The atmosphere of Clays is truly one of a kind. Friendly staff, amazing food, and an abundance of tables for large groups of family and friends. This place is a hidden gem. read more

Went for the crawfish which was actually pretty good. Only thing is it got cold really fast! It was steaming hot when it came out but got cold really fast. It's $4:99/lb with drink purchase and they sell all the add ons separately. It's just only one flavor but I think the added paid for flavor made up for anything that might be lucking. It was my first time here. The place is pretty big with an outdoor kid friendly area.You order your food at the bar, get a number and then they bring your food out to you. Will be back because the table next to me got a mountain of onion rings and I am interested to find out what that's about? Drink was ur regular slushee drink nothing special but the guy at the bar did mix em all up for me per request. read more

This fun outdoor/indoor restaurant is a staple in the Houston/katy area. This has been around for many many years and has always been able to keep the customers coming back time and time again. You can choose whether you want to sit outside or inside and there are playground areas for the kids to play in the back of the restaurant When you first walk in, you will see a giant menu on the wall and you will order at the counter. I have had a few celebration lunches at this restaurant and we have never been disappointed. The food quality is top-notch and you will never leave hungry. This past weekend, we got the turkey BLT and a grilled chicken sandwich. The piece of chicken was truly big enough for two sandwiches. The bread was super fresh. The cheese was perfectly melted with a lot of places. Do not know how to do these days. I wasn't thrilled with their french fries this time, but I also understand that it was Mother's Day and it was very very busy. The turkey BLT was the perfect amount of meat to bacon ratio, which is always a great thing to have. Their prices are pretty comparable to other places, but the service that you get at Clays is top-notch and everybody is super friendly and the restaurant is always super clean and well kept up. There is never short of staff waiting around to see if you need anything or to bring you refills or whatever it is that you need. I highly recommend this place for any family function or celebration that you need to have. They will make accommodations for any size party big or small. read more

It's nothing fancy, but the food is great, staff ifs polite and friendly and it's got a great overall atmosphere! They get your food out quickly and treat you nice, can't asked for much more! read more

Went here for the first time, after passing it on the road so many times...what a hidden gem! The place is huge! Parking lot is big, as well. Walking inside can be a little bit of a maze but once you get to the line you order your food first and pick one of the many tables. You can sit inside, outside, or covered patio area near the kids section with the huge sand pit and some small rides ($). The green space is huge to let the kids run around. Originally I wasn't too sure about how the food would be here, but man was I overly impressed with the chicken fried steak. I ordered the larger size and was it good! Crispy fried, steak was tender and not tough to eat. Honestly one of the best chicken fried steaks I've ever had. It hit the spot for my craving. Will be back for sure! read more

Clay's Restaurant - Chicken fried steak - extra large portion - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

Saw the sign for crawfish for $4.99/lb, so I decided to check it out. Got a few pounds, some hush puppies, and called it a day. Crawfish weren't anything to go crazy over but solid. I didn't like the seafood boil seasoning. It oddly tasted like pizza sauce. I love the atmosphere here. It really feels like a family friendly place where everyone can go and enjoy. read more

Clay's Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

Very good chicken fried steak. Order at the counter and bring the table number with you. Server will deliver. Overall very good and would come back. Red beans and rice are a must try side dish read more

Clay's Restaurant - Chicken Fried Steak, red beans and rice and green beans - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

A pretty good place for young kids and outdoor select seating. The best thing about this place is its unique feel and the "town" ambiance that has us coming back. Walking in, you'll see a good facility that plays up to the "old town" feel out in the country. Rustic, western and good ol' American food items on the menu. The menu itself is quite limited for my liking. Burgers, fried stuff, a few salads make up around 80% of its menu. The crawfish didn't look great to me but I did see a few tables get their share. I ordered onion rings and grilled chicken salad. The onion rings were amazing! It came out in a large plate that was stacked up high. Wish I took a picture of it. The salad was decent actually, good amount of chicken, but overall forgetful and very ordinary. My wife got a grilled fish platter and taste was on point, but also very vanilla and plain. I suppose the highlight of Clays is its open field where young kids can run around and play. They also have a sand pit where kids abuse each other by throwing sand. Its relatively clean and well kept. There are old school coin operated machines that don't work along the sides that toddler like to climb onto. Overall, I had an average experience at Clay's its a good place to meet up with friends with young families and thats what I use it for. Food selection is limited, especially if you don't want burgers or anything fried, but the play ground situation is pretty good. read more

