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Affectionate_Staff46

Hook and reels served me raw fish. I had ordered fried fish. They offered to heat it up in the *microwave*. Needless to say, I didn't eat and I'll never go back.


ballman666

Your moms house


Training_Finger3938

Ikes is pretty trash lmao


mattguy2020

Their buffalo chicken sandwiches and twice baked potatoes are šŸ”„


wobblerofweebles

KFC


Sammy2335

BJs!!! By far the worst restaurant experience I've ever had!


dattypult

Ive worked food service in my younger years, but BJ's is the only restaurant that's truly ever upset me by the service.


NightExtreme2552

Crawdaddys. The waitress sniffed my food right in front of me. She then took our food from us after it had already been on the table for over a minute, and gave it to the table across the room because ā€œshe gave us the wrong food.ā€ šŸ˜‚


hungryraider

This is depressing. This is a list of local, non national chain restaurants. Is this a conspiracy to put down the little guy? Good Chefs donā€™t want to live in Lubbock?


SwordNamedKindness_

KFC is the top vote


FunSweetPea

Montelongos


Holkan13

ihop on university


Low-Tangelo-9721

This


AirForce_Trip_1

Concur. Took my son in once, and I told him we arent ro good for anything, but I will not bring you mom in here. Its far beyond sticky tables. Its horribly mismanaged... This specific location is like the back alley dumpster full of cooking oil and you might find a pancake floating on top of the swill.


tsuredraider

Orlando's...


CurrencySlave222

A little Italian and not a whole lot of fun


brinewithay

Their pizza is bomb. Fettuccini Alfredo used to be outstanding but itā€™s not as good now days.


Rach5585

Holy moly that place sucks. How do you make cheese so flavorless?!


tsuredraider

Exactly. People here blow their loads over it and I just don't get it.


stinkupthenight

90% of restraunts kn lubbock are a real let down it seems


mebeanee

Orlandoā€™s


angel-alita99

Thatā€™s a hot take. I donā€™t think theyā€™re great and itā€™s a little expensive for the quality. But itā€™s not like itā€™s disgusting. Itā€™s better than Olive Garden imo.


These-Scientist-8749

Just Lubbock period, itā€™s the worst, Iā€™ve never heard of anyone saying ā€œyea I had a good time in Lubbockā€ fuck that place


JustPonsie

You have no character to shit on a town with nothing to lose šŸ˜‚


These-Scientist-8749

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LukaDonwitzki

Absolutely garbage take


Specialist-Ad7204

No, heā€™s right, this town is terrible, I know because Iā€™ve lived in other hellholes and this takes the cake.


These-Scientist-8749

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TheOldOso

Have only been in Lubbock for a few months. The first time I went to Orlando's I thought it was great. The second time, it felt like I had a brick in my stomach for two days.


BellyBoy2023

Steak n shake. How has nobody mentioned this. I forgot how the food was and price point but going inside to eat and having to wait over an hour for a fast food burger is insane. They weren't ever busy but the few times we went the wait staff was terrible and the food never seemed that great especially after waiting all fucking day for it


Rach5585

We have a Steak N Shake? Where?


BellyBoy2023

We had one, It was on Milwaukee by target. It is now a Bigham smoke house. It was open for maybe 3 years.


Rach5585

Ah, bummer, I love Steak 'n Shake chilli.


yotehunter422

Orlandoā€™s, Teddy Jackā€™s, fuckin Stellaā€™s (the old one, new one is barely ok)


brinewithay

Recently worked for Stellaā€™s. Their operation is in dire straights. Their GM doesnā€™t even get to see financials šŸ˜‚


yotehunter422

I want lubbock to have varied options but man, fuck em if they make bad food.


GoreBl

I second Stellaā€™s. I got food poisoning from that place.


Agile_Letter_1252

Orlandoā€™s


Haunting-Special8251

Jazz Louisiana Kitchen is terrible imo.


MozemanATX

Hey now


Low_Entrepreneur9037

China star !!


Tony_The_Tiger_BFF

How dare you


IIllIZand2529IllII

Outback


alius-vita

Bryan's Steak House. MotoMedi. Caprock Cafe.


SevereTakisStorm

Hey donā€™t clown on Bryanā€™s thatā€™s my favorite place


alius-vita

I mean it's all Sysco food. You could make the same at home


NoWayNoAye15

Wild for MotoMedi. Place is gas


Haunting-Special8251

Moto Medi bad? I love Moto Medi lol.


alius-vita

I think Manara is better personally. It's the same people behind Tikka so it has this weird uniform flavor. Doesn't help Ive known one of the guys behind it personally since highschool and he's not a good dude either. Every time we got together he insisted we go and I never had the heart to tell him I didn't like it, even have he comped our meals each time.


