Half Step

"Definitely top 5 cocktail bar in Austin. The drinks here are top tier. 100% the best piña colada in Austin m."

"Arrived with a group of six, the ambience was great. We were dancing and groovin to amazing Live music from a very talented band, we were having a great time, all of us had different drinks. 2 friends ordered a couple of Green Tea Shots, white bartender with a cap/beard nicely prepared the drinks (poured up to 4 different things in it and mixed it), a third person in my group tried the shot and liked it so she ordered one, but the white guy was busy, so this blonde-tall woman came to the scene and just poured liquor from an unlabeled bottle and served it as finished, my friend politely asked for the drink to be prepared the same way as the one given initially to the other people in the party, the woman in the bar acted upset and offended by the request, said to my friend she wasn’t a bartender and shouldn’t be correcting her as she prepared the drink as it goes, my friend explained her coworker prepared a totally different thing and asked her to please ask the other guy to make the drink, but woman refused and insisted it should be accepted. My friend told her she didn’t want any trouble and to be in a pointless argument over a drink and asked for her money back. Blonde woman with a very rude tone and entitled behavior said “I’ll give you the money back, but you have to leave immediately” while moving her hands across my friend’s face and showing her the door repeatedly, she returned the money and again… for the 3rd time, almost yelling said: … “you have to leave” and dramatically left the bar and walked to the back, clearly to ask security to remove her, my friend was upset, but didn’t yell at any moment and kept it cool, took the money and set aside, she was eventually booted from the place, so we all had to shug our drinks and left. Bar blonde-woman behavior seemed narcissistic and racially motivated on top of that. She didn’t want to accept she didn’t know what she was doing and got pissed about a Latin woman simply asking for what she actually ordered. It was in her mind the customer should just take whatever she decided to improvise, since she didn’t have an idea how a green tea shot is prepared and seemed to not want to ask/research 1st, she rathered to have a group of 6 people just leave because she was being immature and having a tantrum. Great moment ruined. Unsure if this happens often… but I felt it needed to be said."

"Great bar with amazing craft cocktails. I’m always impressed how the staff prepares the cocktails at the bar. They have 2 food trucks on location, one truck for spicy chicken and one truck for mini donuts. Their happy hours menu is also worth checking out. Really good drinks in affordable prices."