The Best Happy Hours in Austin, by Neighborhood

In a city where $12 cocktails and $18 crudo are the new norm, it’s nearly impossible to go to a nice spot and not drop a lot of cash… nearly. In the name of thrifty tippling, we’ve done the hard work for you and put together an exhaustive guide to the best happy hours at both bougie and divey establishments in Austin’s most popular ‘hoods (and in some cases, we've even narrowed it down by street). Imagine $4 Old Fashioneds, $1 Miller ponies, $2 draft beers, and even a $10 Wagyu cheeseburger! Save your Two Buck Chuck and White Claw for another day -- Austin’s best happy hours await. 

Downtown/Market/Seaholm

Vince Young Steakhouse 
When: Monday-Saturday 5-7pm (in the bar & lounge)
The deal: $10 bar & lounge menu items (including a Wagyu brisket burger, steak frites, and crab cakes), $3 off of all wine by the glass, $2 off specialty cocktails, $1 off all beer

Fareground
When: Monday-Friday, 3 - 6pm
The deal: Specifics vary at each of this food hall's concepts. Fareground Bar - $4 select beers, $5 select wine, $5 select cocktails; Henbit - $2 off Kolaches; Contigo - $2 off wings & green beans; Ni-Kome - $2 off roll combos, $1 off snacks; Dai Due Taqueria - all tacos are $1 off

ATX Cocina
When: Every day, 4:30-6:30pm (in the bar, lounge, and patio)
The deal: $3 off cocktails, wine & draft beer; $4 off select menu items

Ellis
When: Every day, 4-6pm
The deal: $2 off wines by the glass, $2 off draft beer, $3 select Eastciders, $4 frozen margaritas and frosé, $5 spritzes

The Roosevelt Room
When: Sunday, 3-7pm; Monday-Tues, all night; Wednesday-Saturday, 4-7pm 
The deal: Select $7 classic cocktails, $1 off of beers and smaller snacks, $2 off wine by the glass and bigger bar dishes

Fixe
When: Monday-Saturday, 4:30-7pm; Sunday, 2pm to close (in the bar, lounge and on the patio)
The deal: $7 cocktails, $8 snacks, $10 plates, $9 reserve wines by the glass

Swift's Attic
When: Monday-Friday, 2-6:30pm
The deal: $6-8 specialty cocktails, $5 select wines, $2 Miller Light and Mickey's, discounted select drafts

Garage
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm
The deal: $6 cocktails

Market District

DuMont’s Down Low
When: Sunday, 6pm-2am; Monday-Friday, 4-7pm 
The deal: $7 signature cocktails including The Blanche and barrel-aged Old Fashioned, $6 Palomas and margaritas, $5 Lone Star & TW Samuels “The Low Down”, whiskey sours, Moscow Mules, and glasses of house red and white wines, $3 Lone Stars and Miller Lights

Péché
When: Sun & Mon, all night; Tuesday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: Half off select food, $5 select cocktails

2nd Street

La Condesa
When: Monday-Friday, 5-7pm (in the bar area)
The deal: Half off all drinks, discounted shareable snacks

W Austin
When: Monday-Friday, 5-7pm (in the Living Room Bars, TRACE, and the WET Deck)
The deal: Signature cocktails and snacks from $5-7
 
Le Politique
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm
The deal: Half off house liquor, beer, and wine by the bottle and glass, 25% off fruits de mer

Rainey Street

Stagger Lee
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm 
The deal: $2.50 domestic beer, $3 wells, $5 wine and frozen margaritas

Half Step
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: $8 select cocktails, $2 off all draft beer

Geraldine’s
When: Monday-Friday, 5-6 pm
The deal: $7 cocktails, discounts on select food including roasted beets and crispy pork ribs

Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden
When: Monday-Friday, 4-6pm
The deal: $4 select beer, $5 house wine, $3 snacks, $5 sausages

El Naranjo
When: Tuesday-Friday, 5:30-6:30pm
The deal: $3 off house margaritas and featured cocktails, $2 off beers, $6 house red or white wine, $3 off guacamole, $3 off ceviche de atún, $4 off queso fundido

Sixth Street

Jackalope
When: Mon, all day; Tuesday-Friday, 2-7pm
The deal: $2 tall boys, $2 wells, $4 margaritas

