With four locations around town, Local Table serves as a convenient happy hour destination between work and home. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, guests can quench their thirst with budget-friendly booze, including $4.50 craft beers on tap, $5 wells, $6 wines by the glass, and $7 frosé.

This lively Lindale Park hangout offers happy hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays during which boozy cocktails like the Oaxacan Old Fashioned and frozen margs are discounted to $6, and beer and wines are $1 off. With two open-air patios, there is plenty of space to lounge around and kill time after work. 

Happy hour gets going mid-day at Loro, the buzzy new Asian smokehouse and patio recently opened in the Heights. From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, guests can expect $5 cocktails, boozy slushies, and wine and sake on tap, plus the famous Loro cheeseburger is discounted to $9.

Classics like frozen margaritas, mules, and palomas are discounted to $6.50 at Eight Row Flint’s weekday happy hour from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The expansive wraparound patio is fitted with fans for those extra humid days, and the onsite food truck slings Tex-Mex plates like nachos, fajitas, and tamales. 

Liberty Kitchen’s Royale Hour actually spans three hours, and comes around daily from 3 to 6 p.m., at its Memorial and River Oaks locations. Beer, wine, and sake are discounted to $7 and less, while light bites like kobe beef sliders, salmon sashimi, and chargrilled oysters are under $10.

There isn’t a bad time to dine at Uchi, but if you visit between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., you’ll score many of the restaurant’s famed plates for a fraction of their regular price. During the daily happy hour, guests can have oak-grilled escolar and tempura bass for under $10, $2 oysters, and discounted sake, wine, and beer. Prefer to skip the seafood? Uchi has a dedicated vegetarian happy hour menu.

Happy hour at Hugo’s is a solid way to get a sampling of the acclaimed restaurant’s bites and beverages. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, house favorites like the Hugo Rita, chicken taquitos, and ceviche are just $8. And taco specials aren’t limited to Tuesdays — find fish, carnitas, and steak tacos for $6 or less.

No need to wait until Monday for happy hour — at Ouzo Bay, the fun begins on Sunday. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Friday, the River Oaks District hot spot offers swoon-worthy cocktails for $7 and belly-filling eats like the lamb gyro for $8 to kick back with under the canopied patio.

While the omakase menu at Nobu runs a cool $125 to $175 for a multi-course experience, the daily Tanoshi Hour is the most cost-effective way to partake in this hotspot. Stop in from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily to indulge in items like yellowtail sashimi, black cod lettuce wraps, and sea bass tacos for $12. Tanoshi Hour also features specialty cocktails like the tequila-fueled Rue, and beers and sparkling wine ranging from $4 to $9.

Tucked quietly in a residential neighborhood, this Montrose hangout is a hidden happy hour gem. There are food and drink specials from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, including beers for $4, well drinks for $6, and red, white, and bubbly wines for $8. Snacks like the marinated chicken skewers, smoked wings, and deviled eggs are $8 or less. Insider tip: Visit on a Wednesday, and enjoy happy hour pricing on beer and wine all evening.

Oyster lovers can snag $1 Prestige oysters during happy hour, along with discounted small plates, beer, and wines by the glass. Sip a dirty martini at the luxe wraparound bar, and enjoy people-watching on weekdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.