Augustino's Italian Eatery and Prime Steaks — Restaurant in Augusta

I wish during course of my weekly stay down in Augusta I had discovered this gem of a place when i first arrived. I made the mistake of staying at the Ramada on Broad St., when i really should have stayed in the Marriott instead.

I'm not new to the Augusta area at all, but i never knew about this place called Augustino's which is in the Marriott hotel down on Broad and 10th, which is a far better area of Broad then where i was staying (Broad and 5th).

Anywho, i went to Augustino's, the day before i had to fly out from GA back home to NY, and boy, was i happy i ate my last meal there too. It was a toss up between the french restuarant not too far away from my hotel and Augustino's. My mother and I had eaten at Luigi's a couple nights before, and we hated it. So we weren't much in the mood for another disappointing Italian restuarant. But we decided to give Augustino's a shot when we read the rave reviews.

Went down there, we loved the Marriott, wished we were staying in it instead of Ramada. We LOVED Augustino's!!! I can't rave enough about this place. Augustino's is elegant, very much a fine dining place, and i was def underdressed. It's fancy. It's a place that makes you feel like you are in another world or like a queen for a day while you're there. The service is excellent! Very top notch. The portion size is absolutely perfect! I've never been to a restaurant where the portion sizes are so exact, so perfect of a size. Usually where i go to eat, you usually get too much or get too little. But Augustino's is right!

You will not leave hungry from this place. But you also won't feel weighed down either. So you can continue what you were doing without feeling that ughhh heavy feeling in your stomach, that may make you want to sit down for a few moments before getting back to life.

The food is to die for. Anything you order, you can't go wrong. Everything is made to perfection! Very gourmet. I can't remember what i ate when i was there, but i think it was a chicken entree w/ artichoke hearts and some pasta... can't remember exactly what it was, but it was great. Salad was mixed field greens (radichio, arugula, baby spinach, red leaf, etc). it was a side salad, had some crumbled gorgonzola over it, along w/ dried cranberries. I remember it was big enough to split w/ my mom.

The coffee was delicious as was the Ice Tea (sweet, no lemon). The desserts i'm sure would of been delicious as well, but we never got to try them. My mother and I were fully satisfied once we finished our dinner, so we didn't try the desserts. Would of loved too, but we were full.

Do yourself a favor, if you are visiting the Augusta area, book your hotel at Marriott, and def go to Augustino's. You will not be disappointed at all!! I wish we had a place of this caliber up in NY...

Update January 7th 2024 brunch

The lady who makes the omelets may need some help or another job there. My husband and family we brought here went through the line and placed their omelet orders. It took so unbelievably long, as they were waiting for their omelets she asks them if they even placed an order for omelets. This is after they did their order and standing around forever waiting. Unbelievable 🙄 And all 3 omelets were made wrong. One of the guests we had with us had to go through the line to reorder hers. I'm pretty sure so many other people there were receiving wrong omelets. This is like a highlight of the buffet, and they have the wrong person doing it. She was very overwhelmed and had an attitude because she couldn't handle the work.

The food items were slacking. The bagels were so cold as if they just came out of the refrigerator. There needs to be some type of toaster guests can use. If there is one, I definitely did not see it. Coffee taste like gross water. I was so shocked 😲 and disgusted. The smoked salmon was all discolored. It obviously wasn't fresh and the cooks still put it out. What a difference from my last visit there.

Honestly, we won't be back. What a disappointment. At least our waitress was nice. I don't know her name she had glasses and a big bun on her head, lol! Very friendly!

I took 3 stars off from my original review.

Went today for brunch! 11/12 and really enjoyed! The service was great! Our waitress was great! The brunch buffet was outstanding! It was all fresh and delish 😋

The omelet station was perfect and my omelet was soooo good! It was huge, too. It made me so full, LOL!

I also ordered 2 cranmosas, and in other places in the area where I've been to brunch, they always put too much juice and not enough champagne. But these were made perfect!

I tried a slice of a chocolate cake, and it was dry. I'm not really a sweets person. I just wanted to try it. But I'm still giving 5 stars because everything else was great!

Shout out to whoever made the potatoes because they were so perfectly seasoned. 😋

I definitely recommend this place for brunch! Compared to other brunch places here, this is hands down the best one! It was nice and chill! Not crowded at all! Good vibes all around! Very friendly staff! We will be back again for brunch! I definitely want to try it out for dinner, too!

Thank you for this great experience! This was my first...

Normally love Augustinos.....worked at the Marriott for years years ago and still know a lot of people who work there. Last Sunday, my friend and I ate there and our waitress, Jessica, was horrible. And I’m not that picky. Real rude, we had to ask manager to bring our bread after sitting for 30 minutes. Just not a good server. We expressed this to management and explained why we didn’t tip her well. A couple of day’s later I am looking over my bank account and notice that my bill there is exactly 10 higher than what I signed off on. I called and spoke to Chelsea, manager, and they refunded my money but stated that I wrote in that amount and my signature is on the receipt. I told them that I signed the receipt but someone clearly added a one in front of the tip amount and changed the 2 to a 3 for the final bill. Obviously, because why would I call questioning it if I wrote that amount in myself? She then let me speak to Rob, the overall manager for Augustinos and he was extremely rude when I told him that my bill was manipulated. He said the ink matches and we keep a good eye on this stuff lady! As if no one can add a 1 and change a 2 to a 3 after the receipts been signed. None the less, when my concerns where brought to his attention he dismissed me completely. I say all of this to say.....be careful dining there! They employ theives, one named Jessica. And when brought to their attention, they tried to make me feel as if I don’t know what I did with my own money! We are taking about 25 dollars people that she added a ten dollar tip to to make 35......it’s about principal and the fact that it’s right out stealing! I could care less about the money.....but don’t steal from me and then tell me I’m lying. Why??? Extremely disappointed and disrespected! Choose another...