We chose Backporch to meet my family for lunch and exchange Christmas gifts. It was the perfect spot! Everyone loved their food. Our waitress was super helpful. I don't know if I would necessarily come back (it's a 2 hour drive lol), but I would recommend it. read more

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Food was great. I had the 'Urban Cowboy' burger and their house chips. Service was pretty good. A couple of hiccups, but you could tell they were trying hard on a relatively busy Saturday night. No complaints. read more

Visiting family in the area, haven't been here in almost a year since last visit. Bar has the same local vibe; some new menu options (the onion rings are a nice addition - but they need to perfect cooking them. They were underdone when we got some. Burgers didn't seem as decadent. And, we were charged an extra $1.10 for two squirts of mustard for the onion rings. Plain mustard; the type that is usually stored next to the ketchup on the tables. That is lame... read more

Backporch Drafthouse - Temple 11-16-24 Had lunch with my family. The atmosphere was nice. It has a bar setting with a separate dining area. It is a large room with lots of seating and plenty of TV's. The food was good but lacked seasoning. The food was hot and fresh. We had: FRIED MUSHROOMS Beer battered crispy fried Mushrooms served with Buttermilk Ranch CRISPY FRIED PICKLES served with Homemade Buttermilk Ranch CHICKEN FRIED STEAK &EGGS* Black Angus cubed Steak, two fried Eggs, house made Sausage Gravy and a buttery Toasted Biscuit served with Home Fries The biscuit was hot, fresh, and good! THE BIG DADDY* Buttery Brioche Bun, two Route 66 style Patties, Secret Sauce, American and Swiss Cheeses, Crispy Bacon, and roasted Jalapeño Bacon Jam Overall, it was a good meal and we enjoyed it. The food was served fresh and hot. The waitstaff were friendly and efficient. We will be back. Be sure and try them! We all have good and bad days. Today was a good day! read more

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We decided to try Backporch Drafthouse and ordered a half order of cheese fries to start. The fries arrived warm, not hot, which was a little disappointing. The cheese had a more solid texture than expected, almost as if it wasn't melted enough. On a positive note, the jalapeños were delicious and added great flavor. For my main dish, I ordered the Mushroom and Swiss burger. While I enjoyed the burger itself, the bun was overcooked around the edges to the point of being burnt, which made it less enjoyable. The Swiss cheese also didn't have the tangy flavor I typically expect; it tasted more like American cheese. As for the service, our server was very nice and checked on us often, which was great. Drinks took a bit longer to arrive, but the bar was had football fans, so I totally understood. The atmosphere was a big plus. It's a bar/restaurant focused on sports, with 12 large TVs in the dining room and more above the bar, making it perfect for watching a game. The music was also a highlight--it played 2000s R&B, which I loved! Overall, there were a few misses with the food, but the friendly service and enjoyable atmosphere definitely made up for it. read more

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Stopped in for lunch, after the lunch crowd. Got seated quickly, drink orders taken fast, and everything else went smoothly. Had a great waitress (Taylor?) very friendly and helpful, made it a great visit (after some of our experiences at a couple of different places). The food was all tasty, some variety from the usual pub grub. Portions were generous, and they had some tasty IPAs on tap, which is the Hop Queen's (my wife) favorite. We will be back! read more

Today is my second time coming here. My first time was with my best friend after I bought my new vehicle from Don Ringler Toyota. Today I hooked up my other best friend by giving him a ride to Don Ringler Toyota to buy his new vehicle from there as well. So I thought about starting a tradition and bro my other best friend here for lunch while we wait for the dealership to add his window tint and accessories to his new vehicle. The service at the bar was awesome! The bar tenders kept communications and drinks going. The ambiance of this facility is rocking! The food today was delicious! I ordered the T-Bam and my best friend ordered the chicken Philly steaks. The T-Bam was phenomenally delicious! We walked in during lunch with no wait. They do have an outside patio out front and parking lot is plentiful. read more

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It is the perfect family gathering. The kids played on the playground and still ate. We all enjoyed the cheese sticks and onion rings. Very relaxing place. read more

It was hard to pick what sounded best. Great menu and food was delicious! Service was a little slow but we weren't in a hurry. Drinks were good as well! Lots of options read more

Dirty taps and poor service. Took ten minutes to get a warm, nasty beer. Server never came back to check on us.

