The Hideout Pub — Restaurant in Austin

It’s the typical neighborhood dive bar that I expected it to be, but that’s not a bad thing. Some of the best things happen in a place like this! TRUST me, it’s nothing but fun, fun, fun, with a capital F-U-N!

It’s a good place to do some day drinking, or hang out until the wee hours of the morn’.

As Tina said in her review, lots of interesting characters lurk in this place. Including "that" guy who likes to butt into your conversation, and then carry the conversation and not give anyone else a chance to talk. But I won't dock ‘em a star for that. Every neighborhood bar has "that" guy in it. It’s a package deal.

Inside is kind of dark and it takes a minute for your eyeballs to adjust if you enter during the daytime. But after a few minutes, all is well and you’ll soon be jamming out to the old school jukebox. You won’t find any Touch Tunes here folks – yes, it still uses CDs (who would have imagined CDs would be considered old school?).

Here’s the most important part of this review before I blather on with all of the interesting factoids:

If you learn nothing else this year, learn this my young Padawans: Many people say it’s hard to find, so here’s a tip - if you cross the railroad tracks on the access/frontage road, you have just passed it. Turn right on the last street that you see right BEFORE you get to the tracks, and then take another right turn into the parking lot. DON’T cross the railroad tracks!

There’s a decent outdoor patio with plenty of picnic tables, and a few of them are shaded.

10 dollar minimum for using a credit card (pet peeve of mine).

Wi-Fi password “cheapdr1nks” all in lower case.

12 local and regional craft beers on tap (I counted).

They have about 30 brews in cans and bottles, most of them are from the ATX or at least regional.

The big name brews are only available in bottles and cans, not on tap.

It’s a little pricey for a dive bar - pints of Thirsty Goat were 4.50

Full bar – liquor and eraythang!

Six TVs, and a large projector screen (yes I counted).

Yes, they do have food – I didn’t partake, but they have tacos, a couple of salads, burgers, sammiches, and the usual...

Drove by this place off MoPac and they parking lot was packed. I've learned that if you I ever see a crowded parking lot, something good must be happening inside. We flipped around and made our way inside. We had planned to spend some time at the Domain, so from the looks of the place, I was worried we were over-dressed. However, those fears were quickly dispelled when we walked inside. This is a "come-as-you-are" type pub. The interior was dimly lit and it appears that they haven't put any thought into the interior decor since 1965. It's an old bar that you might expect to see your retired neighbor or coworker in after work. I grabbed a table and we waited for about 10 minutes before I finally asked one of the servers if we could order. She said, "Sorry, I just got sent home. You're gonna have to order at the bar." No big deal, we get up and move to the bar. It would have been nice for her to tell us this when she saw us sit down. The guys at the bar are not your typical bartenders. They are the two most friendly guys I've ever met. Ryan took our order of burgers and fried pickles and recommend some good brews. Fried pickles - very well might be the most tasty pickles I've ever eaten. Cripsy, great batter, and not too salty. Burgers - my wife said this was the best burger she's ever eaten. I ordered mine cooked "medium well" and it arrived more of a "medium". The beef tasted a little off to me, but it was nicely seasoned. The buns are sweet, like Moonies, and I'm not a fan of that style. However, it was a good burger and I would come back again, if for no other reason but to hang with the...

This place was disgusting the night we went. Based on the reviews I was really excited! I guess we went on a bad night. We were there for 3 hours with a large group. We had a huge melted clump of long black hairs in our food! I wish we took a picture but we were so disgusted we didn't think about it! It was handled like we were annoying over server. Neither one of us eating that have black hair. After asking several times for water on a hot night I went out and got my water bottle. I was the designated driver and my friends got all their alchohol but water was too much I guess. Out of no where I see this arm reach over me and grabbed my water so hard it crunched and this deep voice telling me it wasn't allowed!!! Okay okay! Just tell me and I'll be more than happy to take it back to my car! You dont have to destroy my only means for hydration! At a bar/restaurant! I'm sorry no dont drink soda, I just wanted water. Also I was recovering from shoulder surgery and someone acting like that over me made me really nervous and uncomfortable. He could have simply said something. I gave no reason for this guy I had never seen before to act like that. I asked him again for water that still never came. The outside cooler of water had run dry long before. I ended up going out to my car several times just to have something to drink cause that's fun. 🙄 The parking is terrible and scary on the side of the road. There are too many awesome places in Austin for me to even bother with this one again. I'm glad a lot of people like the place, and it was nice to visit with my friends but sorry...