Leather booths, white tablecloths, luminescent chandeliers and towering floral arrangements create a romantic feel with a fairly formal setting, but the bustling open kitchen goes a long way toward keeping things lively.

Try the lump crab cake appetizer, one of the best in Austin, it consists of rich, flaky crab meat dressed with a creamy crawfish-butter sauce. The short-smoked salmon is crested with a horseradish crust.