The ambience is clearly a restaurant attached to a livestock Arena. I don't think you would…read morenecessarily aim to visit this restaurant for that reason it is however kept. The food, which in my case was a hamburger was absolutely wonderful. The french fries were equally well done. The portions are generous and given how busy the restaurant is it was very well prepared. Again, given how busy this particular restaurant is the service is amazingly efficient, and the staff is very nice. Although I would suggest it is not a place you would necessarily want to come to relative to its ambience on the other hand you would miss a wonderful meal if you did not. In my case I chose the meal over the ambience and it was well worth it and that is the reason I give it five stars.

We had occasion to have lunch in Gonzales with some family members as we all came for the Gonzales…read moreMemorial Museum. The sevice was great. The food was especially good with large portions and very reasonably priced. I understand there is a meat market next door (I assume the meat comes from there). My Philly Cheese Steak was excellent. The hamburgers are 1/2 pound (unless you want bigger) and very good. My wife had the BLT and was amazed at how much better than normal the bacon was. Our nephew, who is a big eater, couldn't even finish his chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and country gravy and said he's never had better. We all had fries and they were fresh, house-made, and delicious. None of us could finish them all. We pass through Gonzales maybe a dozen times a year and since this place is a couple of block west of where we join Hwy 90A, we've never seen it. Other reviewers mentioned that it seems to be a favorite of the locals and now it one of ours too. The tables fill the room and if there were more I'm sure they would fill them, though that might mean the fast service could suffer, so to me it's fine as is. We will return and will start planning our trips to include lunch here. They close at 2 pm so will leave home with that in mind.

Texas is known as having the best barbecue in the country! We all hear about the big names that…read morestretch from Austin to Dallas to Houston. I've been to probably all of them. Well, there's another one called "City Market" that skipped right past me. Or, no one thought to tell me. It's one or the other because this place is pretty popular with lines out the door! So I heard about City Market BBQ, the same day I drove to Luling, Texas! It's an hour outside of Austin. City Market is in the downtown area, and parking was a breeze; the line I saw on the sidewalk coming from City Market, I must admit, was long, but it was a breeze, too. Now, this is on Wednesday, not the weekend. I hopped in line, the line moving fast. People are friendly, telling me that once I'm inside, there's another door I will go into to place my order. I like to call this the secret door with all the good smells of smoky barbecue. Check out my pictures of the secret door; you can't even see inside. I'm there, I made it inside, and there's 3 of the most friendly older gentlemen I will ever meet in my life. One of them caught on that I haven't been in a kitchen, never in my life, when he started asking if I wanted 1/4 of brisket. I whispered, "Give me three or four, because I'm not good at math either." Oh, we had a great laugh! I sat down, picked on a rib, and the meat slid from the bone! It was so tender, juicy, and full of flavor. The skin had the right burnt in the right spots. The meat was moist and easy to chew. I was like the Flintstones cleaning the bones before I bit into my sausage and brisket. The sausage was very good, and my brisket was smoky, like my ribs. I have to brag about the sauce. It came in a skinny bottle. It was a new flavor for me; it wasn't spicy, but it had a nice heat to it that I loved! I'm so happy I chose to ride down to Luling to visit City Market as soon as I heard about this BBQ place. I would have been so mad at myself if I had waited and forgotten!

City Market in Luling was established in either 1957 or 1958, depending on the source. The…read morerestaurant's own website says "Established in 1958," and most historical references use 1958. So as of 2026, the barbecue place is about 68 years old. It's considered one of the classic old-school Central Texas barbecue joints and still operates much like a traditional meat-market-style BBQ house. This is an older building, including bathrooms... One of which was not working. Was disappointed that their sides include potato salad, and beans only because when I go to barbecue, I love Colliard greens, potato salad, beet salad, etc. not available here. The brisket slice I had likely the best piece of brisket I've ever had in my life. Now... Don't go crazy. I don't eat brisket typically when I do barbecue. The rib that I had was decent. The sausage I had by comparison to other barbecue places was unfortunately the worst that I've ever had. I'm not sure what grind they use, but it seems like it was more beef and somewhat sweet to my pallet which I personally don't care for in sausage. Overall, if I just wanted brisket, I would return but next time I'm in Luling I likely will go to the place right next-door to them and try them.

I was in Gonzales, so my options were limited…read more.. Imagine a delicious BLT. With perfectly cooked bacon, crisp, cold lettuce, a beautiful, ripe, plump tomato with the right amount of mayo and some s&p and soft, lightly toasted bread. Not. What. I. Got. lol the bacon was burnt to a crisp, the tomato yellow and picked way too soon. No mayo. Hard bread. I also got a cup of tomato soup... also, not what you expect. I immediately felt sick after leaving. The restaurant was empty. We were literally the only table there. However, if you ask around the locals say this is the place to go to. Weird.

The street tacos look nothing like the photos that they advertise on their page. it was so dripping…read morewith oil and grease. I could not eat it. The tortilla was translucent. At least serve what you advertise.

Notorious for screwing up orders in the drive through and food lacks consistency. Use to be a…read morereliable place for good chicken but you can taste the lack of care at this location.

The last time I ate at RR was so good. I tried the fish combo yesterday and needless to say it was…read morelike eating fish jerky. If you can't keep the fish fresh don't serve it. I would of waited however long I needed to for them to fry it fresh. Then they forgot my fries and other side. Waited an additional 10 minutes for them to bring it out to me. Sadly disappointed.

