Stella San Jac

We hosted a corporate dinner at Stella San Jac and were blown away with the service. The team was very accommodating and the value for the 3-​course meal was astounding compared to other options in the city.
We have been back in to Stella since and I was very impressed with their regular menu and their brunch menu is also stellar. Highly recommend the brunch cocktails which are innovative and refreshing.
I would highly reccomend stopping by the Westin and to enjoy the deliciousness of Stella San Jac

I’ve had the pleasure of eating here for both lunch and dinner. Both experiences were great! Staff was extremely helpful and made sure to check in regularly. I’d highly recommend the Kale and Brussels salad! Parking is $ 20 for 3 hours which seems high but luckily I can park down the street for free and walk. :)

Service was Two Thumbs Way Up! The food from left to right on the plate was awesome! Had a little bit of everything. Live music topped the night off along with some comped meals from the GM! Don’t pass up on dessert too.

I’ve lived in Austin my entire life and love the food culture here. Having Sunday’s off always, I’ve come to thoroughly enjoy my Sunday brunches. Always trying new places and explore. Stella’s was fantastic, the food was unique and flavorful. They even had cool twist on biscuits that packed them with flavor. Service was great every person for the host to the server was enjoyable, polite and trying to make the eating experience fantastic. Stella’s is new Sunday’s brunches but the have it figured out. Easily in my top 5 best places to do brunch. I will be back to explore their dinner menu. Great place, check it out or maybe don’t check it out so when I come back there won’t be a line. :-)

A week ago I visited this beautiful restaurant, the atmosphere is really cozy and warm
All of the people who served us was were very attentive
I taste some of their delicious dishes and were a delight, their warm and soft #16 Biscuits, The Pork Chops in their good doneness and omg their desserts Stella’s S’mores just really creamy was heavenly!
The entirely night was perfect!

On a weekend getaway. Tried to make last minute reservations but open table said none were available. It was early for a Saturday so we took a chance. So glad we did! Greeted by upbeat friendly hostess that promptly seated us.
We were intrigued by the menu because my boyfriend is doing a vegan fast and their options sounded tasty. The roasted brussel sprouts were to die for!!! My boyfriend swore he hates brussell sprouts but he inhaled these and almost licked the bowl. Totally changed his perspective. He also ordered the quinoa and zucchini. It was very tasty but the portion sizes was rather small. Since it was a vegan entrée, they should have given more.
I had the deviled eggs. OMG!!! The best I have ever had and so artistically presented. I also had the fried avocado salad. It was unique with roasted corn, feta cheese, candied jalapeños. Never had fried avocados before, they were perfect. Now a fan. Salad was overdressed but enjoyable.
We will definitely be back.

OMG ~ that’s all j can say. Soooooo good. The Beet Chips are addictive, the steak was yummy as were the Sprouts, but the coupe de grace was the BISCUIT! Sublime!

Delicious food. Beautiful and modern décor and ambience. Excellent drinks. And superb location in relation to 6^th street and all great things downtown! Great concept but slow slow service so take your time at this restaurant. Start off with a Tito grey cocktail and enjoy:
Apps: deviled eggs were excellently prepared, but my favorite was the Brussel sprouts. Super flavorful and tasty! Biscuits were good, but you can’t really go wrong with buttery biscuits anyways.
Entrée: scallops were a delicious and light option. If you want something more hearty then go with the scrumptious short rib or the strip steak. Both were wonderfully tasty (running out of adjectives if you can’t tell…)
Dessert: blueberry French toast was my favorite. Perfect combination of sweet and rich. The peaches and cream were basically biscuits with peaches and cream… if you’re into that. It is tasty, but I was sold on the latter dish.
Excellent 2.5 hour experience. The time could have been a lot shorter but good company makes it worthwhile!

The staff is wonderful and the service impeccable, I was just underwhelmed by the food. When it’s a coin toss between three or four stars, I’ll have to go with Brando: «STELLA!»
It’s all subjective tads with me: The scallops were a tad salty, the burger bun a tad cold, and the biscuits a tad ordinary. But the mussels were good, and props for the fennel/​orange salad & superb Stella fries.
Now I’ll tell you what was great: Jeanine the hostess. Eric the server. S’mores the dessert. And the fact I didn’t even know there was a downtown Westin, and how Austin keeps evolving. And don’t misunderstand. Stella San Jac has class. Stella San Jac is a contender. I coulda been somebody who ordered something different. I’ll look forward to the rematch.

