As a graduate of Texas State, I lived up the street from Treff's & spent moderate amount of time & money here. Great little place. A toss between "dive" & "college bar", this establishment has cheap drink specials & the students know it! Beer selection is moderate, but for a college hangout there's a few local & craftbeers in the mix of domestic "moneymaker" beers.
The bar gets super busy, especially during "$2 Tuesdays" when everything is $2 & I mean EVERYTHING! With other various specials during the week, this is a must if you're a student looking to have a good time & stretch you're student loan/ scholarship/ college fund/ or emergency credit card that mom gave you just a little more...
Monday: $5 Pitcher Beer Night
Tuesday: $2 You Call It
Cool joint, cheap drinks and usually always pretty full inside. Oh yeah, and Happy Hour starts Early @ 2pm. Â Parking is a little limited but there is more behind Grins.
Good place if you just wanna get away from the Square or try something different.
So I went here on a Saturday.
The inside was wayyyy too loud, and very little people were inside.
Their selection of beers was so/so, although I had heard that they had more than what they actually had.
The parking lot was awful. Construction going on and one way in and out. Only about 10-13 cars could park and you can forget it if you're driving a truck, as the guy driving a f250 found out after hitting the parked Mercedes.
Not a great place for a huge group of people, but not bad for a San Marcos bar.
When visiting just be wary of the parking lot and crazy drivers.
So I'm usually at Treff's on Tuesdays for $2 you-call-its (best deal on the best night to go) but tonight was a friend's birthday & she wanted to have a few drinks there before heading to Austin.
Well, as usual, we squished into a parking spot in the front of the tavern, walked in and sat at an open bar stool. I ordered an Ace pear cider and started chatting with friends while the jukebox was going with a vast array of music choices! Thats the beauty of a jukebox and I love the diversity!
Okay so I decided to check in (via Yelp) and saw that they had an offer for $2 drinks which really excited me because it wasn't a Tuesday & I still could get some $2 drinks? HELL YEAH!
WELLLLLLL.... it was more like a HELLLLLL NO because the bartender didn't allow me to redeem my deal. He even said he texted the owner and that the owner had no idea what kind of deal I was talking about? Well, the offer is still open on my Yelp app and I plan to find the owner next time I'm at the bar & ask him about it because that offer didn't magically come to be!!!
Anyway, yes Treff's is a super chill, casual and cool bar but they lost some points with not accepting my Yelp offer (I mean that's what the offers are there for hellloooooo)!! Guess I'll stick to only going in on Tuesdays...
I'm here just about every Wednesday for trivia, and it makes me love them all the more for hosting such a fun experience. Â They always have specials wednesdays, including $3.50 LITs and other beer specials.
If you just turned 21 and want to party/jam out to techno music/act like a child, go somewhere else. Â This is a bar for grown people, laid-back people. Â It's mostly populated by grad students, non-students, students who hate the Square, and a few older folks. Â Bartenders are nice and knowledgeable but not overly chatty, the way I like 'em. Â Beisdes trivia, they also host UFC fight nights and dart tournaments. Â Gordo's is right next door and will deliver to you while you're in Treff's for no extra charge. Â The place is kinda dirty, though.
For a smokey, chill atmosphere away from obnoxious undergrads, go to Treff's.
Do you like beer? Do you like cheap beer, maybe in place with a fun, sport bar feel? Treff's is your place.
What they do, they do well. Not for those San Marcians looking for the club-like atmosphere of bars along the square. Put away your dress shoes if headed to Treff's.
Trivia nights every Wednesday at 8 and Treff's two-floor, club house design takes some of the testosterone out of this sports bar in a good way, attracting groups of ladies as well as lads.
Non-beer drinker? Try the Long Island Ice Tea. Well-made here and cheap.
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