First time trying Chicken Express's "spicy" batter, and it's REALLY good! Not too hot, just a whole…read morelot more flavor than normal fried chicken batter. They give you more than enough gravy to dip everything in, but I didn't use much; the tenders tasted great on the own. The mashed potatoes with gravy were pretty good too.

Could not handle the night! Needed chicken gizzards NOW. The food was excellent as always. Even…read moresaved some for tomorrow!

The League Tavern is a gastropub…read more "Gastropub". That word is so 2010's. A decade ago calling yourself a "gastropub" was the coolest thing in the hospitality industry. Now, it is a lost artifact of another decade, along with Swedish House Mafia and Britney Spears. The League calls itself a retro reminder of the eating clubs of the 1920's and 1930's. It is pretty damm good as a gastropub. It would not really want to be an eating club of the Prohibition era. Menus in that era could be pretty awful. Mashed parsnips. Liver and onions. Greens that have been cooked to death. Tough steaks. Low quality lager beer. The Indian Puddings were all right. The fish was great if it was fresh. I wish they would bring back Welsh Rarebit. But the League sticks to a contemporary menu ... And I am glad they do. Their contemporary dishes are just great. I had a faro salad with grilled shrimp on top. The faro salad was everything I would want a grain salad to be. (I have had some awful tabboulehs and quinoa salads in my time.) The shrimp were completely lovely. Prices are high - but that is what comes with being a gastropub. The concept is: Pay more. Eat higher quality. The Lakeway market will certainly support the League in the prices it wants to charge. The selection on the menu - and for that matter the selection at the bar - is fairly restricted. Having a small menu is not a necessary correlate of being a gastropub. Some gastropubs offer you an expansive range of choices. But careful management of the menu choices means that each and every dish can be polished to a high degree of execution finesse. Practice makes perfect. My guess is that the League envisions itself as a neighborhood place - albeit a rich neighborhood place. Their customers are likely to be regulars. The regulars order their favorite dishes over and over. I myself like my bars and grills to be Cheaper, Funkier and With bigger selections on the menu and at the bar itself. So the League is not exactly my style. But what they do, they do well. They are expanding, opening more branches in more locations. They can do this because the League fills a real need in the Lakeway-Bee Cave market. If a Lakeway resident were to invite me to be their guest at the League Tavern, I would be happy to accept that invitation. Especially if they were picking up the check.

I placed an order online to pick up in the restaurant. The…read moreonline ordering was easy. I scrolled through the menu, added what I wanted to the cart. I placed macaroni and cheese and brussels sprouts in the cart. Placed the order. I got a text message and an email of my recipe. 11 minutes later I got a text saying that it was ready to pick up. I walked in to the restaurant. It wasn't very busy. I waited not even a minute when a nice women came up to me. She asked if I was picking up an order. I said yes. And said my name, I was trying to get to my text message with my receipt, she already had my bag and was walking back to me. Super quick service. By the time I got home, Urg, traffic on 620, seriously!! The food was warm/hot, so I heated it up for a couple minutes in the toaster oven. The macaroni is actually big shells, and I love that cause the cheese gets inside of the shell and it's cheesy gooey. Cheese was fantastic. Really enjoyed the Mac. Brussels sprouts I feel were just steamed. They didn't have that chard crispy outside. Just plan steamed sprouts. My small meal was delicious. Hoping to actually eat inside and have a cocktail.