Beautiful place, stellar location, very clean bathrooms.
Johnny cakes with BBQ chicken are flavorful, but very small. Don’t expect this to be a «fill you up» appetizer. Fried avocado salad — tasty but very heavy. As the second dinner of the night (yeah, yeah) we weren’t SUPER into it. However, I think if we had more room, this would’ve been a great salad to help fill you up with (relatively) healthy things!
The scallops were my fave. They were beautifully cooked, and scallops are so naturally rich that I LOVED the pairing with a light citrusy arugula/​fennel salad. I’ll definitely be getting this, along with an appetizer I didn’t get to try, next time!
This place a little pricey, and I wasn’t super blown away with the dessert — but the service is what really makes it. Our service was fast, courteous, and fun. We were in a bit of a rush, and I felt like the staff at Stella San Jac made sure we wouldn’t miss our obligations.

I love their burger, it is the best in town in my opinion, my friend got the fried avocado salad since she is a vegetarian and it’s delicious.
Will defiantly come back here again.

I ordered the fried avocado salad, as well as the biscuits since it was so highly recommended on Unilocal!The salad was fresh and perfect mix of light and filling. The biscuits were delicious as well.

Stella San Jac is a beautiful, large open space. The service was wonderful. The menu is concise. Cocktails are fresh.
We tried the Johnny cakes with BBQ chicken, small but tasty corn cakes with pecans. The best dish was the perfectly cooked scallops with fennel and orange salad. The fried avocado salad with corn and candied jalapeños was rich and would have been a great lunch.
The dessert was sautéed peach with a white chocolate pudding on biscuits. It tasted like metal, I’m assuming they cooked the acidic peaches in a reactive pan. Also, i can’t help but notice that peaches are far from in season, I’d rather see a seasonal dessert.

Met a client here for a business lunch and while it was quite good– it didn’t blow our socks off. For starters, if you can’t find street parking– you must valet at $ 17 with no validation from the restaurant. I paid for her parking as I find it inappropriate to ask a guest to pay such an exorbitant price to be my guest for lunch– so just FYI business lunchers.
I frankly found the menu uninspired and on trend with the recent adoption of upscale comfort food. What is it with Austin’s biscuit, deviled egg and fried green tomato fascination already? I had the braised short ribs (another trendy item) in reduction jus with sweet potato mash and a slaw. It was very tender and tasty, but like I said, rather uninspired. My guest had the fried green tomato sandwich that she seemed to enjoy, but overall this reminded me of several other similar places in town with parking that is much less expensive and convenient.

I am deeply impressed with my experience at Stella so far.
We stopped in for a quick breakfast at 6:30am before heading to work and enjoyed perfectly and quickly prepared food.
I went back for lunch and had one of the best salads ever.
It is an absolute pleasure to find such high-​quality food downtown, open early.

This review is based on two visits: dinner and brunch (note the menus on their website appear to be outdated already in terms of offerings and pricing).
10÷13÷15 — Dinner: Our table shared a variety of items. As a nice surprise we discovered our delicious cocktails were all at happy hour prices and were half off. I can find no info. regarding their happy hour/​times on their website, but on the tuesday evening we visited all our cocktails were half off (a nice surprise when the bill arrived!).
Beet chips: Think taro chips, which of course are delicious. But it is the accompanying horseradish dill dip that makes this a MUST try!
Deviled eggs: Unique and flavorful due to the bits of sausage in the whipped eggs.
#15 biscuits: A tad on the dry side, not the best in town.
Kale and Brussels: Delicious with sausage mixed in (so not vegetarian friendly).
The Stella burger: Just do yourself a favor and order it. This burger received many oohs and awwwes from our table, even from the vegetarians! The two things making this burger outstanding, aside from the meat quality, is the confit stewed tomatoes and the shoestring onion rings.
10÷18÷15 — Brunch:
Lemon Ricotta Banana Pancakes: Delicious! The folded in bananas and the ricotta cheese makes these pancakes melt in your mouth good.
Turkey Omelet: Good, considering a low fat omelet. Modest sized.
Bowl of Fruit: Bargain priced at $ 6 for a large bowl of ripe and beautiful berries and melon.
Brewed Coffee: Well it is Starbucks, but $ 5?! (cost on updated menu)

