Gator's Bayou Reviews

very rude and slow service , food has also gotten worse , seems to cater to the folks who are there everyday

Very disappointed, too loud can't even hear the person sitting in front of me at the table. I can't post a picture but I payed 13.00 for 1fish filet and 5 shrimp they didn't have hush puppies which came with the meal and I was never informed they didn't have any. They offered 2 pieces of bread in replacement. This was a bigger rip off than the time I was in Mexico. Food was ok but the portion was extra small.

Staff was friendly and down to earth, food was delicious and fresh. Atmosphere was also very pleasant. We will be back here for sure!

LOVED the catfish, extremely delicious and great pricing!

Service is Good, Food is delicious, place is clean and maintained, Variety of Cajun Style eats. We are from out of town and where looking for some Cajun food decided to come here. Great Choice!

Absolutely adore this restraunt! The food is honestly one of the most delicious in Lubbock by far, the waitresses are always super bubbly and polite and always exceed expectations with their lovely service and positive upbeat attitudes and the atmosphere is super cozy and neat as well. Highly recommend to everyone in Lubbock! The bar is excellent and the restraunt itself is a great place for a girls night out or just a get together with the family! Will definitely be back soon!

People are nice and friendly. Bartender very personable. Food was hit or miss. Shrimp very good fries were fair hush puppy OK I guess. Fish would have been good if it wasn't almost raw. I had specifically asked for the catfish to be cooked extra crispy and they give me raw fish. Neither me or my mom could eat it. For the price totally unacceptable. My order was to go. Won't be back. I'll stick with Red Lobster.

The waitress was very friendly and made sure to check on us a good amount to too over bearing and not like we were ignored. The patio is nice and spread out as well.

Excellent service and food is always great. I had the "Dirty Bird" this time and it was perfect. Full bar, outdoor patio with another small full bar to sit at outside. Great place for drinks and appetizers after work or a casual lunch or dinner. All around great place! Keep it up guys/girls!

Compliments to whoever made the chicken gumbo. I placed a Favor delivery order and added shrimp to the chicken gumbo. Never had gumbo before, never even had Gators Bayou before, and it is DELICIOUS!

The food is hit or miss. I got chicken and the Cajun Mac and cheese. They were both dry. I enjoy going to Gators so this won't stop me from going back and getting something different.

Welcoming ... we walked into this place and immediately felt welcome. The staff here are friendly with the right 'rude lol I had the fried oysters and shrimp - they were huge and delicious!! I will definitely return for more.

I've been here three times and loved it every single time. It's as Cajun as I've ever had, but with the laid back environment of an everyday bar. Some prices are subject to market price (like gator), but it's worth it if you ask me. Service is quick and friendly, even when you're outside on a somewhat warm day. They've got games on every TV and tap running for customers.
I always went for gator whether it was gator bites or gator po' boy. I love how they stuff the sandwich past the point of overfilling it. Their sampler platter was also fantastic as it comes out hot and delicious. This place was worth every penny I spent here and I'm going to miss it while I'm up north.

It was ok.... no crawfish on a Saturday night during the heart of crawlfish season really breaks my heart!

Social distancing is a huge no. Waitresses constantly scratching their heads or messing with their hair and no hand washing afterwards; I would hate to know what the kitchen is like.

Went in for a kind of "Early Fathers Day" dinner with my wife and half our order was wrong. After we waited 45 minutes already, we weren't waiting another 45 so we sent it all back. EVERYTHING was still on the ticket. From there they made it seem as if it was our fault the waitress put it in wrong and treated us like we just wanted a free meal. Kind if hard when we sent everything back. Their new management is terrible.

I LOVE this place! Fun atmosphere, friendly staff and AMAZING food!!

Worst place I have eaten in years. The rice was hard and the cool on both meals. I live in south Louisiana and food lakes favor. The staff seam indifferent on the lack of quality.

Nothing compares to authentic and this place aint it. Plain and standard generic cajun decor ,food subpar no flavor there are better places with better portions and flavored right.

So will not return. We sat for a few minutes while servers walked passed and other staff stood around talking. I finally approached the bar and asked if we needed to come to the bar and order or were we getting a server. After watching 2 servers discuss who would serve us as if neither of them wanted to we got service. The food came out in a decent time but wasnt the best, some was warm some was cold. We asked for 2 sweet tea refills and she didnt refill with ice so we got warm tea with 3 melted pieces on top. Definitely not worth the amount of the bill.

Good food as usual...I don't recomend their long islands...was not so tasty.

Never received any food. They refused to allow pets on their cement patio.

This place has one of the best sea food. Food is very good and service was one of the best I have ever seen.

They took a long time to wait on us and their fish was undercooked

My husband took me there for my birthday at 3:00. It was as not busy at all. We placed our ordered, and then our waitress sat down at the bar. 40 mins later our waitress decided to check on our food. I watched her eat food off of a plate in the kitchen and then take that same plate to guests at another table (that arrived after us). She then came to tell us something happened to our sandwiches and they would have to start over. We told her we couldn t stay because we only had a short time before our kids needed to be picked up. She could care less. I understand that people have their days, but I was so disappointed in the service, our date was ruined, and we didn t get to eat. Lesson learned, we won t be returning.

No good at all, everyone in our group was very ill after eating here.

High prices, food quality was just "ok" and the food temp was cold. Waitresses gathered at the register and we're not very attentive to the patrons. I wanted a tea refill, but by the time she made it back to our table we were ready for the ticket.

If you are looking for a bar...then this is the place. Good Cajun food, this isn't.

