Restaurants near Willis Creek Wildlife Area

I went to the original WC several years ago and was super excited when the RR location opened. The food is phenomenal! We ordered the fried green tomatoes which were great as was the aioli. Perfect amount of lemon and heat. The Mac n cheese is to die for! It’s perfect. The steak and frites were also superb, but honestly the fries were only okay. The whiskey selection is of course fantastic and plentiful. My partner doesn’t really like whiskey and had a whiskey cocktail that was enjoyable (Bohemian Raspberry) and there are a lot of other beverages to choose from that don’t have whiskey in them. The noise level was surprisingly low from 3:00-5:00 even while being pretty steady. 100% will go back! Thank you Chef Josh for the dessert! It was perfect and I understand why it’s the only dessert option. It’s all you need!

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.

We went for Valentines Day on Thursday night instead of Friday because we couldn’t get a reservation for Friday. Absolutely everything we had we so delicious. We had the charcuterie starter, the house salad, the half hen and lobster tail dinners. Our servers were excellent, checking on us but not bothering us. I was surprised that the bill wasn’t as bad as I’d been expecting for all the food we had!!

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.

Perfect atmosphere for a date night. The food was amazing and the wine hit the spot.