What an incredible special celebration of life to a great man, friend, and brother. Tiffani was an incredible bartender and complete server. read more

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First let me say we come here all the time! We ordered the seafood platter. Had no taste no seasoning.Didn't eat it left there to go through a drive through for dinner. This was too expensive to not eat. read more

The food here is amazing. Ordered the seafood platter. The platter accompanied (2) fried catfish, (3) fried butterfly shrimp, fried popcorn shrimp, hush puppies, switched out onion rings and cold slaw. The service was friendly, upbeat and highly suggested of the menu. The ambiance was western and child-friendly. Very clean, exciting but safe. Full of space and activities for the young ones. I highly recommend this establishment, it's totally worth the trip. Haven't been here in years but once back I remembered why I liked it so much. read more

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I went to Clay's Restaurant to see what this place is about. I love the vibes here. The staff was friendly and accommodating to make sure my food was served right. I had the chicken fried chicken and peach blueberry cobbler. It was delicious! I participated in their Eat Drink HTX event where the proceeds help the Houston Food Bank so I love that they help local community organizations. Thanks for a great food experience! read more

Clay's Restaurant - Chicken Fried Chicken - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The service was decent. You order at the register. Drinks were okay. Now the carwfish was nasty there was no flavor to it. Just toget potatoes, corn, sausage, boiled egg and ect., you have to pay per item. Which ends up getting a bit pricey. I will not be back for the crawfish! read more

Clay's Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

Was SO excited to try the crawfish here for the first time after seeing their FB post about having a great Easter deal! I've been to Clay's many times before and everything was great. We ordered 7lbs of crawfish to go, last night and when we got it home.. when I say.. GRIT and muddy! I'm fully aware that crawfish come from mud but there is proper ways of cleaning them... this is NOT ok! I went back to the post and commented on their Facebook (after they asked for a review on the crawfish) and comment was deleted and I got BLOCKED!!! Haha.. I then called and spoke to the manager and explained. He took my info down to "check this out" and said he'd be giving me a call back aaaand... nothing.... Didn't want to have to do all this but if this is how you treat and serve paying customers... yikes!! The pics show about 85% of the 7lbs, dated and timestamped for your convenience can't hide now.. read more

Clay's Restaurant - Crawfish - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Good vibe, friendly staff and managers, family friendly environment, and good food. They also have venues for private events available.

What a cool little place. The manager (owner?) was so accommodating. We had a little ladies get together and we were about to reserve the entire back room for our visit. The cheese burger was really good, exactly as ordered. The sweet potato fries were waffle cut and amazing. Our server was very friendly and went out of her way to make sure everything was to our liking. This is a great little place to pop in and I highly recommend you give them a try. read more

I've eaten here a few times before, and everything seemed fine. However, when I came back with some friends, I started to feel that there was some discrimination. At first, I was standing at the counter to order food. It's true that I might have been standing in the wrong spot, but the employee didn't say anything at the beginning. When it started getting busy and it seemed like it was finally my turn, she told me that I had to get in line where she pointed. I followed her instructions and went to the line she indicated. At that time there were two lines waiting to order, which was fine if it was my mistake. There was one woman standing in front of me, and the employee took her order. But when it became my turn, she suddenly told me that this was not the ordering line and that I had to go back and get in line again from the beginning. In total, it took more than 30 minutes just to try to place one order. Honestly, she didn't need to handle the situation that way. From the beginning, I noticed that the other line was mostly elderly people, and I was actually planning to let them go first out of respect. I'm an educated person and I always try to be polite and considerate toward others. What I don't understand is why she didn't simply tell me from the start where I should stand, instead of making me wait and then sending me back again. When I finally placed my order, her attitude made it feel like I was begging for food, even though I was there as a paying customer. I also want to say that the other staff members were actually very kind and friendly. Even though my bill was only around $200, I didn't hesitate to tip more than 50% because I truly appreciated the service from those who were welcoming and respectful. There's no need to treat people differently. We are all living and working here under the same laws, and no matter what race we come from, we all share the same red blood. read more

This used to be our go to. Long necks and horse shoes or washers. Food was good, greasy and filling. But much like the area, it all changes read more

