Northwest Austin happy hours
Northwest Austin is a short list, 20+ places across Far West, Anderson Lane and the 183 corridor, and we would rather say so than pad it. What is out here skews toward long midday windows attached to full-service restaurants, which is a different rhythm from the rest of the city. It is also one of the thinnest parts of Austin for zero-proof: just one venue out here discounts a non-alcoholic drink.
Where to start
9 of the 20+ we track, chosen for a reason rather than a rating. Hours below come straight from our database, not from this article.
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Photo: The Boat via Google Maps 01 · The biggest board out here
The Boat
$$- Mon–Thu 11 AM–10 PM
- Tue–Fri 4–7 PM
20+ deals on a window running from lunchtime into the evening, more than anywhere else in Northwest Austin. Pub food with a Tex-Mex slant, and the crawfish in season is what people make the trip for.
See The Boat's deals in Zappy → Checked -
Photo: Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen via Google Maps 02 · The seafood option
- Mon–Fri 3–6 PM
Catfish beignets and the house cocktails at just under six dollars, weekdays three to six. The only proper raw-bar-adjacent choice up here, in a room whose regular prices are a good deal higher.
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Photo: Truluck's Ocean's Finest Seafood and Crab via Google Maps 03 · Half off oysters, wine, spirits and cocktails
- Daily 4:30–6 PM
The widest half-price list in Northwest Austin: raw bar, wines by the glass, spirits and cocktails all at once. It is well enough known for this that a table during the window is worth reserving.
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Photo: The League Kitchen & Tavern via Google Maps 04 · Half off the appetizer list
- Mon–Fri 3–6 PM
Appetizers at half price with two dollars off draft beer and wine by the glass, weekdays three to six. There is a sister location out in Belterra running the same idea.
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Photo: Baby Acapulco Restaurant via Google Maps 05 · Eleven to six, Monday through Friday
- Mon–Fri 11 AM–6 PM
- Mon–Fri 2–6 PM
Seven hours, five days a week, 20+ deals: the most generous straightforward window in Northwest Austin. The candid version, and regulars say this themselves: it is a happy hour destination rather than a dinner one.
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Photo: Roaring Fork via Google Maps 06 · Three-dollar bottles at an upscale room
- Fri, Sat 2–6 PM
- Mon–Thu 4–6 PM
- Mon, Thu, Sun 4–9 PM
Michelob Ultra, Bud Light, Bud and Ziegenbock at three dollars in a restaurant whose regular pricing is nothing like that. The cocktails are properly made, which is not always true where the beer is this cheap.
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Photo: MC S via Google Maps 07 · A morning window, and half-price bottles
- Sun 10 AM–3 PM
- Tue–Fri 3–6:30 PM
- Mon, Wed, Sun 3–10 PM
Opens at ten, which nothing else up here does, and runs a separate evening window with wine bottles at half price. Portions run small for the price outside the discount; inside it, the sums work.
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Photo: Cedro Scratch Italian & Wine Bar via Google Maps 08 · Three-dollar beer, eleven to nine
- Wed, Thu 11 AM–9 PM
- Mon–Fri 3–6 PM
A ten-hour window on some days with 10+ deals, an early-dinner option rather than an after-work drink. Unpretentious for the category, which people specifically call out.
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Photo: Chuy's via Google Maps 09 · The dollar floater, again
- Mon–Fri 3–6 PM
The same dollar floater as the North Lamar location. Consistency is the point.
When Northwest Austin happy hour actually happens
Three is the most common opening and 11 AM the second. Six is the most common close. The 11 AM group is the interesting one: this part of town has a real concentration of restaurants running a long midday-into-evening window rather than a two-hour after-work slot.
If you work up here, that is the practical difference: a Northwest Austin happy hour is often available at lunch, and often finished by six.
A short list, honestly
At 20+ venues this is the third-smallest list of the eleven areas we cover, and the nine picks above are close to half of it. We would rather tell you the list is short than stretch it to look like East Austin.
Two things follow from the size. First, the good options are worth remembering by name, because there is not a fallback two doors down. Second, it is the part of town where checking before you go matters most: one closure takes out a meaningful share of the choice.
Almost no zero-proof
Just one of the 20+ venues discounts a non-alcoholic drink: Carrabba’s Italian Grill. Only one area in Austin has fewer (Northeast, with none), and at eleven venues it is small enough that the absence reads as a rounding error. On a list of 20+ it doesn’t.
If that matters for your evening, Central and North Austin are the nearest areas with options, and you can filter for zero-proof deals directly in the app.
All 20+, sorted by what's live
This page is 9 places and an opinion. The app has every Northwest Austin happy hour we track (200+ deals) on a map, filtered by the day, the time and what you actually want to eat.
Common questions
How many Northwest Austin places have a happy hour?
Zappy tracks 20+ venues across Far West, Anderson Lane and the 183 corridor, carrying 200+ deals. It is one of the smaller areas we cover in Austin.
Are there non-alcoholic happy hour deals in Northwest Austin?
Barely. Carrabba's Italian Grill is the only Northwest Austin venue we track that discounts a non-alcoholic drink during happy hour. For more choice, the nearest options are in Central and North Austin.
What time does happy hour start in Northwest Austin?
3 PM is the most common start, but 11 AM is close behind: several Northwest Austin venues run long midday windows rather than a short after-work one. Most end at 6 PM.
Which Northwest Austin happy hours run daily?
Four of the 20+ venues we track run a window every day: Applebee's Grill + Bar, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Copper Top Tavern and Truluck's (Arboretum). Ten have a weekend window.