Arlo Grey by Kristen Kish
Restaurant · South Congress
111 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701
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Highlights
French & Italian-inspired plates & cocktails with a lakeside view
French & Italian-inspired plates & cocktails with a lakeside view
"A few years after she won Top Chef, Kristen Kish opened her first restaurant right here in Austin. Located at the bottom of the Line Hotel, Arlo Grey has a fairly wide-ranging menu full of crudo, pastas, chicken milanese and wagyu ribeye. The prices can be steep, but you’re paying for the stylish Downtown scenery (and celebrity bona fides) as much as you are the food. After dinner, head up to P6 for a picturesque rooftop drink overlooking Lady Bird Lake." - matthew jacobs
"Top Chef winner and now host Kristen Kish’s first solo restaurant has landed in Austin, serving elegant dishes that stem from her already storied past. Located lakeside inside the Line Hotel, the restaurant offers crudos, grilled meats, and pasta in its bright indoor dining room, a prime spot for bird-watching. Cocktails showcase Kish’s background and travels and feature soju, mezcal, pama, and rum. Make sure you stay for dessert, and order the toasted sourdough ice cream." - Taylor Tobin
"In downtown Austin, the Line Austin Hotel’s restaurant — run by Top Chef winner and now host Kristen Kish — is a prime spot for watching the city’s famous bats. There are floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Colorado River and the Congress Avenue Bridge. Kish’s menu includes creative smaller plates like crispy rice with crab and saffron aioli, and a great burger. The hotel’s rooftop bar, P6, offers a different perspective on Downtown views." - Erin Russell
"Top Chef champion turned Top Chef host Kristen Kish chose Austin’s Line Hotel as the home of her first restaurant. The downtown spot allows her the opportunity to work with fresh Austin ingredients, make use of her classical French and Italian training, weave in techniques and flavors from her Midwestern childhood, and introduce elements from her Korean heritage. The result is an international menu that’s multifaceted without feeling muddled, starring dishes like fried steamed buns with eggplant; crispy rice with crab, bacon, and saffron aioli; and confit duck with dumplings. In terms of beverages, the restaurant offers a well-chosen list of American and European wines (with a heavy emphasis on natural wines) and a tightly curated cocktail menu, and the restaurant’s minimalist but warm decor scheme keeps the focus on the food, drinks, and company at the table." - Taylor Tobin
"Tour each of the Line Hotel’s three restaurants for a different mocktail experience this Dry January. At Arlo Grey, the Deep Orchard mocktail offers a sweet-and-vinegary concoction with fig and balsamic reduction and soda. At F6, the hotel’s rooftop bar, you can partake in the Velveteen Rabbit, with carrot juice, egg white, pineapple, and lemon. Cantero, a sotol-focused bar on the property, offers a mocktail called the Chamomile Haze, a cannabis-infused sip made with grapefruit, chamomile, and Texas Breeze CBD soda. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services." - Erin Russell
