Dallas Recommendations?

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek LINK

Beautiful and in the middle of everything. Where the rich and famous stay.

Corrientes 348 steakhouse

Nick and Sam’s

Downtown is not where you want to be if you're looking for the action. Look in Uptown/Victory Park.

For Hotels, the Crescent, Hotel Zaza, Marriott Uptown, and The Stoneleigh. For more upscale options you have the Ritz-Carlton Dallas and the Mansion on Turtle Creek.

For a steakhouse, Bob's is a good one but old school, there's also Al Biernat's which is always good. Closer to the hotels mentioned, I like Truluck's.

For other types of food Avanti has been great along with Sixty Vines and Si Tapas (All depends on what you're looking for.

If she's into shopping, Highland Park village has every high end store you could imagine and there are a few decent restaurants here as well, but you're paying for the location mire than anything. Knox Henderson also has a few good spots.

If the weather is nice stop by the Katy Trail Ice House for a cold one during the day.

I lived in State Thomas/Highland Park for six years before moving to Austin and still go back on a regular basis. If you have any detailed questions I'm happy to provide additional info. I'll actually be back this weekend.

H2O Tiger nailed it perfectly. Follow his recommendations. I couldn’t have said it any better.

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I lived in State Thomas/Highland Park for six years before moving to Austin and still go back on a regular basis

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We were probably neighbors baw

Same here. I used to live in State-Thomas area 2 blocks from Si Tapas & now live in Oak Lawn.

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lived in Post Heights right after graduation. Basically lived at State & Allen, The Donkey, and Standard Pour

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I lived above the Starbucks across from Standard Pour

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Mister Charles

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Hotels:
-I haven't seen the Hotel Swexan mentioned. Developed a couple of years ago so its very new and luxurious, right down the street from The Crescent. Has a steakhouse called Stillwell's
-The Mansion on Turtle Creek is a Dallas staple though, I've never stayed there but love the bar and the overall property and area.

Restaurants:
-Mister Charles is an awesome restaurant for both food and atmosphere. It's not cheap but I had a great experience both times I've been.
-Javier's is another Dallas staple. More of a mexican steakhouse than tex mex. Filet cantinflas, quail, or mojo de ajo are my go to entrees. They have a cigar bar if thats your thing.
-As others have mentioned Bobs (the lemmon location) is a classic.
-If you are looking for upscale sushi, I'd go Uchi over Nobu all day.

If you want to eat in Highland Park Village:
-Fachini for italian (I actually like his other restaurant Nonna better, though. It's right down the street from Bob's)
-Cafe Pacific for steak/seafood.

Appreciate all the feedback earlier!

It really helped me loosely narrow it down to the following:

– Crescent Court – $1,054 total
– Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek – $1,336 total
– Hotel ZaZa – $905 total
– The Joule – $793 total
– The Adolphus – $600 total
– Thompson Dallas – $1,302 total
– JW Marriott Dallas Arts District – $1,087 total

No Spa
– Warwick Melrose – $535
– Le Méridien Stoneleigh – $537
– Hotel Swexan – $1,408

Trying to pick the best fit and atmosphere vs value $$ etc.