Austin's cocktail scene clusters between the downtown Warehouse District and East 6th Street, ranging from polished bars to dive-adjacent rooms with serious agave programs. The Roosevelt Room on West 5th is the city's most-awarded cocktail room, while Whisler's on East 6th runs one of the strongest mezcal programs in town. Better Half in Clarksville and Stubb's on Red River round out the range.
11 cocktail bar places in Austin we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Austin · Cocktail Bar across every city.
Drink Original cocktails with a 150-page menu
The Roosevelt Room in Austin is the West 5th cocktail bar in the downtown Warehouse District, Austin's most-awarded cocktail room with a 150-page.
Drink Mezcal cocktails and a deep agave list
Whisler's in Austin is the East 6th Street cocktail bar with the city's strongest mezcal program, plus Mezcaleria Tobala upstairs serving agave flights.
Drink Garrison Dirty Martini, made tableside
Garrison in Austin runs a steakhouse bar program at the Fairmont Austin on Red River, with a five-time Wine Spectator-recognised cellar and a tableside Dirty.
Drink Frozen Negroni and seasonal espresso martini
Better Half in Austin is the Clarksville bungalow from the New Waterloo group, a coffee-shop-by-day, cocktail-bar-by-night patio with a frozen Negroni.
Drink Bloody Mary with smoked-pepper rim
Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin is the Red River BBQ-and-music venue in an 1850s limestone building, a downtown amphitheatre with smoked plates and a long.
Drink French 75 and Champagne by the glass
Justine's Brasserie in Austin runs an after-midnight bar program at the 1937 East 5th cottage, the city's longest-running late-night French room.
Drink Rotating natural-wine glass
LoLo in Austin is the natural wine bar and bottle shop on East 6th Street, with hundreds of wines for drinking on site or taking home, plus a large back.
Drink Frozen margarita and big-batch cocktails
Bouldin Acres in Austin is the South Lamar two-acre beer garden on the corner of Oltorf, a family-and-dog-friendly patio with smash burgers.
Drink Tap beer and cold brew
Cosmic Coffee in Austin is the South Congress beer garden on Pickle Road since 2018, an indoor-outdoor patio with rotating Texas drafts and the Pueblo Viejo.
Drink Sake flight from Junmai to Daiginjo
Kemuri Tatsu-ya in Austin runs an 80-bottle sake program at the East 2nd izakaya-meets-BBQ room, a Bib Gourmand kitchen built for late-night.
Order A mezcal-flight from Tobala and Thai-Kun's pad kee mao for the table.
Whisler's in Austin is the East 6th Street cocktail bar running to 2am, with Thai food from Thai-Kun and the upstairs Mezcaleria Tobala agave list.
