Spanky's Burgers — Restaurant in Brownsville

Showed up around 12:50 and they were still busy. Choice of order in or take out. They have outside seating available and will bring you your order, even outside. The outside seating is by the water so had a nice breeze. Certainly enough choices for social distancing. Restrooms were clean. Masks required right now. Lots of choices for hamburgers, hot dogs and some Mexican dishes. We went with the bison burgers with French fries and one with onion rings. Onion rings were just perfect - nice light crunchy coating. They came with a campfire type sauce. Fries were cooked just right and not a lot of salt. The bison burger was overhanging the bun and came with lettuce tomatoes pickles and onion on a soft fresh bun with cheddar cheese. I added avocado which was fresh. The burger had great flavor and was moist. I would not want to try eating in the car as it is one on those burgers you need napkins and it will fall apart a bit. You can order in the drive thru or go inside and they will bring your order to you...even outside. Pleasant staff. The tea was fresh- no bitter flavor. Also tried the strawberry shake which was good but average.

Oh my gosh we came back and tried the fried mushrooms... the best ever. I can't decide which are better the onion rings or...

At a glance, this restaurant is nice, clean, and well kept. But their are a few things that can be improved upon and quite frankly bothered me. Signs, apparently it's a thing to force customers to read signage in order to explain or just answer 1 or 2 simple questions. Mind you, this sign was on the counter and only visible when a customer is ready to place their order. The question asked was if pickles and onions were included with the burger. With a roll of the eyes and an ever so sudden finger gesture, tapping and pointing, to the toppings list adhered to counter, the order taker waited silently as I read the list of toppings and decided what to add or remove from my burger. Drinks. Be warned, if you are dinning in, customers cannot purchase large to go cups. That is only an option for drive through customers. Only small styrofoam cups to go are available for dine in guests. However, the standard, medium sized, red restaurant cups are available. 3.Gratuity. That's a head scratcher. Why would I be asked for a tip on my receipt if the only thing they did was take my order at the pay counter and drop it off at my table. No refills were rendered by any employee. Should I feel bad for not leaving a tip? Or should I be upset for not getting refills or waited on?...

One of the best dining experiences I've had in Brownsville Texas. Atmosphere: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Food: 5/5 Location: 4/5 Menu: 4/5 (Too many items, hard to decide)

Pros: Love that all the drinks are available with free refills. Burgers seem made to order out of fresh ground meat. Cheese was delicious. Buns are soft and tasty, just slightly toasted. Came in and there was a bit of a line, which disappeared fairly quickly. Order took just the amount of time one would expect it to take and was promptly delivered to our table. The decor was nice as well. People seemed generally happy and it was just a good environment to eat, seemed like people from all walks of life were in there.

Cons: In my opinion the menu is too diverse. I spent too much time trying to figure out what I wanted (First Time Customer). Fortunately it didn't have any noticeable impact on cook times which is often a drawback on giant menus. The only other con I can think was the location. It just didn't feel centrally located, but wasn't far off.

As a summary, YES, the pros outweigh the cons tremendously. The reality is that the CONS are just pet peeves of mine, but may not bother anyone else. But if you're hungry and want a burger or chicken sandwich, I can't think of a better...