This place had a real hole-in-the-wall type feel. It's tucked away and felt like mostly a local joint. The food was good, but ultimately unmemorable. It didn't stand out as being super special, although I appreciated the diverse menu. read more

Patio is so great, and dog friendly! The food is good with friendly service. Love it being in my neighborhood!

The food and drinks are great, but we've had trouble with service the last 3 or 4 times we've been in. And the manager acts like he couldn't care less when we mention their mistakes. This has traditionally been one of our favorite restaurants (both locations) but I don't think we'll be back for awhile. read more

Yum! This is a new go-to! It's tucked away and has a lovely patio, service is attentive enough, the house margaritas are nice and not too sweet, and there's a huge variety of food, lots of which I've never tried before... so it'll be fun to try something different each time. So far have had the carnitas, cabrito, and sopes. All were great. Gets a little busy on weekend nights, so aim for an off time if you want to linger on the patio. read more

Came here to meet some friends. They have a large tequila menu with lots of drink options. I had a pina colada because I'm a lightweight but I enjoyed it. We had guacamole and queso as we waited, which were good. Their chips aren't the best but good enough. They have a large outdoor patio which I recommend hanging out in. read more

This is my new favorite tex-mex restaurant in Austin! Personally, I always initially judge a place on their cheese enchiladas. I adore cheese enchiladas and Azul Tequila knows how to do cheese enchiladas! The cheese is amazingly gooey and creamy. They're not too greasy and the best part is they are covered with chili con carne AND chile con queso. The best of both worlds! The chips and salsa are also top notch. The salsa has a good heat and tastes fresh. Finally, the staff...they're wonderful. Super friendly and professional. read more

Terrible service. Me and my family went here to hang out and listen to some live music. Needless to say we were severely disappointed, if not for the music I have no reason to believe anybody would every come here. I stood at the bar for 30 minutes waiting. Not waiting to get my drinks. Waiting to ORDER them. The lady at the bar who's name I unfortunately was not able to get stared at us with clear malice and made excuses as to why she did not serve us. Once more help joined the bar we finally got our drinks. After being seated we were told in order to get a menu we had to go back to the hostess and ask for one, instead of them bringing one to us. Which left us sitting in even more anger than we were before. Im severely disappointed and like the tik tok sound says, "This is so bad I want to give you a zero but that's not possible so I give you a one." I would give this a zero in a heartbeat just based on service. Besides that the food was fine and the music was the only thing holding it up read more

This place is awesome! My friends and I like to try new places to eat around Austin, that have great margaritas, oh man! I love their blue margaritas! Definitely going again! read more

The place looks unassuming from the outside, but the interior and back were nice. And the food was awesome!! Happy to see vegetarian options (: the staff was also friendly and attentive. read more

Great chipotle shrimp entree. Chips were hot and fresh. Service was great. Skinny margarita was strong!

This is a great neighborhood restaurant. Great margaritas although, the happy hour prices are nothing special. Everything on the menu is affordable (everything under $20) and their ceviche is the bomb! read more

Great interior Mexican food. Great drinks. Great service. Great atmosphere. I recommend the ceviche and carnitas tacos. They have a good selection of tequila and mezcal as well. read more

Over priced, the bartenders where texting and the waitress took forever for two margaritas and queso. The Queso was really good and it was toped with chorizo...yummm read more

This place sucks! The only reason it is still in business is because there is nothing else around, nothing! The food is bad, the service is worse, even the bar is terrible. read more

