Austin Restaurants

Pros: I will definately return!
Cons: No cons here

Last Wednesday I went to the Iron Cactus Stonelake for the first time. I was asked if I liked karaoke and wanted to sit in the bar area. I said sure and am so glad that I did. Our server arrived just as we had sat down and we ordered Mexican martinis. ...

Pros: Great food, great place.
Cons: Noisy on a busy evening.

I finally made it to Cibo on a recent visit to Austin. After reading some intriguing reviews, I was curious to try some of the Northern Italian dishes that are rather out of the ordinary and not so easily found everywhere. I tried the Sautéed Calamari ...

Pros: BWW is the real meal deal for all occasions...
Cons: Certain BWW products are unsuitable for women, children, the elderly, or pets...

New Year's Eve of Y2K was a glorious time. We'd blown off the threats of computers across the country shutting down, leaving panic-stricken mobs in blackouts throughout the land at the stroke of midnight. Equally ignored was the threat of ragheaded ...

Pros: Used to be Decent Food, decent service, but now, humm, no.
Cons: Currently Very Bad General Manager, Price is very high for what you get.

Without the 3 part harmony and pictures containing lines and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one. I have been going to Sullivan’s for years. I always thought it was a great place and know a couple of the people that work there. Last ...

Pros: Lots of great restaurants.
Cons: Too full of "the newcomers" to want to go anymore.

(I have updated this review to add more detail since it was completed while I was still a newbie)

My favorite restaurant in Austin is City Grill, at 4th & Sabine.

The prices are medium to a little high, but the atmosphere is great,...

Pros: Relaxed, downhome dining room and tender smoked meats
Cons: Lifeless side dishes and lame barbecue sauce

Ask a dozen Austinites where the best barbecue in town can be found and you'll probably get a handful of recommendations for Stubbs, or Salt Lick, and probably a smattering of recommendations for Iron Works. At least that was my experience. Salt Like...

Pros: Tex-Mex offers a glimpse of the Mexican food spectrum
Cons: Some of the best Mexican food is missing

There's a little-known isogloss I spent some time pinning down a few years back. The linguisitic watershed trends north across west Texas near the towns of Monahans and Pecos, loops north to circumscribe the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and then...

Pros: everything
Cons: it's in Austin

Well, you may not believe this, coming from someone who's lived in Austin all their life, but before tonight, I'd never eaten at Threadgills before. That's right (pick your jaw up off the floor), there is such a thing in the world as a native Austinite...

Pros: none
Cons: poor, insulting service

I took my family out for dinner at the Cool River Cafe only to be insulted. Not only did they misquote the prices on their specials by $4, they also ruined the night.A waiter offered complimentary coffee, but when we got the bill we were charged $12 for...

Pros: spinach and artichoke dip
Cons: it ain't in Colorado

Well, it's nice to be home for the holidays, and I just got back from a nice night of dinner and the movies (hey, what else do you do when the weather's bad?). We went with a few hundred of our closest friends and saw Cast Away (pretty good movie if I...

Pros: Sauces and unusual game
Cons: Service is not up to par

Unless you are already part of the casually dressed in Ralph Lauren crowd, you will need my advice to fully enjoy your first experience at Hudson’s on the Bend. This unique restaurant carved out its niche by serving up game –- everything...

Pros: Incredible Cajun food. Great service. Great drinks.
Cons: Located outside of a Holiday Inn.

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We stayed at a Holiday Inn on IH-35 (exit 239)during our visit to Austin. At the front of the hotel parking lot is a restaurant called "Dixie's Roadhouse." Although large and clean, it didn't...

Pros: Cheap food, fast service, free fortune cookies
Cons: Lack of ambiance, bland food

Review Topic:  Restaurants

I visit Kim Phung about once a month, and I always order the same thing: vermicelli with garlic, tofu, and lemongrass. This comes in a huge bowl with lettuce on the bottom, vermicelli in the middle, and...

Pros: Great City
Cons: It's HOT!!!

My Massachusetts family and friends thought I was a little crazy moving to the heart of Texas when I first told them. They had stereotypes of wranglers and 10-gallon hats on the brain and thought every one would be as conservative like G.W. Bush.
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Pros: Excellent food, service, and price
Cons: None

Mangia Pizza is truly out of this world. There are several locations in Austin: one on Lake Austin Blvd. across from Magnolia Cafe, one on Mesa just south of Spicewood Springs Rd., and a delivery location on Guadalupe at about 34th (by Amy's Ice Creams.)...