Rainey Street just picked up a fresh high-rise hideout. Amaya, a Mediterranean-inspired rooftop bar and restaurant, opened Friday on the 12th floor of the new Paseo tower on Rainey Street. Up on Level 12, the spot pairs shareable plates with a spritz-forward cocktail lineup and an outdoor patio built for sunset views over the Rainey district. The concept blends Levantine and European influences with local touches aimed at groups and golden-hour hangs.
According to Community Impact, Amaya’s menu leans hard into small plates, with options such as falafel with labneh, a seasonal mezze platter, and cured hamachi. Bigger dishes include Mediterranean octopus, grilled branzino, and shawarma-marinated beef skewers. The coverage also notes desserts like loukoumades and a tahini cookie, plus a drinks list that runs from an espresso martini called La Hora Negra to frozen spritzes. The whole setup is geared toward sharing and long, lingering evenings on the rooftop terrace.
What's on the Menu
Amaya’s own site highlights its shareable, sun-soaked menu and directs guests to online tools for booking regular tables and private events at the Level 12 space. As laid out on Amaya's website, the restaurant lists its Paseo address, promotes rooftop service from Wednesdays through Sundays, and shows posts that peg opening-night service with a 5 p.m. start. The site also links straight to an OpenTable page for reservations and a Tripleseat form for private-event inquiries.
Rooftop Design And The Paseo
LV Collective, the developer behind Paseo and the hospitality operator for Amaya, folded the restaurant’s dining room into the building’s amenity lineup on the 12th floor. The interior opens onto a pool deck and an outdoor patio with lounge seating positioned to look out over the Rainey district and Lady Bird Lake. As quoted in Community Impact, LV Director of Hospitality Matt Wolski described Amaya as “the perfect rooftop destination where you can linger over spritzes, share delicious food with friends, and take in the energy of Rainey from above.”
Reservations And Hours
Local coverage from CultureMap reported that Amaya would operate Wednesdays through Sundays from 4 to 10 p.m. Amaya’s own promotional posts on its website and Instagram, meanwhile, flagged opening-night service beginning at 5 p.m. Guests are directed to book tables through OpenTable and to use the Tripleseat event link on the homepage for private reservations. That slight mismatch in reported start times hints at a difference between early press details and on-site announcements, so it is worth checking current booking pages before heading up.
What This Means For Rainey Street
Amaya’s debut adds another piece to Paseo, LV Collective’s 48-story mixed-use tower that brought multiple food and beverage concepts and public amenities to Rainey Street this fall. LV Collective’s materials describe Paseo as a building that combines residential units with hospitality offerings, including the Daydreamer café, rooftop amenities, and new restaurants, signaling ongoing change on Rainey as the corridor grows denser and more focused on amenities. For locals, Amaya delivers a dedicated rooftop option centered on sunset service and shared plates above the neighborhood’s long-running bungalow-bar scene.
With Amaya’s doors now open, Rainey Street has a new Mediterranean-flavored perch in its growing dining lineup. Whether you are there for spritzes at sunset or a table full of mezze with friends, the rooftop is staking its claim as a golden-hour hangout above the district. Keep an eye on those reservation pages for updated hours and programming as the spot settles into its first weeks of service.
