The Tavern — Restaurant in Austin

Worst bar I’ve ever been to in Austin, and I tried quite some. The experience was so bad that it pushed me to write my first review. Prior to a champions league match, I called the tavern to ask if they would have showed the specific match I wanted to watch (there were gonna be 2 at the same time), and they said there was no problem as I just had to ask to the bartender once there (as the website also specifies). Once arrived (after a 45 minutes walk under the sun) and having very kindly asked, the guy at the bar arrogantly said he was not going to put up that game, but just the other one. I asked why (given that there were TVs that no one was looking at, with empty tables) and he just arrogantly said that was what it was. I explained that I called and asked and came specifically for the game, and he still said he was going to do nothing about it, and that they were only gonna show the other game. I asked then why - if that was the case - there was a tv on with a baseball game that only one man was watching and why he couldn’t do the same for me if having a minimum number of people watching was the issue, and he faked to agree and to be about to change the channel for that tv too. But he then actually just kept it how it was. While I was walking out, I heard him laughing with the other bartender saying “that worked out”, referred to the fake agreeing to my request to be coherent, with the same tone that an high school boy showing off for having been rude with a girl would have had. Guess what, I am a woman. Man, you should take care of your insecurities by going to therapy, and not by telling yourself you’re a strong man because you deny a girl a soccer match. This is not what a...

After going to the UT vs Florida game, we were looking for a place to grab some food and drinks. Saw The Tavern had some great reviews and decided to check it out. The place was packed with college football fans and the atmosphere seemed great. We ordered the nachos and the mozzarella sticks as we thought appetizers would be a safe choice with the amount of people that were inside. It took almost 45 minutes to get the food and when it came out, I thought it was a joke. The mozzarella sticks were actually amazing, but these nachos were the most ridiculous nachos I have ever seen in my life. I think Napoleon Dynamite made better nachos than what we were served. It was 3 tortillas cut in half, smeared with refried beans and sprinkled with shredded cheese. If you’re hungry, I’d recommend not coming here while they are busy. If you want beer or drinks, you’ll probably be safe at anytime here. Whatever you do, do not get the nachos, Taco Bell nachos are far superior and way cheaper than this...

We met up with some friends for Happy Hour! It’s been years since we had been here and excited to try out the food and drinks.

Well, happy hour drinks are not the same as listed on the website. Only 2 signature drinks are HH price, all others are full price. Some menu items are not on the appetizer menu as listed on website. Unfortunately they didn’t have a list of HH items and said the website must be wrong.

Waitress was playing on her phone so it took a long time to get our order in. We were there for about 2 hours and had a great time. Service could have been more attentive being it was almost empty, and we would have spent more if she checked on us more often and got off her phone.

We did finally try a few things and I have to say the Mahomes fries were fantastic! So was the chicken fried steak, veggies and fish tacos. The nachos, ok. Not exciting, would not order again. The chicken wings with Thai chili sauce was delicious. Lots of great things on the menu to...