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13 Austin Bars and Restaurants Serving Up Creative Nonalcoholic Cocktails

When you’re looking to go alcohol-free

by Erin Russell Updated
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Sway’s drinking vinegars and sodas.
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by Erin Russell Updated

Austin has its fair share of craft cocktail destinations and local breweries scattered around the city, but there’s a rising scene of nonalcoholic cocktails accessible to those who don’t partake.

While most restaurants and bars can serve up a pretty good mocktail these, days, this is Eater’s guide to the truly excellent mocktails that are sure to please in Austin. These creative nonalcoholic cocktails go beyond simple sodas or juices, ranging from drinking vinegar at Sway to an entirely spirit-free menu at Sans Bar. Leave without a hangover.

For other booze-free drinks, explore aguas frescas, coffee, and milkshakes. For boozy drinks, scope out the city’s essential bars and hot new ones. Plus, there are Austin’s iconic drinks. Be sure to keep an eye out for any pop-ups from Robert Bjorn Taylor, one of Austin’s most creative sober bartenders.

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Yard Bar

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This dog-friendly bar rotates its nonalcoholic mocktail menu seasonally. Mocktail offerings are made with Seedlip nonalcoholic spirits like the strawberry fields with strawberry, mint, and lime, and there’s also frozen lemonade and other soft drinks. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

6700 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
(512) 900-3773
(512) 900-3773

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L'Oca d'Oro

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This modern Italian restaurant in the growing Mueller development has house-made sodas (in seasonal flavors like pear-ginger or grapefruit-basil) and mocktails like the Take it Easy with watermelon and pepper shrubs, hellfire bitters, and herb salt. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1900 Simond Ave, Austin, TX 78723
(737) 212-1876
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Olamaie

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In the spirit of Southern hospitality, Olamaie has a few nonalcoholic options, like a grapefruit soda with a touch of Tabasco, or a mint spritz. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1610 San Antonio St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 474-2796
(512) 474-2796

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Sway

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Served over crushed ice with sparkling water, the strawberry-basil drinking vinegar at higher-end Thai restaurant Sway is the perfect refresher to a flavorful meal. There are also teas, kombucha, and house-made sodas. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

3437 Bee Caves Rd, West Lake Hills, TX 78746
(512) 326-1999
(512) 326-1999
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Sway’s drinking vinegars and sodas
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Sans Bar

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This entirely alcohol-free bar from founder Chris Marshall pops up every Friday in Central East Austin.

1818 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 589-1634
(512) 589-1634

Skinny's Off Track Bar

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One annoying feature of mocktail menus is being charged the same price for a spirit-free drink. Not the case at sports bar Skinny’s, where the price is right for nonalcoholic options. Enjoy the game and use the extra funds for the excellent wings. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1806 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 363-5558
(512) 363-5558

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Pecan Square Café

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This refined restaurant serving seasonal fare near Clarksville can modify its entire cocktail menu using Slow Luck's nonalcoholic spirit. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1200 W 6th St #B, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 265-1612
(512) 265-1612

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Hillside Farmacy

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Hillside Farmacy offers house-made sodas with nonalcoholic, boozy, and CBD options. Options include a hot or cold Country Doctor, with ginger, fresh apple, and cinnamon; a coffee soda; and more. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1209 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 628-0168
(512) 628-0168

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The Roosevelt Room

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The experts at essential cocktail bar Roosevelt Room offer zero-proof varieties as well, like the Na’groni with zero-proof gin and Giffard Bitter Aperitif sirop or the Castaway, a tropical concoction with mint, cream of coconut, lime, and ginger beer. There are indoor dine-in services.

307 W 5th St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 494-4094
(512) 494-4094
The Castaway mocktail at Roosevelt Room
The Castaway mocktail at Roosevelt Room
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The Well

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This special-diet-friendly restaurant downtown can make a couple of its cocktails nonalcoholic with Seedlip spirits. That includes the 2nd Street Margarita and the Elixer, with charcoal maple syrup, lemon, apple, ginger, cucumber, and cayenne. Go during happy hour when cocktails are half off, or try the many juices, smoothies, and other drinks. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

440 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701
(737) 742-1129
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Launderette

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Launderette has a couple of rotating nonalcoholic options, like the Kickdrum with spiritless bourbon, lemon, and walnut bitters, as well as nonalcoholic beer. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

2115 Holly St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 382-1599
(512) 382-1599

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Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden

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With sprawling patio seating and some of Austin’s best food trucks, South Austin’s Cosmic is a great option to hang out for a spell. In addition to a wild variety of coffee drinks (orgeat matcha latte, anyone?), Cosmic also offers a frozen booze-free painkiller and aguas frescas. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

121 Pickle Rd, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 481-0694
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Armadillo Den

