Citrus

Made our 10^th wedding anniversary special. Wonderful service and good ambience. Great food. I had the lamb rack and my wife had the salmon. They were both great. Nice wine collection. We arrived less than an hour before closing time and left almost an hour after closing time. Never felt rushed.

We went here during restaurant week to see what the buzz was about in this Hotel Valencia restaurant. Per the occasion, we ordered from the prix fixe menu.
I started with the lobster bisque and was very disappointed. Memories of store bought chicken broth came to my palette as I tasted this.
The redemption of Citrus lies in the prix fixe entrée, in which the red snapper was perfectly plated with micro greens and a white clam coconut oil and lemon scented olive oil sauce. The snapper has a perfect crust and was absolutely. Finally, the cookies and cream crumb cake was purely amazing.
Citrus has a very sexy atmosphere; sleek, modern, and sultry. The service is outstanding and the wine menu is above average.

Went here for restaurant week. The food was amazing. Service was good although they made us wait a little because we didn’t have a reservation. In their defense they were hosting an event so most or all of the tables inside were reserved. We sat outside and it worked out perfectly.

This restaurant is attached to the Hotel Valencia. I must say, this is the best hotel breakfast buffet I’ve had in a quite some time. You may not know me but for those who do, I indulge in a vast array of culinary awesomeness and I’d rank this establishment near the top. Very chic, modern décor, solid service and of course, wonderful food selection. It was the «standard» choices for a breakfast buffet but the main difference at Citrus is the quality of the food. I will absolutely be back! Bravo!

Awful! My family went to Citrus on Christmas Eve for a nice family dinner. We have two Vegans in our party that they were more than willing to accommodate. After ordering, our food took an unusually long time to be delivered to our table. When it did arrive my eggplant was ice cold. I have never sent back food but it and the rest of the items on my plate were inedible. The waitress took the plate back and came back to explain I could get a new order or they could re heat my original plate… $ 24 for fried eggplant to be re fried? Are you kidding? I left sad that our dinner was not what we expected. A week later I look at my credit card statement and I was overcharged $ 246.00!!! STAY AWAY sad

This a great place for an elegant preshow dinner. It is quiet and out of the way, tucked into the boutique hotel, Valencia, just steps away from the Majestic. If you are looking for something hidden away from all the usual Riverwalk hubbub, this is the place. While not overly sophisticated, the service was friendly and pleasant. Flavors are good and beautiful presentation. Not necessarily an exceptional meal, but very nice and convenient to make for a good dinner and show date! They also have a great bar next to the restaurant. Even though we didn’t go there I might be back sometime before or after a show.

Took my wife here for our 17^th anniversary — Food was good and staff was very friendly and and accommodating.

Excellent service excellent meal, This place is top notch. Do yourself a favor and stop by

We dined at Citrus today and the server was not very good. He made it seem like we were putting him out when we ordered a coke at the beginning of our meal. Isn’t that what you do at a restaurant take the drink and food order. Just weird! The lunch came in a timely manner and taste was yummy.

Had the grand finale meal of a ten day swing through the Lone Star State here. It did not disappoint.
We sat outside on the patio overlooking the Riverwalk. Warm fresh bread arrived just after our glasses of wine. The La Crema chardonnay is a bit of a cliché, but was presented in fine condition and just what the doctor ordered.
For starters I had the shrimp and chorizo iberico, my wife had the bibb lettuce salad. The shrimp looked small in its ramekin but was a decent portion — five or six shrimp with disks of sausage in a dark sauce that tasted of a wine or vinegar reduction and onions. The salad was light and well balanced between the nuts and cabrales cheese and was a good portion for a fine dining restaurant.
Lamb shank seemed pricey at $ 38 until it arrived. It was one of the largest I have seen and perfectly cooked — tender but not quite falling off the bone. Accompanying it was another deep ragout with might have been cabbage or frisee on the top. It went so well with the Meiomi pinot noir. My wife enjoyed her duck breast — I was a little disappointed that the confit was not presented as a whole leg but as shreds of meat in the vegetable side that accompanied it.
After the mighty shank and rich duck, we had to skip dessert.
Service was friendly and professional — just as it should be.