Move over Fresa's!! There's a new chick in town!…read more Not only are the ingredients fresh, you can taste the quality! We were shopping in Bee Cave and got hungry, so I went to Yelp to discover this cute little place. I did learn that they are mainly a "take away" model hence the play on words "picnic" on their name. But there are a few tables and bar counter that you can dine in. We ordered a bit of food- 1. Half roasted chicken 2. Hot wings 3. Roasted Beets 4. Kale side salad 5. Fun selection of NE brand beers! Yes they have wine and unique beer selection there! The roasted chicken was definitely brined- it was super juicy and the chimichurri and salsa complimented it wonderfully. It was explained to me the chicken were free range and how they are raised humanely, reminded me of an episode in a tv series- Portlandia that made me chuckle. The hot wings... Buffalo style but not like at Anchor Bar.. still amazing in its own right. Fresh (I mean there were zero dry spots on carrots and celery and it was crunchy fresh that even me, the non-celery lover- ate 4 sticks with their tasty homemade ranch sauce. (I think it was the ranch dressing bc I literally licked the bowl clean) The roasted beets were served cold with feta cheese crumbles, mint and pistachios. I could eat that by itself as a meal! Yummy! Now, I usually hate kale. Only like it roasted. But I can eat Chicknic's Kale side salad all day long. It contains roasted cauliflower, pickled red onion and a mountain of pumpkin and sunflower seeds! (Maybe that's why I like it so much??) All washed down with a brown ale beer you find in the NE. While we were dining, several people came by to pick up their to go orders and there is a fun freezer where they sell delicious take aways like chicken soup and their famous chicken pot pie, chicken crepes, chicken enchiladas... oh did I mention this is a great place if you're on a keto diet or gluten free restriction?!?? I also found if you follow their Facebook page, you can see new menu items or transparency of how they run their business. What you waiting for? Give this place a try and support local!

When a long time customer shares with you a concern that they have with your customer service,…read moregiving excuses for five minutes is not the correct way to handle it. You basically told me that you don't care that I wish you would answer your phone. However, using the excuse that you only have two people in the kitchen while you and another person sit at a table and ignore the phone ringing sealed that fact that you do not care about your customers. As always, the chicken had good flavor, but I cannot keep ignoring the dryness any longer. And with your lackadaisical attitude toward your customers, I am done. Not a single soul in the place, no to go orders waiting on the to go rack. Just sit there and ignore the phone.

The popularity of Hops and Thymes bar, located at Lohman's Crossing road…read more As I sat down I noticed they were doing a plant bingo. So I watched while I was sitting waiting for my menu and drink list. So a plant bingo is where you can pay $20 and play bingo on Mondays. So I'm not clear on that so don't quote me I just know that I witnessed that tonight. So my menu and bar list was handed to me, And I decided to order the Cabernet sauvignon Greenwich. It's a full-bodied wine that's really good if you like those types of grapes. Everything was loud and alive a lot of people happy here so put you in a happy vibe mood. I ordered the Shrimp Tacos, with pineapple best type of match. It was full of tropical flavors seasoned lightly not over spiced. I was so humbled to the fact that the food was so good and the chicken wings that I ordered that I always ordered is absolutely my favorite. My order was taken wrong in the beginning where it was plain chicken wings, But I received the barbecue chicken wings which was the wrong order. No worries they corrected that immediately. Wait time was not as long as I thought it would be very happy that I showed up tonight. I strongly advise you try this restaurant especially the 1 off 620. They have it amazing menu and they do have a great list but not as extensive as others. I would say it's pretty much a basic list of drinks to order. Of course they do carry specialty drinks as well. Give it a try I don't think you'll be disappointed!

This place has improved quit a bit from my prior experiences. Went there Tuesday for dinner and…read morethey have a nice indoor dining area so you don't have to sit outside. Every one in our party ordered the $5.00 Smash Burger which was great we also ordered a side of french fries which were very good and had just come out of the fryer. Great assortment of draft and bottle beers and the server was very friendly and attentive.

