Uncle Flirty’s

And the award for worst sound system in Austin goes to UNCLE FLIRTY’S! Yes, located in the old Maggie Mae’s bar you can go deaf by listening to distorted music AND get drunk which you’ll need to do in order stand listening to the awfulness coming out of the speakers.
Yes, the people who brought you the Chuggin Monkey and the Dizzy Rooster are the proud owners of Uncle Flirty’s.
My husband’s band played here last night and it was horrible. It sounded like the singer was singing through a megaphone. So messed up. One speaker near the stage wasn’t working at all. You could stand in three different spots in the room and hear three versions worse than the one you heard before.
Just goes to show that while you may be able to install yourself a beer tap and start slinging beer and call yourself a bar you can’t throw up a mic and a speaker and call yourself a music venue.
Other minuses, broken toilets and competing music from the floors below and lack of any sound proofing doesn’t help poor Uncle Flirty’s case much.
I was going to give a second star for the friendly bartenders (mostly women) but then the rest of the staff could have been a bit more friendly at the end of the night. Being married to the drummer, I’m prepared for the end of night routine of «you need to get out» of the bar madness. What happened to the good olé days when they used to say «If you aren’t in the band or f***ing the band, then you need to get the hell out!» At least there was a sense of humor about the dismissal. But having to tell the same guy or guys three times in a row that I’m with the band gets old super fast. Being told where to sit while I wait… even worse. Oh no he didn’t! Yes, he did.