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Most of the draft drinks at South Austin patio bar Armadillo Den — like a spicy rita and a paloma — come booze-free. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

10106 Menchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78748
(512) 993-2998
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Yard Bar

6700 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757

This dog-friendly bar rotates its nonalcoholic mocktail menu seasonally. Mocktail offerings are made with Seedlip nonalcoholic spirits like the strawberry fields with strawberry, mint, and lime, and there’s also frozen lemonade and other soft drinks. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

6700 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
(512) 900-3773
(512) 900-3773

L'Oca d'Oro

1900 Simond Ave, Austin, TX 78723

This modern Italian restaurant in the growing Mueller development has house-made sodas (in seasonal flavors like pear-ginger or grapefruit-basil) and mocktails like the Take it Easy with watermelon and pepper shrubs, hellfire bitters, and herb salt. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1900 Simond Ave, Austin, TX 78723
(737) 212-1876
(737) 212-1876

Olamaie

1610 San Antonio St, Austin, TX 78701

In the spirit of Southern hospitality, Olamaie has a few nonalcoholic options, like a grapefruit soda with a touch of Tabasco, or a mint spritz. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1610 San Antonio St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 474-2796
(512) 474-2796

Sway

3437 Bee Caves Rd, West Lake Hills, TX 78746

Served over crushed ice with sparkling water, the strawberry-basil drinking vinegar at higher-end Thai restaurant Sway is the perfect refresher to a flavorful meal. There are also teas, kombucha, and house-made sodas. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

3437 Bee Caves Rd, West Lake Hills, TX 78746
(512) 326-1999
(512) 326-1999
Tall glasses with liquids.
Sway’s drinking vinegars and sodas
Travis Hallmark/Sway/Facebook

Sans Bar

1818 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702

This entirely alcohol-free bar from founder Chris Marshall pops up every Friday in Central East Austin.

1818 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 589-1634
(512) 589-1634

Skinny's Off Track Bar

1806 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702

One annoying feature of mocktail menus is being charged the same price for a spirit-free drink. Not the case at sports bar Skinny’s, where the price is right for nonalcoholic options. Enjoy the game and use the extra funds for the excellent wings. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1806 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 363-5558
(512) 363-5558

Pecan Square Café

1200 W 6th St #B, Austin, TX 78703

This refined restaurant serving seasonal fare near Clarksville can modify its entire cocktail menu using Slow Luck's nonalcoholic spirit. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1200 W 6th St #B, Austin, TX 78703
(512) 265-1612
(512) 265-1612

Hillside Farmacy

1209 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702

Hillside Farmacy offers house-made sodas with nonalcoholic, boozy, and CBD options. Options include a hot or cold Country Doctor, with ginger, fresh apple, and cinnamon; a coffee soda; and more. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

1209 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 628-0168
(512) 628-0168

The Roosevelt Room

307 W 5th St, Austin, TX 78701

The experts at essential cocktail bar Roosevelt Room offer zero-proof varieties as well, like the Na’groni with zero-proof gin and Giffard Bitter Aperitif sirop or the Castaway, a tropical concoction with mint, cream of coconut, lime, and ginger beer. There are indoor dine-in services.

307 W 5th St, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 494-4094
(512) 494-4094
The Castaway mocktail at Roosevelt Room
The Castaway mocktail at Roosevelt Room
Roosevelt Room/Facebook

The Well

440 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701

This special-diet-friendly restaurant downtown can make a couple of its cocktails nonalcoholic with Seedlip spirits. That includes the 2nd Street Margarita and the Elixer, with charcoal maple syrup, lemon, apple, ginger, cucumber, and cayenne. Go during happy hour when cocktails are half off, or try the many juices, smoothies, and other drinks. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

440 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701
(737) 742-1129
(737) 742-1129

Launderette

2115 Holly St, Austin, TX 78702

Launderette has a couple of rotating nonalcoholic options, like the Kickdrum with spiritless bourbon, lemon, and walnut bitters, as well as nonalcoholic beer. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

2115 Holly St, Austin, TX 78702
(512) 382-1599
(512) 382-1599

Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden

121 Pickle Rd, Austin, TX 78704

With sprawling patio seating and some of Austin’s best food trucks, South Austin’s Cosmic is a great option to hang out for a spell. In addition to a wild variety of coffee drinks (orgeat matcha latte, anyone?), Cosmic also offers a frozen booze-free painkiller and aguas frescas. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

121 Pickle Rd, Austin, TX 78704
(512) 481-0694
(512) 481-0694

Armadillo Den

10106 Menchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78748

Most of the draft drinks at South Austin patio bar Armadillo Den — like a spicy rita and a paloma — come booze-free. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

10106 Menchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78748
(512) 993-2998
(512) 993-2998

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