Bayseas Restaurant — Restaurant in Universal City

We recently tried this place after seeing they opened a location close to us. We LOVED IT!!! We were greeted as we walked in. There were places to sit. Our drink order & appetizer orders were taken within a few minutes. We always had a full glass of tea & someone always checking on us. I seems like they may all contribute to taking care of the customers, it didn't seem there was just 1 waitress assigned to any particular table. There was a steady amount of business coming in & out the door, whether to dine in or people picking up food. NOW, our food?.... Our Food. Was. Delicious!! There wasn't 1 thing we didn't like. I had the shrimp & catfish plate. Came w/ coleslaw, french fries, a slice of bread & both tartar sauce & cocktail sauce for dipping. I'm always leary about catfish b/c I don't like the "dirt" taste, but I couldn't even tell I had catfish on my plate...it was really clean! Nice size big, thick cuts of fish. No dirt/mud taste whatsoever & my shrimp appeared to be butterflied & maybe flatten out some, which I liked better than having a thick round piece of shrimp (mainly when battered). Coleslaw was unique, but very good & super creamy (which I like). SUPER reasonable in price, especially w/ the amount of food on the plate. (It was $13.99). My boyfriend had a bowl of their homemade Gumbo for an appetizer & the 30 piece shrimp plate. I had only tried Gumbo 2 prior to trying a bite of his & didn't care for it all that much, but the bite I had was yummy!! My guy's pretty criticizing when it comes to things like gumbo, etouffee or things alike & he really, really enjoyed the bowl he had. Of course, he enjoyed his shrimp plate asuch as I enjoyed the shrimp on mine. His was a bit pricier (obviously), but he said it was well worth it!! I gave it a 5 star rating b/c the food, service, time we got our food & pricing were all great! There were, however, 2 things that were maybe a bit of an "eh" & 1 of them is really not a bother to asuch as it might be to some others. 1.) unfortunately, there isn't much parking at this location. It's a GREAT location, but notuch parking & it doesn't help the situation when some people think the world revolves around them & had no consideration for others & just park in the middle of 2 spots as if they didn't care other people needed to park. 🤬🤬😤 2.) food was served on styrofoam plates. Now, I don't care much about this, but I know there are people that might. Im sure they are just trying to cut down on extra staff to have to constantly wash plates & this is easier for them as a small family business & as is, the parking situation. This is a company just starting at this location & this area & I'm sure they need to test the waters before investing 10s of thousands of dollars into a build in as good of a location w/ more parking. (Just my thoughts 🤷🏻‍♀️). With all that said...we will definitely be going back to Bayseas in...

We've been on the hunt for some good fish spots here in SA and we were lead to Bayseas. I must say the menu was full and we were very much so undecided but excited. The cashier was patient with us and she gave us some great suggestions and verbally condensed the menu for us so quickly we were actually able to make a collaborative decision. She knew her stuff and her recommendations will be tucked in our back pockets for the future lol. One thing she did highly talk about the most was the cornbread, she said it's not for sharing and we would regret not getting our own lol. She had that look in her eyes that told us to trust her and get that cornbread!! LOL.

We ordered the Shrimp and Catfish Special, which came with 3 pieces of each, coleslaw and fries and we added on 2 pieces of cornbread. Now let me tell you baby lol that CORNBREAD!! She did not come to play!! Ohhhh my goodness!! The cashier didn't steer us wrong y'all lol it was THE BEST cornbread I've ever had at a restaurant. It was almost like a super moist cake and full of flavor 10/10 for sure. The fry and seasoning on the shrimp and catfish was good. However, we favored the shrimp more over the catfish. The catfish, was a bit to greasy.. it was good but greasy. The portion size was very filling and we definitely had leftovers. The fries were plain and not seasoned at all.

The coleslaw was VERY good in flavor but overly saturated in juice. If you like alot of juice this will rock your world but our preference is that middle lane.. not to dry but not to juicy either.. again it was a very very good coleslaw 8/10. Lastly, dessert.. we got the chocolate & white chocolate ribbon cake and it was just okay 5/10

Overall, we would definitely go back to Bayseas and try some other things that caught our eye but the STAR of the show was the shrimp and the CORNBREAD!!. Customer service was great and I can say we enjoyed our lunch,...

Dang it I didn’t take a pix and I should’ve taken one but the other reviewers have awesome pix already so please look at them and see how amazing the food looks. If only you could taste the delicious food through a pix you would see how wonderful the food is and tastes here. I’m a very picky person when it comes to fish but let me tell you this place is not a disappointment what so ever. Prices are reasonable for good food and portion wise. They are not stingy at all and it’s very filling. They cook their food with LOVE!! And it shows and tastes so darn good. My first time there as a take out. I called it in and the young lady taking my order was super friendly and I wasn’t rushed and said it would be ready in twenty minutes and it was on point. Fresh as can be. Then when I arrived they were so welcoming super respectful which you don’t get NO WHERE and the atmosphere was super comfortable. I’m from New Braunfels born n raised and just moved to Converse and never been to a more satisfying place to eat and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this place. It’s small yes but in my opinion it’s perfect. From the call in order to pick up To walking out the door was the best experience I’ve ever had. I will be back for sure!!!! Also they make corn bread and on their sign it says the best ever and they ain’t lying! I loved every bite of it!!!!! So please check them out you’ll really enjoy it all the way to end. New Braunfels had a bayseas back in the day and I I owe the owners and it was sad seeing them close the doors down because that place the best am I am so glad I found a new one to enjoy so thank you to the staff and the owners of having a remarkable establishment with some good home...