A true dive bar! The people here are nice, the beer is always cold, and we live nearby so it's convenient. We only go there, however, when we feel like sitting outside. The inside is a shrine to........cigarette smoking. Old School lighting one after another till the very walls and AC throb with the stale pure essence of cigarettes. So.... to the outside and the nice big field in the back. There are too few places left like this anywhere!
Review Source:Love this old school south Austin joint...a little divey and a lot honky tonky. Lots of good live music, good old school bartenders, and the south Austin clientele of old. Sigh...I miss places like this being the norm. Granted us excellent respite from a horrible experience downer he road at moontower...should have known better and just gone to giddyups in the first place. Next time, there will be no question.
Review Source:Great place!!! Our Austin trip would not have been the same without it! We walked in and were first met with big smiles and the sounds of true talent from Big John, the karaoke man! Beer and wine at the bar and bring your own liquor (they have the mixers) was awesome! Games galore! Amazing shuffle board. But don't let Willy and Brad tell you they aren't any good, they are pro shuffle board players and get better with beer! Truly a locals hang out :) We cannot tell you how perfect this place was!
Review Source:The perfect dive bar for friends who travel with whiskey. Heads up - Giddy-Ups does setups, which means they only sell beer, wine, and soda. You bring the liquor, they sell the mixer.
There is a killer jukebox, pool tables, and lovely tables outside with shade overlooking a grassy soccer field. The staff is tops. Live music. Real music fans in the customers. And a sassy staff who want to have a good time alongside their customers.
In short, Giddy-Ups is a South Austin classic.
This place is pure Texas gold - plain and simple. Â A friend of mine and I went to Giddy Ups during SXSW in March 2013 to check out one of the music showcases being held there on a Thursday night. Â The bar has a small indoor stage with a few tables and a small dance floor. Â The bar in the back will give you quick service and they had plenty of ice cold Shinerbock available. Â There is also a covered patio area with a couple of pool tables. Â The service was very friendly and the patrons on this particular night were a good mix of young and old, preppy and blue collar. Â
It's off the beaten path, away from the downtown Austin scene, and definitely worth checking out when you're in town.
I don't mean to brag, yes I do, but I have this new friend and I think she's just the bees knees. She has this other friend, who I think I can call my newest friend, who is pretty groovy. So groovy, in fact, that she demanded to lead us on a Wednesday night South Austin Pub Crawl. Don't judge, Wednesday is hump day. Later on in the night it became Thursday, so it's like we were out on a Thursday.
Anyway. Our first stop was Giddy-Ups. Holy hell, this place is freaking awesome. My handsome and adorable and sometimes funny fiance likes to say that people in New England are grouchy, and mean, and stuck up snobs. Yelp, this is just not true. This is an urban legend. A lie. Something to get you to not visit us up there because it's crowded enough and we don't want more Austin-like traffic. There's a point to all of this, the point is, Giddy-Ups is like walking into one of our small Vermont town bars. The old people are sitting down, or leaning on the bar, updating the bartender on something that happened that day while she was at work. And the younger people are sitting outside. And there's that one lady who is dancing, all by herself, right in front of guy on the mic. And you have to share the bathroom with another lady, and there is a lock but you're not supposed to use it because that's rude. Wait, what? Oh yea. Don't use the lock. In the future, when I go back here, I'm going to have to pee outside, or wet my pants, I just can't do the bathroom-share thing. It freaks me out. Oh god, what am going to do in my wedding dress?!
I think my favorite part was walking in and seeing the look on the bartender's face. She was obviously thinking whothehellareyou and whadoyouwant. She probably enjoyed the look of sheer terror on my face when I squeaked "erm, Bud Light!" It was pretty magnificent to watch her change because by the end of our visit, she was coming around and smiling and joking and I guess this means you've become one of the crowd, your initiation is over.
A hidden gem of a place and I'm excited to head back and hang out in the garage again. I hang out in my garage a lot. Usually with my dog and a good book. Now I can hang out in a garage with a beer and my excellent friends.
Every time I've been in here its been late  and I've already been pretty trashed. Nice little dive bar to end the night before heading home. The bartender is always friendly and the beer is cheap. Normally we'll attempt to play shuffleboard, but the skills are often lacking. So I like this place cause its close to home, although I probably should head here sometime when I'm not shitfaced to get a more balanced view.
