Gator's Bayou

5217 98th St, Lubbock
(806) 698-6900

Recent Reviews

Jessica Detmer

Excellent experience. The food was great, the atmosphere was definitely there giving good vibes, and service was superb. I'd highly recommend asking for Celeste, she was knowledgeable, funny, and provided great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gator Bites, Cajun Pasta, Cajun Ribeye

Leo Jaramillo

Great service every

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

kmorgan74

Worst and rudest service ever. Didn't get to eat. My husband and I, along with our little service dog went in today. As soon as we walked in, the staff looked over at us and the dog, and started laughing. I knew it was about the dog.  They asked us flat out if he was a service dog, being that he had his apparent vest on. I even showed them his ADA card. Then we got told the manager was there. And? They came up to us and told us the dog could not be in the furniture.  He was on my lap. He is a 5 lb Yorkie who is our cardiac dog. There is NO rule according to the ADA abour a dog having to be on the floor.  We finally left as we weren't going to be grilled any longer. Will never set foot there and will be contacting my attorney

Service: 1

Daniel Booher

Never got to eat, they don’t like service animals and we had to leave. Fully registered service dog. Very rude!

andi enloe

Great food. Friendly service. Pricey

Sheena Torres

One of our favorite places to eat and drink a few! Frog legs, gator bites, charbroiled oysters! The pasta! We love it all!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fresh Oysters, Gator Bites, Crawfish Etoufee, Frog Legs

TS Woodruff

It's more of a bar atmosphere now than a restaurant it used to be. We asked for bread our meal and received 2 slices of toasted bread. The hushpuppies with my boyfriend's meal were so hard he said he could have broke glass with them!! won't The Chicken Ala Mier was extremely dry, I ate it, but I had to drink all my drink to get it down. :( normally it has a gravey with it nit this time. Sad.We won't be back to Gator's Bayou in Lubbock Texas ant time soon.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Ashley Barton

First time here tonight with the family. We had the Boudain egg rolls which were so DELICIOUS so a must try for anyone second guessing! My blackened chicken po'boy was spot on and my husband enjoyed his chicken fried steak, said the dirty rice was excellent. Manager came around to check on the occupied tables and I highly appreciate that! You don't get that anywhere anymore. Music wasn't too loud and they had the football games on all the screens. Definitely will be back!

Angela Roberts

Service was horrible. The food was ok. Girl waiter was more interested in the Guy she was conversing with than my order of Gumbo. Needed Tabasco and more crackers. Finally had to get up and interrupt her discussion. Owner is good by coming to see if everything was ok. Let him know. I will make my own Gumbo with my spices that I got from New Iberia Louisiana instead of wasting time and presence there.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Aunt Bigg

First time going. The people who worked there wasn't friendly when we walked in. One lady with glasses and one long braid down her back looks at us rolled her eyes and walked away. But everyone that came after us was greeted. Except this mixed couple. Catch my drift. The person who waited on us was friendly though.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Geronimo Salinas

My wife and I had a great time. Great service. Camille was a great server.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Glen Diaz de Tuesta

Let start off by saying our server was great. We went there on our lunch break, took a seat and within 2 min had our food and drink order in. 3 more min we had our drinks! 55 min into our 60 min lunch break our food had not come out. We told our server to cancel the order because we had to get back to work, she brought the bill for the sodas, and we paid. I have no problem paying for the sodas but we were not offered to go cups and the manager ignored us.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Spencer Sosebee

Ive eaten here many times, but certainly not by choice,4 years ago food was better than today, blackened chicken is overly dry and not very good, so ordered with ponchetrain sauce and was no better sauce helped 0, over the years the food has declined greatly. Almost as if the cook doesn't

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

mbbgarcia 04

Let me start off by saying the service is perfectly fine. The problem is the food. It’s the most boring bland claim to Cajun cuisine I’ve ever tasted. The gumbo was tasteless and boring. The roux wasn’t even the proper color for a gumbo. It was closer to a blonde roux then a dark rich roux. There was absolutely no seasoning or spice (not heat, proper Cajun spice). The red beans and rice were also bland and some of was either undercooked or had been sitting for too long. The Cajun cigars were described as being stuffed with a Cajun stuffing (to me that means like a stuffing made from cornbread or some sort of bread). It was nothing but cheese. That’s fine, but fix the description on your menu. This place was an absolute disappointment.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 4

Glen Glasscock

Chicken Salad and Red Beans and Rice. Yummy. 21 people in our group and the service was great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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