I-10 Icehouse — Restaurant in San Antonio

What a sad, disgusting bar. Stopped here as the first stop for the night with some friends. Had my first drink with my friends no problem. A different bar tender comes up and I ask her what whiskeys she has. She tells me a few and so I ask her to pick for me. She brings me a round for me and my friends with clear liquid. I think its weird for clear whiskey but whatever. We take the shot...and its water!? My buddy still had some left in his shot glass so he asks two people he was chatting with to smell it and taste it and they also said it was water. I asked the bartender why she served us water, thinking either she was trying to be funny or she thought we were drunk, even though it was our first stop for the night. She immediately got extremely angry and her eyes shot open. She responded "oh you think it was water huh?! Well I'll pour you another!!" Even though I didn't ask for another I just wasn't going to pay for water. She brings over a bottle of Buchanan's to show me it's actual liquor, and pours me another clear shot. I smell it and it's water again, so obviously they just have prop bottles to serve water to people. But before I could say it was water again she had already just walked off. Fine, she's having a bad night who cares. I'm just not going to pay for it. A different bartender brings me my tab which is only for the first round so I pay it and leave a 0$ tip with a note about what happened in case anyone wondered why I tipped nothing. I leave but realize my other friend hadn't followed me out so I went back to get him. When I did I ran into the angry bartender again who says " HEY! You need to pay your tab!!!" I said I already did "But she was already walking back to the bar and I thought OK, maybe I can find out what she was so pissed about. She then serves me a $40 tab for the water shots and I knew she knew what was going on because A) She didn't see me leave the first time so why was she so angry about making me pay and B) she gave me the tab and just stared at me waiting to pay. I said "I don't know what you're angry at me for. But multiple people, even people not in my group all tasted it, and we all know the difference between water and liquor. I'm not paying for water shots" She then immediately pulls the same act as before and goes to grab the same exact fake bottle and pour me another Shot. Even angrier this time and not even trying to hide that it's water by splashing it all over the bar and still staring at me. I said "you know what forget it. be mad at whatever you're mad about." And left. I haven't checked my bank statement yet but something tells me she's going to try and charge me anyway. What a horrid place and I will surely never be going back again. That is, unless she illegally charged me, in which I will have to in order to get...

I have been to I-10 Icehouse several times to watch UFC events, and have been fairly satisfied with the place. The establishment is very big, with 3 bars, numerous dartboards, and pool, ping pong, and beer pong tables. There is plenty of seating, so you rarely have to worry about having standing room only. They have many screens of various sizes spread through the place, so you can see the events no matter where you are seated.The food and drinks are reasonably priced, the drink selection varied, and cover is only $5. There are two major gripes about it though. First is that the men's bathroom is too small for such a big place. It only has 3 urinals with 1 stall and sink. It is not clean, and often runs out of paper towels (consider getting a blower). There can be a long line to use the single dirty restroom during events. Second is that while the menu posted online looks decent, it is severely stripped down during events. They only offer burgers, hot wings, nachos, onion rings, and fried pickles. They need to have their full menu available, even during events. Overall it is a fine place to watch games or fights, but unless you just want nachos consider eating dinner somewhere...

Granted, I came in during the lunch hours, and it was a little slow. I am topping this review at four stars. The kitchen staff, the bartender, everyone is courteous and what you'd want in roles where helping a customer is vital.

My factor is that I love bacon cheeseburgers. Go through my reviews over time, that's my go to for every dive bar and honky-tonk, every restaurant and food truck, I always ask about the bacon cheeseburger. This place has four really good Angus burgers with cheese and various additions. Where's the bacon? And no, don't even pretend turkey bacon is anything close to it--its an apostasy to food and disgusting. Thankfully, the bartender was like, "We are out of bacon.". I didn't see bacon cheeseburgers on the menu...this must be an omission.

I'll come back at sometime to see if they amend this. It's sad and for burger culture, to pretend Peppa Pig isn't delicious when her belly is with the burger patty...that's just wrong.

If you're not a bacon supremacist, then maybe this is your place. I'll give this place four stars, but no--not five. Get Peppa...