Review Source:Had really enjoyed going to Giddyups on Sundays for karaoke with James. Unfortunately the last time we went, there was a fill in dj who had a major attitude.
I brought my National Karaoke league team there last Sunday, there were 8 of us, to sing and practice for our competition.
My boyfriend, who is a Marine war veteran, asked the dj to adjust the sound as the music was too low and vocals were too high. The dj responded by saying that that's just how he does it. When it was my turn to sing i also requested that he adjust the levels and he gave me the same response. He then proceeded to turn the music way up and vocals too low, just to be an ass.
After i was done singing, the dj came over to our table and asked my boyfriend to go outside to talk, when he should've just stayed on stage and done his job. My boyfriend and he had another discussion about the sound and the dj bowed up and came at my boyfriend in an aggressive.manner. Being a former Marine and trained in defensive combat, my boyfriend defended himself and took the dj to the ground.
We were then made to leave and told to never come back.
It's a shame that this guy was there instead of James who knows us from our prior visits and now because of the fill in being an asshole me and my karaoke team will never go back.
Came here with people who unless the place serves Stella or Fat Tire then the place sucks....yup you guessed it Beer Snobs. Well this place doesn't cater to them and thank god it doesn't. Giddy Ups is what South Austin is all about from the $1.50 beer specials to the smoke stained walls. If you are looking to chill and are okay with cigarette smoke then stop in.
Review Source:So I headed out to Manchaca to score some Tamales from Mi Ranchito when all of the sudden off to my right I spot Giddy-Ups. I don't know why but I haven't been in there for quite some time but I'm glad I found it again. YES it's a dive bar, YES the furniture doesn't match, YES there is a pick-up band, YES there are bikers, YES some people are missing teeth, YES matching cloths is not important, YES you will see some drunk chick wearing leopard skin, YES saggy breasts are abundant, YES every man looks like your grand-pa.
NO warm beer, NO hipsters, NO pretentious attitudes, NO Jaguars in the parking lot, NO Este Lauder.....
Sounds like this goldi-locks found the bar thats's JUST right!
Don't listen to the negative reviewers down below, Giddy-Ups is a great South Austin dive bar with unpretentious, friendly, down-to-earth folks. It's a beer joint & smoking is allowed, so come prepared. They have a great shuffleboard, a terrific juke-box, and there's usually some fun local music performing on the small stage. If the music & smoking aint' right for you, step outside on the patio and enjoy the fresh air. I wish there were more places like Giddy-Ups in Austin, but at least we still have this one spot.
Review Source:The regulars are friendly to a fault, and colorful.
The owner (Nancy) groks traditional country music, and hires a mix of local kickers and consummate Austin pros like Jim Stringer and Teri Joyce.
Located outside the clutch of Austin PC, smoking is still allowed. Â I really hate smoking, but it feels right at GiddyUps and has a nostalgic quality. Â I survived decades of second hand smoke so far...
It's a little too far south on Manchaca Road to be convenient for most, but what isn't after the New Improved Your-High-Rise-Condo-Is-Waiting Austin?
John Conquest booked a fine bunch of XSXSW bands into GiddyUps this year, and said we can expect more in 2012. Â If you needed a more credible reference than me...
Sorry you missed out on Henry's in the early 90's? Â Ginny's took over for Henry's, until Sharon took over booking at Ginny's. Â Now, Giddy-Ups is as good as we're likely to see in Austin.
Check the website schedule, and the price of gas. Â Giddy-Ups is often still worth the drive.
PS: Â 4 stars is my highest rating. Â 5 is for the miraculous.
My boyfriend and I went to this place on the suggestion of a neighbor of his who grew up in the this area and so we were intrigued. We went on a Tuesday night which is DJ night but usually other nights they have a live band. The ages were mixed and they had a shuffle board table style thing going on. They also have billiards available that are in a different area with doors that can close off from the rest of the bar. The beers are cheap and it's also a BYOB providing set ups kinda place. Since it's out of the city limits, smoking is allowed inside. The bartender gave us some info flyers on the place and was very friendly. They don't have a wait staff so you just go to the bar to order a drink. They were playing classic rock and other old stuff but not hard core country. There was a little dog greeting people at the door when they came in. Never did figure out whose dog it was but added to the character of the place. You can tell it's old and has some history by all the pictures on the walls and old neon beer signs. It's like the Broken Spoke but not the country vibe. Anyway, we've been back since and went on a night with some friends to watch a band from Scotland which were a lot of fun. They had a bagpipe and sort of a country sound and had us doing some group dance that was hilariously fun. I'm not into country dancing or music and this was so different. If you go and just let yourself go for cheap beer and an open mind you'll have fun. Â It's the kind of place that older people and younger people can go and all coexist in a southwest Florida kinda way. We'll be back. It's a nice neighborhood bar to hang out.
