I so enjoyed this place. Rustic decor is welcoming. Staff is friendly and the salad bar is fantastic. I tried the burger and loaded baked potato. Everything was good. read more

This was the first time we have been by for dinner and it was still great. Kristen was very attentive to my husband's food allergy and we greatly appreciated her. The K.C steak for one was 24 Oz! The Jalapeño popper soup on the salad bar tonight was so good. We did get a key lime pie to go and can't wait to try it later. read more

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Quick service. Friendly. Clean. I really enjoyed the salad bar, those croutons loved them!

SIRLOIN AND EGGS!!! Great breakfast. At night, had the ribeye one night...didn't like the flavor of the beef...NOT GOOD. Fried jumbo shrimp are good! Salad bar is great! Service is above average read more

The staff is attentive and super friendly and man is their food good. The salad bar was pretty fresh. read more

Beefmaster Steakhouse - The onion rings and the burger were both superb! - Steakhouses Near Me - Ballinger, Texas

We stopped at beef master. My husband and I shared a chicken fry like we always do. I added a bake potato and salad bar like I always do. They charged me 14.99 for an all you can eat salad bar. They always charged 5.00 for extra salad and potato. she should have told me this when I ordered so I could have just ordered a separate meal. Good grief the buffet with meat and everything was only 11.99. read more

My husband and I had a good burger for lunch. The french fries and onion rings were great. Fast friendly service, no muss no fuss. We will certainly be back again. read more

Beefmaster Steakhouse - Fresh onion rings - Steakhouses Near Me - Ballinger, Texas

Cheeseburger and mac/cheese were very good. lots to choose from in Salad bar and soup was ok.

This is a family owned restaurant who knows what Texans like! The atmosphere keeps your eyes engaged. The buffets offer a variety throughout the week and local favorites that keep customers craving more. I personally have a weekly craving for the amazing steak fingers & red beet salad! The food can't be beat! read more

Waited 10 minutes after seating. Never got served a menu or drinks. The name makes you think it's a steakhouse, but it's really just a small town buffet with poor service read more

I wasn't going to give a review of this place because I figured the food would be average, but I ordered a jalapeño burger with fries. The burger was awesome, though the meat Patti maybe could've been a little more moist. The fries were simply the best french fries I've ever tasted! read more

I love this restaurant so much!! me and my mom stopped here from a long car ride, we never tried this restaurant before and after we tried their steak and shrimp it was really really good and their service is amazing!!! and the restaurant is very beautiful lots of friendly people here!!! read more

Great Service but even Better food. The meat is cut fresh daily, and you could taste the difference.

Awesome stop! Good cold beer, full bar. Jalapeño popper are so good, plus you het plenty of extras, the salad bar, the rolls, the service a real gem! read more

Beefmaster Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - Ballinger, Texas

Do not let the exterior of this hidden gem fool you, the food is amazing! All the wait staff were so sweet and it's such a laid back atmosphere. Hole in the wall, perfectly cooked steaks and scratch made desserts. In the middle of nowhere where read more

Good food , fresh salad bar, soup selection! Service was quick and friendly! Steak was perfectly cooked!

This small town restaurant is a diamond in the rough. It offers an old-time feel with great food and sweet waitresses. The prices are sure to keep you coming back. We will definitely stop by again. read more

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BADDD we waited 293829392993292 million years for our food and after all that time my munchkins chicken tenders were RAW the hamburger also did not settle well with my other munchkin will not be going there next time i'm in the area good environment just not the best i've had. read more

It's so good I have been there many times I had the best experience there. There bacon cheese burger is the best one in my experience read more

Beefmaster Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - Ballinger, Texas

We got the following: Salad bar, which was good. Grilled chicken sandwich which was good. We got the onion rings which were great. The baked potato was loaded with cheese, bacon bits, butter, and scallions which were great. Ribeye medium rare which was great and took home the butter finger pie which was great! You have to go find this place, it is easy to miss but it is near the hospital I believe. I would go out of my way to go back to this place because it was very good. The place looks like a dump on the outside and the men's room is tiny to impossible to utilize. read more

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The food is excellent. They have a daily buffet that has plenty of choices. The steaks are great and the chicken fried steak does not have too much breading. Their deserts are great also. read more

I've eaten here many times. So, I'm compounding all my visits into one. Customer Service - Whether busy or slow, buffet or menu order, the waitstaff has always been consistently slow. We tend to have to holler for service. 1 person, in particular, is the worst at being hunted down every time. - 2 stars Food - the steaks have too much liquid smoke. After a couple of times, I've quit ordering them. The BBQ buffet is always good. The Mexican buffet is bland. Everything needed salt as well as spice. Nothing had flavor. The Chess pie is awesome cold. - 3 stars Price - Average- 3 stars read more

Well Worth the drive through Ballinger and then off the beaten path a bit to find this gem. Delicious! All 3 of our dinners tasted fresh and cooked perfectly to order even the zucchini was yummy buttery tasty side dish. Mesquite grilled steak cooked perfectly to medium Chicken fried steak like mama used to make And a hamburger steak that tasted fresh flavorful and I had to eat every bite. There were no doggie bags needed Customer service was just as good as the food We will be marking this on our map for return visits read more

Worth the drive out from San Angelo. Great buffet and salad bar. The steak is always done right. Staff is friendly, courteous and helpful.

