Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in St. Augustine

"I love the relaxed feel of this place – like a comfortable dining room in a friends home. I definitely would return to try more dishes. The escargot and duck confit were amazing. The table was split on the steak tartare, but the pomme frites were on point 😋 Everyone loved the mash potatoes and duck fat potatoes. Highly recommend the crème brûlée. Service was well-timed and friendly, wine was delicious!

We have been here 3 times in the last week and a half so that should tell you how good it is. The service and food are both amazing. We’ve been for early lunch on Sunday and late lunches twice. Everything we’ve ordered has been so delicious and the cookies from the marketplace are amazing as well! This will be a weekly lunch for us and look forward to bringing friends here.

I recently celebrated my 70th birthday with my wife at the Old City House restaurant and we had an indubitably delicious dinner with our fantastic waitress serving us. She sat us at a lovely corner table for two next to a window. The ambience was cozy, warm, elegant, relaxing, romantic and simply superb! The service was absolutely fantastic and the food was amazing, delightful and scrumptious. We enjoyed a very nice bottle of Ken Wright Cellars Pinot Noir 2023 from Williamette Valley, Oregon before we ordered our dishes. According to my wife, her magnificent lamb dish was wonderful! I savored a lovely cup of she-crab bisque and the beef tenderloin, which was a very flavorful, juicy, moist, succulent and tender Filet Mignon served with Vegetables, Gratin Potatoes and Topped with Herb and Truffle Butter. Dessert was quite delectable! We had an amazing dining experience. I told our fantastic waitress," ¡No me gusta, me encanta!"

Food was quite good and our server was pleasant and attentive. It’s the little things that keep my review from going full 4&5 star. For example, the restaurant is in an historic building and there is a step up to get in. My wife uses a mobility device so it was impossible for her to enter. A temporary ramp would solve this issue quickly. The meal runner was attentive, but could use better training on how to present the dish and know which diner receives which dish. The bartender was a little unsure how to make a martini. We enjoy this establishment and intend to return. We want them to be successful and to be regarded as one of the best restaurants in the area. If they can simply get more of the little things right/better, they will be!

Great restaurant in the middle of the historic district of St. Augustine. Loved the old house feel. Server was always available until the end of our meal when we needed to leave for an event. We had to bypass coffee as it was taking 30 minutes for dessert and coffee. The staff was exceptional. The meal cooked and served excellently. The ambiance might have been better with a different table. We were seated in a small room in back by the black curtain where staff continued to go back and forth. I would suggest when you make a reservation to see if you can get into the main dining area.