Reviews for Hillside Texas Bistro in Castroville, TX
My wife and I stayed here for a long weekend. The rooms are nicely appointed, the bed was very comfortable, and the place was... very neat and clean. Certainly not the busiest place in the world, but that is not what we were looking for at all. A veryslow and comfortable pace. Folks at the front desk were more than happy to make sure we had what we needed. James and Victoriain the bar and restaurant were GREAT! We had the best time with the staff here. Lots of fun, excellent food and drinks, andsurely stories to be told. If Levi is working in the kitchen, make sure you get a couple of his plates of shrimp tacos. Thosewere excellent. We had a great experience overall and plan to return. Read more
This place is gold! Located at a rather humble location, it is super idyllic. Food here is truly bistro, but absolutely... delicious. I dropped by for a quick lunch and a driving break: it was totally worth it. The staff and host are amongst thefriendliest I’ve seen. So glad I came, and will definitely come back. Read more
This is a very nice ritzy place. Very elegant. All the staff I encountered were very friendly. I had broccoli cheese soup. It... was very tasty but I think the presentation could have been better and maybe some chunks of broccoli in it. I put pepper on top.I'm a black pepper freak. My veggie flat bread was a perfect 10. It was delish. This is a must place to come and dine. It willbe one of my regular spots. Read more
For a place only open 5 days out the week I expected better. My breakfast plate was super greasy. The potatoes were seasoned... pretty good, but just don't expect my eggs to drip that much grease. My wife said the biscuits and gravy were ok nothing tospecial about them. Our server only visited us twice. Once to take our order and the other to deliver our food. No refill on mycoffee, kinda glad for, and no checking up to see if we needed anything. The worst part for me was the $4 for a bad cup ofcoffee. I could have drove to Whataburger, just down the street, for a larger better flavorful cup of coffee. 2 stars is beinggenerous, if you attempt to eat here try lunch or dinner. Read more
Wow! We found this from a TV spot highlighting the food, which is good; however, if James is working the bar, you're in for a... treat. Over two nights, we tried many of the drinks on their cocktail menu and ALL we're solid. Enjoy! Read more
I was excited to try this place by some of the reviews , but sadly we were disappointed. I’ll start with the pros, ITS A... REALLY CUTE hotel / restaurant combo, Tastefully redone. The food was good. The pork belly app was really yummy, taco flightwas really good, but would be better if they removed the chicken portion and whatever the rice was. I was disappointed that theyhave prepackaged rolls ! A little tacky in my opinion. Restaurant looks very clean and food came out in a timely manner and hot! The romantic ambiances is there, view is pretty from what you can see at night, but when escorted to the back outside patioarea it had no lights turned on until the VERY END of our meal ( this made reading the menu extremely hard ). I think that’sabout it for the pros! Cons, drinks are stupidly OVER PRICED !!! And are absolutely horrible!!! The server never introducedherself!! ( seemed as if she had an attitude about being there ). Only way I figured her name out was through the receipt.“Ashton” she had no personality, was very short and never came to check on us when we received any of our food, but onlyasked after everything was done “how was it”? And that was it … not “would you like dessert, coffee and more drinks “NOTHING. I think there also was a huge lack of experience because when ordering out alcohol beverages she brought out the wrongdrink for me and didn’t realize ? Like how ??? Not until my husband said I had the wrong drink did it get fixed, and it wasgod awful. As someone who has worked in some very upscale restaurants in my younger years as a server and bartender, it’s keyto know what goes out of the kitchen and bar AND what IT LOOKS LIKE ! Sadly I don’t think I would waste my time getting asitter to come back to this place, mainly because the service and lack of experience really lacked !! Read more
The atmosphere was crisp and quiet. We were in no hurry but the service, although friendly, tends to be a little on the slow... side. Discussing the food, you can expect different flavor experiences. For those 21+, their drink menu always has updates forthe season. Read more
Waiter? HILARIOUS AND VERY PROFESSIONAL! Appetizer? DELICIOUS! Main course? BOMB! Drinks? Absolutely on point! Casual,... delicious, a BEAUTIFUL view! Jeez! Even water tasted great! Read more