I really don't understand why the negative reviews, and so I'm adding my own honest one…read more My medium rare 16oz rib eye steak & grilled shrimp surf n turf combo were some of the best I've ever had. The sautéed veggies were also an amazing side and has complimented the combo tremendously. I didn't need to use steak sauce at all to cherish the red meat. A small slice at a time plus a little veggie forkful was all it took to have this 5-star taste experience. Add tasty grilled shrimp to palate next. The ambience was great although I think I am starting to get too old for the volume of music at amazing joints like this. I should know better coz it's a sports bar. But I'm fine nonetheless. I heard that their signature Margherita pizza is the star of the show. I should have that next year when I come back to Gonzales. Kayleigh, my server, was top notch. Incredible experience being in downtown Gonzales TX for the first time. A rain storm took me here by destiny. God is good coz I was able to find a church downtown for 4pm worship, then after that while waiting for the rain storm to diminish, gave me the best excuse to have early dinner at this amazing historic restaurant -- I believe a well-deserved stopover after a tiring but fruitful time teaching Redemption at my 8th Royal Rangers PowWow in Halletsville. It's a card game I've been playing and teaching for more than 20 years and counting. See you in a bit Gonzales. See u in a bit Come and Take It.

Come and Take It Bar and Grill is a regular stop for us! We stumbled upon it accidentally and we…read moreare so happy we did! Love the location. Super cute in downtown Gonzales. Family owned and operated. Impeccable service. The food is scrumptious. Full bar. Try the pizza... you can thank me later.

The place is nice and quaint. Unfortunately that's all that's nice. When you walk in no one greets…read moreyou so if you're not familiar with the place you don't know whether to seat yourself or wait to be seated and there are no signs or anyone to tell you even though there were plenty of waitresses. If it wasn't for other customers to tell you to seat yourself you wouldn't know. Our waitress was just ok. The food was 3/10. Was our first time there and last time. Definitely not worth a trip back.

We have been here a few times, I have to say it's not my favorite place due to the service. Not a…read morelot of choices in Gonzales. The times we do come in, seems like we get Peyton. Extremely rude, obviously doesn't enjoy her job and doesn't understand if you are personable and at least nice to your customers, you get a good tip. We sat down and she threw down the menus and silverware and said what do y'all want to drink. We ordered sweet and unsweet teas, gave us the wrong teas. Ended up sweetening the wrong tea bc their was no communication from her on which was which. She Walked by us several times not taking our order. We finally got out of our seats to move over to the other side and she saw we were upset. Then asked what we wanted I told her we are moving to other side. Alexa took care of us right away. If you do come here ask for Alexia She's awesome!

Who would think that Gonzales would have such a tony restaurant? We made the 36 mile drive from…read moreSeguin to try this new restaurant and found it punching well above its weight. The photo attached gives a hint of the ambiance, but there is also a bar that adds to it. We sat there waiting for our table and had Pisco Sours that transported us back to Peru. Any bar that offers Pisco is a winner in my book. As I often say, you can bet the food will be good if the bread is good, and that held true here also. We had focaccia with prosciutto baked in, dipped in olive oil followed by splitting a steak that was excellent. Gonzales is rich in early Texas history, so dinner at the Bistro followed by an overnight at a historic B&B would be just what the doctor ordered.

Parking was good Reservations were easy…read moreI tried the antelope but it came out fried and flat with potatoes. Was it really antelope? Lol. I never eat fried foods so I guess I should have checked first. I thought it was going to be like eating elk meat. Ah well. It was enjoyable nevertheless.

One of our favorite breakfast stops. Food was quick and hot, very good. Small local place and super…read morenice people!

Tiny place, food took forever, and the food has very little if any flavorread more

Awesome little location, wonderful people and service. The french toast was literally frybread…read more Deep fried and saturated all the way through with cooling oil. Chicken fried steak was incredibly tough and nearly impossible to cut. We wanted desperately to love it but ultimately the food was less than stellar and ultimately pretty disappointing.

Honestly not the best but not the worst experience. Food was not that great, for a bakery there's…read morevery little baked good options. There was hardly anyone in there eating, & there seemed to only be 2 staff members on the floor plus whoever was in the kitchen. Small menu, but they did have some sides you could swap. The inside feels like you're eating inside of an antique store or an old school building, if you like that vibe. We probably won't be returning, there wasnt really anything that wowed us here. I feel as though they could do a bit more to make it more exciting and better.

Isa Buc-ee's. food, beef ANYTHING (ong),…read more Thus far I picked up some beef jerky (mandatory), some drinks, mints, idk I'm kinda satisfied from some Italian spot I visited earlier BUT USUALLY le brisket is on point. Beef here slaps so hard it'll have californians wishing they were born here. No it's true, I've been told that by my cali ex's lol

This may be the last Buc-ee's we visit as our road trip is nearing its end. It's supposed to be…read morethe largest one but one of the other ones we visited seemed the same size for both the pumps and store. This time instead of exploring their packaged snack products I thought about how much room we have left in our car and flying it home so I decided against it. I did buy 3 of their small cup size Blue Bell dark chocolate ice cream- for all of us but the cashier gave only one spoon. It tasted so good I had hubs go get me a large size one since I didn't eat a normal lunch and it was past 5 pm. While I waited in the car with the grandpup. I wanted to find some Bucee items for Doc since she's been our road trip driver plus made all the arrangements for hotels, tickets to parks, dinner show, etc. We all got different things: hubs got small bags of jerky, Doc got her favorite brisket sandwich to share with her Frenchie, a sausage on a stick and 3 peach cobblers for each of us to try. I like the large amount of clean restroom stalls plus soap. The cone of warmed sugary pecans and cinnamon bites were a sweet snack- finally gone from the first Buc-ee's a week ago. Before leaving Doc had us take a selfie and a nice gentleman also took a couple for us too.