9 Cafés in Austin that earn more on your cards

Austin has 9 Cafés in our listings: 9 take a dining program and none has a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Clarksville (1), Downtown (1), and Old West Austin (1).

9 restaurants

  • Café · Old West Austin

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Bottega

    up to20%

    Café · RMMA

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Café · Swedish Hill Historic District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Café · Tanglewood Forest

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • Café · Red River District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%
  • American · $$ · Downtown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xUpside8%+10 more
Restaurants
9
Neighborhoods
9
Cuisines
2
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
0

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Austin

Ranked by what each card earns at restaurants per dollar at our point valuations — before any dining program or credit.

  • American Express Gold Card

    American Express Gold Card

    $325 annual fee

    ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner

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  • Chase Sapphire Reserve

    Chase Sapphire Reserve

    $795 annual fee

    ≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner

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  • Chase Sapphire Preferred Card

    Chase Sapphire Preferred Card

    $95 annual fee

    ≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner

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14 dining programs that pay in Austin

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

1 cuisines in Austin

Café in 9 Austin neighborhoods

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