The Lodge Austin

Dude, if heaven was a place on earth, it would be The Lodge on 6^th street. The manager, Michael, is the best bartender in the history of Austin night life. You walk in and receive an instant euphoria of good feeling from the generous staff and awesome music. Jennifer, one of the regular bartenders, is the flower child you’ve always wanted to serve you. I would give this place 9,000,000 stars if the option was available.

Man the DJ tonight!
That is ALL! It’s the place to be so come through! Hopefully your DJ is legit as the one we have tonight haha… omg. Came to Austin because my baby cousin turned 21! We are LIT and 6^th Street is legit! I recommend visiting for sure.

Spend your $ 2 elsewhere. Horrible service. If I was a college frat i know/​saw that I’d get better service.

I like stopping by The Lodge almost every time I am on 6^th Street. The staff is really nice and the drinks are pretty cheap. On weekends, their happy hour is cool with live music before the craziness of the night.

This is one of my favorite bars to go to on dirty sixth, especially on a Thursday night because the people here aren’t jerks and the music is really good. The drink specials aren’t bad either.

Walked by on a Saturday during the Pecan festival, about 4pm ish. Giant sign saying Free Hot Dogs– you sold me on that, about 6 dogs later, (check-​in on foursquare to receive drink specials!!) also, obviously check-​in on Unilocal.c’mon guys! — and a bunch of beer/​shots and a friendly bartender, oh lets not forget the Harlequin Albino Great Dane just chilling inside the spot… Starting to think this review doesn’t gel well together or make sense. Anyways… The place is a great little spot, great service, and just a general good vibe if you are on 6^th for any activity during the day. Night time I may not swing in here due to some of the crowd reviews. Bathrooms could be cleaner also. But, again. It’s a chill spot with some solid service. It’s like 7am, I’m tired… Randomness

Good small bar with decent acoustic music. No beers on tap but get the adult Gatorade. :-)

Dirty. Everything has at least three layers of sticky. The women’s bathroom is always a mess. I’ve been here a few times. One in particular was for New Years Eve, which was awful. Packed and impossible to grab a drink. The back bar was cash only. Their signature blue drink will make you feel sick before you’re even halfway through. Feel free to come here if you’re looking for an ultra-​douchey place in Austin. No thanks, I can find those a dime a dozen in Dallas.

Everything is sticky. Wait staff/​bartenders likes to play grab ass with each other. The whole place is a bit seedy. Leave this place to the college kids and keep on walking — plenty of better places on 6^th.

Great crowd! DJ always Hits It every Night! Place is always hopping by 11pm. Check it out!

Decent bar in the area.

(for this review I’m pretending to be British) This place is a bit dodgy. We were a lil’ knackered from walking around breathing in SXSW so we ducked in here to rest our bums. Free Cover. My mate skipped over the plonk and got the $ 2 domestic. Thumbs up. Looking around, bits n bobs of animal heads covered in dust. Weird. There was a bloody good chap on the stage making a good go of it. Other thumb up. Typical 6^th street hole that needs a good update and/​or power washing. Wasn’t gobsmacked so sodded off to the next place.

Really gets rolling about 10pm. They play some great music and it gets hella packed. Been a few times now, but the last time we went, it smelled like vomit. Enough to make us leave immediately.

$ 2.00 DRINKS! Sure, why not? Because it was totally boring in there — albeit it was 9:30 pm and we had just started bar hopping. The space was a bit small, the people looked chill — but we left after one drink in pursuit of something better.

The Lodge to me is just another average bar that has occasionally good drink specials. Nothing against it, I’ve had fun every time I go but they dont really offer anything that you cant find anywhere else.

I always go to The Lodge when I’m downtown, it’s that good. The atmosphere just draws you in — good drinks and great music. Looking for a good place to show your moves, try out The Lodge.
Like most clubs, this one comes really alive after 11:00pm. It tends to get crowded but this is one bar that is worth it, check it out.

We initially weren’t planning on comming to this bar, but lured us in with a «free drink on the house». Going with the «hey it’s free mentallity, we went in. Great atmosphere… got a hunting/​country thing going that I liked. The Bartenders were some of the nicest guys I’ve met on 6^th. Strong drinks, good music. The only downside is the lack of seating… it’s a pretty open place, a few more tables would be good.

good drinks. Cheap drinks!

Good: Cheap drinks. Well-​mixed cocktails. Friendly bartenders. Great atmosphere. Awesome DJ with music videos included.
Bad: So small that people crowd around you an step on your toes…

I really want to put 3.5 stars but I have to round up I suppose because of the special event they had.
I came here this weekend for a crawfish boil. Five dollars all you can eat. It was sponsored by Southern Tide and they gave out small gifts, hats, shirts, some koozies. They bought a ton of those little creatures but not enough people showed up (approximately 50). After about 3 hours of devouring their tails and sucking their heads we decided to leave. This of course was right after they poured another 10lbs on the table. I had a wonderful time although it was a bit fratty, all the food trumped the atmosphere.
Which makes me wonder what this bar would be like on a Thursday or Friday night. There were giant hunting trophies a moose, buffalo, deer, elk, longhorn on the wall. They were impressive I must say even if it is a tiny bit sad. Other than that there was little decoration. Just kind of a black space maybe a poster here or there I didnt pay much attention too. Just a a poorly lit room to drink in. I would imagine this place would be more fun on a different night. Now I just need to find out their drink specials.