You know I don't think I've ever seen a texmex arcade combo, maybe that's a sign of me not being worldly but it was an interesting experience. The place was a mix of dining areas and the arcade section (which appeared to also have dining places within it). Starting with the arcade, it's filled with all the traditional games with air hockey, big bass wheel, and guitar hero which I'm dumpster at. The actual restaurant (which makes the bulk of this ranking) was serviceable to pretty good. FIRST OFF, 4 people cannot subsist off of a single chip basket, it's such a small thing but man you notice the chips disappearing quick. Our actual server was really quite good however, very polite. The ambiance was to my liking, the fake flower trees were out there but much appreciated. For a GLEAMER (Grand Lubbock eating at Mexican establishment review) ranking the food was just ok, on average, meeeeh, the chimichanga was eh, the chips, queso, and salsa, eeeeh. Also quick mention, but doing the arcade after the meal was an abysmal idea, definitely do arcade first, and don't get a Mexican stomach ache. 10/15 good for everything but the foods just ok read more

50th Street Caboose - Madness, Aint 4 people eating out of that - American Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Always my favorite place to grab something to eat and even get my margarita . Brought my daughter and granddaughter to eat. It was a good day! read more

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Matias was warm & friendly. So service was good. Food was acceptable, even though the steak was a bit bland.

Today we went into 50th Street Caboose for lunch, the atmosphere is okay. However, the restaurant felt "dirty" like it's not sanitized very well. The menus were sticky and gross to the touch. Service was decent, we were seated right away, and our waiter immediately waited on us, however, he never asked my mom or I if we wanted any refills on our drinks. Never came by and asked how our food was. However, he was friendly and quick. The food was mediocre .. nothing to brag about. I got the turkey club and it was a little dry for my liking, but it was edible. French fries were delish though! I'm not sure I would recommend this restaurant based on how dirty the environment felt. read more

The hostess made this establishment look bad. As we were waiting to be seated, she took her time to go chat with people she must be f known. She proceeded to look right at us and kept walking to the back. I requested the assistance of the manager, Asher. After explaining the situation, he a sure us he would handle it. Our waitress, Mason was very polite, friendly and diligent. Making our visit pleasant. Thank you Asher and Mason. read more

50th Street Caboose - No hostess.... - American Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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Jilian was great!!! she had the best attitude and handled us with care!! best server here

Used to love this place. Last two visits were not nice. Last nice there was a piece of plastic in my burger. Plastic! I showed the waiter and he said something about taking care of it and 30 minutes later I had to ask if he expected me to eat the burger with plastic in it. Finally he realized he needed to replace it. Took close to an hour after. Party room was dingy and dirty. Games were not functioning well. They really need to stop believing that if they never improve, clean the place and try to be good they will still get customers. read more

The manager Tiffany has very poor manner and from what I saw treats her employees poorly and with disrespect. The food was alright, but the service was awful. I will not be going back. read more

The Awful Awful Burger was great and it really is huge. The kids loved the chicken strips and fries. The Old Fashioned Burger, was good as well (even though he only wants meat and cheese). Their Mexican food is always good. Rodrigo was very attentive and did a great job. The place is clean and fun. The kids also loved the $20 we got for them to play games... We will return... read more

The Sidekicks and I enjoyed our meal and game play today.... but...when it came time to pay for our meal I have to say I got a little bit irritated. When the waitress returned our change for a $100 bill to the table she handed me a stack of bills, minus the coins, and did not count the bills back to me. I counted the correct $39 in bills, and asked her where are the coins? She said it was their policy to keep the coins as they didn't carry any coins for change, and said you can just take it out of the tip. I was planning to tip her, and had $10 ready, but I said that isn't right, how do you justify that? Even if it's just small change it rightfully belongs to the customer to leave or keep as they wish. She said it was restaurant policy. I said that isn't a good policy. She said I could speak to Phil about it as he was there today. So when Phil arrived at the table he said it was their policy, if the server wanted, to round up and return the coins to the customer as $1. I said that didn't happen though, it was the $39 in bills only. I said we like to keep the coins from any transaction and put them into the grandkids piggy banks. I also said that isn't fair to the server either - I just don't feel that's a good policy. Whether in the end the server gets to keep that change or not. He stated that perhaps she then misunderstood the policy, and that servers nowadays didn't like to count back change. I stated that to me this is a pretty shady practice either way and the full and correct amount should be returned to the customer. The customer then decides to leave any coins with the tip or not. After a little back and forth on the matter he said he would go over the policy again on his server discord chat to ensure they all know the proper policy. So it appears they won't be changing their policy on the change procedure but will be sure the servers all round up to the $1 for any coins as change. He also offered to give me some gift cards for game play, which was nice, however I declined the offer. In any event, say a server has at least 40 cash paying customers throughout a busy lunch or dinner run over a day or two, and that server keeps back all the coins, but doesn't round up to the $1. That's an extra $40 just "gleaned". I personally don't think that's cool at all. Some people might think it doesn't or shouldn't matter, but I doubt I'm alone in thinking that it does matter. It's the principle behind it. And yes, I always tip when I receive good food and good service. I still tipped out the $10 to the server, and I also left the .39 on the table. I just think correct change in its entirety should be returned to each customer. And I think every person serving the public should know or be taught how to count back change. It's simply a good policy. read more

