Overall a pretty great restaurant the service was good and the food was cooked to perfection.
The only issue I had with this place was on a note of cleanliness. A few spots here and there on the silverware, black fleck of something floating in the water that was just poured, and be careful if you decide to bring toddlers here because the storage of the high chairs is in a not-so pleasant place. (Photo)
But as originally noted I want to reaffirm that our server was entirely delightful and knowledgeable, and the chefs are in a top tier class of professionals serving world class meals with elite presentations.
We were just in time to catch some happy hour drinks and then have dinner.
2 of us shared a Caesar Salad, the mussels & chorizo, and the beef ribs. This turned out to be an excellent combination of flavors! Food was so delicious!
It was amazing and the staff was great! The QUESO CON PUERCO and the corn bread were great appetizers. We enjoyed the steak mushrooms, asparagus, ribye steak, and raspberry cheesecake.
OK, if you are only familiar with this place in North Austin, you have no idea how much better this place is Downtown. The shaved beef tenderloin carpacchio with onions and crispy capers was delicious!!! The aged dried steak options are so good. The 8oz filet, cooked Pittsburgh style, and medium rare with caramelized onions and mushrooms is so good yo!!! I actually woke up this morning remembering how good it was 😁 . I'll keep keep it simple for you, if you gotta dine out downtown and eat very well $$$, this is the place to go!! It was worth every penny.
Fantastic meal! Good Happy Hour before with Steak Tacos, Blood Orange Margarita, and Chips & Guac, and for dinner, recommend the Pork Tenderloin. Cornbread was also tasty
Extremely friendly waiter and great food all around. Portion sizing was more than enough for a big guy like me. Will come back
I dined in at this location once and got take-out once while in Austin at a conference.
We LOVED the Green Chile Pork Stew (so much that we came back to get it for take-out the next day), Bacon & Onion Brussels Sprouts, Waldorf Salad, and mango sorbet. Super delicious and pretty good prices!
The service was pretty different the two times we came in. When we dined in for lunch, the service was bland and robotic, almost arrogant. But when we got take-out the following evening, as we sat at a bench waiting for our food, the people at the hostess stand engaged in conversation with us and were so friendly and nice to talk to.
I would definitely come back.
I would add this place as a must try in Austin. The food was fantastic overall, and great ambiance. We had the spicy meatballs to start. Awesome! Super tasty and moist. We had the longbone pork chop and short ribs. The pork chop was tasty, but I won’t get it again. The ribs were super tender and tasty. The grits were hands down the best tasting thing we had. It came with the ribs. For sides we got the truffle fries and street corn. The fries were fine, but the corn was the major disappointment. It looked good but lacked serious flavor. I was really disappointed in the corn. Needed more sauce and cheese maybe? For dessert we had the flourless cake. It was solid and I would recommend it. I had the banana old fashioned and I really liked it! I was surprised, and the banana was very subtle. The presentation on every dish was fantastic. I will definitely eat here again!
Our server was excellent, very friendly & efficient. Steak salad was great (we’ve had this many times) but chicken Waldorf salad was just Ok - dressing is delish, but chicken quite bland. I guess because the menu indicates “spit-roasted” chicken, expected it to be more flavorful than a plain breast; also spinach wasn’t chopped as indicated on menu, so somewhat cumbersome to eat. Overall nice lunch though & again great service (name Lara on receipt).
Love Roaring Fork always and forever. Impeccable service. Wonderful food and drink! Always a go to when in downtown Austin!
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