Oh wow, this was a nice surprised. No idea they were in this location. You can't see it from 620…read moreroad. But I'm so glad I know about it now. Came by after work. Was craving pizza. Ordered the West Coast. Pizza had sun dried tomatoes. Artichoke, olives, and spinach. The crust was outstanding. Lightly golden and light crisp. I wanted to order wings, but they were out. So I got the mozzarella sticks instead. They were okay. The dinning area is nice. Their patio is epic. Really big, and the view is outstanding. I wish I knew of this place when it was a little warmer. That patio looks like the place to be in the spring, summer, and fall time. I we will be back for sure

I visited craigos on 620 in Lakeway for the first time after reading some great online reviews. I…read morewas very pleasantly surprised how beautiful the back of the patio looked it was very green and great scenery. I was very surprised by how small rhe place was when I walked in, but the staff by the bar were really friendly'. you do have to order up front at the registar, and they do have a big menu on the wall. I went with the chicken wings, I'm a bit of a chicken wing enthusiast and the wings were fantastic not too spicy, just perfect. I also had the chicken Alfredo and a Greek salad. Alfredo is definitely americanized but still really good and the Greek salad was huge even the small size. Overall, I was super happy with the meal the staff the food all of it period. Just note parking can be tight since it stays busy, but I went on a Sunday when it was calmer period I'll definitely be back! Happy yelping!

First and foremost I want everyone to understand that this is a franchise this is not a mom and pop…read moreshop. When I entered this is a establishment and a only not dining in but order out restaurant. It was very warm inside even though the weather of of course was very hot today. And I started looking through the menu and they're very expensive for what you get and they have very small portions for example a small Pizza that thin crust small pizza is 17.99. A large pizza is $30.99 and the extra large 18 inch is $41.99. Not very different and I would not understand why the prices are so steep and the food is so small. This is complete greed from this franchise I'll be honest I will never come back here when I took a bite of the chicken wings it was not cooked fully had to throw it away and you all know I lo bleeding in the center bad bad quality wings they were smothered and barbecue sauce and it looked like the barbecue sauce was bought on the shelf seriously ,it was that bad. I should have just taken the food back but I didn't I just kept it then threw it away. I just am very disappointed that I even came here to attempt to order food. I would not recommend this restaurant unless you want a pizza that has curry on it I could've put curry on my food if I wanted to but the steep price and you don't even dine in is something very up with this restaurant sorry to say I will not return. There was hardly no one in the restaurant when I came in and that told me a lot. There's plenty of parking to have handicapped parking Not friendly people especially when you're trying to order. They want you to hurry up in order pay them and they take your phone number down and then they will text you when you're food is ready which takes a long time even though they didn't have any orders. So that is my report and my review if you don't agree with me I'm sorry , but too bad so sad because that is the fact that is the truth. Shop around before you come here and if you're feeling wealthy ,come here and get little food for a lot of 'money. This is definitely a bad experience I will never come back here again.

Overall, fair pizza. I've seen ads and we decided to check them out. We haven't been "wowed" with…read morePizza in Austin and this place is no exception. We had the pizza delivered so our experience is based upon that. Out of all the pizza selections they had, we ordered two custom pizzas. For the first pizza we tried to do a veggie pizza. It was surprising how they offer a "Garden Veggie" pizza that comes with zucchini but you cannot order the zucchini when you build your own. And while they do offer tomatoes, also surprised they do not offer sundried tomatoes. So, we did the white garlic sauce with artichoke, red onion, black olive and mushroom. This was certainly the better of the two but the sauce and cheese were quite scarce. For the other build your own, we did pepperoni, sausage, mushroom and jalapeno. Again, the sauce and cheese was very scant. As already mentioned, the veggie was the better pizza and I would order with more sauce. The traditional pizza with the meats fails the "cheese pull" test. When you take a slice of the pizza and pull it from the pie, there was no visible cheese. Another odd thing is the slices are incredible small. They slice the pizza into way to many slices. Instead of a slice, it's almost like a bread stick. I worked in a pizza place throughout high school and the owner used to tell me the most expensive thing on the pizza was the cheese So, I kind of get being careful when they put cheese on the pizza, but sauce is one of the cheapest parts of the pizza so why do they need to be so scarce with sauce? I know I can order "extra" sauce, but it seems I would paying more just to get a normal amount of sauce. The same goes for the cheese. I would have to order extra cheese just to get the normal amount of cheese. Overall, the pizza is okay. But it's disappointing you cannot order something like zucchini as an additional item on a custom pizza when they offer it for other pizzas. Lack of sauce/cheese also makes this a place I wouldn't regularly go to. Last, the price. We knew how much the pizzas were going to be when we ordered, but them but for the price, these pizzas should have had much more sauce/cheese.

