Cantina 512

70 Rainey St Suite 100, Austin
(512) 829-7070

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Adam McNair

This has very good food for a place with more of a large bar setup. The servers were very friendly and didn’t mind that we weren’t there for a big bar tab. The chips and various dips were all good as were the enchiladas. While there’s nothing wrong with it - be warned that the crispy taco is the size of Texas.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Will Williams

Great service!! Bad azz drinks as well from Trent!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ron Folkens

Had dinner on a Monday evening. It wasn't busy. The fajitas de carne was very good, steak was excellent, plenty of food. Maybe a little pricy. For a slow night, the staff wasn't very attentive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Amit Patankar

Hosted our company for a team dinner. The enchiladas and fajitas were excellent! Elmore was fantastic! The ambiance and service were excellent and our server Cassidy made excellent suggestions. Thank you for a great dinner!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fresh Creamed Elote, Queso Blanco, Chicken Fajitas

Carlos Garcia

Everyone had such an amazing attitude—it really stood out! I’ve officially found my go-to spot. The staff is super friendly, and the service is top-notch, better than anywhere else I’ve been. Thanks so much for the tasty (and delicious!) drinks!

Armstead Barquer

Very good food and atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Aurora Velasco

Nice location but customer service SUCKS . They acted like they didn’t hear us and like they just wanted to keep talking to each other . Gave us a hard time every time we needed something . Horrible attitude , never going back here again . Don’t waste your time

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Brad Ludwick

Stopped by last night at 9:30, after checking into the hotel. Asked if the kitchen was open and dude said "yes it doesn't close until 10" girl immediately said no the kitchen is closed. No big deal I found another place for late dinner and came back today for lunch. Ordered a Margarita which was unusually sour not sweet, thought maybe the mixture was off so I ordered another which was the same, neither was good. Ordered chips and salsa which came out super fast but the chips looked, smelled and tasted exactly like Tostitos. The salsa also looked smelled and tasted like Pace picante sauce but blended with cilantro added, nothing special. I ordered the chicken tacos which now top my list of the worst tacos I've had in my 50 plus years on this planet. The chicken looked like the street roller doing construction out front, rolled it a few times then was covered in Panko followed by a few minutes in the deep fryer filled with three month old vegetable oil, it stunk something awful. Flour instead of corn tortilla filled with shredded cabbage that appeared to be soaked in a mayonnaise / water mixture and garnished with three weak old frozen and reheated several times mango type yellow sustenance. The music was loud and sounded like gangster rap which is unusual for a Latin restaurant. I won't be back since this is the culture and not the kind of place that takes good food seriously.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

Kate Steinbach

The DJ was way too loud, I could hear the music from far across the street.

Atmosphere: 1

Gabriel Estrada

The place is a bar restaurant which the bar side is fun and would rate it 4/5 (hence atmosphere). But let's talk about the restaurant side.

Ordered the regular queso, the crispy taco, two step enchiladas, and a side of borracho beans.

The only thing that was good and hot/fresh were the borracho beans. The enchiladas were dry, dry, DRY and room temp. The queso was just soup and room temp. The crispy tacos were ok, would serve better as a taco salad vs a giant crispy taco that's hard to eat.

Go for the bar/dance aspect. Avoid the restaurant part.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Negra Modelo, Charro Beans, Corona

Matthew Groves

Advertises as a restaurant and posts pics of food menus. It is a bar - not for families. You discover after you uber there. Probably saved us from lousy bar food, but still misleading. If caught in this situation there are great real tex mex restaurants on S. congress.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Anna Osborne

Pictures & website menus do not do this restaurant justice, the ambiance is second to none and the food is incredible. The drink menu is so creative and the offerings are delicious. I highly recommend the queso blanco, the brisket tacos, and creamed elotes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lonestar Brisket Tacos, Queso Blanco

Dan D

Great food and cool vibes. Samantha did a great job!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Queso Blanco

Kevin Calabrese

Best music in Austin. Give this DJ a raise!

Linda Ellison

Good food and service. Caters to allergies.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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