Estelle is a good concept. Decorated nice, but they didn't use their space well. It's not a good set up as a club. Estelle says it's a social lounge, but it's a club after 10pm with bottle service. However, there is no dance floor. The music is too loud and not good. We. Oils barely talk to each other. We went to eat and have drinks not for a club. Thx food was not good and small menu. Don't go to eat there. The crowd on a Saturday is very young, early 20's. The bathroom for women only have 2 stalls. Small for a big place and they were dirty. Once again good concept, wanted to like it, but it was just so so. For the 4th street warehouse district, it's probably the best lounge. That's not saying much since the whole 4th street went downhill with the noisy clubs all over.
Took my wife for her birthday dinner and we had a great time. The food and vibes were amazing, great drinks and service. She now wants to organize a fun girls brunch with her friends (I'll sit that one out ?). The sauces either every dish we ordered paired perfectly and were so delicious. We will certainly be going again!
BryanH
The food was delicious and the drinks were tasty, and I was impressed with the warmth of the staff. Even the manager made a concerted effort to befriend me, which truly impressed me. Also, the aesthetics of the place were very visually pleasing. My only critique is that the bar was a bit slow pushing out drinks. If they can speed that up, then this place will be truly great.
Mel Baker
One of The best burgers I’ve had in Austin. The lobster was amazing. The drinks were divine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
There was an issue with our reservation due to double booking and were told we'd have to sit in the bar area. After expressing my frustration with the manager, Bee - she understood, stated she wanted to make it right. We dined in their membership room, which felt like a speakeasy. Although we didn't experience the restaurant side, Bee honored her word. In the end, we enjoyed the ambiance, service, the food and drinks. All my guests were from out of town and Bee checked in to make sure everyone was enjoying themselves. Thank you Bee and staff, we appreciated the hospitality and taking care of us.
We had an amazing experience at this restaurant. Arriving early, we spent some time at the bar and enjoyed truffle fries and Estelle's Margaritas. The bartenders were very friendly and recommended the Matcha Martini cocktail, which was fantastic. Once seated, we ordered chicken tenders and more Matcha Martinis, both of which were excellent. We also ordered deviled eggs and caviar, which were initially forgotten but brought to us after we reminded the staff. Overall, the ambience and service were great, and we look forward to visiting again.
NicoleB
Haley, our waitress was wonderful. Happy hour prices were great. Loved the Rosemary Sloe. Would love a few more menu options for bites. Wish there were a couple dessert options. Overall loved it. Will be back!!
AmberK
If you or any members of your party are anything but conventionally attractive, thin, or anything like that, you will not be serviced. My group waited, in a section, for 15 minutes with staff walking by and not a single person to approach us for drinks. The restaurant is cute, but there are much cuter and better places to attend.
The restaurant is beautiful and the service was ok. It was very quiet and only downstairs was open due to being a Tuesday. I had made a reservation and hoped for a booth because we wanted to eat dinner but we were sat downstairs in the lounge on couches. When we went to order food we were told 4 items of the already small menu were out of stock. That was very disappointing and when we got the bill we noticed there was an auto gratuity on a party of 5. Will we enjoyed the few appetizers we got, it was definitely overpriced and underwhelming.
Daniela Radpay
My friend and I were so looking forward to coming here, and we had a 7 pm reservation. We arrived exactly on time and waited almost 30 minutes, and still we weren’t seated. Even more frustrating, a group of girls cut us in line and went straight to the hostess and were seated before us, even though we had been waiting for half an hour. When we told the hostess we were leaving because of the long wait and her seating that group before us, she just said “okay” and seemed relieved that there would be one less table to take care of. They were clearly understaffed, but you would think they’d anticipate being busy on a Saturday night. This experience definitely soured us on Estelle’s and we decided to go to a more well-established restaurant on 4th, where we had awesome cocktails and food and were seated immediately, despite the big crowd. Estelle’s could learn a lot about customer service from their neighbors.
B and Sav were the best. They had a glitch from overbooking and still worked us in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark
What a confusing overpriced experience with surprisingly good food. I feel bad for the kitchen, there's some real talent back there that got completely overshadowed by the absolutely terrible service. 2* for the food alone, wouldn't be fair to give 1* for that.
It feels like there's a disconnect between the two sides of the house that unfortunately killed the evening for us. Servers are slow, forgetful and disinterested. It took us 20 minutes after seating to get a drink, did not have anyone swing by until 40 minutes to take food orders and by an hour not all of the food had been fired. We cancelled half the food and left to try and redeem the night down the road (we did successfully).
The music was so loud and clubby (think 2014 bad Euro trance) making it impossible to talk even though the space is described as having "cozy corners for a private conversation". Between the small baggies on the floor in the bathroom, the music and the staff more interested in what they are doing at 3am this was such a confusion environment with the plants, pastel colors and delicately built cocktails.
Fantastic food (when it came out) makes me sad to see it get overshadowed by everything else wrong with the place. If I could get those Wellington bites to go I would. 2* for the food.
What a shame to see what's standing where Trulucks used to. The good news is I don't see how this makes it much longer; excited to see what comes next.
Thanks for the 100 dollar night for 2 apps, 2 cocktails and us having a laugh at how bad things were. A bit bold to already include 20% gratuity and then ask for extra tip for that experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Chrystan Greathouse
Pricey, fun for a bday or date night
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pierre Zah
Great upscale place to hangout and feel fancy during the day and night!
samanthap
Overall enjoyed this spot! Very cute inside with a bar and upstairs with tables. The service was good. Food was okay but nothing out of this world. Tapas style which is my favorite. The drinks were pretty good and a nice list for cocktails, but they were out of some things which is always disappointing. I overall liked the spot and would go back/recommend maybe for a girls night.
