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Chez Zee American Bistro

Name: Chez Zee American Bistro
Address: 5406 Balcones Drive, Austin, TX, 78731, US
Telephone: +15124542666
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.5

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Chez Zee American Bistro

Iconic local restaurant in Texas - Indoor & Outdoor Dining. The menu of Chez Zee can best be described as "American fare with an Austin flair".
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Voted Best of Austin Weekend Brunch, gourmet cuisine with Southern flair, world-class desserts, full bakery in-house, happy hour, dog-friendly patio, live music, unique event venue We use locally sourced farm fresh ingredients to create your favorite comfort foods. We serve a fabulous brunch on the weekends and our made from scratch desserts are heavenly delicious. Enjoy a full wine and beer list

with innovative adult beverages like Peach Manhattans and Strawberry Basil Mojitos. Chez Zee also has an elegant private dining room with seating for 100. We are open 363 days a year. We are known for our casual atmosphere with a Texas friendly attitude! Come visit us. We are Saving a Chair for You! Some Awards We Have Won:
Most Romantic Restaurant in Austin, Best Brunch in Austin, Best Desserts in Austin (Austin Chronicle)
Zagat Rated

More Info:
See us on the web at www.chezzee.com and
Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/chez_zee_austin
Call us at 512-454-2666

Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday through Thursday 11am-5pm
Dinner: Sunday through Thursday 5pm-10pm; Friday & Saturday 5pm-11 pm
Brunch: Saturday and Sunday 9am-3pm
Grille: Saturday and Sunday 3pm-5pm

Tags:
Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Desserts, Private Dining Room, Private Event Space, Catering, Late Night, Best Cakes in Austin, Outdoor Patio, Live Jazz Piano, Magician on Sundays, Baby Showers, Rehearsal Dinners, Complimentary Valet Parking.

07/21/2026

✨ Tonight’s dinner plans? We’ve got you covered.

Our Dinner Special features a perfectly pan-seared halibut topped with a silky mango beurre blanc, served with steamed quinoa and freshly homemade guacamole for $38.95. Fresh, flavorful, and available tonight only!

Plus, enjoy these dine-in favorites:
🥩 Steak Frites Two-Step – Our signature steak frites with your choice of soup or salad for just $36.
👧🧒 Kids Eat FREE! Receive up to 2 free kids’ meals with the purchase of each adult entrée. Dine-in only. (Children 12 & under.)
🍰 Save Room for Dessert! All dine-in desserts are Buy One, Get One Half Off all evening.

Whether it’s date night, family dinner, or a night out with friends, Chez Zee American Bistro is serving scratch-made favorites, warm hospitality, and one of Austin’s best dinner experiences.

07/21/2026

🌿 Today’s Lunch Special is Fresh, Bold, and Full of Texas Flavor! 🐟

Treat yourself to our Ancho-Rubbed Grouper, perfectly seasoned and topped with a silky cilantro-lime beurre blanc. It’s served alongside a roasted poblano pepper generously stuffed with crab, sweet corn, potatoes, onions, and manchego cheese for a combination that’s rich, savory, and unforgettable.

Today’s Lunch Special – $27.95

Whether you’re escaping the office for a relaxing lunch, catching up with friends, or simply craving fresh seafood done right, we’ve saved you a table.

✨ Don’t forget to Save Room for Cake! All desserts are Buy One, Get One ½ Off (dine-in only; dessert of equal or lesser value).

📍 Chez Zee American Bistro
☎️ 512-454-2666
🌐 chez-zee.com

Fresh fish, scratch-made favorites, and one of Austin’s best lunch experiences await. See you soon! 🩵

07/19/2026

☀️ Sunday Brunch is calling… and we’re saving a chair for you.

Gather your favorite people and slow down for a Sunday filled with great food, laughter, and making memories at Chez Zee American Bistro.

🥞 This weekend’s brunch special:
Vanilla Crêpes stuffed with cream cheese, fresh berries, banana, pecans, and a side of lemon curd, served with two eggs (your style), golden breakfast potatoes, and your choice of breakfast meat.

