Lil' Charlie's — Restaurant in Lockhart

WE WERE IN A BAD WAY, A REALLY BAD WAY AND REQUIRED SOME SINFUL FRIED FOOD, ON GOOD FRIDAY!!! We had been awake since 4am CST, traveling, so we were exhausted and hungry aka Hangry. As we rolled into Lockhart on our way to our Airbnb (that's another review, stay tuned...), we passed Lil' Charlie's. My Ball and Chain (Ray, he's usually my main star in my reviews, but lately he's been acting like a villain) decided we should probably get a little bite of something, to perk us up! I personally was thrilled when I saw the can of BIG RED!!! I LOVE BIG RED, as much as I love Texas (GOD BLESS TEXAS!!!)! If y'all have never tried Big Red, you're missing an emotional experience!!! Then I started reading the menu and my disposition changed into pure delight! I swear, I became a different gal! They had Fried Okra! I love fried okra and hadn't had it, since I had moved from Texas! I order the Chicken Tender combo w fried okra. The tenders were dipped in Buffalo sauce. The meal was Chicken Tenders For My Soul! Everything was perfectly cooked (fried) and so tasty! The meal ONLY cost $7.00! My husband, Ray (the Villain of this review) ordered the Fish & Shrimp Combo. It looked Great! I didn't try any and I didn't ask if he liked it or not. There's only outside seating and drive thru available for your dining options. It was warm today, so I asked the lil gal working at the counter for a cup of ice to pour my Big Red in. She said, they do not have ice or cups at Lil Charlie's. (WHAT?!?!?! No ice, in Central Texas?!?!) The no ice thing is my only gripe. After 5-6 minutes of trying to eat our food, the flies and bees decided they wanted to dine with us. So, we packed up our stuff and left to eat the rest later in our Airbnb.

UPDATE: Turns out Ray was acting like The Villain,, because he was working up his nerve to announce he wanted a divorce. Bless his wicked little black heart! I hope steps on a...

We usually go for the loaded fries, my daughter loves it with honey bbq & ranch, but we recently decided to try their chicken wings since they were highly recommend, & supposedly #1 in Lockhart. We got the 10 piece, & had several choices of sauces to choose from, but wanted to keep it simple for our first try, so we chose honey bbq. It also came with 2 sides, so we chose the waffle fries & onion rings, & it came with a drink. I figured, having such a big order, I'd be getting a nice size drink, but it was a single can of soda, but hey, we aren't here to talk about the drink, so let's get straight to it! The meal looked appetizing, & when I took the first bite, I got so much sauce that overpowered everything... Don't get me wrong, I love sauce, but it seemed to try to balance out the slight dryness of the chicken wing, as I prefer my wing a little moist. I learned quickly to wipe off the access sauce to get more pleasing taste, & definitely know now, to order it with half the sauce if I plan to order them in the future. The waffle fries were ok, not crispy, but I think out of the whole order, the onion rings were the BEST part of my meal. Nice & crispy, one of my top choices by far in Lockhart. So, overall, since there isn't any other chicken wings to compare it to, I CAN'T say that these were ranked #1 of Lockhart, but in my opinion, I'll continue to make mine homemade. I'm not spending over $15 for 10 pieces of chicken wings, drenched in bbq sauce to try to compensate for the dryness of the wing, 2 sides, & a...

The food is good but definitely not worth the wait, price, or costumer service. Our first experience here we ordered a large order through the walk-in window, they took a little bit of time but nothing extraordinary. The blonde girl taking orders was very rude, kept rushing, seemed like she didn’t want to work there, and kept trying to shut the window when we weren’t done ordering/speaking. When we paid it’s like she just wanted to charge out, no thank you, no smile, nothing. The food was good and fresh but customer service was horrible. We definitely didn’t feel welcomed AT ALL. The bags the food was in were so cheap that they ripped when we got in the car and had to go ask for more. A few days later we decided to give them a second chance and went for a small order through the “drive-thru”. We placed the order and paid then immediately got pulled over to one of the parking spot numbers. What they said would take “a few minutes” ended up taking OVER AN HOUR! They kept getting orders out behind us that were placed after us but didn’t care about time to give us our food. Not even the first big order took this long. We were so frustrated and tired at this point. Will not be coming here again and don’t recommend....