The Restaurant at Encore Waco, warm and low lit
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Ground Floor, The Restaurant

The Curtain Lifts Late Summer

Street level is getting a full remodel and a kitchen to match. Executive Chef Cayman Colunga is bringing elevated Southern cooking and chef driven dinner features to the ground floor. Until then, his food is already running upstairs.

What's Coming

What Chef Colunga Is Building.

A full table of chef driven plates at Encore Waco
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Chef Driven

Hand cut steaks, hand battered shrimp, homemade dressings.

Full Bar

Classics poured right and a shelf worth reading twice.

Chef Features

A rotating lineup of dinner features, straight from the pass.

Built for Groups

Tables sized for the whole crew and plates made to pass around.

Theatre Nights

Dinner before the show, one elevator from your seat.

Private Dining

Rehearsal dinners, company nights, and rooms that flex.

Plated dishes at the kitchen pass at Encore Waco
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Already on the Pass

A Preview, Served Upstairs Tonight.

The Restaurant's menu is still in the works, but Chef Colunga's kitchen already feeds The Lounge and The Rooftop. A few current favorites from upstairs:

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Hours

OpeningLate summer 2026

Good to Know

Full remodel in progress at street level.

The Lounge and The Rooftop are open upstairs, 21 and up.

All ages welcome here once the doors open.

Opening date drops first to the email list.

Be First Through the Door.