Dishola: Reviews by the Dish

Olivia's pommes frites rock! They are seasoned beautifully, and are neither too crispy nor too nor too spongy. Yes, they're a little on the pricey side ($5 for the bowl), but where else in Austin are you going to come across homemade ketchup?! (The aioli is nice too, but could use a little more umph to it -- a little more garlic?)

These fries screamed, "Look, we're fancy seasoned fries!" from their bowl on our table Friday night. They were over-salted and over-seasoned, inelegant in spite of their pretentious setting. And they somehow seemed to have absorbed cooking oil all the way through, whereas a good fry should be crispy with oil on the outside, but fluffy and potato-y on the inside. Olivia gets points for the excellent ketchup. But I know this only because I dipped my finger in to taste it solo. Its subtlety was lost when it coated a fry.