Los Angeles-based The h.wood Group recently opened its fourth location of luxury nightlife concept Delilah in Dallas’s Design District. At 15,000 square feet, the location is the largest yet for the roaring 20s-inspired concept, which combines high-energy nightlife with touches of Hollywood glamour. It follows openings for venues in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Miami.
The h.wood Group co-founders, John Terzian and Brian Toll, joined several celebrity guests at the restaurant’s star-studded opening in February. Attendees included rocker Machine Gun Kelly, Dallas Cowboys’ wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, and musician Leon Bridges. The menu—described as “American fare with a special nod to Texas”—features a brownie dessert named for and inspired by model Kendall Jenner.
Other menu highlights from Chef Scott Ruwart include a full chilled seafood bar, wagyu and Japanese wagyu steak selections, Chilean sea bass, and black truffle agnolotti. The concept’s signature cocktail, the Spicy Siena, features Don Julio Blanco tequila, Cointreau, lime, fresno, agave, and Tajin. Several other mixed drinks are exclusive to the Dallas location.
“This location marks several firsts for the brand, from its scale and design to our first outdoor front porch for cocktails. We’ve been coming to Dallas for years and ultimately fell in love with the city and its people, so we’re thrilled to bring this immersive, transportive night out to Dallas. We’re especially eager to see how the community responds to what we’ve created,” Terzian and Toll said in a release.
Aesthetically, Delilah features jewel tones, plush interiors, vintage chandeliers, and a crackling fireplace—nods to the Hollywood era and a supper club from roughly a century ago. It includes the concept’s signature pink velvet booths as well as a “Blue explosion marble” as an accent at its bars, unique to the Dallas location. Its two private dining rooms and wine room with a dedicated sommelier hint at The h.wood Group’s capacity as an event producer.
Dallas-based Temple Shipley is the venue’s art advisor. One release said, “Her curatorial approach draws on the Machine Age and the 1920s preoccupation with speed, industry, and progress. Through streamlined forms, bold geometries, and vibrant surfaces, she channels the visual language of Art Deco—an era that celebrated modernity and motion—into the private dining room and main dining areas."