

Another great bet for matzo ball soup is found at this Pecan Springs-Springdale deli from the famed farmers market stand. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in areas.

Vic and Al's

The Cherrywood Cajun restaurant’s gumbo is a favorite, a classic mix with sassafra rice and chicken thighs. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Salt Traders Coastal Cooking Zilker

Both locations of the seafood restaurant, including this in Zilker, offer two soups: clam chowder and seafood gumbo. Takeout orders for both locations (the other in Round Rock) can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Austin Rotisserie

The French spot with two locations — this downtown food hall stall within the Fareground and the food truck on South Lamar — offers chicken bone broth as well as lentil and French carrot soups. Takeout orders can be placed online for the Fareground or in-person for both; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Joe’s Bakery & Coffee Shop

The East Austin Mexican restaurant serves both menudo and beef caldo, with options to add additional meats, vegetables, and hominy. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone or in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

El Alma

The Mexican restaurant serves up a soothing crema de elote soup at both of its locations — this one in Bouldin Creek and the other further down in Westgate. It’s made with corn-poblano pepper chowder and queso panela. There’s also the sopa Azteca, a spicy tomato soup with chicken and tortilla strips. Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online.; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Justine's

The very French East Austin restaurant offers a classic gooey French onion soup. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Bouldin Creek Café

Really great vegan soups can be found at the Bouldin Creek vegetarian restaurant, such as the chickpea tortilla. Takeout orders and delivery orders online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

June's

A fusion soup meshing Jewish and Mexican cuisines is available at the Boulin Creek wine restaurant. The matzo ball caldo is loaded with chicken, vegetables, avocado, and the dumpling. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

A matzo ball soup with corn.
June’s matzo ball caldo.
Nadia Chaudhury/Eater Austin

1618 Asian Fusion

Find all the pan-Asian soups and noodle soups a person could watch at the East Riverside restaurant. There are Thai (tom yum), Chinese (roasted duck with wontons), and Vietnamese (pho, hủ tiếu mì). Takeout orders can be placed online; there are third-party deliveries (Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub); and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Soup Peddler

As is the name, the Austin fast-casual chain offers many soups from vegan- and gluten-free-friendly tomato basil to the superb mulligatawny to daily specials. Takeout orders for all locations can be placed online in person; there are Favor deliveries too; and there are typically outdoor areas for dine-in service.

El Tacorrido

While the menudo soup is only available on weekends from all of locations of the Mexican fast-casual drive-thru restaurant, the tripe-filled dish is worth the wait. Takeout orders can be placed in person via the drive-thru.

Sap's Ver Fine Thai Cuisine

The soup options at the Westgate Thai restaurant are wide-ranging, from the various fillings (duck, beef, chicken, shrimp, noodles) to spiciness levels. Takeout orders can be placed online or in person; there are indoor dine-in services.

888 Pan Asian Restaurant

The East Riverside restaurant has giant bowls of soup, from tom kha to pho. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone; there are indoor dine-in services.

Hecho en Mexico

The sopa Azteca is made with an ancho chile-based broth for a spicier kick. Spicy chicken soup lovers should try calda tlalpeno. Takeout and delivery orders for both locations, one in Oak Hill and the other in Montopolis, can be placed online; there are indoor dine-in services.

El Borrego De Oro

The Dawson neighborhood Mexican restaurant’s soup lineup includes birria, caldo de camaron, and menudo. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone or in person; there are indoor dine-in services.

Cypress Grill

The Louisiana-styled restaurant in Oak Hill naturally has gumbo, both seafood and chicken/sausage. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are Uber Eats deliveries; and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Evangeline Cafe

For Cajun gumbo, look to this far south Austin restaurant , where it comes with Gulf Coast oysters, shrimp, and crab, served with white rice. Takeout orders can be placed over the phone; there are indoor dine-in services.

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