🍳 Or choose from our 10 unique Eggs Benedicts, a longtime Chez Zee favorite.

🥂 Pair brunch with a refreshing Mimosa, a Frozen Peach Bellini, or one of Austin’s favorite Bloody Marys.

🥧 And don’t forget…
Save Room for Cake! (…or pie!)
All desserts are Buy One, Get One ½ Off for dine-in guests (second dessert of equal or lesser value).

Relax on our beautiful covered patio or enjoy the comfort of our dining room. Snap a photo in our Big Happy Chair, catch up with friends, bring the family, and make your Sunday one to remember.

Life moves fast. Brunch is a good excuse to slow it down.

📍 Chez Zee American Bistro
📞 512-454-2666
Reserve your table at chez-zee.com

We’re saving a chair for you. ❤️

07/18/2026

Weekend Brunch Special ✨

Treat yourself to a brunch worth lingering over this weekend at Chez Zee!

Our Vanilla Crepes are stuffed with creamy sweet cream cheese, fresh strawberries, bananas, and crunchy pecans, then finished with luscious lemon curd and whipped cream. Served with two eggs cooked your way, crispy golden breakfast potatoes, and your choice of breakfast meat.

🍓🥞 A little sweet, a little savory… and completely delicious.

Weekend Brunch Special – $19.95

Join us for Austin’s favorite weekend brunch, handcrafted desserts, mimosas, and live piano music in our warm, welcoming dining room.

📍 Chez Zee American Bistro
📞 512-454-2666
🌐 chez-zee.com

07/17/2026

Today’s Lunch Special
🐟 Blackened & Seared Costa Rican Grouper
🥥 Coconut Jasmine Rice
🥑 Fresh Avocado & Avocado Salsa
🥦 Sautéed Broccoli
$28.95

Fresh, satisfying, and available today only while it lasts.

Join us for lunch, relax on the patio or in our newly refreshed dining room, and let us do the cooking.

📍 Chez Zee American Bistro
📞 512-454-2666
Reserve your table at chez-zee.com

07/17/2026

🚨 JUST 4 RESERVED SEATS LEFT! 🚨

Tonight’s Jazz in the Crescent Room is almost sold out—and if history is any indication, those last four seats won’t last long.

Join us for a special edition of our sold-out supper club featuring the Bluesette Quartet with special guest vocalist Elena Diaz, one of Austin’s favorite singers. Experience an unforgettable evening in our beautifully renovated Crescent Room—Austin’s newest listening room.

🎶 Doors Open: 6:30 PM
🎵 Music Begins: 7:00 PM
✨ Show Ends: Around 9:00 PM

Enjoy your choice of:
🍽️ A four-course prix fixe dinner
OR
🍴 Our full Friday night menu, including our famous Prime Rib

And don’t forget…
🍰 All desserts are Buy One, Get One Half Off all weekend!
🚗 Complimentary valet parking

🎟️ Only 4 ticketed reserved seats remain!

Not able to grab one of the last reserved seats? We also have dinner reservations available in our Terrace dining area with obstructed-view seating, where you can still enjoy the music and atmosphere while dining.

Reserve now before it’s gone:
https://www.chez-zee.com/events

Tonight is shaping up to be another magical evening. We’d love to save you a seat.

07/16/2026

Today’s Lunch Special is making a splash! 🥭🐟

Treat yourself to our Blackened & Seared Mahi-Mahi, topped with a fresh avocado mango salsa and served over a rich, creamy Brie risotto with sautéed asparagus. It’s light, flavorful, and packed with fresh summer flavors.

Today’s Lunch Special Only
$28.95

Fresh fish, scratch-made sides, and a lunch that’s anything but ordinary. Join us before it’s gone!

