Bull & Bowl

Name: Bull & Bowl
Address: 501 W 6th St # 200, Austin, TX, United States, 78701
Telephone: (512) 992-0707
Price range: $31 to $50
Rating: 4.7

4.7

46 Reviews

$31 to $50

American

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***We are 21+ at all times, no exceptions***

Bull & Bowl is the first duckpin bowling alley, full service restaurant, bar, and mechanical bull venue ever established.

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Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Dec 7, 2023

7:00 p.m.

Booked 3 times today

Experiences are available.

Private dining

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
American
Hours of Operation
Brunch Sat, Sun 11:00 am–3:00 pm Bar Sat, Sun 3:00 pm–5:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu, Sun 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–12:00 am
Phone number
(512) 992-0707
Website
http://www.bullandbowl.com/
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress Code
Casual Dress
Executive Chef
Jeremiah Levy
Private party facilities
Bull & Bowl is downtown Austin's premiere venue for events of all sizes. We offer unique spaces that range from a private karaoke room all the way to the entire venue for your private event (400 max occupancy). If you are interested in reserving one of our gaming options ahead of time, you
Private party contact
Our Private event coordinator: (512) 992-0707

Location
501 W 6th St # 200, Austin, TX 78701
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Cross Street
6th Street & San Antonio Street
Parking Details
None
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Experiences

Rise & Ride at Bull & Brunch
US$25.00 per person
Prepaid
Multiple dates available
Join us for a one-of-a-kind celebration where great food, endless fun, and unforgettable memories collide. Discover the perfect fusion of Texas hospitality and exhilarating entertainment at Bull & Bowl, the unrivaled choice for an unforgettable brunch experience. Your booking gets you bottomless mimosas and thrilling mechanical bull rides. Food items are not included.

What 46 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7

4.7 based on recent ratings

4.2Food
4.7Service
4.5Ambience
4.5Value

Noise • Moderate

Loved For

Austin
Hot spot
Austin
Good for special occasions
Austin
Hot spot
Austin
Good for special occasions

