The Spot
What makes this the corridor's polished evening on Main Street.
Cypress Grille has anchored 170 South Main Street in Boerne's historic district since 2006, on the stretch of Main Street the town calls the Hill Country Mile. It is an upscale-casual steakhouse and wine bar, and the two halves share one room: a dining floor with candlelit tables and a dedicated wine bar backed by a wall of bottles. Owner, chef, and sommelier Paul Thompson built the place around wood-fired cooking and a wine list he curates himself, and the result is an evening that feels considered without ever feeling stiff.
The kitchen cooks over wood, pulls herbs from its own garden, rolls pasta by hand, and flies in sushi-grade fish. The wine list is nearly all California, and the Texas Travel Awards named Cypress Grille the Best Restaurant in the Small/Mid Market category in 2025, an honor the City of Boerne announced itself. For a date night, the appeal is the rhythm: a glass at the wine bar, a wood-fired course at the table, and a slow walk back up Main Street afterward.
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Two things to order.
Start with the Ahi tuna nachos, one of the appetizers the kitchen is known for. Recent published menus put appetizers around $9 to $15, and the tuna nachos are the plate that gets the table talking while you study the wine list.
Then split a wood-fired main: the 14-ounce rib-eye is listed around $39 on recent menus, the blackened sea scallops around $44, and the 12-ounce grilled pork chop is another regular. Add an order of the handmade pasta to share, and let the sommelier-owner's list pick the wine. The restaurant's official menu is the current authority, since prices change.
Fair Housing Note
This feature describes the place, the food, and the experience, never the kind of people who are supposed to enjoy it. Along the corridor and everywhere else, we introduce places by what they offer, not by who lives or dines there.
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One thing to do: start the evening at the wine bar.
The dedicated wine bar is part of the dining room, and the nearly all-California list is the restaurant's centerpiece, curated by Thompson himself. Arrive a little early, take a seat at the bar, and let the first glass set the pace while you decide between the wood-fired pork chop and the scallops. Then move to the table for dinner, and end the night with a slow walk along the Hill Country Mile afterward.
Dinner service runs Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m., and the restaurant lists on OpenTable, so a reservation is the surest way to hold an evening table. Boerne sits at the corridor's northern end, and the drive back down I-10 through the Boerne area is the same scenic stretch residents already know from a dozen other evenings out.
Good to Know
- Address
- 170 South Main Street, Boerne, TX 78006
- Phone
- (830) 248-1353
- Hours
- Tuesday to Saturday, lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner 5 to 9 p.m.; Sunday Texas Meat Co. barbecue 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Mondays.
- Honest price range
- Appetizers about $9 to $15, entrees about $24 to $44, wine by the glass extra. The menu changes, so the restaurant's official site is the current source.
Cypress Grille questions, answered
Where is Cypress Grille?
Cypress Grille sits at 170 South Main Street in Boerne's historic district, on the Hill Country Mile. Boerne anchors the northern end of the corridor, reached from I-10 West via the SH 46 interchange, and Main Street is the walkable core where the restaurant sits among shops and galleries.
What hours does Cypress Grille keep?
Lunch runs Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday brings a Texas Meat Co. barbecue service from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the restaurant is closed Mondays. Hours come from the restaurant's official site, so confirm there before you go.
What should two people expect to spend?
Recent published menus show appetizers around $9 to $15 and entrees from about $24 to $44, with wine by the glass extra. The 14-ounce rib-eye is listed around $39 and the blackened sea scallops around $44. The restaurant's own menu is the current authority, since prices change.
What makes the wine bar worth its own visit?
The wine list is nearly all California, curated by owner and sommelier Paul Thompson, and the dedicated wine bar is part of the dining room. You can spend the whole evening there with a glass and small plates, or start there before a table opens. The list is the restaurant's centerpiece.
Is a reservation recommended for dinner?
Yes, especially on weekend evenings. The restaurant lists on OpenTable, and dinner service runs a single evening window from 5 to 9 p.m., so tables fill. Booking through the OpenTable listing is the surest way to hold one, and the restaurant's official site links to it.
Sources
Where this feature's facts come from
- Re-verified November 3, 2026: the restaurant remains open with the hours above, and no closures on the Hill Country Mile affect this feature.
- Cypress Grille official site and its story page, for the address, hours, wood-fired kitchen, handmade pasta, herb garden, wine list, and ownership, verified October 2026.
- City of Boerne, Cypress Grille profile and the city's 2025 Texas Travel Awards announcement, for the restaurant's 2025 Best Restaurant, Small/Mid Market honor, verified October 2026.
- Cypress Grille on OpenTable, for the reservation listing and the per-person price range, verified October 2026.
- San Antonio Express-News review (2012), which called the restaurant worth a special trip from San Antonio, for the long-running local reputation.
- Recently published menu prices from the restaurant's syndicated menu feed, mirrored publicly across restaurant listings; prices change frequently, and the restaurant's own menu is the current authority.
- The site's own Boerne area overview for where the restaurant sits along the corridor.
Advisory
Planning the next evening out along the corridor?
Tami Price has two decades along this corridor and knows the communities that sit closest to Boerne's Main Street, from Balcones Creek to Fair Oaks Ranch. A consultation is a direct conversation about the fit, with no obligation and no pressure.
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