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The best happy hours in Austin

12 of our favorite Austin happy hours, all over the city, with real prices and times checked on each venue's own menu. The full list of 35 — every deal, by neighborhood, and what's pouring this minute — lives in the Whosly app.

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Downtown

Downtown happy hours →7 in Downtown in the app

Scholz Garten

Beer garden · $
Mon–Fri · 3–5 PM
  • $2 offDraught cocktails
  • $2 offDraught beer
  • $5Select appetizers

The beer garden German immigrant August Scholz opened in 1866, with $5 appetizers and draught beer $2 off on weekday afternoons.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menu

Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill

Southern comfort food · $$
Mon–Thu · 3–5:30 PM
  • $3Coors Light
  • $5Select wines by the glass
  • $8Bourbon slush
+ 7 more deals in the app

The original Moonshine, in a historic mercantile building on the Waterloo Greenway, with $8 bourbon slushes and cathead biscuits on Monday-to-Thursday afternoons.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

Saturn

Bar & music room · $
Today from 4 PM
Mon–Sat · 4–7 PM
  • $8Classic cocktails
  • $10Happy Meal: a Saturn Ripper, fries, a High Life and a shot

A Congress Avenue bar for vinyl nights, open jams and comedy, whose $10 'Happy Meal' bundles a Saturn Ripper, fries, a shot and a High Life.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

South Congress & South Lamar

South Congress & South Lamar happy hours →11 in South Congress & South Lamar in the app

TLC

South Lamar · Southern & Texan · $$
Mon–Fri · 2–6 PM
  • $7TLC margarita or frozen margarita
  • $7Praline Sazerac
  • $7Chile mule or cherry limeade
+ 7 more deals in the app

A South Lamar patio restaurant where everything on the happy-hour board is $7, from lemon-garlic mussels to a praline Sazerac, and Gulf oysters are $1.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

Güero's Taco Bar

South Congress · Tex-Mex & tacos · $$
All-day Monday · Mon · 11 AM–9 PMTue–Fri · 3–6 PM
  • $7Casa margaritas
  • $10Signature margaritas
  • $1 offDomestic and imported beer
+ 1 more deal in the app

The South Congress taco bar Rob and Cathy Lippincott opened in 1986, now run by their daughters, with $7 casa margaritas all day Monday and weekdays from 3.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

Lucky Robot

South Congress · Sushi · $$$
Mon–Fri · 4:30–6 PM
  • $9Sake cocktails: pomegranate mule, cucumber refresher, cherry daiquiri
  • $6Edamame
  • $7Salmon nigiri, two pieces
+ 6 more deals in the app

A South Congress sushi bar built around dry-aged fish, with $8 dry-aged maki, $7 salmon nigiri and $9 sake cocktails on weekday evenings.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

Elizabeth Street Cafe

Bouldin Creek · Vietnamese café & bakery · $$
Mon–Fri · 3–5 PM
  • $3 offSpecialty cocktails
  • ½ offAppetizers

A South First Vietnamese café and French bakery with half-price appetizers and $3 off specialty cocktails on weekday afternoons.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

East Austin

East Austin happy hours →5 in East Austin in the app

Sour Duck Market

East Austin · Burgers & bar · $
Today from 3 PM
Daily · 3–6 PM
  • $3Seasonal Snaquiri shots
  • $4Pints of select lagers
  • $6Paloma, turmeric mule or seasonal daiquiri
+ 4 more deals in the app

The casual sibling of Odd Duck and Barley Swine, on MLK in East Austin, with $6 burgers and $4 lager pints from 3 to 6 every day.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

King Bee

East Austin · Neighborhood bar · $
Today from 5 PM
All-night Monday · Mon · 5 PM–2 AMTue–Sun · 5–8 PM
  • $5Micheladas
  • $6Old fashioned
  • $8House cocktails
+ 2 more deals in the app

An East 12th Street bar named for Slim Harpo's swamp-blues song, with $6 old fashioneds until 8 every night and all night on Mondays.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

Mi Madre's

Manor Road · Tex-Mex · $
Tue–Fri · 4–7 PM
  • $5Tequila-spiked Jarritos
  • $6Micheladas
  • $7Margaritas

A Manor Road Mexican kitchen that opens for breakfast, with $7 margaritas and tequila-spiked Jarritos for $5 on weekday afternoons.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

Around the city

Kerbey Lane Cafe

Bryker Woods · All-day café · $
Today from 4 PM
Breakfast happy hour · Mon–Fri · 7–10 AMDaily · 4–6 PM
  • $3Mimosas
  • $5Beers
  • $5House red and white wine
+ 2 more deals in the app

A local café with a happy hour twice a day, 7 to 10 on weekday mornings and 4 to 6 every afternoon, with $3 mimosas and $7 cocktails at both.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗

Tiny Grocer Café

Hyde Park · French bistro & grocer · $$
Mon–Fri · 3–6 PM
  • $3Tallboys
  • $5Wine by the glass
  • ½ offAny bottle from the retail wine wall

A Hyde Park bistro, deli and small grocer (formerly Bureau de Poste) where weekday happy hour means $5 wine and half off any bottle on its retail wall.

✓ Checked on the venue's own menuTheir menu ↗
Austin Happy Hour · 35 places

23 more Austin happy hours in the app

You've seen 12 of 35. The Austin Happy Hour pack has the rest — every deal with its price and times, an On now filter on the city's clock, and every venue on your own map.

Add all 35 to your Whosly map

Every one lands on your own map in a tap — save them, rate them, plan around them. City Packs are included with Planner Pro.

Or search “Whosly: Plans, Places & RSVPs” on the App Store

Add all 35 to your iPhonePoint your iPhone camera here — the Austin Happy Hour pack opens in Whosly, ready for your map.
The Whosly app

All 35 Austin happy hours, live

This page is a sample. The Austin Happy Hour pack in Whosly has every one of the 35 — 146 deals with their prices and times — and tells you which are pouring right now.

  • ✓On now, Today and Another day filters, by neighborhood or near you
  • ✓Save spots to your own map — mark them been or to-try, and rate them
  • ✓See the places your friends have saved and rated
  • ✓Make any happy hour a plan: text one link and see who's in — friends RSVP with no app
Get Whosly on iPhoneHow it works

Or search “Whosly: Plans, Places & RSVPs” on the App Store

Get it on your iPhonePoint your iPhone camera here — or open the App Store and search “Whosly: Plans, Places & RSVPs”.

The happy hour packs are included with Planner Pro. Starting a plan and RSVPing are free, always.

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FAQ

Austin happy hour questions

What is the best happy hour in Austin?
It depends on the night, but here are four we'd send anyone to: Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill downtown ($3 Coors Light), TLC in South Lamar ($1 Gulf oysters each), Lucky Robot in South Congress ($9 sake cocktails: pomegranate mule, cucumber refresher, cherry daiquiri) and Sour Duck Market in East Austin ($3 seasonal Snaquiri shots). Every deal on this page was checked against the venue's own menu.
What time is happy hour in Austin?
On weekdays, most Austin happy hours run from about 3 PM to 6 PM. Of the 35 in Whosly's Austin list, 12 also run on Saturday or Sunday, and a few come back late at night.
Which Austin neighborhood has the most happy hours?
South Congress & South Lamar, with 11 of the 35 in Whosly's list, then Downtown (7) and East Austin (5).
How can I see which Austin happy hours are on right now?
In the Whosly app, the Austin Happy Hour pack has an On now filter that reads every venue's hours on the city's clock — plus filters for today, another day, food deals, neighborhood and near you. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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