Parkside
When: Monday-Friday, 5-6pm
The deal: Half off beer, cocktails, and bar food; on Mondays, all signature martinis are $5

Easy Tiger
When: Monday-Friday, 4:30-6:30pm
The deal: $5 sausage links, $3 small pretzels with beer cheese, $3 off Antonelli's cheese plate, $4 Old Fashioneds, $4 Vodka Collins, $3 Easy Shandys, $3 select local draft beers

Firehouse Lounge
When: Every day, open-8pm
The deal: $2 off all drinks and food (excluding canned beer and snacks)

Parlor & Yard
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: $2 off cocktail menu, drafts, and wine

Star Bar
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: $2 domestics, $4 wells

Green Light Social
When: Monday-Thursday, open-close
The deal: $5 frozens, $5 Tullamore D.E.W., $4 Gatorade shots, $1 off well drinks, $1 off draft beers

Clarksville

Nightcap
When: Wednesday-Friday, 5-7pm
The deal: $7 select cocktails, $6 select wine, $25 select bottles of wine, $4 Pearl beer, discounted bites

Better Half
When: Tuesday-Friday, 3-6pm; Tuesday-Sunday, 9pm-close
The deal: $5 cheeseburgers, $3 cans of beer, $5 glasses of sangria; reverse happy hour deals include $5 draft cocktails and cheeseburgers, $1 Pearl beer

Clark's Oyster Bar
When: Every day, 3-6pm
The deal: Monday-Friday: 50 cents off oysters, half off burgers, $5 martinis, oyster shooters & draft; Weekends: 50 cents off oysters, half off bottles of wine, $5 oyster shooters

Jeffrey’s
When: Mon, all night; Tuesday-Sunday, 4:30-6:30pm (in the bar)
The deal: $2 off all drinks and half off bar food

Josephine House
When: Mon-Sat, 3-5pm
The deal: $2 off drinks, half off all food

Red River

The Mohawk
When: Every day, 5-8pm
The deal: Discounts on select beer and cocktails

Pelon’s Tex-Mex
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm
The deal: $6 shot and a beer (Mi Campo and Modelo, or TW Samuels and Lonestar), $6 house margaritas, $7 La Paloma, $7 S.O.T.B. Daiquiri, $4 draft beers, $6 chips and queso, $6 guacamole, $6
chicken flautas, $6 mini quesadillas

Bar 508 Mezcalerita
When: Monday-Friday, 4-6pm
The deal: Discounts on select cocktails, including $6.50 for The Dove (Casamigos, lime, grapefruit, honey, topo), $6 for The Daisy (Casamigos, lime, oj, demerara), and $6 for The Matador (El Silencio, pineapple, lime, simple syrup); $3 Modelo, Sol, and Miller Lite; $7 Chardonnay and rosé by the glass

The Drag/Campus

Dive Bar & Lounge
When: Monday-Friday, 2-7pm
The deal: $1 off craft cocktails, $1 off draft pints, $1 well liquor singles, $5 glasses of select wine, $2.50 Lone Star tall boys, $3 wells, $4 drafts

Crown and Anchor Pub
When: Monday-Saturday, 2-7pm; Sunday, all day 
The deal: $2.75 domestics drafts, $4.75 premium drafts, $10 domestic pitchers, and food menu discounts

Hole in the Wall
When: Monday-Saturday, 3-8pm, Sunday, all day
The deal: Select drink specials

Hyde Park/North Loop

Uncle Nicky's
When: Every day, 2-5pm
The deal: $6 featured spritzes including the Blood Orange Spritz and Nicky's Spritz, $1 Miller ponies and Peroni on draft, $4 for a shot of Fernet and a Peroni

Foreign & Domestic 
When: Tuesday-Saturday, 5:30-6:30pm
The deal: $3.50 local beer, $6 wine by the glass, $4 onion rings & buttermilk, $6 red pepper zeppole & chevre, $4 popovers & charred onion butter, $4 pommes frites & rouille, $8 44 Farms cheddar burger

drink.well.
When: Weekdays, 4-6pm
The deal: $4 draft beers, $3 off all classic cocktails, $2 off all wines by the glass, 20% off full bottles, $2 off all bar snacks 

