Little Daddy's Gumbo Bar — Restaurant in League City

My husband and I frequently dine here. We've been coming to this location since it has opened. we also frequently go to the restaurants that you own on the Island. We usually sit up at the bar. The food is alwYs pretty good and usually the service is good. There are two brothers that work there thT have been there for some time and they alwYs are nice and accomidating. Last evening there was a young guy named Nick that was working the bar and a young lady named Tyler that they rehired. Right as we were arriving to the restaurant around 5pm so did the bartender Nick's Mom. She introduces herself to us as his mother. My husband and I both ordered an Anita Amber on tap. As soon as Tyler sT his beer down a huge fly kept buzzing by and landing close to his drink. Nick stood at the bar and kept refilling his Mom's glass of white wine and talked only to her the entire two hours we were at the restaurant. My Husband had finally had enough of the big fly buzzing around and swatted at it. Next thing I noticed was Nick and his Mom giving my Husband a really nasty look. I asked them was there a problem and she said my husband three something towards her. I told her that he had swatted a huge fly that had been buzzing around. I guess the fly bounced off of the hot sauce bottle and buzzed over to her so she though he three something. That was not the case. My Husband is a very respectful man that would never intentionally do anything like throw something at a woman. Anyhow even though Tyler had been serving us beer, Nick decided to take our order. I had a dozen charbroiled oysters and asked for cheese bread insted of the toast that came with it. My husband ordered a Greek salad with two soft shell crabs. There was hardly anyone in the restaurant and my dozen oysters took almost an hour to come out. A half hour after my husband got his meal. He was done eating by the time my oysters finally were in front of me. I looked down and there was toast points....no cheese bread. After waiting for an hour for my good I was a bit upset and told Tyler that I ordered cheese bread in replacement of toast points. She said no problem I will get an order in for you. The problem was that I had already waited so long I said just forget it because I know from eating here do often that the cheese bread takes a little while to make and I didn't want to wait any longer. After this happened Nick in his Mom were still at the corner of the bar carrying on converting and now giving me the evil eye because I complained about my oysters taking do long and he forgot to write cheese bread down. Perhaps if he wasn't so preoccupied with talking to his Mom the entire time and making sure that her wine glass was topped off with white wine he could have done a better job making sure my food was right. This is the second time we've encountered a bad experience with the young man Nick. He has been rude to us on two separate occasions and as much money as we've spent at your restaurants, we left discussed about it. I hope Nick's Mom left him a really fine tip since he spent the evening filling her wine glass and talking to her and screwing up our order. Rude!!! And sad because we really liked...

Okay, let me tell you that the outside of this place will fool you. We literally tried this place because the reviews seemed worthy enough to try, but we were beyond skeptical.

From the outside it looks “fast food…ish” or it appears it serves Gumbo with a salad bar (we drive by all the time thinking exactly that…gumbo and salad)……OH, NO, NO, NO…..it is a full on Cajun “certified” restaurant (in my opinion).

My wife was prepared to go next door and eat if this did not live up to expectations and I can tell you, we can’t wait to go back (still trying to figure out where New York Hot Dogs got into the mix, but who doesn’t love a good hot dog-maybe next time, I digress).

So, please do not be like my wife and I and expect some Cajun food with some sprinkle of Cajun seasoning and call it a Cajun restaurant because Little Daddy’s Gumbo can compete with those five star restaurants.

After eating, I told my wife, “they could be on Bourbon street in New Orleans” and the locals would go crazy….you need to try this place.

Red beans and Rice, “c’mon man, make you wanna slap yo mama” (and pretty sure that seasoning was mixed in there somewhere). Jacked up Jalapeno’s with shrimp and possibly crawfish…and finally, I think the owners stole my own idea of green beans (but you gotta add some brown sugar) and to my daughter’s delight, the beans were a hit that night and the next day for leftovers.

This endorsement is not a paid advertisement. It’s to tell you, “never judge the book by its cover.” It’s not a “hole in the wall” either, it just does not appear from the outside (it’s not that it was bad from the outside, it just looks like a grab and go) to be a place where you can get this good of quality of food and also enjoy the ambience.

We can’t wait to go back and please folks, if you are in the area and you want a great Cajun meal and a great adult beverage, please stop by Little Daddy’s Gumbo and let’s get the word out (maybe it’s already out, so we apologize we are late to the party).

If you want a great meal and save $$$$ give Little Daddy’s Gumbo a try-you just might walk out going, “I’ll give them a 8.75 out of 10 (and keep in mind we were thinking 2.75 before we walked in…thank you and keep up the...

Have been visiting this location for several years. We liked it so much that I usually spend several hundred dollars on gift cards here during the holidays, but probably not anymore. My observations over the past year and a half has revealed several things about this location.

1. The food quality has steadily declined while prices have increased. During our last two visits the gumbo was meh, with little fill and served barely lukewarm. Not a good look for the signature dish and restaurant namesake. After the first experience I thought maybe it was just an off night, but after today’s visit, it’s now been three consecutive occasions. 2) There also appears to have been multiple managerial changes over this course of time, most likely the reason for the obvious decline in meal quality. 3) And there is now a $2.50 up charge on any to go order. Just doesn’t seem right. My daughters and I witnessed a somewhat heated conversation between a very dissatisfied long term customer and the manager at another member restaurant of this chain in Galveston a few weeks ago regarding the to go fee. I know she truly was a long term customer because I’ve seen her there several times before when we were there. She said (for everyone there to hear) that she had been patronizing their restaurant since it opened and had never been charged a to go fee. The manager explained it was a new charge that started in 2023 on all to go orders, so I guess it applies to all of their restaurants. While I understand take out containers, etc., there are also no dishes, tables, or linens to clean for restaurant personnel so the up charge seems a little unnecessary, especially at the already peak price point of the product.

The people at all of their restaurants have always been friendly…no issues there ever. But what used to be a standout dining option is now just an also ran, and for the $ there’s better choices out there. We still enjoy and will still visit some of their other locations but unfortunately Little Daddy’s Gumbo Bar is scratched...