Alright, so this is NOT just a special occasion restaurant, this is an at least once a week destination for me now.
I went to the wine bar and then got a table for dinner with a couple of my girlfriends. TRIO's award-winning Sommelier, Mark, was able to find me a perfect glass of Pinot Noir to start my evening, even though I knew nothing about wine. (But I definitely learned a lot from chatting with him before my meal and left with some knowledge about the wine that I like.) They have over 60 wines by the glass!! I think the wine bar is a great spot for happy hour, and far less noisy than the lobby lounge upstairs, so it served as a perfect location for chatting with the girls.
Ok, on to dinner. We selected a lake-view table on the terrace to get a view of the bats around dusk and were greeted by what was to become the most charming waiter I've met in Austin, Bill. Their are some low couches on the terrace as well that we saw other groups having cocktails at (kinda made me wish we'd started there, but then we might have missed the Sommelier).
As a group, we decided not to get appetizers because we thought we wouldn't be hungry enough, but our thoughtful waiter took care of us and sent out a couple of appetizers, "Compliments of the Chef" and they were to die for. We received some Cheve Ravioli (butternut squash and goat cheese topped with chantrel mushrooms and giner sugar) Oh my gosh, what heaven, and also an order of Kampachi with compressed watermelon and pepper frozen yogurt! Wow!!! (I'm salivating this very moment). And the apps were FREE!!
I ordered the Dover Sole for dinner, and I love sole, and this one was OUT OF THIS WORLD good. My friends both had prime steaks and said they were amazing. Side dishes are shared and we ordered TRUFFLE ROSEMARY FRIES, Squash Papperdelle with some amazing lemon juice sauce, and a Sweet corn brulee. Wow, Sinful.!
Skipped the dessert, and went straight for the dessert wine trio taste! A steal only $10
Pros: awesome wine bar, charming service, mouth-watering food
Cons: None
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