Best Restaurants with Bar Seating in West Austin / Westlake

This was my first time visiting Nido. A friend came into town for a girls’ weekend, and Nido was the perfect place to end our day with dessert and drinks. Nick was our waiter, and he was great! The views of the river and city are stunning, and the atmosphere is a dream for GNO, date night, or just a nice outing. Will definitely be back to try more of the menu!

Absolutely loved this place. This is cocktails and canapés done flawlessly. Had one of our fav grape varietals by the glass (rare in US outside of French restaurants) AND the cocktails are artisan in flavor + execution. The interior design is phenomenal, and a rare situation of music being on target with volume and selections. Fingers crossed they are around for a long while as a new standard.

Excellent Valentine's fixe prixe menu for late lunch. Steaks always top-notch. Innovative fusion calamari w/thai salad. Carissa provided outstanding service, attending to every need. Hostess took an inordinate amount of time to seat us when she could clearly see my spouse was mobility-challenged and uncomfortable with no seating to wait. Then hostess proceeded to seat us at the table farthest from the door, again clearly seeing my spouse could not walk far and used a cane. Table was also immediately next to kitchen, so not a very attractive place to seat older folks with mobility and hearing disabilities. Carissa made up for the hostess's poor judgment and was on top of our every need/desire.

If you only have time to eat at one place while visiting Austin, eat at Paperboy!!!!!!! The food was amazing (damn that secret sauce 🤌🏼✨) BUT S/O the staff, everyone was so nice & great vibes all around!

Amazing experience! Everything was incredible, I am still dreaming about their desserts. Will be recommending this place to everyone! Can’t wait to be back.