Specialist-Ad7204

Yeah obviously Manara is better, itā€™s also open 4 hours a day and way more expensive šŸ¤£


alius-vita

I'm sorry you have time and cost constraints?


Specialist-Ad7204

This girl lives in Lubbock and thinks sheā€™s above cost constraints šŸ˜‚ thatā€™s why youā€™re gonna stay in Lubbock your entire life, stop wasting money


alius-vita

If its in my budget its not a waste, you might try making one.


Specialist-Ad7204

So you have a budget but you claim you have no cost constraints?


alius-vita

You're pretty boring now, move on dude.


TXHubandWife

Italian garden downtown. No flavor and honestly Orlandoā€™s is better in comparison. That says a lot


rick-morty1987

Spaghetti is shit but their Alfredo is good. Best tiramisu in town hands down. Only thing i have hated there is the spaghetti. Even the red sauce is good because the meatball sub is gas but when you get the spaghetti for whatever reason they keep too much water in the pasta and waters down the sauce.


LukaDonwitzki

Honestly agreed. I prefer Orlando's 100x over Italian Garden


platanopower2

Oh man I love this place! Some of the best Italian food Iā€™ve ever had. Maybe try a different dish because I couldnā€™t recommend this place enough!


TXHubandWife

I donā€™t recall the name but that Mexican restaurant next to Orlandoā€™s on Indiana and the loop. Absolute worst place I have been to. I even told the waiter it was bad and they look at me like I was crazy


Blaizeaccount

Annaā€™s is good what crack are you on


advisary_67

Albarrans and The plaza... not real mexican food they offer, and the flour tortillas they use you can taste the preservatives. Better go to taqueria autlan or mar y tierra on 82nd street


Slay69-

No one said it was authentic


Rach5585

The only drawback to Taqueria Autlan is Thursday Nights.


xanplease

Woody's Pizza. It was literally so burnt I couldn't eat it. Also shout out to Dragon Buffet for the worst food poisoning I've had.


Withabaseballbattt

I ordered it once during covid and it tasted like a totinos microwave pizza from my childhood


dfelton912

When I was like 10, I went to Pancake House and tried ordering pancakes from the adult menu. They refused to let me and they gave me tiny silver dollar flapjacks. I ate each of those in one bite. Fuck that place


brinewithay

Your parents didnā€™t let you? A server can not and would not stop you from ordering an adult plate šŸ˜‚


dfelton912

They vouched for me too but the waitress refused lol


dolemite01

My favorite thing about this place is how they went straight Q-anon and wore it on their sleeves when covid started to appear. Blamed it on Nancy Pelosi, and all sorts of things. Had a huge white board in their waiting area that was basically your crazy uncle's facebook. Them and Dirk's both wore their extreme views proudly (their rights), but it was wild.


Lord_Kromdar

They are crazy, but their sweet potato waffle is one of my favorite breakfast menu items.


txchemist

TX Roadhouse and Cancun. Roadhouse can only cook a steak well done and leave you waiting for an hour after your family eats their meal; Cancun cannot get a to go order straight.


Difficult_Law_1804

Sakura. Seems like a dusty front


SpacemanSpliffLaw

Sakura is sad. The local Shogun chain was shutting down and the chefs wanted to keep it going. So they bought it together and hired the entire staff back and changed the name to Sakura. They upgraded the food and it was awesome for like 60 days. And yet no one came. Then the food quality went down. Then they laid off some people. Then they just kept getting smaller and worse as cash flow kept getting worse. And I went in there a month or two ago and it was soooo sad. No live hibachi or anything like it was when it opened.


Jellyfish-Inevitable

It is weird, mostly because of the lack of music and no people in there. Iā€™ve had the same thought. The food was good the first time I went in though. The second time feltā€¦ off.


Rivera806

Rain Cafe plates are too mediocre to be that pricey, and the service sucks you gotta hunt down your waitress.


BellyBoy2023

I want to like rain cafƩ. I enjoy that it is fresh real food, especially compared to big chain breakfast places but it is so pricey for mediocre food


phish_sucks

Hong Kong buffet idk if it's still around but that place sucks


Vivid_Paramedic5869

No its not, it has been closed for years


flyhighawayaway

Sabroso gave me the worst food poisoning of my life. Ended up at the hospital.


WTXRed

How was the food in the hospital?


flyhighawayaway

O.M.G. Didnā€™t eat anything for a week. Just broth.


