The Bluebonnet Grille — Restaurant in Missouri City

We've eaten here a variety of times over the last seven years and have not been disappointed, and we're not easy customers. Darn it I forgot our waiter's name from today but he gave us perfect and fast service. Raven has waited on us various times and is also good and nice.

Well....good news and bad news. The good news is that the food quality seems to have really improved from a year or two ago. Today it was outstanding, which is the reason for my review. All three of us today loved our food. Onion rings: among the best I've ever had (they were really, really delicious, but still can't beat the beer battered rings from the Cheddar's at Beltway 8 and Westpark, which sadly has been sold back to corporate and is not as good as formerly. Those are the best I've ever had). Off the menu grilled fish with creamy cajun gravy: Excellent and very yummy! Steamed broccoli: somehow had a delicious flavor. Coffee: Good. Italian something or other sandwich (like a French Dip): Good, on good chiabatta bread, too much meat for our liking and had to pull some off (oops. man I should not say that here...restaurant management please ignore that!), extra charge mushrooms: yummy, special request bell peppers but no onions: Delightful on a special request that many will not satisfy or get wrong Au jus: Great. Different than the normal au jus, it had a different flavor, not like the one you get from e.g. Arby's. This one had more body and tasted like fresh roast beef drippings, more like something you would get from a home made Thanksgiving dinner, however it was (thankfully) not greasy. Really pretty good! Chicken salad stuffed avocado with a side of fresh fruit: This one got the respective diner ecstatic. She LOVED it. She spent 10 minutes posing for pictures with the plate and having therm sent back home to family in the old country. Avocado is tricky to work with, not most restaurants will have it. The chicken salad was great. The diner was impressed with the variety of fruit and counted 10 distinct fruits, which doesn't sound believable but that's what she said: Grapes, honeydew, cantaloupe, I don't know, seven more! In the past I have asked for to sub my fries out for fruit and have also been pleased, but they annoy me by charging extra when I ask that. Hot dog: Extremely particular wife said it was the best she's ever had, we were later told it is "Nathan's" brand. (We had this previously, not tonight).

So....that's the good news, and congrats everyone involved on this excellent result and improvement!

The bad news is that I was surprised to meet a new food and beverage manager tonight, who told me he's been here about one week. A nice gentleman and I'll hope he's capable and I wish him the best of luck with his new job, but I don't think tonight's great food came from his one week's worth of influence. Rather, I think it must have come from the previous manager, making it disconcerting that he has moved on. Let's hope they didn't fire the previous manager for being too expensive with premium ingredients and hire this new guy to cut costs!

Please please please keep up the good work Quail...

Okay, since the owner commented, it's only fair that I respond in kind:

I was seeking a place to grab a sandwich nearby where I'd been shopping, and in searching the Internet stumbled upon a restaurant I didn't recognize. The reviews were pretty fair, so I decided to give it a try. Google maps ultimately took me to the parking lot of a golf course. I very nearly drove away, but rolled down my car window and asked a passersby, "is there a restaurant somewhere on the premises?" "Indeed," was the reply. I parked and walked into the main entrance of the course clubhouse. The restaurant isn't marked, as such, so I had to hunt a bit to find it (note to the restaurant management, you may want some more conspicuous signage). I'm glad I did.

The restaurant staff could not have been nicer or more professional. The food was not amazing, but certainly far better than expected from a public golf course eatery. Meh... What really made the meal earn four stars had more to do with the staff and ambience (hey...golf course view!). I'll be back, to be sure, and the next time it will...

Upon walking into the building it looked nice and clean. The ambiance is nice with the floor to ceiling windows out looking the green lawn. As soon as we got to the dining area we started noticing how dirty the dining area was. The carpet was heavily stained, especially around the bar area. Our table top was dirty. There was a stainless steel cart next to our table with clean coffee cups on the top shelf and underneath there was a bare shelf with old food/drink that had been there so long it was caked on and rusted. Our water glass had food residue on the rim. There were cobwebs in the corner near the floor. The food was not good. The fries tasted like they had been fried in the same oil as the seafood. The hamburger patty was tasteless and seemed like it had been cooked straight from being frozen. The club sandwich was ok, but I wouldn’t go there again for the club. The cocktail and beer were both good. We were really hoping this would be a good local place to grab some food since we are nearby but unfortunately we will not return...