We go here all the time. It's a great Northwest Hills area neighborhood restaurant. The wait staff is friendly and the owner stops in on us when he is there and is very friendly and wants to do everything he can to make it a great experience. Wait times vary but I've rarely had one that is more than 30 minutes and they are really good at giving you an estimate in my experience so that they generally underpromise and overdeliver. The outdoor seating area is nice too. I hesitated between 4 and 5 stars and landed on 4 only because the food while VERY good I don't feel is quite as crave worthy as some other nearby places like Cielo. My experience with Azul Tequila is in stark contrast to another restaurant not too far away on the edge of Allandale, El Dorado Cafe. While the food I had the one time I ate there (twice if you count picking up desert once) was good, I don't think the food is worth the waits I have been quoted almost every time we have tried to go there. The wait times quoted have usually been long (40 minutes plus) and that's deterred us from going there much. We tried El Dorado again recently but first by calling for the estimated wait time (when we were about 10 minutes away by car) and were told VERY CLEARLY it would be about 15 minutes for our party with no hint that could rapidly change. But when we got there within the 10 minutes were in person quoted up to about about 3 times longer. When I had the temerity to point this out and say that was unacceptable they tried to make me feel like I was crazy in reporting what I had unequivocally been told and that somehow I had been mistaken. That didn't sit well with me (and if you had been on the receiving end of how they handled it, probably would not have sit well with you). No statement by the staff like we are sorry, a bunch of big parties came in right before or they just goofed. Rather, they asserted that I must have gotten it wrong. And then the owner proceeded to harass me for my Yelp review (with a comment attacking me and and then a private harassing message when I defended my account), asserting I was rude and not in any way acknowledging her staff inconvenienced my family and tried to shift their mistake onto me. I generally only review someplace I have an excellent experience or the polar opposite. And in these two near each other restaurants (Azul and El Dorado) I have experienced both. Azul is where it's at for fresh, original Tex-Mex and other Mexican-inspired and delicious food with good service, reasonable prices for the quality of the food, and an owner who knows how to treat people. HIGHLY recommended. read more

Great food and service at this place! The mushroom and the spinach enchiladas are fabulous and the best ever with the cream sauce! Nice location, closer in than you think-it's our new favorite Interior Mexican food restaurant! The outdoor patio is a huge surprise-beautiful and set in a "jungle" of trees-what a great place to rent for an outdoor party....assuming they do that! read more

We came because of the great reviews, however we were very disappointed. Our queso was extremely greasy. We waited almost 40 minutes for our main plate. When it arrived it was cold and tasted as if it had been reheated. No one came to check and see how the food was after it came out to us also.The restaurant was not busy, yet the service was less than mediocre. The best thing about the restaurant was the bus boy who refilled our waters continuously and was more attentive than our actual server. read more

A great find! Excellent food, especially the interior México specialty dishes! Very welcoming, parking is a little trying but well worth the effort. Margaritas were top shelf. You won't regret your visit to this hidden gem. read more

This review is a cautionary tale for potential visitors and is pointed feedback for the management of this North location of Azul. My husband and I visited Friday evening (Jan. 16) around 7:15pm. As it was a busy night, I expected to wait to be seated, but was excited to visit the new location as I had been to the original a few years ago and enjoyed the experience and food. We were seated in the covered patio area right away, and there's where the first problem arose. Our server was clearly handling too many tables - they were way understaffed. It took 10-15 minutes for them to take and serve our beverage order and another 10 min. before we were able to order food. As we waited for our meals, we noticed many tables were not eating, and the server apologized to the table next to us for their food delay. This segues to the second problem - after waiting at least 30 minutes for our food order, our frustration level peaked and we asked our server for the beverage check and left. Net-net: management opened up too many tables for the number of servers on staff that evening. We would have gladly waited to be seated to ensure good service. The food ticket times were also way too long, so I'm not sure if management also had low staffing in the kitchen or why the long delays in food service. I'm giving this one-star and hope that management/owners can work out these serious kinks. read more

Not that I've explored every place in Austin but this might be my favorite mexican joint. it's mexican but elevated. Less tex-mex more actual Mexican. Not everything is drowning in cheese. Think sopes, mole, pozole, traditionally prepared meats. This is the type of food you would expect to eat if you went to mexico city. So good. Let's chat about the queso and the mole for a minute. Both are incredible. That mole is perfection. Sooo flavorful. slightly spicy. Not overly sweet. Oh my. The queso??? Good lord. I can't imagine this is what you would call authentic Mexican but it's some of the best tex-mex queso I've ever had. And their margarita is pretty phenomenal as well. Can't wait to get back. read more

