Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Icehouse

Follow the bubbles and you'll find yourself at the steps of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot or 'WTF' to locals. WTF is an outdoor bar where the bar is in the middle, allowing accessibility to all patrons. On the sides of WTF, you have a food truck in the back left called "A.D.'s" serving pretty cheap and actually pretty good bar food (ie: Smash Burger, BLT, Chicken Strips, etc), a Wii and/or Nintendo 64 for you to release your inner child in the back, and on the right, you have a stage where live entertainment for the night will perform. Strangely, you can order bottle service here, but I wouldn't recommend it, as it's just not the right vibe.

I visited whiskey tango foxtrot on a particularly cold Friday night. All of their lamp heaters were on, so obviously, I sat as close as possible to one, and it was nice! They are outdoor but under a almost completely enclosed plastic tent. There are a few high tables to sit at that are spaced out (can't say whether it's 6 feet apart though). They've created a flagpole pulley with the table number. When you need a waiter, you raise the table number. After you've been served, you lower the card. Much easier process than waving down a waiter. We listen to a great life band, and we were definitely six or more from the stage. Staff were mask and instructed patrons on mask protocol upon entering. We ordered seasonal cocktails--Mexican hot toddy and Mexican hot chocolate. The Mexican hot chocolate was not a good blend. The alcohol was over powering. The Mexican hot toddy was absolutely perfect though. It was worth the try!FYI: 20% gratuity is automatically added to your order.

My boyfriend's band, Honeymade has started to play here frequently and I love it more with each visit. Everyone that works there is obviously very hard working and they know how to be personable. The atmosphere and set up is great now that they've been able to open up a little bit more after the Covid restrictions were lifted. There's a few TVs around the bar, a stage, food truck and an area where a dj plays; it's kind of an indoor- outdoor hybrid which is amazing at night because I love looking at the skyline and nightlife while I'm having my drinks. Now I'm excited to try the food truck the next time we visit, whatever they're cooking had the bar smelling DELICIOUS! Overall, I have a great time every time I go to WTF Icehouse and I definitely recommend this to anyone wanting a fun time downtown!

I guess I was expecting it to be fancier. Nonetheless, the bartenders were cool, the DJ was damn good for a Sunday and I got a cool tshirt! Loved the decorated for Halloween.

I ordered a burger here. The guy cooking my burger kept staring at me (weird). Next morning I woke up with explosive diarrhea, then had a fever up to 101 later in the day. Pretty much my entire Austin trip was ruined and I was confined to my hotel room. The stomach issues lasted almost a week and I lost 6lb. When I ordered a drink here, the drunk ass bartender was flirting with some girls for a few minutes before getting to me (fine). He eventually gets to me, takes my drink order. 5 minutes later, I have no drink and this idiot simply walks away from the bar with another coworker to leave the bar or go all the way to the back. Doesn't say anything to anyone before hand, and doesn't come back.

Super fun bar that offers live music performances Friday-Sunday nights. The bands are usually talented, so it's a pleasure to spend the night out and feel like life is back to normal. Masks are not enforced inside, so if that's a problem, this is not a place for you. The place gets really packed on weekend nights, so you'll be very close and personal, dancing with half-drunk strangers in an overpacked space. This is definitely very fun, but it's not for everyone, so be warned.The band takes a break at 10pm, so be aware that there won't be live music for 15ish minutes.Great bar for enjoying music and getting the genuine feel of Austin. Support this venue! Too many places have closed doors due to COVID and Austin is a bleak shell of what it used to be.

Wow so every Tuesday at 7:30PM they have an Open Jam, just need to get here early to sign up & bring your own guitar.I spend have my time in LA & now Austin because all the live music venues are still closed in California. I'm taken back how welcoming everyone at this place is. The sound engineers is a awesome group all female staff. This literally looks like a United National gathering of musicians & people of all walks of diversity. Oh try the food truck.Hopefully I get on stage tonight, if not I'll be back next Tuesday.

Better ingredients, better pizza, Papa Roach.This bar is the GOAT.Also Nether Hour f**ks.

While presenting our ID's, my wife was in front of me and showed her ID first, and the doorman immediately asks her "Are you she's married?" Which is obviously a highly inappropriate question, but I figured he was making a joke/reference to her dress, since we just came from a concert and her dress looked a bit like an untraditional wedding dress that someone might wear for their wedding. She says "Yes", and he says "Oh really, where's your husband?" and she says "Right behind me". I couldn't hear the rest of their brief conversation from that point, but she later told me that he "didn't believe" that I was her husband, and that he thought it was utterly implausible that she and I were married to each other. Well, we happen to be an interracial couple. And there was absolutely nothing about us, other than being of different races, that could possibly make it hard to believe that we were married (we are both equally attractive, look to be around the same age, we were both well dressed, etc). Being asked an inappropriate question the second we arrived is bad enough, but the blatant racism on top of that is absolutely inexcusable.

Lonny helped us and we had the best experience. I travel every week for work any anytime I'm in Austin this place is going to be a STAPLE