Best Seafood Restaurants in Old West Austin

Terrific food, wine, service and ambience. We went full Italian over steaks. Refreshing Redfish crudo and crispy squash blossoms w delicious ricotta filling were great starters. The frutti di mare and osso bucco are highly recommended entrees. Generous servings of the best Italian cuisine in ATX. Wine selections were excellent and reasonably priced. Bravo!

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

For decades now that says consistently been the very best restaurant in Austin. Amazing service and top quality food all the time! Thank you very much!

Always a great time. Food and service are excellent and consistent.

Truluck's is a favorite "date night" destination, especially when we have an event downtown. The food and service are always wonderful and the staff does their best to make any night memorable. This was our first time sitting at the more intimate upstairs bar and it was a nice break from the more busy (holiday season) downstairs bar. Minia (sp?) took great care of us and the other 2 couples dining at the bar while juggling bartending for a large Christmas party. As good as the service is, the seafood is even better. I now judge all shrimp cocktails by Truluck's and have yet to have a better one. I know this is a simple dish, but the quality of the shrimp and prep tell a lot about a seafood restaurant. Everything else was just as lovely and was a perfect way to start our evening.