comfortable place
Great Sunday night with Karaoke and Tuesday with poker night.
Great Place to meet bears and have a good time
PERFECT
Best bar in Austin!!
For Bears
The Iron Bear is a bar for bears and the whole community.
Nice bar
Apparently their are only four bars left in Austin. On a recent weekend visit to meet a friend from out of town, we visited this bar twice. The drinks are not too expensive and the bar staff is friendly and helpful. Our fist visit was a Friday afternoon and the crowd was a healthy mix of types. We returned Saturday night for "80's night" and though a bit more crowded the crowd was definitely slanted toward the bears more than the leather. It was a nice, friendly and welcoming atmosphere as most things bearish tend to be, and we would definitely return.
Texas Size Welcome
I visited Austin last April and The Iron Bear had only just opened. It was a quiet thursday night but that gave me the chance to sit at the bar, enjoy a beer and have a great conversation with the barkeep. Now, I live in Seattle where people NEVER talk to each other, so going in and getting a genuine "howdy" and ernest smile was awesome. It's a great crew at The Iron Bear.
Great, great GRRRRReat bar!
I noticed a "bad" review on here for this bar and I'm not one to post reviews for most of anything but Iron Bear is a FANTASTIC bar. The staff is incredible, the space is great and the management/owners actually listen to their clients. I'm not sure why "outandabout" had such a poor experience but you should give them another shot. The Iron Bear has definitely set themselves up to be an Austin staple. Great bar, guys. Thanks for the great times and looking forward to many, many more.