Best Restaurants for Groups in Driftwood

Best meal we’ve had in quite some time (and we like to treat ourselves to top tier dining in the Austin area)! Everything was so flavorful, I can’t imagine you can order “wrong”. Starter bread with dipping sauces was a delicious warm up to the whole experience. Dinner order was Pan Seared Fish, Lamb chops, Roasted Carrots, Mushrooms, Israeli Salad, Truffle Fries. Drinks were Biscotti Espresso Martini and a bottle of Martin Woods Cabernet Franc. Dessert was Crème Brûlée and Tiramisu. We’ll definitely be back.

The ambiance and view is amazing! Our server was on par.

First time in Austin and first meal in and it was an amazing meal to start to our trip. Everything was delicious and beautifully presented. Accommodating outside even with not the best weather.

2nd time eating here and again not disappointed. Food (gulf oysters and flounder) were excellent. Fish plus the Cobbler for dessert were amazing. Good drinks and our waitress Chastity couldn’t have been better. Nice to have a restaurant like this close & where you don’t have to put with Austin traffic! Only negative is that they are booked! So plan accordingly. We’ll be dining here again soon.

We had not been back to Red Ash since before the Pandemic. Shame on us! Now we certainly will make a new reservation as soon as possible, which will probably be a few months from now. Red Ash is so popular that it is that difficult to get a table. But the wait is certainly worth it. This evening we tried the Octopus a la Plancha at our server, Emma's suggestion. Octopus for our first time. It was wonderfully delicious and tender. For dinner we split Frutti di Mare, a wonderful selection of seafood laid on a bed of the best black and white sphagettini. Cooked perfectly! Emma was the perfect hostess and we were able to reconnect with Brand Favata, our favorite server from six years ago. It seems that very few few employees leave Red Ash. It is such a wonderful restaurant!! We'll be back very soon.