Dublin Johnny was awesome. Working the bar with ease and very friendly. Highly recommend checking…read moreout this place especially if Johnny is working.

This place is fun!! Live music great drinks and our bartender is phenomenal!!! His name is Brian…read more So nice!!!! He made our visit enjoyable

Amazing Food, Bianca was wonderful and gave the best service. Very personable and customer…read moreoriented. We will be back. The Mediterranean bowl was very refreshing and had a wonderful flavor. The atmosphere was also very nice and made me want to stay.

One of the most attractive performing spaces in Austin…read more If they happen to be booking music that you like, you are made in the shade. * The club is on three levels. The Ground Floor: A larger than usual performance space. Larger than usual because it takes up the entire footprint of the building with no space set aside for seating. If you want to dance or they are packing them in SRO, the square footage is there. Okay - it is not as big as the Concourse Project which has an entire South-of the-Airport Industrial Warehouse to work with. But for downtown, it is huge. * The Mezzanine - This is one place to go if you want to sit down. The space is divided between a) a set of large leather chairs with a pool table in the middle. The pool table area is on an open balcony that lets you hear or even watch the bands from on high. There is a bench with stools right on the balcony edge for semi-comfortable listening to the band below. If I am listening to the music, I will take the leather chairs rather than a stool. Ever try boogie-ing on a stool? Ever get transported to a higher place by the mystic beauty of what you are hearing on a stool? Slapstick moments await. However, it is hard to argue with a leather chair for big time listening. b) the Mezzanine bar with and a bunch of chairs and benches near a bowling alley. ?!?!? on the Bowling Alley. The Great Lebowski never had it so good. If you push the matter, the bar might even be able to make you a White Russian. * The Roof - which has one of the nicest and most comfortable roof sitting areas in Austin. There are places with nicer roof views, but not very many places with as much seating and as much comfortable seating. And yes there is a music stage if management decides they want to mix things up soundwise. Mostly though, this is a perfect place to rest your tootsies if standing listening to bands has become too much for you. It is also the perfect safety place if the band downstairs stinks so much, you need two floors of real estate between you and the abomination on stage. * I can't speak for the quality of the bar. I was here for a German government sponsored SXSW showcase - in this case of all Berlin DJs. Berlin DJs are up there with Ibiza DJs for being the best that electronic dance music has to offer. (That night however, an unknown Austin girl filled in for a missing act - and held her own with the best of Berlin. Suxxy Puxxy. Keep your eyes out for her if you like to dance.) The German government was offering free drinks as part of the motivation for you to come in to German Haus and hear free music. No exotic hard to get German beverages but I was pleased to take the normal stuff they were offering. So how good the bar is or how good the musicians they book are are TBD. * * * I generally find the Mohawk is a hard standard to beat ... So it is hard to get me to shift to other clubs. Still the space offered by the Speakeasy is extremely appealing. It would not take much for me to make an excuse to come back.

They have cheap happy hour drinks from 4-7! Also super gorgeous rooftop view of downtown Austin -…read moreperfect pregame spot for Pride Month ‍

I went here on a Friday night with one of my friends, per recommendation from someone I know who…read morewent to UT. Take this review with a grain of salt, as it's possible we just went too early in the night and then went to other bars without coming back here. The differentiated vibes on each floors are fun, and the drinks are cheap + strong. I didn't enjoy the DJ on the rooftop & although the music was better on the ground floor, there wasn't enough room to dance there. Also, the line for the bar, dancers, and people entering from the line outside create a chaotic mess! Definitely has some cute photo ops :)

My first time in Austin i went to this place twice in one weekend…read more What's not to love? 3 floors! Dance floor with bar with swings, mechanical bulls, mechanical dick shaped bull, arcade games, music, billiards and drinks make this place a one stop party place on the dirty 6th. We just had so much fun here because this is the only place here with so much to do! Drinks were good and the staff was nice. Can't wait to come back again.

Okay such a fun time! We came here to end our night and we had so much fun with the high energy…read morevibes, music, dancing, and the swing chairs. If you're in the mood to dance and keep the night going, this is a fun spot to do it at. They have some games and lots of areas to post up/ hang. The drinks were fine (I only drank beer) and somehow got talked into a Jell-O shot (who is she). So fun and a good party scene.