📍 Chez Zee American Bistro
📞 512-454-2666
Reserve your table at Chez-Zee.com

07/15/2026

A rainy Wednesday calls for comfort food, good wine and dessert. ☔🍷

Today at Chez Zee, we have plenty of reasons to come in, get cozy and let us take care of dinner:

🍝 Seafood Penne Pasta — Mahi Mahi, red snapper and shrimp tossed in a creamy blackened Alfredo sauce with spinach, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms.

🍔 Shiner Bock Bacon Burger — hearty, savory and exactly the kind of thing a rainy day calls for.

🥣 Italian Wedding Soup — warm, brothy and comforting from the first spoonful.

🍷 Wine Down Wednesday
House wines are just $5 a glass or $20 a bottle—plus, all whiskey cocktails are $2 off. 🥃

🍰 And don’t forget to Save Room for Cake! …or pie, or pudding, or… All desserts are buy one, get one half off for a limited time. With the largest scratch-made dessert menu of any independent restaurant in Texas, choosing may be the hardest part!

Come in out of the rain, settle into a cozy table and make a Wednesday night of it. We’re saving a chair for you. ❤️

Reservations: 512-454-2666 or chez-zee.com

Dessert offer is dine-in only. Second dessert must be of equal or lesser value.

07/15/2026

🍰 Save Room for Cake! …or pie or pudding or… 🥧

This week at Chez Zee, ALL desserts are Buy One, Get One 50% Off! With the largest scratch-made dessert menu of any independent restaurant in Texas, choosing just one has always been difficult—so this week, you don’t have to. 😉

Come see us for lunch, enjoy Happy Hour from 3–6 PM Tuesday–Friday, join us for dinner, or make your weekend sweeter with brunch!

🍰 Buy one dessert and get a second dessert 50% off
Dine-in only. Discount applies to a dessert of equal or lesser value.

We’re saving a chair—and definitely saving room for dessert! 💕

📞 Reservations: 512-454-2666
🌐 chez-zee.com

07/14/2026

TUESDAY NIGHT - Enjoy a Texas Two Step tonight - pair our Steak Au Pouvre, with choice of soup or salad for $36. And remember that Kids 12 & Under eat free starting at 6pm, limit two free kid meals per adult entree purchased. Bring the family, it's going to be a great night at Chez Zee! We're also featuring our Tuesday Blue Plate Special, Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf served with garlic mashers and sauteed veggies. We're saving a chair for you! Book a table now. Happy Hour starts at 3pm! https://chez-zee.com

07/14/2026

🥩 Today’s Lunch Special is worth making plans for!

Grilled flat iron steak seasoned with a smoky ancho rub, sliced and served with creamy Boursin cheese mashed potatoes and sautéed broccolini. Comforting, flavorful, and just a little fancy for lunch. 😋

$28.95 — available today while it lasts!

Come join us at Chez Zee. We’re saving a chair for you! 🍽️

07/11/2026

We are very excited to host a special edition of Jazz in the Crescent Room this month, featuring core members of our favorite house band Bluesette Quartet and special guest, singer Elena Diaz will join the band for a night of great live music like only Austin can deliver. It's dinner and a show, get your tickets now, this event has sold out every time for the last year. Our listening room and supper club experience was an experiment gone right and we're loving every minute of it. Join us on July 17th for a Friday night with great food and live music - makes a great date night or bring friends.

07/11/2026

Brunch plans? We’ve got something extra delicious waiting for you this weekend. 😍

Our Prime Rib Migas are loaded with tender prime rib, scrambled eggs, crispy tortilla strips, melted cheese, fresh avocado and all the savory goodness you want in a Texas brunch. Served with golden potatoes and avocado tomatillo salsa. $22.95

Come enjoy a leisurely brunch, grab a Bloody Mary, mimosa or refreshing mocktail, and settle in on the patio or join us in the dining room. And yes—you should absolutely save room for dessert. 😉

Available this weekend only at Chez Zee!

🍳 Reservations recommended
📞 512-454-2666 or chez-zee.com
✨ We’re saving a chair for you!