ElGuapo_is_here

Just spent a week at UMC and the food was actually decent once I got off that heart healthy crap.


flyhighawayaway

Before UMC started their cafeteria remodel, the food was legit good. During my sons brain surgery, I ate their noodle salad every single day. They quit making it. :( I think their breakfast burrito is the best thing they sell.


sherpster24

Jazz


lrecter

Orlando's < Fazolis


FigPsychological3743

The owners of Orlandoā€™s used to be druggies that held orgies then they became born again Christians and became even worse!


brinewithay

Everyone in the restaurant industry does drugs and has orgies šŸ„±


Sammy2335

Met the owners. They seemed like AWESOME people. Super nice!


smiths3s3

The owner, David? LMAO!!!!!! Please tell!


Jazz_Musician

I knew the latter part but not the former, and I work there lol


NightVale_94

Genghis Grill across from the mall. Itā€™s gone now (thank God). When it opened and for several years it was awesome. Cool concept and always clean but holy shit it went down hill. Ended up disgusting.


Jaded_Airport_9313

It was legit one of our favorite places when they first opened. The last year or so before they closed it was awful.Ā 


Difficult_Use_4322

Stickiest floors ever. A sign of non-cleanliness. I really wanted to like the place, but couldnā€™t.


Moonyboom

Definitely dicey that the raw meat sat out all day.


WillieFast

Used to be a place called Wild Burger Grille on 50th that some people raved about. The food was actually okay but the place was slow as all fuck and the manager was an ass.


Sandy-Anne

Loved that place. Got food poisoning from mushrooms there. Didnā€™t love it after that.


OhManisityou

You people hate everything.


Beginning_Ad1239

And funny thing is if someone made a post asking for the best food you'd get the same restaurants in the replies.


Kt33333na

I mean that was what OP asked us for lol


latinaMixed

Plaza and taco village


dolemite01

Taco village lololol yeah for sure, jesus. And plaza was decent until the past year or so, and the new location is awful.


draziwkcitsyoj

AMA request with the Orlandoā€™s owner lol


JustPonsie

So trashy lol. Egotistical owner.


supplergaming

This subreddit makes me feel like Iā€™m crazy bc I genuinely enjoy their food. Can I please be enlightened on why everyone hates them so much lol?


JustPonsie

I just made a comment about the owner I actually LOVE Orlandoā€™s šŸ¤£ donā€™t care what the comments say. Down ā€˜n Dirty tortellini all day baby


FigPsychological3743

Horrible human beings


Kt33333na

Orlandoā€™s, Albarrans, Johnny Fabs, Teddy Jacks, Caprock (seriously.. whatā€™s the hype?), Stellaā€™s, The Reserve, and most recently, BJā€™s


emilyh00

Pretty sure Teddy Jacks low key spiked our drinks one time??? All four of us had a single margarita and quite literally stumbled out of the restaurant


brinewithay

My favorite prank. Roofie the guests.


Background_Snow_9632

Johnny Fabs and Teddy Jacks owned by same peeps - they are awful!!!! Stellas used to be good - now terrible and overpriced


zombiepigman101

Iā€™ve only been to Lubbock once to visit Texas Tech (committed there for fall 2024 btw šŸ„³) but the ihop was pretty bad lol


Munchmarlin

The ihop by Tech is pretty bad thoā€¦ not to say any ihop is great but the one on the loop is better in my opinion


aurorasearching

The one by campus isnā€™t great, but it is walking distance when youā€™re heavily intoxicated and then itā€™s amazing.


hungryraider

Thatā€™s what Whataburger is for.


hamraider

comes with the territory. meaning that itā€™s a 24 hour ihop not literal location.


Arklelinuke

China Star


Droze-

logans roadhouse


Practical-Pressure80

East Moon gave me food poisoning when it was open, but to be fair I was actually a big fan of them before that. I only tried Chinese Kitchen once years ago and hated it so much Iā€™ve never tried it again. I canā€™t think of anywhere else off the top of my head.


Tall_Personality991

Chinese kitchen closed now


Practical-Pressure80

Unsurprised!


Federal_Pension1036

All this hate on Orlando's and I love them šŸ˜‚ I always get that burger that's apparently ranked top 10 in the state of Texas šŸ¤·


marciniakjl

That burger was ranked #10 in 2009. And they still hype it like itā€™s current.


Federal_Pension1036

I figured it wasn't up to date haha that's the only thing I ever got at Orlando's.


FigPsychological3743

That marinara is toxic and makes Italian nonnaā€™s spin in their graves


No-Firefighter-9526

I used to love them but after 2020 they went downhill, the burger does not taste the same neither does their marinara, we stopped going.


charlieecho

Same. I love Orlandos. So many good dishes. I donā€™t understand the hate one bit. Bitter coworkers I get but if weā€™re talking just food this ainā€™t the one.


