Austin's must have improved since the "poor" reviews in recent years because I couldn't find agreement with the comments! We strolled in and were greeted immediately by hostess and seated. Within minutes our server introduced herself and offerred beverages to us. My co-worker was thirsty so she brought a refill for him before we even had time to order. We had questions about the menu and she remedied our queries cheerfully and promptly. We both had Beef! Myself I chose the smaller ribeye and Mike had the T-Bone. We also both had the soup dujour instead of salad. I had the tasty Italian Wedding and he had the Tomato Bisque. Mine was good and fresh as was my friend's soup. Our server also brought out two mini loaves of their homemade beer bread! The bread was soft and had a nice flavor. Our steaks were cooked properly and also had good smoky flavor. Can't say they were extra tender but also not tough or stringy just good texture. Mondays they have a special $10 off on filets but I opted for ribeye for the marbling just because. We received very good attention to our needs and my thirsty friend ended up drinking three glasses of coke. Our loaded baked potatoes were excellent filled with cheese and bacon bits (real) and fresh chives. After consuming the dinners we were tempted with dessert of which we chose cobbler (peach) ala-mode! Our cobblers came with vanilla bean ice cream a generous scoop on top. It was very good and a fine finish to a fine dinner. My check came to $35.00 not too shabby. I'd return next time I'm in town!
The ambience was sort of like a Pub and many locals obviously come here but quiet enough to talk.