Best Happy Hours in Austin

We asked around, drank around, and narrowed it down. These are the Austin happy hours worth planning your afternoon around — the ones with genuinely good deals, solid vibes, and specials that don't disappear after one round. Here's where to go when the clock hits 4.

Clark's Oyster Bar happy hour in Austin #1
Downtown 5.0

Clark's Oyster Bar

A $5 martini at one of the best oyster bars in town is the kind of deal that sounds like a typo. Clark's runs it Monday through Friday, 3 to 5pm: $5 martinis, $5 oyster shooters, $5 draft beer, 50 …

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$5 martinis, $5 oyster shooters, $5 draft beer

50¢ off oysters, 1/2 off burgers

3:00pm - 5:00pm

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Better Half Coffee & Cocktails happy hour in Austin #2
Downtown 5.0

Better Half Coffee & Cocktails

A $4 cheeseburger that people genuinely argue is one of Austin's best. That's the pitch at Better Half, and the burger backs it up. Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., happy hour keeps it simple: $4 cheeseburgers, $3.50 …

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$3.50 High Life; $6 Sangria; $4 Carl Kölsch; $6 Cheeseburgs

$4 Cheeseburgs

3:00pm - 6:00pm

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Zanzibar happy hour in Austin #3
Downtown 5.0

Zanzibar

Twenty floors up on the Marriott Downtown, Zanzibar has the kind of view that would let a lesser bar get away with charging $18 for a rum drink. Instead, they run happy hour Sunday through Thursday from 3 to 6pm …

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$10 Specialty Cocktails, $8 Mocktails, $7 Draft Beers

Jerk Chicken Wings – $7, Grilled Pineapple Salsa – $6, Pork Slider – $3

3:00pm - 6:00pm

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La Condesa happy hour in Austin #4
Downtown 4.9

La Condesa

Half off every drink in the building is the kind of math that makes downtown work again. La Condesa runs it Monday through Friday, 4 to 6pm at the bar: 50% off all drinks plus $3 tacos. That includes a …

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1/2 off all drinks (bar only)

$3 tacos (bar only)

4:00pm - 6:00pm

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Two Hands happy hour in Austin #5
South Congress

Two Hands

That Australian cafe energy has fully taken over a corner of South Congress, and Two Hands earned the spot. Their daily happy hour from 4 to 6pm knocks $3 off signature cocktails and $2 off beer and wine, but the …

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$3 off any signature cocktail, $2 off beer and wine, 50% off bottles of wine We…

Burger Night Tuesday, Bottomless Bloody Marys Saturday & Sunday

4:00pm - 6:00pm

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Lucky Robot happy hour in Austin #6
South Congress

Lucky Robot

South Congress has no shortage of places to eat, but Lucky Robot brings something the strip has been missing: serious Japanese food with a happy hour that actually delivers. Monday through Friday from 4:30 to 6, the menu opens up …

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$9 Cocktails

$6 Zucchini Katsu, $9 Beef Hot Rock, $8.50 Crisp Pork Belly Kakuni, $7.50 Chick…

4:30pm - 6:00pm

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Culinary Dropout happy hour in Austin #7
The Domain 5.0

Culinary Dropout

Most happy hours at The Domain don't start until 3 or 4. Culinary Dropout kicks theirs off at 2 PM, which makes it the move if you're wrapping up early or just done pretending to work from the coffee shop. …

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$5 Wine, $8 The Classics, $8 It's 3:45 Somewhere, $8 Long Afternoon Iced Teas

$4-12 Snacks

2:00pm - 5:00pm

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The Roosevelt Room happy hour in Austin #8
Downtown 5.0

The Roosevelt Room

A cocktail bar with a 200-bottle whiskey wall running a daily happy hour is not normal, and The Roosevelt Room knows it. Every day from 3 to 6pm: a dedicated list of classic cocktails at $9 each, think Old Fashioned, …

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$9 happy hour classic cocktails, $2 off wines by the glass, $1 off beer, 20% of…

$2 off Large Fare, $1 off Small Fare and sweets

3:00pm - 6:00pm

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Devil May Care happy hour in Austin #9
Downtown

Devil May Care

The basement entrance on West 6th sets the tone before you even sit down. Devil May Care leans into the moody underground thing: dim lighting, DJs on weekends, cocktails that take themselves seriously. The happy hour cuts the cost of …

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1/2 off Featured Cocktails, 1/2 off Bottles of Wine

1/2 off Mezze menu

5:00pm - 6:30pm

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Fareground Austin happy hour in Austin #10
Downtown

Fareground Austin

Food halls usually treat the bar as an afterthought. Fareground flips that: DRINK, the central bar anchoring downtown Austin's first food hall, runs happy hour Monday through Friday from 3 to 7pm with $1 off draft beers, $2 off house …

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At DRINK bar: $1 off draft beers, $2 off house wine, $3 off draft cocktails

3:00pm - 7:00pm

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Barchi Sushi happy hour in Austin #11
Downtown

Barchi Sushi

Good sushi at happy hour prices in downtown Austin is harder to find than it should be. Barchi Sushi runs theirs Monday through Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m., with everything on the happy hour menu landing between $2.50 and …

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Food and drinks during HH range from $2.50 to $13.50

Food and drinks during HH range from $2.50 to $13.50

4:00pm - 7:00pm

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TenTen happy hour in Austin #12
Downtown

TenTen

Half off everything at the bar. That's the headline at TenTen on West 6th, where happy hour runs Monday through Saturday from 4:30 to 6pm and the 50% discount covers specialty cocktails, wine, beer, sake, and house spirits. No asterisks, …

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50% Off Specialty Cocktails, Wine, Beer, Sake, House Spirits

4:30pm - 6:00pm

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