Oasthouse Gastropub - Austin

Large eating large service will be back a lot of beer

The best we had was an appetizer. It was very simple. Only with pears and cheese and nuts. But it was a transformation experience.

We were there at 11 when they opened, so it was quiet and everyone was attentive. Good for the price.

OpenTable 's choice to describe the noise level as Energetic is too bad. This place is plain NOISY. But, we liked the food and the service. Give it a try but focus on the food. Leave conversation for later. :

Service: While I had been to Oasthouse once before and had a decent experience, my spouse had not and so we chose it for our date night. We were seated quickly, but it was a good 10 minutes before someone noticed we were fidgety and finally came to ask if we'd been waited on. That person was the service manager. After he took our drink order, he promptly chatted with the manager and then the waiter who had repeatedly walked by us and a few minutes later, finally came to us and apologized. Apology aside, he continued to be distracted by the much larger table that he was under the impression he was supposed to get instead of us. Food: We ordered the bruschetta, and it was eh. The bread was not baguette style, rather more like sandwich bread. Our salads (mine beet, hers wedge were good. And the shining star of the meal was the corn bisque. SO GOOD. We then had our main dish, mine a ruby trout (way, way over cooked and she had the ribeye. Her steak was cooked perfectly, however the shrimp on top were not cooked through (ewww. Our wine was good, but they can't take credit for that, so... Ambiance: It is really loud in there. The acoustics are terrible, every sound, the live music (while good , the many dropped glasses/plates, the wild running children...all so loud and distracting. I might be back to meet a friend at the bar for happy hour. The bar is big with plenty of seating. But we won't be back for dinner.