Moonshine Grill Reviews

Great food and excellent service!
Green chili mac and cheese was outstanding!

The food was delicious as was the presentation. The atmosphere and service were excellent. A place I will certainly visit on subsequent trips to Austin. As is the case with good places, there is typically a wait. However, 20 minutes was well worth it.

ABSOLUTELY OUT OF THIS WORLD. Asked our waiter, Anthony, what seafood was his top pick. He suggested the trout that Govenor Greg Abbott ordered and enjoyed! OMG! The hospitality of the staff was awesome.

Starting from the nice valet guys all the way to our charming waitress great overall dining experience! Food was yummy and the outside terrace stays warm even on a brisk December evening.

The food is delicious and fresh, the gluten free options are really enjoyable, and the customer service is excellent!

The food and service was excellent! Our server was very friendly and was on top of refilling our drinks. The food was delicious! We ordered the salmon and chicken and waffles. The salmon was cooked on a cedar plank and was seasoned perfectly. The waffles were fluffy and the chicken was crispy without being greasy.

Awesome food and service, amazing meat and appetizers. Had a moonshine drink which was also delicious and didn't knock me out.

Delicious food and drinks. Really enjoyed the service. Had the fried green tomatoes, cathead biscuits and the chicken & waffles during brunch. Also had some mimosas and bellinis.

I attended a birthday lunch here with friends on a Saturday! There were 5 of us and we had no problem getting a table with a very short wait time. In fact, they allowed us to sit even without our entire party being present, which is rare these days in a popular restaurant. That said, we had a wonderful lunch that lasted about 2 1/2 hours. We never felt rushed or felt we were taking too long at our table. We took our time opening gifts before we ate, had a delicious brunch, and even built a nice rapport with our server, Phillip. He was great, had a friendly personality and made us feel like royalty. Thank you Moonshine and thx, Phillip!

Good, well-prepared comfort food. What really made the visit special was the drinks menu. Indulge at will. They know their stuff.

LOVE this place! I have to go there at least once every time I visit Austin. The service is always top notch. The menu has a great variety with unique options. I had the chicken mac and cheese and I loved it... a little spicy for me but still good.

The chicken and waffles are yummy! What I love most are all the unique areas to sit and dine or just have a cocktail and good convo. The eclectic ambience makes this place shine.

I love moonshine!! It's sooo good. The rainbow trout is the best I've ever had. It's a little pricey, but it is well worth it

Awesome steak... amazing service. Eat here! Worth the wait

Really good unique food. Would recommend to anyone wanting an awesome meal and affordable too!

Walked here from the hotel on a Wednesday night. The inside is under construction so you have to sit outside. It says no dine in on Google, but we ate there for sure. The popcorn they serve as an appetizer is really good, I hate popcorn but I told people at work about this popcorn there next day. We got the lemonade cocktail and the bourbon slush, the bourbon slush was outstanding and probably the best thing we had, worth going back for. We ordered the redfish with brussel sprouts and the flank steak with sweet potato tots. The tots were not special, the steak was well cooked, maybe even amazingly cooked considering the natural state of flank steak, and the chimichurri was very good. The fish was fine but it had a couple of bones and that kind of ruins it for me. Sorry, I should be more mentally and emotionally resilient, but I'm fragile apparently. The brussel sprouts were excellent, but I like all brussel sprouts.

Great atmosphere. The fried green tomatoes were perfection. I sat in the back bar room because it was so busy. The service was decent,but could have been better.my glass stayed empty. I'm not complaining,but the service could have been better.
I'll definitely be back.
Thanks guys

The food was southern with a modern twist. The hanger steak was so tender I cut it with a fork. Portion size was just right. Loved the old building it's in. The service was terrific.

Ended up having dinner here twice in three days on a recent visit to Austin. I thoroughly enjoyed it both times. Nice drink selection (Blind Mules go down really easy), and some delicious menu items. I highly recommend the Southern Grit Cake. Although just an appetizer, this was probably my favorite dish there. I also recommend the Jalapeno Hangar Steak - well cooked and flavorful without the marinade overwhelming the beef. But watch out for the roasted pepper to the side. That thing packs some heat!

