Dona Emilia's Bar & Grill
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 478-2520
- Price:
- $$$
- Cross Street:
- Cesar Chavez Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Wine Bar 2005, Power Lunch 2005
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm, Fri 11am-2:30pm, 4pm-11pm, Sat 12pm-11pm
Message from Dona Emilia's Bar & Grill
Austin's Downtown South American Bar & Grill
- Lunch & Dinner Downtown
- Outdoor Seating & Live Music
- Extensive Wine List
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Editorial Review for Dona Emilia's Bar & Grill – by Stuart Wade
In Short
This lively spot across from the Four Seasons, boasts a tantalizing menu. Start with seviche or grilled tuna with tarragon aioli. More affordable lunch options include a hearty sobrebarriga a la criolla (stewed brisket) and grilled chicken breast in garlic sauce. Standouts on the New Latin menu include grilled pork loin served with a mojito chimichurri and the sizzling churrasco tenderloin. Don't miss the restaurant's outstanding selections of spirits and desserts.
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Insider Tips
When to GoKick back on Dona Emilia's shaded outdoor patio during the daily happy hour (5pm-7pm), or head to the atrium upstairs.
The ExtrasWeekends include live music.
User Reviews for Dona Emilia's Bar & Grill
05/15/2008 Posted by 20Fan
We went to Dona Emilia's for the Mother's Day Brunch...and were a very disappointed. Perhaps we went in with expectations too high. There were five of us and we unanimously agreed -- The buffet was just 'ok' for the price paid, $22 each. Not much variety, and the chefs cooking omelets could not speak English. The most disturbing thing was when we found out an 18% gratuity had been added to our bill for a BUFFET, are you kidding!!! The server ended up making an enormous tip for essentially dropping the drinks at our table - AFTER we had to ask the manager to be waited on after being seated for about 10 minutes and not being waited on. Its not that we would not have included a tip, but to have an enormous one added for a party of 5 for a Buffet is outrageous. It is very unfortunate that we have no plans to be a repeat customer of this restaurant.
Pros: Ambience -- sitting outside on the patio.
Cons: Food, Service, Cleanliness of the Restraunt
09/20/2007 Posted by syacu123
i dont care what it costs or tastes like but if there's good live latin music it is great. don emilia's gets the idea. if your located in the live music capital of the state having live music "duhh" is important. keep up the good work and happyhour. also maybe in the future the live music will play longer into the night.
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