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April 2024 by Manveer Grewal
Consistently great
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April 2024 by Danny Zepeda III
It's a very small place and very popular so be ready to wait. The pho was good but a little bland. The Bánh mì was very tasty and seasoned well and the bread was fresh and crunchy. Their spring rolls were very good with a great flavor.
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April 2024 by Alexandria Martinez
The fact that I wasn’t at all regretful about paying $18 for a Banh Mi should tell you everything you need to know! Places like this cafe are what make the Austin food scene so versatile and superior. The baguettes are made fresh in house daily- I’d HIGHLY recommend the salt & pepper shrimp Banh Mi as well as the Tiger Lily cocktail. All the staff made us feel at home and we couldn’t have asked for a better dining experience.
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April 2024 by Brandon Croke
Foods not great, it’s pricey, great atmosphere but don’t go if you’re looking for bomb authentic Vietnamese food. Good date spot 3/5 cause low on flavor and portions and high on price.
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April 2024 by Michael Johnston
Ate outside, great outdoor eating area with vey cool try cover. Now the food. I had the grilled pork BU’N. It was phenomenal. Great combination of fresh, savory, sweet, crunchy and umami. The nuam choc sauce was excellent. Wife had the tofu bahn mi. She said tje fried tofu tastes just like pork. We were vacationing from Maine otherwise we would be regulars. Also table has the only 4 condiments you ever need. Housin, sambal, fish sauce and siracha. Well done!
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April 2024 by Kris Huff
Great food, staff is nice, but they need to work out the layout & logistics of this place. Their parking lot is a nightmare.I hope they reconfigure it all or open a second location.
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March 2024 by Y “Lc” C
Love the location and ambience of the restaurant. Thou the outdoor area is facing two roads, it still feels tucked in and relatively quiet.We ordered crispy chicken rolls. That was tasty and love the dipping sauce came with it!We also ordered Singapore noodles and Banh Mi, both were just Ok. The noodles are on the oily side and not enough vegetables and curry powder. Banh Mi was rather bland.I’ll probably come back and try the pastry next time.Dog is allowed on the patio which is a bonus.
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March 2024 by Victor Chau
I visited Elizabeth Street Cafe for lunch. We ordered the Vietnamese coffee, fried spring rolls, drunken noodles with steak, and fried rice with steak.We received our coffee first and honestly it did not make a great first impression. It was noticeably weaker than literally any other Vietnamese coffee I’ve had before.The fried spring rolls were quite tasty. The filling was a different meat mixture than I’d had before but still extremely satisfying and fried to perfection.The drunken noodles were also tasty. The sauce was great but the noodles were slightly undercooked and hard for me. The steak was tender and juicy.The fried rice was unexpectedly the best thing I tried there. One spoon was like a punch of flavor and something I could readily recommend.Elizabeth Street Cafe is a Vietnamese inspired restaurant but I definitely would not come here expecting to get authentic Vietnamese food. Like many fusion restaurants in Austin, Elizabeth Street Cafe takes traditionally Vietnamese/southeast Asian flavors and adds their own unique modern twist to them. If you’re able to come with an open mindset I think you would be able to experience something new and tasty here. Additionally, like many fusion restaurants in Austin, Elizabeth Street Cafe is not cheap by any means. It was $100 two coffees, two entrees, and an appetizer after tip. Definitely not a cheap place. I would only recommend those looking to try Asian fusion with an upscale twist visit here. Authentic Asian food seekers avoid like the plague.
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March 2024 by RaphaelV
Beware of sitting inside, especially in the gallery, it can get incredibly loud and you may not be able to hear the person sitting directly across from you! Otherwise delicious Vietnamese fare with some French touches here and there, and very nice staff. I recommend the beignets!
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March 2024 by Nicholette Lawson
We were there early on a Sunday morning & the food was VERY slow coming out. We were having a nice conversation & had the time to linger but if we had been in any kind of hurry it would have been a problem. Waitstaff was attentive & kind. The food was amazing! There are only three parking places in their lot and limited parking in the surrounding neighborhoods so definitely either ride share or allow time to locate a parking place.
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March 2024 by Andrea Camacho
The food is very delicious and the service is fast, I recommend making a reservation because it is always full!! I loved the beignets!!It's a bit difficult to find parking.
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March 2024 by joy yap
Would love to see this place serve healthier versions of Asian dishes like the pho without MSG and cooking without seed oils. This means using higher quality ingredients but it's justified for the premium you're paying for the food. Atmosphere is good and service is good with many gluten free options.
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March 2024 by janna k
We had not been to Elizabeth Street Cafe in over a year and back then it was decent. It was not authentic Vietnamese food, but the food had decent flavors and textures. Last night it was subpar and far too pricy. The rice paper wrapping on the Steamed Rice Rolls ($17) was too watery. Next we tried the Green Mango and Cucumber Salad ($14). Since I do not eat meat, we asked for the beef jerky to be served on the side. It came with the beef jerky on the salad. The sauce was too sweet without any spicy element. We ended our meal with Szechuan Redfish ($26) and were not able to finish this dish due to the texture. The accompanying rice was dry and hard as if it was a day old. The fish had a slimy consistency and tasted like it was battered in old white flour and fried in old oil a day before and then warmed up. It was not crispy at all, nor fresh. For $26, I would assume they would serve crispy, fresh, hot fish in larger pieces. Not something that tasted like it was made yesterday. The accompanying sauce was one dimensional and too peppery even for me. Our server deducted 25% from all of the items on our check. Honestly the whole meal was not worth half that. The ambiance is cute, but it gets too loud inside with all of the tables approximately 6" apart and hard surfaces everywhere. We will probably not come back. There are better Vietnamese restaurants in town.
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March 2024 by scaboags
Nice date night out, food was generally good, though pricey for what we got ($14 for Shrimp Spring Rolls is more than 2x what we pay from our favorite Vietnamese restaurant, though I realize this was better quality). The Redfish in Szechuan Chili Oil was delicious (though if you don't like raw peppercorns, watch out or pick them out). My wife's Pork Bun (vermicelli bowl), which is her go-to Vietnamese dish, was not near as good or as flavorful as our go-to Vietnamese take-out and was priced about 1/3 higher. I would say we probably won't be back, though the atmosphere does warrant an upcharge because it's a nice place.
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March 2024 by Mark Brownstein
Very good Vietnamese food on 1st street with a great atmosphere. We had Pho and grilled pork vermicelli. Both were