I was looking for a bar/pub like place to get a bite to eat and have a few beers while watching Sunday football. They do have a lot of screens for all the games. The staff have no idea on how to use the remotes though. One bartender hit the remote and a patron had to fix the tv's. The food was not good. I got chili cheese fries and was not given any utensils and had to get my own napkins from the end of the bar. The bartender was leaving and asked if I wanted to close my tab, so I did to give her a tip. I was there for a while watching football and finishing my beer, no one bothered with me after closing my tab. Right before I left, I heard staff talking behind me. One said that she now knew people from Lubbock were crazy. I wonder if that is how the business wants to be represented. It explained the poor service though. read more

**Boxed Mac and Cheese Alert** Wow. This place really made me sad. It felt dirty right as I walked in. The hostess was nice but nothing else was. We started off by ordering Chips and Salsa, Bacon Cheese Fries, a water and a Dr Pepper. The Dr Pepper was so watered down it was just carbonated water. Naturally, we asked for another one. Same thing. Wasn't any better. Our waitress left both cups on the table instead of removing them, and she was hard to find when we needed her. We had to flag a different waitress down to take the menus because ours didn't. We then ordered some Texas Chili Longhorn Enchiladas with a side of Mac and Cheese and Refried Beans as well as the Awful Awful Burger. The burger looked great when it came out; The Longhorn Enchiladas... not so much. It looked like a pool of cheese in a dish with diarrhea in the bottom. The Mac and cheese was literally Kraft out of a box and the beans had that metallic can taste. Disgusting. So far it looked like my burger was going to be the only highlight. I bit into it and... it was undercooked. It is unsafe to eat undercooked ground beef. We talked to the manager about our experience, and he admitted that the Chili came out of a bag and the Mac and Cheese came out of a box. None of it was fresh and he said they keep doing it because "it sells". Isn't it a little unethical to take someone else's product and sell it as your own for more money? There were absolutely no redeeming qualities about this place. I usually give restaurants another chance, but they'll be just fine without me. read more

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Great fun place Hamburgers were great just the way we like them dessert looked amazing to full to eat but I really want one next time read more

The food was not even that good. It was edible at the most. Amazing service from our server but HORRIBLE service with the manager. There was a bug that jumped off of my friends plate, and a hair on mine, when we told our waiter the manager came out shortly after with an attitude saying that if he didn't see the bug then he couldn't do anything. So when we are asking our server if there is someone higher and telling him what we just experienced the manager comes back and tells us not to come back! Trust n believe we will not be returning! read more

Place was good but my total was 30 dollars with including a tip and I checked my card they charged me 80 fucking dollars how I would want a refund but they never left a receipt for me to keep read more

The best buffet in town and if you don't go for lunch, go for dinner and they have awesome fajitas. This place is awesome. Can't beat their prices. Are the food delicious read more

After a Grubhub mishap, Tiffany at 50th st Caboose went Above and Beyond to make things correct when she didn't have to! Thanks so much Tiffany and 50th Caboose!! read more

I've been here a few times but it is the quality of my most recent order that has galvanized me to write this review. I ordered a 9oz steak. Upon receiving the steak, the portion was so obviously not 9oz I had to weigh it. It was 5oz. In addition to this I had asked for medium well. It was much rawer than medium well. The cut was over salted and extremely tough. read more

50th Street Caboose - Undercooked and smaller than what I ordered. - American Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

My experience was great! Our server Ethan always checked up on us and came just in time to refill our drink! The food was awesome! I'm definitely coming back! read more

Enjoyed Absolutely everything about our meal.. especially our sweet server Evelyn!! There were 31 of us after a cousins funeral and they went above and beyond!! Food was delicious!! read more

Tuesday deals are great for kids! Family atmosphere and clean. Good Mexican food at a good price.

