Overrated Austin restaurants?

[Eskimohorn 5,633]

Dart Bowl has gone to shit.

Only had it once and it was good...for a bowling alley that smells like feet

[jimmyjazz 45,893]

Had some Maudie's cheese enchiladas tonight -- eh.

[Not that Bob 735]

Original "George's" was in, and memory fades, an old Dairy Queen. About where 1st (Chavez) and 5th intersect. Across the street from, again memory fails, Arkie's. By far the best enchiladas I ever ate. A lawyer, Bruce Sternberg, helped Jorge financially and he opened a new place. I can't remember where the second place was, but I can see the interior in my mind's eye. Before Lavaca, before Hancock. I just can't remember. Stayed pretty darn good for several years, then things started to go down hill.   

[ChickenSandwich 9,829]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

 

Edited May 18, 2019 by ChickenSandwich

[ChickenSandwich 9,829]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

 

Edited May 18, 2019 by ChickenSandwich

[ChickenSandwich 9,829]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Joes Bakery has the silkiest refried beans I’ve ever tasted. 

La Mancha is good, but their queso is not good. Which kind of is a deal killer 

Lupe is definitely better than Matt’s 

Maudie’s cheese enchiladas are decadently good. But yeah, the rest of their menu is sub par. 

 

 

Ninfas  has the best refried beans and it’s not close. Shame on you

[Anastasis 23,464]

Man. I miss Jorge’s. Can’t say the food was the best but spent many eating out nights with my mom as kid eating those enchiladas or the fajita plate when the grandparents would come into town. And years later getting shitty in the bar with my dad. Many memories. 

[Hank Scorpio 17,729]

8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Man. I miss Jorge’s. Can’t say the food was the best but spent many eating out nights with my mom 

I spent many eating out nights with your mom as well. 

[Deej 76,756]

4 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:

 

Only had it once and it was good...for a bowling alley that smells like feet

 

I was being snarky in regards to Steel Shanks pic. Dart Bowl is still fantastic.

[Anastasis 23,464]

7 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I spent many eating out nights with your mom as well. 

You and the other half of Austin that wasn’t deep in the enchilada with your mom in the 70s. 

Edited May 18, 2019 by Anastasis

[Brisketexan 105,083]

6 hours ago, Anastasis said:

You and the other half of Austin that wasn’t deep in the enchilada with your mom in the 70s. 

Something something my burrito and her chalupa something something.

[irishtexan 11,515]

On 5/17/2019 at 8:14 PM, Deej said:

Dart Bowl has gone to shit.

I will cut you.

[jimmyjazz 45,893]

16 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

I will cut you.

Well, he has a point -- the lanes are typically pretty spotty when it comes to oil pattern.

[irishtexan 11,515]

12 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Well, he has a point -- the lanes are typically pretty spotty when it comes to oil pattern.

Better than West Gate lanes, which are always dry af.

[jimmyjazz 45,893]

17 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

Better than West Gate lanes, which are always dry af.

Truth.

[Chet Steadman 940]

On 5/15/2019 at 10:53 AM, South Austin said:

The green chili chicken stew at Chuy's is outstanding.  I think they may put some of the deluxe tomatillo sauce in it.  I don't think I've ordered anything else there over the past 5 years or so.  And the jalapeno ranch dip is indeed like crack.

I'm one of the white folk that frequents La Mancha, and I agree that it's good, not great.  It's right down the street for us, so it's a quick and easy place that we know the kids will like on nights where I just don't feel like cooking.  The chicken chili relleno is pretty solid, and I've been known to slam some carnitas hash for brunch to help get over a hangover.  As I recall, Brisket, you're a lawyer, so you'll appreciate that we see Professor Stanley Johansson there quite a bit.  If fact, we celebrated the win over TCU last fall with him in the bar area, and I got a celebratory picture with my kids and him.

We like La Mancha better than it's predecessor Jorge's, which had really great salsa and margaritas, but the food was overpriced for the quality. 

How do you people get drunk at La Mancha?  They have among the weakest drinks of any TexMex place in town.  

[Focht Up 631]

On 5/17/2019 at 11:27 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Had some Maudie's cheese enchiladas tonight -- eh.

Maudie's has consistently horrible service.  I won't go back, there are too many places that are better.

[jimmyjazz 45,893]

8 minutes ago, Focht Up said:

Maudie's has consistently horrible service.  I won't go back, there are too many places that are better.

The service was unbelievably bad.  Our waiter went AWOL for probably 45 minutes, and then tried to make up for it by interrupting our conversation on several occasions.

[futureman 22,444]

On 5/17/2019 at 7:35 PM, Steel Shank said:

Need to get this shit back on track.

are those pork rinds covered in chili and cheese?  please say yes. 

[South Austin 52,459]

12 hours ago, Focht Up said:

Maudie's has consistently horrible service.  I won't go back, there are too many places that are better.

Which one? We’ve always had decent service at the Triangle.

[utee94 15,808]

I've never had "consistently horrible service" at any of them.  I've occasionally had spotty service at all of them, but really no different than anywhere else in this city.

[4th&Five 41,519]

The only one that we seem to have terrible service at regularly is HCG. 

[Focht Up 631]

5 hours ago, South Austin said:

Which one? We’ve always had decent service at the Triangle.

The triangle location and south lamar.

[Cousin Strawberry 1,261]

On 5/20/2019 at 10:17 AM, irishtexan said:

Better than West Gate lanes, which are always dry af.

Your mom is always dry af.

[DDD Dad 14,331]

Your mom is always dry af.

Not for me.

[Steel Shank 9,421]

My man Saul brings me a large rocks no salt when I take a seat at the Slaughter/Brodie location (Maudie's), but then I'm Steel Shank.

