Thistle Cafe

Thistle is a cozy Mexican-American Fusion Cafe, serving Austin TX since 1998. Stop by for delicious breakfast and lunch. Our menu offers a variety of options, from tacos to sandwiches and salads. We understand. Your time is valuable. Order on line and we'll have your food ready to pick up, so you don't have to wait in line on your lunch break.

Located at 221 W 6th St Ste b110, Austin, TX 78701, Thistle Cafe operates as a breakfast restaurant serving Austin in Texas. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as coffee shop, lunch restaurant, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Breakfast is its own restaurant category in the United States. Diners serve eggs, pancakes, hash browns and bottomless coffee from early morning, sometimes around the clock; breakfast and brunch restaurants open around 7 and close in the early afternoon; delis and sandwich shops sell egg sandwiches and bagels to go and switch to lunch by 11. Weekend brunch, roughly 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is the busiest shift of the week, and well-known spots run waits of 30 to 60 minutes; many now take reservations or a waitlist through an app. Expect large portions, free refills on drip coffee and a tip of 15 to 20 percent for table service. Creperies, waffle houses and bistros round out the group with sweeter or European-style menus.

The business lists hours on 5 days of the week. Typical hours are 7:30 am–2:30 pm. Note that it does not open on Saturday, Sunday. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. You can reach Thistle Cafe at (512) 474-5222; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, thistlecafe.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.8 out of 5 from 371 reviews, which is a strong result for a breakfast restaurant in Austin and suggests consistent service.

Austin is in Texas, in the South, where summers are hot and humid, winters are short, and severe storms in spring are a fact of life; businesses run air conditioning most of the year and many open early to beat the heat. Traffic in Austin peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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