r/austinfood

What am I missing? This restaurant is highly rated, but every meal I’ve ever had here has been either mediocre or just bad. Last night, I got the chicken deluxe sandwich with fries. The fries were cold, soft and unseasoned, the sandwich buns were stale in some places and absolutely soggy in most, the avocado was brown and tasted ~not good~, the chicken was tough and dry as leather. Every previous time I had gone it was “meh”, but last night’s meal was just bad, and I’m not sure I ever want to try it again.

AND to be clear - the vibe is great, I love the setting, I love the live music, I love that it’s in my neighborhood. I just SO badly want the food to match the scene!

All the places I’m aware of have closed: Threadgills, Hoovers, Olamaie. I never really go out for southern food (unless it’s fried chicken) but a friend of mine new to the US is looking for restaurants to try. Ty!

Still terrible? Or has it improved? Give me your thoughts-and favorite dishes if you’re a fan.

I’ve been invited to a group outing over there and I’m trying to decide if I want to skip it all together? suggest another place? Or thug it out…

Little Nishi chef Joel Taylor, who previously worked at Uroko (co-owned by the Kome and Sushi-a-Go-Go founders), opened his food truck serving hand rolls, sashimi and snacks in September 2023 on South First Street.

The truck later moved to South Congress Avenue and added a second location in East Austin in 2024. It has become one of the better food trucks in town thanks to its freshness and unique offerings.

After almost three years operating solely as a food truck, Taylor is now planning his first brick-and-mortar restaurant. 

A friend and I have been getting dinner every 3 weeks ago or so and, as he's vegan, we've been going to Bouldin. We're getting a little bored of it, so I was hoping somone else would have a good recommendation. It doesn't have to be fully vegan or vegetarian, just have a couple solid options. Any help would be appreciated, thank you in advance.

Hi guys, I'm opening a new coffee shop in Cedar Park. Any recommendations for wholesale pastries? Reached out to Sour Duck and they don't deliver to CP. Also heard nice things about Texas French Bread.

For fresh dairy - whole milk/reduced fat milk/half&half/heavy cream, I know some shops do milk runs at Costo or HEB curbside. Any other ideas/suggestions? Thanks and appreciate it!

Since Vespaio closed my heart has been broken and I need a new carbonara spot. Taking any and all suggestions

Went for dinner last night. Some serious issues:

1.Walked in and the place smells like a massive sewer clog is under the actual restaurant. It smelled like ass - it was really hard to sit in this restaurant. Likely why there were 5 people eating there?

2. The menus were disgusting. Pages were stuck together like they haven’t been cleaned in a long while. The actual page of appetizers print was eroded - couldn’t make out the words on 2 different menus.

3. The absolute kicker - they let a young couple eat inside, with their tiny dog. That alone can get you shut down by the health department - but seriously, wtf do you need to bring your puppy to dinner. I love dogs, have 2 myself - this town makes me crazy with dogs + restaurants.

I don’t be going back there. Food is decent, but it’s just gross.

Ok I have 1 night in Austin and it happened to be my birthday. I’m not for birthday dinners but it’s been a Super tough year so I guess I should celebrate being here. Where would you eat if you only have 1 dinner in Austin?

Drove past today and was so sad to see that it’s completely gutted out. My heart still breaks that it closed. I learned so much stuff while working there. Anyway, does anyone know what’s going to be moving into that spot?

Friends and I (23f) are trying to find a place for a birthday dinner. The birthday girl really wants like street tacos. The whole group wants mixed drinks and a bar. We’d ideally like to have both in one location, does anyone have suggestions?

I'm not using my phone to look at a menu and using my phone to order food and using my phone to do anything at the movies... and the food is terrible. Where else can we go that has good food, good seats, and a vibe?