Backwater Jacks

4341 Beach Dr, Osage Beach
(573) 348-6639

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Willow Jergensen

Great food and great service! My husband and I got the grouper appetizer and the Key West peel and eat shrimp and they both were delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joe Brink

A must stop if you at the lake. Rum runners are always on point

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jackie Newton

This place is huge! Boat parking and car parking. Gas station for your watercraft as well (check hours closed on Mondays). They have a main area with tons of outdoor seating and a pool. They also have some indoor seating. Then they have next door a 5 tier pool with a large stage for live music (check the website for music schedule, age restriction hours, and days of operation). We sat at the main area outside. There are lots of flies so turn on the fans or ask for the little fly spinners. We ordered the grouper finger appetizer which was crusted with corn flakes and super good, and it came with a raspberry tarter sauce which was great. We also got the jalapeno popper appetizer (you order per popper), and it is gigantic and absolutely stuffed with cream cheese and crab, great breading as well, it also came with a raspberry sauce which paired great, and ranch. These will fill you up so we also shared a seafood pasta. It comes with a deep fried dinner roll (so good), and a side salad. The pasta was super creamy and had good flavor. We also shared the grouper sandwich (which you can get fried, blackened or grilled), we got ours blackened and we chose fried green beans as our side from the recommendation of our server. The sandwich was great and came with regular tarter sauce, the fish was cooked perfect and had great flavor. The only thing was maybe it was a thinner or smaller piece of fish so the bread to fish ratio wasn't quite there, but the taste was good. The green beans came with ranch to dip and the batter was similar to like a fried pickle batter. They have a daily special and for Monday it is a dollar off Pain in the ass drinks (normally $9, so $8 on special). They are served blended/frozen in a small cup. It was delicious and refreshing, but just be aware of the small drink size for that. Overall we enjoyed our time here and definitely want to come back for swimming or live music for some more atmosphere in the future.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

dan graber

Grouper fingers was the best. Cold drinks that aren't watered down. Customer service was on point I will be back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gary Beggs

Level 5 pool is amazing, easy access by boat or car. Unlimited sports on giant screens. Great stop

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

davy adkins

Great place to eat! Friendly staff and amazing food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cheryl McGlumphy

We have been coming to Back Water Jacks for since our kids were young and now with our grandkids. With my parents, kids, grandkids and great grandson, we have been to the restaurant with all five generations! Although not all at the same time. We always go on Thursday for the wings, shrimp and crab Rangoon. We love the food, music and people watching. Our great grandson enjoys going so he can feed the fish, ducks, and turtles. We use to come by water, but now we go by land. Thank you for the delicious food, drinks, great service and memories Back Water Jacks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael Ammer

This is a great spot on the water. The food is good really good but not great, oh my good food. We will definitely go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Angela Lewis

Beautiful view of the lake

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jon Dungan

What can I say. I loved everything about it. The price was exceptionally reasonable. I will be back. Try the fried potato salad!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rob Early

Great service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mike Maddison

Always a good time, food always good. Great Lake atmosphere and extremely family friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Dave Wakehouse

Sushi is great. Love all the new pools they put in with the music and big screen tvs.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

James McCubbins

Best blackened Grouper!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brain Bellamy

Marco, the name we was told. He is so rude ton our family. Cops arrived at the pool & we asked what is going on “fearing if we were unsafe or not”. He said “shark attack”. Smart remark. When we were genuinely wondering if we were in danger. He continued to be mean. We had SO much fun there until we met him. How this place hire someone like this is unreal. We were concerned for our safety. 8+ police officers at the pool side.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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