I like steak. I've been a lot of places and the Moonshine Gill Jalapeno steak was one of the best I've ever had. This is a must try in my book. The line can get long but no worries they have a couple bars to sit !nd wait for a table.

This place is awesome! The wait staff was great. The food was universally great and in huge portions. The prices were very fair, considering how high quality the food was. Most of us had to take some with us home because the servings are large. We ate there almost every day because it was so good.

If you don't mind the wait, they have a great brunch buffet on Sunday.

Great location and rustic decor.

Recommend Valet parking!

Excellent service.

Excellent food. Drinks are a little weak. Happy hour deals are very good with a bunch of $5-7 cocktails and half off some very good and very filling appetizers. Don't have to sit at bar to get happy hour to get happy hour.

It was my Birthday today and I Love my dinner. You can't go wrong by eating here. Great customer service and Great food.

Great original menu items. Food was yummy, your food came to the table fast but getting more tea was a true struggle.

The girl in the Hosting service discriminated a bit when requesting a table and made us wait 20 minutes while passing other people who arrived later (without reservation) (which looks like Ana Hathaway), after that the waiter Thomas He was very friendly and very attentive. The food leaves much to be desired too fried and without good taste the only thing that can be redeemed is the popcorn, but from then on, the worst service for $ 80 dollars 4 people I do not recommend it is more famous than service

Very neat place to go and hang out have some awesome drinks and eat. Services were amazing! !

Really enjoyed the authentic location and food was wonderful. The lack of beer on tap was made up for by their great bourbon selection.

We had a very large group and everyone thought everything was great!

Good food, good staff, nice place, fair price. Worth it.

Great service and great tasting food. Great combination!

I went here several months ago and it was a great experience from start to finish. We sat out on the patio. Service was excellent - our waiter was friendly and enthusiastic, with just the right level of attentiveness, bringing over dishes of cornbread and popcorn to keep us going while we chose our main courses.

The menu offered a great selection - comfort food with a twist! I had a chicken caesar salad which was delicious. Portions were generous and good value.

This has become one of our favorite downtown restaurants. The food is fresh and the menu is original. Let me be clear, it is a restaurant with a bar not a bar that serves food. The dishes and sides are well thought out, fantastically prepared and we'll priced. I definitely recommend it to anyone in the downtown area.

This place is amazing.
Excellent selection of liquor. Excellent food, with surprisingly large portions.

I had the chicken fried steak, and would recommend it. Both the grits and green beans were great sides.

Prices for both food and drinks were very reasonable.

The catfish, grits and old fashions were great. The patio porch is a cool place to eat if your by yourself.

We had a fabulous time, great atmosphere, food was fantastic, great cocktails - pouring weller antique and eagle rare. Definitely going back for more.

Best. Brunch. In. Town. Also, super fun spot during SXSW. People are so relaxed and the atmosphere is just so friendly.

Ate here for the first time today. The fried green tomatoes are out of this world!! Highly recommend these!! Service was great and although the salads were not up to par they were more than gracious to take one of them off due to the quality.

Great place.

Great place for Southern food. Great for people that are visiting Austin. We tried the tender belly, rainbow trout, and catfish. They were all tasty. The service was great and they were very tentative. They had fans outside for people that like to seat in the heat. As far as the location is not longer the quiet are it used to be. There is a lot of construction around the area.

Eating here with my son. He said best chicken nuggets, he said the chicken is amazing, I had the protein plate, Chicken, shrimp, and steak. Bam knocked it out of the park. Sever Zach rock it with service

Love Moonshine. Great food, waiters and waitresses.

One of our favorite places. Great food and relaxed atmosphere.

Very tasty food in a slightly more upscale venue. Stays true to Austin's craft scene with delicious food, very friendly and helpful service, popcorn as a free starter, unique drink menu, and again, really good food.

Best meal we've had. The service was amazing and the food was beyond our expectations. Capped off our anniversary for sure!

Couldn't love this place more. The Backyard Chicken sandwich is amazing (ask for a pretzel bun!) and the Blind Mule is dangerously good. They always say the wait is going to be double what it actually is, which is nice because you expect a long wait and are always pleasantly surprised to be seated sooner. They also have a great bar on the patio you can wait at. Definitely have to check this place out while in Austin!

Amazing food. Little on the pricier side but worth it. Recommend definitely if you ve never been to Austin but if you re a local and want some comfort food this is your place.

