Cain & Abel's Review

Great college bar atmosphere. Pool tables were a little rough, but only added character to the authentic feel. Outside patio is the bee's knees.

The food is good but the service isn't always that great.

Beer was cheap but unless you're a frat daddy looking to get slammed off Bud light I'd go somewhere else. Food was not bad, server was nice but very slow. If you still need a picture of the vibe, two women walked around all night offering free Miller Light if you posted a picture of you with it on Instagram for promotion.

Amazing portions, great specials, dive bar atmosphere. Don't expect it to be what it ain't

To tell the truth its was a bit busy waiting g for the drink I tried to order, but it came in like 10 minutes.

Not a good sign when the bartender does not know what kind if beer is on the tap. Also, ate there yesterday and have been sick for the last 14 hours

Pretty limited in mixed drinks most days of the week, but the Texas Tea is really good!

Great place to stop and have a drink. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable about the beer. They have a nice selection of Texas beers on tap.

Smells of beer and shame. Typical college bar. Friendly service. Food takes awhile to arrive and it's just under par for quality and taste. Menu could be more creative. Drinks here are great. Always a deal to be had. Plus one of the better beer selections around UT.

One of my college staples. We went for HH and again at night when we were in town. The bartender during the middle of the day was super friendly.

The inside is a little run down. However, the floors aren't super sticky like I would expect for a college bar. This place is in the middle of west campus so its central to the the university and the living areas.

They have something that they call a Texas Tea here that is like a Long Island Ice Tea. You can get it with soda or coke. They get served in these huge huge cups. I feel like one of those could really be enough for the entire night.

If beer is your thing, there's so many on tap.

The one, the only, Cain & Abel s. The staple of west campus and a classic for everyone looking for a cold drink.

Nice little bar. They have a decent supply of quality beer, but you can tell most of the clientele are there for cheap Bud Light and the like.

Request to the restaurant management and the people dining in to not be very loud especially on tuesday nights as the kids are studying for their exams in the apartments behind..

Waitress was really nice and the tea drinks were really good

Good place for drinking and talking to good people. Beer is not that expensive and there's a day you pay less. Really good!

Nice place to go sit on the patio and take in west campus with a beer. You will pay a little more than at a lot of bars but the atmosphere is nice. The atmosphere stays nice until it gets really busy and then Cain & Abel's looks like people trapped behind a fence. I have never gone when it's that busy but I can't imagine they have the best service at those times.

Nice Texas-style atmosphere with good drinks and specials. Gets a little crowded, but it's also conveniently right in West campus.

It's a straight forward bar. Unfortunately we got there when it was a bit understaffed, so service was a little slow. Great selection of beers on tap and ok hamburgers :)

Good beer selection (not craft beers, though), good atmosphere, big patio, good prices. Very much a college bar, so not the best for young professionals. UT students, though, would love this place.

Sunday is great. 5 dollar tasty Chicken Fried Steak and 2.50 top shelf. Great staff, not just good workn types but good people...

Great place to have a beer and listen to music, play some pool if you want, food looks good aswell and fairly price.

Awesome beer selection, lots of seating and usually great scenery! Sure, sometimes its Frat central but what do you expect for West Campus. Its not bothersome enought to keep me from coming and grabbing a beer.

Go to drink spot for students around campus; it's nothing fancy but gets the job done

A friend and I ate at during the evening. The bartender was friendly and attentive. And the food was great for the price. Will be back soon!

Good for a college bar. They have good specials most days of the week. Management is obviously lacking, though.

Went in during the winter snow storm - bartenders were amazing food was great - Prices were very good we were very happy to come in with our big group of people and be treated very good. Definitely is a great place to go for happy hour.

Many Texas draught beers, UT student mecca, good specials, mediocre grill, patio and second floor

Large draft beer selection but mediocre overall for the rest of the experience there

$15 for a trash burger and subpar scenery. Go somewhere else.

Cheap drinks if that's what you're looking for. They only have 5 TV's 3 of them are 50' and the other 2 look like 30' so not a very good place to watch sports in my opinion. Service mediocre sat at the barn for about an hour I was never offered a refill.

I was involved in a car accident in your parking lot on December 7, 2018. Not sure if there was video of the back lot. Im sure there is seeing its 2019, college hangout with drinking, and back lot not have much lighting. I would greatly appreciate if I could get a meeting or contact information on whom i need to talk with about copy of CCTV... thanks

There's nothing that made this stand out. One extra star from average because I got happy hour pricing on my cider even though the menu didn't say there would be.

Not my usual crowd, not that I have a "usual crowd", but if you're on West Campus, this place is definitely worth checking out.
Week day + night drink specials are pretty good as well.

Good drinks for a cheap prices, they have a deal every day of the week. Expect many college students here.

Hated it. Me and my friends had to seat ourselves. After 15 minutes of waiting we finally flagged down a server. She was not rude but the staff just ignored us. While waiting for our food the staff never came by to refill our drinks. We waited over thirty minutes before we just decided to leave without eating. We left money on the table for our food. On the way out the manager followed us and instead of asking why we our leaving he asked us to pay for food we didn't even eat. Their service was horrible and I am so angry that we were treated poorly.

15 min at a booth with about 6 ppl sitting at the bar. No staff came over asking for order

Its a nice place with good specials. Fun if you're a college student. Sometimes the wait for drinks can take a bit long and some of the staff are not very polite. On dollar beers, the bartender took my 5 and gave me the beer. She walked away before giving me my change and I had to pick between waiting another what 5 minutes to get her attention and getting my money back (I chose to leave and marked it as her tip for the night).

