The Driskill Grill
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 474-5911
Fax: (512) 391-7222
- Price:
- $$$$
- Cross Street:
- East Sixth Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Gold Digger's Goldmine 2008
- Hours:
- Tue-Sat 5:30pm-10pm
Editorial Review for The Driskill Grill – by Whitney Friedlander
In Short
Inside the multi-million-dollar renovated Driskill Hotel is a sedate, refined, dimly lit space. Presidents, writers, actors and other celebrated faces dine at these tables, presided over by the jowly portraits of former governors. The ever-changing menu is set up in three courses plus dessert, or a nine-course tasting menu with optional wine pairings. Popular menu standards include the pan-roasted duck breast with apple-raisin hollandaise and pistachio-crusted sea scallops with a truffled herb salad.
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Insider Tips
Where to SitReserve the chef's table in the kitchen and watch award-winning cooks prepare your feast.
User Reviews for The Driskill Grill
11/27/2007 Posted by surfergirl23
One of my friends just moved to Austin and I cam intown to see him. He wanted to go somewhere nice so we went to Driskill. It is located in a Hotel that is absolutely gorgeous. The restaurant is really stuffy though. They had a great wine list. And the incourage you to order a three course meal the is $65 dollars per person. You choose one meal from each course list. The serving are so small you may need a magnifying glass to see them, and the food truly just wasnt that great. There were 5 of us a the table and not one of us liked the food. It wasnt worth the price. I really want put off by the price until I tasted the food and it totally wasnt worth it. Especially considering we were not even full when we left. The presentation wasnt even appealing. The service was ok but the staff sortof sticks up thier nose as if they are better then everyone. Its very uncomfortable. The next day on the other hand, we went to S. Congress Cafe which was absolutley awesome! The food was amazing, the drinks were different and pretty and the service was great! And I only spent $20. I would pass on The Driskill guys.
10/11/2007 Posted by claulo
My first time in the restaurant was about 3 months ago, it was a good experience, good food, good service. This time around we sat and wait for about 10 mins until a waiter came an greeted us. Then my friend ordered a cocktail while I waited for the wine list, I ordered the wine, they brought the wine back and they still didn't serve the cocktail until we asked a second time for the drink. Then we ordered the meal, the appetizer Ahi Tuna had a very weird kind of old taste... then the Lobster Bisque was warm, not "hot"... by then we had been sitting for One hour and 40 minutes ( 1:40hrs) when finally the entree was brought... needless to say I was hungry, tired and not happy with the food... we had to ask for the food to go.... I never experience such a slow service and poor food in a so called "excellent" restaurant. Never going back, specially with those prices, totally NOT worth it.
Pros: Classic setting, quiet
Cons: Slow service, food is not consistant
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