UPDATE: I was contacted by Clays regarding this review and I told them I would update it because their food IS good and worth going here. I also explained that I also believed that people will want to know that they will not be able to watch Astros games there, this season. My review has no implication of poor service or food quality both have always been good, we will still patronize Clays, just not on game days or during game time. Whoever is managing the Facebook Social Media page has deleted my question 3 times from the Clays page. There is no option to message them directly. I simply asked if Clays would be showing Astros games this season since last year, they did not which meant we had to go somewhere else to watch it and eat. A simple yes or no answer would have sufficed. Sad that it has to come to this to get an answer. Not a good way to treat a long time, repeat customer. read more

I absoutley love Clay's, and I frequent this place often. This place is very casual and kid friendly. This is the kind of place you go just to enjoy a nice evening out with the family, get some good food and laugh. When I go I always go for the crawfish and margaritas but I always also try something new. My son always gets the burger kids meal. I love the fact that we can go dine and my son can hang out in the courtyard area where there are typically other kids. Because it's so affordable I like to go on random weekday nights just to get out the house and spend some quality time. read more

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20 out of 10!! We drove 30 min cause going out to eat just isn't fun unless my babies have somewhere to play. The kids areas are amazing what I wasn't expecting was the best fish & chips I've ever had! There is something special about this place and I'm ALL about it!! read more

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Come here every Wednesday and it's always delicious! The crawfish is huge and only $4.99 a pound! We've also tried the cheeseburgers, loaded baked potatoes (pulled pork is better than brisket in our opinion), quesadillas, and potato skins. All really good and reasonably priced! The servers here are so nice and super helpful with whatever you need- especially Jo & Princess! Every time they see us they always greet us with a smile and help make our visit more pleasant. We always sit on the giant patio- so many tables & fans- to let the kids play on the large green space while we chat. TLDR- great family friendly place/ reasonably priced/ awesome servers read more

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This is an interesting place and you might miss it if you're not from that part of town. I don't come up there much anymore but way back in another lifetime before Bear Creek had much development, I used to drive by here night and never knew what it was but today our hike group was meeting there after our hike so going up on Clay road was bringing back some old memories. We got there right when they opened so I guess that's why a lot of the people from our group for which we had a reservation didn't make it so our "group" which was supposed to be much larger was just a handful of people and apparently they charge a service fee for large groups which I can understand. To be honest, I was annoyed at first because there was like only 6 of us and it's counter service but they won me over with the actual level of service we received. They must have checked on us to see if we needed anything about 5 times and refilled drinks left and right and just let us be after we were done eating and were basically just taking up space. I know some other places in town start to shoo you away while you still have some fries left on your plate. Maybe it was the perfect weather, maybe it was the good company, but I really liked this place. The food was good. I had a grilled chicken salad and the grilled pineapple they put on top really added an extra bit of detail. Other people seemed to like their food too. There is also plenty of parking. This really is a huge place too with an area for the kids to play in and several private areas for I guess private party type things (weddings or whatever). read more

Clay's Restaurant - This kind of reminded me Blazing Saddles for some reason - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

Food was amazing! Owners were so helpful with our group. Loved the atmosphere! Recommend this Houston Icon to everyone!

The crawfish was awful and was overcooked. Bad service and do not recommend eating here.

Food was great, service was exceptional and the rustic atmosphere allows one to settle in and enjoy family and friends.

Service sucks, food takes an hour to come out. I highly recommend this place if you wanna wait an hour and sweat it out. The owner said there was only one cook back there as an excuse. But all the other tables were getting food. So the excuse didn't even make sense Jajaja. Orale, we'll prob stick to Mia's table for the country cooking. Adios! read more

First time here and will definitely be returning! Was here for a party, one of the few places that still seats a large party. Service was quick, food was great, and play area perfect for family with children. read more

You will never convince me the crawfish you served me on 5/25/26 was not left over from the night before and warmed up the next day. I was the first to get crawfish this morning. They were served too quickly to have been boiled after I placed my order, however, the server said they were boiled this morning. First they were served too quickly, second, you could tell the bodies had dried out; third, you could not pinch the tails and the meat would not pop out because the meat was stuck to the shell; Fourth, the meat itself was tough. I should have sent them back but I didn't. It took me twice as long or longer to eat 6#'s of crawfish than it normally would because they were so hard to peel. A lot of meat was lost due to being stuck in the shell. Today was my first trip to your restaurant and now is my last trip. I will never recommend this restaurant. Good luck to other customers who eat your crawfish. Being born and raised in Louisiana I do know all about crawfish... read more