I recently had dinner at Citrus before a performance at the Majestic Theatre and will definitely be returning. There are plenty of good restaurants to choose from downtown, but really good food, great service, a pleasant atmosphere, AND complimentary valet parking when you dine really combine to bring me back.
Unlike other reviewers, we had very attentive and friendly service (thank you, Logan!) We were greeted promptly, the hostess and restaurant manager up front were friendly and welcoming. Logan came in just a few minutes to get our drink orders, and the courses were well-​time. We weren’t hurried but they were also mindful of our theater start time, since they asked us, and I heard them asking most other diners, if we were going to the show. The manager did come by to check on us as well.
I had the three course tasting menu they’d put together for the show, and my mother had the spinach salad and the veal. My black bean & crab soup was delicious — rich and creamy and full of flavor. I wish I could buy it to make at home. The portion was pretty big for an appetizer, though. Offering a cup in addition to a bowl would be great. I also could have used more crème fraîche, but I’m a crème fraîche fanatic. My crispy skin red snapper was cooked well and flavorful, but the skin wasn’t as crispy as advertised. However, the accompanying sofrito was to die for! For dessert, we shared the lemon curd, which was tart and fantastic! My mother loved both her salad and her veal chop, which was thick but cooked medium rare to her liking. (And she’s picky.)
The atmosphere in the restaurant is trendy but comfortable, just like V Bar, and it would be good for a romantic dinner, for dining with friends /​family, or for a small group. The views from the outside seating looked nice, but it was 40 degrees the night we were there, so nobody was seated outside.
Overall, really a great dinner, and as I said — I’m already planning to return.

Went out to citrus on a Tuesday night, rather convenient with downtown Tuesday and the free parking it offers, which happened to be only a block from where we parked. Walked in with no reservation and were seated immediately and our waiter shortly followed. He arrived with water promptly and took our drink orders and appetizer. I had settled between the foie gras and tuna tartare and asked which he suggested, instantly he said foie gras without a doubt, «best in the city!» Hell ya, I thought when it came out, the foie gras portion is large and deserving of the $ 20 tag associated with it and was very beautifully presented with house made brioche toast. Sadly the flavors were bland, and almost uninteresting aside from the foie, it didnt live up to the artistic expression on the plate and failed to impress my girlfriend and I. We decided thd first course was enough and left shortly after. The menu sounded delicious and read well, but it seemed to be foreshadowing of things to come

We arrived on Christmas morning 2014, looking for a place to fuel up before departing home. We were seated quickly, and greeted by very friendly waiter. He took our order, and that was the last interaction we had with him over the course of the next hour.
It took us 10 minutes to get coffee, and another 15 to get a second fill-​up. The coffee tasted great, but the bad taste in my mouth had already started to form as we saw tables that arrived after us getting our food before we had received a morsel. Not a single time over the next 45 minutes as we waited for our 6 eggs, oatmeal, and french toast to be cooked, did we receive an update from anyone, or have an interaction with our waiter. After waiting these 45 minutes, we finally asked for an update and were told it would be an additional 10 minutes. Perhaps they were waiting for the chicken to lay the eggs, or perhaps they were steel-​cutting the oats to order, but I highly doubt it.
After this paltry news, we decided we would be best served to go to elsewhere if we ever wanted to eat. We got up and left. Granted it was Christmas morning, but if a business is going to be open on a holiday, you may as well staff to be open regardless of the day as to not lose customers for a lifetime.