As someone with celiac disease, I was so excited to find Toss. We ordered delivery for a girls'…read morepool day, and for once I didn't have to be the person settling for a side salad while everyone else ate pizza. Their gluten-free pizza was delicious, everyone else's pizzas looked great too, and delivery was easy. It's such a relief to have a place where everyone can order what they want without anyone feeling left out. I got the not cauliflower GF crust option fwiw We'll definitely be ordering from Toss again!

Order taken did not match what we asked for. Said repeatedly, "VEGAN" and instead of the mushrooms…read morewas requested on the pizza we got sliced meatballs. Place was not busy. Just not paying attention to the customer. Sent it back for a re-do. Came back with right ingredients but PARMESAN added! Person making the mistakes never came out to apologize to make it right. Her colleague, when we sent back the second erroneous pizza, did make it right by refunding our costs. He apologized even though it was not his error. Took an hour to do all of this. Hate to imagine what might happen if they were actually busy. No comparison to the S. 1st Street store which was fantastic in every way. We will not return to the Bee Cave Rd store again. Team, you blew it.

Outstanding service. Food was good. Not overwhelming top, but good solid grill food. They custom…read moremade a peach tea for me that was not on the menu and was excellent.

Sundancer was a breath of fresh air after the flop of an experience we had close by at The Oasis…read morecomplex. We wanted pretty views (which, of course, we got), decent food, and a drink after being so disappointed by the couple of restaurants at The Oasis area. What we were met with exceeded our hopes. First, service. Boon was our server and we loved him. He was upbeat and friendly, got us everything we asked for, and great at upselling drinks without being pushy. The boy who sat us and was bussing tables was sweet as well. Second, food and drink. The jerk chicken plate was enough food to have leftovers and full of flavor. My husband got the chicken and waffles and the chicken was fried to absolute perfection. They also included a honey cinnamon butter that would put roadhouse to shame. The Mexican martini was yummy and strong. Lastly, ambiance. The place is a dive, but not in a bad way. In a comforting way. Did I see a guy not wearing shoes? Allegedly! I didn't even care because the vibes were good. Everyone was as easy going as the alternative rock pumping from a radio speaker in the corner. This was the kind of place I'd love to be a regular at. Beautiful, chill, friendly, affordable. I will be coming back.

Such a hidden gem in Bee Cave! We stopped in yesterday afternoon with a few friends, and I honestly…read morecan't believe I hadn't been here before. It's tucked away in a spot you might never know existed, but once you walk inside, the atmosphere is fantastic, tons of TVs, people laughing and having a great time, and just an all-around fun, laid-back vibe. We tried the loaded fries, Chop Chop sandwich, Cubano, and several drinks, and everything was delicious. The service was also amazing, she was friendly, attentive, and made us feel right at home. We were already talking before we left about coming back for football watch parties and girls' nights. Great food, great drinks, great service, and exactly the kind of atmosphere you want in a neighborhood bar. Truly one of Bee Cave's hidden gems!

Hands down THE weakest drinks on earth! I'm convinced they add water to their Tito's bottles. I…read morecould order doubles all night and feel nothing.

As a foodie and journalist, I would choose Saigon Café, 100%. I have been to a lot of places not…read moreonly in Austin but around the world and their food is amazing and their customer service was amazing. I recommend it to all locals and friends!!!

The food here is amazing! The ban hoi and steak salad are definitely some items we would recommend!read more