The food and atmosphere are nice but wow the desserts always take a crazy amount of time to come out. Half the time the waitresses forget about them. I reminded our waitress and even walked up to the front cashiers and it still never came out. We got tired of waiting so we just asked for it to go. read more

I LOVE Clay's! I've been dining here for years because it was by my old house, but even living on the other side of Houston this place is worth the trip! Parking: There is a MASSIVE parking lot - It's huge! I've never seen it full and you'll always have a parking spot Accessibility: There are wheelchair ramps available Seating: This place is huge and has tons of seating! I usually opt for a table on the uncovered patio if the weather is nice, but there is also covered patio areas and indoor seating. Food: The food is solid. My go to is the Clay burger. It's tasty and all the ingredients have flavor - plus the patty is huge. I also personally like to get their frozen margaritas. Service: The service is pretty good. They seem to hire a lot of younger people (teens maybe?) as servers, which I love for the work experience aspect but sometimes it does leave service a bit lacking. Overall though, if you don't want to wait you can go to the counter and get whatever you need. Drinks are self service. This place is pretty quirky and I love the personality that brings. This is what really bumps the rating up for me. There's a big fenced in yard with an old western town scene, sometimes there's ducks and other wild life hanging out, there are a ton of little rides for kids and a sand pit to play in. They are also available to book for events. read more

Clay's Restaurant - a wooden deck with tables and chairs - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

3.5 stars in my review. The vibe is legit! Like ice house meets your neighbors home made patio extension to their home type of vibe. Customer service is very friendly and attentive. The food was made to order at the counter service but was very luke warm so was a bit of a turn off. But their margarita on the rocks was legit. Would come back and try something else but for sure the margarita. read more

I love this place! Jo was my first point of contact and made the best first impression!! So nice, such good service and food was amazing too! read more

Clay's Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

An establishment that is one of those place everyone goes to. Big space, big menu big food! It is kind of like a place that has been added on to and added on to over time.. it is a bit wonky but cohesive at the same time. It has a very down home rustic feel. The menu is on the wall when you walk in, take a look, then walk up and order. I ordered the pulled pork sandwich... however many ordered the chicken fried steak. The pulled pork was good not too much not too little. The flavor was good but nothing great. The fries were good and crispy. Those that got the chicken fried steak got one heck of a big plate! Lots of food. The chicken fried steak was huge! We had about 14 people here and we got in and out with zero issues. It was well handled with the order then sit down style so this is a good spot for big groups. When I was here the outside area had just been finished and it was nice looking. Worth a stop... from what I saw... next time I'll order the chicken fried steak! read more

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Visited for the first time this weekend. Best FRESH onion Rings and mushrooms ever. Went this weekend. Tried the crawfish. They were good also. Excellent service and waitstaff. The place is nice/large/clean. read more

Excellent crawfish!! Be prepared it is extra spicy. Great service. We will definitely be back.

Jo was a very big help!! Clays is the best place to celebrate! Thank you so much for having us! read more

Clay's Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

Very discriminatory towards me and my service dog today. I usually go to clays a couple of times out the week but I will never go again. I am a disabled veteran and I called ahead to make sure everything was good. I sat at a table by myself and away from people and the crowd. I had a manager come out and say no pets allowed and I told him she was my service animal. He said okay and walked away. He never apologized. She was not barking or causing a disturbance you wouldn't even had known she was there unless you walked over and physically saw her. Managers continued to come over and it felt as if they trying to make me hurry up and leave. I will never go to this restaurant ever again. read more

Lovely staff at Clays tonight (especially Jo) made our visit very enjoyable. Everyone was cheery and available for everything we needed. Crawfish were big and tasty, Fish tacos went down well. Lovely night for sitting out on the patio with many other patrons. read more

Clay's Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Houston, Texas

Can't miss with the burgers here. Fast service. They also have a steak night. Their fried catfish dinner is great. Homemade onion rings. Boiled crawfish are good when in season. Also have a happy hour. Family friendly and lots of seating indoor and out. Cute western decor. read more