(512) 524-2519

1808 E 12th St (Chicon Street)
Austin, TX 78702 30.2738 -97.7206

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Neighborhood: Rosewood

Hours:

Mon-Fri 4pm-1am

Sat 2pm-1am

Sun 2pm-1am

Last updated 11.15.09

Category:

Bars & Clubs, Nightclubs, Billiards Bars

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

People Watching, Celeb Hangout

General Info:

Open 7 Days

What People Are Saying About Club 1808

Featured Review

Alexandra Richmond

Contributor

While many of East Austin's dive bars have in fact been lovingly restored to only seem run-down and old, this one is actually a vintage, rickety place, complete with ancient bathrooms and cracked vinyl chairs. Those people who care about long-playing albums. 8-tracks and the original singer for Iron Maiden will love it here. A linoleum-topped bar, mirrored walls framed with blinky lights in clear plastic tubes, and no indoor stage (the bands play on the same floor as bar patrons) remind folks to drink. The honkin' back yard is a little rocky, but still very hospitable.

Editor's Tips

Fun Fact:
During SXSW, this spot is considered a key if off the beaten track place to see new bands, and in spite of being an official venue for the fest, not the place to strut around wearing a laminate like a VIP. Kurt Vile and the Strange Boys played here last year, making it a spot to see up-and-comers and old-school Austin favorites.
What to Drink:
A full bar - liquor and beer - is here, but canned beer is the cheapest and easiest way to blend in. Asking for anything that ends in -tini might earn an eye-roll, unless James Bond asks.
1 Star Rating: Poor

06/14/10

WORST BAR IN AUSTIN

by baristeve at Citysearch

So I just played battle of the bands here... and my band won... and the winners were supposed to win 500 dollars... needless to say that that did not happen.... This bar is run by a very unprofessional person who doesn't know how to spell and I can't wait to take him to court.

You can't walk out of this, bar without having 3 crack heads asking you for money.

If you like crack heads, ghetto people, piss on the floor and a ghetto slumlord piece of crap running the bar, then this bar is for you.

DO NOT GO TO THIS BAR.

  • Cons: EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE
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