About the Company
rating: 3.9
Unassuming hangout featuring an extensive beer selection, arcade games, pinball & live bands.
Categories
- Bar
Contact Information
Phone: +1 512-707-8702
Website: http://www.gandslounge.com/
Address: 2420 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704, United States
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 3:30 PM–2 AM
- Wednesday: 3:30 PM–2 AM
- Thursday: 3:30 PM–2 AM
- Friday: 3:30 PM–2 AM
- Saturday: 3:30 PM–2 AM
- Sunday: 3:30 PM–2 AM
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Reviews
Review №1
Rating: 2
Really bad pour.
Date: 5 days ago
Review №2
Rating: 1
Theres a good selection of top shelf liquor several pool tables but all of the pinball machines have issues which left me leaving after one play on each machine not a gaming Lounge but there is a lot of games there ..Bar staff not knowledgeable of liquor but charge way too much for a single shoot $18. Gaming lounge poor
Date: a month ago
Review №3
Rating: 5
Date: a month ago
Review №4
Rating: 5
The bartender is a G
Date: 2 months ago
Review №5
Rating: 5
Date: 2 months ago
Review №6
Rating: 5
This place is a DIVE bar. Do not be intimidated by the exterior. As as soon as you walk in, you realize this place is special (in the absolute best way). It hasnt changed since I first came here in 2014. Cheap, great beer on tap, all kinds of refreshments in the fridge, and coin-operated pool tables, air-hockey, arcade games and jukebox. One of my favorite haunts.
Date: 2 months ago
Review №7
Rating: 1
Questionable crowd & Workers incapable of the most humane qualities: empathy and compassion.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №8
Rating: 5
Date: 3 months ago
Review №9
Rating: 5
The var itself has a bunch of potential. There was a lot of repair inventory littered around the seating area (flex seal, extension chords). I wasnt sure if they were renovating it but it seemed cluttered.
Date: 3 months ago
Review №10
Rating: 1
THE worse dive bars I have ever been to. Say they have a big beer selection but no beer menu and when we ordered we got two dos FOR $15 .. plus it was completely dead. Half the games didn t work. NO A/C. The place was a mess with half finished projects scattered everywhere. I was honestly shocked this place is open. It was a dump. Love a good hole in the wall but this was just a trash pile. 1/10 do not go and save your money!
Date: 4 months ago
Review №11
Rating: 5
Date: 5 months ago
Review №12
Rating: 5
Date: 6 months ago
Review №13
Rating: 5
Date: 7 months ago
Review №14
Rating: 1
$5 for a diet Coke and $7.50 for an IPA. When questioned about the prices, the owner replied, this isnt McDonalds. Not going back.
Date: 7 months ago
Review №15
Rating: 5
Old school Austin, great dive bar
Date: 7 months ago
Review №16
Rating: 5
Old school local spot, game-centric, incredible beer selection, hoops , ski-ball, golf simulator, Chiaroscuro portrait mode
Date: 7 months ago
Review №17
Rating: 5
Best bar in the neighborhood to grab drinks and relax. Down to earth friendly people.
Date: 8 months ago
Review №18
Rating: 5
My favorite bar in the world. Jimmy became a friend and I was loyal to the exclusion of other bars. Neat surroundings, great pinball, heavily poured drinks. The best.
Date: 9 months ago
Review №19
Rating: 5
Such a solid bar! One of the best dive bars in Austin. Have to come check it out!
Date: 10 months ago
Review №20
Rating: 5
Get the nachos!!!!
Date: 11 months ago
Review №21
Rating: 4
Nice and peaceful, old-timey environment. Games, pool tables and a bartender right out of the late 80s. Beer a little expensive but worth it if you want a quiet relaxing environment. Check it out before it no longer exists.
Date: 11 months ago
Review №22
Rating: 5
Date: 11 months ago
Review №23
Rating: 5
Date: 11 months ago
Review №24
Rating: 5
Great bar. Really lowkey never any problems. Great hospitality! Friendly bartenders. Cheap prices. Good crowd. Youll be content at the end of the night :)
Date: 11 months ago
Review №25
Rating: 1
Owner has never seen a passport, embarrassed for him
Date: a year ago
Review №26
Rating: 5
Best bar in Austin!
Date: a year ago
Review №27
Rating: 1
Date: a year ago
Review №28
Rating: 5
The absolute best bar in the world
Date: a year ago
Review №29
Rating: 5
Love this place. Great craft beer fan selection. Jimmy is great imo as well.
Date: a year ago
Review №30
Rating: 5
OK THANK YOU JIMMY!!!! I haven t lived in Austin for a couple of decades and this place is exactly the same!!!! Yay! The city has completely changed but not this place. Austin hasn t been completely overhauled by Corporate BIG money. :).
Date: a year ago
Review №31
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №32
Rating: 5
Date: a year ago
Review №33
Rating: 4
Perfectly divey wonderful hole in the wall. Don t let the tough exterior scare you off. The beer selection in the cooler was excellent! Analogue jukebox brought me back to the past, but the pool tables were digital and recently re-felted which I appreciated. Lots of unusual stuff to look at here, too. Drinks are served out of old jarritos seltzer bottles which I thought was a great way to recycle and also be unique. Seems like the owner gets a lot of flack, but I could tell he was a softie. 4 stars cause the photo booth didn t work and the jukebox ate my money 80% of the time!
Date: a year ago
Review №34
Rating: 5
Love this place, great bar to hang out with friends when you dont want music blasting
Date: 2 years ago
Review №35
Rating: 1
Angry rude bartender (I think the owner) Hard to get him to bring beers to me and acted like I was doing him a favor Never will come back!
Date: 2 years ago
Review №36
Rating: 5
Place is super fun! Didnt look open when we went, but we checked and it started popping after a game or 2 of pool. Follow normal bar etiquette and youll have a great time!
Date: 2 years ago
Review №37
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №38
Rating: 5
Bring your dog and play some games. Awesome beer selection and Jimmy is the best!
Date: 2 years ago
Review №39
Rating: 1
Bartender is a totall ****, wont speak up to answer your questions, then complains about how you didnt hear him 3 times. Most of the arcade machines are broken. Avoid.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №40
Rating: 5
Welcome to a true old-Austin dive bar. Make sure to behave or the owner will ask you to leave. This is a neighborhood bar and not the place to get drunk.
Date: 2 years ago
Review №41
Rating: 1
Date: 2 years ago
Review №42
Rating: 5
Date: 2 years ago
Review №43
Rating: 4
Date: 2 years ago
Review №44
Rating: 1
This is some kind of insurance scam right?
Date: 2 years ago
Review №45
Rating: 1
All I have to say is do better Jimmy.. after the experience I was told about by a couple friends I will never step foot in this place!
Date: 3 years ago
Review №46
Rating: 3
It was fun. Played games. Its a dive bar, but in the best of ways. I was shocked, however, to pay $8.50 per drink at a dive bar!!!
Date: 3 years ago
Review №47
Rating: 5
Great selection of arcade games and drinks.
Date: 3 years ago
Review №48
Rating: 5
Great bartender. Great dive bar. Get it!
Date: 3 years ago
Review №49
Rating: 5
If you want to find out what old school Austin is about this is this place. Really cool. Has a few retro games like air hockey & pin ball. Great vibe. Jimmy the owner is a little rough on the edges, but hes an old softie. Back porch for smoking & hanging . No frills vintage Austin.
Date: 3 years ago
Review №50
Rating: 4
Date: 3 years ago
Review №51
Rating: 1
Well I always knew Jimmy to be a bit rude. But me and jimmy were cool. Until today I was literally kicked out of the bar for helping a lady choose a good IPA. Said I was taking away from his business. Because he didnt want me to help her choose a good one . But I did any way. And I was kicked out
Date: 3 years ago
Review №52
Rating: 5
Date: 3 years ago
Review №53
Rating: 5
Date: 3 years ago
Review №54
Rating: 5
Date: 3 years ago
Review №55
Rating: 5
Date: 3 years ago
Review №56
Rating: 1
Owner has small pp energy. On the plus(?) side he will not card if youre underage, but will for your only minority friend?
Date: 3 years ago
Review №57
Rating: 5
Date: 3 years ago
Review №58
Rating: 5
The best chicken Fricassee Ive ever had hands down came in on a tuesday and Jimmy was running a special.
Date: 3 years ago
Review №59
Rating: 5
My spot for over 20 years.If you dont get Jimmy, thats on you.
Date: 3 years ago
Review №60
Rating: 1
Thursday? Love music?: NO Specials: no *hangs up*
Date: 3 years ago
Review №61
Rating: 5
This place has been around a long time and I hope it stays around for years to come. if you are complaining about prices, look around and notice how gentrified the area is and then ask yourself how cool dives like this are able to stay afloat.
Date: 4 years ago
Review №62
Rating: 5
One of Austins best kept secrets.
Date: 4 years ago
Review №63
Rating: 5
wonderful dive bar, fun pinball and jukebox is killer!