Best buffet!! Prices are on point. Traveling through and enjoyed this sweet spot. Will definitely return. read more

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Gosh darn this place sure did hit the spot. I had a hankering for some prime time beef and sure did beefmaster deliver. Belly was full and had money left to take the honey out on the town. read more

Been passing through Ballinger for decades and just discovered this place, which has been here more than 30 years. There's a buffet, reglar menu and bar. Service was good and friendly and foid was good old West Texas country. Pretty good choice in this small town pit stop. read more

Awesome. My wife took me for my first time ever 2days ago. Catfish was amazing.Fried Catfish

When you pull in the parking lot and look at the building, you will think about leaving. Get out of your car and get inside as fast as you can. Very rustic and clean inside. A fantastic lunch buffet with sirloin steak and fried chicken. About 8 to 10 sides that were oh so good. Buffet, salad, soup, drink, and dessert for $10. Different meats on the buffet each day. We drove over an hour to get there and I will do it again! read more

Wow! Trusting the Yelp reviews, we left our route through Ballinger to find the Beefmaster and were really surprised. Don't be fooled by the caliche parking lot or the sun-baked and worn exterior: as soon as you open your truck door, you'll smell the promise of the great food inside. We ordered a Moscow Mule and a yummy rum drink on ice (can't remember what it was called) and both were excellent. The whole menu looked delicious, but we settled on the 24 ounce KC for one with an extra set up. I was concerned that this would be way too much, but my husband assured me that KC steaks usually have the bone in and that weight reflected that. We both settled on the baked sweet potato with butter (cinnamon also for me), then headed for the salad bar. With fresh greens as a base, we chose from carrot slices, cherry tomatoes, pickled okra, shredded cheese, small chunks of broccoli, and many other fresh salad fixings as well as 3-4 cold salads and jellos and puddings. The steak was NOT bone-in but rather cut in small irregular medallions and chunks and came with grilled zucchini sliced and quartered and served family style. The steak was tender, the zucchini was tender with a bit of crunch left, and the baked sweet potatoes were so delicious that I scraped every bit I could from the skin. Oh, and we had cornbread muffins (our choice of the bread offerings) which were lightly sweet. I had a glass of Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon and my husband had another mule but with Jameson Irish whiskey instead of vodka. Again, yum. (They have a full bar with the usual beers on tap plus Shiner Bock--usually a good sign! They also had several in-the-bottle beer choices such as Stella, Blue Moon, and Negro Modelo). The service was great. At least 4 different ladies brought us food or drinks or took our order or just checked on us with specific questions, such as when my husband changed the liquor on his 2nd drink, a nice lady came to ask how he liked it, explaining that "they" had changed the ginger beer because they didn't like the first one. They were just so relaxed, cheerful and attentive, clearly taking pleasure from taking great care of us all. Every conversation I over heard with the staff was that way. And unlike some chain restaurants in larger cities where you see almost as the Beefmaster there were only about 6 visible staff and though they were busy, they did not give off a stressed, rushed vibe--quite an unexpectedly nice topper to a great meal. Kudos, Beefmaster! read more

Beefmaster Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - Ballinger, Texas

This was awesome place we found, to enjoy dinner, while heading home. It was Sunday and they where starting get busy. We got table in the back. We had cheese sticks for appetizer. Now we gone to fancy restaurants in past that bring us frozen, microwave cheese sticks. This place made their cheese sticks in house, and they are very good. For our main course, wife and I had steak special, daughter had the bacon cheeseburger, and my baby had great bottle of Similac. Steaks where perfect and burger was awesome. Salad bar was good. read more

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Super disappointed. The dine in service wasn't good so we ordered to go. I Ordered Buffalo chicken with blue cheese and ended up with bourbon barbecue. The fried pickles literally drip grease into your mouth when you bite into them. Horrible experience overall. read more

Fantastic Fantastic Ribeye!!! Oh did I mention it was fantastic. Gives Central Texas made food a worthy thumbs up!! read more

Beefmaster Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - Ballinger, Texas

