There is a sentence on CBD Provisions' Instagram that I want to read to you because it is doing a…read morelot of work in very few words. "A brasserie in boots." That's it. That's the whole thing. French discipline, Texas spirit, six syllables, no further explanation offered or required, and if you do not immediately understand exactly what that means the moment you walk into The Joule on Main Street then I do not know what to tell you except that the rosemary tallow fries are going to clarify things very quickly. CBD Provisions opened in 2013 as the Joule Hotel's in-house restaurant, became famous for a crispy pig's head carnitas that required you to pull strips of meat off an actual half pig's head at the table and tuck them into tortillas, which is a dish so committed to its own bit that it belongs in a museum, and then closed in July 2025 for a months-long renovation that brought in new culinary director Sezer Deniz. Deniz trained under Chef Jean Paul Naquin at the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France. He has twenty-plus years in Michelin-starred kitchens including Alinea in Chicago. He is now making breakfast tacos inside a hotel in downtown Dallas and I want to be very clear that this is a promotion. The room has exposed brick and wood floors and steel beams and mosaic tile and antique mirrors and railcar booth seating and a center banquette and stone tabletops, all of which sounds like it should be competing with itself but instead produces the specific feeling of a place that has been here long enough to know what it is. I sat at the bar, which is the correct place to sit, and ordered the short rib corn cake stack, which is braised short rib and avocado and two poached eggs and a poblano hollandaise and which arrives looking like the cover of a cookbook that does not exist but absolutely should. The poblano hollandaise is the detail I keep returning to. Not regular hollandaise. Poblano hollandaise. Someone in that kitchen made a decision to take a classical French sauce with two centuries of culinary tradition behind it and introduce it to a pepper from Puebla, Mexico, and what resulted is something that makes you look at regular hollandaise and think, you had potential, you just never reached it. I ate the entire thing and then contemplated ordering another one and then did not because I am a person with limits, technically. The CBD Provisions burger is a double smash with American cheese and grilled onion and house pickles and something called fancy sauce, which is a name I respect enormously because it is not pretending to be anything other than exactly what it is. It comes with rosemary tallow fries, which are the reason I will order this burger every time I come here for the rest of my life. Rosemary. Tallow. Fries. Three words that in combination produce something that should be legally classified as a controlled substance. French in method, Texan in manner. Boots and a brasserie. The Joule has been on Main Street for years and CBD Provisions has been feeding people inside it for over a decade, new chef and new tile floors notwithstanding, and it has figured out the thing that most hotel restaurants never figure out, which is that the goal is not to remind you that you are eating in a hotel. The goal is to make you forget entirely. I forgot entirely. The tallow fries helped.

Had dinner here last night for a group of 10 and it was ok. Our waitress must have been new. We…read moreordered a few different apps and clearly didn't order enough. Would Have been nice for our waitress to say " this comes with 5 pieces or this comes with only 2 pieces. None the less we made it work. We order 10 entrees with a few different sides and it took a very long time to get our entrees and she forget 2 of them. By the time they bought out the other 2 entrees the other 8 had already eaten about 75% of the entree. The steaks were not cooked to the temperature requested. The sides were really good especially the Brussels. My boss and I split the snapper and I thought mine was good. No complaints and it's truly for 2 ppl.

Great food, friendly staff, and excellent service. The atmosphere was relaxing and everything was…read morewell prepared. Highly recommend this place.

Thank you Colin for your service during our first time at your restaurant! You really made our…read morevisit to Dallas memorable. The food is fantastic! And I am SO glad they have locations in Houston and LA too. Our group had the fried tuna app which had the best crunch from the soft from avocado. Chef's kiss. Followed by their burger and sea bass tacos. I can't speak to the tacos but my husband loved them and so did my friend. My burger was very filling and the truffle fries were salted to perfection and the right crunch. We were mostly full from our food but Colin was kind enough to let us try the fudge pie (I think is what it's called) he described it as a Reese's cup pie and nailed it. SO SO delicious. This is the perfect date, brunch, friend hang out spot. The building is beautiful. We sat inside but the outside looked just as welcoming. It's a very nice restaurant and look forward to exploring other locations soon. I didn't take pictures of the main courses but here's the app. Oh hubby also had the wildflower and his words "this is real coffee". lol. We loved our experience!

