Texas Seafood & Steak House — Restaurant in Bridge City

First Impressions [5/5]

The restaurant was clean on arrival. We were told to seat ourselves, and soon after were asked for our drink order. The interior is new, recently remodeled. Our drinks were brought out promptly. Our server came by shortly afterward to take our order, but as we had not had time to explore the VERY large menu (more on that below), we asked her to come back. When she returned to take our order, she was polite and very knowledgeable about the menu.

The Menu [Dubious/5]

The menu was very large, containing a variety of different types of food. The majority was fried/grilled seafood and steak, but also listed hamburgers, and, disturbingly, both fried rice and pad Thai. The sheer size of the menu makes me dubious of the quality of all the different dishes. I will of course withhold judgment, since I have not tried all of the dishes listed.

The Food [4/5]

The first dish brought to us was the salad. It was... a salad, featuring lettuce, tomato, red onions, and shredded chedder cheese. The basalmic dressing provided was good. I don't know if it was prepackaged or prepared in house. The next dish was the stuffed flounder with jumbo shrimp. The presentation was well thought out and pleasing (see photograph). A new restaurant is always hit or miss, but the quality of the food was surprisingly excellent. The shrimp were well seasoned and not rubbery in the least and the flounder was equally tasty. The stuffing is the source of my lone criticism of the dish itself, which is frustrating as it begged to be great. The stuffing had good flavor, but seemed almost muted and the texture was a miss. It was crisp on the outside, but rather than dense and flakey, it was mushy and wet. Overall, a great dish which stumbled a...

I tried out this restaurant for the first time. The ambience was quiet when I went. (Thursday night). I ordered the 2 pounds of crawfish, they had a daily special 2pounds for $12. The crawfish though… 😍 was fresh, cajun and spicy garlic flavored. I pressed on the tail and the meat easily came out. So I knew it was fresh and not over cooked. They had a sauce, home made I’m thinking, but what I really enjoyed was the butter on the side. The butter tasted as if it had been stirred in sautéed garlic, and had minced parsley. Very flavorful!

Second I had the Flounder. The rice was missing a bit of flavor. It was like a light brown rice, but perhaps I could have asked for a different type of rice? The flounder was nice and hot, but I think maybe we can explore different batter types for the flounder, missing a tad of flavor and crunch. I think if the rice was different, then the plate would be balanced. Or if the batter on the flounder is changed , then then same rice would be okay, to balance the flavors. The Coleslaw was DELICIOUS. I ended up pouring it over the flounder to give it some sweet and crunch flavor. The coleslaw had a mild sweetness, where I found myself not being able to stop eating it. It was thinly slices , and the carrots gave it a nice color and sweetness. The restaurant and restrooms were clean. And my waitress Asia was nice. The restaurant is small, like a mom and pop type of place. So you may find yourself listening in on the employees discuss whose turn is it to sweep or clean. Lol 😂 Over all very good....

Excellent service and excellent food. I'm not going to lie, I went online before going to check reviews and there weren't many but some were not good, some were fair and some were poor. Since the mix of the reviews didn't give a bunch of details, I decided it was worth a try to find out for myself. To start we shared Stuffed mushrooms and fried zucchini. Let me say this...they're all hot and like lava bombs. Very good and tasty! I had the 2 catfish, 6 shrimp, fries and salad with a sweet tea and a pecan pie. To me, it was very good. Reminds me a lot of Baytown Seafood, which was my go to place, without having to hit up Pappadeauxs and have a $200 bill. The hubs had the Blackened Mahi Mahi with Cajun Rice and Seasoned Sauteed Summer Vegetables and Coleslaw with an unsweet tea and cheesecake. He liked the seasoning but it didn't have much salt. He's a Pappadeauxs man and can be a bit critical. My father-in-law had the Shrimp Po-boy, sweet tea and a cheesecake. He absolutely loved his. He had to eat a few shrimp to close the sandwich. We did all agree that the waitstaff were very attentive, sweet, accommodating and loved the fast service. With a tip, bill, and all we spent $79 for 3 people to eat good seafood, chat and take up real estate in our servers section and roll out stuffed. It really was a great...