The 24 Best Happy Hours in Austin - Austin - The Infatuation

"The Deal: $6-29 dishes; $6-10 sake, $6-$20 wine and beer, $9 cocktails Uchi is best known for their sushi, but what they should actually be best known for is their “sake social,” the daily happy hour during which you can sample excellent rolls and classic Uchi bites for a fraction of the price. If you haven’t been, you’re doing things all wrong. We like to get their tasting menu, which costs around $60 a person. (P.S. this happens at their sister restaurants Uchiko and Uchiba, too.) Reservations at Uchi open up one month in advance, and they tend to go fast. If you want to secure a prime time seat, you’ll want to be there right when reservations get released, but even the off-hour tables get snapped up about three weeks out. You can also show up right when Uchi opens and usually snag a seat at the bar (or sometimes even a table). The plus side to an early dinner is you’ll also have access to the excellent Happy Hour. Uchi also has two sister concepts—Uchiko in Rosedale, and Uchiba Downtown—both with very similar menus, and tables that go about half as fast." - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion