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    Candle Bar

    4.2 (28 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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    CANDLE BAR ATMOSPHERE

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    Happy hour specials
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Italian beef and tomato basil soup
    Jason C.

    Food was excellent, service was friendly and well timed, and the restaurant ambiance is fun, elegant, and inviting.

    Flatbread appetizer
    Kali R.

    Pizzas and drinks were amazing! Our waiter was super sweet and helpful. Other tables were super friendly and curious of our pizzas! Definitely will be going back for date nights!

    Hangover Hash.
    Eathan M.

    The Candle Bar is an AMAZING experience, I loved the atmosphere, the food and our bartender, Francisco took great care of us, and the rest of the staff stayed busy and helpful. A one of a kind experience that Lubbock didn't know it needed.

    Nona's Meatballs

    Unique idea! With a nice staff and atmosphere. We enjoyed the new place and the beautiful shop next door. Had a charcuterie board, salad - Caesar, flat bread & wine and beer. They are still gathering feedback to finalize the menu and working out the quinks. Fun experience

    Cesar salad with shrimp and tomato basil soup.
    Jennifer B.

    Amazing experience! We loved it! Came for lunch and mimosas. We also loved the store attached as well. So fun!

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    Food, service and atmosphere are all three home runs. Have never been unhappy with anything. Always a pleasure being served here!

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    1 month ago

    Great spot to enjoy with whenever. Excellent staff. Always tip your waitstaff well. They all work hard together!

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    2 years ago

    Loved dinner and drinks here with friends! Great vibe, wonderful food, and our server made great recommendations.

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    2 years ago

    Very slow service, food wasn't very good. Atmosphere was nice. Server lied to us three times about the status of our order.

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    2 years ago

    Such good service, loved the food and drinks (got the borsin, margarita, and solerno and candela-tini) and the vibes were immaculate!!!!!

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    2 years ago

    This place is pretty cool. The food was decent, the drinks are good. It was a little pricey for 3 drinks and 2 appetizers at $80.

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    Our server was again, super helpful and informative about their Italian menu.

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    Automatic 5 stars because they have a GOOD Shuffleboard. I love me some shuffleboard. This new…read moreplace not only boasts a shuffleboard, they have pool tables, a few arcade games, a gigantic stage (think Karaoke, Comedy and Music), LOTS of seating, good lighting, big screen wall-mounted TVs and we have not event talked about food or drinks yet. Listen up, this place is new (opened late Nov 2024) so they are still working out the kinks. I say this because there are two reviews on this place that mention negative things. IMHO I think thus far they are excelling and will only get better and better. We need to give them grace as they learn and grow. ***So please READ MY REVIEW and ignore the 1 stars.*** The food we ordered was tasty, affordable and came out quickly. Drinks for the entire table were on point. Shout out to Chet who will gladly curate a drink for you if you are not sure what you want. Oh and did I mention 237 is located inside? 237 is Speakeasy located inside of Soggy Dog (at this time 237 is open Thur-Sat nights). 237 has it's own vibe and drink menu. PRO TIP: Enter Soggy Dog through either of the double set of metal doors. Yes you are at the right place. I will take pictures of the entrance on my next visit.

    What a disappointment. We were ignored for our first 10 minutes, then after ordering, the food took…read morea half hour to come out. The chips and queso were an appetizer but came out with the rest of the food. Queso was extremely burned so I asked for it to be removed from the ticket; instead, they replaced it with spicy broccoli cheese soup. Okra and fries were not cooked all the way through; seems hard to mess up food service frozen food, but here we are. The hot chicken sandwich was made with chicken so tough I couldn't cut it. The hot sauce was nice, the salsa was decent. My giant mug of beer was flat but at least it was cold. Overall: poor food, slow service. Was hoping for better.