My favorite downtown Dallas hotel. The staff, service and restaurants are all excellent. It's such…read morea beautiful historic building and the rooms are decadent with plush linens. The artwork in the lobby area makes you feel like you are in another time. I always use the gym and it has all you need. Classic. Highly recommend.

We both really wanted to love this hotel and we did until we tried to go to sleep. First the good…read more The location is great, loved the mosaics in the hotel and we enjoyed being able to walk around the art district. We had breakfast in the hotel and our server was helpful, friendly and had a sense of humor. We visited the pool and were surprised that it was not heated. The hotel gym was decent, could use a better (newer) bench but it had the basics. Our room had everything we needed (the bed was quite soft) and a great view of the eye across the street. My first shower would only get warm and not hot so maintenance had to come up and show me a safely button to push which allows the water to get hot. This was after texting with hotel staff (a very helpful option) but surprising that they didn't just tell me about the button and chose to send maintenance. We were in room 852 on the North side of the hotel and overlooking the eye. We came back from dinner around 10 on Saturday night and were kept awake until about 1:30am. I guess Main St is where people choose to drive their cars with the music so loud it feels as though it's in your hotel room. The motorcycles and cars also like to rev their engines.... A LOT. The windows appear to be single pane and they don't keep any noise out at all. Due to the noise level, I would not recommend staying at this hotel.  Being on the 8th floor and feeling like I was in the cars that were driving on main st and blaring music 2 nights in a row was incredibly disappointing.  If this was a 2 star hotel, okay.  That is not the case.  Upgrade the windows to double or triple pane.  Your location is great, service was friendly and efficient, but one generally wants to sleep at night and that is not possible at your hotel. We even asked the front desk on our second morning if we should change rooms and were told Sunday nights were quiet. I should have listened to my gut as our Sunday night was not quiet. Although the amount of cars & motorcycles wasn't as much as on Saturday, we still heard several cars with music blaring or motorcycles reviving their engines until around 1am. This was the beginning of a long overdue vacation and birthday celebration and it did not get started on the right foot unfortunately.

I had a crew of hungry family members in my apartment trying to help me move in. I had to feed them…read moreand I needed something hearty, but tasted great. I came across the biscuit bar on a search and decided to order the hot honey chicken biscuits- they were a big hit definitely recommend there was a lot of meat on those biscuits.

This place was very busy! It's in deep Ellum so perfect if you're in the area and need a quick…read morebite. I originally ordered the fig and brie biscuit but they were out of Brie and also out of sweet potato tots. The restaurant was pretty unclean, the floors were wet and sticky. So many tables were dirty. When we finally did get our food, the chicken was overcooked and a bit burnt and the tots had a weird after taste, overall not a great experience.

I am so happy that we found this gem while on a work trip!! I would love to have this exact place…read moreand concept in my area! Rebecca the hostess was awesome and introducing us to everything and making sure we got set up for our night. The food and drinks were excellent! Highly recommend making a reservation for a table! It's $15 a person for 90 minutes...we had 11 people and time flew, but it was the perfect amount of game play time for all of us! The entire vibe of this place was so cool! We were amazed at how much space there is. The back room got pretty tight when we first arrived since there was a group of 12 there already....they had taken over the tall tables in the middle and the couch. We slowly spread out and then their time was up about half way through ours so it wasn't as cramped. But it's still such an awesome set up we couldn't stop talking about it the next day!

Of cI've been to **Electronic Shuffle** three times now, and every single visit has been amazing…read more The food and drinks are always on point, and the hosts, bartenders, and overall staff truly make the experience special. Everyone is friendly, welcoming, and just genuinely great people to be around. What really stood out was when we celebrated my mom's birthday there. They wrote a special note for her, and almost every employee took the time to wish her a happy birthday. She felt so loved and had the best time -- it meant more than they probably realize. If you're looking for a fun atmosphere with great vibes, great service, and people who actually care, this is the place. We'll definitely keep coming back!