Estelle is a good concept. Decorated nice, but they didn't use their space well. It's not a good set up as a club. Estelle says it's a social lounge, but it's a club after 10pm with bottle service. However, there is no dance floor. The music is too loud and not good. We. Oils barely talk to each other. We went to eat and have drinks not for a club. Thx food was not good and small menu. Don't go to eat there. The crowd on a Saturday is very young, early 20's. The bathroom for women only have 2 stalls. Small for a big place and they were dirty. Once again good concept, wanted to like it, but it was just so so. For the 4th street warehouse district, it's probably the best lounge. That's not saying much since the whole 4th street went downhill with the noisy clubs all over.
Took my wife for her birthday dinner and we had a great time. The food and vibes were amazing, great drinks and service. She now wants to organize a fun girls brunch with her friends (I'll sit that one out ?). The sauces either every dish we ordered paired perfectly and were so delicious. We will certainly be going again!
The food was delicious and the drinks were tasty, and I was impressed with the warmth of the staff. Even the manager made a concerted effort to befriend me, which truly impressed me. Also, the aesthetics of the place were very visually pleasing. My only critique is that the bar was a bit slow pushing out drinks. If they can speed that up, then this place will be truly great.
One of The best burgers I’ve had in Austin. The lobster was amazing. The drinks were divine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
There was an issue with our reservation due to double booking and were told we'd have to sit in the bar area. After expressing my frustration with the manager, Bee - she understood, stated she wanted to make it right. We dined in their membership room, which felt like a speakeasy. Although we didn't experience the restaurant side, Bee honored her word. In the end, we enjoyed the ambiance, service, the food and drinks. All my guests were from out of town and Bee checked in to make sure everyone was enjoying themselves. Thank you Bee and staff, we appreciated the hospitality and taking care of us.
We had an amazing experience at this restaurant. Arriving early, we spent some time at the bar and enjoyed truffle fries and Estelle's Margaritas. The bartenders were very friendly and recommended the Matcha Martini cocktail, which was fantastic. Once seated, we ordered chicken tenders and more Matcha Martinis, both of which were excellent. We also ordered deviled eggs and caviar, which were initially forgotten but brought to us after we reminded the staff. Overall, the ambience and service were great, and we look forward to visiting again.
Haley, our waitress was wonderful. Happy hour prices were great. Loved the Rosemary Sloe. Would love a few more menu options for bites. Wish there were a couple dessert options. Overall loved it. Will be back!!
If you or any members of your party are anything but conventionally attractive, thin, or anything like that, you will not be serviced. My group waited, in a section, for 15 minutes with staff walking by and not a single person to approach us for drinks. The restaurant is cute, but there are much cuter and better places to attend.
The restaurant is beautiful and the service was ok. It was very quiet and only downstairs was open due to being a Tuesday. I had made a reservation and hoped for a booth because we wanted to eat dinner but we were sat downstairs in the lounge on couches. When we went to order food we were told 4 items of the already small menu were out of stock. That was very disappointing and when we got the bill we noticed there was an auto gratuity on a party of 5. Will we enjoyed the few appetizers we got, it was definitely overpriced and underwhelming.
My friend and I were so looking forward to coming here, and we had a 7 pm reservation. We arrived exactly on time and waited almost 30 minutes, and still we weren’t seated. Even more frustrating, a group of girls cut us in line and went straight to the hostess and were seated before us, even though we had been waiting for half an hour. When we told the hostess we were leaving because of the long wait and her seating that group before us, she just said “okay” and seemed relieved that there would be one less table to take care of. They were clearly understaffed, but you would think they’d anticipate being busy on a Saturday night. This experience definitely soured us on Estelle’s and we decided to go to a more well-established restaurant on 4th, where we had awesome cocktails and food and were seated immediately, despite the big crowd. Estelle’s could learn a lot about customer service from their neighbors.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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B and Sav were the best. They had a glitch from overbooking and still worked us in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a confusing overpriced experience with surprisingly good food. I feel bad for the kitchen, there's some real talent back there that got completely overshadowed by the absolutely terrible service. 2* for the food alone, wouldn't be fair to give 1* for that.
It feels like there's a disconnect between the two sides of the house that unfortunately killed the evening for us. Servers are slow, forgetful and disinterested. It took us 20 minutes after seating to get a drink, did not have anyone swing by until 40 minutes to take food orders and by an hour not all of the food had been fired. We cancelled half the food and left to try and redeem the night down the road (we did successfully).
The music was so loud and clubby (think 2014 bad Euro trance) making it impossible to talk even though the space is described as having "cozy corners for a private conversation". Between the small baggies on the floor in the bathroom, the music and the staff more interested in what they are doing at 3am this was such a confusion environment with the plants, pastel colors and delicately built cocktails.
Fantastic food (when it came out) makes me sad to see it get overshadowed by everything else wrong with the place. If I could get those Wellington bites to go I would. 2* for the food.
What a shame to see what's standing where Trulucks used to. The good news is I don't see how this makes it much longer; excited to see what comes next.
Thanks for the 100 dollar night for 2 apps, 2 cocktails and us having a laugh at how bad things were. A bit bold to already include 20% gratuity and then ask for extra tip for that experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Pricey, fun for a bday or date night
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great upscale place to hangout and feel fancy during the day and night!
Overall enjoyed this spot! Very cute inside with a bar and upstairs with tables. The service was good. Food was okay but nothing out of this world. Tapas style which is my favorite. The drinks were pretty good and a nice list for cocktails, but they were out of some things which is always disappointing. I overall liked the spot and would go back/recommend maybe for a girls night.
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