Date: 4 years ago
Review №64
Rating: 5
Date: 4 years ago
Review №65
Rating: 4
Date: 4 years ago
Review №66
Rating: 5
Date: 4 years ago
Review №67
Rating: 4
Date: 4 years ago
Review №68
Rating: 1
Wanted to go someplace mellow for a beer. Walked in carrying my an empty reusable water bottle. The bartender didn t greet us or ask anything, just told me that I couldn t bring any containers into the bar with me. I thought he was confused and explained that it was an empty water bottle and I just wanted some water (tho we were getting drinks too) and he basically bullied me out of the bar. Super bizarre. The place was empty; I guess I found out why.
Date: 4 years ago
Review №69
Rating: 1
Date: 4 years ago
Review №70
Rating: 4
Dive bar - open til 2 good selection of beers and random pinball machines and pool too!
Date: 4 years ago
Review №71
Rating: 5
Date: 4 years ago
Review №72
Rating: 4
Date: 4 years ago
Review №73
Rating: 5
Date: 4 years ago
Review №74
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №75
Rating: 1
Hidden in plain sight or not at all -G.way
Date: 5 years ago
Review №76
Rating: 1
The old video games are fun but the staff is crazy. Scary...your kind aint welcome here type of place.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №77
Rating: 5
Super reasonable prices, tons of pinball and other games too!
Date: 5 years ago
Review №78
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №79
Rating: 3
Cool, messy little bar with old game machines and a juke box. Good chance youll have most of the place to yourself. Thats all the good part. Downside is beer is overpriced, beer is flat 2/3 times Ive been there, and owner seems like a jerk. Too bad, had hoped this would be my local spot.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №80
Rating: 5
One of the last great independents in Austin
Date: 5 years ago
Review №81
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №82
Rating: 5
This is the grungiest hive of scum and villainy Ive ever had the pleasure to visit. Im told the drinks are watered down and prices are inflated, but i just drank what my brother bought me, so i wouldnt know. Theyve got lots of arcade games, half of which are inoperable. When I came in the front door at 8:30 on a Friday, there were three other patrons in the bar, one of which was playing a pornographic picture-matching game at the bar. If thats not your cup of tea, go drink at your local outlet mall sports bar & grill chain restaurant.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №83
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №84
Rating: 1
No idea how this place is still open. No vibe, empty, cluttered, eerily dark, and the worst attitude from the owner/bartender. He offers nothing but disdain and silent irritation. Only upside is a decent jukebox. Been there at least 8 times for various, whimsical reasons, and I d be thrilled to never go there again.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №85
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №86
Rating: 5
Great PA, nice staff, very intimate little music room!
Date: 5 years ago
Review №87
Rating: 3
Date: 5 years ago
Review №88
Rating: 5
One of the best kept secrets of south Austin. Pin ball,Zoltar, skee ball and fantastic old school juke box.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №89
Rating: 2
Staff is stiff, draft beers are pricey. Its musty, needs a lift.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №90
Rating: 5
Best dive bar in town. Never seen it too busy or too loud.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №91
Rating: 5
Cool little pub. And a very friendly owner.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №92
Rating: 4
Date: 5 years ago
Review №93
Rating: 2
Date: 5 years ago
Review №94
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №95
Rating: 1
Date: 5 years ago
Review №96
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №97
Rating: 4
Date: 5 years ago
Review №98
Rating: 2
Date: 5 years ago
Review №99
Rating: 5
We had a great time, bar tender was really nice.
Date: 5 years ago
Review №100
Rating: 5
Date: 5 years ago
Review №101
Rating: 5
Date: 6 years ago
Review №102
Rating: 5
Just the right amount of divey. Decent parking. Hour of pool for $5.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №103
Rating: 1
Date: 6 years ago
Review №104
Rating: 5
Great place to hang out with friends.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №105
Rating: 2
Shady and weird
Date: 6 years ago
Review №106
Rating: 5
Rad little neighborhood bar
Date: 6 years ago
Review №107
Rating: 5
This place is fun, I never knew it existed. Tons of old school games and many pinball machines. Not a hot spot for sure but if you want to pre game with some games and drinks go there.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №108
Rating: 4
The g&s is your classic dive. Dont expect fancy service and keep your drinks simple and youll have a blast. A fun surprise after my first visit the bartender, Benny (sp?), cut out beer bottles into glasses for us and gave them to us to take home free of charge. Thank you, sir! There are a plethora of retro games to play and a huge beer selection. Easy to pass up and it probably wants to stay that way....
Date: 6 years ago
Review №109
Rating: 5
Date: 6 years ago
Review №110
Rating: 5
Dive bar. Tons of games. Air hockey!! Quirky cool owner. Great location. Do it!
