Logan’s On Sixth

They had the UFC showing for free (awesome!) so we stopped in, seemed like a cool spot to watch it but it was very crowded so we didn’t stay long. Overall I liked the style.

A tall beer was 44 ounces! Holy hell! I have no idea what the cost of it was because some douche guy customer bought it for me but the bartender was very nice and understanding. Lots of t.v.‘s to watch sports

I was in Austin with a few friends, and we wanted to find a place to eat. We thought Logan’s was a bar & grill deal. We were wrong in that assumption. It’s a bar that happens to serve food. They had pretty good drinks, but when we ordered our burgers, they tasted rubbery and cold. The only good food we had was the plate of cheese fries we ordered. So, bad food, but decent drinks leaves this as a pretty all right place. But I wouldn’t really go there again.

This is not a great bar, but not a bad one either. If you’re just going for a beer it’s fine. If you’re trying to party, this is NOT the place. The party never gets started here, which makes being her on a friday or saturday night kinda awkward.

So, I’ve only been to Logan’s once and it was not on a night where there are awesome movie clips that everyone has been referencing. It seems a little odd for there to be dancing at this place though as Logan’s appears to be a pretty dated restaurant.
Last Saturday we went to B.D. Rileys to watch the Pats game. Unfortunately, it was SO packed, that we decided to go to Logan’s to grab some food (and find a place to sit). So we wandered in…
It was about 8pm when we sat ourselves as no one met us at the door other than the bouncer. The table we sat at had not been bussed, so my ladyfriend’s sister cleaned the table off for us.
The interior brought me back to yesteryear as this place has not been updated in quite some time. I would probably offer it a pass, but not so much considering our experience. There are several TVs around the «restaurant».
After sitting for about 15 minutes without being approached by a waitress, we went up to the bar and ordered beers and food. The bartender was not apologetic when he told us that «there’s going to be a long wait.» Well, at least he said something.
45 minutes later, my veggie burger, but the queso I had ordered in the hopes of eating before we got our food was not. I should have known better and just cancelled it, but instead I reminded the food dropper offer (no waitress remember) went back and whipped up something real quick. The queso I got certainly did not match the description on the menu. There were no tasty jalapenos in it. It was merely a bowl full o’ velveeta and a couple of diced up tomatoes.
Well the game was winding down on a positive note (45 – 10), so we decided to leave. So back to the bar to check out and wait in another line to get our check.
Pretty disappointing — unfortunately I was starving, otherwise I would have just left.

Chilled bar on one end of dirty 6^th. You get a little bit older crowd. It gets crazy but not drunk pushing around. Plus it’s got quick access to restrooms.

Big ass beers. Thats really the best reason to go to Logans. It has an atmosphere reminiscent of the show Cheers and caters to a fratty crowd playing the best in current 80s music and nostalgic 90s. And did I mention big ass beers? They’re big. Good looking bartenders and pretty quick service, this is the best bar to end your night on (also because your already ahead of the crowds when trying to hail a cab).

I don’t live in Austin and don’t frequent 6^th street, but how have I never been to Logan’s???
Big beers, cute bartenders, good music, funny videos, and plenty of space to sit, stand, lean, and converse? Hello, Logan’s! My name is Jessica, so lovely to meet you… want to go to a party in my pants?

I had pretty much written off this place. My issues: (1) in past experiences it could be incredibly loud, and (2) in past experiences, it could attract an unsavory element. It may not be the bar’s fault that the only time someone followed me out of a bar to try to start a fight. that said bar from which such unparalleled d-​baggery emerged was Logan’s: however, I’m still going to think twice about going back.
So, I visited Logan’s recently, after walking over from the Au40 event at the Driskill in order to meet a couple of friends. On this particular Thursday night, I had a very nice time. The crowd was minimal and the atmosphere was pretty chill. Drinks were good, and the music was at a decent volume. I don’t hit east 6^th much anyway, but the whole experience was better than I’d had at some nearby establishments.
Conclusion: Logan’s isn’t on my list as a specific destination, but it’s off my list of unacceptable establishments.

This is definitely more of a chill pub than a bar. The crowd is mellow and most are engaged in conversation with their close friends only. They have a nice stereo system but it’s blasted way too loud. They’re famous for their liter mugs, which is fun to drink.

Logans food is so so, the wait always sucks, the drink prices aren’t as cheap as its competitors… and yet, it gets four stars from me because it really is pretty hilarious. And it’s *only* four stars when the top secret back room is open.
You are guaranteed to:
a. watch ridiculous blast from the past videos like rocky and top gun
b. dance your ass off to a mix of music that you know every word to
c. have a good chat with some normal folks drinking abnormally huge beers
d. want to read one or more of the books on the shelves
e. run out of toilet paper and make a new friend reaching under the stall
It’s a sixth street bar — and dont expect something swank or super unique but in the grand scheme of things, it is definitely the lesser of the evils

Its hard to go out with a group of friends for a night of catching up when the speakers are so loud, you need to be able to lip read to communicate.
Seriously, beyond loud — and its not a club.

