Restaurants in Round Rock

At Las Lomas Tex-Mex, a mouthwatering menu of Tex-Mex treats and traditional Mexican meals entices diners with fresh, colorful ingredients, daily made dishes, and award-winning hot sauces. Guests happily paint stuffed chili rellenos with Diego Rivera–style murals using a choice of four colorful sauces, including chipotle, verde, and ranchero. As guests cheer on their favorite sports teams on Las Lomas’ multiple big-screen TVs, sizzling fajita skillets lift up savory scents of marinated chicken, beef, or shrimp while impersonating the hissing roar of a stadium crowd. Breakfast specials include migas, huevos rancheros, and breakfast tacos stuffed with eggs, chorizo, and beans.

The chefs at La Patisserie by Oven Fresh Delights satisfy sweet and savory cravings with a menu of handcrafted French-style pastries, sandwiches, and desserts. The Paris-Brest is a traditional dessert inspired by the Tour de France that fills a ring of pastry dough with rich hazelnut cream to resemble the tire of a bicycle or the donuts on strings used to train cyclists. A thick crust bookends raspberries suspended in whipped cream in the framboisier, and long prisms of succès Nutella embed sweetened nuts in buttercream sandwiches. Letting influences from French kitchens shine through all the while, cooks stir pots of rich béchamel sauce and assemble croquet-madames, open-faced stacks of brioche, black-forest ham, and three types of cheese. Butter twists into savory dough for croissants, and from the oven drift scents that hint at spinach and leek quiches.

Start your tour of Texican's massive menu by slinging your jaw around spinach, mushroom, and onion quesadillas ($7.99) or clearing your taste buds of impurities with spicy cream-cheese-stuffed jalapenos ($5.49). The plentiful options let you supplicate at the altar of a traditional dish such as cabrito—a platter of tender goat roasted with mysterious spices and topped with tomato and bell pepper ($14.99)—or head straight for the grill with a 10 oz. rib-eye steak tampiqueña ($14.99). To enter the mythical realm of "New Mexico," head northwest of south of the border for some Santa Fe enchiladas in smoky red chile ($9.49), or fly straight up into space instead with a deadly delicious chile relleno plump with chicken, beef, shrimp, or cheese and legally drowned in red tomatillo sauce ($8.99).

When Roger Diaz puts together a meal in his kitchen at Vivo Tex Mex, he’s not just tossing fresh ingredients into handmade tortillas. He draws on three generations of family cooking, taught to him by his mother and grandmother before he could even reach the stovetop. These family recipes include tricks to puff up a tortilla by lightly frying it, as well as the ingredients to make the tortilla itself from scratch.

Roger’s colorful dining room and patio celebrate his heritage as well. Huge, colorful canvases bedeck the interiors, bright lanterns hang from the ceiling, and a portrait of Frida Kahlo surreptitiously tries to steal sips of frosty margaritas. Al fresco, the constant burble of fountains chatters beneath diners' conversations while ample potted plants and flowers create a fresh bouquet of scents to complement meals.

Campo Azul Bar & Grill's kitchen uses local and seasonal ingredients to recreate the cuisine of central Mexico. As you sip a signature drink such as the blue margarita, the staff will bring over plates of fajitas and queso flameado that sizzle directly on your table. The chefs can also grill quesadillas, roll up burritos, and knit a taco. Before calling it a meal, it's worth it to try one of Campo Azul's decadent dessert inventions, which includes the deep-fried cheesecake burritos.

Local musicians often play in the dining room as guests dine amid the exposed brick interior. There are also covered patios surrounded by cheery yellow walls, and you can email photographs of your leftovers to your house pet using the free WiFi.

Because cravings don’t often wait for convenience, the cooks at Texas Steak Out take care of the leg work: They deliver their all-American dinners to diners’ front doors. Relieving patrons of the task of hunting a steer, they grill rib eyes, sirloins, and steak tips, complemented by philly cheesesteaks and a horde of hoagie sandwiches. Their hearty meals come with classic steak-house sides such as steamed broccoli and mashed potatoes.