Waited 3hours. After finally ordering, half the food was wrong and two of us never got our food. it was after 9pm and we just said forget it. Food was not great that we did get. read more

Ordered 3 chiles rellenos with refried beans and papas. This was a to go order. Got to the car and there were no sides. No refried beans and no papas. The queso was in a 4 ounce styrofoam cup (!!) with saran wrap covering it. I went back in with the little sad cup of queso. The to go person (didn't say his name) said they "ran out of to go containers". It was the saddest little cup of queso I ever saw. I asked about the refried beans and papas. He said they are gonna work on it. 25 minutes later, still waiting, so I decided to leave, without the sides. I got home and opened the chiles rellenos, and there were only two, instead of 3. These are the famous queso beef rellenos that we always get, but there was no queso on it, just melted Monterrey Jack cheese. The rellenos were torn up and looked like the beef was taken out. A hot mess. It must be the curse of the weekend staff, since I came here on a Wednesday and the food was great. $23 for two torn up rellenos. Very dissapointed. read more

Friends came from California and "The First Place" we had to go was The 50th St Caboose. The Food USA amazing, something for everyone, service is always great and as you can see in the picture even with out kids Adults can be a kid again!!!!! read more

50th Street Caboose - Game Room Fun - American Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Lets start with parking, the parking lot is fairly big so theres plenty of room and you shouldn't have any trouble finding a spot, unless you're lazy and don't like to walk if you can't park right up front. The host/hostess are always super polite and eager to get your name down, once they do they'll give you a buzzer and it'll go off when a table for you becomes available. Or you can sit in the bar area, it's open seating there. That's where my friend and I sat. (Note: if you're an impatient person, this is NOT the place for you on a friday or saturday night they get pretty busy) This place does have a game room for kids, and for being so kid friendly it's super clean too! (The dining and game area) Since i'm telling you about all the good stuff, you're probably wondering why i'm only giving it 3 stars, and no it was not because of the food. The foos was great!! Our server though was beyond rude. It was unreal. She didn't introduce herself, she took probably about 15 minutes just to greet us, and when she did it was with "So, are you guys ordering food or are you just sitting here?" I was honestly so surprised when we were greeted with such rudeness, I've been here other times before this and was actually treated pretty well so I don't know why the service has changed up. I have not been back since this experience. read more

Good times to be had! This place is pretty cool and the food is on point. It's kinda of a smaller scale Dave & Busters. Came here to have a birthday dinner for a child and play some games. Both of those requirements were met. Food was typical bar food and the service was quick, friendly and helpful. I mentioned it was my son's bday and the waitress gave him the option of a $5 play card or a free desert. Plus he got the other staff members to sing happy birthday to him once we finished our meal. In my book this place was the right touch for what I was looking for and I recommend it if you looking for a family friendly place to go to. read more

The best place to eat in Lubbock. And I say that because there's a variety of items on the menu and everything is good. My favorite is the sour cream chicken chili relleno. read more

Angel was our waitress tonight she is the the best one we have had in a while. Please take care of her and food and drinks were delicious. Thank you read more

Food was just okay. Server was good and took care of us. Nice hostess and made sure we had the seating requirements met. The kitchen was very slow in getting food out and manager seemed impatient. read more

Great food!!!! Casey, my server was awesome!!!! I had the chicken enchiladas topped with queso loved it!!

The food is good. The employees are friendly. Service is usually pretty fast. Prices are very reasonable. This has become my new favorite spot to pick up dinner. read more

I have no idea what the theme of this place is, please tell me if you know. I'm sorry but this place is dingy and weird. Please make some new menus. The chips, salsa, and queso were "meh." There was a lot of Mexican food on the menu...but why? If you want good Mexican food there's so many other places to go. If you ever see me here call the police because I'm being held against my will. I really want to ask the owners...what is this place?? read more

All of the food is good at 50th Caboose but to me, what really stands out is their Mexican food. You will not find a better chili relleno in the world. They have many stuffings to choose from, they are lightly battered and fried enough to give them a bit of a crunch on the outside of the pepper but the inside is moist and just full of awesomeness! There is a dish that keeps me going back to many restaurants. At 50th Street Caboose, that dish is their chili rellenos! Words can not describe how good they are! Here is a tip for you. If you have kids that want to play the games, on Tuesdays the games are half price so they get to have double the fun for the money! read more

