Ask for Gio, he is the best bartender in the place, best conversationalist and will get you right. Appreciate you Geo.

We got breakfast at Champions Austin Restaurant which is conveniently located inside the Courtyard By Marriott Austin Downtown. The service was nice and friendly. From the hostess to the servers. You can do buffet style and/or order specific items like an omlet or avocado toast. read more

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Really fun spot to grab food and watch a game. The burgers were juicy and flavorful, and the wings came out hot and crispy with plenty of sauce. The atmosphere was lively without being too loud, and the service was friendly. Definitely a good choice for a casual meal with friends read more

Came here to meet some girlfriends for a drink and to watch the Spurs play in the finals. Our server visited too often, which is not a bad problem to have. My friends and I kinda just wanted to watch the game but we understand we should order something. There were plenty of tvs to watch the game, it wasn't too loud but it's downtown prices for drinks. My friend ordered tacos which she said was ok. My other friend enjoyed the guac and chips, it was a generous portion. read more

Service was fantastic. Basic wings had sugar on them wtf? Ordered the over seasoned Lemmon pepper also terrible. This was my third highly rated restaurant in Austin, restaurants here need serious help with their food. read more

Champs is a Marriott Courtyard hotel sports bar conveniently located on 4th near the train station. I've been here a few times, having a cocktail, waiting for the Metro Rail to arrive to whisk me north. On this occasion, I stopped by before a Yelp Elite Event at the Hilton as I arrived downtown over an hour early. There is a large circular bar with numerous TVs, as well as a few tabletops and booths. This bar does get busy during the weeknights, and on this visit, there were only a few open seats at the bar. But as the business travelers left for their dinner/meeting dates, I had the bar to myself. They have a full bar and some great local beer options. I immediately selected the Austin Beer Works IPA. Sitting by the service station, I saw some of their dinners, and they looked very good. A few patrons were gushing over their margaritas, and the bartender stated that they were custom-made in-house. There are mucho options for cocktails in this area, and I'm assuming that most folks will patronize those instead of this hotel bar, but Champs is a great option to catch a game, have a bite, or pre-party before you head out into the area. read more

We quickly popped in for a drink as we were waiting for my Lyft ride and ended up spending about 90 mins here as we stumbled upon trivia and a happy hour. The trivia was super fun and everyone in there was having a great time and interacting. We were seated at the bar. Got a few finger foods and a few drinks. The staff was super accommodating and gracious. They were super busy but took time to greet us and check in on us and not just shove menus in our face. Could be a bit brighter but it's not too bad. There are bar seating in the center, some stairs to get to a VIP area / corridor that connects to a hotel and the bathrooms and a few booths. A full bar would be maybe 100 people. But even with the 50 or so that was there, the energy was high. TVs are all already the bar and back wall. The bar is located at a corner and there's some trees outside so it might be hard to notice it but if the door opens and you hear the noise, you'll be lured in. read more

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Got great service while being here just for a weekend. They were very responsive and checked on me regularly! I made this review mainly because I ordered steak frites and the general manager let me know that the delay of my meal was because the cooking of the food was not to his satisfaction. I appreciated his honesty and he told me he wanted to make sure I got the best food they could serve! 10/10 for service. They care about what is actually being served to the customers! read more

Travelled to Austin for work with a few colleagues and had the pleasure of meeting Q, Geo, and Danni at the Champion located at the Residence Inn/Courtyard Downtown Austin. We always have a blast making staff laugh, but we enjoyed the service they all provided. We took their food recommendations they provided, the wings (fried hard), crab hushpuppies, and the "oooey gooey" vanilla cake (we can't remember the name ) and we were never disappointed. Seriously, those hush puppies were sososososososo good. Shout out to Chef Luis for giving us the "secret sauce"! I guarantee my colleagues and myself will be back! read more

The actually give you a side of fries and not a small basket of fries. They serve Pepsi so I opted out on liquor as a result. Service was great, quick and friendly. Ambuance is decent, its attached to a hotel so it can't be all extreme or nothing. Place wasnt too loud so that's nice. read more

I have to say we had low expectations when we tried the hotel bar for happy hour. We were staying at the hotel and had $25 credit on our hotel account for food and drinks. Once we tried the bar, we were so glad we did. We went there every night of our stay and the service was terrific. The manage was particularly friendly and even greeted us personally at breakfast several morning. We tried a variety of happy hour offering over the several night of our stay and found them very tasty. The bar itself we busy and had fun. Plenty of TVs add to the sports bar ambiance. We look forward to another visit on our next stay in Austin. read more

Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar - Bar TV's - New American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Champions is a sports bar in a Courtyard Marriott. Like a Courtyard Marriott, which is a completely fine place to spend the night if you're looking for something that is comfortable and no frills, Champions is a completely solid place to watch a game and have some nachos. It's a place you go to when you're staying at the Courtyard Marriott and you don't want to leave the building, but it's also a place with a friendly staff, reasonably priced drinks, and TV's in every direction. It's the Courtyard Marriott of sports bars - which isn't necessarily a bad thing at all! read more

Stopped by Champions for happy hour and it was a great experience. The bartender Hailey crushed it - she was all by herself with a full bar and was very attentive to everyone. I grabbed a Modelo then asked if there was a way to make the "Honey & Ginger" mocktail but add some gin and she was able to accommodate that. Highly recommend it btw!!! Very light and refreshing! read more

Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar - Honey & Ginger with Gin - New American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Went after a morning UT game to have a couple of drinks prior to dinner. Pretty good atmosphere and the place was initially packed then slowed as the morning game traffic folks left. To me the key to a sports bar is flowing food, drinks and service. We had fish tacos, cesar salad and guac and chips. The food was fine, but the flowing part was not there. The service was painfully slow even when it emptied out. We ended up getting the bill from the quality checker who we asked for after our server went MIA. Tip of the day: the seating is a little confusing. If you enter by the hotel side you need to go to end by the bar to make sure you get seated or added to the list. This has the elements of a real good sports bar, the service needs to keep the drinks and food flowing. read more

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Pretty standard complimentary breakfast at our hotel. It did its job. Wasnt overly satisfied or dissatisfied.

Surprisingly good. I was not expecting this. * * * Champions is the Sports Bar in the Courtyard Marriot. Marriot food is nearly always good. Marriot used to be expensive and overpriced for food - then completely fair market price and good value - and then expensive and overpriced. Most of the Marriot restaurants continue to be expensive and overpriced. But Champions when I was there was back to being good value for the money. I was impressed and grateful. * * * I had a good experience which I will tell you about below. But before I get started - let me comment on the large number of negative reviews. The reviews are truthful but give an incomplete picture of what Champions is about. One set of bad reviews date back to about 2015. All signs are that in 2015, Champions was just terrible. What you read is what you would have gotten. The other set of reviews is about service quality. The servers and people who work there are perfectly nice and perfectly hard working. Staffing levels are kept thin. This means that it is possible for the people who work there to get completely overwhelmed. I showed up at Champions a few hours before a big Texas Clemson game - an early rounder for the National Collegiate Football Championship. Usually when tourists come to Austin, they leave the hotel and go see Sixth Street or the city. Because these were football fans pregame - and they did not have cars to tailgate with - they were basically staying at the hotel resting up before the major festivities. So Champions was atypically packed with a zillion people all wanting lunch. The bartender and the maitre d' had to take care of this giant horde all by themselves. Now to be honest, the maitre d' was not doing much except waiting for guests to talk in the door. This meant the bartender had to take the orders, make the drinks and buss the tables for a zillion people. She was working at lightning speed and was stretched beyond her limits ... While she was doing this, tables were going dirty and the place looked bad. The bartender finally got to me, cleared the bar around me and served wonderful food. But 99.999% of the time, the Champions staff will not be facing such a work crunch. All signs are that in normal times, service is fine. * * * I had a first rate and highly innovative Cobb salad. What was the gimmick? Almost no lettuce! Marriot piled on the expensive ingredients - while most people pile on the lettuce as a cost saving. The expensive ingredients tasted first rate. (A special shout out for the smoked turkey and the Mexican street corn.) And the salad itself was big. Good value for the money. * * * The bar selection was wonderful. I got all historical and ordered a Crown Royal. This could have happened at any bar ... Champions was just the unlucky location where I got a lesson in whiskey history. Whiskey has vastly improved in the last 30 years. The old brands our parents used to like just don't cut it any more. You can now get artisanal Canadian blended whiskey to die for. Brands like Crown Royal or in Bourbons, Jack Daniels and Wild Turkey Are now third rate merchandise. Crown Royal is rough. Really rough. And rough without tasting good. Jack Daniels and Wild Turkey are smooth without tasting like much. A good artisanal whiskey these days is smooth AND tastes wonderful. But struggling my way through the Crown Royal ... I now understood why my parents drank Manhattans or Old Fashioneds rather than straight up whiskey. Or why they drowned their whiskey with ice cubes. Their whiskey was not good enough to drink straight. The same applies for them loving martinis - while modern gins are totally good enough to be enjoyed neat. Vermouth was a necessary protection against unpleasant merchandise In an age where people could not imagine anything better. * * * Marriot gets no credit for me getting a whiskey history lesson. But they did serve me a lovely salad in a nice room. And they served it at a fair price. Thumbs up all the way. read more

