Hold Out Brewing — Attraction in Austin

UPDATE: Against my better judgment, I went back because someone in our group says they talked to the manager. Just got my credit card statement. They put bills on my CC that were not mine. I had one drink, they charged me for three. Sloppy, and shady.

so I've been here a couple of times and atmosphere is great, the bruise a little pricey considering they don't even give you a pint but whatever you gotta pay the bills. The food is disgusting. The menu says burgers are seven dollars. Yeah check what you're paying, they're $12 - almost double the price shown on the menu And they're just a McDonald's style pressed Patty. $12! I went there twice this week and stuck with the fries. Earlier this week they were decent today they were harder than a jawbreaker. I was like now I'm not gonna say anything because the beer girls already had an attitude but my friends were like come on just tell them so they know. I would want to know if I was a business not to serve the bottom of the fryer been cooked a few time fries so I went to the counter and said hey these are super hard and can't be eaten. answer: "They are fries they're supposed to be like that" No they're not and I picked one up and pounded it on the counter so she could see they are so hard they don't even break when you found them on the counter. Answer: "yeah, That's called crispy and now I'm going to clean this up This mess you rudely made by pounding on the counter To show me how hard they are like they're supposed to be" now mind you, I started this with a I'm not asking for my money back or new fries or anything just letting you know these are really hard..... when someone's not asking for their money back and they're not asking for a different plate of fries so you don't even have to do extra work you can even just pretend you give a rat, just pretend rather than give attitudez

Sorry but you gotta go on the night where the guys are working which is like Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays - NOT when it's the girl crew and they have this pretentious you're lucky we let you have this crappy food attitude. Seriously it's so hard it doesn't break when I hit it on the counter and you're gonna get an attitude and tell me that that's what fries are - crispy? yeah my group won't be back. And of course will let everyone know don't go there, there's so many other options

You should probably update your menu also because it's actually illegal to advertise your food at a different price than what you charge people. Or perhaps your McDonald's burgers actually are seven dollars but your that's what crispy fries are like dingdong working the chill decides on her own to overcharge by six dollars.

Go on a Monday Tuesday or Friday – at all cost avoid the anot, you're beneath me because I work here crew on Wednesday and Thursday.

then just get the beer in the small glass as it is good. Just make sure to eat in advance.. bottom line you shouldn't need dental floss after you've had french fries that are now wedging your teeth. But do not tell them that they gonna let you know you dumb for thinking fries aren't supposed to be crispy, a.k.a. rock hard. by the way, it's Thursday which means Thursday night football. With all their TVs Inside and out, you'd have a little more business. Turns out there's a patio bar two blocks away that has the game on the TVs, legit prices on the menu, and staff that doesn't think they are an exclusive club and...

I love a craft brewery that takes their craft to heart. Hold Out had 17 beers on tap the day I visited, ranging from lagers and pilsners to ESB, märzen, stout, several ales, a complete slate of IPAs, and one that defies being shoved into just one category. They also have a sense of humor, with their House Beer answering the regular question craft brewers get from newbies who stumble in, “Whataya have that’s light?”

I do believe we’ve all heard that a few dozen times, and I cringe every time I hear it. How could anyone not have at least sampled some craft beer by now? But I digress.

Since Hold Out doesn’t have a fancy (or non-fancy) flight tray, they’re more than happy to serve as many 5-ounce tasters as you like and line ‘em up on the bar. I went full-on IPA: **Better Western, a west coast IPA (7% ABV) **Koala Takedown, a “New Austra-Zealand Juicy IPA” (6.5% ABV) **Kokua, a session ale (4.2% ABV) **Bent Wookie, a DDH DIPA (double-dry-hopped double IPA; 8% ABV)

For food I went with the veggie burger, a Beyond patty that they prepare smash-burger style on and place on a tasty sesame seed bun. Fries rounded out the presentation.

Once those samplers were empty, I ordered a p[int of Liquid Television, a hazy IPA (6.1%). I’ve had this one 500 miles away in far northwest Texas, and love it.

All told, I give 5 out of 5 stars on each of the brews I quaffed, each solid entrants in their respective sub-categories of IPAs. It’s rare to find a brewery that can do so well in every one it brews; often, a brewery will miss the mark on one or two, although they felt compelled to flex and show their brewing chops. Hold Out did it with aplomb.

A little note about Google Maps driving direction, especially if you are coming westbound on 6th Street: GMaps will correctly instruct you to turn left (south) on Marsh, but then it will say to turn left on 5th, and right on Marsh (again). What it meant to say was to just continue straight through a slight wiggle in Marsh as it crosses 5th. Then proceed one block and right on 4th, where you’ll feel like you’ve gone into a dead end. Parking is on the left, brewery...

Hold Out used to be my favorite spot to grab a beer, salad, and burger since it has a nice outdoor patio and tasty food. The last several times I’ve visited there‘s been something that’s gone wrong, like 1 hr+ food wait times after ordering and food being served cold, but I was willing to give it another chance because I used to have great experiences there.

I just visited Hold Out on a weeknight and had an inexcusably bad experience. I ordered a salad with fried chicken (extra cost) and the chicken was served partially raw. I took it back to the order taker and showed her the raw chicken (photo attached) and she had the kitchen send me a new side of fried chicken. She didn’t even have them replace the salad the raw chicken was sitting on.

My dad was in the restaurant business and thought the manager should know about the raw chicken, so he pulled the manager aside to share this feedback. The manager apologized, but clearly the whole situation turned our night out into a negative experience and the manager did nothing to make it better.

My boyfriend has a bad habit of eating my food before I do (he actually ate a piece of the raw chicken). A silver lining may be that he stops doing this...