07/11/2026

FROZEN PEACH BELLINIS — JUST $4 ALL WEEKEND! 🍑
Fresh, frosty, tart, sweet and seriously delicious—our Frozen Peach Bellinis are the perfect way to cool down and ease into a Texas summer weekend. ☀️
And did we mention they’re just $4 all weekend long?
Come relax on the patio, cool off in the dining room and stay for brunch, dinner—or one of our famous scratch-made desserts. If you haven’t visited Chez Zee in a while, you may notice a few changes! We’ve been updating, renovating and adding fresh touches throughout the restaurant, and we’d love for you to come see what’s new.
Great food, cold Bellinis and a comfortable chair waiting for you. 💛
Come enjoy the weekend—we’re ready to take great care of you!
📍 Chez Zee American Bistro 🍑 $4 Frozen Peach Bellinis—all weekend long 📞 512-454-2666 chez-zee.com
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07/11/2026

🍒🍌🍨 Summer just got a little sweeter at Chez Zee!

We’re welcoming the season with three cool, decadent, limited-time desserts—made from scratch in our on-site bakery:

🍒 Cherry Pie served with Cherry Ice Cream
🍌 Banana Layer Cake served with Banana Ice Cream
💚 Pistachio Ice Cream Pie with a decadent Oreo® cookie crust

Perfect for keeping cool during a Texas summer—or ending brunch or dinner on an especially sweet note!

And these are just the newest additions to the largest scratch-made dessert menu in Texas, with cakes, pies, cheesecakes, crème brûlée and so much more made right here at Chez Zee. ✨

These summer specials are only available for a limited time, so come see us—and save room for dessert!

🪑 We’re saving a chair for you. Book a table this weekend at chez-zee.com or call 512-454-2666.

07/10/2026

🍟🍸 National French Fry Day + one year of Martinis & Fries!

One year ago, we launched Martinis & Fries for National French Fry Day—and you loved it so much, it became a Friday night tradition at Chez Zee!

Tonight, we’re starting early at 7 PM. Choose your favorite martini and pair it with traditional, sweet potato or truffle fries. Combos start at just $14, with drink and food upgrades available.

Add a salad or charcuterie board, settle in, and save room for dessert—Chez Zee is home to the largest scratch-made dessert menu of any independent restaurant in Texas! 🍰

An Austin icon for over 37 years and still a great place for a Friday night out. We’re saving a chair for you! 💜

Reserve at Chez-Zee.com or call 512-454-2666.

07/09/2026

Thursday Lunch Special: Pumpkin Seed Crusted Chicken Salad
Romaine and iceberg lettuces, pickled onions, and roasted corn pico, tossed in homemade pear vinaigrette. Topped with queso fresco and pumpkin seed crusted chicken. $19.95

07/07/2026

Tonight special: ravioli stuffed with roasted portobello mushroom. Served with sautéed asparagus and artichokes in a marsala cream sauce. $28.95.

07/07/2026

12&Under enjoy a free kids meal with a drink tonight, limit two per one adult entree. Come see us! We’re saving a chair for you!

07/03/2026

Fresh seafood for lunch… and Prime Rib tonight! 🐟🥩

Today’s lunch special is a beautiful Grilled Halibut served over a fresh Penne Caprese Pasta Salad with mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, fresh herbs, and a balsamic drizzle.

Lunch Special • $21.95

If you’re craving something crispy, we also have our Texas Fish & Chips featuring a fried catfish filet with fries and Sharon’s Cole Slaw, along with our Pistachio-Crusted Fried Shrimp—both customer favorites!

And if you’re planning dinner, Friday means Prime Rib! Join us tonight for our slow-roasted Prime Rib, served while it lasts.

Whether you’re joining us for lunch, happy hour, or dinner, we’ve got something delicious waiting for you—including handcrafted cocktails, local beers, wine, and Texas’ largest scratch-made dessert menu.