Definitely a place worth visiting. Great authentic Mexican food along with exceptional service as well the owner's personal attention make it a must. All in all a great place to eat whatsoever the occasion. read more

Stopped in after reading Yelp reviews. The food was delicious, just like everyone said. I liked the fact that they have authentic dishes, and Tex-Mex options as well. The salsa was great, the blue margarita was divine, and the food was spectacular. read more

This place is a gem. Went here for lunch on a weekday. Service was fast, mole was really, really tasty, and prices were very reasonable. Will definitely be back. read more

Fantastic joint with amazing local talent. This owner is stupendous and all the recipes are from his mother. It's family owned and they are growing organically. They care and to me, that matters most. read more

We just had the worst service I have ever experienced. Our waiter literally never came back to our table after giving us drinks so we got our check from another waitress and left to go eat dinner somewhere else. read more

I've become a regular here to enjoy an avocado margarita or two- lightly salted and request extra creamy. Freshly made with whole ingredients, this delicious drink is like a meal in itself. I liked them better when they were in the tall glasses- not sure why they changed to short small ones but part of the effect was lost in this change. The chips and salsa are good too! Great patio and outdoor seating area. Great spot. read more

Food was excellent. Service was ok but somewhat slow (took almost an hour to get our main meal). Noise level was beyond loud - to the point that I could barely hear what the person across the table was saying. Also we were seated at a table right next to the bar and as I was in a chair with my back to the bar, all the people at the bar getting drinks or waiting for a table, basically had me blocked in my chair. I had to get two people to move so that I could back my chair up enough to get out to use the restroom. And there were several other open tables we could have been seated in. Also the parking lot is very small. Again the food was very good but not sure I would eat here again because of the other issues mentioned. read more

Pretty darn good! Excellent margaritas, great patios space and live music! We lived through several terrible restaurants at this location, and we were rewarded with a winner! Please go check it out. It's a bit hidden, and it would be a real shame if that kept it from thriving. read more

Very disappointed today. I go here about once a month, since we live in the neighborhood. My son and I sat next to a table of screeching and cackling women wearing bunny ears. They were obviously drunk. They informed another table that complained to them about their noise, that they lived in the neighborhood and would be walking home so not to worry about their driving. The fact the wait staff and management allowed them to carry on was an embarrassment to the establishment. We complained to the hostess and all she said was "I'm sorry." She made no promise or attempt to get them under control. The table next to us told them to quiet down. It was obvious they were having nothing of it. The kept talking about "balls" and not the ones used in sports either. It really is a black eye on Azul. read more

Azul Tequila has a great mix of good food, healthy options, comfortable seating options and there servers are always kind and helpful. They are also very sweet and patient with kids. I also appreciate that seating is prompt and I've never had to wait. Their shrimp dishes are wonderful and they make great drinks. read more

Great drinks and food! I had the prickly pear and it was delicious! The plate I had was the pork barbacoa. Beautiful diff taste! Loved. Only complaint was too slow or not enough help. They for got our appetizer and food took a long time to come out. read more

Well I gave it the old college try! I ordered the taco salad with beef; the beef was very tough! The whole salad was dry. Restaurant said here is some ranch dressing. I said no I want some type of gravy to pour over my taco salad. Then here comes the waiter with a small bowl of meat gravy! It didn't taste good, but it didn't taste bad. It tasted like the gravy that comes with enchiladas! I guess I was trying to turn Azule Tacquila into a Tex mex restaurant! Next time I will go to Enchilidas y Mas! read more