I loved it here. We only waited 10 minutes to get seated for a party of 8. Service was fast and smooth, I was kind of of scared to not like the food since I am very picky. The food was delicious! Portion was great for the pricing and I tried everyone's plate and let me just say it was all good. Afterwards we played games which was super fun. I loved this place. read more

Shameful. We have always loved the food and family fun at this restaurant. Although the hostess staff and wait were atrocious on our last visit, the worst was having my purse stolen. We waited at the bar area. No one would help us. We had to clean our own area. We ordered a drink and a menu. Never got the menu. Management retrieved my purse (it was turned in to the hostess stand after being taken outside) and Had the person on video. I waited an hour while they reviewed video. The manger Tiffany had me write my name and number on a napkin. She would call me by the end of the night regarding more info on video. She didn't even ask what was missing from the purse. Needless to say she never called. I waited a few days, called and spoke w Matt who assured me Tiffany would call me when she came in that afternoon. That was two weeks ago. I still love your food but apparently you are a thug hangout now with no professional management to follow up on theft of your customers. What a shame! read more

First time I had eaten here in probably 25 years, maybe more. Had a burger with avocado and they were happy to substitute fried mushrooms for the French fries at a minimal charge. Burger and mushrooms were both delicious. Prices are very reasonable. Great experience! read more

What a fun night out! Brayden was our server. He was courteous, helpful and made great recommendations. It's wonderful to be served by college kids that have awesome people skills! read more

Took my wife and a couple of our friends to eat at 50th Street Caboose this past Wednesday for dinner. The service was great and the food was delicious. Our waiter delivered our food exactly as we ordered and they have, I believe, the best house margaritas in town. Fajitas were great and I highly recommend 50th Street Caboose for any occasion!! read more

There was a time when 50th Street was a great restaurant and someplace that we would constantly frequent. I miss those days. Back in my undergraduate days, my roommates, buddies, and fraternity brothers would eat here so often that many of us were given VIP cards that were good for 20% off. We liked the food, so we put those like plastic cards into good use. Skip ahead a few years... 6 of us went and were seated somewhat promptly. We sat and sat and sat waiting for somebody to take our drink orders until I got up and tracked down a manager and asked for him to find somebody that could help us. A reluctant waiter finally arrived and took our food & drink orders. We sat around around eating the free chips and salsa for about 25 minutes when 5 meals arrived at our table. The sixth person, who ordered grilled chicken (shouldn't take too long to make I would think) was left without food and the rest of us waited patiently for it to arrive. Not wanting our food to get cold he begged us to start eating. We twice asked a different waiter to find our waiter so we could ask about his food, no luck. It wasn't until waiter #1 arrived back at the table to ask if we wanted dessert that he was finally told that we were still missing a meal. The sixth meal was delivered, no lie, in a take out container 55 minutes after it was ordered. To make things worse, he still had to pay for it. Two of the six people at the table had VIP cards. We both cut the credit card style pieces of plastic into little pieces and left them laying on the table. While I enjoyed the discounts, there is no point of having the cards if we don't intend on coming back. read more

There will always be a special place in my heart for Caboose, sister of the infamous Copper Caboose Restaurant that used to be on 4th. When I was a kid my parents would take us to Copper Caboose on 4th and they had a model train that would trek around the restaurant from the ceiling. The gameroom was the highlight for us kids. And when they designed 50th Street Caboose they gave the gameroom steroids. Nothing like getting loaded and playing video games or ski-ball. The first and only time I tried DDR was at this place. But my experience on 50th Street Caboose is only as an adult, and the dearest memories are more recent. This became the standard post Summer Showcase stop for me and all my friends after the concerts at the BHC during the summer. It was especially comforting on days when one of us had to actually work the concert, and we were recovering from setting up and breaking down the whole courtyard in 100 degree weather. If you get there in time you'll hit happy hour, and if you stay late enough the specials start again at 9:00pm. Bourbon and Sprite with lime please, and keep them coming at $2 a pop. In the bar area you can smoke, which most of us used to, and they have Texas Hold 'Em on TV screens throughout. How fitting. The food is actually really good. They have Mexican food (imagine me, reviewing a Mexican place), and 'American' foods as well. The queso is amazing. Although I would usually stick to a meatless dish, my husband and one of our friends often ordered the Fajitaladas with steak or chicken. So good. Seriously, try it. Service is usually hit or miss with mostly college kids, but that's kind of standard in Lubbock. Next time I visit home I think I'll have to make a point to stop here. There are just so many restaurants, so little time when I only have a few days to visit the hometown. read more