Allandale/Brentwood

Lala’s
When: Monday-Thursday, 4-7pm
The deal: $2 domestic bottles, $3 tall boys, $3 well drinks
 
Barley Swine
When: Sun-Friday, 5-6:30pm
The deal: $7 draft cocktails, $4 Texas draft beers, 25% off bottles of wine, half off of large format beers, half off of selected menu items

Bufalina Due
When: Wednesday-Sunday, 4-5:30pm
The deal: $5 selected beer and wine, half off all pizzas

Yard Bar
When: Monday-Friday, 5-6pm
The deal: Half-off backyard burgers, shared snacks, Rescue Me cocktails, $2 off wine & spirits, $4 draft beers

Pinthouse Pizza
When: Monday-Friday, 5-6pm
The deal: $2 Pinthouse Pizza drafts

St. John’s/Highland

Black Star Co-Op
When: Tuesday-Thursday, 3-6pm
The deal: $4 house Rational beer, $1 off snacks and select wines, $8 Black Star burger

North Austin

Domain/Domain NORTHSIDE

Second Bar + Kitchen 
When: Every day, 3-6pm; Friday-Saturday, 11pm-2am
The deal: $5-10 off select signature food and drink

The Brass Tap
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: $1.50 off all beer on draft, house wines, draft cocktails, and well drinks

Mueller

Colleen’s Kitchen
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6:30pm
The deal: $2 bar snacks and starters, $6 classic cocktails, $2 off wines by the glass, $1 off beer

Stella Public House
When: Monday-Friday, 4-6pm
The deal: $2 off select drafts, $5 draft wines, $2 off beer flights and small plates, and rosé specials every Sunday including $5 rosé glasses, $10 rosé flights, $20 rosé bottles

Cherrywood/Manor Road

Haymaker
When: Every day, all day
The deal: Daily drink specials include $3 Texas pints on Tuesday, $2 frozen margaritas on Friday, $2 mimosas on Sunday, and a ton more deals

El Chile
When: Every day, 3-6pm
The deal: $3 off appetizers, margaritas, and cocktails

Salty Sow
When: Every day, 4:30-6:30pm
The deal: $2 off all listed cocktails, $4.50 craft beer, $5 wine, and a menu of $5 small plates that includes honey rosemary-dipped fried chicken, duck fat fries, and crispy Brussels sprout leaves

Techo Mezcaleria & Agave Bar
When: Monday-Friday, 5-7pm
The deal: $6 guava agave margaritas, mezcal margaritas, and micheladas

MLK

The Wheel
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: $4 whiskey of the day, $3 well drinks, $2.50 domestic longnecks, $2 select tall boys

East Eleventh & East Twelfth

Rosewood
When: Tuesday-Sunday, 5-6:30pm; Thursday, all night in the bar
The deal: $2 off snacks, $3 off cocktails (hello, pecan Old Fashioned!), $2 off draft beer, $3 off beer

Full Circle Bar
When: Wednesday-Saturday, 5-8pm
The deal: $1 off all drafts, $3 mimosas, $3 well cocktails, free Skee-Ball from 5-8pm on Wednesday and Thursday

Hillside Farmacy
When: Weekdays, 3-6pm
The deal: $2 off all cocktails, beer, and wine; half off snacks

East Sixth

The Upside @ East Austin Hotel
When: Monday-Friday, 4-6pm
The deal: $2 off appetizers, $2 off house cocktails and wine by the glass, $1 off draft beer

Lefty’s Brick Bar @ ARRIVE East Austin 
When: Every day, 3-6pm
The deal: Half off snacks, $5 frozens and sno-balls, $3 Montucky Cold Snacks, $1 off drafts

Vixen’s Wedding @ ARRIVE East Austin
When: Every day, 5-6pm
The deal: $5 cheese pao, crab panisse, and chaat-fried okra; $8 specialty cocktails, $8 selected wines, $5 beer

Suerte
When: Every day, 5-6pm
The deal: $6 select cocktails and house wines, 25% off wine by the bottle, 25% off 3 oz mezcal pours, $3 pints of Suerte lager; Mezcal Monday offerings include half off copitas & familia pours of mezcal from the week's featured label

Il Brutto
When: Monday-Friday, 5-7pm
The deal: Half off the entire drink menu (including wine bottles!)

