Landry's Seafood House — Restaurant in El Paso

Visited Friday 2/3/23 and arrived around 4:15 PM, and I was seated promptly in the bar area at a booth. Went early to take advantage of happy hour as happy hour is from 3:30 - 6:30 pm Mon - Fri. Bartender Adrian was attentive and offered a drink order promptly. He was great!! Was able to order a few different drinks, appetizers, and entrees. The food was very good. Appetizers during happy hour (HH only in bar area) were a great value. Calamari is $8 and a large portion. Mixed drinks are $6, and premium wine by the glass is $7. Beer by the draft approx 3.25. I tried mixed drinks, 1st being the Mai Tai and then the Gold Margarita, and then another drink that Adrian (Edna came later when we were almost finished with dinner -her name is on my receipt) the bartender recommended. Penne Alfredo pasta with shrimp (shrimp or chicken option - $22 as of this review) The sauce was a bit watery, and usually, I would deduct a star but service made up for it. Boyfriend ordered steak and shrimp scampi that includes asparagus and mashed potatoes ($42 as of this review) and some crab on top. Steak was ordered medium and was so tender and soft. Drinks were always refilled, and food came out promptly. Clam Chowder was very good. It was clean and not gritty, so it was definitely a plus. Great experience and great service. The bar area with the booth seats is definitely a plus during happy hour. I had a great experience, and I know I did get there early as by 5:15 pm. or so when leaving, it was definitely getting busy. I would recommend and visit again. The total was $120.13 before tip...

Update: Today Sept 17, 2022 We made a reservation for my Mother's birthday who is visiting from AZ and we got Rita again as our waitress who was again very kind. Kudos to her ( She has been there 10 years!) The food was great Hats to the Chef! My Mom loved all the food as did my Dad and us. Landry's has always come through with service and delicious food. Thank you!

_____________________________Our waitress Rita was above and beyond and the best waitress we had anywhere we ever been. She made knew her menu and recommended the different items beautifully with pose and had us wanting to try everything...lol...Ya'll have a Gem there. First time at Landry's for us and it was absolutely delicious, Hats off to the Chef! From the special bread to Calamari and the sample of Gumbo that braught a smile to my husband face that never left, made like his Mama and braught it home! Everything was superb and was so worth going the 15 minute drive. We will definitely return. The atmosphere and ambiance was wonderful, we real look liked how at one table that had a several people, were provided there plate all at the same time by several of the wait staff. One thing for sure, we were given each course in a timely manner, giving us time to really enjoy and taste our dinner. We can not say enough about this place, we had been looking for a seafood place here in El Paso (New to the are by the way) and we sure did find it. Thank you Landry's and Staff. We were greated and excited so welcoming and pleasantly by everyone. We look forward to...

The food wasn't bad, the service wasn't bad, the restaurant itself wasn't bad, it all just wasn't that good. So the food... I have the fortunate experience of living in several of the east coast states and the seafood there tends to be excellent. I've been to a Landry's on the gulf coast and the food was decent. The food here wasn't that good. I'm not going to say it was bad but it seems as though it was warmed in a microwave or that it was sitting for a while. The food itself didn't taste that fresh (not that I expected it to be being an inland restaurant, but it just left me unsatisfied). For example, the shrimp tasted a little rubbery and the fish breading was kinda soggy (yes it had a cream sauce over it but it had the consistency of something microwaved). The crab cake was also much more "cake" than crab. All in all the presentation looked good but the food itself wasn't. The service was ok/good. It wasn't very busy so service was fairly quick. The food took a fair bit of time which is odd considering the quality stated above. Our server wasn't the most friendly of people but she wasn't bad either. I'll say that I've had much worse but I've also had much better. The style of the interior of the restaurant was probably my most favorite part of the visit. It's sort of a open concept meets cozy, meets old fashion meets modern. It's unfortunate the food wasn't better. All in all I thought everything was just okay. For what you pay, I would expect more and unfortunately that...