I was on a road trip and stopped in for some Texas BBQ. They had a super inexpensive buffet and the ribs were good so if your in the area, i would say stop by read more

Beefmaster Steakhouse - All off the buffet! - Steakhouses Near Me - Ballinger, Texas

Driving through town and stopped here bc it had good ratings. I regret that decision and have a belly ache. We got the ribeye thinking they're a steak house and probably do it well...no. The salad bar was okay. The drinks were weak. The coffee was awful - and I drink gas station coffee without a problem. By the end of it we paid city prices for a less than satisfactory meal but our server was nice and attentive. read more

Now I travel all over Texas for work. One of my favorite things to eat is chicken fried steak. And let me tell you this by FAR, is one of the best Chicken Fried Steaks that I have had in a long time! I definitely suggest trying this place out. read more

Tonight I had the special, which was baked fish with a mild jalapeño sauce, baked sweet potato, zucchini, and salad. It was good. I have no complaints, but no real accolades either. This was a lot of food for $8.95. So the price was right. The service was good. I think I may have had better luck if I had stuck to a steak or burger. After all, this place IS called Beefmaster not Fish Suzerain!! What was I thinking!?!? Next time, beef... and then I will update this review... read more

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I was going to end the day in San Angelo, but decided to press on to Ballinger with the promise of enough daylight, two hotel choices, and this one eatery. If it's in Texas, and it's named Beefmaster, it has to be good, right? Right. I can now proclaim them the masters of beef. I got the 24 oz. KC steak, and while waiting to see what it was, loaded up from the salad bar and soups. Salad is nothing special, but the soup was. Apparently beef queso soup is a rare treat, and I'm glad I got to enjoy at least one bowl of it. I was ready to have a second bowl for dessert, that's how good it was. Spicy, cheesy, beefy. You can add cheddar from the salad bar to overload on the cheesiness - personal recommendation here. Steak took a little while to come out, but it was worth it. French fries are hand-cut in house, and have a smoky fresh potato flavor without being over-fried or salty. Strongly recommend. Steak options are flat-grilled or mesquite fire-grilled. I think mesquite is the obvious choice, but just in case - yes, get mesquite every time, and twice on Saturdays. I ordered medium rare, thinking it would come out rare (most places tend to underestimate), and damned if it didn't come out exactly medium rare. Hey, I asked for it. The steak swims in its own juice and is sliced into several large chunks - easier for sharing, depending on which size you get, and is oddly mixed with cooked zucchini chunks. I guess that's how they define KC steak. I'd have asked for no zucchini (that's why there's a salad bar, after all), but now you can do as you please. Texas toast was unnecessary with all those delicious fries, but I used it to sop up the leftover steak juice. So far, everything was five stars. Prompt service, friendly refills. Encouraged, and with the beef queso soup sadly tapped out for the night, I went for dessert. All the desserts are homemade, so you can't go wrong. I selected the Jeff Davis (chess) pie, since chess pies don't make it across the Mason-Dixon Line. Definitely the right choice tonight, because the pie was brought in fresh just an hour earlier. The pie had a fresh, crispy crust on top like a crème brulée. Only my second chess pie, but this is now my gold standard for them. Yup, five stars all around, and very reasonably priced for the deliciousness you will receive. They do takeout orders as well, if you don't have 90 minutes for a meal. Worth the wait. read more

Was honestly disappointed by this place as it was labeled the new Lowake's. Service was not good with basic amenities having to be continually asked for like napkins and silverware. Salad bar was empty on a Friday night so long line of people waiting. Ordered the combo plate of appetizers and the batter was tasteless. Chicken fried steak, which should be a staple, was bland and took way to much salt and pepper to make it good. Loaded backed potato was hot on the outside with the foil but cold on the inside. Overall not a good experience and will not go back. read more

I have been to beefmasters a few times since I have started working out in Ballinger. For the overall experience its not bad. I usually come in at lunch and for the most part they are busy, the waitresses are running around taking care of people, and the patrons seem happy. The food is hit or miss usually, either the meat is overcooked and rubbery or its spot on and made very well. I guess this just depends on who is cooking that day I suppose. I got the beefmaster burger today with a side of onion rings, and at first glance the food looked amazing. The onion rings batter seems to lack any flavor, if anything it tastes like fried flour with an onion, but they are crunchy and have a good texture. The burger should really be put on a heartier bun considering how juicy they are. Besides a mushy bun I can't complain about the build of the burger, very well done indeed, especially since I like my meat cooked medium. The one real issue I have is the pecan pie; as good as it is, no individual slice of pie is worth $4 and some change. Overall it's a bit pricey if you add on extras, but the food isn't bad. I think I would eat here a few more times and maybe recommend it to others. read more