Licha's Cantina
When: Tuesday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: $5 select cocktails and bites

Whisler's
When: Weekdays, 4-7pm; Saturday & Sunday, 12-4pm
The deal: $7 cocktails

East Seventh

Kinda Tropical
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm
The deal: $7 bites including black bean hummus, chips and queso, chicken wings, pulled jackfruit sandwich, and burger; $7 drinks including mezcal Palomas, frozen spicy margaritas, and Mai Tais

Hard Luck Lounge
When: Every day, 3-8pm
The deal: $5 frozen fresh squeezed watermelon and vodka, $3 Lone Star drafts

Prohibition Creamery
When: Tuesday-Friday, 3-7pm  
The deal: $6 cocktails, ice cream specials

The Hightower
When: Tuesday-Friday, 5-7pm
The deal: $4 local draft beer, $4 bottles and cans, $5 wine, $6 house cocktails, $6 small plates including tartare and queso

East Cesar Chavez

Launderette
When: Monday-Friday, 5-6pm
The deal: Half off cocktails, beer, and wine; $5 off snacky bits (including beet hummus and striped bass crudo), half off wine by the bottle on Mondays

Mongers Market + Kitchen
When: Tuesday-Friday, 4-6pm
The deal: $5 wine by the glass, $2 off sangria carafes, $1 off all draft beers and oysters, $6 raw bar options and snacks

Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile
When: Tues, all night; Wednesday-Friday & Sunday, 5-7pm; Sat, 10am-12pm
The deal: $5 starters, $10 cheeseburger and fries, $2 off draft beers & wine by the glass, half-price select cocktails, 25% off wine by the bottle

East Riverside

The Buzz Mill
When: Monday-Friday, 5-8pm
The deal: $4 can beer, $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon draft, $3 well drinks

South Lamar

Loro
When: Monday-Friday, 2-5pm
The deal: Special HH menu items (like their chicken karaage and wings), half off boozy slushies, and select beer and wine

Gibson Street Bar
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm
The deal: $3 wells, $4 select liquors, $4 local drafts, $4 El Jimador Silver, and $5 Tullamore D.E.W.

Uchi
When: Every day from 5-6:30pm
The deal: Sake Social menu includes discounted sake, wine, beer, sushi, and small plates ranging from $3-$11. The same deals apply to Uchiko on Burnet Rd.

Radio Coffee & Beer
When: Weekdays, 4-7pm
The deal: Discounts on most drafts, as well as specials on coffee and coffee-related drinks

Eberly
When: Sunday & Monday, all night; Tuesday-Friday, 5-7pm (in the Cedar Tavern & front dining room bar)
The deal: $4 beers, $7 cocktails, $7 house wine, happy hour priced food options

South Congress

Hotel San José
When: Monday-Thursday, 12-5pm
The deal: $1 off all beers, 20% off bottles of wine, 20% off all snacks

Lobby Bar at South Congress Hotel
When: Monday-Friday, 5-7pm
The deal: Half off the full beverage program

Central Standard at South Congress Hotel
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm
The deal: Half off the full beverage menu including beer, wines by the bottle and glass, and house cocktails, East Coast oysters served with traditional condiments for $3

Joann’s Fine Foods @ Austin Motel
When: Weekdays, 4-6pm
The deal: 25% off food, $2 off cocktails, beer, and wine; $5 Sols and Lolita Sunrises

June’s All Day
When: Monday-Friday, 4 to 6pm 
The deal: 25% off all food, 50% off all sparkling wines, $2 off all other drinks, sparkling wines 50% off all night on Monday

Still Austin Whiskey Co.
When: Wednesday-Sunday, 3-7pm
The deal: Cocktails are $2 off, and you can get $2 off cocktails if you bring your pup on Sundays (all day)

Velouria
When: Monday-Friday, 1-7pm 
The deal: $2 off cocktails and wine, $1 off drafts and frozens

South First

Sway
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm
The deal: Half off all specialty cocktails, wines, sake, and beer, and $3 snacks at all three locations 

Lenoir
When: Tuesday-Sunday, 5-6:30pm (in the wine garden)
The deal: Half off all bottles of wine priced $80 and under

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