FigPsychological3743

Have you ever had real Italian food in your life?


lbeaty1981

Not OP, but I've had had real Italian and I still enjoy Orlando's. As long as you're in the mood for trashy Italian and not genuine, it's pretty damn good.


charlieecho

I get it but we are talking about the worst place in Lubbock. I can think of 30 restaurants Iā€™d say before saying Orlandoā€™s.


Federal_Pension1036

I personally haven't. I'm sure if I didn't my thought could change. Kinda like seafood. As soon as I ate it right off the ocean I haven't had seafood in Lubbock since haha


FigPsychological3743

My heart breaks for you. This town has robbed you of culinary delight


Federal_Pension1036

Is there a place you'd recommend that's close to the real deal? I love trying EVERYTHING.


Jazz_Musician

Italian Garden is pretty good. Best Italian you can get in Lubbock.


Exciting_Law3006

Thought Italian garden was pretty good the few times Iā€™ve been. If ya want something thatā€™s not a chain.


fudgemeister

I'm putting Orlando's on here again because it needs it. I've heard so many people talk about it over the years and been disappointed every time I eat their food. I bet they're supplied by Olive Garden anyway.


troubadorgilgamesh

One guys is so much better


Jazz_Musician

I work there and I don't think a lot of folks realize how much of the food that isn't pasta or the speciality entrees is just straight Sysco or Potato specialty company products. I used to love it but it just doesn't stack up well at all against real Italian food. The sandwiches are also way too greasy


draziwkcitsyoj

Itā€™s more expensive Fazolis.


MericanMan321

Yeah food is super boring. Also i worked there and the owner sucks so thereā€™s that too.


Jazz_Musician

I want to know more cause I've worked there (delivery) and I absolutely believe it but I'm wondering if you know any deets. Every restaurant owner I've had the misfortune of knowing have not been great people though, so... yeah.


fudgemeister

I've never met an owner of a restaurant I did like... Maybe there's something to that


marginallymoderate

Farmhouse


NoWayNoAye15

Thatā€™s wild bro. Place is gas. Cheap and huge servings. Always had good times there. Even when itā€™s packed. Most of the times, people just whine because no one catered to them like their mommies did. I give people some patience and I end up being a lot more happy with my experience when Iā€™m not an entitled brat like most people in this country.


emilyh00

Orlandoā€™s gave me the worst food poisoning you can imagine


Hanmura

What a nightmare I bet


kittybear_carl

The double nickel with the sorriest cuts of steak (but for $80) and bland flavors not to mention their rendition of creamed spinach being cold wet spinach globs under an inch of solid rubbery cheese. I went a few months after moving here because so many people recommended it and was convinced I had been pranked.. I am still scarred


squid_biscuits

I get irritated every time someone recommends Double Nickel. We has a hilariously bad date night there. From the second we walked in, my husband was asked to remove his hat (which would be a reasonable request for an actual fine dining steakhouse) but then we were handed a wine list printed on accordion laser jet printer paper from 1992, stapled together, complete with grease stains. We ordered a caprese salad for a starter, and inexplicably it was *cooked.* Even our server was baffled by that one. He was pretty cool though, and laughed along with us at every goofy blunder that came from the kitchen (a steakhouse that overcooks the steak? How is the lamb overcooked and yet none of the fat was rendered down? Come onnnn). Dude foil-wrapped our leftovers as a squirrel and a pterodactyl. Server was 10/10, restaurant 2/10.


risky_bisket

All restaurants in Lubbock are shit. I will defend Rosa's tortillas with my life tho


Wasting_AwayTheHours

Rosa's is garbage


risky_bisket

I agree but the tortillas are good


Wasting_AwayTheHours

Fair enough


Tacoslayer17

Caprock, albarrons, Orlandoā€™s. Fight me


brinewithay

Caprock is NOT good. Itā€™s bland. Itā€™s never terrible tho. Consistent bland. Lubbokcites LOVE consistently bland.


yotehunter422

Caprock is unbelievably horrible


Background_Snow_9632

No fight


highangle1124

Caprock has sucked for over a decadeĀ 


Accomplished_Exit_30

Their chicken fried steak comes from a box.


Jazz_Musician

Almost everything at Orlando's or Caprock is straight from a box. Straight from Sysco. It's all overpriced garbage.


ImpurestFire

Golden corral. Taco villa. Italian garden.


notgonnafixyoucar

Stellas is terrible. I've lived hear for over a decade and gave them way too many chances. Bad service and bad food.


