One of the best restaurants I've eaten out this week the waitstaff was superb the food was beyond expectations. Definitely the place to go in Waco Texas read more

I love Diamondback's! I always recommend this place to people visiting Waco and looking for a nice place to dine at. I used to come here for Happy Hour on Thursdays in college (it lasts until 10 PM!). It's probably one of the best Happy Hours in Waco...anyone that has sushi on their HH menu, I'm a fan of! What I can say about DiamondBack's is everything is QUALITY. I've tried lots of different items here - everything from steaks, potatoes, sushi, salad...it's all amazing. The service is quality, the ambiance is very low key (classy but not stuffy...you can still be yourself), and it's basically a Waco institution, so you've got to try this place out! I love this place and hope to bring my husband here next time I'm in Waco :) read more

Did not get to eat dinner because we did not have a reservation and didn't want to wait until 9:00 so we came back for dessert. Sat in the bar. Great steakhouse bar. Wife says a mans place. Bartender nice and friendly. Choose desserts from a tray with about 6 options. All of them looked great. I had a cheese cake red velvet mix with chocolate topping and my wife had some kind of chocolate explosion. Both were really good and to much to eat. Expresso was also good. Bartender was happy to package our leftovers to take home. Actually eating mine while I type this review. All the food I say looked great can't wait to go back and try dinner. read more

My parents' favorite place to visit when they come into town. Everything we've had is phenomenal, and the staff is considerate and attentive! Absolutely one of the best restaurants in Waco. read more

Really great food here. This is a place you come to enjoy many courses. Appetizers, salad & soup, main course and dessert. Save room for all of them and don't rush the experience. My husband loved their old fashioned. I stuck with water, so I can't speak to their wine list or cocktails. What I can speak to are their desserts... run don't walk. read more

I just love sitting in the area by bar. The bartenders are the best and great at their job.

Blake @Indigo sent me here for dinner and i couldn't have been more satisfied. Cassie, the hostess, made my entire evening top notch. Thank you so much Cassie! read more

Simply fantastic. Came down from Dallas for a Magnolia weekend to celebrate an anniversary. We started with the Diamondback roll which was phenomenal. We both had a filet with Oscar topping and both were cooked to perfection. We topped it off with the Globe and it did not disappoint. Overall, superb. Recommend to anyone, steak as good as any I've ever had from Dallas to New York. read more

I don't understand the bad reviews. The food was great, the service was great, the wine selection was great. We were here for one night, came in for a nice dinner and left stuffed and very happy customers. read more

It was an anniversary dinner for my wife and I. The food was very good but not amazing like I hoped considering the price. The staff was friendly and attentive and the atmosphere was good. I have eaten at several other high end restaurants that I prefer but all in all it was a very enjoyable evening. read more

Didn't have reservations so sat at bar. Bartender was great, food was excellent. We had fried asparagus with Crab meat - delicious! And the crab 254 sushi which was just as good. Best part was globe dessert - 6" hollow globe of white chocolate on plate. Bartender pours hot chocolate ganache on top in a cross shape & the things splits open perfectly to reveal chocolate brownie on strawberries with a scoop of ice cream on top -all in the presentation! read more

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Went there for our anniversary. The atmosphere was awesome, the food incredible and the service even better. A perfect setting for our 22nd anniversary read more

We had the pleasure of eating here 2 years ago while in Waco and when we arrived in town everything was completely booked. We took a chance and were hoping to just grab a bite at the bar but when we arrived someone had just cancelled so we had a lovely meal in a booth seat. Our server, Cameron, was so attentive and made the whole experience that much more special. The restaurant was packed with many large groups from Baylors graduation and Cameron still managed to manage everything with grace and ease. A great meal and fantastic experience. read more

Best service, food, and birthday for our 85 year young Mother!

By far one of the most amazing restaraunts. The service the food and drinks were great. Highly recommend this place.

Wonderful food, very nice atmosphere. Staff was very friendly and the waiter was extremely helpful. We took all of his recommendations and everything was great! Very good for a special occasion. A little pricey but definitely worth it! read more

My wife and I ate at Diamondbacks on March 26, 2016 for our 27th anniversary. The atmosphere, drinks, service and food were all very good. Our waiter, Charles, did a spectacular job. We will return the next time we are in Waco. read more

The bartender was inattentive and unpleasant. Never took a moment to actually acknowledge me and was often not behind the bar. Steak was good, but over seasoned. I had a mean hankering for a steak, but would not recommend this establishment to someone. Highly disappointed. read more

I had made a reservation for 2 for 7:30 pm on a Saturday evening on 11/25/2017. The host greeted us and seated us quickly. The waitress, however was the best thing about the place. She was amazing, very friendly and very social. The drinks from the bar were good, appetizers were also just ok. I had ordered for my meal, the herb roasted chicken. It contained 3 small pieces of chicken, about 2 oz each, WHICH had bones in part of it. The chicken was so dry, I could not eat it without taking a drink of water. the potatoes really seemed like they were from a box. The rolls were slightly underdone. My dinner mate ordered the chefs special off the menu. It was a steak,, cut of salmon and chicken fried venison. the steak was way over done, it was ordered as rare and came out well. The salmon and the chicken fried was super dry. The 2 sides we ordered was the mac and cheese, it also was super dry. The tempura fried asparagus was NOT tempura, it was just fried and the asparagus was under-cooked. If your looking for good food, this in not the place for it. Andy read more

Excellent food and service. Great place for celebrations. A little pricey but the food is excellent!

