Krush Lounge

Krush, Krush, Krush

At first I was weary of going - I judged a book by its cover and I was always told never to do that!

I have to say I was pretty impressed with the place once I actually got inside - I've lived in Austin all my years - and even saw the bar before it but never ventured inside. I'm glad I gave Krush a shot.

The bar is huge inside, and they even have a lounge type area on the side -  best part, the waitress came right up to me and my friends when we sat there. We were just drinking bottles and drafts so I can speak for the prices of the drinks - but the beer prices were pretty good - I walked out with more money than I thought I would have. haha

The music that night was a live band doing some cover songs - they actually had people up and dancing!

All in all - it was a good experience. Far from downtown, but I had just as good of a time. Clean place, friendly attentive waitress, and good prices on beer and drafts. Needless to say - me and my buddies will be going back!

Thank you Krush.

I visited this place over the weekend to take in some college football and the UFC fights.  I'd never been before, but the lack of people surprised me given that it was a weekend evening.  They also charged a cover to get in the door, which I assume is to pay for the fights that they had to order.  There were plenty of tables & TVs tuned to your sport of choice, so at least my cover charge wasn't a complete waste.  

Like some of the other reviewers, I found the service to be terrible.  We started out at the bar and opened a tab, but then found a table to accomodate our growing crowd of people.  The servers in that area avoiding us for at least an hour, so we kept returning to the bar to order.  Finally, one of them came by and asked if we needed drinks, but she never brought them to us.  Instead, the bartender we had originally opened the tabs with came by to let us know that the tabs were being transferred to one of the waitresses.  Well, the first waitress never came back and we were approached by a second one who said that she would now have our tabs and take our orders.  In the span of 15 minutes, we went through 1 bartender and 2 waitresses?  Yikes...  None of them had a good attitude, either, which didn't help the exchange.

At that point, I think we were just tired of being shuffled around, so we decided to close out and leave.  Well, we tried for a while anyway, but our newest waitress had disappeared.  We did manage to find her some time later sitting outside on the patio, at a table, talking to her friends.  Great service there - please don't quit your day job.

Unimpressed... Next time, I'll stick to a local dive bar or I'll cough up the money for cab fare to downtown.

I invited some friends to Krush Lounge last night to check out a great local Austin band called The Brew <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brewmusic.com&s=a9088b5f758eafc70fa3495de98c1f73ecf5348763f205fc30ed4ee7fe648d68" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.brewmusic.com</a> and we loved their music as always. However, our overall experience with Krush Lounge was very disappointing. I will give them props on their drinks and drink prices, that's the only reason they get 2 stars instead of only 1. All drinks were top notch and at a great price! The food on the other hand wasn't great and the service was absolutely terrible.

The music venue... Stage placement, size, etc. works well. The acoustics suffer from the concrete floor and too many other exposed hard surfaces. The venue could benefit from some simple sound deadening material on the walls and that would greatly enhance the musical experience. 1 Star.

The food... I had the Southwestern Eggrolls which were straight from a box when the bartender assured me they were handmade, come on. My Monterrey Wrap while being large had NO flavor and the fries were the usual "seasoned fries" from a box. 1 Star.

The drinks... Great drinks, great prices! Great job guys! 4 Stars.

The service... I admit, we committed the unpardonable sin of starting a tab at the bar then moving to a table but the bottom line is that I was told by our waitress that she couldn't help us because she didn't have our tab, that's ridiculous!! 1 Star.

The web site... Good information, good look, I like it! 3 Stars.
I have to admit, their prices are reasonable but if the food isn't good and the wait staff doesn't want to make your experience enjoyable, then who cares. I will go back to Krush and give them another chance because I want them to succeed as we really need an establishment with their concept in this area. I would just like to see more from Krush Lounge which makes the following claim on its website "Krush Bar epitomizes everything about Austin...great food at a great price, an enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff..."

Overall rating... 2 Stars.