French Quarter Grille

"Wonderful experience! Myself, my best friend, and my fiancé’s mom went for dinner after a day of wedding shopping, and we absolutely loved it. The food & drinks were delicious - our table ordered the Shrimp Yoli appetizer, 2 of us had a Bloody Mary to drink, 1 had a hurricane, and all were great! For my meal my friend and I each ordered the Shrimp & Crawfish Pasta. My fiancé’s mom ordered the Blackened Mahi, which was melt in your mouth tender. I’m usually not a huge gnocchi fan, but the food truly was wonderful! Our server was very kind, knowledgeable, and took great care of us. I definitely plan to come back with my fiancé for a date night when we make another trip to Austin."

"This is a swanky little spot hidden just outside of a Walmart in North Austin. The inside is a dimly lit scene from a suave movie, with jazz art and a fancy bar. You can see through a window into the kitchen. The restaurant was filled with sophisticated looking people. Fun atmosphere. We were seated after a few minutes wait. Our waiter seemed a little nervous and checked up on us a little too often, but he was nice. He told us about the day's special (although I think he insisted it was called something else, maybe "feature") which was an onion crusted striped bass in a spinach, bacon, and sun dried tomato sauce with yellow squash and choice of side. My husband went for the shrimp tortellini and a cup of gumbo, and I asked for the special, assuming it would be similarly priced to the other menu items. I asked for the server's recommendations on sides and went with mashed potatoes. They give you bread rolls and herbed garlic butter. The butter was great, but the bread was lacking. It was nice to dip in the gumbo, though. The gumbo was nice, not overly flavorful. When our entrees came, I was disappointed by the mashed potatoes and pleasantly surprised by the squash. The potatoes, described as a sour cream mashed potato, were spiced, yellow, and a little sour. The crusted fish was large, but the texture on the tail end was mealy. The sauce had no identifiable bacon and very little spinach or sundried tomatoes. It was okay. The sauce on my husband's tortellini, however, was divine. I sometimes dipped my fish or mashed potatoes in his sauce. The little crawdads (probably not the right word) on the fish were rubbery. All in all, the dish was okay. I should have asked how much it cost before ordering because it was just under $38 just for my entree. I'd assumed it would be in the mid to high 20s, but I'd assumed wrong. That's an outrageous price for a mediocre dish. If we come back, I'll get the tortellini."

"This was the most tender catfish I’ve ever eaten! It literally melted in my mouth. Highly recommend the Catfish étouffée, the sword fish special was tasty as well as the bacon, cheese, mashed potatoes, and the cabbage was delicious! The gumbo was very filling (even with a cup order!) We also tried the fried calamari and a couple of drinks.(:"

"Everything was immaculate, Like y’all when i tell you everything tastes like heaven. Everything tastes homemade. I literally paid for my food and ordered food to go. From the Appetizers , The dinner and the Dessert was perfect. The service was excellent everyone was so nice and inviting I felt like I was back home eating with my family. Please y’all go try this place out it’s everything and more."

"Absolutely fantastic, wow. I’ve seen this place for years but never took it serious because of the location and being next to Walmart (idk lol) but let me tell you… the food was too notch. I got the Catfish Yoli and the flavors and texture were excellent. Dessert was phenomenal as well. I also took notice of the staff and how it seems like everyone there carries themselves with tenure. It looks live everyone is an expert at what they do. Being from the Mississippi gulf coast I am pretty particular when it comes to this style of cuisine and overall it was 5/5. I am looking forward to coming again! I also loved how once you step inside you’re in a whole new world, you don’t notice the area that you’re in or any of the traffic/road noise."