Rainforest Cafe, Galveston Review

Awesome food, awesome location, and as a kid I used to watch the AWESOME fire display at night

Great food. Really need to work on their wifi connection. Ruined a work meeting. But service Nd food was great.

This is a great place to take a family. Food was great and service was excellent. This particular Rainforest Cafe even had entertainers performing balloon and magic tricks at diner's tables, which was fun.

Kids loved it! Be sure to take the boat ride there, super fun for the family.

The best experience ever!! Will definitely try every rainforest cafe I come across

Server was nice and attentive, however their cook might need to go back to culinary school. We asked for a steak cooked medium well, however we received an uneven piece of meat. We asked for a $30 plate, and the quality of food was not up to par. Very disappointed!

While the wait for dinner was a little long, the outside entertainment and river ride helped pass the time. My daughter had a great time!

Nastiest food that there can possibly be. However, my kids love this place.

Went for the experience, ended up waiting for over a hour and twenty minutes to even sit down. Place is very disorganized.

Awesome atmosphere, it's like dining in a rainforest. Great drinks as well.

Awesome place to see, but be prepared to pay around $20/person. We ordered the sampler appetizer n pd 7 extra for 3 1/2 small ribs, had one root beer on the ticket and was over $30. Honestly, over priced but a must see place.

I come here all the time it's fun for the kids . The food is good , there is a rainforest boat ride that is awesome.

Friendly and attentive staff. Food was pretty good. Lots of options.

Extremely expensive for not that great food. Not to mention the service could be better. But I don't really blame them, because the place stays packed.

WORST greeting I've EVER experienced. Unbelievable. The hostess acted like we had interrupted her midday nap and she couldn't be bothered. Not only did she use the podium as a support to lift herself out of her chair with both hands, she then dramatically, audibly sighed and asked us, with a frown, " how many?". DAMN. Glad my kids were with me, so I could use this as an educational moment. Wow.

My grandsons 1st time here, it washis birthday and he loved it!

If I could give this restaurant a zero, I would.

We had family visiting from overseas, and were excited to share the Rainforest Cafe experience with them and our children to celebrate my daughter s birthday. Though the wait was an hour+, we understood that it comes with the territory. However, once we sat down everything continued to go downhill.

Our waitress was kind and very apologetic about the entire experience, and because of the lengthy wait, we ordered immediately. The food not only took another hour (appetizers, mind you), but they were almost inedible. The starter trio felt like it had been sitting out for a while before arrival. Artichoke dip was cold and not melted, the mozzarella sticks were soggy and not melted, etc. Our chicken and shrimp entree ($23) was inedible because the chicken was seized and the shrimp was rubbery. The rice was over cooked to the point of mashed potato consistency. Our guests tilapia entree was mushy and felt raw or like it had been defrosted incorrectly. The fish and chips was soggy inside halfway cooked and improperly defrosted.

It took over two hours to be given food that was completely inedible.

I could go on. Needless to say, we were disappointed and embarrassed for our guests and left hungry and paying (though slightly discounted... but still over $100) for a meal we couldn t eat.

Do better, Rainforest Cafe Galveston.

Well had to wait an hour to get a table which is fully understandable at 7 at night but the waitress screwed up my order asked for double mash potatoes and got mashed potatoes and French fries only refilled my drink once the entire time and the two souvenir glasses i got that i bought with the alcohol the waitress didnt even box them up or even bother to wash them out. I mean come on your supposed to be a high class restaurant

Was looking forward to a family gathering here, but it had a 2 hour wait at 7 p.m. Had to settle for Golden Corral!

Only thing we didn't like was that one person got us to the table, one got us the menus, a different one the drinks, a fourth person brought them to the table and third person comes back to take our ordera 5th came and told us he was our server and then a 6th person comes and ask us again. I almost forgot, a 7th person got us the check. Hey, but when it was time to sing the happy birthday to the kid on the next table, only two guys showed up.

Great environment, great atmosphere, great staff. I mistakenly ordered my steak well done, I'm from out of town where well done means something different. They brought it out and it was scorched. Oops. BUT they fixed it and my meal was *perfect*. Great job, will be returning in the future.

I read the reviews before coming here, so I can say FOR SURE now that I came here for the experience.

The place is really cool with the animals and occasional thunders. My kiddo was a bit intimidated by the big animals being so up close but was intrigued by everything there.

It's really noisy but since I am a parent... it really didn't bother me at all lol

We didn't order drinks cos we feel that they're overpriced (really don't care for the souvenir glass). I didn't understand why some reviews said the food was overpriced (prices looked okay for a touristy area) until I saw the portion and quality... yea, portion is on the smaller side and definitely mediocre quality. I ordered the Jungle platter, the steak was good, but the shrimp was overcooked. The "safari fries"... more like frozen fries you get from the store.

The 4th star came from their river ride (unique at this location and was $6.49 per person). Seemed much more worthwhile than the ordinary rides at the Pleasure Pier (which cost $10 just to walk on it).

So overall, if you've never been to a rainforest cafe or want to take your kiddo for the experience, give it a try. Otherwise, there are better food choices elsewhere.

