Rainforest Cafe, Galveston Reviews

Excellent place, very good attention and a unique concept

Great place for children and grown ups . Tasty food, wonderful drinks, awesome scenery. Lava cake it delicious... We took the family for our grandsons 2 birthday. Awesome awesome...

Nice place and ride inside the restaurant unbelievable..

Service was terrible. Got charged for someone else's meal plus ares. Had to wait over an hour to get a table

The food is ok. It was very loud but understandable bc geared towards kids, service was very slow.

Take the little ones with you they a have a ride that transport you to Jurassic park:) for less than $10 , the drinks are colorful ..although I will eat somewhere else, great souvenirs from Rainforest cafe ,Galveston location, great parking just lock your car and check the surroundings

My kids had a blast! We sat next to a fish tank. They loved the thunderstorms and the frog that came through while we were eating.

Was fun for the kids after a gymnastics meet. A bit pricey for the quality of food but all those anamateonics need upkeep. Tourist trap type place but staff was friendly and our experience was enjoyable.

Nice but to cold for these time of weather.
Would ike more options on the menu

I love the atmosphere here. Fun and exciting to eat here. Food is pricey but good.

To long a wait, didn't even stay. Fun place when I've been in the past. Expensive.

Always great food wonderful service, and I love the ride it's definitely worth the price.

I loved the experience. It would have been a great place to take your children under ages 18. Plus the food was great....plus you can take your children on a safari through the rainforest. AWESOME!

Decent food and service. They only take first come first serve so be prepared to wait.

Higher priced than you'd expect. Great gimmick place for tourists and children to go to once. Food disappoints for the price you pay. We've gone several times the food is never good, but the kids love the themed atmosphere, so we go to please kids. Darn kids got me paying too much $ for sub par food, cuz they know I can't resist their cuteness.

If you like tourist traps, then this is the place for you. I've been to a number of Rainforest Cafes in different cities, and they are all roughly the same.
Views are kind of neat the first time or two, with the rainforest-like atmosphere and large fish tanks. There is a variety of food options similar to your typical American chain restaurant, but the prices are hiked up due to the "uniqueness" of the atmosphere. I've tried a number of food options, and nothing has really stood out to me as something I'd just have to go back for.
I'd recommend going if you've never been to one, or if you have made it a goal to visit this restaurant in every location possible, but otherwise I'd pick something where the price better matches the food quality, or try some local fare.

Service , food all great .
Will be back. Soon .

Nice staff, food is always just ok, the ride was fun though.

This is such an exciting restaurant. It's an adventure eating there. Always something to see especially when all the animals seem to come alive ! The gift shop is awesome too !! Love it there !

The food was a bit expensive but it was pretty cool how there was a river ride and a build a bear

I start by saying that the food is excellent and too good. Good portions To satisfy the most demanding. Attention first, waiters very friendly and willing to serve customers, a jungle environment with well-represented animals, with mobility and real sounds, a spectacular storm and lightning every half hour and outside a volcano that erupts every so often

Had a really great time, food was good. The rain forest ride was a pleasant suprised.

Nice place to go for the family and couples. Good food, good service and plenty of room for everything and customers who are handicapped to. Thanks

I ordered the salmon. I didn't know the seasonal veggies was squash. I do not like squash, yuck.

The wait is a bit much sometimes. The food is good. And the customer service is good.

Good food and fun atmosphere. Fun for the family and appealing to kids. The food and drinks are good, but it's usually pretty loud.

Very fun experience but also understandably expensive

The fish and shrimp tasted old. Definitely won't be going back.

My 3 yo grandson loved it! He is still wearing his hat tday with cha cha on it! We rode ride then ate n the restaurant. Our appetizer was spinach artichoke dip, I got the portofino pasta, my husband got the shrimp platter, n my grandson got the mac&cheese. Everything was delicious. Our waiter Alexander was awesome.

Great experience all around. Our server, Shane, was the absolute greatest. As first time visitors and travelers from out of town, he was incredibly helpful. Pricing is higher than I would normally pay for a meal, but, since we were here while on vacation it was an acceptable splurge. Absolute perfection from start to finish. You have to checkout the water ride. I don't remember exactly what it was called, but it was super fun! Will definitely return next time we're in Galveston!

Great fish & chips. Friendly staff. Great atmosphere.

Fun, overpriced, good food, good service. Great for a family with kids, and to just go out on a fun date as well. Everyone should go at least once

Very good food. Excellent decoration very good service

Wait was super long over 2 hours to eat. Good food, fun little ride, gift shop, sitting was colorful

Nice themed restaurant. The kids loved it. Food was good.