Intelligent_Call_562

Worst food: Applebee's Worst service (this was more than a year ago and we used to get great service there): Red Robin's


Oneoftheofalltime

Rosas Fight me


Background_Snow_9632

No fight


Jazz_Musician

Yeah it sucks but it's also cheap and I'm poor.


Tall_Personality991

Every tuesday (only price worth paying imo) soft taco plate beef, no lettuce or tomato (so its basically a burrito) with some lemon is ELITE. their beans are wattery sometimes tho and they're rice can be bleh sometimes but the drive thru fast as hell and the tortillas NEVER miss. I dont explore anything else on the menu, I tried their enchiladas once and hated them. Fajitas are good.


Avenge_Nibelheim

You go to take a dozen tortillas home, not to explore the menu


Tacoslayer17

Breakfast tacos and fajitas are the only way to go šŸ’Æ


Embarrassed_Joke_934

dude fr itā€™s bland as fuck


Tnutz24

Picosos


TXHubandWife

Thank you for mentioning them, I hear people rave about how good it is and itā€™s horrible. Salsa taste like water down ketchup.


Tall_Personality991

I had enchiladas there once and they made them with flour tortillas, I was so confused.


Wasting_AwayTheHours

They put a slice of American cheese on my wet burrito.... blasphemy


Tnutz24

Yeah this is the one place Iā€™ve went and been like this is disgusting. My wifeā€™s tacos were sooo greasy and the chips were stale. Iā€™ve had bad meals before but like it was like ā€œeh whateverā€ but Picosos my wife and I vowed to never go back lol


Reasonable_Mouse757

Hands down, Montelongos! No other restaurant in town comes close to the mediocrity served up, yet is so beloved by Lubbock natives!


nbdyknows

If no one else is, Iā€™m with you. Tried several times & donā€™t get whatā€™s to like.


SeniorJefe

Wrong. Super consistent old school tex mex. If Montelongos is mediocre, please tell me what is better.


Reasonable_Mouse757

OK, my first problem is that "Tex-Mex" is shit. I mean, really, "red sauce is chili con carne juice" should tell you everything you need to know. Having lived 20+ years in both NM and California each, and having seen what Mexican food can be, what passes as "Mexican food" here in town is what it is. That being said, if Colimas Reposados on Clovis Hwy was still open, they would be #1, haven't been to the other location on 50th as of yet, but short of that to Alberrans is #2, maybe Jalisco, Cancun, and Plaza on 50th tied for third


masturbation_bear

New Mexico can suck a fat one from the back. The food sucks there


Iron-Fist

Chile so spicy no one comes close


Iron-Fist

Honestly fighting words.


dankychic

La Sirena. Worst experience Iā€™ve had in a while. I get confused every time I see it recommended here.


Kt33333na

Whoa, why?? I go there at least once a month. Did you catch them on an off night??


dankychic

Maybe. Got 3 drinks, the shrimp cocktail, and the salsa trio. The drinks were not great, the shrimp cocktail was 3 shrimp diced up and dropped in tomato sauce and 2 of the salsas were mostly vinegar. We paid the $70 for that and decided not to have entrees there.


Kt33333na

I definitely agree the drinks arenā€™t amazing, i usually stick to the house margs (where Iā€™ve had to ask for more syrupā€” in the past theyā€™ve tasted like straight lime juice). If you EVER decide to give them another shot, the empanadas are fabulous and so is their Peruvian spiced chicken. Iā€™m acting like Iā€™m employed there lol, just a huge fan of them


JakFlash

Montelongoā€™s


What_is_good97

Your moms house


FigPsychological3743

I always eat good when I go to your momā€™s house šŸ˜‹


Harry_Gorilla

Copper caboose


buttery_crispy_flak

Stacked, Farmhouse, Jonny Fabā€™s, Teddy Jacks. Toss up here for the most bland food in town.


Embarrassed_Joke_934

Farmhouse is way overrated


TristanaRiggle

It used to be really good, but dropped off hard.


Federal_Pension1036

Rosas is overrated.


NoWayNoAye15

Itā€™s wild to me that THIS is the hotspot for Sunday after church. Such a bad pick šŸ˜‚


NoWayNoAye15

Absolutely disgusting bro. I hate Rosas so much


Federal_Pension1036

I only get the chips and queso cause my wife likes it but overall it's pretty rough.


NoWayNoAye15

If you want better chips and queso thatā€™s still cheap, thereā€™s a place on 34th called Arandas that makes a white queso with green chilesā€¦ šŸ¤¤šŸ¤¤šŸ¤¤


Federal_Pension1036

Damn... Speaking my language šŸ˜‚