    The Reserve Culinary Tavern - Stack waffles and oatmeal

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    This is a decent enough place if you're in the area and out of better ideas, but it's nothing…read morespectacular. I will give major props to the server, Mollie, and her manager for doing a phenomenal job resolving a minor issue with the order quickly, politely, and effectively. The atmosphere was fair with good music and humorous decor in the bathroom. The lights weren't for me, but others may like the statement. Where The Reserve was lacking was the food. The pepperoni pizza was pretty good, but again there are better options around town. It did taste like it had been prepared in a genuine brick oven. The tortellini was bland. The queso was good enough, but nothing to get excited about. The salsa was downright terrible. The chips were actually phenomenal. The margarita made no attempt to cover up the strong taste of tequila. The Chilton tasted like club soda and not much else. Lastly, some of the surprise fees made me feel like I was booking air travel or paying a wireless bill rather than getting a nice meal. The final charge was a few dollars more than what was shown on the ticket. I assumed this was probably due to a service charge for paying with a card, although I didn't see it with a quick glance at the receipt. In all fairness, I'm sure this was disclosed somewhere and I overlooked it. I have come to accept this as the way of the world now. Also, when we ordered the chips and queso, we were asked if we wanted salsa with it. We accepted the salsa with the assumption that it was complimentary. Granted, since we were asked, I should have assumed that there was a charge for it. The charge was reasonable, although wasted because the salsa was so terrible. I did receive approximately a 5% discount for the order mix-up, and I actually ended up with a free pizza as well. The service and attentiveness were truly exemplary. I would give this place a second chance if I were in the area, but I certainly will not go out of my way for it.

    Great food and service! I have been here many times and the service and food is great! The calzones…read moreare amazing and all the food is very reasonably priced. I would also highly recomend going on Saturday for their brunch menu! The only thing I would say is that it seemed like they were understaffed a little and the drink menu isnt the best, but thats my own opinion.

    Neighborhood F+B - Chicken katsu sando

    Neighborhood F+B

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    This may have actually been the most disappointing food I've ever had in Lubbock, I love local…read morerestaurants but this one just isn't it. This isn't to say this is the worst food in existence, but for the price point I can't recommend this place. Let me start by saying this restaurant seems to have a massive variation in the quality of its dishes. I imagine the positive reviews probably ordered some sort of specialty signature dishes as what I got was just reprehensible. Do not order the tomato soup and grilled cheese, don't even consider it. For $9 I got a small cup of soup and HALF of a sandwich, must of been pretty good for the price right?.... I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that when I accidentally burn grilled cheeses at home, they are still better in every category than what I received here. Zero flavor. The tomato soup looked really good, but also had such little flavor that dunking the grilled cheese in it actually made the grilled cheese worse. This meal would've been a tough sell if my 5 year old cousin made it for me when I was sick. My friend also gave their green beans cause they didn't want it... and I can see why, it was also horrifically bland. Also nabbed a few tater tots from the chicken steak and they were super breaded, not bad but not impressive. The "shining" star of the experience was the mulita I got as an appetizer, quite good, like a 3/5 good though, still rather dry and covered in cilantro, came with some sauce, but overall the best thing I had. The decor of the place was just baffling. High ceiling, high chairs, white walls, random TTU alumni adorning the walls, tvs with sports running. Seemingly trying to be a nice place, but the kind of nice place where you can watch the latest football game while having an overpriced beer and the worst grilled cheese of your life. The service I got was fine, on the lower side of quality (especially for the price point). I did like the brown overalls they were wearing, very steampunk. When I saw this place had an overwhelmingly positive reception, I was excited to go there, but this was one of the most disappointing places I've visited in Lubbock which sucks cause it's local. For $20 i got half a grilled cheese, worst than canned soup, and 3 mulitas (which I shared). Maybe to some they would say this was a middling experience, but have some standards for yourself people. I sincerely hope that I just had rotten luck picking the worst item on the menu, and this place is actually quite good, but that's all optimism and no reality. What I got was one star, please fix your grilled cheese. 3/15 (+ brown overalls, + mulita, -everything else) Fails in pretty much every category, I'm sure some dishes are good, but I won't revisit in some futile attempt to find one

    If you love fries, curry and dim lighting, this is the place for u! The service was good! Almost…read moreevery meal includes French fries. Food was definitely flavorful, even a little salty. Overall the food was good. Very different from a usual restaurant!

    Candle Bar - italian - Updated May 2026

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