HAPPY HOUR REVIEW:
I underestimate hotel bars or restaurants in hotels. I am not sure why they never come to mind while I am deciding where to have a quick cocktail but, this place will be at the top of my list when I am in this area. My friend and I loved the cocktails, staff and ambiance so much that we returned after the event we attended to have one more before we went home.
The spritzer cocktail is both refreshing and well blended without the sweet overpowering taste that you would expect. I could tell that they used fresh fruit blended into it. We didn’t partake in the food happy hour but, they had a creative and well thought out menu. They were also running a special on carafes of sangria that was a great deal.
The ambiance was great for either a friend cocktail hour or a date night. Also, a bonus is they have large and clean bathrooms. The prices were on point for what you are getting so, I would say this is definitely worth a stop in!

I wandered in Stella San jac with my cousin after a rather tiresome evening at the ATX startup crawl, not knowing what to expect. I was a little intimidated when I walked in, the ambience reminded me of an era of class that I seldom see these days. Apprehension overtook, and I started having second thoughts.
Benjamin, our waiter took us to our table, and very patiently explained the menu — I need lengthy explanations you see, about what goes in to the food I’m about to eat. He immediately pointed out entrees that could and could not be made vegetarian, and made suggestions se well.
I was honestly curious about the beet chips. I’ve had beet chips before — but never like these. They are clearly made in house, they’re light and they’re lovely. The horseradish dill dipping sauce is the perfect companion to the sweetness of the beet — making me crave more.
The fried avocado salad was perfection itself. The cholula ranch blends perfectly with candied jalapeños, romaine and corn. When you take s bite of the avocado, jalapeño and romaine all at once — you’ll forget that you’re actually having a salad. This is coming from someone who is against salads, take my word for it by all means.
Since our health option for the day was done, we decided to offset it with some dessert. I wasn’t blown away personally as I am prejudiced against cinnamon, but I enjoyed the white chocolate mousse combined with the peach compote immensely.
I have to say, I was impressed that the restaurant manager took the time to go to each table and inquire about their experience. The service itself was impeccable.
To think I walked in here apprehensively, thinking this was just going to be another upscale fussy restaurant with laughable portions– I now laugh at myself for having preconceived notions.
I can’t wait to be back for date night soon.

I never knew Stella San Jac existed before yesterday. We were looking for a place to go before the gay pride parade and stumbled upon this place on Unilocal.The restaurant is attached to the Westin. It’s has a classy feel on the inside. Most of the seats were empty, but the hostess still asked us if we had reservations. Kinda weird.
We weren’t super hungry, so we just ordered some small plates. The deviled eggs were delicious. Each one had a little piece of bacon on top. The crab cake was good, but I wish it had come with a little more aioli. The biscuits were super yummy and the honey butter they came with were even better. The tops of the biscuits were pretty salty, which I actually liked.
Overall, the food was good, service was good, and the atmosphere was really nice.

Definitely pretty impressed with this place after only being open for a short few days. Located on the corner of 5^th and San Jacinto at the bottom of the new Westin Hotel, I really hope this place becomes a hot-​spot because of it’s close proximity to the bar scene. This block of town really needed some higher class dinner venues, as Eddie V’s was the only one in sight prior to Stella.
But everything from the signage outside, to the feel you get right when you walk in to meet the hostess is SPOT-​ON. Fabulous décor, I’m telling you people, this place is über-​chic!
But I came in with a group of 8 on a Saturday night. It was super easy to snag a reservation on OpenTable (I think only because no one knows this place is open yet.) We ordered several drinks to start — a glass of Rose for me — and then a few appetizers to share. The Beet Chips, Crispy Brussels and Jumbo Lump Crabcake were fantastic. We also each ordered an entrée, and I can personally declare the Braised Short Rib was Ah-​mazing! Trust me… just order it, I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Service was superb… our waitress was quite sweet and very, very attentive. She even split our checks without us even having to ask!
We will be back for sure. It was a great spot for a big group, so I’ll keep Stella in mind for future birthdays and celebrations!