Upstairs at Caroline

What a fun cool atmosphere. We had drinks and played some table games. Fun way to start the night

My gf and I were both off work early on Friday so we decided to go out for a couple drinks at happy hour. We liked the vibe at Upstairs at Caroline, and it’s dog friendly which is important to us since we take our dog Lolly everywhere. (I will say the weekends are filled with bachelorette parties, but where isn’t in downtown Austin). Their happy hour for Friday was $3 tacos and $8 “Bad life choices” which is a house frozen (normally $12). My gf and I both got two tacos and a bad life choice. The “frozen” bad life choice was a bad drink choice, it tasted like watered down watermelon juice with a little bit of vodka- awful drink with no flavor, I put quotes on frozen because it was partially frozen when we got it. The tacos I got were the chicken and brisket, I definitely wouldn’t get tacos here again ever. The meats on both were very flavorless, not even worth $3. After I ordered us each and espresso martini because I wanted a good drink after being disappointed by the bad life choice drink. The espresso martini was eh, nothing special and definitely not worth the $16 price tag. (I Iive in Austin and go out often so I know that is a standard price but usually everywhere they’re good). No foam or anything. The service started out great but ended up being pretty bad. They took our order within a few minutes of sitting down and brought the food fast. As you can see in the pictures neither drinks came full (pics are before I even took a drink). I partially think the reason the drinks were so bad is because the service was bad. The frozen cocktail I ordered was mainly un-frozen by the time I got it, and the espresso martini had no foam- which means these drinks both probably sat at the service well waiting for the server to bring them to us. Or the bartender sucks, either way. I’d say this is a cool day time vibe that’s dog friendly, but don’t come expecting good drinks or service.

Always a cool place to get a drink.

They changed their Happy Hour menu. HH items are now very limited and so lame!!

LOVE this place. I recommend the street tacos and the service at the bar is fantastic. Marissa, Manny and Jorge at the inside bar were fast and friendlyz. 10/10

Absolutely awful service. Took half an hour to get a drink and it wasn't even that busy, then when we tried to pay at the bar because we couldn't find the waiter, the bartender told us to go and sit down and wait. Then we had to go find the bartender, who finally came, in a roundabout way. I don't ever recall not leaving a tip. Needless to say, I did not leave a tip. Oh, and they call themselves a rooftop bar. Ironic considering they are on the second floor of a 34 story building.