46 Reviews

DN
DallasN
Austin
7 reviews
5.0
7 reviews
Dined on October 8, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
It was our first time and it was a super fun environment. From the moment we walked in the staff was super friendly and attentive. The drinks were inventive and fun with a wonderful variety. The food was pub food but well made pub food and arrived fast and hot. There was bowling and bull riding in our periphery and it was super entertaining to watch. Add on the DJ and we will 100% be back. What a vibe!!!
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OpenTable Diner
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on August 19, 2023
overall4food5service4ambience5
Bottomless mimosas , food was yummy. Did not disappoint
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CandyceY
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on June 24, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
A great place to grab some amazing food, drinks, and fun! It was our first time to Austin and I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to have a good time! I’ll be back for sure!
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AprilS
Los Angeles
7 reviews
vip
5.0
7 reviews
Dined on June 4, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
This was our first time at B&B. Sam was one of the best waiter’s we’ve had in awhile. He was very attentive, efficient, helpful with a professional and friendly personality. Thanks Sam! Order the cornbread! You won’t be disappointed. We enjoyed our apps and entree’s. My husband’s entree was the biggest chicken sandwich I’ve ever seen! We ordered their frozen pineapple jalepeno/pepper Marg and it will not disappoint! After, we played pool and had a blast while other parties were bowling, riding the Bull or singing karaoke. We will definitely reserve a bowling lane next time. I highly recommend B&B if you’re wanting a night out with good food, drinks, ambience and fun activities.
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ChristinaP
New York Area
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on May 27, 2023
overall5food4service5ambience4
Really fun, really underrated! (As a local, the location is a bit cringe (downtown-6th street) But worth it during the day!
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EtuP
Austin
1 review
vip
3.0
1 review
Dined on March 26, 2023
overall3food3service2ambience4
We already waiting for our food for almost an hour and then the waitress came to tell us our order was lost in the system and we need to order again, he said will give us a discount as apologies but turns out they didn’t.
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serialtaster
San Francisco
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on March 8, 2023
overall3food5service3ambience3
Food was good. Staff was a not very professional and or nice.
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on February 19, 2023
overall4food4service3ambience4
We enjoyed it. The one issue even though we had a reservation and had requested to be on the waitlist for the bowling they put another group in front us so we had to wait an extra 35 mins to play- without asking us. Just skipped right over us. Intially told us 20 mins and then when I noticed 20 mins had come and gone. I went up to hostess stand who told me they put another group in front of us. We would have to wait another 35 mins. They need to improve their commitments to the people that actually reserve tables and not by pass folks without letting us know.
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BCS3
Austin
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on February 18, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Do yourself a favor and dive right into the buffalo shrimp ad the brussel sprouts! These were incredible. It was our first visit and we will be back. Be prepared - it is very loud because there is a lot of cheering going on between the bowling and the bull. It is not a place to sit and have a conversation. We were celebrating a birthday so it was just the right energy!
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Gabrielle
Austin
5 reviews
vip
1.0
5 reviews
Dined on February 6, 2023
overall1food5service3ambience3
Food was good. They closed early so we weren’t able to do any of the activities which was incredibly disappointing. We weren’t told they were closing early until after we ate and tried to go bowling. Super frustrating.
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 14, 2023
overall5food5service4ambience5
Food and drinks were all very good!
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 8, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
It was good
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on November 12, 2022
overall2food2service2ambience3
We booked a reservation for my brothers birthday. My notes were ignored of what was asked that can be done to make our experience better. The food was just ok. The service was not the best. They charge $10/hr for parking. Im all about the quality of food and service but this place did not meet my expectations. I tried their mushroom pasta($22)that was just cold and bland. The Brussels sprouts($13)were ok as well as their ribeye steak($41)The truffle mac n chz($13)was tasty but heavy. Fries($14)were nothing special. Salmon($25) was salty and tough. Buffalo shrimp($15) you can get just about anywhere. I wanted to bowl but by the time our party of seven were done eating we lost interest. There was a lot of bull riding contestants that made it fun to watch. However, this concept could be a little too much for a nice dinner out. Oh well… on to the next adventure!
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HiltonHeadGolfer
San Francisco
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on November 4, 2022
overall4food5service2ambience5
The food was superb and plentiful. The Killer Bees Knees cocktail was amazing. The service could have been better. For example, 2 meals came out in our party of 5 and and we waited a while for the other 3 to come out. We felt like our waitresses didn’t really appreciate our business; anytime we asked for something, it seemed like we were inconveniencing our servers. The atmosphere other than that, was great. A fun place for a larger group. Overall I recommend the Bull and Bowl.
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OpenTable Diner
