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    Puzzles Tavern

    3.8 (36 reviews)
    InexpensiveBars
    Open 3:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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    281 to Stone Oak/TPC Parkway, about a mile and a half down on TPC just beyond the Sonic Burger....there is no better place than Puzzles when you are in the area. The city's greatest bartenders, cheap drink specials, 3 screens, pool tables and darts, a great music selection in the jukebox......overall great place any night of the week.

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    4 months ago

    These bar tenders are amazing! On Thursday it's $3 any drink you want. I very much enjoyed the atmosphere. 2 pool tables 3 dart boards.

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    Best bar Eva !! Grrrreat service !!! The beers kept coming and bartenda da best ! I would recommend it !!

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    Not a bad place at all. Friendly crowd full of all ages. Good place to start the night

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    We were so excited to hear that Crooked Brancb had returned to its more traditional menu and having…read morevisited for ICE we were so excited for their cheese board and onion dip! BUT after sitting for 15 minutes and finally giving up on service and heading to the bar ( where the one person serving asked if we had already been helped - WHO do you think helped us ?? Santa Claus ) . She clearly did not want to work!! We were told that the kitchen was closed - at 6pm!! JW - update your website or heck just a sign at each restaurant to let people know the status! It's not that hard and the waiter we did end up with told us that various restaurants close each night depending on occupancy?! Grabbed a drink; and an appetizer from the sports bar and called it a night ! However Fernando who was one of the waiters was a stand out - checked in with customers and was as very attentive ! He's a stellar employee that the JW should be proud of !

    Spent Memorial Day weekend at JW Marriott for a staycation and it was an amazing time…read more The Crooked Branch is in the middle of all the action here at the JW and the vibe is causal and chill. The staff is extremely friendly and makes you feel welcome enough to have a drink at your leisure while kicking back in the comfortable chairs. With live music in the background, this was the perfect place to recap our fun day and watch other guests come and go. Smiles were abundant and laughter was in the air. Even though we visited in May, the Texas heat did not discourage us from sitting in front of the fire place and decompress. We did manage to have dinner here one night and the sushi was delicious to start. With our main entrees of the Karaage Fried Chicken & the Pork Belly bowl not only hit the spot, but after a fun day floating down the lazy river, it was the right combination to end our night. That is of course, after the special brownie surprise dessert.

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    4.4 mi
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    Another wonderful stop at The Hoppy Monk. I had a couple of German Pilsner beers on tap, and also a…read moredinner of awesome Blue Crab Mac & Cheese skillet. Waitress Erika took care of my visit to perfection. I will return soon!

    Hoppy Monk is one of our go-to places in San Antonio so as we had out of town guests for Easter, we…read moredecided to head here! It's been a while since have done brunch and o won't be in a hurry to return to brunch specifically The service was superb, we had a great server and he was absolutely on top of everything which was great! Beers were also great as was the mimosa I had and the kids we were with seemed to like their meals which came out last and they said theirs were hot - ours were not unfortunately. I had the Lox eggs Benedict and in retrospect should have sent it back as it was stone cold! My husband and our friend got the biscuits and gravy and also reported that they were cold - it was also served in a bowl which was a bad idea as the biscuits completely soaked up the gravy and resembled oatmeal by the time it hit the table! We got one meal - waffles and chicken to go and the waffles were inedible- poorly mixed, gritty and so much hot sauce in the mixture that they burned the back of the throat - they had to be trashed ! I love this place but won't return in a hurry for brunch - granted multiple dishes with eggs are hard to time right so we ended up with cold food that did however taste good

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    4.5(71 reviews)
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    One of our members has been recommending this place for two years as a venue for our monthly…read moreretirement luncheons. I finally put it on this year's schedule and planned to go with a group of ten. But, as the day drew nearer, folks just started cancelling for various reasons, until we finally ended up with a party of five today. When we arrived, I was surprised at just how much of a "bar and grill" this was. I started getting nervous about the food. I know we've all been to bars that had horrible food before. Fortunately, this is not one of those bars.The food here was really good. We started with an order of fried mushrooms served with gravy and deviled eggs. I'm not a fan of fried food, but the others all seemed to enjoy them. There was a huge mound of them that all but disappeared. I opted for the deviled eggs- one of my favorite foods. These were topped with a crunchy strip of bacon and served with a pile of pickled jalapeno slices. The were super delicious! On our member's recommendation, I tried the orange chicken served with fried rice for my entree, as did two others. I was overwhelmed with the gobs of food the server sat in front of me. There were at least twenty bite-sized nuggets of chicken sitting on top of a bed of fried rice. That bed was obviously a California King! They were lightly covered in the orange sauce, but still crunchy. It was a very satisfying meal. I had the other half for supper, and it was almost as delicious heated up in the microwave. One of our people had a pepperoni pizza. It was probably about 18". The crust was amazingly thin. It just looked awesome to me. My friend enjoyed it, but carried a lot home with her. The fifth person in our group had the Reuben sandwich. She said it was delicious, but was put off by the amount of fat on the meat. Encore makes their own pastrami. The chef explained to her that the fat on the pastrami was what most people thought made it such a delicious meat. I know it looked great to me. I will most likely have that next time I visit, and there will be a next time.

    Friendly staff. Food was lacking. Clean…read more Deed fryer oil definitely needed to be changed. The tartar sauce was tasty.

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