Date: 6 years ago
Review №111
Rating: 5
Classic dive bar.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №112
Rating: 3
Date: 6 years ago
Review №113
Rating: 4
Date: 6 years ago
Review №114
Rating: 3
A small dive bar in old south Austin. They serve beer, wine and spirits here. Most beer is out of a bottle, of which they have a large selection. Theres nothing fancy here, and theres a good amount of regulars here.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №115
Rating: 5
The most fun I have ever had in Texas and Im from Arizona
Date: 6 years ago
Review №116
Rating: 5
The G&S is a unique one of a kind experience. If you have not been there yet I envy you since you still have that look forward to in life. But don t wait to go for in these fast changing times in Austin I fear the G & S will vanish one day sooner than any of would like.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №117
Rating: 5
Date: 6 years ago
Review №118
Rating: 5
Great chill atmosphere!
Date: 6 years ago
Review №119
Rating: 5
This lounge is friggin amazing! Walk in and the screens are rockin the be best star wars movies evah! Then the jukebox fires up the best jamz money can buy! Then the best part of the enchanting adventure begins at the bar. The drinks are insane! Like bangin on a drum! The pinball is on point. The crowd fun, yet not obnoxious or sticky, or stinky. If youre looking for a fun time, go a knockin. The pool tables generally have a wait. Expect delays to be hustled.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №120
Rating: 1
Lol this place is hilariously bad. Still swing in sometimes when I get a hankering for abuse.
Date: 6 years ago
Review №121
Rating: 5
Great place !!!!
Date: 6 years ago
Review №122
Rating: 3
Date: 7 years ago
Review №123
Rating: 4
Date: 7 years ago
Review №124
Rating: 5
The bartender is a little bristly, but if you can get past that, theres a bunch of pinball machines and other arcade games. Did I mention they have air hockey and pool tables?? Nice bottle selection and a handful of tap beers. Interesting dive bar.
Date: 7 years ago
Review №125
Rating: 3
Date: 7 years ago
Review №126
Rating: 5
Cheap drinks
Date: 7 years ago
Review №127
Rating: 5
Date: 7 years ago
Review №128
Rating: 5
Date: 7 years ago
Review №129
Rating: 5
I was really surprised how much I liked this place. From the outside, it looks pretty darn rough. I think thats why the folks inside are so cool - the night I was there for an open mic, it seemed most everyone knew each other. The stage and performance area is kind-of stunning with the amount of sound and light reinforcement gear theyve crammed into the room. Basically, its a great place to drink and things sounded pretty good on stage the night I was there, too. This is what a bar really should be, in my mind. Think classic Texas bar and this place matches what youre expecting. Fun!
Date: 7 years ago
Review №130
Rating: 4
Date: 7 years ago
Review №131
Rating: 5
one of the best dive bars in the area. main room has about 27 TVs, but Ive never seen them on. honky tonk music abounds. they have a side room that also does music, lots of times (during SXSW) they have dueling rooms so you just bounce back and forth. actually a GREAT variety of beers from all over the country. the patio out back is on gravel and has picnic tables. its perfect.
Date: 7 years ago
Review №132
Rating: 5
Nice place
Date: 7 years ago
Review №133
Rating: 5
Best dive bar in Austin.
Date: 7 years ago
Review №134
Rating: 5
Dont let G&S get too popular, because its hole-in-the-wall feel as one of South Austins oldest bars is something that cannot ever be recreated by all the new trendy places popping up around town. A true Austin Classic.
Date: 7 years ago
Review №135
Rating: 5
Great dive bar
Date: 7 years ago
Review №136
Rating: 1
The bartender here was awful and rude. He wanted to charge us $5 just to be in the bar (no music and the place was completely dead... and it was a weeknight), also wouldnt give us any change to play the arcade games. We got a vibe that something sketchy was going on...
Date: 7 years ago
Review №137
Rating: 5
I love this place. It looks like a scary dive bar from outside, which is nice for keeping it from getting crowded. Great beer selection and plenty of games to stay entertained.
Date: 7 years ago
Review №138
Rating: 4
Date: 7 years ago
Review №139
Rating: 5
Only place in S.Austin owned by the owner. No sellout commercial crap, reminds me of Moes bar on the Simpsons. So basically if you dont like it go to hell.
Date: 7 years ago
Review №140
Rating: 4
Date: 8 years ago
Review №141
Rating: 5
This is my absolute FAVORITE. Bar in Austin! South Austin Local Flavor, dont mess around or youll get booted! I stop by to see Jimmy, every chance I get!
