A traditional brasserie, Le Politique offers a menu of classic French fare, including trout amandine, escargot, steak frites, and oyster bar. An adjoining patisserie and coffee shop features a selection of house-made pastries and perfectly pulled espresso to-go.
Bright downtown brasserie, cafe & patisserie serving French fare in contemporary surrounds. Based on 622 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$$
Address:
110 San Antonio St, Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 580-7651
Website: http://www.lepolitiqueaustin.com/
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Jack Lawson
Great food (try the quiche!). Friendly staff. Fun atmosphere. Everyone says it’s expensive but you get what you for 🙂 it’s not over priced for the quality. The pics below are of the patisserie attached to the restaurant but the review stands true for the restaurant as well. Great place to brunch on the weekends!
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Edward Farinas
Enjoyed the experience. Service was great and the ambiance was nice. The food was good, but didn’t amaze me. I tend to find this to be an issue with restaurant week. If you order of set menus your food doesn’t always feel special and sometimes feels as if it was just pulled out from under a warming lamp. But I understand how volume can be an issue. After we left, we kind of wished we just ate off the regular menu as the specials sounded as if they would actually be appetizing. I definitely was left wanting more.
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Anita Price
While Austin is not overrun with French restaurants, we have a couple of good ones, so I’m happy to report that we’ve added a great new option. The escargot and steak tartarre hold their own against versions I’ve had at other restaurants (the snails here are served in an herb pesto and are topped with nickel sized puff pastry, which is notable) and the burger can likewise compete, but the deviled eggs at Le Politique are the best I’ve had anywhere and I have them EVERYWHERE they are offered.
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Nola Lu
Le Politique has always been solid every time I visit for lunch or dinner. The mussels and fries here are my go-to), and my dining companions have also raved about the steak frites and burger. I’m also a huge escargot fan, though theirs isn’t my favorite. However, the star of the show is the Paris Brest on the dessert menu! I’m not a huge sweets or dessert person usually, but I was intrigued by the Earl Grey ice cream and yuzu mandarin curd, so I ordered it on a whim and am literally obsessed. It was by far one of my favorite desserts ever. I could eat it every day, and would come back for that one dish alone.
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Brandi Nellis
We just popped in for dessert and the bartender recommended the lemon tarte (which probably had a much fancier name) and the cheese platter. Both were SO yummy! The atmosphere of the restaurant is quaint & I felt like I really was in a French cafe!☺
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Ted Tran
We had rsvp for Sat at 5:45p and got seated by the back door and immediately asked to be relocated which they’ve accommodated nicely. Started off with side car cocktails which was fantastically made. Nice homemade French bread & whipped butter came shortly after. The small seafood tower was perfect starter along with the moist cheesy gougeres (cheese puffs). Star of the show were the raw clams and oysters and broiled shrimp. The broiled cold lobster was overdone and although tasty is probably best served hot with melted butter. We enjoyed champagne cocktails (off-menu) with our seafood tower and which surprised me when the waitress never heard of it. For dinner we decided on the ribeye special for two which came with potato gratin and paired with a Bordeaux wines. The rib eye arrived in a nice rose gold serving platter and it was a knock out! Perfectly medium rare and precut for easy sharing. We couldn’t finish it and took the 1/3 of it home along with some nice crusty french bread. We we’re stuffed and sadly had to passed on the dessert and cheese course. Overall a nice Modestly decorated place. The dinner area is separated from the main reception/cold bar & cocktail bar. Had lovely pastel pink drapes to help dampen the noise some. The bathroom was tucked behind the bar which was hard to get to as the bar patrons and tables are mostly in the path. The cocktail Bar area looked awesome except the bench seating looked rather hard without cushions. The cold bar seating area is low without back support which is not inviting as your back is to the front door. We were skeptical about the service from some of the early bad reviews but they appeared to have improved during the time frame we went. The bakery next door isn’t opened yet but looks promising. Le Politique is really good value for the money and offers generous portions in an intimate classy space. It’s like an upscale bistro with a fantastic raw bar and it’s a local joint which we like to support.
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Dirk VP
Lovely ambiance. Great waitstaff and very good food. The oysters were some of the best I’ve had in town (if not flat out the best) and definitely rivaled places like Perlas. The French onion soup was phenomenal. The lunch fixe was quite nice with lovely little steak medallions. For desert we had a medley of macarons that were delightful. My two favs were the earl grey and pistachio which had a wonderful almond filling. The only thing I didn’t like was the deviled eggs. I love deviled eggs with caviar so ordered these up. It was too tangy from the relish layer at the bottom and I was hoping for more of the salty pop you would get from black caviar. It just really was not good. Everything else more than made up for it though. Had a well pulled espresso to top it off. Very nice highbrow lunch. It’s pricy but worth it for the right occasion. Would give a 4.5 if that were an option.
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Leila Rahil
An out of town friend and I did our birthday month dinner here and it was absolutely fabulous!
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Shane Hausler
Great place for something upscale. Bright eatery with nice staff and excellent food. Affordable, though not cheap, it had some excellent french Staples and twists on the formula
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Dame Childe
This is a review of the bakery “Patisserie” (not the restaurant).
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