Rogue Radish
Some of the most perfectly cooked salmon you'll find outside of a dedicated seafood joint,in The Infatuation's scored review, at 18.50 in a poke bowl counter inside Swift's Attic.1
Why go
Every bowl starts from the same place: chewy purple rice, golden turmeric chickpeas, living lettuces, sprouts and house fermented pickles.4 Nicolai McCrary scored the room 8.1 for The Infatuation and read that base closely, calling the rice pleasantly chewy and nutty, the house-fermented pickles tangy and the greens crisp and sourced from local farms.1 What changes is what goes over it. King salmon poke with scallions, smoked chile, sesame oil and hemp hearts. Bluefin tuna poke. Peeler Ranch wagyu cooked with garlic, fish sauce and beef tallow. Garlic-roasted Mary's organic chicken.2 Holding one base and swapping only the protein is what lets a 14 dollar vegetarian bowl and a 29 dollar bluefin bowl come off the same line in a three-and-a-half hour service. It sits on the second floor above Congress Avenue and it is a weekday-lunch proposition.4
Order this / avoid
- Order: the roasted king salmon at 18.50. McCrary describes it cut thick, glazed in garlic and fish sauce, then roasted until the edges are crispy, with the turmeric chickpeas adding texture. He adds a marinated egg on the side.1
- Second choice: the chicken bowl, which the same review places just under the salmon because it lacks that crispy glaze.1
- If somebody else is paying: the TX Wagyu steak bowl at 22.50.2
- Cheapest good thing: crispy rice and greens at 14, which puts crisped purple rice on top of the standard base.2
- Add: the radish shot at 1.50. Pickled radish brine sharpened with lime and finished with chile oil.2
- Avoid: planning dinner here. Service runs 11am to 2:30pm, Monday to Saturday.4
What locals & experts say
- Nicolai McCrary, The Infatuation Austin, rated 8.1:
Here's some of the most perfectly cooked salmon you'll find outside of a dedicated seafood joint.
1 - On the proteins generally: he writes that they do not taste like they sat under a heat lamp for half a day, which is the specific failure mode of the format.1
- On the setup: the same review states the kitchen operates out of the Swift's Attic kitchen, which matches what the city's address register shows.1
- Age: the review carries an on-page date of 13 March 2026, so it is about five months old.
Good to know
- Timing: lunch only, 11am to 2:30pm, Monday to Saturday.4
- Format: grab and go, or eat in the air-conditioned room upstairs.4
- Price: bowls run 14 to 29 depending on protein and portion, with add-ons from 1 to 13.50.2
- Hygiene: no inspection record under this name.3
- Two review pages: the Infatuation also carries an older Rogue Radish page filed under East Austin, which covers the earlier address. The Congress Avenue page is the one about this room.1
Verdict
could-visit — A weekday lunch counter on the second floor above Congress Avenue, built on one prep line and seven finishes. Every bowl starts from the same purple rice, turmeric chickpeas, living lettuces, sprouts and house fermented pickles, then takes king salmon poke, bluefin poke, roasted salmon, roasted Mary's organic chicken, Peeler Ranch wagyu, or nothing at all in the 14 dollar crispy rice bowl. The Infatuation scored it 8.1 in March 2026 and called the roasted salmon some of the most perfectly cooked you will find outside a dedicated seafood joint, thick cut, glazed in garlic and fish sauce and roasted until the edges crisp. The same review ranks the chicken bowl just under it. The wagyu is 22.50 and the bluefin tops out at 29, which is the spread one base buys you. It closes at 2:30 and it is shut on Sundays.