Meal was horrible and extremely expensive. Magician was amazing. Facepainter was good. We waited as patiently as a 4 year old could for the balloon animal guy to work his way to our table, to be drug away by a server to his table area. That was Very rude!!! We had a very disappointed 4 year old who left crying because no balloon sword. The river ride was neat. Shopping was very crowded. 6 adult meals and 2 kids meals. All cold, and the quality of food was comparable to golden corral. Atmosphere gets al5 stars and food quality gets 1.

The waitress was very sweet the food was amazing great family place makes it an adventure

Entertaining for families with kids, but food is average. you will find better opportunities in the vicinity.

Very beautiful scenery (but that's to be expected inside a rainforest cafe haha) friendly servers, and amazing food. In addition, this location has an indoor raft ride that takes you through a rainforest (additional charges apply for tickets) If you are in the area, I would highly recommend stopping by!

Great insurance all the super friendly staff all with face masks keep their distance from one table to another they have antibacterial all super good and safe

Took 10 minutes to get seated in the middle of the day. I had to walk to the back of the restaurant to get someone. And yes, we are Landry Select members.

Don't recommend. Food was terrible. Service was worse, waiter took our order an then we didn't see him till he brought us our check. OVER PRICED. Got there at 5:30 and didn't get our food till 8:30. Fish and potatoes so dry you couldn't eat.

Awesome waitress, our food took awhile to get to us but they were quick to fix it!!!

Rainforrest is always fun to visit but the food is always poor quality.

Always fun for all the family! Food is not great, but good enough. Place is amazing for the kids.

This place is perfect for families and it has a fun ride for the little ones!

I love this place for its attraction inside the restaurant, you feel like in a real jungle, with its elephants, hanging monkeys, snakes and all its animal sounds ,,, friendly staff, and excellent food comida

Once in a Lifetime experience, thunder lightning, the feel of being in the jungle. Food was delicious.

Awesome Atmosphere, Great Food at a Good Price! The Wait Staff were Awesome!

The food is ok, but our server was Excellent. Prices are way TOO high for the quality of food.

Food was extremely disgusting. But if you're wanting to entertain your children its ideal.

Service was really good. Kids always have a lot of fun here. Tonight they had a balloon artist which was a nice treat.

Haven't even been seated yet and the service says it all. It's great to walk in and my daughter really enjoyed everything there is to see. We go to "Begin your adventure here". A lady just looks up , no smile or anything and tell us to go that way. We get in line and they tell us to go back to the "adventure begins here". We go back to the girl that doesnt even make eye contact and the gentleman standing next to her apologized because he knew they made a mistake. She did not. They really shouldn't hire people who are not customer friendly. This should be a great place for the family but attitudes like that start you off with negative feelings.

The coolest restaurant EVER (LIKE EVER!) For kids but the food is amazing! The soup, the Ceasars salad, the artichoke dip. In the words of my mother, "this isn't chain food. This is good! This Cesar is the best I've ever tasted!" Table service was excellent!

This place is just pure fun and fantasy, from eating in the jungle under the waterfalls and volcano bursting with fireballs every few seconds and the sparkling starry ceiling, the animateronic elephants, gorillas tree and snake, to the giant fish tanks right beside tables, this place will blow your mind. Go at night to see the volcano in action. I didn't get go on the adjacent ride through the volcano, but I'll be back and won't miss it next time!

Could have been a bit friendlier but still kind our waiter was awesome food was amazing and everything was done in good time the kidie ride was a bit creepy but my son loved it

Only the ambience was good, portions are way to small and our cocktails were awful we could not taste any liquor . Prices should read $$$$ because its very expensive!!!!!!!

Line can get long and waiting for an hour is pretty common. Cool place for the kids. Lots of things your kids will want. Souvenir this and that everywhere you look. They know the kids love it so they charge accordingly. 3 adults, 1 kid = 100+. Bring your wallet.

Long long wait. Food not good. The Go next door to IHOP or Landrys. Rainforest in Grapevine is much better.

We enjoy the great atmosphere of the restaurant. Price is a little steep but we always enjoy coming here.

Great service and loved the additional ride as well.

Food is great. High prices but you get a lot of food.

Our waiter was the absolute best. The kids loved the atmosphere. But the food was awful. My 6 year old refused to eat the pizza. I'm thinking how can you mess up a cheese pizza. Then I tasted it cardboard. I told the manager how disappointed I was he quickly reacted to rectify the situation.. but by then the damage had already been done. By the way these are pictures are after we ate.

U have to have to go to this place at least once and whenever u go do take that boat ride.. it's awesome..!!