Lighthouse BBQ Cafe

I drive from Lake Jackson to eat bbq at A&A. Very good food. Very friendly staff. Very good…read moreservice. Fair prices. The best bbq and the best value in the area.

Solid bbq! Had all the classics. The meat plate was worth the price. I went back 2x in the few…read moreweeks I was in town.

Stuffed potato.

Ribs, burnt ends and rice salad

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Fat Grass Restaurant & Bar

3.9(162 reviews)

15.3 mi

Usually LOVE Fat Grass. Bright shiny spot in the mostly dim culinary town of Bay City, TX…read more My wife and I decided to meet my parents here for their 64th Anniversary/Mother's Day celebration. Drove almost two hours from Houston for their Saturday brunch only to find the doors locked! Big time bummer! Maybe some tragic event? Hopefully not calling it quits! Bay City NEEDS Fat Grass! Went to Waterfront in Matagorda for lunch instead. Really nice, but not Fat Grass. Upon returning to retrieve our SUV from in front of Fat Grass, we notice that, lo and behold, they are opening for evening service. Felt like walking over and asking why their website fibbed to us, but foot hurting from recent surgery, so just traveled on to my parents house for drinks and the Kentucky Derby.... Therefore, not really a review; just a comment on the lackadaisical attitude of management I've come to expect from lesser establishments these days regarding treatment of "valued" customers... Nice job!

Super cool outdoor patio! Seats larger parties but the tables are to be desired. It's a bit…read morepricey but still good food. The service was good and the food was great tasting! I'd go back.

Mahi Thermidor

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Wedding cake martini

9er's Grill

2.9(57 reviews)

15.4 mi

Idk bout this ,the food was very good, I enjoyed like always and free refills on the house" thank…read moreyou¡ I want to appreciate all the staff and management '

My wife and I split a grilled chicken Cesar salad and was the perfect amount for both of us. They…read morewere kind enough to split the salads in two separate bowls. The chicken was tasty and tender. The service and staff were very polite and friendly. Well done and thank you!

Old Fashioned Patty Melt

Philly, steak and cheese

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Gyro dinner

Vallarta Mexican grill

4.5(45 reviews)

15.4 mi

Very late Friday night and i needed something filling so luckily they were still open and willing…read moreto take our order. When i arrived everything was so welcoming and fun, ppl were having karaoke inside and having a good time at the outside seating. My Green Enchiladas plate was delicious and i was satiated enough to have leftovers - which is my biggest satisfaction when i go to a restaurant. Would def come again

Service is always good, warm inviting atmosphere, and great food! A little on the small side though.read more

Bar

La Patrona

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Outside

Jack in the Box

2.4(14 reviews)

Tacos were on point. The manager Kay was so nice and made…read moresure I had everything I needed to enjoy my meal. Stop by and give her a shot out. FYI ... I am not from this town just passing through for work. Clean and well kept

We go to this Jack in the Box about once a month, and we have never had a bad experience…read more The food is always delicious (especially the mini tacos), and they have never got our order wrong. Employees are always nice and smiling. This Jack in the Box is always clean and looks well taken care of. We usually just go through the drive through though. This is definitely one of the nicer Jack in the Box restaurants within 50 miles.

They have self service. There is kiosk at the counter to Oder food on your own. No need to wait on a cashier.

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McDonald's

1.8(32 reviews)

15.3 mi

Me and friends came to this so called "fine dining experience" called McDonald's of Bay City after…read morethe Bay City rodeo. And it was SHOCKING, not what I would ever expect from a franchise food company! First off the crew celebrity Aniah was not even working! If you got a worker on poster with her own damn meal they gotta be working to satisfy the costumers! (And by the way... the meal is a joke, worst combination of foods) We were going to try the "Big Arch", McDonald's new promising product until one of the worked informed us it tasted like "straight dog food" so we decided to order Big Mac's. The Big Mac's came with the smallest and most frail patties of all time! And no cheese on the burgers either!!! There was a lot more I could talk about but I'm so enraged about Aniah not working and helping your company out to help satisfy the average American citizen that I can't even think straight!!! Yeah but overall not a good experience.

I want to express that I am not a Karen but a very disappointed costumer. The food was up to…read morestandard on my trip to this establishment, however my condiments were not. I had asked for some ketchup for my small french fry, I realize now that it came with a cost. You may be asking what cost? Well to be exact I was charged $0.69 for a single extra ketchup packet. This is outrageous and the economy cannot even be blamed for this atrocious pricing. We need justice for ketchup pricing, unacceptable.

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Don't they teach the employees how long to cook the meat? Gross.

Chick-fil-A

2.1(7 reviews)

15.6 mi

A lot of flies inside. Staff is good and good is good but too many flies to enjoy your food. Have…read morevisited this location many times and flies have been an ongoing problem.

Very slow. People in the drive thru line are getting their breakfast before people that placed…read moremobile order. What's the point of doing mobile ordering???

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Subway

4.3(3 reviews)

My wife and I are not fans of the metal cover that conceals the meat when are sandwiches are made…read more I prefer to see what goes on my sandwich. Secondly I'm very disappointed at the attitude the employees have regarding tipping. If you don't leave a tip their demeanor goes south quick. I'm a senior citizen and have gone to Subway since their start up and never had we had to tip for waiting in line getting our sandwiches made. If they come to my table, take my order and deliver it that's another story.

The lady that worked there greeted me and my girlfriend nicely which is rare in bay city places to…read moreeat not much to say besides the service was great and she was happy to help us the whole time! And even wrote a note on our napkin that brighten our day!

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Stripes

1.8(4 reviews)

15.7 mi

Horrible service, always out of coffee, never has lids for coffee cups an always out of mustard and…read morethe food sucks

I got tacos this morning it was horrible. The tortillas were hard, and the bacon and egg was…read moredisgusting! I couldnt even tell it had bacon in it. I learned my lesson I will NOT go back for food at this location

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They sell a.lot of cooked food here. Many didn't know.

Subway

2.0(8 reviews)

Should be 0 stars.got there about 9:30pm the posted hours say open till 10:00pm girl was cleaning…read moreup and said they were closed .i pointed at the store hours and she said so what were closed .asked for manager .she said they did not have one onsite and gave me a name.the store employee with no manager onsite is also not right . Who is in charge to lock up the place . So the employee was either lazy for not wanting to do her job , or lying or both .

Came around 8-45-9:00 the last two days and they already turned off the toaster and refused to turn…read moreit on. MIND U THEY CLOSE AT 10. Can't seem to understand how hard it would be to put a sandwich into a toaster that toast itself. 0/10 recommend subway across from heb. Not sure how u can be that lazy making sandwiches all day but i guess it's a harder task than i'm making it seem too be.

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