Sweetwater Oyster Bar - Restaurant in Cedar Park - 1500 E Whitestone Blvd Suite 200, USA

I so wanted to love this place. Considering the reviews, it seemed like there was lots of potential. But I just came away from an expensive birthday dinner feeling very disappointed. This place wants to be fine dining - at least from the vibe and the prices - but it falls flat. Other than the manager, there was one other waitress working the entire restaurant so I was ready to forgive the lack of service thinking they were short staffed. But it just got worse from there. The high points were the gulf oysters and the hamachi dish. Our $50 each entrees were terrible. My husband got the Lobster Risotto, of which there were an abundance of clams and very little lobster or "risotto" - I use quotations because the rice in this dish was far from "creamy risotto" as described. I got the Steak Oscar, which had a flavorless bernaise sauce and "lump crab" that tasted fishy. It was accompanied by bland mashed potatoes, broccoli that tasted burnt but wasn't burnt, and basically raw carrots. My husband hardly ate any of his risotto, and I left about 3/4 of my meal on the plate. Not once were we asked how things were, to include when we refused a to go box for the leftovers. To top it off, the waitress spilled a shot of something someone else ordered, and I watched as she poured the liquid from her tray into the carafe the bartender was using to measure out servings of wine, and then she DRANK IT in plain sight. I went from wanting to love it, to willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and return another time, to deciding never to go back because it was awful and so not worth the price. For a $200 dinner for 2, there are exponentially better choices that are out there. This ain't it.

We are from New England and love seafood... so we have a high standard! This restaurant is absolutely the best seafood in Texas. Everything from the seafood tower to the cocktails to the service was 5 star! Cannot recommend this place highly enough.

We had an excellent meal here and very good service. Everything was prepared well, and we enjoyed most of our time there. The bar area got rowdy at the end of happy hour, and in such a small space became unpleasant. We will be back but would avoid the HH crowd

We had a great experience at Sweetwater. James took care of us for the evening and ensure you ask for him when you make your reservation. The food and drinks are some of the best in North Austin. We tried a little of anything from champagne to craft cocktails, oysters, mushroom, Mac and cheese, halibut, seafood linguine and surf and turf. We are looking forward to going back soon!

Tony was there and we had a great time trying out the oysters among other dishes. I don’t eat oysters generally but the east coast sourced oysters were great! I had fun trying the different types and man was there some great dishes on the menu. We’ll have to come by again! Great food and service - that smoked oyster 😳 👌

Shout out to Tony and the team that was working while we stopped in and visited for the first time. Excellent service, great recommendations, and amazing food. Our #1 favorite were the out of this world selection of oysters (black magic oysters). Happy hour ends at 6pm and that entails delicious drinks and $1 gulf oysters. Simply fantastic visit. Also,the service team did amazing by helping out with our kiddos by getting them some french fries and accommodating our needs.

Ok, so here is my Sweetwater Oyster Bar review! We decided to try it out since so many people recommended it. I’ll be doing an official review on Yelp as well. Made Mother’s Day Reservations a month ago for noon. We got there and it was chaotic. No table and they didn’t know when they could seat us. Finally got us seated at 12:35pm. They offered us two drinks on the house for the wait. My husband and son each ordered Bloody Mary’s. We ordered the Seafood Tower and Tuna Crudo. The Tuna Crudo was delicious. The Seafood tower was ok. Nothing spectacular (Seafood seemed frozen and then thawed except for Oysters). My husband ordered the Seafood Omelette and it was ver good. My son ordered the Sea Bass which was good as well. I ordered the Avocado Toast with Salmon. It wasn’t that great. The Salmon didn’t taste that fresh. I asked if they had any from scratch in house desserts and they said their chocolate cake was. We got it and you could tell they got it right out of the fridge and it was not house made. The waiters were nice but you could tell they were over their heads. Actually the whole restaurant was over its head. We get the bill and our two drinks that were supposed to be comped were not so we had to send the check back. They did honor the 5% discount for being a Cedar Park Foodie member. We paid $300 total for the 3 of us. My review is a 2 stars out of 5 and these are the reasons. We had to wait 35 minutes WITH reservations. We had multiple servers and even though they were nice they had no idea what had been done or not. The food was good but not $300 dollars worth. Will we be back?…probably not.

This place has a great vibe and something you might not expect in the Cedar Park area, upscale feel with a local ambience. The decor, lighting, and service all make this place worth the visit, not to mention the food. You’ll feel as if your fine dining downtown Austin without the $20 parking plus supporting local small business owners. If you like fresh, this is your place. Take a chance and go local, you won’t regret it!