Swim Club

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5 responses to “Swim Club”

1. 

   March 4, 2026

   Tawnya Clark

   This cute pool themed bar is part of the Downright hotel (formerly the Sheraton). When they did the renovations, they turned the indoor pool into a seating area for the restaurant. The decor is pink and turquoise and disco balls. The menu is small with tacos, sandwiches, pizzas and a few other things. My chicken club sandwich was great, and the fries were delicious. They have fun drinks on the menu, and mine was really good. It’s an easy walk to Moody Amphitheater. Check it out!
2. 

   March 4, 2026

   josiah pena

   Would give zero. Service at first was fine. Table to our left arrived 30 minutes after us and had food within 40 minutes. We still were waiting for our second round. Upon realizing we had been there almost 50 minutes past ordering the neighboring table waived down the manager over after we finally got upset and were planning to do so also and once the manager was aware he brought the second round. However, both drinks were incorrect but at least he put a shot of who knows what in one of them. By the time we had our food it was basically an hour and a half after arriving. Both incorrect drinks were on the bill not that it was a matter of paying but it was lazy. The manager didn’t even put in the drinks correct. No apology was given for the over an hour wait on food in fact it wasn’t even addressed. The food was great but the service was horrible . Was easily prepared to drop whatever due to the hype but honestly it was some of the worst customer service I’ve ever had. It doesn’t take someone complaining to have to address the fact that you messed up. And bringing random drinks that are incorrect and charging is quite frankly comical. Seems like it could be a good spot but truly would’ve rather gone to chilis.
3. 

   March 4, 2026

   Yasmin Bravo

   Very cute Barbie like hotel, great for a girls trip. Rooms are spacious and have a nice view of Austin. The bar has a pool outside, drinks are great, they also had a DJ. They have a pool table and Photo Booth. During the 4 th of July they had a tattoo artist setup there too. Definitely recommend, the staff was helpful and welcoming. There’s also a coffee bar at the entrance
4. 

   March 4, 2026

   Callie Slipher

   Okay look, 30 minutes in I was absolutely loving this place. The drinks and apps are SO tasty and well worth the value, and initially our server, Ritchie, was friendly and gave some great recommendations!

   The Labneh was absolutely stunning, the toasty pistachio and lemony flavors were strong yet well balanced. And out of the two mezcal cocktails I ordered , the Oaxacan Oasis and the Skinny Dip, the Skinny was an absolute standout drink with subtle sweetness from the coconut to balance the strong smokiness.

   Once the main course food began to arrive is where the problems began. A friend (whose birthday we were celebrating) had a less than stellar seafood entrée that Ritchie offered to comp for a new one. I said “thank you so much!” to which he looked startled? then said something to the effect of “ your pizza will be out in a minute“ and hurried away. Weird but okay.

   After that, his demeanor completely deteriorated. When the friend’s replacement entrée came out and I had had about an hour to munch on appetizers without my pizza arriving, I asked to get it to-go as I was pretty satisfied with my appetizers thanks to the many ($3) 1 serving tortilla chip refills offered. I was met with “It’s coming out right now.” and “I was just spacing out the food so the table wouldn’t be full” which was just an odd thing to say given the earlier out-of-place comment.

   The pizza came out, our waiter came over and made a loud celebratory comment about my finally receiving the pizza that didn’t land super well given our earlier exchange, and I ate a slice so I didn’t look anymore disagreeable. At this point, I was just super uncomfortable and wished I had just stopped at the Labneh and picked up some P Terry’s on the way home.

   We decided to take it to go and skip dessert. The payment situation is where the experience became truly unpleasant. Admittedly, we had a super weird payment situation trying to itemize the bill and pay for items for the friend’s birthday and should have just itemized it later between friends. Once it was too confusing and things became “messed up”, he left our table for about 10 minutes or so and continued service, which made some sense because it was busy. We waved him back. He super snappily asked our friend if she was paying the whole bill, set the Toast payment processor down, and left the table. After she payed we noticed her total was about half of the original bill price, and realized the bill was still probably split from when we wanted to itemize it and we still owed about 100 bucks. We tried to catch our server’s attention without disturbing other diners and though he saw us a few times, he wouldn’t come back. Thankfully, all of us have service experience and have used Toast before, so we found our table and paid the other two parts of the bill ourselves. We decided not to bother trying to catch his attention and just left the payment processor on the table at that point.

   Super bummed that this place disappointed so badly, because I did enjoy the drinks, apps, atmosphere, and service at the beginning of our experience and it did quickly become so busy that I could totally understand longer wait times on the pizza, etc. But by the end of it, I just felt defeated and ready to go anywhere else honestly.

   If you come to Swim Club, expect a very cute and quickly crowded space with a yummy drink + snack selection, but do not expect a “special dinner” service + culinary experience.

   And if you end up with our server, maybe just go ahead and see yourself out.
5. 

   March 4, 2026

   Mili A

   OK, I apologize in advance because I have no pictures of my food or my drinks my bad. But in my defense, I was there for a happy hour and so I was happy!
   Food:
   So I actually ordered the tacos honestly, it was not disappointed if you have a pineapple allergy then you can always ask them to take it off, but that was really good and if I remember accurately was like $15 for three tacos that were good and filling not a bad deal .

   The frozen drinks were good and I know I had a tequila drink, and that was pretty tasty.

   My waiter was Esme and he was fantabulous! Like honestly continue to check on our large table. He gave his honest opinions about certain drinks and food choices. Could not have asked for a better waiter.

   I took a tour of the whole venue. It’s actually pretty cute. There’s like a little upstairs area, which is like a lounge and further back is a little closed off area. Where if you wanted it like some quiet while you ate, you can go there.

   I would definitely come back here and see a lot of ads for like events they go on so I’m gonna have to come back when it’s like lively with some more music!