The most romantic dating venues across eight well-known cities are offered by Yelp and OkCupid.

When it comes to having a successful date, the environment might be just as crucial as the people you hang out with.

With over 200,000 votes from OkCupid users, OkCupid and Yelp have compiled a list of the best places to visit in nine different categories in eight well-known U.S. cities, whether you're wanting to enjoy brunch or check out a themed bar.

Since Cambridge is home to the vast majority of OkCupid's users, other cities, like Boston, incorporate the surrounding metro area.

The best places to go on dates in each city are listed below as part of OkCupid's 2018 Dater's Choice Awards.

In Austin

• Best Morning After Brunch in Austin: Snooze an Am Eatery. This breakfast-focused restaurant, which was founded in Denver, offers dishes like a chile Verde benny made with green chili-topped tortillas, pulled pig or beef cooked in the barbacoa manner, eggs, and a green chili hollandaise.
   
• Cheer Up Charlie's, the No Judgment Make-Out Spot: This vibrant pub features vegan food, a funky atmosphere, and a sizable outdoor music venue in the back where you can dance the night away.
  Take your date paddle boarding or kayaking around Lady Bird Lake, where you'll get views over the boardwalk and can explore neighboring islands and coves, for a fitness and wellness date.
   
• Best Hotel Bar: The Driskill Bar. The Driskill Hotel's bar is designed to transport you to the good old days of Texas, complete with comfortable leather chairs and beverages like housemade jalapeno-blackberry juice and barrel-aged maple syrup.
   
• No matter if you're in the mood for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, grab one of these substantial tacos from Torchy's Tacos without breaking the bank. Ahi tuna, jerk chicken, mango salsa, and sour cream are just a few of the interesting components that may be found in tacos.
   
• Jo's Coffee is a great location for romantic photos since "I love you so much" is engraved on the vibrant walls outside of this pastel green coffee shop, which opened in 1999.
   
• Where to Start a Conversation: Blanton Museum of Art: Whether you like Greek pottery or abstract expressionism, spend some time speaking over the nearly 18,000 pieces that line the walls of Austin's main art collection hub.
   
• Places Like Whistler's Where Drinks Could Become Dinner This location, which is housed in a 100-year-old building, has a mezcal bar with more than 100 bottles, many of which are rare kinds. When it's time for dinner, pick up some delights of Thai street cuisine.
   
• Midnight Cowboy, "Best Themed Bar" This glitzy speakeasy offers a menu of seasonal drinks that change with the seasons and feature cutting-edge ingredients like ricotta honey.
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• Best Morning After Brunch—Allston: Lulu's Whether you prefer savory or sweet morning snacks, this restaurant provides options including Cajun tater tots, mini donuts, and cocktails like a pineapple coconut mimosa. The best thing is that they serve their entire menu until 1 a.m.
   

In Boston:

• Zero judgment Make-out Spot—Lolita Cocina and Tequila Bar: Although this is a cantina, the decor has a sinister feel to it. Think sumptuous couches, candlelit tables, and ruby glass chandeliers.
   
• Fitness and Wellness Date—Lawn on D: This outdoor interactive space hosts a variety of recurring activities all year long, including art exhibits, ping pong tournaments, and year-round walkway exploration.
  Best Hotel Bar—Noir: At this bar inside the Charles Hotel, you can enjoy a cocktail, a glass of wine, or a beer while watching a noir movie.
   
• Charlie's Kitchen is a multi-story establishment that serves burgers outdoors, '50s-style delicacies on the ground floor, and a fun jukebox on the second floor.
  Photo Opportunity: Top of the Hub: From 52 stories above Boston, take in the city's cityscape.
  A spot that Starts a Conversation—Museum of Fine Arts: This museum is home to about 500,000 works of art.
   
• Location Where Drinks Might Become Dinner—Eastern Standard: Enjoy strawberry and fennel Campari cocktails, then stay for late-night nibbles like short rib sandwiches.
  Most Creative Bar—A4cade: This bar with an arcade vibe welcomes you with grilled cheese sandwiches in the front and a tonne of games in the back.
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• The best morning-after brunch is at the Lula Café, which serves delicacies like potato crepes topped with short ribs and almond corn cake with yogurt that use seasonal ingredients.
  Zero judgment Make-out Spot—Slippery Slope: This bar offers skeeball, drinks, dancing, and music all in one location.
   
