Willie's Joint BAR and GRILL — Restaurant in Buda

We visited Willie's for a crawfish cookoff to see who makes the best boil in Austin area. The place is mainly all outdoors with patio seatings, but there are plenty of tables with shade from many huge trees onsite. They do have a small indoor section with AC. Because it's small, we couldn't get seats inside but that wasn't an issue since we didn't bring our dog. Two other parties had their dogs with them and it was really nice to see they allow dogs inside since most businesses don't allow this and our poor pups shouldn't have to suffer this crazy TX heat. They also sell ice cream inside for humans and pups!

Our favorite crawfish winner was Eastside Boilers, who actually sells at Willie's every Thu through Sun. Their normal menu price is a bit on the high side, $12 for a lb or $9/lb if you buy 5lbs. This late in the season, others are selling for $5-6/lb so would be great to see them drop their price according to market prices.

I took off a star because of the higher price and also the event advertised 12 boilers competing, but when we arrived they only had 6. We're definitely going to visit this event every year because it ended up being a really good deal, we probably did end up eating about 4-5lbs of crawfish for the $35...

I want to give a shout out to a place I visited for the first time yesterday. Willie’s Joint Bar and Grill.

It’s an outdoor restaurant experience with lots of shade, a quaint and inviting atmosphere, and great staff. They even had a stage for live performances.

I glanced their menu to find something to eat and decided on their Jalapeño Double Cheeseburger with Swiss cheese.

OMGourd 🤤

Guys…. This burger was excellent. I will definitely go back to visit this place for another shot at that burger.

Literally, every few minutes when I would stop my sketching to take a bite, I was in heaven. From my lips came more than once, “This burger…” and did my best to contain myself and enjoy the flavors.

Definitely a good visit if you enjoy a nice outdoor dining experience. You may not get the same enjoyment from the Jalapeño Double Cheeseburger that I did. It is so worth it though.

I also made two sketches of staff members while there that go by the names Will and Skyler. Friendly and pleasant customer service.

Visit Willie’s Joint Bar and Grill, if you...

Went to WJ to check out a new place we’ve never been to since we just moved to Buda. The sign out front boasts “Oldest bar in Buda” which turns out is only 10 years. As soon as we enter the area we see no staff. From what we could tell is that there is only one overworked bartender who makes drinks, orders food, brings food out,..everything. Very impressed with how hard she works, but everything is slow because of it. I realize this is an outdoor venue, but the flies! My God, the flies were so bad that you worry about one getting in your mouth as you take a bite. Food was ok. I got the fish and chips and would have liked vinegar instead of tartar sauce. Wife had wings which she said she liked. I’m sure my revue won’t hurt them because they seem to stay busy. The flies were the real deal breaker here. I’ll give the attractive bartender a break since she was working like a dog. I might go back to drink a beer and play cornhole at night, providing the flies aren’t as bad. Did I mention the...