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.
Austin: The Ultimate Local's Guide
Downtown/Market/Seaholm
Dean’s One Trick Pony @ LINE Hotel
When: Tuesday-Saturday, 4-7pm; Thursday until 10pm
The deal: $2 beers, $4 snacks, $6 cocktails
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
Truluck's
When: Every day, 4:30-7pm
The deal: Half off hand-crafted cocktails, featured wines, and chef-selected appetizers
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
She’s Not Here
When: Every day, 4-6:30pm
The deal: $7 cocktails and bites, half off all bottles of bubbles
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
Anthem
When: Monday, all day; Tuesday-Saturday, 3-6:30pm
The deal: Deals on beer, wine, cocktails, food, and sweets
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
Holy Roller
When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm; Tues, all day
The deal: $2 off beer, wine, and well drinks, $2 off shareables (like trash fries and monkey bread brûlée)
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
Bar Peached
When: Tuesday-Saturday, 4:30-7pm (bar & patio only)
The deal: $6 wine and draft cocktails, $5 draft beer, $5 bar snacks, $4 tacos
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
Cheer Up Charlies
When: Every day, 4-6pm
The deal: $2 tall boys, drink specials on cocktails like the Golden Ticket or kale lime margarita
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
Scholz Garten
When: Weekdays, 4-7pm
The deal: $1 tacos, $6 Scholz Crush's, half off German pints
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
Vamonos
When: Monday-Saturday, 4-6pm
The deal: $3 off appetizers, $2 off cocktails and wine, $1 off beer
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
The Peached Tortilla
When: Tuesday-Sunday, 5-7pm (at bar only)
The deal: $5 select beers, $6 select wines by the glass, $6 cocktails, $4 tacos, $5 bar snacks, $7 Social Burger
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
Easy Tiger @ The Linc
When: Weekdays, 4:30-6:30pm
The deal: $4 Old Fashioneds, $3 Easy Shandy, $4 strawberry lemonade, $3 select local draft beers,
$5 sausage links, $3 small pretzels & beer cheese, $3 off Antonelli’s cheese plates
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
District Kitchen + Cocktails
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm; Sun 4-6pm
The deal: $5 and $6 cocktails including frosé and margaritas, $5 select wine by the glass, $3 domestic beer, $1 off all draft beer, half-price featured wine by the bottle, discounted bar bites
Domain/Domain NORTHSIDE
Lavaca Street Bar Rock Rose
When: Monday-Friday, 3-7pm
The deal: $3 select bottles and cans, $6 house wines, $5 wells, $6 frozen margaritas, $8 “Bing & Bang” happy hour draft & well shot
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
L’Oca D’Oro
When: Every day, 5-6:30pm (in the bar and patio)
The deal: Half off of select snacks, and specials on beer on tap, wine by the glass, and punch of the day
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
Contigo
When: Monday-Thursday, 5-6:30pm
The deal: Half-price bar snacks, beer, wine by the glass, and signature cocktails
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
East Eleventh & East Twelfth
Old Thousand
When: Monday-Friday, 5-6:30pm
The deal: $7 cocktails and bites, half off all bottles of bubbles
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
Sixth and Waller @ East Austin Hotel
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm
The deal: $2 off appetizers, $2 off house cocktails and wines by the glass, $1 off draft beer (these deals also apply at the Pool Bar)
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
Takoba & Barzon
When: Tuesday-Saturday, 5-7pm; 11pm-2am
The deal: Half off all food items, $1.50 bottle beer, half off Guava Frozens, half off El Jimador margaritsa (frozen or on the rocks)
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
Pitchfork Pretty
When: Monday-Friday, 5-6pm
The deal: $3 off cocktails and beer, $12 off bottles of wine, half off all snacks and appetizers
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
Jackalope South Shore
When: Every day, 4-7pm
The deal: Half off draft cocktails, half off seasonal frozen drinks, $1 off draft beers
The Buzz Mill
When: Monday-Friday, 5-8pm
The deal: $4 can beer, $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon draft, $3 well drinks
South Lamar
Odd Duck
When: Sun-Thursday, 2:30-6:30pm
The deal: $6 select draft cocktails, half off bottles of wine and large-format beer, select dishes are half off from 5-6:30pm
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
St Elmo Brewing & Soursop
When: Friday, 12-4pm
The deal: $2 Carls from St Elmo Brewing, and $6 Waterburgers from Soursop
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
Fresa’s South 1st
When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm; All day, every day for guests seated at the bar
The deal: $2 off aguas frescas, botanas, beer, wine, margaritas
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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