1. Artz Rib House

Absolute disgrace!
Wow, where do I start? 10 mins. after taking a seat we saw a rat crawling in the middle of the room - right by our table. 4 of us got up, talked the wait staff... and to my UTTER surprise, the look on their faces was like .... "So??", "rat"?? "what's the big deal". Needless to say, we promptly walked out (before telling them to feed the rats with our order)

What a Mistake
We had heard this was a great place and visiting Austin and inquiring it was only after when we relayed our story that people winced and said, "Oh no you didn't go to Artz?!" The night we went there was 'nothing' they were out of chicken, out of, beef, out of RIBS!! Is this a Rib House or what? The only thing offered was burgers. I guess they were having tax problems? Or, so was explained to us. So they only have a finite amount of food on hand any given day. The day we went wasn't so good. It should be renamed "Old Mother Hubbard's"

What a joke - this place is horrible! I only gave it 2 stars.

The food is excellent, with Artz country ribs to dream about, although my dining partners often choose the baby back ribs. It is a local restaurant that consistenty serves up local live music as well as wonderful barbeque. I like to take my out of town guests there because it is so "South Austin"