Dale's Essenhaus

Great food. We had lunch here and the hamburger was excellent as well as the patty melt. Agree with other reviews that the fires are so-so, but the Texas Toothpicks are great. The ranch dipping sauce is addictive! My 5 year old even raved about the grilled cheese! Waitress was friendly and service was excellent. No complaints other than we might have expected a little more variety of beer selection. Would love to come back and try dinner outside with a band playing.

65 degree evening, a little breezy, and a welcoming fire pit outside to keep warm! Now that's a welcoming site, if i've ever seen one! This place has an indoor dining room, if you don't want to brave the elements. However, I think that's why we all go to these little places; the atmosphere, scenery, music, and of course food. The atmosphere was awesome, fire pit at sundown. The scenery was terrific, underneath the big trees. The music was cool, a local band playing 80's and 90's cover music. The food was great! I ordered Dale's Wahlburger, which was coocked to perfection, and has got to be in my top 5 of great tasting burgers in Austin.
Definitely a place to come back to in the near future.

Hole in the wall with a damn good burger.  We stopped in after an aborted trip to the  German spot that chose to close for New Year's Eve lunch.
Good service, bad decor, great prices.

I would skip anything other than the burger and next time I will pick the rings over the fries which were pretty average.