Nuri Steakhouse Menu: What to Order in Dallas

Nuri opened in August 2024 on Cedar Springs Road in Uptown, directly across from Uchi, with a reported twenty-million-dollar build and a thesis Dallas had not tried: Texas beef given the reverence a Tokyo counter reserves for Kagoshima wagyu. Michelin-recognised chef Minji Kim runs the direction, Mario Hernandez runs the pass, and the beef comes from HeartBrand Ranch Akaushi, 44 Farms dry-aged prime and Blue Branch Ranch. A year in, the room already sits at No. 84 on the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants. Here is how to order it.

Start With the Wagyu Dumplings

The opener that every table talks about is the wagyu dumplings in herb cream sauce, small and precisely folded, with a truffle version on the menu for the diner who wants the splurge up front. They set the register for the meal: Korean form, Texas fat, plated with restraint rather than swagger. Order a plate for the table before you commit to steak, and let the kitchen show its hand. This is the dish our Nuri Steakhouse review keeps returning to.

The Cuts Worth Ordering

The beef list runs from Texas to Oklahoma to Japan. The value play is the sixteen-ounce prime strip at $68, which is a serious steak at a fair Uptown figure. The occasion order is the forty-ounce porterhouse-for-two at $350, carved tableside and built to be shared over a deal or a birthday. If you want the flex, three ounces of A5 Japanese wagyu runs $120 and is meant to be tasted, not eaten as a main. Between them, fermented banchan and Korean-inflected sauces do the work that a French steakhouse leaves to butter. For the wider field, see our guide to the best steakhouses worldwide.

What to Drink

Nuri built a deep wine programme to sit under the beef, and the floor will steer a bold red toward the porterhouse without pushing the list’s ceiling on you. Ask for something structured enough for dry-aged prime rather than the trophy bottle; the pairing matters more than the price tag here. For a group closing business, this is the room that reads as intent, which is why it anchors our Dallas tables to impress clients and features on the best restaurants to close a deal list.

What It Costs and How to Sit

Budget roughly $150 to $250 a head once you move past the strip toward the porterhouse and a glass or two, more if the A5 and a good bottle enter the picture. Nuri works best for two at a quiet banquette or a group of four to six for a working dinner; the private rooms suit a birthday party that wants the theatre without the noise of the main floor. It is a room designed to signal a new kind of steakhouse, warmer than the corporate temple and more composed than a Korean BBQ hall.

Not For

Not for a quiet vegetarian dinner or a tight budget. This is a beef temple where the porterhouse-for-two runs $350 before wine, and the menu is built around cuts, not greens.

Before You Go

Nuri still takes reservations midweek but the Friday and Saturday prime window tightens as the ranking travels, so read our how to book Nuri Steakhouse guide and reserve about a week out. The full Nuri scores and verdict cover the room in depth. If Nuri is full, Bob’s Steak & Chop House is the old-guard power table, Al Biernat’s is the deal-making standby, and Del Frisco’s Double Eagle holds the classic Dallas steakhouse line.

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