Throwing by little brother’s Bachelor Party this coming April in Austin. I’ve never been. Any recommendations on restaurants, lodging, nightlife??? Thanks Brothers.
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I don't have much to add. If you don't want to wait for Franklin's there is la barbecue and Kerlin's. Uchi, Uchiko, and Kuneho are very good Asia/sushi places
April is too early to float the river. You can check out Barton Springs and go skinny dipping in Hippy Hallow.
Any good Steakhouses or Honky Tonk Bars?
Broken Spoke for Honky Tonk.
Steiner Ranch House for steak. It’s outside of downtown, but has a decent view looking over Lake Travis and great steak. Also has a good crowd.
Z Tejas on W6th street is a good Tex mex place.
Can’t go wrong in Austin. Continental Club is awesome if their is a good band playing, wouldn’t recommend if it’s a band you don’t care for.
So many bars to choose from, not even sure where to tell you to begin. There is a bar right off west 6th that has all kinds of arcade games and skee ball to play, drawing a blank on the name, but it was my favorite.
Check to see who is playing Austin City Limits (the actual venue) that night. I was able to catch a live recording of Willie Nelson once by randomly checking. Was a freaking blast
East 6th is a must for at least a little bit. I would start your night there right before sunset or on 1st street.
Rainy is fun, West 6th can be fun too.
The Ranch is the standard place to go and hit on chicks.
Austin is the best...you will have a blast. Just stay away from the strip clubs. They are not good. Want to say they put clear patches on their nipples.
Oh yeah...there is a dueling piano bar there as well. Always a fun place to get night started as well.
Kreuz Market is the truth and Salt Lick is a true Texas fun experience - waiting outside with your own BYOB and listening to live entertainment. Setting is great.La Barbecue is just as bad as it was at Franklin’s at least for me. We gave up after showing up half an hour before opening and an hour went buy with the line barely budging. Maybe it was just a busy time or something but I would say the wait would have been 2-3 hours for it. Which is CRAZY talk to my ears.
You can (and we did twice!) actually drive down to Kreuz Market and get what I think is the best Texas BBQ in less time than just waiting in Austin for La BBQ or Franklin’s. And I did like Kreuz better than Franklin’s straight up (although I’ve only been to Franklin’s once and Kreuz twice).
I did think both Franklin’s and Kreuz are substantially better than Salt Lick. But it is a nice drive to Salt Lick and the wait is ordinary busy Famous restaurant (ie 30 mins to an hour) rather than stupid Austin wait times (2-4 hours).
For steakhouses, I'd stay downtown and try Bob's Steak and Chophouse for the tremendous bone-in ribeye. Or III Forks, which is maybe a little more upscale and pretty damn good. I love Steiner, which someone recommended above, but why spend the time to go all the way out there (to my suburban neighborhood) when you're in party-hardy mode? If you're going to leave town (for anything other than BBQ, ie Kreuz or even Luling City Market or Louie Mueller) I've "heard" it should only be to uber up to Perfect 10 in Round Rock.Bump. Getting closer and just seeing if there are anymore recommendations out there.