The ambiance isn't great, but the food more than makes up for it. Can't wait to get back and try the beer! read more

My wife and I have gone to Backporch a couple of times and I have been impressed every time. I like to write my reviews based on what you expect a place like this is supposed to be. For example, a McDonalds can be a 5 if it stands head and shoulders above all McDonalds. Backporch is definietly no McDonalds, but it is for a local bar place with interesting BBQ food options, it is great. The pulled pork and mother porker sandwich were really good. Lots of smokey flavor. The waitresses have been a hit or miss, but they are all kind. Level of service is a little all over the place is the only issue there. Its a little loud, but what bar isn't. Lots of TVs so a great place to go on college football days. Will be going back. read more

We had an excellent experience here for the first time. All the food we had was good, but the chili was outstanding. Beer was cold, the place felt very clean and the environment felt fun. Gisele was our waitress and she was the best. read more

Amazing Sports Bar and Draft House in Temple, TX! Huge bar with a ton of outside seating and an amazing staff that are spot on with a smile and the servers behind the bar especially Bella and Hannah on the porch are amazing! Probably one of the happiest of happy hours in Temple M-Friday that starts at 2PM...yes 2PM...and ends at 6pm. 1/2 priced Domestic beers! The food is amazing. Asian Chicken Wraps not the same as PF whatever but they stand alone as with BBQ'd chicken. The Club that you must get with a Pretzel Bun, Chicken Philly Cheese Steak and if you love Bleu Cheese the Wedge is the best in all of Temple. Tonight I got the Jalapeño Popper Burger with the fries tossed in Cajun spices (must request) and it was amazeballs! read more

Backporch Drafthouse - Temple - Jalapeño Popper Burger! - A meal featuring a burger with lettuce, pickles, and bacon, served with a side of seasoned French fries, is placed on a metal tray lined with branded paper. A large glass mug of beer with foam on top is positioned behind the tray. The setting appears to be an outdoor patio with a metal table and chairs, and a menu is partially visible on the table. - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

Always stop here when I'm coming through Temple. They have the best salsa and queso. Has a nice fire roasted taste. You get a nice amount. Environment is fun and lots of tV options for games. Staff very friendly and nice read more

It's a strip mall chain. You can get a decent sandwich and a cold beer. Friendly staff. Plenty of parking.

Stopped in for lunch after a meeting at work. We were sat quickly and attended to by our waitress. The place was clean and AC was nice and cool. The food was fresh and full of flavor. I will definitely be back. read more

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The hostess was nice enough and she ended up being our waitress as well. That was the high point. Food was meh. My burger was ok and the fries were a bit soggy. My biggest issue is that we asked for unsweetened tea and because they had run out (which shouldn't happen), we didn't get our tea until after our food came out. They offered my wife something in the interim, and then charged for it. This might have garnered another star if they would have comp'd the drinks. We live out of town and likely won't be back. read more

Fine bar but food is very much lacking! I ordered the Kracken based on the server's suggestion. The patty was underwhelming small, the bread was ice cold and stale as if it was just removed from the refrigerator. I was told the onion ring was bigger than the bun but I never saw it. The biggest disappointment was the undersize patty. It was so thin, you could not cook it medium rare! I sent it back. I did however have a bite of my wife's (hers was on toast. Same burger setup.) I was fine sending mine back! They didn't even season the beef. Go for the beer, not the food. Oh, we were a 4 top. Same answer for all. I did not order anything else as the burger was so amateur in its execution. I don't think they have qualified cooks at this place. Who serves ice cold buns?!? read more

Meh. It's a loud sports bar with mediocre service and less than mediocre service. Tables are sticky and wobbly - my 2 pet peeves.

