Lutie’s Garden Restaurant

The cream of the cream, would definitely have brunch here again and hope to try their dinner menu.

It's a lot of pomp and circumstance for below average food and poor service. Expect to wait 30 minutes per course for food that's worse than many food trucks in Austin, and expect to pay 3x the price for it. I'm all for paying top dollar for world-class food and service. This isn't it.

would not recommend this place even for special occasions! i was with a group of 6 and they did not let us know until the day of our reservation that because we were a party of six, all six of us HAD to go with their full course meal which values at $125 per person not including gratuity. they should have let us know when we called to make the reservation, not the day of the reservation where the cancellation fee is $50 per person. additionally, they charged us $6 per person for cake cutting ($36 total) and didn’t let us know of the charges when they offered the service to us. this place just screams scummy business practices! additionally, the food wasn’t amazing. I’ve had way better food at much cheaper restaurants. even if i was filthy rich, I would never come back to this place, and I will never recommend this place to anyone.

Luties, where to start? It's like they're playing a bad joke on their customers. The atmosphere's fine, if you're into pretty places with no substance. Service? Think of a sloth on a lazy day – that's their speed. They slap you with a $6 'cake-cutting fee' per head, then make you wait an absurd 20 minutes to actually see the cake. And if your group dares to be 6 or more, surprise! You're stuck with a set menu that nobody bothers to mention until you're all seated. This isn't fine dining, it's highway robbery at $176 a head. The meal drags on for 4 hours, making you wonder if they're growing the veggies out back. Never again. Honestly, just throw your money in a dumpster – it’s a better investment than dining here.

To start off with, checking in with the person who made the dinner reservation the day of the dinner is reasonable, however, only 30 mins before the reservation to tell the person that if they cancel their reservation, it costs $50/person is insensitive. To not warn the customer about the cost when they first made the reservation is an issue that needs to be resolved asap. Also, the restaurant has a policy where if the party is 5 or more, the group has to eat from a set course menu. The policy itself is ok, but the restaurant should clearly let the customer know about the policy or give the customer the option of just ordering from the standard menu. The food itself is fine, nothing really too special, even without considering the cost of the meal. We had a birthday celebration in our group, so we had brought over a cake to celebrate. We asked the server for the kitchen to cut the cake up for us, which the server obliged, but the cake took 15-20 mins to come out after we asked the server. On top of that, when the check came, the restaurant placed a $6/person fee for cake cutting with no warning from the server. There should have been a warning from the server when we first asked about cutting up the cake to let us know about that fee instead of us finding out when we were about to leave. I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to anyone in the near future, especially for the cost. There are many more restaurants that deserve my hard-earned money with better service and better food than this place.

The food here was pretty good. The service was phenomenal, they even have valet parking. Besides the bottom 3 dishes on the menu, you'd need to order ~2 dishes per person. Our favorite was the Petit Aioli appetizer. It's farm-fresh vegetables with a lemon aioli. The pork confit dish was great but the fat was really hard, in contrast with the flesh, making it a pain to swallow. Neither of us were too big of a fan of the BBQ shrimp and the dish could have been prepared to enjoy the head better. For a place in this price range, I just expected better. Go here during earlier than later because otherwise it's too dark here for older people to see. The cheeky sandy is not it btw, don't get it.

An experience is all I can say. This place was to say the least a step into another aura. Loved the environment of Lutie’s. Great menu options. Felt like all of the dishes I tried I genuinely liked. All dishes held so much flavor and character. Dishes were served one by one to elevate the experience. Very attentive staff. Loved the drinks. Would say a bit overpriced in some areas like their teas for example or smaller dishes. Many dishes definitely worth the price. Great place for me to celebrate my birthday. Would definitely come again!

I visited this restaurant with high expectations of a luxurious experience, but it fell short in every aspect. The pretentious atmosphere couldn't mask the mediocre food and subpar service. The prices were exorbitant, leaving me with a sense of regret rather than satisfaction. Save your money and seek a truly upscale dining experience elsewhere.