The Garden at Ellera — Restaurant in Bee Cave

To start with they do have an extremely limited selection of cocktails (4) but they were solid. Please add a French 75 and a FANCY Gin and Tonic that isn’t sweet but aromatic, something like a pear liqueur, housemade pear ginger syrup, bottle of Fever-Tree on the side and a fresh rosemary sprig in the glass.

The beer and wine choices are excellent! Especially the fact that they have many wine selections by the glass!!!

The crab cake is delicious!!! It comes with a guacamole schmear on the base of the plate along with a wonderful mint and cilantro citrus garnish on the top. DELIGHTFUL!!!

I wasn’t too impressed with the pizza crust but the cheese and toppings were absolutely perfect in every way! A Roman crust is tricky because if you don’t have the correct flour and water it can render the pizza crust a little off, don’t get me wrong it’s good but not great.

Their lobster roll was completely overpriced at close to $38 a roll??? I refused to order it... I do want them to succeed but come on! Really? Garbo’s is $18 a roll and $14 to add another? Even if you charge me $28 and $20 to add a second roll. THAT WOULD BE FAIR. I hate it when restaurants put MK/market price on the menu for no reason whatsoever except to hit you hard!!! I can understand a rotating fish special but a roll? Mussels? A fritto misto with just one seafood item (calamari) and veg? Please put 2 seafood items in the fritto misto and stick a price on them.

The scallop roll at $25 was fairly priced and it was probably the most delicious scallop roll I’ve had in a longtime!!!

The tiramisu is missing just a little coffee liqueur in the soak to bring it up to a 10 but still receives an 8 because it is a great example of a true tiramisu recipe without alcohol!!!

Overall I think this restaurant has a lot of potential and if they can take these kind suggestions to heart they can have many happy customers and a thriving business!!! Good luck & congratulations on your new upcoming opening...

What brought us here is a picture of a scallop sandwich in search for a sea food. The market price of $36 for 3 scallops, however, turn us toward trying other appetizing menu items: POTATO CROQUETTES: fluffy inside and not over crunchy on the outside with bacon bits (be aware; we overlooked in the description) CRAB CAKES: interesting seasoning of the salad garnish, fresh peaches compliment in sweetness, cakes are filling (meaty) and seasoned well NOSTRANO: apparently, a new menu addition. Salty, fatty, and cheese on a very thin and tasty base Nevertheless of being non-beer drinkers, we choose Italian BALADIN NORA to compliment pizza, thanks to our waitresses feedback, and didn’t regret it. To polish up the dinner we pick a lemon bar and a single espresso. Is it unreasonable to expect coffee to show up together with a dessert? I am that weirdo that likes to flash a bite of wonderful sour-sweet-gooey goodness on a very well done (but a bit too thick) shortbread base with a nice hint of a salt grain here and there in a bite, of a lemon bar, after dilping it in a whipped and flash torched egg whites (what a nice and uncommon touch) cream, with a sip of hot, not lukewarm, coffee. But our feedbacks been immediately heard and addressed by Chelsey, who’s open and straightforward candid made up an extra star on The Gardens rating. An outside patio with hanging chairs seems to be nice to revisit during more user-friendly weather. Hopefully, the next time there will be more staff to keep that are tidy. Or is it an advertising? Attracts...

Unfortunate... Lovely atmosphere, but sub-par food. The "hand pulled" mozzarella was ok, came out as 4 small triangles ergo it was cold by the time we got it... There was a tiny dollop of marinara, not even enough for one of the triangles. The excessively recommend lobster roll "lobster flown in from Maine daily" sounded great - it was not. Lobster was overcooked (rubbery) and had a mild dirt taste. Presentation was lovely but I've had a better lobster roll in Palm Springs out of a food truck... The bread was also touted as amazing and it was just an average French roll sliced in half... The icing on the cake was that the lobster roll that was smaller than a hot dog was $40!!!! We did have a lovely bottle of wine called fortress, it was one of the lower priced ones I could find and it was 54 on the menu which somehow turned out to 69 after tax... The person I was there with did decide to complain about the lobster roll which I felt appropriate however she had consumed 100% of her half of the lobster roll.. so I understand them not taking it off the bill however it was still disappointing they didn't. I probably would have tried the restaurant again have they taken that off the bill and obviously not reordered the lobster roll... They did offer us a free dessert... Lastly, I and bought the wine and split a lobster roll and the hand pulled mozzarella with a friend and I paid over $115. Very...