Best Restaurants for a Quick Bite in South Austin

My goodness, this place is incredible! From the really interesting mural on the wall (it's made from pieces of Mexican billboards and touched up regularly from the artist, a local from Austin), to the food, to the tequila, to the very informed and chill waiter - nothing fell short. Here are a few tips I want to share to make your experience top notch. 1.) Get the chicken tacos. You get three and they are small and perfectly Devine with homemade corn tortillas. We had them as an appetizer. It's a must do!! 2.) If you are into tequila, take a look at the epic list and discuss with your wait staff. The staff get educated regularly on different ones. I asked our guy to chose one for me - it was fully women owned and made. Omg - Devine! I sipped it over ice for dessert. Was so smooth and a perfect end to my meal. 3.) We don't like super spicy food so we opted for the chicken dish and ordered green beans as the side. You cut the chicken and use tortillas to made little tacos. We clearly missed that if it was written on the menu. There's fresh cilantro and onion which you can fold in. We also accidentally got the corn dish which we happily accepted and added to the tacos. The big differentiator here was the waiter. He properly informed us of every dish we inquired about. We avoided a few spicy land mines as a result and landed the "perfectly selected food plane"! We were recommended this place by a friend who lived in Austin. Take the locals recommendation! Yum yum yum!

Great food and excellent staff. The chocolate chip pancakes were perfect for my picky eater. Wife and my meals were also delicious.

Though I’ve been in Austin since 2009, this day after Valentine’s Day visit was my first time dining at Swift’s Attic. And I’ll be back ASAP. The service was amazing. The V-Day prix fixe menu was seafood-heavy and delightful, particularly the redfish entree. While a large table halfway through the meal was rowdier than I would have liked, the quaint vibe and dark decor added to a very special evening. Thank you.

Went for their Valentines Day special and it was very reasonably priced at $60pp for 3 courses. Excellent food and service as always!!

Great service, great cocktails, and we really enjoyed the dessert. The apps were very good and the entrees were also very good.