• Urban Kayaks: Take a kayak tour down Chicago's famed river for a fitness and wellness date.
  Cindy's, best hotel bar: The Chicago Athletic Association Hotel's Cindy's Bar serves seasonal beverages and punches while providing views of Millennium Park from its rooftop setting of vaulted glass and steel.
  Eats Cheaply—90 Miles Cuban Café: This BYOB establishment also features an all-you-can-eat pig roast every Thursday, a build-your-own Bloody Mary bar, and paella and flamenco nights every Tuesday.
   
• Punch House is a location that is good for photos. Punch is their specialty, and you may get it by the cup, carafe, or bowl.
   
• Adler Planetarium is a conversation-starting location where you can learn everything there is to know about the cosmos.
   
• Location: The Violet Hour. To locate this location, look for a mural on the outside with a light bulb signaling the entry. There are three distinct salons inside, each one with leather chairs and candlelight-lit tables.
   
• Three Dots and a Dash, Best-Themed Bar: A secret hideaway, this tropical tiki bar serves libations crafted with delicious ingredients like passion fruit, watermelon, and starfruit.

In Chicago

• Best Morning After Brunch in Los Angeles—Nighthawk Breakfast Bar: Here, breakfast for supper is the guiding principle, with dishes like benedict fries and drinks like a Spiked Cereal Milk prepared with rum spiced with Cinnamon Toast Crunch taking center stage.
   
• Zero judgment Make-out Spot—The Varnish: Housed in a former storage space, this bar serves a variety of traditional and contemporary cocktails as well as live jazz music on Sundays through Wednesdays.
  Fitness & Wellness Date: Moonlight Rollerway Skating Rink: Visit this historic structure that was formerly used to manufacture airplane components in the 1940s and take pleasure in rollerblading all night long.
   
• The Skybar at The Mondrian is the best hotel bar, with stunning views of the city.
  Cheap Eats—Smorgasburg: On Sundays, visit this outdoor market to sample a variety of sweet and savory treats from a variety of food vendors.
   
• Griffith Observatory: Enjoy the city views from the outdoors or go inside to check out the telescopes, displays, and live events at the planetarium.
   
• The place to Start a Conversation: The Broad: The iconic Infinity Mirror Rooms by Yayoi Kusama is on display on two floors of this modern art museum.
• The Edison is a place where drinks could turn into dinner. The Edison was built using architectural elements from the city's first private power plant.
   
• Best-Themed Bar—Tiki-ti: This small bar offers you a tiki environment that dates back to 1961 that is both small and active at the same time, with only 12 stools and a few tables.
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• Weekend brunches at Sweet Chick feature scrumptious items like smoked pork hash and black bean cake scramble.
   
• Zero judgment Make-out Spot—House of Yes: This location holds weekly themed events that range from '80s summer parties to '70s rollaway parties.
  Choose from over 25 sports at Chelsea Piers for a fitness and wellness date, including golf and rock climbing.
   
• Best Hotel Bar: Standard Beer Garden: This outdoor bar is located beneath the High Line and features a lot of beer, ping-pong tables, and taps where you can pour your beer directly at your table in the summer.
  You can discover thin noodles, thick types, and kale-based noodles in this section of Cheap Eats—Ramen-Ya.

In New York City

• Mother of Pearl is a great location for photos because it is a Polynesian restaurant and cocktail bar with island-inspired white decor and vibrant drinks.
   
• The Museum of the Moving Image is a venue that houses exhibitions, programs, moving-image works, and relics. Here, you can learn everything there is to know about film, television, and digital media.
   
• A Place Where Drinks Could Turn Into Dinner—The Happiest Hour: This cocktail bar and restaurant is renowned for its elevated menu items and cocktails, which include savory concoctions like a red pepper and habanero mix served with your choice of mezcal, tequila, or gin, as well as sweet concoctions like strawberry and tequila drinks.
   
• Best Themed Pub: Otto's Shrunken Head. This hip-tiki-themed bar and lounge offer live music and DJs for every kind of night you're in the mood for, as well as occasions for karaoke, literary readings, spoken poetry, and movie screenings.
   
• Within Philadelphia:
  Best Morning After Brunch—Café: Sabrina's Try dishes like the Courage the Cowardly Dog Sandwich, a Po' Boy with cornflake-crusted shrimp, or the Scooby Snacks, buttered potato buns loaded with caramelized onion hash browns and pork scrapple.
   
• Zero judgment Make-out Spot—Tattooed Mom: Visit this 20-year-old bar for local brews, food, creative cocktails, or late-night bites.
   
• When it comes to fitness and wellness, the Schuylkill River Trail, which is about 130 miles long, has a lot to offer, whether you want to bike or walk.
   