Came back for Azul's 7 day a week 4-7 HH deal. Had the $1 off ceviche. The ceviche is the classic style. Not little hard cubes of something like tuna. It's got lots of fresh lime juice & some small avocado slices. A generous amount of well marinated chunks of fish (Tilapia?) and micro shrimps in a tall glass with lots of chopped onion & cilantro mixed in it all. A little side car container of a dark, citrusy adobo sauce that I wanted more of. It also had some stale crackers but the fresh chips & salsa were the go to thing to snarf it all down with. It's been INSANELY humid lately with all the rain plus this Azul location is down low near a creekbed so the fact they keep the chips crispy is a plus. I made a meal out of that ceviche. The Tejana cheese enchildas were perfect just like the last visit. Best cheese ench's I've had in Austin in a looong time. I will definitely be back to work my way around the menu. Speaking of menu they have the TexMex apps & entrees on one side of the menu and the interior apps/entrees on the other. Good layout design & easy to focus in on whatever style you're looking for. If you want the ceviche, sopas, chocinita, mole etc... it's all to the left. All the queso, crispy tacos, enchiladas, etc... is over to the right. Split right up the middle of the menu & a good thing if you have kids or picky diners with you. The Blue Azul HH rocks only rita was $7 at HH instead of the normal non HH $11. The menu calls it the "Loco Deal." That's a fair assessment. It's good quality tequila, blue in color, and it comes in a BIG glass. Menu indicates limit of 2 per customer and no return policy. In other words they let you know up front that if you sip it and think it's too strong then sorry Charlie. You can't whine & send it back for a weaker rita. I caught a mild buzz with just one. If I weren't 6'3" & 275 lbs it would have knocked me out. We contemplated splitting a 3rd rita but decided against it based on having to drive home. Plus we got there around 4:45 and while the first 30 minutes of our meal were just fine around 5:15ish tables on both sides of us filled up with large families with several loud kids at each table & around the same time they cranked up some loud lame metal rock. At that point, while I like kids (with a mild crema sauce) we pulled the plug & got out of there. The noise level was a buzz killer. Definitely not Azul's fault. I'll make it a point to get there at 4 if I want to avoid the dinner/HH rush. I would give feedback to keep the music in the background & not something you have to talk over to be heard. On a cooler, drier day that patio out back will be awthum & someplace you'll find us come mid October. Until then we'll definitely be back on a regular basis. Azul Tequila is in for the win. read more

Consistently amazing staff, variety of delicious drinks and quality Tex-Mex. Extremely kid/family friendly and often with the added fun of live music outside. A "go-to" restaurant. read more

Bad service, children running around screaming unsupervised by their parents who were inside made the experience even more uncomfortable. Probably won't go back. read more

Great tex-mex/mexican food restaurant! They are usually have very quick service (minus one time when they were super busy) and the food is consistently good. Their salsa is very spicy but addicting. The queso here is also delicious! The servers are nice and welcoming. It is our new neighborhood go to restaurant! read more

Outstanding from the margaritas to the dinner to the live music. The tilapia was cooked to perfection with a great sauce. The Dallas Pechuga was also terrific. Perhaps best of all was the flan for dessert -- creamy and cooked just right, so don't miss it. We will be back and this time with our dog who is welcome on the back patio. Best Mexican food in Austin. read more

Love this place... We finally have a neighborhood spot with excellent Mexican food, a great bar, wonderful staff and when combined to the right proportions, makes for a great place to hangout and get your 'fix'! read more

I've eaten here quite a few times it's always been fairly good on Friday I took the boy for lunch. I had the worst fajitas I've ever had anywhere actually was mystery meat. Seems like something has changed read more

Wow! Their menu has both interior Mexican and Tex-Mex. I chose interior - Cabrito (goat) and was very impressed. The Cabrito was tasty, the rice was fluffy, and the tortillas were piping hot. The portions were good but we forced ourselves to make room for dessert - flan. It was dense and creamy, and wasn't drowning in the caramel sauce. Fabulous! Our waitress was enthusiastic and efficient. I want to return soon! read more