All Visitor Reviews for Charlie's Austin (22 reviews)

What I heard about the music lured me there and my visit proved what I had heard to be right on track. The music was awesome ! The DJ kept the energy going all night ! I could not believe that the well drinks were only a $1.50 on a Friday night! That is wild. I was impressed.I came alone but left with friends. I can't wait to go back.

in the shadow of the state capital, this is a place where many an antigay legislator has trolled for gay sex. yes it's true, i've seen them there myself. challenged a few. it's steps away from the legislators office, and they stop here for a drink, pretending not to know what this place really is... which is a wonderful gay bar. anyway, check it out. and keep an eagle eye out for hypocrites.

Can be fun most times, but crowd can get a little too much. Lot's of cruising! Very mixed, straight and gay.

Charlie's has been the place that every one comes to in Austin Gay or Straight, Voted Best Bar staff, by Austin Chronicle, and best Margarita in Austin by BOB FM Radio. Free Safe Parking, Great food, & over 7000 sf of party area including an outside patio for those who drink & Smoke. A real club where you can feel at HOME.

I enjoy it here. I've been here a couple of times and recently went for the first time in over a few months. I come from outta town and eventhough im by myself i still have a good time. Bartenders are great and the atmosphere was pretty good. I enjoyed the go-go dancer as well nice guy gave me some nice dances well worth the tips. It was on a wednesday that i went so it was pretty calm but still good place. If i had to say one thing bad about it it would be that The dancer would be dancing then would get down mingle with frinds text on his phone and it was happening a little to often but i got my dances and enjoyed it.

I just love this place, one of Austin’s land mark nightclubs so many people have been here they should have a sign like Mc D’s that say Billions & Billions served, It has been here so long that customers children are now old enough to be new customers, How Kool is That. Keep up the good work !

Staff always nice. Great scene. Love the transexuals and cross dressers.

Charlie's Austin is the oldest and still the best place to be seen. They say 7000 Sf of party area but with 8 or so bars open you can always get a drink where ever you are in club, + an outside patio if you smoke, and something no one else has is FREE parking, and since it is so large they hold a lot of people so very seldom a line to hold you up on the way in.

Charlie's is a fun place to hang out. Most of the crowed is just looking for a good time, and not worried about looking their best, or what strangers might think. As a result, some of the patrons look ready for TLC's What Not To Wear. However, I usually see a handful of attractive men who are more than willing to... talk to you. On the nites that Charlie's does have a cover, $5, all domestics and wells are only a dollar which more than makes up for admision. Its a good time local bar, not a nigt club.

Was here April '08 and didn't realize that there is a $5 cover on Friday nites! Still, had 2 drinks here. The go-go boys were TOTALLY LAME, as one just sat there and talked with a "friend" and the other was on his iPhone texting. BORING! Also, we must have gotten there at dinner, as the staff was eating for our entire stay here. Cheap prices came with the cover, but the rest makes it a questionable stop at best.

Charlie's is the only place in Austin that doesn't make DQ's feel unwelcome, and I really appreciate the tolerant atmosphere, where, gosh, even people 'hit with the ugly stick' are not made to feel unwelcome. I know that's not in keeping with community stereotypes of only tolerating college age twinks, and that's why I love Charlie's.

This is the place for those over-the-hill, past their prime, or just plain hit with the ugly stick. However, bartenders are friendly and make worthwhile drinks. Strangely, this place has the hottest exotic dancers in town. Music can be hit or miss certain nights of the week, and yet only the drunk ones get on the floor to dance.

Even the go - go boys were bored (although very washboard!) On the Friday night I was there, the energy level was low that I thought I stumbled into a bingo hall. The dancers were stiff in all the wrong places. One was wearing sunglasses so he never had to make eye contact with the patrons. Bartenders were friendly and drinks strong thankfully.

Charlie's is really comfortable during happy hour--with great bar staff! Later, the crowd gets younger, edgier and fills the place like a New Orleans gay bar. Packed on weekends, late. No more of a drug scene here than in the straight bars downtown, if that's what you're looking for.

Charlie's is the home away from home, Great Friends Staff

love the music, atmosphere, and bartenders they know how to keep a customer happy.

This bar has been around for ages. It is not in the warehouse district but not far either. Very poor interior, awful dance area, and a cover charge! For what? I can expect a cover from a dance club but this place is a far cry from that. It can be ok to visit but the warehouse clubs have more to offer and much more upscale. Gay way to understand the differences...Charlie's would be Jordache and the warehouse district clubs would be Diesel!

Cool bar, awsome patio,cocky bar staff, and little drug users every where. I was suprise to walk into what i thought to be the mens room, there was a total of 4 people in one stall using coke. If your into drugs, you'll find it here..Along with other things. Cover charge very steep for nothin special.

A fun and energetic place to go and just hang-out. Good people, good drinks, good loven.

I live in Houston and went to visit a friend who has relocated back to Austin. I had been a couple of times and but never to many of the bars. I was very please to be taken to Charlie's. There was a small crowd, which was great and later picked up in number. The owner, David gave me a tour of the place, told me what he had done in the remodeling and what he'd like to do in the future. The Staff was very friendly and great at remember what I was drinking. The owner has also taken into consideration the new smoking ban in clubs and has created a smoking area on their huge patio, which also has a fully stocked and manned bar. If in Austin, I suggest this be your first and only stop.

After countless years of frequenting Charlie's, this is most definately a place to come and hang out. Excellent bartenders, bar staff and door persons. Their extensive and continuous remodeling can only be seen as a plus. Charlie's only downfall(s): 2+ hours for a drag show (2 hours too many in my opinion - good thing the bar is nicely divided to spare the rest of us the agony!) and a cover charge - why??

its great i have gone to it for many yrs. i now live in houston, but when i come to austin i go there. this is the only place left besides the crossing bar till they closed it over 12yrs ago i hope it doesn't close because then i will be lost.