Las Vegas
4 reviews
vip
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on October 1, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The food is very good, the atmosphere is very nice as well!
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Casey
Austin
12 reviews
vip
5.0
12 reviews
Dined on September 16, 2022
overall5food5service4ambience3
The food was excellent. It's an interesting place with a bowling alley, pool tables, and a few games. We just had dinner and a couple of drinks. The brussel sprouts appetizer was especially great.
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OpenTable Diner
Greater Boston
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on September 10, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great atmosphere for a fun date! Wonderful service and food!
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OpenTable Diner
E. Tennessee
13 reviews
vip
1.0
13 reviews
Dined on September 4, 2022
overall1food2service1ambience4
Sunday brunch. There were only about four table there. We ordered coffee — no cream. Our server left. We finished the coffee, wondered what was taking so long, looked for other restaurants nearby, made a reservation, stood up abs left. As we walked out, we saw the server at the front chatting with the hostess. She said “bye!” It was dead. Apparently others had already figured out this place is a joke.
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
2 reviews
vip
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on August 26, 2022
overall5food4service5ambience5
Great place for fun. Duckpin bowling and a mechanical bull, what more could you need? Great apps, drinks, and good service.
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Travis
Austin
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on July 30, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The best first date either of us had ever had, food was outstanding & the service was even better.
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
4 reviews
vip
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on July 19, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Fantastic service and the food was amazing
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Frmonk
Dallas
3 reviews
1.0
3 reviews
Dined on June 11, 2022
overall1food1service5ambience2
We came based on the menu offered online. When we arrived, we were offered a limited menu, due to a private party dominating the kitchen. Wait staff was Surprised we weren’t informed of the change. Would’ve loved to stay longer and enjoy the entertainments, But couldn’t get food we had been sucked in by.
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GrandmaJL
Austin
88 reviews
vip
4.0
88 reviews
Dined on May 10, 2022
overall4food3service4ambience2
Bull and Bowl was a change of pace for us. We both had the hamburger, which was good tasting and a large portion of French fries. There is an energetic vibe and very nice servers, very helpful and efficient. We were only there for food, but the games looked like fun: bowling, video games, etc.
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Kutterback
Austin
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on May 8, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Went for Mothers Day. Wasn’t crowded, moms liked the food and the pin bowling after was easy/fun everyone had a good time. Recommend for groups.
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samk
Caribbean
33 reviews
vip
4.0
33 reviews
Dined on May 8, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience3
It is extremely Noisy since the Miniature bowling lanes are right there. But the Food was great.
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OpenTable Diner
Kansas City
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on April 22, 2022
overall5food4service5ambience5
Came here for my friend’s bachelorette party and it was so fun! Great ambiance for both introverts and extroverts
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TimG
Chicago
2 reviews
3.0
2 reviews
Dined on April 17, 2022
overall3food3service2ambience4
We were a party of six. Three dishes came about 10 minutes before the other three dishes came. I can understand a minute or two, but 10 minutes is totally unacceptable (and they weren't even that busy). Two of three of us waited for the other three dishes to arrive before we ate, so when we finally began eating our food, it was cold and unsatisfactory. We made them aware of our disappointment and they apologized, but did not offer any type of discount off our check (which was over $400).
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on April 16, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
Cornbread cornbread cornbread you got to get it. Friendly waitstaff Truffle Mac and cheese was the best I’ve ever had. The people on the bull were a bit loud but it didn’t bother us because they were having fun.
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
2 reviews
1.0
2 reviews
Dined on April 9, 2022
overall1food1service1ambience2
Worst service ever, we didn’t see our waitress for over half an hour (most of our table was out of water). On top of the horrible service, the bar/waitress messed up our $95 Hat drink and gave us the wrong one. She then lied about changing the recipe and no longer using the blue curacao in the side saddle, claiming that the menu had changed…but they actually gave us a Trusty Steed. Right after we see a different table getting the Side Saddle with the blue curacao, so it was clearly a lie. Would not recommend coming here, it was a mess.
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OpenTable Diner
Washington DC
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on April 2, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Wonderful experience!! Definitely a great date night
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OpenTable Diner
Charleston
3 reviews
vip
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on April 24, 2021
overall5food5service5ambience5
So much fun! The waiters were very accommodating and the drinks were great. Awesome mix of a good restaurant and fun and playful bar!
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TiffanyH
Austin
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on April 18, 2021
overall5food5service5ambience5