Citrus was excellent!
My fiancé and I went there for dinner during a little one-​night vacation to San Antonio and had a truly remarkable dining experience. From the moment we walked into the restaurant everything was done in a warm, professional, and enjoyable way. OUr server was very nice, patient, and helpful in making both a wine selection and our dinner selections. He displayed all of the traits that you hope for in a fine-​dining server.
We started our meal with a foie gras appetizer… basically slices of foie gras served with a butternut squash purée, cherry compote, picked cabbage, and a nut crumble (I believe), it was delicious. Following this we shared a heirloom tomato and burrata salad which was excellent… the burrata was so creamy and it was garnished with pickled mustard seeds, which looked like caviar, but gave a nice little vinegar-​y crunch.
For main courses, she had the mushroom pasta and I had the Veal T-bone…her’s was very good, but mine just knocked it out of the park. The T-​bone was served with potato purée, carrots, lardons, and a bone marrow bordelaise. So amazing and cooked exactly the way I ordered it (sad how uncommon this is even at fine dining establishments).
For dessert we had coffee and a bowl of masserated berries served with mascarpone gelato. The dessert was tasty and of a good size. We liked that generally the desserts seemed a bit on the lighter side.
The wine list at Citrus was minimalistic, but had some very good wines on it. We found an amazing bottle of 2009 Palmaz for $ 10 more than you could buy it at the winery (if the winery weren’t sold out of this library selection, which it is!) We ended up buying their 2008 bottle of the same to take to our room because it was such a good deal! Generally it appeared that there wines were priced at less than 2x retail which is very reasonable for a fine dining establishment.
The restaurant is located in the Valencia Hotel overlooking the San Antonio Riverwalk… it has a minimalist interior with lots of mirrors and candlelight. The music could have been better (christmas tunes while we were there), but was not played at a distracting volume). The hotel (review to follow) and the restaurant were very romantic.
I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a very wonderful dinner in a lovely setting. We will absolutely return on a future trip to San Antonio.

A table of 12. Probably ordered nearly everything on the menu. I skipped the $ 50 steak and latched onto the $ 30 fish. Mistake. While the fish was delicious, the portion was so small I was still very hungry. More rolls please. The service was very good, just a little slow. I will continue my search for greatness on the Riverwalk.

Citrus is obviously convenient if you’re staying at the Hotel Valencia. It’s got a clean and modern design just like the rest of the hotel’s interior space, but luckily, it’s much brighter or maybe that’s just in the morning and daytime.
Price-​wise, I’d say it’s standard hotel pricing. Service is slow. They’re quick to pour coffee for you which is a plus in the morning. That is, until I got the check and saw that the tiny cup was $ 4 — should’ve had 2 ½ more cups to breakeven with Starbucks. Overall, I’m not a fan of the slow service. I should’ve kept count, but it took forever to order, to get our food, and then to get the check. Our waiter was courteous, but time-​wise for some consultants who need to get going, it was kind of a time-​suck.
Coming back is a maybe.

Me soon thinks not.
We were greeted at the table extremely late, we ordered on the first encounter with our waiter (2 omelettes, toast & coffee) and let him know we were in a bit of hurry and had to leave in an 45min., there were 2 other tables in the restaurant, we had a guest join us who was never even greeted, given water, or offered coffee — he left after waiting 20min. we finally walked out as the 50min mark rolled by and we were forced to leave with no breakfast.

Bottom line up front: under NO circumstance should you eat here! Walk on another 50 feet in either direction and eat at some of the best foodie places in SA!
The service was slow! The food was over priced hotel chain food!
At one point we were the only ones in the restaurant eating and it still took the 9 waiters they had working 20 mins to bring water!
My wife’s margarita was straight out of a mix and the fish tacos were fried in bad tasting oil.
Go to Luke– Go to the Palm– Go to La Quinta
Go anywhere but here!

Citrus! I searched and I searched… where is your menu online? It’s barely findable! So I called. You said it was a prix fixe. We were pumped! Then you weren’t a prix fixe. So sad. Why the bait and switch? Your location made the decision ultimately — right across the street from where we were going to a show. I guess that happens a lot.
But we made it work, checking out your menu and finding a couple of good selections. The short ribs with polenta is where it’s at yo. Redfish — I wanted to love you. But it was bland and uninteresting served with cauliflower. See: bland and uninteresting. First time I havent wanted to finish my dish in, oh, forever. I’m hesitant to eat in hotel restaurants for this reason — the built in audience means you don’t really have to try.
The service was good, I could have eaten those short ribs all night but overall, it was a meets expectations night — rather than the outrageously good experience we were hoping for.

Hidden on the second floor of the Valencia hotel, Citrus has a fantastic view of the river walk and is a usually wait-​free. Perfect for a patio dinner while watching the sun set behind the lovely San Antonio buildings.
The starter bread had variety and was tasty warm. The crispy lobster rolls with avocado mousse dip was delicious… definitely worth ordering. The crab cake was small, but also good.
My entrée was a pork chop with apple raisin like sauce, tender and sweet, complimenting the onions well. Friends also liked their meals.
We were all too stuffed for desert, unfortunately. No issues with service, although I would have thought it too slow if I wasn’t enjoying the ambience.