Little Rhein Steak House

Steakhouses: San Antonio's first two-story structure now comfortably accommodates this charming steakhouse, which proffers some of the city's best filet mignon. Memorabilia collected by the steakhouse's original owner lines the interior (Chicago's old courthouse supplied the brass lights). The menu is an exercise in simplicity: meat and vegetables with a bit of seafood thrown in just for kicks....

Stroll along the Riverwalk after your meal.

Try a selection from the wine list to accompany your steak.

"One of the oldest and grandest in San Antonio", this River Walk charmer inhabits a "delightful" "historic building" with "crowded little rooms" and terrace seating; it boats a "classic" steakhouse menu, "relaxed but extremely attentive" service and prices on the "high" side.

For 45 years, the Little Rhein, a River Walk mainstay, has been serving Prime steaks in an ultra-atmospheric historic house in the shadow of the hulking Hilton Palacio del Rio. The outdoor terrace is equally compelling. And though no longer the only serious steakhouse game in town, it has made only minimal changes to the immutable menu. Snails in garlic butter, lump crab-stuffed avocado and...

The Scene
Part of the city's original settlement, La Villita, the Little Rhein also opens onto the Riverwalk. The location wasn't always such a good thing; the downstairs rooms were... Pros + great steak

The Little Rhein Steak House is situated in the Bombach House in historic La Villita. The Coahuiltecan Indians founded a se...ttlement here in the 1500s, and in the early 18th century Spanish soldiers and Canary Islanders established a village on the site. The Mexican General Santa Anna encamped here during the battle of the Alamo. During the 19th century, German immigrants designated this area...