Sagra

10/12/09

Great food and they treat you like family

by Rhoam at Citysearch

My husband and I are from Houston and we often dine at Sagra when we come into Austin. It's our favorite place. We love the food, the service and the atmosphere. Last week we were heading to San Antonio, when the mood for Sagra struck. We called ahead and made a detour. As usual we were seated immediately by a lovely, attentive waiter. From our table the street was very visible and our daughter suddenly remarked that she thought she saw a "famous" person come into the restaurant. She did indeed. A very well-known woman and an equally well-known man were also dining at Sagra that afternoon and they were seated right next to us. What made the afternoon special for us was that in spite of the high profile table next to us, our waiter (and indeed the entire staff) treated our family like we were their best customers.

A delicious, memorable meal served by lovely people.

• Pros: great service
• Cons: not in Houston

06/10/09

Really Wanted to Like Sagra

by htwhite at Citysearch

My husband and I dined at Sagra on Monday night. I have to say that I really had high hopes for this place. First, the location is perfect for us and the atmosphere of the restaurant is very nice. It got a little loud toward the end of our meal but that's to be expected in a small place and it didn't bother us a bit. Our waiter (sorry I didn't get his name) was excellent. He recommended a good white wine for me and red for my husband. I really liked that he offered us a taste prior to our making a decision on the wine. I also liked that the other waiter working at the time and our waiter basically worked together. If the other waiter saw that a plate needed clearing at our table, he cleared it. Nice teamwork.

We ordered the appetizer of the day, Crab Brouschetta. It was a pretty bland crab spread on bread that was too hard. I noticed another customer trying to cut her Brouschetta with a knife and was unable to do so. There was no choice but to pick it up and eat it (which is what I did anyway).

We decided to try their pizzas since they came with a lot of positive reviews. I ordered the Prosciutto Arugula and my husband ordered the Tartufo. My pizza would have been okay but the center of the crust was soggy. There was no way to actually pick up a piece and eat it because the toppings would fall off the soggy part. I usually love prosciutto and arugula together but it somehow doesn't work with pizza sauce. My husband's pizza was interesting in that it had a top crust but he said the flavors again just didn't work together. I tasted it and really thought that the truffle oil didn't belong in that pizza.

Anyway, we didn't complain to our waiter cause we just didn't feel like ending our dinner on that note. Also, we had absolutely no complaints about the waiter or the restaurant itself. Unfortunately, we just didn't enjoy the food.

• Pros: Great waiter; nice location and atmosphere
• Cons: Unfortunately, the food

05/29/09

Great Food

by Hasslocher at Citysearch

My fiance and I ate there for the first time the other night and we had to go back the very next night. The staff was friendly and very polite. The Arugala Salad is to die for, I think its the truffle vinagrette that sends my taste buds to heavan. I strongly reccomend this restaurant and their Pizza's are awesome, we had the Quatro Formagio.

• Pros: Arugala Salad