I stopped by before going to the airport. This place has been on my list of places to try and I wish I skipped it.I ordered the pascal burger with a side salad, and my boyfriend ordered the French Italian sandwich with fries.Pascal burger -- Very mediocre. I had asked for medium-rare and got a very well-done burger. The flavor was okay, but the burger was very dry.French Italian -- The sandwich itself was extremely dry with maybe 2 slices of thin deli meat on it. The fries were fantastic and the only redeeming quality.I wouldn't bother coming here, especially with the high prices. We also just got back from France and this food was definitely not authentic.
Lovely! My husband and I were in France and Belgium a few years ago and the menu is basically a "greatest hits" of both countries. I was very impressed with the selection on drink menu (both cocktails and beers). Possibly the best French 75 I've ever had. The inside reminded me of something out of Alice In Wonderland. Can't wait to go back!
Beer, beer and charcuterie!
The good:open for late dining,spacious, multi-room seating,uncommon dishes.The bad:sticky table;cold food that should be hot (understaffed shift?)->slow, although - friendly, service;undercooked dish (per my taste, the Scotch egg meat was raw, tho under the crunchy upper crust; the egg was not warm as expected);overpriced;(alas! another) unimaginative dessert menu.
This cute restaurant/bar is deceptively large with a shady outside patio. We placed our order at the bar and our food was served to us on the patio. We ordered a large French onion soup (sorry. No photo.), a jambon buerre, a Pascal hamburger, and salade niçoise. All choices were delicious. The aioli and fries were terrifically garlicky! There is an extensive beer menu. I’ll definitely be back when I return to Austin!
Let me get straight to it ... we attended a late art exhibit, so I do appreciate Hopfields being open to accommodate our late night dining needs. That's the positive.Technically, yes, maybe this is a 'French' restaurant, albeit there are no tablecloths, no linen napkins and no servers, in fact, we had to order at the bar AND open a tab which if you don't close gets a 20% gratuity tacked on! Our food prep/delivery was very slow as well. 10 minutes of which I could see it sitting in the window.The scotch egg appeared to be cooked thoroughly but not quite upon dissection. The lamb bolognese was very basic with no imagination and was missing flavor (think Fazoli's) and had entirely too much sauce. The mushroom leek tarte was actually pretty tasty, but nothing on our 4 item $80 tab was worth it and quite frankly, this was just another example why I should just choose to eat at home.
Food was good - definitely on the heavier side. I got the lobster roll which I thought was just fine for the price, the mussels and the Bolognese were really good. Two dishes did come out cold but the server comped a few of our drinks. Food was a bit expensive.
The escargot dumplings are life changing. Evil genius. Great beer selection. Nice people with chill vibe. Loved it. Will come again.
Friendly staff, and wonderful dining experience.
Unremarkable food? could have been an off night.Wine so-so? maybe we picked wrong.But having the single worst service experience of my life (to be fair, in North America)? that is unforgivable.Maybe the bar area delivers a better experience, but for the owners' sake, I hope they replace the waiting staff in the dining area as soon as possible. Just horrible.Edit: thank you for responding, I appreciate it.It was the night (21:30-ish) of Saturday, November 13. Service lady was a mixture of rude, unresponsive, antipathetic, hostile and incompetent, without a slight hint of apologetic for any of the mishaps of that night. I don't think that the details are too important, but can share those too if you'd like.