Just as I remember... Crowded, not so great service... But full of dive bar character

Great college bar that is popular with the fraternity crowd.

Great, cheap drinks that aren't watered down. Lots of televisions to see whatever game you want to play and there is a couple pool tables that you can play on.

Definitely stop by if you find yourself in West campus wanting a drink.

Good food, great drink specials, and very good service.

I lived this place. It has a huge selection of beer but it was the aroma of delicious food that brought me in. I had the ranch burger and it was fanfrickentastic!

Food was decent for bar food and $1 domestic bottles. Service was slow and impersonal. Staff was too busy on their phones and standing around instead of waiting on customers. Decent beer selection.

Fraternity bar. So if you are into that. Otherwise loud and generally annoying. Staff is pleasant enough tho

Food was ok and beer not to expensive. Staff was alittle slow.

Popular place to get Texas Teas and watch whatever game is on that day

Horrible service sat there for 15 minutes and and not even a what can we get you to drink.

Pretty rad place for it being near campus it's pretty cheap! The bright lights kinda suck but the bartender I had last night was pretty awesome! She kept busy and was always spot on with her customer service skills! Definitely will be coming back Tuesday for dollar beers!

My favorite sit-down bar in Austin and certainly a college-favorite. Cain and Abel's is the best bar in West Campus!

Worst service I ve ever had. The girl at the bar was just chatting with her friends the whole time. There were several people there to watch a soccer game and it took them 30+ minutes to put it on. Never refilled my soft drink, was impossible to get her attention for the check so we waited another 15 minutes for that. She s being paid to work and serve customers not chat with her friends, just unprofessional and wasted my time.

Love the dog friendly patio here. Come out and have a great burger. Love the goat cheese one.

I've been going to Cain and Abel's since I turned 21. Today I went and there was a new bouncer, he checked our ID's way longer than normal but whatever it's a college bar and we understand the apprehension. Once we got up to leave is where the 1 star rating is deserved.

Josh, the bouncer, decided that he wasn't going to let us leave the bar until we provided a reciept to prove we paid. Considering we cashed out on our first round of drinks, we found this to be absurd. When challenged, Josh asserted that he "knew we were underage". This was infuriating for two reasons: 1. Josh's first assertion that we didn't pay was just insulting, 2. He claimed we were underage, which if he thought that was the case, why did he let us in in the first place? Josh even threatened to call the cops, which we did for him since we were all well above age and lawful patrons. Thankfully, one of his colleagues stepped in to tell Josh to back off.

I've enjoyed Cain and Abel's for the latter half of my undergraduate degree and even afterwards. Josh has given the complete opposite experience and has no business being anywhere near this UT tradition.

I was visiting my husband who works in this amazing place.

Zero stars if possible. Sat for 15 min at a dirty table looking around before going to bar top and being told they didn t have a server. All the staff is college kids high of their ass and obviously don t want to be there. Food was close to a card board box. It was super slow and took forever for me to get another drink. 6 people at the bar to 3 bartenders and they couldn t manage. On their phones constantly took forever to a get silverware after food came out. Don t go for food and service. If your going for fries and a large selection of beer your in luck.

1 dollar beer night and good sports on the screens, plus the outside heaters make this place a go to when you want to eat out side but the weather is to cold.

Thursday Texas beer special. Walking distance to UT.

Good casual hangout if you're up near campus. Beer, pool and a bunch of TV's, plus a good sized patio.

Great older college bar. Hard on fakes. Fun place though.

Came here a couple of days ago for a takeout order. Firstly, to the employee who rudely told us "how more clear can we get that that is not the entrance", obviously not clear enough if people(myself included) walk through those doors so try harder I guess. Secondly, extremely subpar environment wouldn't recommend dining in. Third, not sure who's fault it is but they didn't have any bags for some reason for takeout orders. So I had to walk all 4 of the containers out to the car praying I wouldn't drop them. This time, the food was unusually more disgusting. Not sure why I returned here after some time, I guess I wanted to give it a second chance. Cain & Abel's has failed consumers, nothing less expected from a company that employs people who fail basic human decency. Definitely would not recommend.

Service wasn't all that good but think they are short staffed and it was during the basketball game. I will be going back great beer selection.

Service was horrible. Drinks tasted like water. Fried pickles were the best part

Bartenders were really nice. Was a bit loud inside for my taste but an austin classic :)

Texas tea taste great and will give you a strong buzz after 2

Great place to go for cheap beers and to just talk with friends outside.

I came here with a big group of people. To summarize my experience for you...rude staff, okayyyy drinks-smaller portions FOR SURE, unorganized, cannot train a new person properly, unprofessional communication skills, they wrongfully overcharged me without verbal or written consent, and they were giving cards out to the wrong people. Thanks for providing a space for our group but that was the worst customer service I have EVER experienced. The manager venmo'd me my money back FINALLY...but it took numerous attempts to reach out to them and dealing with a very rude employee that refused to give me her name and I had to deal with a little bit of sass from her. It blows my mind that an establishment can get away with this kind of service and be rude for their own mistake. AVOID COMING HERE WITH A GROUP LIKE THE PLAGUE!!

Typical college bar. Don't expect that much except occasional drink specials on cheap beer.