Austin Restaurant Guide
Austin Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Austin restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Austin just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Austin, you've come to the right place.
Our Austin restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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Waterloo Ice House on Burnet is a basic bar/restaurant. Very basic. Most tables are picnic like, there is a seperate room for smokers, kind of like a greenhouse room with no plants.
Burgers and sandwiches are a good size, the Nachos I must say are quite plentiful. However their entrees seem to b...
Chinese Food Lovers unite, or just Asian people unite. The place was pretty empty when we arrived, however by the end of the evening we noticed that the place had become pretty packed and caucasians were clearly the minority. We should have known something was up when we were handed two menus. One t...
Now this is a restaurant!
Very energetic, looks like a distinguished pool hall on one side. Leather overstuffed chairs, brass railings, enormous bar, huge tv screens for your sportsviewing pleasure and rock music blaring from the speakers.
On the dining side it's presented as fine dining with ...
Best BBQ I've ever tasted! Oak smoked and delicious. It's so good he's catering the SuperBowl teams this year!
Malaga Wine & Tapas Bar is in the warehouse district. Casual, cozy, very spacious yet private. This is where supermodels must eat. There are no entrees only drinks and appetizers. You can order 4 appetizers and be full. It's great if you just want something small and to try something different. The...
Overpriced moderately good Mexican food. Pappasitos gets credit for a reletively innovative menu - however when one considers the many wonderful Mexican restaurants in the Austin area, the quality of food, service and overall dining experience pales in comparison. Service is HORRIBLE (on more than o...
Nooks and crannies make up this place there is no doubt! One big maze. Perfect for a passed out drunk to be hidden for long enough to sleep it off and NOT be detected. I vote this as the number spot to have a Christmas Party.!!!! The food was perfect! brie and honey appetizer. Yumm!! Also, the best ...
The Tavern... well on the outside it looks exactly what you would expect a Tavern to look like. Which is why it stands out sitting next to the local gas station. It's not too hard to spot, but the parking isn't the best.
Inside it looks like a lodge of some sort, you expect it too be hazed over i...
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Look closely at this site. It looks like a 50's joint does it not?? Okay well reality hits ya when you pull in.
There is no big plastic chick on top of the building, in fact it looks like a VFW with a drive thru. The inside looks and smells like a cafeteria, however it is jazz...
Expect at least a 15 minute wait at lunch. Food is great. Looks like a killer Happy Hour place. Huge patio right on the lake. Actually it looks more like a swamp to me and I imagine alligators to be lurking. Food is extremely filling. You eat at lunch and you won't be hungry for hours!!!!
Food is pricey but has great presentation, it comes out looking like artwork. It's a bit heavy on the intake,however, pleasing to the taste buds.Oh..if you don't like food that looks like it just died on your plate, stay away from the stuffed quail appetizer. It lookes like a naked basted amputee.
Let me give you a feel for the place.Moonshiners meet Greenday. Imagine a converted brick and wood barn, one of those places that you went to on a 4th grade school trip. Imagine John Cougar Mellencamp in a corner writing songs. Well, that's what it looks like, very casual & cozy. Now, for the wait s...
The location is in the middle of nowhere on RR620 (15 min from here), well at least it appears that way if you're going at night. Just when you think"Hey, maybe we're going the wrong way", you'll be blinded by the neon sign.
Walls are bright pastels and tables and booths are like picnic tables. I...
Okay, so far I've eaten at 2 Mexican restaurants prior to this one and one was classified as retirement home food. One had a great view and the food served it's purpose but the best I've had in Austin to this date is Ninfa's on 6th Street.
Colorful interior,extensive menu and it is packed filled ...
I never liked fajitas before i came to eat here. Their fajitas are the best! The chicken was perfect and the tortillas were fresh and so was the chips. The salsa was perfect also. The fajitas came with beans, rice, great guacamole, cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo. If you run out of tortillas a...
The food is ok, but it lacks the true flavors. The dessert bar is great. The general tso's chicken didn't seem to have the right flavor. Maybe some sushi would do the trick? The wait staff was ok, but the waitresses sat another party at our table and we moved to another table. Overall it is perfectl...
I have eaten there a few times and the whole place is wonderful...Well worth trying
I've eaten the bbq, jambalaya, and wings and I think for the money the dining experience is great! If you want great service and great food for the price, you cannot beat the Green Mesquite.
This was truly an entertaining dining experience. My Sweetie and I waited about 15 minutes to be seated in a nearly empty dining room. We ordered the bottomless soup and salad...and it was a bottomless pit of iceberg lettuce, mushy tomatoes, and vinegary dressing. You know how the commercial makes...
This is a classic take-out place. The prices are dirt-cheap and the food is good. If you're looking for elegant chinese cuisine, this ain't the place. If you are in the mood for a large quantity of simple and good no-nonsense chinese food for under $5, you can't beat this place. In addition to t...
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