Best Open Kitchen Restaurants in West Austin / Westlake

Omg, best brisket in Austin. Holy cow this place is so damn good!! I cant say one bad thing about the food. Holy crap everything was hood. We had the biscuit appetizer, Burnt ends, collard greens, mac n cheese and the meat trio for dinner. I am absolutely stuffed and soooo happy!

Consistently good and tasty food! Subdued ambience; you can actually have a group conversation without shouting.

First time visiting VERDAD, I had left a note that it was my girlfriend and I’s anniversary. Upon arrival, we were greeted with a table that had a rose petal heart decorated on it. Multiple managers and other staff members went out of their way to congratulate us and ensure we were enjoying our service. We ordered the fajitas for two and it was genuinely one of the best fajita dishes I’ve had in my life. Drinks are amazing, service is excellent, and noise isn’t bad whatsoever due to the openness of the dining area. Overall wonderful experience!

My girlfriend and I made a last-minute decision to visit Perla's, and we're pleasantly satisfied with just about everything. We ordered 3 appetizers: Octopus, crab cake, and tuna tostada. All of them are excellent in different ways. Individually: - Crab : great brightness from the (celery?) And green apple salad to compliment the fresh brightness and creamy sweet aroma of the crunchy cake. By far my favorite. - Octopus: the sauce it's served over has a nice subtle dimension without overpowering the octopus. Nice smoky spicy profile. - The tuna tostada is what you expect from a Tuna Tostada. Nothing special, but you get exactly what you pay for. The tostada integrity and texture and crunch was phenomenal. The tuna itself was of fantastic quality and generous portion. Wouldve preferred some sort of spicy ponzu instead of the typical habanero aioli. Seems played out, but maybe that's just my preference. Then, we finished with the lobster bucatini. Now, this was value! Super rich and creamy and filling. The lobster was stupendous. Only gripe is there was one claw that I couldn't pry open. Sadly, that was tossed out. Dining room was clean and beautiful but quite tame. Service was fast and intelligent. We had dinner in about 60 minutes and left full and extremely satisfied. Overall. Dishes were pretty and tasty. Everything was great. Will visit again Didn't get my servers name, but that man was obviously a seasoned server as he read the room perfectly and approached exactly at the right time and for the right amount of engagement. 5/5

We had an engagement luncheon at the restaurant. It was the perfect setting with big windows and lots of light. The staff did a wonderful job serving all 12 of our party. Highly recommend!