Date: 8 years ago
Review №142
Rating: 1
One word: NO! Dont waste your time or money. From the creepy vibes and unkempt everything, to the general vibes that you are not wanted. Trust me skip this place and go somewhere else.
Date: 8 years ago
Review №143
Rating: 2
Place smelled like bleach when we went. Bartender was not very friendly, and seemed like he wished we werent there. Whatevs, maybe we went on a bad night.
Date: 8 years ago
Review №144
Rating: 1
This place is a s*******. The guy who runs it is an a****** to everybody. Kicks people out if they dont tip him every time they get a drink I will never go in this bar as long as it is under the same ownership
Date: 8 years ago
Review №145
Rating: 5
Date: 8 years ago
Review №146
Rating: 1
If this place isnt run by serial killers it damn well should be...
Date: 9 years ago
Review №147
Rating: 3
You either love it or hate it. This is a very unassuming bar on S 1st that while does fit the dive bar description it wont be what you expect once you go inside. There are tons of games inside and great selection of beers. Know what you want. The bartender is not there to hold your hand. For that matter dont piss off the owner/bartender. This place is the Soup Nazi of bars. You go in, order your drink and enjoy it. The owner runs his bar as he sees fit and if you dont like it GTFO. I love this place for that because it does not pander to whatever BS you bring into the bar. Their prices have gone up a lot and thats a shame because they used to be very inexpensive.
Date: 9 years ago
Review №148
Rating: 1
Date: 10 years ago
Review №149
Rating: 5
GREAT beer selection, local Austin hole-in-the-wall that we come to time and time again! Absolute favorite joint. Austin wouldnt be the same without it and its owner, Jimmy!
Date: 11 years ago
Review №150
Rating: 3
Epic dive bar on S. 1st-- as in feet first sort of danga zone. Not too sure if Im over-charged or simply have an addition problem, but I have fun there none-the-less. Dont waste your time with the play-skool-esque air hockey table, rather bask in the various pinball machines, photo-booth and big-screens perfect for watching your favorite sporting contest. Perfect place if you just wanna get faced and not have to BS with the bartender-- this place is no Cheers and nobody cares what your name is.
Date: 11 years ago
Review №151
Rating: 5
One of the best bars in town. Dont be a jerk and you wont get treated like a jerk. When Im in south Austin this is where I go!
Date: 11 years ago
Review №152
Rating: 3
Only tolerate it if you live close by. The staff is surly and the drinks a little pricy. The food is really scary. Dream about the day that a good bar opens up in the neighborhood.
Date: 12 years ago
Review №153
Rating: 2
This place used to be one of the best places in Austin, till they got full of themselves. The bartenders are now jackasses and the prices are Midtown Manhattan.
Date: 12 years ago
Review №154
Rating: 1
G&S gets way too much credit for being a dive bar. Their staff is horrible and rude. Generally, dives are cool cause although the surroundings are questionable the people are cool. Complete strikeout at G&S. Youd be better off moving down the road to more hospitable grounds.
Date: 12 years ago
Review №155
Rating: 5
great dive bar
Date: 12 years ago
Review №156
Rating: 3
Great dive bar, just dont piss off the bartender!
Date: 12 years ago
Review №157
Rating: 4
Date: 12 years ago
Review №158
Rating: 5
G&S is the epitome of dive bars.
Date: 13 years ago
Review №159
Rating: 3
Used to be dive bar prices, now its way overpriced. Like the video games though.
Date: 13 years ago
Review №160
Rating: 5
Some people dont care for the service here, I for one have been going here since I first moved to Austin 12 years ago and I love the place!
Date: 13 years ago
Review №161
Rating: 1
Never again. What an absolute dump. Anyone teaching a business course could use this as a prime example of what never to do in small business. Ever seen the show CHEERS? Well, its not at all like that. Nobody knows your name, they could care less if you came, and leaving your wallet unattended is a bad idea. Insult to Austin.
Date: 13 years ago
Review №162
Rating: 5
The crappiest dive bar. The owner hates you, you get your own mugs, the threat of getting charged extra is real, next door to a liqour store, and frankly, all the better for it.
Date: 13 years ago
Review №163
Rating: 3
Back in the day this dive bar used to be cheap cheap cheap. Not sure when their prices went up astronomically but its still the same dive bar.
Date: 13 years ago
Review №164
Rating: 3
Really rude bartenders, and drinks are somewhat pricy considering what a dive it is. But, they have good beers on tap, and lots of games. Dont pet the dogs, they bite.
Date: 13 years ago
Review №165
Rating: 3
Date: 13 years ago