We had a great evening at Diamondback. Our server Jacobo was outstanding - right level of constant attention, all recommendations were very good, and he made our dinner out very pleasant. The food (crab stuffed tenderloin, lobster tail, mac and cheese, house salad) were cooked and prepared perfectly. Presentations were works of art. The red velvet cake ball with chocolate gnash was the perfect finish to the meal. Well done! read more

We came in to celebrate our anniversary last weekend. Tea had awful Waco water aftertaste. Almost like it had actual dirt in it. My napkin was dirty on the table before we even sat down. My steak was over cooked and extremely tough. My wife's tenderloin was also over cooked and tough. The salad was lackluster at best. Diamondback's used to be one of our favorite places to go out to eat, but sadly I doubt we will be returning. read more

Outstanding from the beginning to end. The day I his, apps, entrees & dessert are delicious

We enjoyed an amazing evening at Diamondback's in a party of 6. The service was excellent and the food was outstanding from our appetizers to our desserts! read more

This is a great steakhouse with plenty of steak and seafood options. The service is some of the best in town as is to be expected at this price point. They have some good wines to choose from as well. The atmosphere is warm and comfortable and the whole place is very well kept. Dessert is just ok so they could improve there. I find the prices are about 10% higher when compared to similar steakhouses in larger cities but the food is great and with the attention I expect at higher end restaurants. Definitely a great spot for a date! read more

I would avoid this place during big events at Baylor, e.g., graduation this weekend. To maximize revenue, they added more tables in the dinning areas. The extra tables made the dinning experience crammed. I could not get up from my table without bumping into the patrons sitting next to me. To top it off, the AC wasn't working well. They kept saying the Manager was working on the temperature, but the temperature was an issue the entire meal. If you going to pack people in a dinning area, at least make sure the AC works. With that being said, the food was good. But the warm temperature and crammed seating arrangements ruined the experience. This is not what I expected from one of the better restaurants in Waco. read more

Worst dinner experience Ive ever had. There were 4 of us and it took 3 1/2 hours to get through dinner. Our waiter hardly came to check on us at all. The food was mediocre at best and very overpriced. Then by boyfriend found broken glass in his water. When we told the waiter she went and got the manager (30 minutes later) who simply came by the table and said sorry. The waiter didnt even give him a new glass of water! Then they tried to overcharge (by $75) us for the bottle of wine we ordered and were very rude about it. We had to have them bring a menu and show them that the bottle was priced differently on the menu. Even then they made us pay the higher price because they said it was a mistake. NEVER eat here. Terrible service and management. read more

We went last night to try the "Wednesday Lobster special" they are advertising on FB for every Wed. In July. We were seated promptly....the restaurant was almost empty. The waiter arrived promptly with water and we ordered a bottle of wine. (Wine list is heavy on expensive wines but we found a $39 bottle we liked). I asked our waiter about the lobster special and he knew nothing about it...he did not know they had a special. He went to check and said yes they did have a lobster special. A good restaurant should inform their staff about any specials. The lobster was good, not great. We each had a salad and my husband had a rib eye steak. All good. We shared creme brûlée for dessert. It was very good but not $14.99 good. All in all a nice evening but definitely a splurge. Our waiter was very good and we tipped him accordingly. read more

My husband and I had dinner here last night......delicious!!! We were greeted by Caitlen, who was friendly and just darling. Our server was Tonya and she was attentive, friendly and provided great service. Yes, the food is on the expensive side, however, we don't mind paying for a great meal, and we definitely had a great meal. I love presentation and no disappointment in that area. The only reason I didn't give Diamondback's five stars is because we were charged $9 for splitting an entree. My husband and I do not eat big dinners so splitting an entree works perfectly for us. I realize that many upscale restaurants charge a surcharge for splitting an entiree but I find it a little ridiculous, especially $9. If in Waco again we would definitely return to Diamondback's......absolutely delicious!!! read more

