Austin's Ale House - Kew Gardens

The Austin Ale House is located on Austin Street in Kew Gardens. We visited this past Sunday. Upon entering, the bar is the first thing that catches your eye, and as you move further in, you'll find tables surrounding the space. There's a small party room to the right, and a larger party room down a few steps also on the right side. We had our family gathering in that larger room, which has additional tables on the left side. The food was quite good, and the staff was helpful and friendly. It’s a pleasant place to spend a few hours. The restrooms are located in the basement and are clean. However, parking in the area is quite challenging, so we opted for an Uber to get there and back. Enjoy your meal if you decide to visit!

This is the best Irish pub in Queens! Make sure to visit when Johanna is working—it's always a good time! The clientele is great, and the food and drinks are fantastic!

Great local bar with live sports, trivia, and always playing great music. Come here for beers, bar food, and conversation with some eccentric Queens characters.

Update 2023 Nov 16 Update Quick check of WiFi speeds: Download 96.6 Mbps Upload 162 Mbps Pretty damn fast! Update 2020 07 23 Update Today they installed Flat Panel TVs outside, at least one 0n the wall of the building and 2 Freestanding. Photos posted on Google/Google Maps. A very innovative action/approach in the age of Covid 19! I was here 6/24/2018 at the Trackside Cafe. I was also at Austins Ale House (inside) for trivia a month ago or so. Trackside is wonderful. Food is great, Service and Servers are great, atmosphere is cool, laid back and relaxed. I 've added another star (up to 4) to my original 1 star review. 2nd review: My original review is below and I gave them one star. I had a casual business meeting and lunch there last week out on the terrace, and it was enjoyable. I had the Cobb salad because I don 't trust their skills at cooking burgers. It was very nice. I drank bottled beer and it was appropriately cold. The wait staff was very friendly and responsive. I ADDED 2 STARS to this review. I hear Banjos! I have been to the Austin Ale House twice for meals. Neither visit was particularly enjoyable. My last visit was on a Saturday. My wife and I sat at the bar. There were three men sitting at the end of the bar who seemed to be there with the purposes of getting drunk, laughing at each others bad jokes, and throwing crude double entendres at the bar maid. I expected banjos at any moment. We ordered drinks and I seemed to stick to the bar, it was not really clean. The seafood bisque was lukewarm and tasted off. The Burger I ordered was pretty tasteless, it did not taste good at all. We were saved from the coments of the Deliverence crowd as well as any conversation when the jukebox kicked LOUDLY. Literally we couldn 't hear each other. After we 'd finished, the barmaid only wiped down the bar, but there were still sticky spots. Never again.

It can be loud at times but they do their best to seat you in a quieter area if you prefer. They host a variety of different events. For example, tonight was a movie night in the main room. Because of the event and the game, our service was unusually slow and one seemingly new girl was not on the mark but everyone else was, as usual, super nice and accommodating. The food is excellent!