Big portion sizes and good food in a very casual large sports bar with pool tables and plenty of space. The place can get loud quick when there are a sporting competitions because this seems to be a spot where various fans like to locate to watch their favorite team. The burger was really big and tasty. Mayonnaise was on the side but everything else was there. The fries were also freshly made and delicious. (See Scans). There was plenty of free parking but the parking lot filled up quick. Service was pretty good considering the crowd and sporting events. The wait for food was not too long considering the crowds. read more

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I have mixed reviews with this place...I mean it has a big parking lot area and a big inside area as well...it even has an area for some pool tables...what I myself did not like is that the lighting on the whole inside area is kind of dark...they need more lighting especially on your eating areas...place seems well kept and for the most part clean as well... Went in for an appetizer and a margarita which the margarita could have been a bit more stout...had the nachos supreme and it was decent...I might go back and this time explore the menu a bit more... read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - Nacho supreme... - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

Stopped here to watch the NFL Conference Championship games. Appetizers and drinks were sooo yummy. Service was spot on the entire time. We did not leave hungry or thirsty ;) Sorry no pics - too busy rooting for our teams!!! Go Patriots!!! Sorry Rams - we'll be cheering you next season!!! read more

Excellent food, service, and ambiance I live an hour away a travel to this bar because i love it.

The service was nice and the food was good, but the music was so very, very loud. I'm not sure what their goal is. We were there to watch a sports event on the television. But their music was so loud. I thought it was a sports bar. read more

The last time we are there, it was good. This time, not! Ordered onion rings and fried mushrooms for appetizer. Onion rings were literally soaked in grease. Mushrooms were undercooked. Fried shrimp was way over breaded and was overcooked. Burger bun was old and meat didn't have the usual seasoning. Disappointed. Told our Server and her reply was...sorry. Probably won't go back. read more

Came a little more over an hour before closing, we were greeted by a server and she took our drink order. We took maybe 4 minutes to look over the menu and tried to order but as soon as I opened my mouth the server stated they would only serve wings and fries due to the facility closing in AN HOUR. Where's the logic in that? We spent the entire day at the beach and were looking for a late night spot before we head back home two hours away, safe to say this place is a waste of time. read more

It's Bar food... know that going in. For a cheap dinner, the food came out hot and fresh and the beers were cold. 10/10 recommend for a quick bite or to watch a game or play some pool. Would've taken pictures but enjoyed the food to much to remember!! read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

I rarely ever give 1 star reviews. If I could, I would give this place a 0. I didn't even go in with high expectations. It was 10 on a Saturday night after a long day of working nearby and all we wanted was a drink and some dinner. We were a group of 10 and they quickly pushed some tables together to get us sat. Granted it wasn't crowded, but we appreciated it. It was all downhill from there. The waitress had to have been new, so we gave her chance after chance before we simply couldn't anymore. Let's start with the service of the restaurant as a whole. Whoever trained this restaurant in customer service needs to be trained in what customer service actually is. After repeatedly forgetting to bring out food and drinks, midnight was quickly upon us, which is when they close. We knew that it was not our fault we were still in there because we had received some of our food not long before. They started putting up all the chairs onto tables and closing sections about an hour before, which was really noisy and we were trying to enjoy our dinner together. They dimmed the lights about 11:40 and we were like seriously?! Then they turned the lights, except the neons and a few small ones, ALL THE WAY OFF at 11:55. Are you kidding me? It gets worse. Let's talk waitress. She took our drink orders and first suggested a "strawberry sunrise" since they didn't have a drink menu. We all ordered one and it had zero alcohol in it. Then we order the food and it's typical reheated bar food. She brought out all but one of our friends plates and she did admit that she forgot to put in the order, but get this, she then claimed the kitchen closed and he would need to order wings. He originally ordered a chicken wrap. A chicken wrap is not difficult to whip up quickly. We made the point he ordered with the rest of us before the kitchen closed. She then went back and asked the kitchen to make his food. They "gave her a hard time" but they did it. She still never brought out his appetizer. Then when the check came, she knew the person buying dinner for everyone was upset about the the whole ordeal. She then passed my friend the check at the other end of the table from the person paying. We said "oh wait it going to that person" she responded "well, they're mad at me so could you please just pass the check down the table". Seriously?! I would never recommend this place. They do not care about their customers and do not train their employees. read more

Decent bar food don't expect to be blown away. Beer mugs smell sour. the entire restaurant smells like sewage. The smell is coming from the bathroom. It gets stronger the closer you get to it. An extra tax is added to any liquor sales so drink charges will be that much more. One waitress working so. Just a poorly maintained place. Sticky, dirty etc. read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - Supposed to be a pina colada. Looks like someone puked a banana split in a cup... pretty disgusting - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

Just pick up my order to go. Ordered a chicken fried steak w/fries. Got home and it was still piping hot. BUT, when I cut into the steak, which was tender and moist, my steak was about as thick as the breading! Then half of it fell out of the batter. ‍ Then the fries were tough! How does that happen? SMH. Strike three, we won't be going back. Btw, service sucks. And it is dark for a reason. read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - A little too much batter. Batter thicker than steak. It was crispy, though. - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

waitress named bridget was being very rude to my dad. all he did was ask for refills of his drinks and she accused him of having attitude. she said "i don't deal with people like you, you can leave." my dad had no attitude and we had no idea why she was being rude. i've never felt so unwelcomed at a restaurant. was a regular customer, will not be returning unless she is gone. read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

you be the judge, no meat in to go chicken fried steak. dry fries. salty vegetables (not pictured) read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - chicken fried steak to go (absolutely just breading that was fried too long with 0.0001% meat) - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

