Dirty Al's Bayou Grill Review

I have had my battles here... the smell in the facility is horrible
We like the food but the service can improve

Fresh shrimp and we'll cooked fish. Had a great dinner.

Geat place to take friends and family Geat food service EEILL BE BACK

On my flight into town the person sitting next to me recommended this seafood restaurant and told me it was the best seafood in town. She was wrong! I ordered the shrimp special and the shrimp which of course are the main course tasted old and poorly seasoned. It left a terrible taste in my mouth that I can still taste 15 minutes later while writing this review. With all the delicious restaurants in the Rio Grande Valley don't spend your money here because you may be disappointed.

The Gator is amazing! Seafood Botanan is plenty especially for the price!

Trash af! Were waiting for service after being there for 20 mins. There was literally waiters leaning in the bar, chilling. Menu was very sad too smh, we walked out after waiting too long. Tables were very sticky too ... disgusting.

Love the food n service! Just too dark for my 5. I like to see my food n family!

The Island on is much better. We played way to much money for a meal that my husband couldn't eat. The plate was all for show not good food. Service was great.

Great place for seafood, Louisiana and Mexican style cuisine..

It could have bn better....not as good as when you done in...tks for your service anyway....

The shrimp were horrible, crawfish were horrible, oysters were horrible. Service was ok. LA Crawfish has much better shrimp and crawfish.

If you can't make it to the island stop by in McAllen Texas for great seafood taste

Worst costumer service when ordering 2 go they even hang up on you. Will never go back just imagine if the employee takes no pride in his job you think they care about your food.

Expensive, not very exciting plates. Oysters were disappointing.

Tried this place for a second time in 2 years. First time food tasted like it was double fried and second time we didn t even get seated. Got skipped twice and when I asked the hostess what happened she only replied with sorry, it s gonna be a 20 minute wait now. Asked to speak to a manager and she said she would clean a table right away and seat us. More than likely will not return to Dirty Al s.

Great place for seafood .... Highly recommend it ..

I'm visiting from Portland Oregon and it was the best food. The service was great.

Delicious food and awesome service will recommend waiting anxiously to come back

The food here is Awesome! Great ocean decor. Thou need to work on their customer service but other than that I would still keeping visiting! By the way it's open under a new name called Dirty Al's like the one they have at the Island and Yes! The seafood is out of the sea that fresh! Too bad they closed early on weekends! Have a lovely bar!

Highly recommended and looking forward to returning very soon !!!!

Excellent appetizers!!!
Good choice of brew & booze!!!

The shrimp are remarkable. Good service. Happy Hour margaritas $3.00. Very nice place!

love love love the shrimp here. shrimp bisque is amazing. i will always go here either the mcallen location or whenever we go to the island. everything here is amazing.

Awsome food, great service and would recommend it to anyone !!!!!

The food is always good in this place. Unfortunately, the service is slow and if the party is above 7, even slower.
The restaurant is cozy as it is for the family. I recommend it with the family and friends. Not sure if it is for drinks.

We ate the Monday oyster special along with appetizers which were exceptional, only thing that was a big let down were the bar drinks plus we missed our favorite waitress Vanessa

My dirty sample platter of shrimp, calamari and onion rings had no flavor. Every thing was Greasy. Overpriced. Long waiting period before food comes out. Not a good dining experience. They overcharged my debit card.

Love the fresh seafood. Great flavors. A bit pricey for portions and waiter was a bit pushy.

First time here and it was great. Great place clean and social and great service. I added 4 ONLY because the oysters needed to be rinsed better my husband told the guy to rinse them but we still had to use water from our drink to rinse out the sand. But everything else was PERFECT.

Overall pretty good seafood. They are consistent with their flavors and orders. Never had an issue whether dining in or taking out.

Ok not a run away, seemed a little high price wise. Service was ok.

Our server was very polite & new the menu well, the food quality is slightly above average & tasted fresh, temperature was ok considering we only ordered apps & fried seafood baskets but service & food orders were extremely slow. My beer was more on the warm side & 2 hrs vested there was way too much time for what we ordered.

Lobster bisque soup was great but for 8.99 a pound for crawfish that was frozen not live I was not impressed when can get live for same price. It wasn't yellow inside it was brown, chewy, and when most of the claws are separated it's because was frozen. Need to state that on menu or lower price. Was a nice atmosphere thought

Lobster bisque was great service was not so good and we asked the manager for butter and lemons never got it asked the waiter for it never got it. manger came and asked how the food was mine was super salty I told her all she said was I apologize and kept going

When this place was suggested, I wasn't pleased but went along. I was pleasantly surprised. The server that we had, Joe, was very helpful & made our visit a delicious one. We told him it was our first time & he told us the most popular items on the menu. We ask a few more questions & decided on the fish/oysters & shrimp/oysters. I loved the fish & shared some of mine & still had plenty. The oysters were delicious & the fries were very good. I walked out full but not feeling miserable. We will go back & next time someone suggests Dirty Al's, I'll say yes please.

Good fresh seafood, excellent service and surprise entertainment with ENHS Mariachi! Definitely a do over.

It was packed because it was Father's Day and it took a while to serve, but the food was excellent!

The waiter Erick was so kind,the food was ok,I expected more of my fish sticks, but was ok,price was good

I went there about 8:30 pm Friday night. I ordered king crap legs and my wife ordered Cajin Mix place. Mine is ok but my wife Cajin mix is yucky, the crawfish is rotten stinky smell. How come the chef could made the yucky food like that? She then replace the order with blacken red fish dish. The fish come out stinky also, one side well done, the other side is raw. I should come the Cheddar the red fish is taste a lot better and cheaper price. Last time I came here had dinner, then went home with terrible diarrhea, I told myself not gonna back here again. And I made a mistake to came back here on that day.

I've been your customer for a long tine. If you are the owner reading this, you have a serious problem with your cooks. Your recipes is great, but your cooks is terrible,you have a lot of irresponsible person working for u. Take care of your business if you don't wanna loose all yr customers. The time to shut down business is close.

Good food and service, I enjoyed the fresh Bay Oysters!

Great food! Great service! We have been there 3 times and each time was awesome!

Waited long to sit then waited long to get drinks had to ask for straws still waiting to eat

Charge you for extra cocktail sauce. Complimentary chips and salsa would be nice. I was afraid to ask for extra napkins. I think I'll just continue visiting the original Dirty Al's.

Great food. Blackened fish tacos are the best. Burgers for kids a great too. Seasoned fries are zesty!

I went with my family, and they left us too much time at the table waiting for us to take the order, in the end we decided to leave horrible service, the location is in mcallen tx

Menu has been reduced. Now it feels like a fast food restaurant. No more Seafood Jambalaya, Gumbo, oysters and more. Miss the days I looked forward to a meal at Dirty Ale s

Food was great
Will be back!!!

Shrimp and scallops, always a great duo. Never disappointed when I dine here.

Your entrance hostess was very cold and non friendly. We sat at the bar while we waited for table and waiter was so overwhelmed that he didnt/couldn't have good customer service. When we got to our table waitress was wonderful and food was very good.

Good Cajun seafood. I live out of town and always come here when on business. Love the Freddy's mix up!