TLC Austin

TLC Austin was a great place to get away and enjoy a casual atmosphere of watching sports dining on good food. I had a birthday reward and used it by ordering the 14 oz double Bone-In Pork Chop and Brick Chicken.We enjoyed it very much where the pork chop was huge and extremely tasty with great flavor. It came with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Nueske's Slab Bacon Green Beans, and Apple Chutney as sides. The sides were very good. The chicken was super favorable and tasty, and had that lemon pepper flavor. It was also served with Cilantro-lime Rice and Green Beans. We ate half of it and took the rest home for lunch the next day.As for TLC Austin this place is dog friendly, nice staff, entertaining, and besides Texas Favorites they also have menu options like the Boil where last time had crawfish. Parking is available here in the Lamar Union garage.

Date of visit 2/21/24 at 7:45pmThe STAFF we encountered were so nice. The Hostess was very sweet and had us sat within 5-7 mins without a reservation. Our server Clint is super personable and we had some nice conversation with him. The restaurant has a good vibe with picnic type tables and benches. There are tv's on the walls and a bar with about 12 seats. Clint recommended the bacon flight telling us it's some of the best bacon he's ever tasted. Well I think he oversold it. You get three slabs of bacon about a quarter inch think. One is a plain applewood smoke, one has a sweet pecan glaze on it and the last has jalapeños on it. They were good not great or warranting the $19 price tag. They needed to be cooked longer and were fatty. It's an appetizer but it was the last item to arrive to the table.My son was craving gumbo on a cold day. He added the sausage for an additional $2.50. There were hardly any ingredients his seafood gumbo. I saw two shrimp. Just a bit of rice. I make gumbo and have high expectations. This fell flat. Save your $14.50. My husband and I shared the signature boil. For $38 you get half a pound of snow crab and half a pound of shrimp, two small pieces of corn on the cob, four red potatoes and some onions. The flavor was good...spicy for me. My lips were tingling. The shrimp were good. The crab was dry. Both were lukewarm. The rest of the ingredients were fine. The corn was a bit too spicy to me with the seasoning on it. I've been to several restaurants that serve boiled seafood. This one was ok. Nothing about it stood out. For $121.48 (including 2 beers and 2 soft drinks) I feel like we left wanting more.

Came here for lunch on a weekday and was honestly a little disappointed. Overall good for a seafood fix, easy parking, but poor service.Highlight was the fried okra appetizer- its so good and highly recommended! My table also tried the hush puppies and fried oysters. For a decent oyster fix Id recommend this restaurant, their oysters were very good. However, their sandwiches and chicken were not very good. I ordered the Shrimp BBQ sandwich and it wasn't good- the shrimp was skimpy and the flavor was a bit bland. The boils were good but seemed smaller portions for being for 2 people.I think what brings this restaurant down in stars was the service. They were very reluctant to provide substitutions for sides or food allergies, which is not common for a casual restaurant like this. They also took very long to bring out our food, and brought out some dishes way sooner than others which was awkward. Nice staff, but overall very poor service.

Came here to watch the game and had high hopes for this place! Let me start off by saying the staff was awesome, the ambiance was cute and family friendly, and the food came out pretty quick.But unfortunately, my family of four did not like the food. All but one item was way too salty.We got:-hush puppies (this was good)-calamari (salty)-Mac n cheese-country fried steak rib eye (salty)-crab boil for 2 (seasoning was salty)-side of rice (salty)-chili (salty)-kids chicken strips and fries (my son ate one chicken strip and said it wasn't very good)My family loves seafood and can either clean off our plates or take leftovers home. But instead left a full plate of calamari (only ate 3 pieces) and left half servings of chili, Mac n cheese, and chicken strips w/fries. The menu has a lot of great items and it was hard to choose what to get bc they all looked good. That said, we'd try this place one more time in hopes that it was an off night for the chef. (The awesome staff bumped up my star rating to a 3)

Every year the Rooster clan finds a nice spot for lunch just before we open presents. Try not to dine past lunch hours so service peeps can head home early. TLC Christmas eve was a hit with our family. I started with the raw oysters. For the price they were a win but I also wished for an additional sauce option. Then, something everyone would eat the charbroiled version. Even got dear ol' grandma to eat one.GF and I decided to split some Crab Legs (1lb) and the DKR Sandwich. The crab was cooked nicely; didn't even bother with the boiled veggies. The Sandwich had good flavor and soft bread; good chips too.Grandma chose the Pork Chop while Rooster went for the Chicken Fried Steak. No complaints even when we demanded the boy eat his vegetables. No complaints on service; will be back soon for more oysters!

I will start by saying they did comp our entire meal so I can't be too upset. However this review is to warn others in case this happens to them. Weird miscommunication happened where we thought we were getting charbroiled happy hour oysters when in fact we were getting "higher quality" oysters for 55 dollars. Ordered a boozy milk shake and a sandwich that never came out. Took about an hour (without getting the sandwich) so if you are on a time crunch maybe this isn't the place. Interior is really really cute for the holidays and I saw some games in the corner so it's a shame our service experience was so bad. The people are really nice and when we asked for the manager they ended up comping everything so... take that as you will. Of the food we tried, the mac and cheese was solid but the oysters were horrible... so sandy and difficult to eat.

Came here for Thanksgiving since we were on a trip from out of town. We made a reservation online the day before. Their thanksgiving plate had turkey, stuffing, cranberry, green beans, and mash potatoes with gravy. It was good, with decent portions. I don't think it was worth $45 a plate, but it was a holiday so that's probably why they priced it up. Wish they had rolls to go with the meal. We ordered mac and cheese on the side and that was amazing. My son got chicken tenders and fries and was content. The tenders were pretty small though. Service was okay. Waiter just seemed busy and was hardly there to give refills, but we took into consideration that it was a holiday. Overall, we had a good experience for our thanksgiving feast.

I recently visited TLC in Austin for lunch with a friend. The highlight was definitely the $1 Gulf oysters--big, juicy, and fresh. I also loved the fried okra, which was crispy and flavorful.The restaurant has ample indoor seating, and we chose to sit outside, the building itself served as shade for the whole outside area which was nice. Our server was attentive and checked in on us several times, adding to the welcoming atmosphere. Overall, TLC exceeded my expectations, and I would definitely return just for those oysters!

Food is consistently good. They are sometimes out of certain seafood - specifically lump crab and king crab. Charbroiled oysters are delicious, boils are great if they have what you want. Brunch is not the best - wouldn't come back for that meal. Service is always slow and less than stellar even though the place is never packed. But we can bring our pooch inside so that's a win!

The boozy milkshakes are very good. The seafood boil was bland af. The shrimp looked pale and it was definitely disappointing. The oysters are super good. You order everything from your phone so they bring you the food and check in on you but the interaction was very limited.