The Saxon Pub

The Saxon Pub is the airport location for a bar in Austin. The main location is pretty good, and has a wider selection of food. This one has almost no food, and the beer is prohibitively expensive. I know they have to make up for the high airport rent, But it’s just too much.

Pretzel is huge and filling, good flavor and not too salty. Generous amounts of dipping sauces- they have five different ones and they let you pick three. The stone ground mustard is good.

Two of us were looking for a restaurant or bar today at the Austin Airport to have a cocktail. The female bartender/server could not have been more rude. We were looking to watch a hockey game. She would not answer my questions about whether they could show it on one of their TVs unless I bought a $16 plus glass of wine. She was not busy. She was belligerent and would not come back to my seat. I never was told if the bar would show the Stars game. When I left her $0 tip for “bad service,” she yelled at me as I left. Stay away from this bar.

First words out of the bartender, "You can't sit there...." I should have known then to try another bar. I was told I couldn't sit on the other side of the tape (one seat across the line) Bartender assumed I wanted to "watch the game" and directed me to a seat I did not want to be in. I wanted the quiet seat because I needed to process the previous 16 hours spent trapsing across the damn globe.... in hindsight, the server was metering the number of available seats. Goodness forbid you have a full bar and have to actually work! Tired and just wanting a drink, I sat for 2 pints over 2 hours waiting on flight delay. Halfway through pint #2, I noticed THE FLIES IN THE LIME JAR!!! As a retail person for many years, I may be overly critical with the attention to detail I observed being overlooked, but..... GROSS. Not once did the bartender WIPE THE COUNTER AFTER A PATRON VACATED A SEAT...IN TWO MFN HOURS! THE back bar is filthy with wine stains. The cooler glass doors look like 14 puppies died inside them, trying to lick their way out. Call John Taffer, THIS AIRPORT BAR IS DISGUSTING AND NEEDS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTION!!!!! Update

Our flight got delayed on Feb 28th of 2025 for about 3 hours. We've got vouchers as a compensation that we could use and redeem at the airport to buy anything! We went to The Saxon Pub, bartender Mark refused to take vertual credit card as a payment. The vaucher had clear instructions for merchant stating it could be used as a regular credit card: Can you please explain your policy so I can take it to United Airlines. Thank you!

Horrible service! Sat at bar over 25 minutes with no service. Bartender very rude and blamed being called in late and made no attempt to provide service.

Got a beer here while waiting for luggage. The menu has prices for food but not for drinks. $16.64 for a single beer? That’s really steep, talking Norwegian beer prices. Not displaying prices on menu to me seems very deceptive.. I probably would have thought twice about placing order.

Best stop while delay after delay! Meet nice people sharing stories. Mr. Bueno was the best at helping so many customers! Stop by and he will fix you up!