Ate here our last night in Austin, we tried to go before but the wait was over an hour. So glad we came back. Everything on the menu sounded delicious. And everything we had was. We started with the kale bacon dip, and it was a little slow coming out so the manager comped it and offered us free cornbread even though we didn't notice the dip took too long. All in all a great restaurant, great food and great cocktails. And an awesome patio.

Really enjoyed our recent meal here. The blackened catfish and meatloaf are very solid choices. The atmosphere is really fun and the staff is super interested in a nice customer experience

Everything was delicious and the staff very friendly. We shared the chicken fried steak and the shrimp corn dogs.

Best service ever. We were seated right away. Waitress was wonderful. Very attentive. Food was fabulous. 5 stars +++

Yummy food. The popcorn shrimp was delicious, chicken and waffles very generous, and the chicken fried steak with macaroni was heaavvvy. + Good cocktails and welcoming hosts

Great food, great margaritas and super friendly staff!

We had Sunday brunch - all you can eat buffet style. very friendly staff, brunch food was great and fresh. Pastry for brunch was fresh and delicious, bread pudding and the cone on roles were amazing.

The next day we went back for lunch, had chicken fried steak with a side of mac&cheese. It was delicious.

Their bloody marries are good too.

Had a little wait but really enjoyed the food and atmosphere. We had the corndog shrimp, blackened catfish and their amazing chocolate cake.

Loved the seasoning on the popcorn they serve as an appetizer. I ordered the chicken and waffles. Yummy. The grit cake was just ok. Nothing special. The wait time is ridiculous. We waited almost two hours. However, I had to take into consideration the fact that it's downtown and it was a Friday night. I'll go back, with another date. Lol. My date was the worst.

Large portions of great food, deserts are spot-on too. Only downside is no draught beer but that's b/c of historic building requirements! Still recommend this spot though

It was so friendly and all the food was incomparable to any restaurant I recently experienced!! It is highly recommended!!!

What a wonderful place, full of southern charm and beauty.

With all the great downtown restaurants in Austin this is still one of the best. Great southern cooking and unique offerings.

Not the fastest but absolutely worth the wait.

Great food. Very busy. Try to get a bar seat for your best chance of getting served.

The atmosphere is nice if you can sit on the patio but the wait isn t worth it. Never that impressed with the food...

The brunch at Moonshine on Sunday morning is the place to be.

Had like a 6hr flight due to weather complications.. was completely worn out and hungry, this place was about 45 mins to an hour wait, but luckily we got a seat at the bar before that.

Great food, great southern hospitality!
The warm kale & bacon dip is amazing along with the chicken & waffles.

And of course had to try a moonshine and wasn't disappointed.

Great atmosphere, excellent service. The pulled pork was too wet - the sandwich was soggy. Everything else was good.

Killer staff, killer food, killer environment. Our server gave us the history of the buildings dating back 100 years, because we asked. Fascinating! The ruby red slipper martini is my go-to cocktail here, and I don't do cocktails!! Wish we had gotten our server's name when we last dined, Sunday evening in the old Sunday Room. He was the best. My husband (and 3 others in our group) had their famous chicken fried steak, my husband was the only one who could actually finish the whole thing! One of my favorite Austin places. Thanks you guys!

Ask for Stephen!! He is the best and explained the menu very well! Will def be back!!

great atmosphere sitting outside and the flat iron steak i had was amazing. i thought it was going to take long to get a seat but it surprisingly didn't take long at all. definitely glad i chose to stick around with the crowd.

It was my first time in the US - started with a week in Austin. And I have to say: if it wasn't for these guys - the whole experience would have been a lot less pleasant. :D
The food? Amazing. The drinks? Amazing. The vibe? Amazing.
The waitress, who was also amazing :) will probably remember me :D I was the 30yo acting like a 10yo, who wanted "the whole thing" ... the full "US experience" - Mac'n'Cheese with the steak ... corn dog ... :D
But there was one thing, that will stick forever: Apple Pie Moonshine! OMG!!! SOOO GOOOD!!! I start drooling if I just think about it! :D
You are awesome! If I ever come to Austin again - this may very well be the only place I will eat at! :) Thank you for the wonderful time!