Don't fall for the stars like we did. The restaurant is in a hotel, and food is very subpar. The restaurant require the servers to bring a QR code on a piece of paper to your table. When you scan it, it brings you to google to for a review. The servers beg you to fill it out because they get a kickback ($10) from the restaurant if you fill it out... even more if you mention their name. read more

This was the perfect bar to watch the Super Bowl. We had a great spot right in front of a tv. While service was incredibly slow our waitress was good and nicely apologized for the slowness in getting our food. There was a runner that came to our table and was a bit rude. He came with the food, announced what it was and obnoxiously said, "Is this your food?" Excuse me?? I've never been to a restaurant where I had to say yes that's my order or tell the server what I ordered. He could use a hospitality refresher. The food is what you'd expect at a sports bar. Not gonna blow your socks off but there's something on the menu you can eat. As you can see from the pics we ordered and are a lot. The corn with the fish tacos was sampled by everyone and left there. Not good. We were a little surprised that the wings weren't pre-sauced but came with sauce to dip the chicken in. The drinks didn't miss the mark...they were good. If you need a good spot to watch your favorite sporting event, this place has good tv views all around so worth visiting while getting a good drink. read more

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Got you Here's a Yelp-perfect review that sounds natural, enthusiastic, and absolutely earns Gwen her $10 without sounding like you're gaming the system: Had such a great experience here, and a huge part of that was Gwen. Gwen was attentive without hovering, friendly without being fake, and somehow always showed up right when we needed something. You can tell Gwen actually cares about the experience, not just taking orders and moving on. Food was great, service was smooth, but Gwen really made the visit stand out. If you're lucky enough to have Gwen as your server, you're in good hands. Would absolutely come back and hope to be seated with Gwen! read more

This place is connected to the Courtyard /Residence Inn hotel. The bar is decent size and is generally packed. The restaurant is fairly large, and the menu is decent. Typical Texas based meals. However, they have a few fish based proteins that might be a surprise. Frank was my waiter, and he kept me informed on the timing of the drinks and food throughout my stay. The wait times can be a little longer than most places, but not killer long. I started with the Iron Skillet Cornbread. It was well cooked but dry. The honey butter could have been better and more of it. Then...it was a hard decision between the cheesy chicken Enchiladas or the charred WAGYU short ribs or the Southern Fried Chicken...have to be honest it all looked good, so I did what your not supposed to do and asked Frank for his recommendation. The fried chicken is half a chicken (wings, thigh, breast) plus the sides. The Enchiladas are the most modest of the offerings with two Enchiladas and order chips on the side. You will want them for the extra sauce. OVERALL, I wasn't completely disappointed. Ii took a little longer than it needed for dinner with only me, but it was good. Come for a good time and don't look at the clock. read more

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My girlfriend and I swung by to watch a UT game and Noel was an amazing server. He was very attentive, kind and had the best recommendations. He's a huge reason why I would want to come back. The food was delicious and came out in the timely manner. Thank you Noel and thank you to the restaurant! read more

Came for the game, stayed for the Kolt. Great service and great spot to watch the games. Food was also really tasty!

Food was great, people were friendly! Gwen was our waitress she was awesome. We're visiting from out of town, we had a good experience here. read more

Service was really good and the drinks were also really good. The food... not so much. The queso was oddly thick and the chicken sandwich was one of the most pathetic I have ever had. Barley any sauce and the chicken was cooked to death so it ended up shrinking and was more a a chicken hockey puck. Other people at the table had salads and tacos. The salads looked good but I noticed one of my friends plucked all of the chicken off hers. I can only assume it was super dry like mine. I guess for a hotel restaurant, that's what you get. The menu is not big at all so the choices are very limited and the prices are decent. read more

Good service, nice layout, and close to the Metro Station. The Champion has several options for food that looked good. I didn't eat since I was just waiting for the Metro. However I did enjoy my visit, and I think you will too! read more

Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar - Blue Moon - New American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Geo was top notch provided great service. His drinks were on point and the food was great!! He even made further recommendations on entertainment in Austin!! Go see Geo! read more

My family and I went here about 45 minutes before closing time. We were greeted but it took a minute for staff to acknowledge us. Since they were nearing the closing time we decided to order burgers to go. We each order a different burger and substituted the impossible patty on each burger. My husband's double meat burger had one impossible patty and the other beef, his burger was flavorless. My burger was the guacamole burger it had the impossible patty but no flavor around at all, even the guacamole was bland. My son had a simple burger which also missed the mark. Our total for 3 burgers was $85, which was way too expensive for something that was flavorless. I have to say when we return to Austin, this would not be a place we will visit again. read more

Staying at the hotel so it's convenient. Service was good happy hour is cool 4-6 pm. Fruit flys were annoying at the bar but still a cool Little Corner bar Enjoy read more

Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar - New American Near Me - Austin, Texas

We started with drinks in the patio and moved in as a group of 9 for dinner. It was super busy by then but Frank worked super hard to take care of us. I split the shrimp and grits and it was really good. I would definitely recommend this place across from the conference center. read more

Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar - Frank R took care of us even though it was super busy. - New American Near Me - Austin, Texas

A decent bar for a hotel. Plenty of seating. Friendly staff. I had the fish tacos which were pretty good read more

Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar - Fish Taco - New American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Super bad experience for a friends birthday dinner. So first off I called into champions the Thursday before our Saturday dinner to get a reservation for my party. Then I called Saturday because I never got a confirmation and come to find out nobody ever put my reservation in. Next after we get to the restaurant and all order drinks from the bar which took 20 plus minutes to come out and then one of our friends did not even get her drink which took an additional 10 minutes for her to receive. Appetizers came out before our bar drinks the chips and queso were mid at best. Our server took our order and the food came out fairly quickly but one of the burgers was very undercooked and bloody in the center. After our dinner it took about 20 minutes for our server to come and bring our checks and we had an 20% auto gratuity charge for the table which she says was for parties 10 or larger but our group was only 8. Overall food was mid and service was very slow plenty other places in the area that could provide better service and food. read more

If you are downtown Austen, want to watch sporting events on TV, and want pub food, then Champions hits the spot. The Loaded Nachos and the wings were excellent. While they were extremely busy, we didn't have any issues with our service. read more

A nice spot in the hotel bar scene. The staff is great, friendly and attentive. The drinks are good and the happy hour menu is well built....try the hush puppies....they are really good! If you're going to hit the hotel bar, Champions is worth a stop. read more

Went here to watch a final four basketball game Saturday April 6. Bar is nice, large oval shape with a group of TVs on both sides. Felt lucky to find 2 open stools at bar, sat down thinking we might be staying a while. One bartender, and she was training a guy who appeared to be his first day. Took well over 10 minutes to be acknowledged, then a couple more minutes to order a couple beers. There was zero energy here, although the food smelled good. Had just the one beer and left for some more energy. On such a night, being advertised as a sports bar, should really have been staffed up better. read more

The food is delicious and the breakfast in the morning was great and there were many options. Service was fast and the staff were kind and helpful. read more

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My Mom loves a good chicken wing, so when I saw my fellow yelpers suggesting this place, we had to try it. It is inside the Courtyard hotel, so at first you aren't really sure if you're in the right place, but keep going! I liked the look and feel of the bar area, which was well-maintained and staffed with friendly folks! The wings were legit and the shrimp and grits were a surprise hit! read more

We stopped in for a quick meal later in the evening. The place was pretty empty with just a few folks at the bar. We had appetizers and dessert and everything was tasty. The wings especially were good. I wanted coffee with my dessert but was told they were out and offered tea instead which was fine but I have a feeling they just didn't want to start a new pot. read more

Very nice downtown location, the staff and service was on point and friendly! The food burgers and steak with a wonderful salad, was delicious. My Son and his mother really enjoyed the whole evening with food and football. read more

Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar - New American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Took 30 min to get 2 appetizers, my waitress brought me a lemon with her hands, and took an 1 hour and 15 min for us to give up on our entrees and just told them to cancel the food. Never been to a place this slow. We also had to ask for refills constantly, most of which we never got. Too many good places to try in Austin, so I don't suggest going here read more

Good sports bar (hard to find in Austin). Good beer selection. Had the audio on for the college games. Had the pork nachos which were huge and pretty good. Will be back. read more