Sunday happy hours in Austin
Sunday beats Saturday, which is not what most people expect from a weekend. 300+ Austin venues run a Sunday happy hour against Saturday's 200+, and over a hundred keep going past ten at night, about half again as many late options. Sunday is the day the all-day rooms come into their own: a quarter of the windows open before noon and several run for twelve hours or more.
Where to start
11 of the 300+ running a Sunday window, chosen for a reason rather than a rating. Hours below come straight from our database, not from this article.
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Photo: Origin Hotel Austin via Google Maps 01 · Seven in the morning until four
- Sun 7 AM–4 PM
A nine-hour Sunday window starting at seven, as early as a happy hour starts on any weekend day in Austin. A hotel restaurant, and reviews run hot and cold, so treat this as a pick about the hours and the price.
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Photo: Joel Chapa via Google Maps 02 · Eleven until two, plus an afternoon window
- Daily 11–2 AM
- Daily 2–7 PM
Fifteen hours of Sunday layered with a second window, one of the longest we track on this day. A campus institution: beer, patio, jukebox.
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Photo: Dave Parry via Google Maps 03 · Noon to seven, then seven until two
- Mon, Tue, Thu–Sun 12–7 PM
- Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun 7 PM–2 AM
Two back-to-back windows covering fourteen hours. If the plan is 'all of Sunday', this is the structure that supports it: beer, burgers and barbecue in a yard.
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Photo: Moontower Saloon via Google Maps 04 · Noon until two in the morning
- Mon, Sun 12 PM–2 AM
One of the hundred-odd Sunday late options and among the longest single windows on the day. An oak-shaded patio with food trucks and live music: the closest thing to a Texas backyard on this list, and cheap with it.
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Photo: Barton Springs Saloon via Google Maps 05 · Noon until two, south central
- Wed–Fri, Sun 12 PM–2 AM
Fourteen hours on a Sunday within walking distance of the pool, which is the correct order of operations. A converted gas station with a jukebox and a food truck parked outside.
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Photo: Hillside Farmacy via Google Maps 06 · Five until ten, half-price plates
- Wed, Sun 5–10 PM
A five-hour Sunday evening window with several plates at half price. The room, a restored 1950s pharmacy, is half the reason people book it.
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Photo: Valeria Sanchez via Google Maps 07 · Five to eleven, half off
Holiday
$$- Wed, Sun 5–11 PM
Six hours on a Sunday night, with martinis, frozen cocktails and fries at half price, on the one evening most happy hours have given up. The martinis are the order.
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Photo: Bar Toti via Google Maps 08 · Half off the burgers and the wine list
Bar Toti
$$$- Tue–Thu, Sun 5–6 PM
Both sides of the menu at half price on a day when only 50+ venues in the city discount anything by half. Small and very well regarded.
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Photo: Waterloo Ice House 360 & 2222 via Google Maps 09 · Eight in the morning until eleven at night
- Sat, Sun 8 AM–11 PM
Fifteen hours with fifty-cent boneless wings, in a part of town short on weekend options. Not the best food on this list and not pretending to be.
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Photo: عبدالرزاق البرهمي via Google Maps 10 · Half off select pizzas and bottles under $100
Bufalina
$$- Daily 4–5:30 PM
The daily window means Sunday is covered: four to five-thirty, worth arranging the evening around, and worth arriving at four for.
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Photo: Knomad Bar via Google Maps 11 · Noon until two, dollar Modelos
Knomad Bar
$$- Sun 12 PM–2 AM
Fourteen hours and a dollar beer, about as cheap as a Sunday gets. A neighborhood dive with a patio and trivia nights, and people are protective of it.
The better half of the weekend
300+ venues against Saturday’s 200+, and the gap widens as the night goes on: 100+ Sunday venues run past 10 PM against 70+ on Saturday.
This is the same logic that makes Monday beat Friday, applied to the weekend. Saturday night fills itself; Sunday night does not, so the offers stay on. If you have a choice of weekend day, Sunday is the one with more options, later, and at deeper discounts.
An all-day shape
A larger share of Sunday windows open at 11 AM than on any weekday, with a further cluster at noon, the largest daytime spread of the week. Combined with the late tail, Sunday is less “an hour or two after work” and more a day you can move through.
The venues that make that possible are mostly bars rather than restaurants: Crown & Anchor, Moontower, Barton Springs Saloon, Knomad, Yellow Jacket. Several run twelve hours or more without a break.
Where to look
Downtown and East Austin are close at the top, and South Central Austin comes third, proportionally stronger on a Sunday than it is midweek, which fits a neighborhood built around a pool and a walkable strip.
Northwest, Northeast and Southeast are all in single figures. The East Austin and South Central guides are the best places to start.
All 300+, sorted by what's live
This page is 11 places and an opinion. The app has every Sunday happy hour we track (4,000+ 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 Sundays?
Yes. 300+ of the Austin venues Zappy tracks run a Sunday happy hour. That is more than Saturday, though roughly half the weekday count.
Is Saturday or Sunday better for happy hour in Austin?
Sunday, clearly. 300+ venues run a Sunday window against 200+ on Saturday, and 100+ Sunday venues keep going past 10 PM against 70+ on Saturday. Sunday also has more half-price offers: 50+ against 40+.
What time does Sunday happy hour start in Austin?
4 PM and 3 PM are near-tied, but an unusual number open at 11 AM, a much larger daytime share than any weekday manages. Most end at 6 PM.
Which Austin happy hours run all day on Sunday?
Several. Crown & Anchor Pub, Moontower Saloon, Barton Springs Saloon, Knomad Bar and Yellow Jacket Social Club all run Sunday windows of twelve hours or more, and Waterloo Ice House (360 & 2222) runs 8 AM to 11 PM.