So hard to decide the amount of stars… the food was good, but the girls who wait on us are usually not the brightest bulbs in the bunch. For that alone I will take off a star. I read all the other reviews, and yes… food is probably frozen. But it’s a BAR. We have had the nachos with cilantro twice now. The chicken is ridiculously good, and I love the black bean choice. This time we also added a philly cheesesteak (made with jalapenos — AWESOME) and the wings. The wings had no breading but were super crispy, which I am totally down with… they also had a slow burn to them which was nice. The beers are huge and such a great deal, and on this occasion they were serving jello shots. At the time they seemed like a great idea. At the end of the night… not so much.
As far as service goes, it’s usually just «OK» Three of us split a plate of nachos yet the server just brought the nachos out on a platter and dumped them on the table. Some PLATES would have been nice. Also, she seemed to have no clue how to split a bill. When we said to split it 3 ways, she looked baffled, so we said just leave it, and we will figure it out. She then came out with 2 bills that had the food split in half. Hmmm… not sure what happened.
One more thing: Servers? I appreciate that you have bangin’ bodies. And I see how you would be proud of that and want to show them off. However, if you are wearing shorts that look like boy-​shorts underwear, and I can see your butt cheeks? Not cool.

One of my favorite places to end a good ol night of bar hopping on 6^th street. It has what you need to end the night right, lots of people throw back music, breaks with movie clips from the late 80’s/ early 90’s. And it’s far enough down 6^th that it allows you some time to walk off some of the drinks you’ve had throughout the night.
But my favorite thing here and the main reason we frequent it, is because of the 5 Pound Beer, at least thats what we call it. It is a huge beer, im guessing well over a liter and its only around $ 5. I mean you can’t beat that price per ounce anywhere. So for me it is always one of my must hit spots whenever i make it into Austin.

When stopping by on a Friday afternoon a few hours before the party on 6^th was about to start we were well, happy to find some wings. And big beers. In fact the beers here are so giant that you can’t finish one before it starts to get warm.
For the prices, I will pass by next time. The service was almost non-​existent. We seated ourselves, took forever to place an order, wings took like 30 minutes to finally arrive and were way too salty. By that time our beer was warm, and getting water refilled was only a fantasy.
Big TV’s that you can watch while you are trying to figure out where the wait staff is. Even took almost 20 minutes to charge my card and I ended up having to go to the bar and tell them to just give me my card as we wanted to go.
Salty sucky wings, worse service.

Meh.
I totally agree with the «Bro» review below. I went there a few weeks ago with my boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. When we asked if there were any specials, the waitress just scowled at us. Her breasts were about to knock me in the face the way her top was hanging. Breasts. All. Over. The. Place.
I wasn’t impressed. However, if you like cheap beer, go for it.

On-​site review; no WiFi here, but cell phone card. So actually came down to watch Thursday night football at BD Riley’s next door, but Logan’s said they had ½ price happy hour appetizers until 10pm and the same NFL game on. So intention is to grab a beer and bite before heading over to BD R’s.
8:00pm on a Thursday, pretty empty. Many large TV’s tuned to the NFL network game. However, music blasting and refused our request to put the game sound on. oh well, some good, some bad (they do not have closed caption enabled for any of thee screens).
½ price specials: Nachos $ 4, wings $ 4, sliders (5) for $ 3.50, Spinache & Artichoke $ 4, Queso $ 3, Chips & Salsa $ 1.75, Potato Skins $ 3.60, fries $ 1.50, Quesadillia $ 3.50
Had draft pint Shiner Bock and other domestics for $ 2.25 on special;
On our visit, we experienced Skins and Wings. Both servers were huge for the price: 14 wings, and 5 ½ potatoes. Both were NOT greasy, well cooked, etc. not great by any means, bur respectable and a total bargain with the happy hour prices until 10pm this particular night! The wings are clearly frozen, but not to heavy on the breading, and drenched in Frank’s hot sauce.
No complaints.

the good… if you are on a budget… this is a nice way to start the night… HH is $ 5 a liter of beer and appitizers were half off until 10 pm… not bad on a Friday. The chicken nachos were decent bar food… good padding for the 4 more hours of drinking on the agenda.
however … be prepared… kinda loud and kinda young

I almost got into a fight here once. A sleazy friend of mine hit on an intern of mine who had a boyfriend.
We’re standing on the street outside where people are trading various witty things like «oh yeah?» and «Fuck you.» And punches are about to be thrown any second. It was like the video for Beat It only no one was tied together and there were no perms.
Anyway, instead of increasing the peace MJ style by stepping in between the blades and starting a nice little dance number, I got creative.
When buzzards are in a fight, their claws and wings and beaks aren’t their best weapons. They’re ace in the hole is their vomit … of half digested carrion.
Maybe it was that. Hours of Animal Planet took over. Maybe it was some chicken spaghetti that didn’t sit right with about 6 of Logan’s big ass beers on top of it. Who can really say?
All I know is, after puking my guts out on the sidewalk, the curb, the street and some would-​be pugilist’s shoes, I look up and see everyone shaking hands.
«Sorry, man. Buy you a beer?»
«No, man. I’ll buy you a beer.»
«Nobody buy that guy a beer. It’ll just end up on my shoes.»
My intern never looked at me the same again.

The reason Logan’s stands out on 6^th Street is that the place has some shtick. You know, something other then drinks and college kids to make it appealing. The two things Logan’s has going for it are as follows:
1. Big beers. The beers are like a liter (I think) and cost about $ 6. The big beers are fun, even if they’re hot by the time you get to the bottom.
2. A music and video system wherein clips of popular flicks are used to intro the next song. It’s hard to explain, but it helps break up the monotony of standing around listening to loud music, which is what so much of 6^th street has turned in to.
The décor is a little more upscale then most spots on 6^th, if only for the fact that there is a large wooden bar and nice tables and chairs to go with the library/​study décor. But make no mistake, Logan’s is a place to go for big beers and to mingle with the college crowd.