Armadillo Den — Restaurant in Buda

Questionable service/preferential treatment. Tonight I was asked to leave because my dog was barking and jumping while on leash. This makes perfect sense and I respect that. What I don’t understand is the minute we walked in another dog ran at our dog when it got away from their owner, and set my dog off. Mind you mine is a 70lb pitty and theirs is about same size golden. Mine is on leash in my control full time.

I redirect and go to a FENCED IN dog section. The same dog owner from before goes outside this section and again lets their dog off leash, repeatedly running at the fence antagonizing my dog. Eventually we have enough and leave this area. By now my dog is reactive and when I go to get another drink am asked to leave.

I understand this completely! Don’t take chances! However I’m told the other dog owner is “someone they know” so it’s okay it got away from their owner and ran at my dog. I ask if the outside the fence area is “off leash” I’m told directly no, and ask why that dog can be off leash there? I’m told “we can’t police everything.”

Is that fair? So this dog ran at my dog when it got away from its owner and minutes later is off leash in an area which is NOT off leash. But because they “know” the guy it’s okay?

Seems questionable. If you can’t police on leash areas maybe you need other priorities? I’ve NEVER had an issue with my dog on leash unless a dog runs at it off leash. Leash aggression is a real thing. I am working with my dog. I understand being asked to leave. I do not understand lack of any issue with other owner (who remember is “known”) allowing his dog off leash in clear “on leash” areas. If you know this customer, and he clearly frequents the bar, shouldn’t he know and abide by the rules? Further if his dog gets away and runs at my dog, shouldn’t he leave as well?

Treat everyone the same. I accept what happened to my experience, but I do not believe we were treated fairly or equally simply because the bartender “knew” the other guy. Again I’ve come multiple times no issue, but when a dog runs at my dog MULTIPLE times off leash/away from owner and my dog reacts, treat the AGGRESSOR the same way...

This place is a good candidate for John Taffer's show, Bar Rescue.

TLDR version: VERY LITTLE parking, no kids allowed even though it's south of Slaughter in the 'burbs. We won't be back.

My husband, very chill 7 year-old son, and I went to Armadillo Den on a Thursday night just before Christmas for a pre-holiday hang with friends around 5:30 p.m.

The door guy said no one under 21 after 6:00 p.m., and trying to be friendly (and wanting to stay a bit since we couldn't find parking and had to pay $15 for parking at Moontower next door), I said, "oh, no big deal--that gives us about a 30 minutes to hang out." Door guy didn't waste any time curtly replying "actually, you only have about 22 minutes." He REALLY wanted to let us know the clock was ticking. Seriously, there should be some sort of dispensation for folks who've just spent $15 to park.

Since we had already sunk $15 in parking, we went to the bar for one drink and met friends at a table near a swing (and our son LOVED that swing). Promptly at 6:01 p.m., an employee came up and told us it was time for us to go, reinforcing the no one under 21 after 6:00 p.m. rule.

We didn't get a chance to try (or spend money at) the food trucks and we will NOT be back. There are too many places for a family to hang out in the couple of hours before a kiddo's bedtime (we would have been out of there by 8:00 with our kid anyway, y'all). Read the room, Armadillo Den: Your bar is in the suburbs, not downtown Austin or on the Eastside.

There are so many other places to meet friends and enjoy an all-ages early evening outdoors in Austin. My draft cocktail...

Will be a repeat of what others have said but this place is pretty cool especially at night.

Parking is indeed tough but we were able to find a parking spot but this place will knock 10% off your tab if you show them an Uber receipt. I was talking to the bartender and asked why they didn't just expand the parking lot and he said the main reason was to discourage people from driving and risking a DUI so they have the 10% incentive, it's a solid and responsible idea.

If you do think you can just park near it and walk because there are tons of lots nearby think again you will see all are posted as tow away zones and we did see some tow trucks circling as the business in the lots closed. If your going to do this I suggest parking at the H-E-B as it's open until 11pm and be sure to park close to the entrance and be gone before it closes.

The band outside was great and the volume was reasonable, the same can't be said about the upstairs where I was at for a party, the DJ had the system pegged and my Apple Watch Ultra was showing 120dB which is way too loud, many people asked him to tone it down but he refused, not sure if this is a house DJ or a hired one but if it's a house DJ they need to keep the volume reasonable, couldn't hear anyone talking.

The area by the stage has plenty of seating as does the areas serving food and drink. Even with it being packed in on a Saturday evening there was plenty of space...