HOPPE'S SPORTS GRILL — Restaurant in League City

I haven’t done a review in a while. But with my views reaching 100,000, I feel like I have to put one about this business. I used to be a frequent customer with my husband. My husband works long hours. I asked him to meet me here one night for drinks. He was tired, but agreed. I had no reason to think that this would be any different than any other visit. I had noticed the quality of the waitresses had gone downhill since they opened. I visit numerous restaurants and bars in the Bay Area because I’m a writer. I make sure that I have a relationship with the owners or at least managers. A lot of them have contacted me after my reviews and they fix whatever problems there are. That’s what makes them good business people. Anyway, we had drinks, We also ate food like we always do. Then I went to the restroom. When I came back, the waitress seemed annoyed with us and brought me a glass of water and brought my husband a glass of water. She said absolutely nothing. I started to suspect that she was angry, because I had given a very large tip to the lady that brought our food, which was not our waitress. What she didn’t know was that I knew this woman from another business. I have gone to many bars in my lifetime. I’m 52 and my husband is 60. So I know that when a customer is served water, that is their polite way of saying you have had too much. I immediately wanted to talk to the manager, to possibly clear up any misunderstanding he started telling me that he was watching us all night, it kind of surprised me really. I am very observant, because I’m usually going to write a review at some point. For whatever reason I got the impression that they wanted us to leave and did not want our business any longer. He told me that my husband was falling asleep at the table while I was in the restroom so it was obvious that we were drunk. Of course I got upset like any customer would, being accused of something that’s completely false. And also because I was sad that my husband was so tired, and I had forced him to go to this place. So I chalked this up to him being an inexperienced manager/owner and having some paranoia with having customers drunk and possibly causing an accident later, and he was just trying to protect his liability. He even started quoting laws to me. I just want future customers to know that it’s not a good idea to have more than one drink or two drinks here. If you stay too long, they start getting the idea that you’re an alcoholic or a drunk. Other than that, the environment is beautifully decorated. The music selections are great sometimes. It is extremely loud in the evenings so it’s hard to hear the music because it’s such a small space. It’s a mixture of young and also older customers, which makes it great. The food I would give a C+. It’s a little bit better than bar food, But I wouldn’t call it unique. You have your normal, big giant pretzels, nachos, etc. The waitresses are A little eccentric, asking personal questions. Telling you about their home lives. It reminded me of being in a strip club, because strippers usually do this to get tipped more. A lot of the waitresses and girls that work here are refugees From the sports bar that closed across the freeway, called “ Tight Ends” I know this because I was a frequent customer there as well. Tight Ends did not have a good reputation with the city. They had a lot of ethical violations. I’m not sure if Hoppes grill has any relations with that business, I would hope not. I don’t see Hoppes grill lasting, If they continue to kick out customers that generate revenue. When I visit a business, I’m not there just to buy one drink. I usually buy dinner and drinks. I also am not there to look at unfriendly faces. My advice to Hoppes… You cannot run a business without risks. You also cannot run a business without customers. Know the difference...

I have visited this place twice with terrible service both times. Arrived sometime in June on a Friday night around 830 pm, the place was busy on the patio and steady inside. I grabbed a table and waited 15 mins and no one came over, I had to get my drink and menu from the bartender. The owner was at the bar and intervened to get the bartender to get my drink and menu, he came over and apologized. (Stocky built guy with his uncle) both good people. Owner got waitress over to start serving me but again, when I needed a drink, I waited like 10-15 mins, and had to get my drink again from bar, owner saw again and fixed it. Ate and paid my bill. July 13 2022 630 pm dinner number 2. I sat at the bar and at the same time as regulars sat down beside me. Bartender came over and greeted them, got their beverages and completely ignored me. The regular had to call her back over to get me a menu and a beverage. Finally I ordered food, burger but didn’t want fries, asked if I could get salad instead, she said no problem but never asked which salad dressing. My order came out quickly but I had no silverware and the regular shouted out to bring it to me, no salt pepper for salad, burger came out no condiments etc until she realized…. Anyways I ate and got my bill, I was charged for burger and a 4.00 something salad on top. I was disappointed she didn’t tell me there would be an extra charge. Service was really great while I was paying my bill…. Food both times is amazing but because of 2 for 2 on the poor service, I won’t be ever returning. Good...

First off anyone who thinks this place has good food and writes a review had one to many to drink. Therfore making that review irrelevant. Brisket tastes as if it has aged in a sea salt bath drenched in slap your momma seasoning. Chips coated with the same heavy heavy salt and possibly to much dan o's seasoning. Don't get me started on the tea/dirt water. I have never had a tasteless avocado till today it was an eye opener. Question how does one even get a tasteless avocado? All the food tastes worse than freezer burned left overs at grandma's house. Be, fore warned any place that has to have the music blaring TV blasting and have to wait 10 minutes before getting a drink, may not be the place for dinner. This is low end bar food which the bowling alley on Bayarea Blvd has them beat with way better food and cheaper drinks plus they have bowling. On a better note ( if the food tasted better it would be awesome ) the food price was OK. Once a waitress finally gets to you, service is decent. The atmosphere is eclectic and feasible. OK place to hang out but bring your own sandwich if your hungry, and possibly your own set-ups. Gonna go drink a gallon of water now to flush out all this salt. Hopefully I don't...