Last restaurant you ate at (Austin, Round Rock: condo, daycare, Home Depot)

[JustMeInBrandon]

My hubby and I were in Austin last week for a whole week. The last place we ate was the worst serivce-wise. It was the Bakehouse. I had made a list of restaurants to visit after coming on here and asking for suggestions. We visited Friday night, arrived at 8:30, and were seated immediately. BUT THEN, we sat with menus in hand and no acknowledgment from anyone for nearly 15 minutes. The owner was even getting silverware behind my husband's head (where this was located) and never once looked over at us to check on us. The waitress was running around so it was not her fault - they did not have enough staff. We placed our appetizer order along with our drink order and they were delivered but could not find waitress to order entrees as someone else delivered our appetizers. We ordered our entrees and then heard the people behind us have problems with their food. Also, the waitress brought their salads AFTER their entrees. They told her to box it up and the manager came over and comped both their entrees (Wellingtons) since they were not correct. I then asked my waitress if I could get my salad before my meal as we had been waiting after our appetizer for some time. She said yes but brought it out with our entrees.

On the brighter side, we went to Threadgills for lunch one day and had a great meal, went to Chuy's one night for dinner, and went to Rudy's for bbq one evening. We did go to Hopdoddy as my husband is a hamburger fanatic but the burger was not well done as he likes it and did not like it at all. We then zipped across the street for Home Slice which was great. All-in-all our food was great in Austin along with our kolaches we got on the way up and back down through 71 at Hruskas (sp?).

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by JustMeInBrandon

On the brighter side, we went to Threadgills for lunch one day and had a great meal, went to Chuy's one night for dinner, and went to Rudy's for bbq one evening. We did go to Hopdoddy as my husband is a hamburger fanatic but the burger was not well done as he likes it and did not like it at all. We then zipped across the street for Home Slice which was great. All-in-all our food was great in Austin along with our kolaches we got on the way up and back down through 71 at Hruskas (sp?).

Burgers should be done medium rare. If you get it well done you can pretty much go anywhere. What makes hopdoddys so good is that they do an awesome medium rare burger. Next time try phils ice house 78704 burger. They never get me a medium rare burger but the toppings are so good it is ok.

[JustMeInBrandon]

Originally Posted by Austin97

Burgers should be done medium rare. If you get it well done you can pretty much go anywhere. What makes hopdoddys so good is that they do an awesome medium rare burger. Next time try phils ice house 78704 burger. They never get me a medium rare burger but the toppings are so good it is ok.

I understand about the burger but my hubby eats everything well done (yuck). He hates juicy or pink - just the way he was raised and will not change.

We should be back next year so will try Phil's Ice House then. Thanks!

[coffee_addict]

When I visited a few weeks ago my friends took me to Torchy Tacos, it was great IMO. I had this Taco with chicken, mango and jalapenos- yum yum yum. Also my friend swears by the "trailer trash" that's trashy (with fried chicken). The street corn was just okay, wasn't a fan of this cream sauce stuff but maybe it was to counteract the heat on the rest of it. To me it was a good informal lunch spot, worth the line.

[MtnLion512]

Originally Posted by coffee_addict

When I visited a few weeks ago my friends took me to Torchy Tacos, it was great IMO. I had this Taco with chicken, mango and jalapenos- yum yum yum. Also my friend swears by the "trailer trash" that's trashy (with fried chicken). The street corn was just okay, wasn't a fan of this cream sauce stuff but maybe it was to counteract the heat on the rest of it. To me it was a good informal lunch spot, worth the line.

Torchy's is awesome! It's also straight up tacos for white folks- next time try somewhere that doesn't get as cute with their ingredient combinations and serves more traditional/authentic tacos...in 78704 you could try Papalote or El Tacorrido.

[LiveUrban]

Originally Posted by MtnLion512

Torchy's is awesome! It's also straight up tacos for white folks

White folks? I'm Asian and I eat there. And most of my Hispanic friends love it too. It's a different take on tacos that everyone can appreciate

[coffee_addict]

Originally Posted by LiveUrban

White folks? I'm Asian and I eat there. And most of my Hispanic friends love it too. It's a different take on tacos that everyone can appreciate

My indian friends took me there, the kids love it. There weren't many white folk, a mix of many races from the line on a saturday afternoon. I got the impression they were trying to mix it up and apart from other traditional fare......I can only imagine there are many places that do traditional well. I think their niche is being a little more trendy and unconventional yet identifiable and yummy. At least that was my impression and I can see the draw to it.

[MtnLion512]

Wow. I guess I should clarify- I don't mean that Torchy's is catered exclusively to white people, I mean that there target demographic is hipster/yuppie types (predominantly white), rather than people looking for an authentic taqueria experience (predominantly not white). I certainly don't mean that Latinos or Asians can't/shouldn't enjoy Torchy's, it's just far from authentic Mexican food. Torchy's is definitely meant to appeal to a wider audience than an authentic taco place. Guess I could've phrased that differently though.

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by MtnLion512

Wow. I guess I should clarify- I don't mean that Torchy's is catered exclusively to white people, I mean that there target demographic is hipster/yuppie types (predominantly white), rather than people looking for an authentic taqueria experience (predominantly not white). I certainly don't mean that Latinos or Asians can't/shouldn't enjoy Torchy's, it's just far from authentic Mexican food. Torchy's is definitely meant to appeal to a wider audience than an authentic taco place. Guess I could've phrased that differently though.

Im asian, like torchys, and understood what you meant.

[Subzro]

That whole "it's not authentic" angle is beyond tiresome. Maybe they just want to make good tacos. Good is good regardless of whether or not someone's ancient grandmother who makes tacos in adobe hut signs off on it or not.