The wait was extremely too long on a week day the food wasn't really worse the price of the money and the customer service wasn't all that great

My kids loved the experience.pricey. need reservations. Large portions.well worth the price.water ride was fun.

The service far exceeded our expectations and the manager Lacy went above and beyond to ensure our family had a wonderful experience. We will be back whenever we re in town!

The fact that the manager and host still work here is beyond me. We called thirty minutes before we arrived asking if needed to reserve a table. They stated there was no need to and walking in would be fine. We arrive a half hour later to be told there s a 45 minute wait. When we stated we called asking if we should ve reserved a table and was told not to worry, the manager didn t care and the host shrugged his shoulders. Don t come here.

Super nice lokaschen and you will once again to a child.

Great place for kids and food is very good! It is pricey!

Food is OK but WAY too overpriced. It's a good environment to experience though

Service was good, a bit slow but they were busy. Pastalaya wasn't very flavorful, rubbery shrimp and dry chicken with bland noodles. Its more of an atmosphere place than food place imo. 3 year old enjoyed the decor.

We celebrated our son's birthday party here and it was so nice. The staff was excellent and paid attention to all of our needs. I didn't know that there was a safari water ride, so we all took a ride on the water. This ride was very unique. Galveston really surprised me with the varieties of things to do there. We will definitely visit again!

Expensive and understaffed.
Took the boat ride, and when we came to the end there was no one to let us off. The family in front of us called the restaurant on their cell phone to tell them to send someone. The same staff was also running the duck game; taking tickets to the ride; as well as operating the ride itself. I was very concerned that if something had happened on the ride who would have known?
The meal itself was very disappointing, aside from the price and portion size. The ribs had to be sent back as they were very fatty and had bits of gristle in them. The second set came back not much better. Not sure why you would put BBQ sauce with bland shrimp. The children's burger looked liked the 99 cent hamburger that you get from McDonalds. The mash potato had a strong garlic taste and were cold.
Could not even say the place was pleasant as there there buckets of brown water all throughout the restaurant from the leaking roof. The displays all looked tired and needed updated.

Restaurant, gift shop and small indoor lazy river water ride through the jungle. It was interesting.

Every time we go to Rainforest, we lived an adventure very father, we took video and ... when we get home we remember again

Not good. This place used to be great. Now its overpriced, poor quality food and the place is falling apart. Our booth seat was broken and I fell off and the waiter actually told me it was my fault the seat was not made to be bolted in. The kids meals were about the quality of a microwave dinner. Arrived cold and for a side of fruit they literally opened up a can of pineapple and poured that on their plates. The kids received 2 rotten pieces of oranges too. The adult meals were expensive and just not tasty at all. The staff are minimal and not experienced at all,, but doing the best they can. Doubt they've been trained. Such a shame. This was such a fun place. It desperately needs to be cleaned and remodeled. The animals are falling apart too! Venture at your own risk!

Amazing food, people and atmosphere. Highly recommend!

Went there for my grandson's birthday and they where awesome and the kids had so much fun!

I love this place. Great atmosphere. I love the underground ride. Its always a pleasure getting to know your waitet/waitress, they come from all over the world. Some of them come off the cruise ship in galveston

Friendly staff. Time your visit right gets crazy. During on season.

We really enjoyed the jungle features amazing place for little ones and the volcano cake wow was the best all 6 people ate one volcano cake it was huge

Sitting in the parking lot waiting for a spot, so I call to ask how long the wait inside is. I'm told they can't give that info out on the phone. Ridiculous.

I loved it ... too bad they only open until 8pm ... it should be open later

Good Fried Pickles!! Good Service & Cool Atmosphere!!

Love this place so much! The staff was great and very friendly!

Can t remember the name but it was so delicious, I d recommend. It s easy to spot in their menus Will definitely go back!

Wow! The food here definitely got better! We really enjoyed our chicken sandwich and try the raspberry tea! Yum!

Bit of a wait on Spring break, the wait staff was awesome, food was hot, delicious, and correct.

Long wait bur great service Food was like all other rainforest cafe okay

Great place for kids and family. They just don't have sweet tea. None at all

Will go back for the decor, scenery and ride were very awsome!!!!! But food not that good and the little Skinny white girl at the bar seem like she was haveing a bad day!!

Had great service great food it's a great place for the whole family we enjoyed the ride thru their rain forest good amount of food at reasonable prices loved it there

I've always loved the Rainforest Cafe. Great for kiddos but very pricey. All in all it's worth it.

Loved it the wife and the kids did aswell, the waterfall outside was really cool,the animals inside amazing

My kids loved the atmosphere, but the food was mediocre and not worth the price. Our waitress Emma was very lovely and attentive. It was nice to try it out.

The menu is extremely overpriced. Places like this really take the joy of going out away.

This place is an experience. Excellent food, super service, and an adventure atmosphere to match! Did I say the food is amazing?

Never been here before all I can say is for kids this is a terrific place would suggest this to anyone who has kids and food is decent enough it's not over the top but it is good

Good food, long wait, slow service. Cool atmosphere though!

The kids like it.. Just be aware it's a little noisy and every 5 mins there's a 'thunder storm' and if the kids are little it may scare them

Expensive to eat but i guess your paying for the atmosphere. Mechanical animals. Kind of neat but did not enjoy my food.