The Garden At Ellera - Bee Cave

I was welcomed to throw my sister her baby shower here and I could not have asked for it to have gone any better! I was offered to reserve an entire dining room area that was quite spacious and was quoted a rather heavy price so I only reserved a smaller section for what I needed. Then as I arrived the manager came in to greet me and ended up staying for over an hour to help me decorate, pick out wine, and set up the whole space. Then to my surprise since they weren’t too busy the manager closed off the whole set of TWO huge dining rooms and we had both huge dining rooms and the whole outside patio area to ourselves for the party which was way bigger than even needed for sure and at no extra cost they just gave it to us out of the fact that they COULD. The whole staff was very friendly and helpful from coming in to give a wonderful presentation and explanation of our whole tables spread to getting every request right on the dot such as placing the cake with its cake accessories precisely how I had quite complicatedly asked of them. On top of all this we ended up staying far past closing time and were welcomed to without any pressure on leaving. Ten out of ten would recommend ?

Wow this place is stunning! Wonderful service, great staff, and delicious!!

So wanted to love this restaurant, but was disappointed in the quality of the food. The server was a true bright point as he was very attentive and knowledgeable about the menu. The cocktails were also refreshing. The food was lacking, especially given the price point. A charcuterie board looked a bit sad with what appeared to be luncheon meat and very small portioning of cheese. The rigatoni was ok, but it lacked a lot of flavor and was reminiscent of something from the frozen meal section of a grocery store. On a Friday night, the place was basically empty, which is a bit sad. Nothing seems to last long in this location.

Recently planned my special birthday dinner celebration with a small group of friends there.The host and waitress were well informed it was my birthday, however I was not offered any complimentary dessert or even a mention about it. The cocktails were served in tiny glasses, 3/4 full (on top of that, waitress accidentally spilled some of mine and just said “sorry” . No bread/butter to start off with. Several of us ordered pasta, which was very good, however bit cold and no Parmesan cheese offered to add. Overall very expensive for what is offered and disappointing place. We will continue venturing out to other places.

Such a beautiful restaurant … absolutely lovely and inviting. We have visited twice and the service was quite good. We all agreed, it would be such a shame to see this place fail to thrive. I strongly encourage the management to seek a lot of feedback about the menu, recipes, quality of food prep, and prices. Sadly, the food we ordered was just not that good and definitely did not justify the high-end prices. (Fried chicken, two types of pizza, sandwich, salads. Note: we have not tried the Italian entree s). We are only leaving this review to suggest that you re-think the menu and work on the recipes. A gorgeous addition to Bee Cave … we’d love to be your regular customers when food quality and prices are improved. No one wants to be price gouged for really mediocre food, particularly in Austin, when there are so many amazing places to eat. Thank you for considering these suggestions. .