Wink

My new favorite restaurant in Austin! Having never been here before I wandered into the "bar" section of the restaurant not realizing there was a separate dining room section, but since I was by myself I happily sat at the bar. I started with a glass of Gewurtztraminer (which I was pleasantly surprised they had) & asked for the 5 course tasting menu. All of the waitstaff behind the bar was extremely friendly and all periodically asked me what I thought. I ended up asking someone what the sweetbreads were on the menu cause I'd never had them before & he explained all about them & asked if I wanted to try them. I said yes, fully assuming I'd pay for the extra addition to the tasting menu, but I found out later it was the owner Mark I was talking to & it was gift! They were divine. Honestly everything on the tasting menu was impeccable & then my favorite dessert of the trio was the chocolate cake. About halfway through a couple came in & sat next to me & we ended up having some wonderful conversations as they turned out to be regulars of the place. Then the drama happened (but this only elevated the experience imo) because PETA protestors showed up in the parking lot around 8:30/9. You couldn't hear them much inside the restaurant, but they've been leaving negative reviews of this place simply for the Foie Gras. Idk maybe we would rather protect locally owned Austin restaurants that have been around for ages?? (Or if you really want to protest... why not do it at the legislature level instead of trying to hurt small businesses??) But since I was there by myself the owner Mark walked me back to my car which was incredibly thoughtful. I'll be coming back to this place for sure, I love the community vibes & how incredible the service is. PETA just makes for a good story.

It's was awesome for non-vegetarian but vegetarian the 5-course meal felt expensive as there was not a lot of variation. I wouldn't recommend for the vegetarian food especially for the $100 price range Service and Ambiance was exceptional

Food - 2.5 stars. Underseasoned. Pork was borderline doneService - 2.5 stars. Very slowAmbiance - 2.5 stars. Not comfortable After 3 visits, they just aren't for me. Have tried multiple dishes and none of us would order any of them again. Plated beautifully but no flavor. Sad.

I had a great experience here. Everyone here was so nice and welcoming. I loved all the cool and interesting decor of the restaurant. The menu items are quite interesting themselves too. My favorite was the Chicken Liver Pate. We also got the Duck Confit Poutine, Cobia Sashimi, Beef Tartare, and Steak Frites.

It really pains me to give low reviews for seemingly fancy restaurants but the food was not good. The bread was really hard. Entree portions are small and not worth the price. Scallops were too salty and the duck breast was ok-just covered by the hoisin sauce. The dessert quatro we got was average. Crème brûlée can be sweeter. The cheesecake tasted strongly of goat cheese? I didn't like it. Their service, on the other hand, is top-notch! The greeter held my chair out for me and the server checked on us multiple times, explaining things as needed. We also got complimentary champagne and the chefs gave us signed menus. The eyes in the front wink at you!

Had reservations for dinner but stopped in at the bar beforehand. We decided to stay in the wine bar for dinner. The bartender was extremely helpful. I believe he was a sommelier. He was very knowledgeable about wines and helped to find the perfect wine for our tastes to accompany the meal.Half price bar food at happy hour. Had the burger the first time here. Went back again but this time I was not very hungry. My friend ordered the hummus and Truffle Mac and Cheese. The Mac was very rich and filling so she opted to take the rest home. The hummus was interesting served with pickled veggies and toasted croutons.The wine was wonderful. I chose the Syrah at $13 glass. After sampling a few cabs, she decided the syrah was the best choice.Great service and atmosphere

Had a really great dinner at Wink tonight. First time I'd eaten there in a quite a few years, but it has improved over the last dozen years or so, which is no small accomplishment as it was already quite good. We had the five course tasting menu. Every single course was very good, ad several were outstanding. I had the wine pairings with every course, which was very, very reasonable at $60 -- or only $12 per course. O was frankly concerned that the wine would t be up to snuff given the low price, but every curse was at East void, ad three were outstanding. The cobia poke with avocado, cilantro, radish, and baby limas was as an absolute standout. The scallops on polenta with baby carrots, sorrel, and roasted garlic-pine nut sauce was quite good and the Napa Sauvignon blanc was a great pairing. Perhaps the second best course after the cobia was the duck breast on porcini mushroom, chicories, peewee potato and sauce bigarade. The duck was a perfect medium rare. My partner, who didn't get the wine pairings ordered a glass of Lioco Pinot Noir, and they thoughtfully up my wine to the same wine, which was an excellent pairing. Steak with a berry gastrique was the final corse, and was quite good. The paring with that course, a 2020 Costers del Priorat Pissarres Grenache/Carignon punched way above its price and was outstanding. A combo dessert of crème brulée, lemon meringue pot de creme, & el rey chocolate cake we're all good. But it was elevated beyond its already very good status by a crème brulée, lemon pot de creme (with amazing home candied lemon peel) was elevated by the 2016 Lions de Suduiraut Sauternes. Lion de Suduiraut is the second wine of Chateaux Suduiraut, but it didn't taste like a second wine. Tasting menu was only $120, which is a bargain given the quality. The wine list is thick with well chosen wines under $100. Nit in their web site, but they also have a modestly sized reserve list (though it's not called that) that has a small, but we'll selected group of wines from $90up to the high $200 range. Very few trophy wines, but they all look to be well priced and designed to complement the food. Service was excellent. As good a meal as I've had in Austin in many years.

We had a very lovely dinner for my husbands 50th birthday. Austin was a wonderful waiter and the staff were all very welcoming and warm. The food was delicious, they were able to accommodate our dietary restrictions, and the wine pairings were fantastic. It's always consistent in service and delicious food.

The service was outstanding. Vincent was one of the best waiters ever. He was very attentive and provided everything we asked for and then some. The food was amazing. The duck and lamb were perfectly cooked. I even ate my vegetables, I never eat my vegetables. They were delicious too. The foie Gras was beautiful and so smooth. The salad was great too. Of course we had the dessert Quatro to share. Every dessert was meticulously put together and delicious.

I used to love this place for special date nights. The tomatoes were always the kind with extra flavor- nothing like what you can buy in the grocery store. My most recent visit was absolutely disturbing. My partner found a cockroach in his food and the waiter did not apologize- actually was very cold and when he brought the dish back, my partner didn't even feel comfortable eating it.Flavors were lacking. Service was lacking. The place has gone down hill. Too many good restaurants in austin to waste your money here.