We found this gem and I can tell you that it was WONDERFUL!…read more We walked in and were greeted with smiles and excitement. There is a bar and comfy sitting area and plenty of tables. I'm going to full up admit that I did a terrible job getting pictures so you're just going to have to trust me. I got to see and visit with my daughter and granddaughter so was over the moon! We ordered the Grilled Lamb Chop Lollipops and the Brisket Risotto Balls for an appetizer. There are only 3 lollipops but they were INCREDIBLE! The presentation was beautiful! The brisket risotto balls were good. Think "boudain" balls. Reinspired and tasty. I ordered the Duck & Rope Pasta, my other half ordered the Beef Arrarbbiata and my daughter and granddaughter shared the Steak Frites. All of it was delicious! The duck confit in the Duck & Rope Pasta was perfect! Don't be scared on this one. It is worth it! For dessert, we ordered the Ferrero Rocher and HOLEY MOLEY! It was huge and delicious. This dessert is rich with the perfect sweetness that won't bite you in the jaw. It is shareable! Overall, I am so happy we tried Bucket & Rope! The service was amazing and I just can't say enough about the quality of the food and overall experience! Thank you Bucket & Rope for a memorable meal!

Came for brunch and what a wonderful time was had!…read more We grabbed a spot on the patio and Johnna was our server. She was friendly, attentive, and gave some great suggestions. We started off with a pitcher of mimosa and the duck taquitos. I'm usually not a fan duck however I was told to give it a try. If you hadn't told me it was duck, I probably would have thought it was chicken. The mimosa was a build your own, it came with 3 juices - orange, pineapple and cranberry - and you got to pour as much or as little juice as you wanted. Between the two of us, we each got about 3 glasses. I got the French toast, which tasted like a deep fried donut, in a good way. The outside was crunchy, the inside still had the pillow custard texture. However in my opinion it needed more of the apple pecan slaw especially if you weren't trying to drown them in syrup. My friend had the chilequillas which she really enjoyed but did mention a few times that it was a little spicy. We ended the meal with dessert which was rich and luscious but oh so delicious. It was a cholesterol mouse that was covered in a hazelnut chocolate shell with a raspberry sauce. Overall a great time was had & I'd gladly go back to try more.

Bryce was spectacular! We decided to eat here because they had outside seating, this was the best…read moredecision. The food was great and Bryce made our lunch worth every bit of it! The prices was reasonable and recommend to everybody

Very comfortable place to enjoy a nice lunch. Prices are reasonable and my food was well prepared…read moreand flavorful. The decor was reminiscent of a study in a home with great window view seating. My server was friendly and attentive. Only on the job 2 weeks but she understood the importance of making you feel welcome. For lunch I chose a deconstructed shepherds pie. Portion was generous, professionally plated and very delicious.

I hadn't been back to Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley in over 3 years, but today I had a…read morecomplete change of heart and I'm so glad I came back! From the moment I sat down, the experience reminded me why this place became such a favorite. I started with a sample taste of the frozen D'USSÉ margarita, which was the perfect way to kick things off. For appetizers, I ordered the deviled eggs and the fried salmon bites, and both were absolutely amazing. Flavorful, fresh, and cooked just right. For my entrée, I clearly came hungry because I ordered both the jerk chicken with greens, smoked turkey, and mac and cheese, plus the catfish and spaghetti after our amazing waitress Justice highly recommended it. Let me just say, she did not miss. Everything was seasoned well, hot, and worth every bite. For drinks, I had the blackberry margarita and the tequila old fashioned. Both were strong, smooth, and definitely only for those who either walked there or took an Uber! Justice made the entire experience even better with her recommendations, attentiveness, and great energy. Overall, Kitchen + Kocktails is still amazing. Great food, strong drinks, and excellent service. I'm happy I gave it another visit because they absolutely delivered. Easy 5 stars!

Came in on a Monday ~ 9pm w/ no reservation and was seated right away. The restaurant is clean w a…read moreclean modern aesthetic, music, TVs, + a second floor. Kevin Dakota was the server at the bar & he was very attentive, kind, fast, & communicated clearly throughout the entire experience. Service overall was welcoming / on point, w water brought out quickly and consistent attention from the staff. The $10 glasses of champagne were grwat. They have other cocktails but I'm on a low cal vibe right now. The lamb chops were amazing and the collard greens were the best I've had in a long time. Overall, very impressed and highly recommend.