Olive & June — Restaurant in Austin

In town traveling and dined alone. Was hoping for top notch Italian and not tomato sauce and noodles. Wow! Great overall experience. Fresh bread is served with homemade ricotta, olive oil and herbs. It was a miracle I was disciplined enough to eat only one slice. Pork meatballs in thick, juicy Ragu followed by ricotta ravioli tossed with goodies and added crunchy guinicale. I wanted to finish so badly, but a little wisdom trickled into my brain warning me not to overindulge. Menu has all sorts of tasty sounding options for a true Italian feast! Friendly (and patient) bartender Gwen and another friendly professional, manager Shelby, took great care of me, taking time to explain the menu and drink list. Awesome mocktail, so I'm certain the craft cocktails are worth the trip (unless you're like me and I would have lost my inhibitions and consumed one of everything...dolci sound divine). Nice, comfortable casual seating and you can tell this is a special place because of the enthusiasm of the staff. Plus, the food is extraordinary! Great music ranged from 60s Beatles and Beach Boys to 70s good time rock and roll! Music enhanced the experience for a change. Glass litre bottles of San Pellegrino! This is a true Italian kitchen and not Olive Garden or Joe's Pizza. So, be prepared to pay for quality. Sometimes you get what you pay for (and I am thankful I did). Gwen and Shelby were very polite with me and kept me company with conversation, which is extra nice when you're dining alone. I'm certain my wife would call them angels for putting up with me for an evening. I think I'm invited back...if not, I'll go incognito so I can try the Dolci and Secondi (and secret watermelon drink being perfected soon!) Great place for a special evening that isn't stuffy or pretentious. Good wine list with lots of choices for all price...

My husband and I chose olive & June for our wedding because the third story is an event space. I do want to say that I’m not NOT recommending this place for an event but I will say proceed with caution. First Amanda who I was working with was not very pleasant. She acted like I was putting her out when I would reach out which wasn’t often. She also rarely answered my emails so I would have to follow up multiple times to get my questions answered. Then we were told we would have valet and if that day was cold, they would lower the tarps and heaters would be on. Day of our wedding, there was no valet so my family was scrambling to try and find parking. We get there and it is 24 degrees out and the tarps are not down so during the ceremony we were absolutely freezing. For the dinner the service was great, however, because the tarps weren’t down the room was still freezing and my grandmothers both had to leave my wedding early bc they were so cold. We were served first and our food was absolutely amazing. I have celiacs and the staff made sure all of my meal was gluten free and prepped separately. Again, it wasn’t terrible but there were a few things that left us disappointed. The food was amazing so maybe check out the restaurant before...

We had dinner here for the first time for our 20th Anniversary. It's a nice little place, right off Mopac with "complimentary" valet parking.

There aren't a lot of things on the menu but it's obvious everything is very well thought out. We had a marvelous young server, Aiden. He answered a few questions. My wife had a glass of wine. We ordered two different seafood dishes to share.

We got some very nice, fresh bread with seasoned butter. The first dish was seared scallops. They were cooked perfectly with quite a few different herbs and veggies. We each had 3-1/2 marvelous tasting scallops.

The second dish was a crab pesto pistachio pasta. dish. Two beautiful (and delicious) blue crab claws (with the shell removed and meat exposed). This dish was perfect too. Just the right mix of flavors and they went together perfectly.

We were "convinced" to try a free dessert for our anniversary. They brought out some fabulous vanilla custard with shaved hibiscus ice on top. Again, the flavors mixed perfectly.

All-in-all a terrific experience for a special occasion. The place is nice, very comfortable feeling. Service was great with everyone so attentive but not overly so (which can be more annoying than...