We had such a great time! We will be back! The food was delicious and the staff were so nice and accomodating!
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KimS
Austin
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on April 17, 2021
overall5food5service5ambience4
We had a great time! Filet, potatoes and Brussel sprouts were delicious! Arrived at 6:30 had a great table in front of mechanical Bull. We played duckpin bowling and had a blast! Recommend arriving early like we did because it got super busy by 8:30!
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ChadH
Austin
54 reviews
vip
5.0
54 reviews
Dined on April 9, 2021
overall5food5service5ambience5
Service was amazing and the food was great! Will be for taking friends and work staff back to this place.
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AustinFoodie
Austin
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on April 7, 2021
overall2food2service3ambience4
This restaurant/bar needs to work on so many things. It's food and games are overpriced for what they are. You're better off going to KungFu for games or any other restaurant on 6th for food. *The appetizer aka their "shareables" are not share worthy! We had 6 people in our group and all were disappointed. Serving sizes were tiny and overpriced. 4 chicken wings for $14, 4 Buffalo shrimp for $14, charred carrot hummus $12 - which was just a "fancy" smear of hummus along 1/3 of the plate. We ended up ordering 6 apps. *Main entrees - half of the group couldn't eat what they ordered cause it was either undercooked, flavorless or tasted old/previously frozen. Bacon on sandwich was raw, pizza was undercooked and shrimp/lobster toppings were rock hard and so forth. No one was offered a discount, etc. Plates were $18-34/each. *We came to celebrate a birthday. Their menu listed desserts but we were told they "stop selling desserts a while back" so the server said she can make one with cornbread topped with the ice cream from their milkshake. That turned out to be a $21 half assed "dessert." *Checks were brought out and not itemized. When we asked for the itemized version, one couple was being overcharged $100. The server accidentally hit double orders for several items. *Food/drinks took long cause the handheld ordering device the server used stopped working each time she came to us so she would have to run across the restaurant to make sure the order made it in before coming back and taking the next person's order in the group. ***No one in the group cares to go back for the foreseeable future****
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OpenTable Diner
New Orleans
1 review
vip
3.0
1 review
Dined on March 26, 2021
overall3food3service3ambience5
Look - if you don’t want to ride the Bull, don’t go.
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OpenTable Diner
Fort Lauderdale
2 reviews
vip
1.0
2 reviews
Dined on March 19, 2021
overall1food1service1ambience1
Our waiter with the purple hair was getting uncomfortably close to all of us and was clearly on drugs. Let me know if you guys think that is acceptable and is worth us spending $200 at your place. 781-534-0725
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RyanB
Austin
7 reviews
vip
2.0
7 reviews
Dined on March 13, 2021
overall2food3service2ambience3
I made a reservation for dinner at their standard table and was placed at a tall table near duckpin. The table wasn’t large enough for 4 of us and the plates, drinks, etc. Seeing the dinner menu prices, I thought it would have had a higher end atmosphere. The menu doesn’t match the vibe. Service was also slow and an order came out wrong. For two of us, we each had two cocktails, split the cheeseboard with the table and two entrees (chicken salad and boiled shrimp) and our tab was $95 before tip. They’re also blowing cold air through industrial fans and ice buckets for their AC. This place is too much 6th Street club and not enough restaurant for me.
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AndresG
Denver
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on March 7, 2021
overall5food3service5ambience5
Our server Haley was outstanding! Knowledgeable of the entire menu and her drink recommendations were on par. The aesthetic design of the place is nice, modern and sleek. My only complaint would be the noise level. My group of friends found ourselves yelling at times but I get it, everyone was having a good time so high energy levels. The mechanical bull is definitely a nice touch to make people a bit more lively. Overall a great experience, I’ll definitely be returning.
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OpenTable Diner
Austin
2 reviews
vip
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on February 28, 2021
overall4food3service2ambience3
Service needs to be better Wayyyy too hot inside
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FAQs

Bull & Bowl is rated 4.7 stars by 46 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Dec 7, 2023

7:00 p.m.

Booked 3 times today

Experiences are available.

501 W 6th St # 200, Austin, TX 78701

Additional information

Cross Street
6th Street & San Antonio Street
Neighbourhood
Downtown
Hours of Operation
Brunch Sat, Sun 11:00 am–3:00 pm Bar Sat, Sun 3:00 pm–5:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu, Sun 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–12:00 am
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
American
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress Code
Casual Dress
Parking Details
None
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive Chef
Jeremiah Levy
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Counter Seating, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://www.bullandbowl.com/
Phone number
(512) 992-0707
Private party facilities
Bull & Bowl is downtown Austin's premiere venue for events of all sizes. We offer unique spaces that range from a private karaoke room all the way to the entire venue for your private event (400 max occupancy). If you are interested in reserving one of our gaming options ahead of time, you
Private party contact
Our Private event coordinator: (512) 992-0707

Bull & Bowl

Make a reservation

Private dining

Additional information

Experiences

Rise & Ride at Bull & Brunch

Menu

What 46 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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FAQs

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