What Five Stars? because this place is exactly the kind of dive bar that makes Austin weird in the…read morebest possible way. Dirty Bill's is gloriously unapologetic. You walk in and immediately know you are not in some polished Instagram cocktail lounge. It is loud, a little gritty, and full of people who are clearly there to have a good time and not pretend otherwise. The beer is cold, the Lone Star flows like Texas water, and the vibe is pure old school Austin. And yes, the legendary bathroom situation deserves its own paragraph. The men's room features a giant ice filled trough for a urinal, which feels like something out of a 1970s roadside saloon documentary. Somehow it is both ridiculous and perfectly on brand. It actually becomes a conversation starter because you walk out laughing and immediately tell your friends they have to see it and go pee. The crowd was friendly, the bartenders were quick with the beers, and nobody was taking themselves too seriously. I ended up staying longer than planned, drinking Lone Stars and talking to random people like we had known each other for years. If you want craft cocktails served with a rosemary sprig this is not your place. If you want a hilarious, slightly chaotic, authentically divey night in Austin with cheap beer and great stories, Dirty Bill's absolutely delivers. Five stars and I would go back in a heartbeat.

Dirty Bill's (gotta love the name) is literally right next door to J. Carvers where we had dinner…read more Dirty Bill's was on and popping!!! We were drawn in by the music. They were spinning some popular tunes. The place was packed with a very fun crowd. It appears to be a bar you come to have drinks and chat. There was a small area where dancing could take place, but no one was dancing at the time. The staff including the general manager was super friendly. It felt like a wedding reception as you came into the club where you were greeted...very warm and welcoming. We had a drink and stayed a short while. It looked like a place you could come for a girls or guys night out or celebrating a fun occasion. Will definitely consider Dirty Bill's for a future fun evening...

We were drawn here by the music. DJ was good. It wasn't too crowded. Security checked bags and…read morebodies. Drink prices were okay. On average 8 to 9 bucks. Bathroom was a disaster and had no trash can nor tissue. People were throwing paper towels in the sink. Bar staff were nice. Big beer pong table.

This is the most disgusting place I've ever been. And Ive been some pretty bad places. No joke,…read moredisgusting clientele, awful music, it REAKED of weed, and I paid nearly $10 for a Lone Star beer. A LONE STAR BEER. So many underage drinkers, they should be shut down. One of the lowlifes at the bar tried to fight my friend because he "bumped into his girl". The only saving grace is that the bartenders were friendly. But they should find new jobs. They were nice and respectable, this venue was trash x1000

Went here for my friend's birthday and had SO much fun dancing on the rooftop!! I think the cover…read morewas $5 to get in. I heard there are multiple rooms or spaces, but we just went straight to the rooftop. The menu was silly and Shrek themed. Everyone got "swamp water" basically a ranch water. Drinks were reasonably priced. We danced for hours and had so much fun. It was so hot of course because it's Austin, but everyone was just there for a good time. The dj played mostly Latin music and it was just great vibes. Can't wait to go back!

I was here with several friends for a special salsa/bachata event this past 4th of July and had a…read moreblast! Some of the top Latin dancers were there so it was nonstop dancing. It was on the rooftop and thankfully during a shadier part of the day but even so we were all sweating from the fun of dancing. A guy named Carlos was the organizer. The DJ had everyone dancing most of the time but because the rooftop was so spacious there was actually space to dance and not run into/hit everyone while dancing! They had food available for $20 per plate which I shared with a friend because we weren't very hungry so it was a perfect amount of food to share. I tried their ranch water with tajin. We were also lucky to find a street spot not too far from the venue. I look forward to going back again for another rooftop dance party!

Buck Wild in downtown is a fun spot, and even if you just stick to riding the mechanical bull, it's…read morea great time. Before you ride, you sign a waiver in case you die or get paralyzed, but it's only five bucks for two turns. It is a simple, budget-friendly attraction that adds excitement to an afternoon downtown. If you are looking for a lively atmosphere and a fun challenge to test your balance, stopping by to take a spin on the bull is definitely worth it.

Buck Wild is not typically a place on my list. It has all the makings of "tourist trap". I have two…read moresisters who like to visit; one comes approximately three times a year. Well, after a night of drinks and fun at our normal stomping grounds she decided it would be a good idea to ride a mechanical bull. Honestly, I'd never even noticed this spot before. They certainly get a large crowd and have lots of drink selections all seemingly geared towards visitors. We were there long enough for my sister to fall off the bull. Didn't get drinks because the bartender couldn't seem to be bothered with us. The guy handling the bull was nice enough and so that allows me to give three stars rather than two. Yee-Haw.