📍 Chez Zee American Bistro
🌿 Patio dining available
📞 512-454-2666
💻 Reserve your table at Chez-Zee.com

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07/02/2026

🇺🇸 Kick off your 4th of July with a bangin’ brunch at Chez Zee! 🎆🥂

Celebrate Independence Day with one of our holiday brunch specials, the Black Coffee BBQ Brisket—slow-smoked brisket served with our rich Black Coffee BBQ sauce, two eggs any style, and crispy golden potatoes for $22.95. It’s smoky, savory, and the perfect way to start your holiday.

And don’t forget dessert! Our famous Red, White & Blue Pie—made from scratch with apples, blueberries, cranberries, and a buttery walnut streusel topping—is available by the slice in the dining room, for delivery, or whole pies to-go from the bakery while they last.

Relax on our beautiful covered patio, check out our refreshed dining room, sip on Mimosas, Bloody Marys, handcrafted cocktails, or festive mocktails, and save room for what many guests call the biggest dessert menu in Texas!

🎇 Gather your family, your friends, and your holiday spirit—we’ll take care of the cooking.

📅 4th of July Brunch
⏰ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Reserve your table today at chez-zee.com or call 512-454-2666.

Happy 4th of July from all of us at Chez Zee! ❤️🤍💙

07/02/2026

Limited Time Available! It's time for our signature Fourth of July Red, White & Blue Pie (made with fresh cranberries, apples and blueberries with a walnut streusel on top) Order while supplies last. Get a slice with your meal or buy the whole pie for pick-up from our Bakery. This and more fun foodie options for a great weekend at https://chez-zee.com

07/02/2026

Take Chez Zee to the party this year! Order a 4th of July Party Pack for pickup on Friday or Saturday. Order now at https://chez-zee.com This party-ready bundle is enough to feed 4-6 people well for your block party, backyard bbq or just staying cozy at home in front of a World Cup match. Floor picnic anyone?
$75 includes six Croissant Sandwiches, Sharon's Cole Slaw, Lemon Potato Salad and Fresh Cut Fruit PLUS a whole Red, White & Blue Pie - our signature 4th of July dessert - made with fresh cranberries, apples and blueberries and walnut streusel topping. Available today, while supplies last - pick up Friday or Saturday.

07/02/2026

🇺🇸 Take Chez Zee to the Party This Year! 🎆🥐🥧

Skip the cooking and spend more time celebrating with family and friends! Our all-new 4th of July Party Pack is the perfect way to make your holiday easy and delicious.

For just $75, it feeds 4–6 people and includes:
🥐 Six fresh croissant sandwiches (3 turkey & 3 chicken salad)
🥗 One quart of Sharon’s famous Cole Slaw
🍋 One quart of Lemon Potato Salad
🍓 One quart of fresh seasonal fruit
🥧 Our scratch-made Red, White & Blue Pie filled with cranberries, apples, and blueberries, topped with our signature walnut streusel.

🎇 Perfect for picnics, lake days, backyard BBQs, and fireworks!

📅 Schedule your pickup for Friday or Saturday.
🛒 Order online at chez-zee.com
📞 Or call 512-454-2666

Let us do the cooking so you can enjoy the celebration. ❤️🤍💙

07/01/2026

🇺🇸🍷 Wine Down Wednesday: Red, White & Rosé for Freedom! 🍷🇺🇸

Celebrate the week—and the holiday spirit—with a glass (or bottle!) of our house wines tonight.

❤️ House Red
🤍 House White
🌸 House Rosé

Just $5 per glass or $20 per bottle all evening.

Whether you’re joining us for dinner, catching up with friends, or simply raising a toast to summer, there’s no better way to Wine Down Wednesday.

📍See you tonight at Chez Zee!

Address

5406 Balcones Drive
Austin, TX
78731

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 9pm
Wednesday	11am - 9pm
Thursday	11am - 9pm
Friday	11am - 10pm
Saturday	9am - 10pm
Sunday	9am - 3pm

Telephone

+15124542666

Website

http://www.chez-zee.com/

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