Café Blue.
12921 Hill Country Blvd Suite D2-120, Bee Cave 78738 (Hill Country Galleria).
(512)366-5230
30.309895°N, 97.94278°W
WiFi: No.
Pepper grinder rating: 1.
Men’s room: 3.
Dwight’s comments:
Café Blue does exactly what I want a fish house to do: serve very good seafood at a price that doesn’t blow a hole in my wallet. I’ve noted elsewhere that they do a good Oysters Rockafeller (their spelling, not mine). I’m also partial to the blue crab and crawfish fondue (which probably needs to be split among at least four people), and the Thai style mussels. If I didn’t think it would have embarrassed my fellow diners, I would have plunged my face into the mussel bowl and drank the broth. Ah, well, that’s what bread is made for.
I haven’t tried any of the salads here. I prefer, instead, to get a bowl of their clam chowder, which is among the best clam chowders I have had in Austin.
As for main courses, I like the crab stuffed flounder, which is exactly what it says it is. A baked flounder, stuffed with crab, served with a simple butter sauce. I’ve also had, and enjoyed, the redfish Louisiane, and I’ve heard good things about the “Kick Ass Sea Bass” and (of all things) the “Fork and Knife Steak Sandwich”. The “Lime Creek Pie” is also excellent for dessert.
They also do a Sunday brunch, and really, you have to like folks who put “Eggs Benedict Arnold” on the menu. (I’ve had them. No, they do not turn on your stomach and try to sell it to the British).
The service is friendly and responsive, and oddly enough, they’ve always seemed to have room without being empty every time I’ve been there.
This is one of the better places in the Galleria I’ve tried so far.