This place is a diamond in the rough, or maybe a gem in a strip mall. Best cajun food in L Lubbock, great portions, stiff drinks, and great service. This will be a regular stop crom now on.

Very nice food served hot. Large portions. A little noisy.

My jambalaya was pretty good, if a little smaller than I expected.

Incredibly small portions and overpriced for what you get. Food itself was alright, could be a little spicier and pack a little more flavor.

I have eaten here several times and I have had consistently great service and great food. The shrimp is excellent and the catfish was good as well. The prices are fair and the atmosphere is laid back and casual.

1. The food just wasn't enough. I ordered a jambalaya dish and was unsatisfied with the amount of food I received.

2. The atmosphere of the restaurant alludes to its seafood roots, but fails to leave a huge impression.

3. The restaurant is located in the upscale area of Lubbock and by a great dessert spot called nothing bundt cakes.

4. There's a bar for those who enjoy drinking and an outside patio if you want to to enjoy your seafood and the sun.

Waitress added a 60% tip on it card after I already paid her cash tip

I'm a college student and I took my roommate here for her birthday. She's from Houston so I was looking for a place that can at least remind her of good Cajun food and they aced it! Great place, nice waitress, and very good food!

Not bad for creole on Lubbock. Etouffe had a good reaux, but large chunks of tomatoes.

Great cold beer and great Cajun food!! Chicken a la Mer!!

We went to Sunday brunch and we all sat their for 10 minutes without anyone even acknowledging us. All of the girls were standing by the bar hitting their vapes. No one even looked at us or took the time to come get our order. HORRIBLE SERVICE. So we walked out and went some where else.

Mediocre food. Mediocre sports bar atmosphere. I'm not sure why I thought seafood in west Texas would be good, so I'll take some of the blame for even going, but even the fries were only mediocre.

Great food but noisy. We came at the wrong time of the day I am sure.

I would give this restaurant a 0 star but I can not. I got the chicken and sausage gumbo and there was a long hair I had to pull out of my mouth that was mixed in my food. They did offer to get me something else which I opted for the chicken salad. It took forever to come out and I had to go back to work which I did not have time to eat it. Then they want to charge me for the more expensive entree. I don't think so. Horrible experience!
When I asked the waitress to take it off my ticket since I did not eat the salad she got a sassy attitude with me. I will not be going back!

Delicious food and a fantastic environment. Occasionally, you feel like you are inconveniencing the staff by normal processes...ordering food etc, but 85% of the time this is a good place for exceptional food.

Good restaurant good vibes and good people. I didn't feel the authenticity of Louisiana food but it was close enough especially since w not close to Louisiana. I give iut 5 stars because the food is still great an d customer service is good

Place was extremely loud. Food took a very long time and was not that good.

Too bad there is a NO star rating because the waitress really was bad, she brought us our waters and then never came back to see if we were ready to order and that's because she went by us and didnt bother to st just saw her going to the bar to go and stand over there and try to look all cute

Beer is always cold! Food is always good! And the staff is always friendly!

I used to come here a lot. But the food has gone way down in quality and service with it.

The staff was friendly but this place was very under staffed. (Two waitresses, one bar tender with a full house) We did not see or meet our waitress until after 20mins of being seated, after we ordered it took over a hr to come out, so we decided to leave at that point.

Went in tonight at 6:15. No one came to wait us after about 15 minutes, even though there was only 2 tables of beer drinkers on the inside and 2 on the patio. 3 more people came in and were never waited on. We all left at the same time. Never even acknowledged.

Best Louisiana food in town skip the big name and come here. They know how to do it. And service is amazing

Great food and great services. Thanks Kelly for taking care of us! See u next week....Beers were cold to!!

The food is fantastic! We love the staff, they're spunky and are good natured. If you had a bad experience... ya must have a stick up your ass... The food, ugh the FOOD!!!! IT IS SO DAMN GOOD! It's a vibrant atmosphere surrounded by people who have a good time. There might be a wait at night (because everyone wants to eat there) but hang in there because it is WORTH IT! Their bread is so soft and hot. I always order the Cajun Pasta but request it with PINK sauce. Mmmm pink sauce...

Wanted to try something different so we came to Gators Bayou. It was difficult picking out what to eat because everything and I mean everything sounded delish! We ordered appetizer and food. Shortly after we got our food I accidentally spilled water all over appetizer and my daughters food. Needless to say our waitress came to the rescue and cleaned up my mess! They even brought out new appetizer and another plate of food for my daughter. The manager came out and joked with us and told us he would fix us up! The staff was extremely friendly! The place was clean and the food was absolutely delicious! Definitely a top favorite for us!

This place use to be one of my favorite places to hang out and eat and have a few drinks. The patio was nice, the service was excellent and the food was great. The last 2 times I've been there my service has been mediocre and the food has been terrible. I went back yesterday thinking I would not order sea food so I ordered a sandwich...how can you mess up a sandwich right??? Well it was awful, disgusting.. my daughter has been throwing up all night. We most definitely will not ever be back.

We went for Sunday brunch. The omelet was good and the atmosphere was fun.

Service was a bit slow but server was nice. The food tasted great but I would have enjoyed a couple more shrimps with my catfish (only 5 smallish ones). My husband's pasta was a huge seving compared to mine.

A preferred place for delicious bar food. Service is excellent even when they are busy. Service is consistently good. This place has an awesome atmosphere.

My husband and I, brought our family to this place for the first time. The food was good till our waitress started flirting more with my husband (like have more respect for yourself). She was trying to get a tip or something more.. very rude! but we didn't leave her anything. Not sure if the staff is underpaid or what kinda of management have them doing to where our waitress made everything uncomfortable.