[Steel Shank 9,421]

16 hours ago, futureman said:

are those pork rinds covered in chili and cheese?  please say yes. 

We both wish.

[Gardner Barnes 1,562]

We both wish.

This gives me an idea.......

[Armybrat 40,826]

On 4/14/2018 at 3:47 PM, Bill Brasky said:

Chuys 

Don’t care what you people think. We love Chuy’s for their chicken fajitas and tortilla soup. Both are consistently excellent.

 

[billfromlaketravis 11,448]

13 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Don’t care what you people think. We love Chuy’s for their chicken fajitas and tortilla soup. Both are consistently excellent.

 

Ritas at Chuy’s are solid. That’s really the only nice thing I can say. 

[Brisketexan 105,083]

Ritas at Chuy’s are solid. That’s really the only nice thing I can say. 

I can pound some chips and that creamy jalapeño dip.

[Hook1997 5,351]

25 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I can pound some chips and that creamy jalapeño dip.

Also pro tip get a side of the boom boom sauce.  I don’t get any of the hate I’ve never had a bad meal there. I thinks it like other things something is popular so some people have to hate on it or cause it’s not “Tex mex”.

Edited March 25, 2021 by Hook1997

[dcbc 14,465]

I won't refuse to go to Chuy's, but I always feel completely awful after I eat there.  I think there probably is a larger salt addition to the food there than any other Tex-Mex place to which I've ever been.  We live down the street from one and I'm loath to go there for fear of not being able to move a muscle for the rest of the day.

Edited March 25, 2021 by dcbc

[next2naus 439]

On 4/16/2018 at 3:27 PM, Bigpoppapump said:

 but the top sushi place in NY, all the fish is properly aged frozen for weeks before being served.  I

no, this is very incorrect. I know first hand that many places source their fish directly from boats and from the Market, which in turn is getting fish that is "hours" old. Yes, there are fine restaurants that buy frozen, and I don't know what you consider to be "the top" but you comment is not accurate. 

[gmr548 16,576]

I can pound some chips and that creamy jalapeño dip.

Chuys is meh, but this shit is crack.

Honestly, Tex Mex in general in Austin is overrated. There are some decent to good spots but it’s ass relative to San Antonio or Houston.

[tx 3 putt 76,880]

id rather eat at casa ole v chuy's, if i had to pick one with a gun to my head. both suck 

[vicerous 169]

Half the time I have Chuy's chicken fajitas they are complete ass. Texture is rubbery, almost like they weren't thawed or something. Could drink the queso though and the flautas are solid

[tx 3 putt 76,880]

5 minutes ago, vicerous said:

Half the time I have Chuy's chicken fajitas they are complete ass. Texture is rubbery, almost like they weren't thawed or something. Could drink the queso though and the flautas are solid



 

 

i dont know but that sure sounds like pre cooked, pre cut ha 

[LebongJames 1,791]

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Enchiladas are really good, it is not a regular spot but if I end up there this is the only thing I order. But I agree feeling like shit afterwards. Probably has something to do with the salt and the creamy jalapeño sauce being like 500 calories for a small bowl. That meal has to be 3000 calories.

[South Austin 52,459]

4 hours ago, vicerous said:

Half the time I have Chuy's chicken fajitas they are complete ass.

You should try the shrimp fajitas. Or the vegetable fajitas.

[utee94 15,808]

32 minutes ago, South Austin said:

You should try the shrimp fajitas. Or the vegetable fajitas.

The Polish sausage kolache fajitas with 3-bean chili appetizer.

Edited March 25, 2021 by utee94

[South Austin 52,459]

2 minutes ago, utee94 said:

The Polish sausage kolache fajitas with 3-bean chili appetizer.

That has “Texan” written all over it.

[BurntOrange&White 39,930]

11 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

id rather eat at casa ole v chuy's, if i had to pick one with a gun to my head. both suck 

Agreed here. If you're going to Chuys for the jalapeno ranch, sure I get it. But Casa Ole green and red sauce clearly outclasses that. The rest of the menu is a wash of bland dog shit.

[HenryJames 66,038]

51 minutes ago, utee94 said:

The Polish sausage kolache fajitas with 3-bean chili appetizer.

*klobasnek

 

[Bigpoppapump 529]

13 hours ago, next2naus said:

no, this is very incorrect. I know first hand that many places source their fish directly from boats and from the Market, which in turn is getting fish that is "hours" old. Yes, there are fine restaurants that buy frozen, and I don't know what you consider to be "the top" but you comment is not accurate. 

Wow necrobump, I was speaking to Masa Takayama, I can't remember what show it was from, but he went over how all his fish is aged for like 2 weeks or something.  It might've been a netflix show, again necrobump.

[Deej 76,756]

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Edited March 25, 2021 by Deej

[MoJames 8,244]

Might've been mentioned but back in my day El Patio was consistently the drunk Mexican food place. Was and likely is still awful. 

[South Austin 52,459]

1 hour ago, MoJames said:

Might've been mentioned but back in my day El Patio was consistently the drunk Mexican food place. Was and likely is still awful. 

Never went there as a student.  Ate there for lunch with a work crowd sometime in the 2008-ish time frame, and concluded that it must be a money-laundering front.

[Deej 76,756]

4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Never went there as a student.  Ate there for lunch with a work crowd sometime in the 2008-ish time frame, and concluded that it must be a money-laundering front.

Yeah, I don't get it. I've made food better than this at home, at 3:00 a.m., while shitfaced drunk. 

 

[Eskimohorn 5,633]

Never went there as a student.  Ate there for lunch with a work crowd sometime in the 2008-ish time frame, and concluded that it must be a money-laundering front.

Jovita’s lasted awhile with mediocre TexMex and Black Heroin. Incidentally, wasn’t Black Heroine your mom’s nickname?