Apothecary
| Address: | 4800 Burnet Rd #450, Austin, TX 78756, USA |
| Phone: | +1 512-371-1600 |
| Site: | apothecaryaustin.com |
| Rating: | 4.2 |
| Working: | 4–10PM 4–10PM 4–10PM 4–10PM 4–11PM 4–11PM 4–10PM |
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Sheila Dudley
I went to Apothecary last night for the 2nd time to celebrate a friends birthday. First off, the service is excellent. Because of the nature of the menu, and the relaxed way in which you can enjoy your food and wine, it means a server has to keep a constant eye on you for more wine and food orders. This is the kind of place you can go and have meals that last hours. Or you can just have a coffee or glass of wine with an appetizer or dessert. I believe our servers name was Cade and he was friendly, warm and informative. He anticipated our needs, and magically appeared any time someone in our party needed anything. Both times Ive went, I feel more like I am at a lovely home being entertained by friends than I do a restaurant. The setting is intimate and warm. I enjoy the Eastern-inspired door carvings and wine holders, as well as the prints on the wall. Every wine Ive tried there has been amazing, and a good price. I also enjoy the location of Rosedale, as it has a "this is where locals hang out" vibe. I like that they have a small patio out front, too. This is my favorite restaurant in Austin now. I love the fresh, high quality ingredients of the food, and the fact that they are creatively put together from the simple to the complex, whatever your taste. Perfect place for a date, or an intimate meal with your foodie friends. I think it would even stack up for coffee or wine snobs. The atmosphere and the way the food is served encourages sharing, which I enjoy. Theres lots of great stuff, but I highly recommend the Apothecary Cheese Plate for a starter. Or your entire meal! They have Happy Hour, too! Do yourself a favor and check this place out.
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Mike Galante
[update]: Apothecary recently revamped their food and wine menus, elevating both to new levels. The truffle mac & cheese is still ridiculous, the new lamb meatballs are delicious, and the tres (cuatro?) leches cake is rich without being too sweet or heavy. The new menu was so good, we ended up going for brunch the next day. First thought: whoa! The Pizza Portuguesa was loaded with awesome flavors like sun-dried tomatoes, caramelized onions, salami and mozzarella. The migas were top-3 in the city, easy. Not your typical Tex-Mex flavors, getting a lot of influence from Spanish ingredients. Next on the eatlist is the Death by Chocolate French Toast. [end update] And for the record, the House Special Iced Cappuccino is amazing. Apothecary rocks! I want to give it 5 stars, but have to take one away because of how long it takes to get a table. The wines are delicious, the food is surprisingly excellent, but when you go in at 6:30-7pm on a weekday, you have to wait for 45 minutes because some of the tables are taken up by a college student with a laptop. They should really consider limiting "loitering" to only certain hours to get other patrons in and out. We have avoid Apothecary at times due to the anticipated waiting around. But once you do sit down, the food and drinks are awesome.
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Dennis Cao
Apothecary is a very chic tapas and wine bar where the food and service is good, but maybe not worth the high price. Where an average person can eat 1-2 of their plates, the bill can easily rack close to $100 for just two people. During our recent visit, we ordered a dozen of their oysters on half shells to start and then followed by their Spring Lamb, Mac & Cheese, and Pulpo. Their oysters were decent, but limited with only having two options. Their lamb plate is by far the best dish we ordered. The lamb was succulent and the juice it was served upon made me wish it was a stew. The red potatoes were very soft and the pearl onions were fantastically sweet. The mac & cheese were good as well and topped wonderfully with crisp breading, but its heft could be felt after finishing half of the bowl. I felt that the least impressive dish we ordered was the Pulpo, which ironically was the dish I anticipated the most. The boiled baby octopus dish in the saffron broth was very underwhelming to say the least. While the octopus was tender and cooked well, it lacked a memorable flavor. Simply put, I preferred the baby arugula salad that accompanied the octopus than the namesake. Overall this is a decent eatery, but at its price, I cant simply recommend it to everyone.
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Jesse Hartman
Helicopter View: Wine place with decent food and romantic vibe. Environment: Romantic with that old-timey vibe. You know, Edison lights and floral wallpaper with the lights all dimmed. Service: Nailed it, no complaints but nothing extraordinary. Wine: I like Pinot noir and they only had two and one was light while the other was a rosé and thats not my jam. Food: Charcuterie was good but $$$. Chicken pot pie was good but I like a pie that has more crust---it was the crust only on top kind of chicken pot pie. Summary: Good spot for a date, but expect to spend some monies. Price was a little high for what you get.
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Linda Huynh
Sure theres a good selection of wine being a wine bar and all, but the Bread, Butters, Salts appetizer is AMAZING! I can never resist a tasty bread, but their combo of soft bread, two types of creamy butter (one goats milk, one cows milk), and interesting salts (one volcanic, one spicy) blew my mind. The only bad part was that I had to share it with my dining companions. On the wine side, they had quite a few choices of wine by the glass for $8-12 each. Ive also stopped in for their brunch which is yummy and not too heavy. Its a short menu so check it out in case you were craving something in particular.
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A Private User
Apothecary reaches that level where its an upscale coffee shop and mid-level, non-stuffy wine bar. Its a little intimidating as a coffee shop, but completely approachable as a wine bar. Therefore, Apothecary is a nice place for happy hour with coworkers of all levels - from entry level to director. Or its not a bad place to bring your friends of all colors and stripes, with snobbery levels of all kinds. Apothecarys happy hours do tend to get crowded, but the prices and quality of happy hour specials are decent. Non-happy hour prices can be high for what you get.
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Lea Susan Engle
This is the darkest bar/restaurant Ive ever been too. Its perfect for an evening first date when youre not feeling all that cute. :) We got the charcuterie & cheese board which had a nice variety including a dash of honey that worked well with the soft cheeses. I also got the mac & cheese which I couldnt finish after sharing the board. It was the panko-iest mac & cheese Ive ever had (but their breadcrumb situation was much tastier than panko). But Im a super fan of that so it worked well for me. We had a French malbec which I didnt know existed but was delicious.
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A Private User
What can I say? I love this place. The only reason I didnt give it 5 stars is because no matter how many times I go, a little part of me still cringes at paying $8 or more for a glass. But thats why you go on Sunday or Monday to get $10 off bottles! The owners and staff are awesome and will take the time to talk with you when its not super crowded. The menu is extensive, they have fun board games (in case you spend hours upon hours there like we do), and the food is awesome! Seriously, go hungry and order something. The sundried tomato pesto dip... mmm.....