I thought it was solid drafthouse delivering what you would expect. My Mrs and I split a club sandwich. If you are young and have an appetite get it for yourself. It was all we needed for a light lunch. Mine was paired with a Bear King Hefe. Bear King is a favorite of mine out of Marble Falls. read more

Ordered T Bam and side salad. Sandwich was cold. Only 2 thin slices of turkey. Out of blue cheese dressing. Lettuce salad wilted and brown. Restroom stunk like urine. Seemed to me restaurant is struggling and are cutting back on quality and quantity. Would nut recommend or return. read more

Very good food!! I had a brisket sandwich and my wife had the Philly Ok... The bad first.. although service was good and definitely not the worst, I'm not sure if the young women are tired of guys hitting on them because of the crop tops. Alexis, our server, was amazing a couple mins after warming up to us.. That was the bad...lol The good, I ADDED An Amazing cup to my lavish stemware collection. See picture. The brisket was great. Taste was good, I wasn't looking for Franklins quality so for a restaurant. Darn good brisket. The fries I liked because they did have the great crunch at the tips. Love it!! My wife that doesn't finish anything... Left a little piece of her sandwich. Looked amazing and the onion strings were breaded just great. Definitely a good stop on our way through or taking some of my instructors out to lunch at. read more

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Not busy at all. First impression: Tables not wiped down. Service was nice but just soooo sloooow! Had to ask for utensils. Had to ask for napkins. Had to ask for ketchup. Food better than expected. Full bar. Nice selection of beer. Many sports on many TVs. read more

Met friends here today around 1145. Place was pretty empty. Kind of a sports bar meets beer bar vibe. Lots of TVs but volume wasn't cranked up. Good service for us. Food was much better than expected. 3 of us got brunch, I went with a hamburger. Good beer selection, the ladies liked the margaritas. Only downside was they were out of a lot of things(brisket, pulled pork, CFS and some other things). Would definitely go back and would prefer it over other nearby national chains. read more

I'm not too sure if it was just because it was late, but the food took awhile to come out. The service was good, but the ambiance was mediocre. read more

Great place to eat! Burgers were delicious, I had the kraken burger. Gissele was our waitress, and was wonderful, gave us good suggestions, had a great personality and was very attentive!! read more

Well....first time here. Maybe my last. Cheese fries had canned nacho goo on top with half cooked bacon. Steak fingers were really good...except unexpectedly the gravy had a ton of jalapeños in it, and that kind of covered up the flavor of the gravy. We ordered dirty martinis and when the young lady was listing vodkas she mentioned Deep Eddy....but it turned out was the Sweet Tea one. That's what we got. No one knew it was absolutely the wrong vodka for a dirty martini. So who knows...maybe I'll try again sometime, but tonight gave me no reason. Too bad. read more

Our waitress was outstanding and very knowledgeable about all the food. She brought the food quickly and perfectly. And we enjoyed the atmosphere pretty empty though, but it was a Thursday night. read more

Service was terrible. They had only been open for an hour when we arrived. Took 20 minutes to have a waiter greet us, then took another 25 minutes to get drinks, and food took over 45 minutes to be delivered after ordering. Will not be going back. read more

You can't go wrong here. Great service and atmosphere.my only complaint would be the food needs more seasoning some thing are just bland. Especially the breakfast menu. But the food is still really good. Definitely going back just bringing some salt with me. read more

Went here on a Tuesday evening for a quick dinner. Sat at the bar and ordered the grilled fish tacos and fried jalapeños as a starter. The fish tacos came out, but I had not received the fried jalapeños yet, so I asked the server about that part of my order. The bartender even chimed in and told the server the fried jalapeños should have been served first. The bartender then asked if I still wanted the fried jalapeños, to which, I replied no. About five minutes later, the manager came up to me at the bar and apologized for my incorrect order service. She informed me that they were taking 50% off my bill and not charging for the fried jalapeños, presented me a $10 gift card for making the mistake on my order and gave me an order of fried jalapeños, on the house, to take home This Is Customer Service!!! Even though they made a mistake with my order, the manager owned it, and demonstrated they value my patronage as a customer. I will be back! read more

