Comedor

$$$$$ Very expensive but totally worth it. Food was delicious, service couln't be better, atmosphere feels great. This is a place to go for a very special occassion and you will remember it for the rest of your life. Parking: There is a valet and paid parking garage.

Awesome ambiance, but food was mediocre and expensive

Awesome place. We have eaten here several times, and it is always awesome.

Meh. At the best, meh. At the worst, disappointing, a wee bit pretentious and very not worth it. We scheudled a work dinner here, with the idea of a wonderful treat for our colleagues and a couple clients; a group of 9 people, so not huge. Please see pics of the food as it is pretty food, good quality ingredients and what seems to be thoughtful preparation. But here is the thing - it doesnt taste that good. The exception to that and two DELICIOUS items were the papas frites and the queasdilla = those were so so good and the first things to come out so I thought we were in for a good meal. I will also say the "Beet Happening" with some tequila was SUCH A GOOD DRINK!!! But the fish tacos are GROSS, dry fish, dry hard shells, a sad piece of odd flavord cabbage - nope. The bone marrow tacos were also disappointing as there was a surpirising lack of flavor. The cabbage mushroom dish was so oddly flavored and the poor oyster mushrooms in the dish had been tortured as part of the prep,,,they were bouncy and chewy and weird tasting. We also had two desserts - a molten cake/ice cream balls dessert that was legit offputting and a pavlova dessert that had a small portion under it that was kinda good but it was just not something you really wanted to eat. The kicker for me may have been the service...or the chef, i am not sure where the root of the problem is. The service was SO SLOW and when we requested things, they were not accomodating. The server was almost argumentatively pretentious. We had someone at the table that wasnt into the "para la table" items coming out (Which may i note, very little to any of the food listed MATCHED the descriptions?!?!) so we reqeusted to please bring him a filet so he could eat with us. And the servers argued with us "The Chef prefers everyone at the table eat at the same time the same things" - do what? We said please just bring him a steak and ONE HOUR LATER, they brought out TWO 46 oz steaks for the table. Again, do what? The chef prefers to force us to buy two giant steaks??? Everyone left the meal extremely disatisfied and feeling a little robbed...there was SO MUCH STEAK brought out, that we had it packaged up and gave it away to a homeless person because the waste was gross. And the cost was grosser. The atmosphere is very neat and the look is cool. It was REALLY REALLY cold in the restaraunt and near the end, everyone was uncomfortable. Maybe heaters or blankets? To another reviewers note, the building is black, the door is black, the sign is black, so it is very easy to miss. Not well thought out in that regard, or maybe just more pretention. Regardless, I will never be back here - there are too many way better places in Austin to eat. I also took the liberty of sharing with the mutliple conference groups we have as Austin is a regular conference place to make note to avoid this spot for any dinners with clients - poor expereience all around, you do NOT want to take customers here.

We were slow in giving Comedor a try. We've thought about dining here a few times over the last few years, but never did. We regret that now as after trying this wonderful restaurant for the first time just a couple of weeks ago it has become one of our favorites in Austin. Food (5 of 5) -- every thing we have tried on the menu has been excellent and unique. Here are some of our favorites: • Memela -- brand new this week and not yet on the menu. The most beautiful dish, which is surprisingly as delicious as it is beautiful. The spread of refried beans (?) with bone marrow, chorizo made with ribeye and the colorful fresh vegetables were so good, that we immediately just ordered another one. • Steak tartare -- not currently on the menu, but sometimes still available as a special. The one time we had it as a special, it was phenomenal with exceptionally well balanced yet complex flavors with just the right sprinkling of spices and caviar • Sunchoke -- we've had this a few times prepared in a couple of different ways; all of which were excellent. Our favorite was the Sunchoke, Masa Tempura, Salsa Pasilla Fermentada, Grilled Lemon Aioli. • Ensalada -- unique blend of flavors of clearly very fresh ingredients. The quest Chiapas buttermilk on this salad is a wonderful paring with the rest of the flavors of this salad including the pork belly. Service (5) -- hands down the best service we have had in Austin and some of the best service we have had anywhere. Attentive, but not overly so and the staff work so well together as a team. Ambiance (5) -- the outdoor patio is beautiful and so well done with the interior courtyard providing ample protection from wind and late afternoon or evening sun. The overall design aesthetic here is, for our preference, ideal.

Amazing food, atmosphere and service. Truly top-notch. They even put up with my confusion when I got 2 happy hour tacos on one plate. Margaritas were SO good and again, I can’t say enough about the staff here. I wished I lived here because I would be a regular.

Amazing staff attentiveness.. the best virgin cocktails I've ever had, and a menu of obvious culinary skill and science... Was such a joy to experience this beginning to end, full press effort by the restaurant to please its customers

Service and ambiance were great the food was pretty average and definitely not worth the price point