• Best Hotel Bar: Stratus Rooftop Lounge. Sip a beverage while perched 11 floors above the city's historic districts next to a warm fireplace.
   
• Cheap Eats—Loco Pez: Inspired by Los Angeles food trucks, this cash-only establishment provides tacos, burritos, and quesadillas in addition to more than 25 tequilas, local beers, and tequila cocktails.
   
• Spruce Street Harbour Park is a great location for photos since you can swing on hammocks there, see floating gardens, drink craft beer there, and eat meals from some of the best restaurants in the area.
   
• Franklin Institute After Dark is a place to start a conversation because you may attend activities like cocktail-making classes and workshops about time travel there.
   
• A place where dinner and drinks may happen on Friday and Saturday Sunday: Start your evening with a drink like the Cheap Suit, which combines gin, lemon-coriander shrub, and Cocchi Americano, and conclude it with oysters and caviar at this opulent location.
   
• Best-Themed Bar—Garage: At this bar, where you are allowed to bring your food, cans are all the rage. There are cool beers, whiskey, and picklebacks available.
   

In Philadelphia:
 

• Best Morning After Brunch—Nopa: This establishment specializes in organic wood-fired cuisine and serves delicacies like coconut pecan granola with roasted peaches and a wood-grilled cheeseburger with basil aioli for its weekend brunch.
   
• Zero judgment Makeout Location—El Rio This establishment, which opened its doors in 1978, offers entertaining margaritas, has a Bloody Barry bar with flavored vodkas, and conducts events every month.
  Dogpatch Boulders is a great place for fitness and wellness dates because it has 17,000 square feet of climbing space and 17-foot climbing walls.
   
• Best Hotel Bar: The View Lounge. This lounge, which is part of the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, combines light snacks with picturesque city views to create an amazing date.
  Expect big queues at this restaurant that sells burritos and tacos, Cheap Eats—La Taqueria. While you wait for your lunch, a live mariachi band is playing nearby for your entertainment.
• Photo Opportunity—Foreign Cinema: This restaurant offers something for every taste, from seasonal vegetarian platters to sirloin carpaccio and fresh seafood selections like oysters and shrimp.
  California Academy of Sciences is a venue that encourages conversation because it houses an aquarium, a planetarium, and a natural history museum, so you can spend the day exploring all of them in one location.
   
• Place Where Drinks Might Become Dinner—Trick Dog Whether you're in the mood for a whiskey drink infused with coffee, beets, and cherry or a rum cocktail created with pepper jam and thyme, this establishment's award-winning cocktail menu is full of beverages that look as beautiful as they taste. Guacamole, roasted veggies, seafood ceviche, and other small nibbles are available.
   
• Best Themed Bar: Smuggler's Cove. This rum-centric bar features the largest rum variety in the United States and even incorporates the drink into its décor with nautical accents that create a fun atmosphere.
  A Bloody Mary or mimosa goes well with dishes like a split biscuit loaded with eggs and sausage gravy or scrambled eggs topped with avocado, onions, cheese, and red potatoes in Seattle.
   
• Zero judgment Lava Lounge is a popular place for make-out sessions since it has shuffleboards, arcade games, and tropical beverages.
   
• Date of the Seattle Bouldering Project for Fitness and Wellness: This location, which also has a bouldering area, also has climbing lessons and physical fitness options like yoga and weightlifting.
   

In San Francisco:

• Best Hotel Bar: Stoneburner. Located on the first floor of the Hotel Ballard, this restaurant and bar will get your evening off to a lively start with a variety of cocktails that range from zesty options like gin served with absinthe, orange bitter, and lemon to sweet options like cinnamon bark syrup and bourbon.
   
• Cheap Eats—Katsu Burger: Japanese fusion means you can expect unique burgers here, whether you want a miso-marinated tofu burger or a pig loin burger with curry as its main ingredient.
   
• Photo-Friendly Location—The London Plane: This multipurpose space has a café, a specialty goods market, and a floral studio all rolled into one.
   

In Seattle:

• Explore several revolving visual exhibits and activities at the Seattle Art Museum's Spot That Sparks Conversation to learn about art from all over the world.
   
• The Pink Door, an Italian-American restaurant, has a sizable wine selection that goes great with its traditional Italian cuisine crafted with seasonal ingredients. This is a place where drinks may easily turn into dinner.
   
• Best Themed Bar: Unicorn: If you're seeking to play on its claw machine, take part in a mimosa cabaret, or just munch on your favorite carnival-themed foods, a carnival-themed bar guarantees fanciful fun is waiting.