I really want to like this place. I'd characterize this place where the food looks great, it's really hyped up w/ some salesmanship, and they say a lot of jazzy things about it - but in the end the food is just okay, some of it is good, some of it is mediocre, but generally doesn't live up to the hype. It lacks the wow-factor. I don't get some of these reviews because it's definitely not the "best burgers ever". Sorry. I paid $11 for their Burger of the Month - the Hatch Chili Burger. It sounded really good, I was told it was so "AWESOME", it's even on a Hatch Chili Bun! Wow! So I waited with eagerness and anticipation.....finally got my burger. Here's what I noticed for starters - - - the bun is smaller than a regular bun making the burger look bigger than it really is..... (can we say "optical illusion"?). - the burger patty itself was small, thin, and honestly - it lacked flavor. It wasn't bad, just wasn't great. - I did not get any of the hatch chili taste from this burger. Nada. And I know hatch chilis. At Chuy's I always get their Hatch Chili Chicken Enchiladas which is loaded w/ robust hatch chili flavor, but this burger was a huge letdown. - The bun was stale. Yes - stale. It started to break down on me as I got deeper into the burger. This is a sign that the bread is past its prime, it's stale and started to breakdown into pieces. And did it taste like Hatch Chilis? NO. - The fries were just fries - nothing special here, but based on other pics it looks like they changed their fry vendor - they look different, but not sure if it's better. Usually when you make a vendor change it's to reduce costs. - I feel like I ate what should of been an $8 burger but paid $11 for it. If I pay $11 for a burger I'm expecting it have a really good beef patty, and quality ingredients. This place comes up short of those expectations. - Because this was such a letdown, I opted not to try anything else fearing another letdown would occur. Was interested in those new Nashville Tenders but....ehhh. I'll pass. - Service here was okay. Good at first, some people waited for their food longer than they should have (place was only 10% full if that). She was attentive at first then disappeared for too long then circled back. Overall it was "ok" but we haven't been back for a repeat visit since. read more

Jessica was my waitress and she was so friendly! She constantly checked on us and was super attentive!

Honestly, skip it. Took almost 10min to be greeted and sat when the restaurant was dead. Was probably 2-3 tables when we got there. Got our table and it was dirty. Crumbs on the table. Crumbs on the booth seats. Ick. Service was just as slow. Took 20min to get drinks and almost 40min for food. Everything was mad slow. Olives were shriveled. Celery looked bruised and dry. Our server was nice but it was just way too slow. The food was fine. Drinks were fine. I ordered the Asian Chicken Spring roll. The sauce had spilt all over soggied everything on the plate. My husband ordered the "famous" BP breakfast tacos. He said it was basically a Jimmy Dean in a tortilla. Sorry to say it was mid. Would not be back :/ read more

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I have been here twice. The first time I had the killer queso fries and sweet tea and it was amazing! My son has had the chicken tenders and wings both were really great as well. The fried pickles are some of the best I've ever had! The waitresses are friendly as well. The ranch dressing is so good as well! I would recommend it to anyone new here or passing through. read more

Once we finally got waited on all was good but it was 15 min and I finally had to get up and ask if we were going to get waited on. Food was good. read more

Went well, good service, burger was juicy and flavorful. Food was enjoyable. Had lunch at 12:30 very low key. Ambiance was relaxed.

Absolutely loved the food and the service. Our waitress was very pretty and very sweet. We plan to return here when we travel again. read more

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We have been waiting to visit BackPorch Drafthouse for a while. The building and decor are top notch. The service was good. The food and atmosphere is lacking. Sandwich was bland and the fries are soggy and oily. For a nice Texas establishment I'd expect country music or something the is nice to hang out and enjoy a meal listening to. All that was played was rap music and at a level that was way too loud. We sat in the bar which was probably not a good decision. The restaurant was empty so we thought we'd hang out in the bar. Definitely won't be back. read more