Monday happy hours in Austin
Here is the thing nobody expects: more Austin happy hours run on a Monday than on a Friday. Monday is treated as the write-off night of the week, and bars respond by discounting harder — 100+ of them put something at half price, and the cheapest single items we track anywhere in the city are all available on a Monday.
Where to start
11 of the 500+ running a Monday window, chosen for a reason rather than a rating. Hours below come straight from our database, not from this article.
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01 · The only Monday-exclusive window in Austin
- Mon 11 AM–9 PM
Of the 600+ places we track, exactly one runs a happy hour on Monday and no other day. Eleven in the morning to nine at night, in a beer garden with a stage and a fried-chicken kitchen attached — a strange and generous thing to offer on the quietest day of the week.
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02 · A twenty-five cent martini
- Mon 12 PM–12 AM
- Mon, Wed 5–10 PM
Mini martinis at a quarter, up to three, with a prime rib, pork chop or French dip — the lowest price on any happy hour menu we track in Austin. A long-standing LGBTQ+ room where the service gets singled out more than the drinks.
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03 · Fifty cents off all liquor
- Mon–Sat 11 AM–7 PM
Wells excluded, so the discount lands on the good stuff rather than the rail. Pinball, pool and a covered patio; the music is loud enough that it is a talking-over-it kind of Monday.
See The Grand's deals in Zappy → Checked -
04 · Ninety-nine cent wings, noon to six
Nickel City
$$- Mon–Fri 12–6 PM
- Mon, Tue 6 PM–2 AM
Six hours of Monday with wings under a dollar, as long as you're drinking, plus a second window from six until two. It is a Simpsons tribute played straight, which is either the draw or a surprise.
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05 · Fifty-cent wings, south side
- Mon 8 PM–12 AM
Half the price of most and no drink condition attached. A sports pub with darts and dollar pool, and food made to order rather than reheated.
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06 · Fifty-cent Lone Star
- Mon–Fri 12–8 PM
- Mon 12–11 PM
Half a dollar a beer on a Monday, on a window that stretches well past midnight. Pool hall first — the regulars are loyal to the staff more than the beer.
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07 · Half off pizza, Mondays included
Bufalina
$$- Daily 4–5:30 PM
The daily window means Monday gets the same deal as Friday: half off pizza and any bottle under a hundred. Small room, well-known deal — arrive at four rather than five, which is the advice people who go there repeat.
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08 · Fifty-cent wings, from seven in the morning
- Mon–Thu 7 AM–10 PM
- Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 3–7 PM
- Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9–10 PM
Opens at seven and runs to ten at night with a separate evening window on top. It works as a neighborhood brunch room as much as a bar, and Monday is no limitation.
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09 · Eleven in the morning until two
- Daily 11–2 AM
- Daily 2–7 PM
Fifteen hours, the longest single Monday window we track, on a campus corner it has held for decades. Come for the beer, the patio and the jukebox — regulars are blunt that the kitchen is not the point.
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10 · The biggest board still running on a Monday
- Daily 11:30 AM–5 PM
- Mon–Thu, Sun 9–10:15 PM
100+ deals, with the Monday window identical to every other day's. You grill at the table, which people either love or find like work; Monday is the night it is not too busy to enjoy either way.
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11 · Half off cocktails, beer, wine and apertivi
Il Brutto
$$$- Mon–Thu, Sun 5–6 PM
The whole drinks list at half price, which is unusual to find on a Monday in a room this nice.
See Il Brutto's deals in Zappy → Checked
Monday beats Friday, and it isn’t close on price
More places run a Monday happy hour than a Friday one. The gap is small, but the direction surprises people every time, and the reason is straightforward: a bar that is going to be full on Friday has no reason to discount, and a bar that is going to be empty on Monday has every reason to.
You can see it in the depth of the discounts rather than the count. More venues put something at half price on a Monday than on a Friday, and every one of the sub-dollar items we track in Austin — the quarter martini, the fifty-cent liquor, the fifty-cent wings — is available at the start of the week.
When it runs
Three is the most common Monday opening and four the second; six is the most common close, then seven. That is the same shape as the rest of the week, so nothing about the timing needs relearning.
100+ venues keep going past 10 PM, which is more than Friday manages. If the plan is a late one, Monday is genuinely a better night for it than the end of the week.
Where to look
East Austin and downtown are level on Monday, with Central Austin close behind. The East Austin guide and the Downtown guide both go deeper on those, and we have written a shorter, more opinionated list in Monday happy hours worth leaving the house for.
All 500+, sorted by what's live
This page is 11 places and an opinion. The app has every Monday happy hour we track — 6,000+ deals — on a map, filtered by the day, the time and what you actually want to eat.
Common questions
Do Austin bars have happy hour on Mondays?
Yes — 500+ of the Austin venues Zappy tracks run a happy hour on Monday. That is more than run one on Friday, and only a little behind Thursday, the busiest day of the week.
What time does Monday happy hour start in Austin?
3 PM is the most common Monday start, followed by 4 PM. Most end at 6 PM, and around sixty venues open a Monday window as early as 11 AM.
Where are the cheapest Monday happy hour deals in Austin?
The cheapest items available on a Monday are the 25-cent mini martini at Murray's Tavern, 50-cent liquor at The Grand, and 50-cent wings at Rusty Cannon Pub and several Waterloo Ice House locations.
Which Austin happy hours run late on a Monday?
100+ venues run a Monday window that ends at 10 PM or later, and several run to 2 AM — including Kitty Cohen's, Knomad Bar, Nickel City and Dirty Bill's.