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Hoover's Cooking vs Uchi

Hoover's Cooking and Uchi are both highly recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Uchi scores significantly better than Hoover's Cooking. Uchi ranks #1 in Austin with recommendations from 10 publications such as Afar Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler and BlackBook.

Hoover's Cooking
Hoover's Cooking
8 / 10
2002 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722-2436
From $0 /night
Fodor's Fodor's
"One of Austin's best comfort-food oases, blending mama's home cooking, diner short-order specials, Tex-Mex favorites, and Cajun influences." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"This is down-home comfort food at its best." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"At this unassuming restaurant in Cherrywood, local chef-owner Hoover Alexander serves Deep South—style comfort food with Tex-Mex, Cajun, and Jamaican influences." Full review
Zagat Zagat
""Comfort food at comfortable prices" sums up this Cherrywood Southern mainstay near the University of Texas campus." Full review
BlackBook BlackBook
"The brave, spicy taste leaves you salivating for more. But the gigantic size, enough for two, makes you wish you’d eaten less."
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Uchi
Uchi
8 / 10
801 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
From $31 /night
Fodor's Fodor's
"You've heard the term "extreme sports"? Uchi is "extreme sushi"." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Uchi, which occupies a softly-lit bungalow on South Lamar about five minutes from downtown, celebrates the art of unconventional thinking when it comes to sushi." Full review
Zagat Zagat
""Heaven" for sushiphiles, this Zilker jewel box (and its newer Montrose outpost) presents the "finest in forward-thinking Japanese" cuisine via chef Tyson Cole." Full review
BlackBook BlackBook
"A red-wallpapered, organic-glam interior is like a backdrop from a Design Star set. Splurge on an omakase-style banquet feast."
Gayot Gayot
15.0
"Faithful sushi lovers migrate to this crimson-colored, cozy house for quality sushi and imaginative Japanese fusion fare." Full review
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