Texture

I stayed here last weekend and had a really late dinner. Got the trio dip (queso, beans, and spinach dip) and loved it. Also got the texture burger and it was great, kind of reminded me of hopdoddy. Really surprised at this place because I wasn't expecting it to be any good but it was quite nice! I come here once a year for a meeting at the hotel and will return again.

I was staying at the Doubletree in Austin that houses Texture, and I was lucky enough to have breakfast included with my room so taking advantage of this was a no brainer.

Texture offers a breakfast buffet with minimal options, plus made to order eggs provided by the serving staff.

The coffee tasted great which was a nice surprise since often at hotel restaurants the coffee is just a step or 2 above browned water. It was nice to have a cup which was noticeably bold to help kickstart my day.

The buffet itself wasn’t so great…everything was served in trays heated buffet trays which had kind of a steamed effect on the food that worked for some things, but wasn’t really what you wanted for biscuits and potatoes. (All potential crispiness gone for these two items.)

The fruit (mostly melon) also didn’t look very good. Luckily a fresh green apple was available.

I ordered an omelet made with egg whites, spinach, onions and swiss cheese. They forgot the cheese and it was fairly sad looking omelet. (Cooking egg whites is tricky and a lot of cooks don’t quite have it down) but it tasted fine.

They brought a to-go cup in case I wanted to take coffee with me which was thoughtful and nice. (Although I didn’t love the food, the staff on hand were VERY nice.)

I also checked out Texture for a potential late night snack…there was an item on the printed menu in the rooms which they no longer carried…the staff told me they had updated their menu in the restaurant…There were limited vegetarian options and it would have been nice if the menus in the rooms were not out of date.

In general, Texture served the need of providing food so i could eat in the morning…though if I had the time I would definitely check out any other local breakfast option for a better taste of Austin. (do you hear me breakfast tacos?)