Loro

A great Asian BBQ fusion restaurant and Bar. Great relaxed atmosphere where outdoor seating under trees and fans to keep you tool. The food is delish. It’s family style sharing. You order at the bar and they bring it out to you. The bar also has a great selection of alcoholic drinks. This is definitely a great spot for afternoon or evening hangout.

We tried a few different dishes and none disappointed. I will say this place trend more hip and fancy.

Cool place! Interesting concept. You have to order your food at the bar and get your own seats. The food comes fast. The frozen drinks are pretty good!

The food is good, but the portions are small. This would be a great place for dating or casual eating Asian fusion.

Loro Austin- I keep going back for one reason- the food, okay maybe the drinks, or maybe the ambience. Loro is always busy but the 20 to 30 minute wait always goes by quickly. They have a big outdoor seating area with misting fans for those hot Texas summers. The pork ribs are a must and are only served on Sundays and Mondays. Brisket is also great. For apps, you gotta go with the chicken karaage. There’s no way to try everything in one trip so make sure you plan out what to get the next time you go.

WORTH THE WAIT! Was surprised wait time was 45 minutes on a Monday night, but it was definitely worth it. Service is great and food came out really fast. The pork belly bowl with coconut rice is delicious!

Atmosphere was exceptional, great music, great vibes, and great people. They have so much space it's understandable why they do not have reservations. Do yourself a favor and try something different from their Asian BBQ Fusion. Each meat is moist, tender, and unlike any flavor you have tried before.

The vibe is relaxed and fun, the food is unique, and the service was friendly. The food was VERY well executed, and the brisket was my fave. Even at 4:30 on a Saturday, the wait wasn't terrible, and there are plenty of spots to sit and visit with your people. It was a little odd that the individual items came out at different times, but it wasn't a problem. It was a good experience and I plan to come back next time I'm in Austin.

4.5 stars. Most of their signature meats are available after 4pm only, though dinner portions are supposedly bigger and more expensive than lunch.

Food quality:
Beef briskets in sandwich are very juicy and tender.
Corn fritters are fried with some ingredients and very delicious, good for sharing.

Food portion / Price:
Portions are as expected as in Texas.

Service:
Order and pay at counter, food will be delivered to table. Alternatively take bar seats for bar table service.

Crowd:
Huge space for parking and for people. Expect crowds but there seems to always be space for seating.

Payment:
Card and cash accepted.

Arrived on a busy night as a solo traveler. Got a seat right at the bar facing the kitchen. All staff were attentive and kind. The food and cocktails were outstanding! Unbelievable flavors. I enjoyed the Malaysian Curry Chicken and pickle plate with the Mandarin Margarita to wash it all down.

Bleh. I wasn’t expecting to like this place and yeah I was right. Okay so it wasn’t bad! But definitely not worth the hype that it was getting from almost everyone I know!

Food was decent but nothing of a WOW factor. I think food can better executed. I was quite disappointed that they just threw in a bundle of cilantro and called it a day on the garnishes! Haha yeah, pretty much all my dishes were heavily filled with cilantro or green onions. I love cilantro but not on every single dish!

Pork belly 1/5 I ate one piece and called it a day. It was heavily drenched in sauce. Pretty much inedible for me. It was hella salty! I needed a good cup of ice tea after one bite. I think the sauce was just too over powering. With that said, I do like the fact that the pork belly was quite tender.

Loro cheeseburger 3/5 Well it wasn’t bad! However it was poorly executed. The burger itself was lopsided. Ingredients weren’t evenly distributed throughout the burger. One side would have all the cheese and onion jam and the other side barely had any. I think it’s a good burger but nothing crazy. Wish it was cooked to medium rare and not well done. It was quite dry tasting even with the aioli! I do like their pickles on it though!

Smoke oaked salmon bowl 3/5 okay I enjoyed the salmon a lot! It was perfectly cooked, and had a nice charred or smokey taste to it. However, that was it for me. The fish sauce that came with it was okay. Not bad. But this dish itself was quite tangy! Citrus on top of citrus. It was unbearable. That tang just kind of threw my taste buds off. The rice was soaked in a yuzu sauce, so that was already tart. Then there was all the pickled veggies underneath. Even the fish sauce had a tang. I think it was just too overwhelming with citrus for me. Maybe a little more salt & spice. Less tang.

Crispy potatoes 4/5 I liked it. Can’t go wrong with carbs. haha yeah and the aioli was on point. Probably my fave sauce from them. Can dip anything into it!

Smoked brisket 3/5 hella pricey for just a few pieces. Very tender and moist but lacked salt. Needed more a Smokey taste to it. I didn’t take a picture of it bc I was too hangry at one point. Haha

Chicken karage 5/5 love me some fried chicken. And thy ear were nice and crispy! Hella crunch. It was also served with their aioli. Amazeballs. It had a nice little kick from the chili sauce glaze on top. No complaints on this one!

Overall, food was decent but like I said, nothing of a wow factor to drive my taste buds into an explosion of flavors. Enjoyable and a great place to hang out. I really loved the large open space and patio area. I would come back on a nice day out and eat lunch here. A little pricey for casual bites but nothing too crazy.

I just dislike the ordering at the bar, paying and seat yourself concept. There’s really no service. And when the dishes came out, they kind of just dropped it off and didn’t explain the dishes. So I’m tipping pretty much on nonexistent service even before the food came out. And even after, not a lot of servers are readily available to help ya out. Napkins and drinks were pretty much self served. Eh but that’s just me. But I’ve noticed a lot of restaurants are doing that now so maybe it’s a trend that’ll stick and I’ll just have to get used to it.

Nice atmosphere (Sat outside on a gorgeous day! Dang flies were plentiful, but nothing much can help that.)

Ordered pork belly appetizer. Meat was cooked well, nothing special.

Husband had a crispy smoked chicken sandwich. I had the brisket sandwich. Neither seemed "smoked", but they weren't bad.

Mostly a self-service setup (which many places have to do these days.). Will get more organized as time goes on. Nice folks, cute place.