Wife and I went there for our 30th Anniversary. We made the reservation online, and because we said it was an anniversary, they had a very special booth ready for us with rose petals spread out on the white tablecloth. Very nice. Our waiter, Tyler, was probably the best we have had in many, many years at any restaurant. We went all out wine and food and loved everything. The calamari was fantastic, nice salads, fantastic filet mignon Oscar style, and a wonderful dessert. We also had the highly-recommended potatoes au gratin. If wife lived in the area, this would definitely be our "go to" special occasion place. Loved it. read more

Recently had dinner at Diamond Back's. The restaurant was only half full. We were seated at 7:45 PM and received our food at 9:17 PM. Service was definitely amateur hour and the food was mediocre (except for the steak). Crab stuffed giant shrimp came out as 4 shrimp on a plate sitting on some mushy bread stuff that had no resemblance to blue crab at all! Will not return! read more

Best gourmet steakhouse, in my opinion. The blue cheese crusted filet is my all time favorite and has been for years. Definitely pricey, but never disappointed. This is our spot for birthday dinners and special occasions. Oh, and can't forget dessert! The chocolate tower/sack is by far my favorite dessert EVERRRR! Have to have that at least once a year. And their new chocolate dome is pretty wonderful too! To all chocolate lovers, ENJOY! read more

On the hunt for a good steak my husband and I came here driving through town. I ordered prime rib and it was extremely bland, but edible. My husband ordered a rare strip and it came well done. 10min later another steak came cooked medium to medium rare. It was not the experience we expected since our meals could not be eaten together and the food was not too great. The check took forever to come. It's like they're trying to be a nice restaurant (& charging like one), but falling short. Slow (but sweet) service and sub-par food. Only thing I can say is the sides are great. Save yourself time and money and go to Texas Roadhouse for a better meal. read more

This place has nice ambience. Service is slow and rather poor. I waited so long for a water refill that i walked to the bar where the blonde gave me a nasty look and said "i will be with you in a second!!!" I sat back down and a few minutes latet i did manage to get my water refilled. I had the prime rib. Great flavor but very chewy. In no way did it warrant a $50 price tag. This is my third visit and i wont be back read more

New to the area, didn't think Waco had a good steakhouse but, DiamondBack's was more than expected. Excellent service and excellent rack of lamb as well as the Malbec wine read more

Growing up in Chicago, I've been to my fair share of nice steakhouses. This includes famous, big name places that overcharge for their meals. That being said, I have never been so flabbergasted at menu prices as I was when we went to DiamondBacks last night. $6 upcharge for a soup? $32 for the cheapest entree? The only reason we went in the first place was because we were given a $50 gift card as a present. We thought $50 would cover both our meals and an appetizer. LOL. We ended up paying an extra $60 on top of the gift card and only ordered an entree each, he got a beer and I got a Sprite. But let's talk about the portion sizes for a second. My fiancé got the mixed grill. The steak portion he ate in 2 bites, the salmon 3, and another 3 or so for the chicken fried venison. Luckily I picked the prime rib and was able to give him about 1/3 of my steak. The salads that we got were tasty, but also tiny. You'd think for an average of $45 a plate, you'd get a lot of food- or at least leave the restaurant full. Nope. That's not the worst though! The quality of the food wasn't exceptional either! My steak was too salty and part of it was still cold (I ordered medium-rare so it should have been warmed throughout). My fiancé agreed that it wasn't anything he hadn't tasted before. To top off the experience a couple came in about halfway through our meal and kept looking over at our table and back at each other and laughing... Their lack of manners obviously made us feel incredibly awkward and worsened our experience even more. 3/10- WOULD NOT RECCOMEND read more

Very yummy food and great atmosphere! The fried asparagus app was amazing - as was the filet. Will definitely be back!

Very disappointed with our visit to DiamondBacks. On a positive note, we were seated very quickly. However, we never saw a waiter (or any waitstaff for that matter). We left after 15 minutes of waiting for someone to come to the table. The hostess was very friendly but didn't look up from her phone. When we mentioned that we were never waited on and never even saw a waiter to flag down, she apologized but didn't even offer to get someone for us. I wasn't impressed by the menu or the service (or the lack thereof). read more

This is my second visit here. Obviously my first brought is back to celebrate my daughter's college graduation. The atmosphere, service, and drinks were exceptional. Our guests had no complaints at all. However. My wife and I ordered prime rib. Much to our chagrin it was somewhat rubbery and difficult to chew. Considering the lateness of the hour and that most of us had well over hour drives to home we chose not to complain or put a damper on the festivities. Not sure we will return. read more

We went back to give the restaurant another try. Excellent service!! The wine we requested was not available so they offering another one for same price. Appetizer Sushi tower was 5 stars, jumbo shrimp cocktail 3 stars- little mushy for me taste. Main entrees of filet and fish were all 5 stars. Ended with red velvet bomb- 3 stars-just okay not worth $14.99 price. Should have ordered the chocolate tower. All in all, nice dinner with friends. I would definitely go back for special occasions. read more