Longstanding Austin watering hole. Open since 1951, the dive bar provides a nostalgic atmosphere with its retro jukebox and memorabilia-clad walls. Patrons can also battle it out on the venue's pool table. Cash only.
Loosely translated as "drinking devil," Trinkteufel is best loved by those of the hardcore punk and metal persuasion 🤘🏼. The drinks are good, basic, and cheap.
Total dive 🍻 with different themed music nights. Great to come and dance at. If you like crowded bars and sticky floors, this will be up your alley. A local's spot, with live music on some nights 🕺.
Gay bar in Kreuzberg popular with a diverse crowd and welcoming to all. Known for turning the volume up and offering a place to dance, this place often gets so busy that customers sprawl into the Kotti alleyways to drink.
Cool place with indoor and outdoor seating. It kind of feels like your hometown dive bar but a bit more upscale. Try the spooky puppy and enjoy the live music if you're lucky and there's a band playing! Tons of beer on tap.
Self-described as a "five-star dive bar", Two Schmucks is a relaxed spot that also delivers excellent drinks. Located in hipster El Raval, they also offer a happy hour with beer, shots, and snacks. Great late night as well.
Intimate 11th arrondissement bar lined with large glass jars of house-infused rums. The relaxed room pours sweet carambar and skull-marked chili blends alongside simple charcuterie boards.
Moody Shoreditch dive bar pouring refined cocktails and pints of Guinness in a dark, rustic room. The space stays loud late into the weekend with live blues, indie playlists, and upgraded snacks like fried chicken scotch eggs.
Wood-paneled neighborhood bar with a 70s basement vibe, pouring specialty cocktails and vegan Jell-O shots. Regulars pack the house for weekly karaoke, while the photo booth stays busy all night.
Neighborhood whiskey bar with a log cabin theme, pouring seasonal cocktails and over 60 small-batch bourbons. The room is all wood paneling and taxidermy, with a photo booth tucked in the back.
Neighborhood spot with a divey, matte-black facade hiding an ambitious menu of Jewish-Asian fusion. The low-lit room centers on a long bar serving Wagyu pastrami quesadillas and cocktails mixed with dill pickle brine.
Echo Park neighborhood bar pouring classic cocktails and natural wine behind big windows on Sunset Boulevard. A central pool table and regular DJs keep things lively, with the room getting loud and crowded on Dodger game nights.
Long-running neighborhood dive, pouring drinks since 1935 from behind a padded bar. The intimate back room operates as a separate, cash-only venue for ticketed shows and local bands.
Dark, wood-paneled South Austin dive bar pouring dozens of local beers and serving thick burgers. Sports play on flat screens above the pool tables and dart boards, and a covered beer garden sits outside.
No-frills South Congress juke joint running live soul and blues seven nights a week in a dark, red-lit room. The 1950s-style lounge upstairs pours sake and Japanese beer when the main floor gets loud.
Long-standing downtown dive serving bowls of beanless Texas chili and strong mezcal margaritas. The dark, vintage-filled room runs steady through dinner with tables full of Frito pies under glowing red lights.
Hyde Park pub where students and locals mix over pitchers and burgers. The sprawling patio stays packed year-round with dogs, darts, and game day crowds.
Dark, gritty 6th Street dive bar built around a loud rock jukebox, horror decor, and upstairs pool tables. Massive, three-quarter-pound burgers come from a separate walk-up window in the back.
Low-slung dive bar with wood paneling, vintage signs, and brown swivel stools. The strictly 21-plus room runs late with smash burgers, cold beer, and rounds of pool.
Windsor Park bar styled like a 1970s boogie van, anchored by a red Corvette mounted upside down on the ceiling. Smash burgers and frozen cocktails fuel the retro booths, while the covered patio keeps a pool table busy.
Roadside dive in a 1953 diner shell slinging smash burgers and hot dogs next to a motel. The tight interior holds just a few tables, pushing the crowd to a large patio with a covered pool table.
Tiny Dundas West dive bar operating under an old Portuguese diner sign. The candlelit, shoebox-sized room runs on cheap domestic beer and vinyl, with live musicians squeezing into the front window to play weekend sets.
Tiki-themed queer dive with chaotic decor, frozen cocktails, and cheap shots. The large, no-frills backyard is the main hangout, with DJs spinning everything from 90s R&B to techno.