Review Source:We came here on the recommendation of the fabulous karaoke man. I forgot his name, but he is an absolute doll. He's like the Robert Duvall of karaoke in Austin. He was working the room at Circle Country Club on a Friday, and told us to c'mon in to Giddy-Ups on a Sunday.
And we did.
Glowing neon beer lights, older crowd, smoky romances...it's just a good old-fashioned honky tonk. (Don't bring annoying California out-of-towners. They won't understand.)
Now, I gotta say, $3.25 for a High Life is too rich for my taste. But, the bartender thought we were in a band because we all had matching plaid shirts? High five for that.
The crowd appreciated our renditions of Tammy Wynette, the Toadies, and maybe Sheryl Crow? Not sure, memory got a little hazy after a certain hour.
But the best part happened as we were leaving--a slightly butch woman grabbed me and made me two-step with her. Made me feel all special-like.
I'll be back.
I was raised with a very Texas southern family but I will say this now. If you are in your 20's and 30's stay away. A friend and I stepped foot in this place last night and it was like an old western movie. Everyone in the bar stops and looks at you and the bartender does not serve you. I get it, the older crowd goes here. I love dive bars but this was a shack with angry older people. They were not happy we were in there at all.
We ended up not getting a drink because the bartender would not even come over to us. She only talked to the people sitting at the bar and cleaned the bar.
Do you like dive bars? I mean, are you a connoisseur of dive bars? If so, then allow me to introduce Giddy-Ups. This is the 1947 Château Cheval Blanc of dive bars.
Note the brilliantly unconsidered design profoundly evocative of its South Austin terroir. A deep, sawdust-infused glimpse of some fundamental aspect of time and existence.
Not for those with leaden tastes or a facile aesthetic. This is a shot of true South Austin, before all the shiny condos and Range Rovers moved in-- a flavor that is quickly becoming extinct and should be savored while it lasts.
What can I say about Giddyups? Â You'll either love it or you'll hate it. Â Frankly, I think it's great. Â My old maintenance man used to take me there. Â
Ladies: Â Prepare to be hit on...mercilessly. Â Priceless pickup lines include "You sure do have purdy teeth." Â "Wanna feed my bird?" Â Oh! Â And then there was the gentleman who asked me out to luch. Â Right before introducing me to his wife. Â Ah, Giddyups...
So take an escort. Â If you don't have a maintenance man handy, any old boy will do. Â Unless he's the popped collar type. Â This type tends to get shanked in the parking lot.
In all seriousness, Giddyups is a great laid back spot to drink some beer, shoot some pool, smoke some cigarettes, and occassionally catch some great live music.
This is what one expects of DEEP SOUTH Austin. Â I went from 5 to 8pm on presidential inauguration pot luck. Â The beers are bottled only and not give-away, but the music, great crowd, parking, and sometimes food are free. Enjoyed the live music, agreeable rock for most/country flair.
I'd say the Real America that people so often overlook. Â Pride in being respectable people who welcome and gather.
Oh wow, I totally know this place and it is -- and I do not say this lightly -- AWESOME. Â When I used to live south, we strolled in one night to find all sorts of controlled chaos going on, namely, some sort of in-house tattoo guy (Tattoo Mike, I think they called him) rolling out some sort of Pu Pu platter of instruments, murals, different "Mom" designs and so on. Â
The place was littered with regulars the night we popped in, and though at first we were greeted with what I like to refer as the "small town gaze" (you're not from around here...are ya), the barkeep was perfectly friendly and the people-watching, as you can imagine, was top shelf. Â It's a complicated world we live in, but it sure is cool to boil things down to both the sublime (not to mention the ridiculous), now and then.
I had a great night at Giddy-Ups. Â It's a real local-yokel honky tonk, where every inch of the walls is lined with old license plates and neon beer signs. Â They have pool tables, shuffleboard, and live music. Â It's out in the middle of nowhere, but that's just another thing to love about it.
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