El Rey Bar and Nightclub — Restaurant in Lockhart

Great friendly staff.

Service is slow at best and non existent if they are busy. But it's a small town and that is to be expected. They are seriously under staffed.

Stay away from anything "Cajun" on the menu if you are from Louisiana or actually know what Cajun food should taste like. I equate this to a Mexican restaurant trying to do Cajun food.

Tacos are great!

Po boys are OK.

Crawfish are flavorless and just dusted. You are supposed to soak them in spice guys... add dust for extra spicy! Just read the instructions on the crawfish boil container, they will be better if you do it!

The oysters on the 1/2 shell are absolutely amazing! Cocktail sauce is OK but it would be better to offer patrons the ingredients to make their own. Ketchup, worcestershire, Tabasco, lemon juice, and horseradish for standard, and a small amount of mayo for the creole version.

Why are you using crawfish boil on the steamed vegetables? Why would anyone want spicy steamed vegetables? Butter only guys if anything! They were horrible! I love spicy and extreme heat but not my steamed vegetables with a regular entree.

Gumbo is not really gumbo and flavorless using a blonde roux?Maybe it came from a package? If you can't cook a roux at least buy it in a jar.

Dirty rice is not good at all, just say no, not a speck of liver in it and extremely dry. Bleh... 3 times I had it every time the same ick.

Fried seafood is OK.

I am fearful of trying the jambalaya or ettouffe because of the poor execution of the gumbo and dirty rice.

There's a lot of room for improvement for the food for sure. The kitchen needs to look up some real cajun recipes for gumbo and dirty rice, or hire a real cajun chef!

Drinks are OK but there's a serious lack of options for those not drinking beer, especially for the price. You can get Jameson or Jack for whiskey. Bourbon would be a nice option.

We've made 4 trips here and I am giving them 3 stars. We will keep coming for the oysters, but we'll probably stick to fish tacos. I haven't been to the other side where billiards and live music are, so I can't rate them...

My fiancé and I recently visited this establishment (nightclub side) to check it out. We have gone to eat numerous times and great food. As we stood near the entrance to get a feel for the place, we noticed a group of four women walk in without being stopped or questioned. Moments later, a staff member approached us and told us that if we had any weapons, we needed to take them out.

I’m a Hispanic woman and my husband is white, and the interaction left us feeling uncomfortable and singled out. We hadn’t even entered the venue yet, and the contrast in how we were treated compared to the group before us was hard to ignore.

We understand that businesses have safety protocols, but consistency and professionalism in how those are applied is important. This experience left us questioning whether assumptions were made based on appearance, which is disappointing.

We hope the management takes this feedback seriously and ensures that all guests are treated equally and respectfully...

Most helpful critical review. My wife and I visited el Rey for an adult birthday party, 8 adults 3 children. Read the reviews and was really hoping for some great food. When we received our correct order of 2lbs of shrimp boil, we were first given crawfish, waiter had to be new, we were very disappointed. The shrimp had almost no flavor, no lemon, no spice, no salt. We asked for extra seasoning which was provided free of charge. Then we noticed the shrimp had a slight fishy flavor. We got through about one lb before we had enough. When our ticket came we were charged for extras we never received. Everyone's ticket had to fixed multiple times. And about 30 min after we left, my wife and I developed stomach pains. We both agreed this was the worst seafood ever placed before us. If you are expecting lemony spicy and a tasty seafood boil you wont find it here.Please save yourself the headache and stomach ache and spend more to go somewhere else, ...