I crave their buffalo chicken ranch wrap with sweet potato fries at least once a week. Since I am trying to social distance I have have been calling it in and the women I talk to are always friendly. The same goes for when I go in to pick up my food. read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - Buffalo ranch chicken wrap (mild) with sweet potato fries. - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

This review relates to to-go orders. Be sure to ask for ranch with fried pickles because apparently it doesn't come with ranch, also be sure to ask for plastic utensils and napkins because those aren't given with your order either, also I ordered a lemonade (2.49) and received lemon flavored water‍ read more

It's a good place to hang out. It's a good place to have a big party. We have karaoke on Friday night. Their burgers have homemade bread and never Frozen patties read more

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It really wasn't all that bad. The food was good the service seemed attentive. We were warned that due to low staff our food would be a little bit but really it wasn't long at all. It's definitely bigger inside than what appears from the exterior. It was clean. It looks like maybe in the evening hours or on the weekends it could be quite busy. All in all in deserves four. I just don't do five stars at bars. It's essentially bar food. Their vice is drinks not food. But again the food was good. Well the wings anyway. And the soda with grenadine was good. The fries were so so. The napkins tasted good a little like paper but good duped in ranch and with smeared wing sauce. Lol. Okay the last part was just being plain funny. It gets four stars and I well I get 5 ! No less or you're like the ress tah! read more

If I could give zero 0 I would. Bar tender was decent but don't waste your money on food. After screwing up my order I was told that the cook/manager doesn't want to fix my order and make it as I asked. Horrible customer service and attitude.. what a shit hole of an establishment and an even worse manager. This guy should be let go as it wasn't anything special I requested. I asked for food that wasn't cold and undercooked. Then they charged me for the food as well. read more

Stopped in here last night by chance Nice big open place with a nice outside dining area ... We were greeted right away by a few waitresses telling us set where ever we would like. We asked if outside was ok since it was a nice evening and we wanted some fresh air after being in cold an snow so long ... Our server was great ... Got our drink orders right away then our appetizer order then our dinner She was very helpful with answering our questions about the different food items Her shift was over before we left but she let us know and introduced us to the other server who who be helping us Food was served in a timely manner. Hot fresh and delicious Potion size were huge !! All in all a great experience If in the area again we would for sure stop back in If your from the area and like a sports bar with lots of TV music etc. you really need to check this place out ! read more

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We walked in tonight and I had surgery 5 days ago. I cannot wear a mask for health reasons... I was berated by the manager as soon as we walked, even after telling him I cannot for health reasons wear a mask while entering. He then proceeded to tell the bartender not to serve me, and called the police. The police did not show up, but I was served water but not given a menu. We did eventually leave. The bartenders are awesome, but the owners should rethink the management as it is a reflection of the business. read more

Went to Big Sam on leopard last night to watch the game. First time being there. Enjoyed the atmosphere, Tvs and Hailey our server was amazing. Taking care of our group to make sure we enjoy the night cap. Diffentely will be returning and asking for the young lady to take care of us. Amazing evening read more

Ok first of all I do like this place but today we had a COCKROACH crawl across our table before we killed it and the manager compensation was four dollars. Come on bro, better customer service people step it up. They came and picked up the roach and mopped that's it. Watch out if you come! read more

This is the WORST sports bar... Period! 1. Not all games being shown. 10 big screens, and 20 regular tvs. We asked for a specific game on 1of the big screens and were told that the TV s are "programmed" and can't be changed. WHAT??!!. 3 customers came in to watch their specific game but left since it wasn't showing. And Judge Judy is on one of the big screens. W in the F'n F!! Funny thing, they finally tuned in all games midway through the 1st quarter. 2. We were told, somewhat rudely, that we had to order food or we could only stay 20 minutes. No s@#t!! We're going to be here 3 hours. 3. The worst music is being played very loud, bit no audio of the games. I do not recommend this restaurant read more

Haven't been to Big Sams in a while in for lunch food went by pretty quick everything tastes great read more

Big Sams Grill & Bar - Sports Bars Near Me - Corpus Christi, Texas

My husband and I along with family members from out of town went to eat dinner. Wait staff very, very, immature, nasty silly dancing and yelling at the top of their lungs with each other. VERY annoying! The manager didn't seem to care, just laughed along with them. They had a DJ that played nothing but sorry, sorry crappy music!!!! The waitress overcharged my bother on the ticket! I could clearly tell it's because she wasn't paying attention to what she was doing! The waitress seemed to be too busy with each other's hair, makeup, and their silly dancing! Hey, I was young once and loved to party, still do-but, there's a place and time and at work is surely not the place!! Management needs to go! Very unprofessional. Will never step foot in this place again! read more

This place is a joke. The entire establishment is sticky and filthy. The servers are a joke. The manager especially is the biggest joke of them all lol. The drinks are way too syrupy and bound to give you a hangover with all that sugar, gross. Oh and you can't even have a cigarette while enjoying a drink because the patio is "under construction" which really just looks like they knocked down a few planks of wood and left it there. I see this all the time in Corpus and it'll never get done. The manager doesn't care to offer an alternative smoking area even though they still advertise the patio on Google. Katy the server that's eyes are way too far apart and the bearded ginger manager should look into other professions because customer service, isn't it. read more

Horrible experience! If u have a food allergy of any kind do not come here!!!!! Today this establishment took our orders and in that: two wraps were ordered w NO SAUCE due to a Buffalo sauce allergy. Two wraps were brought out both w sauce in them. Unfortunately, the person w an allergy took one bite and instantly started sweating, swelling, & vomiting. W no benadryl on hand, the person was made sick and the food was taken back & replaced w the correct order. However, the establishment When I spoke to the manager JR he stated there was "no sauce" in the wraps. He stated he checked it himself and had the nerve to ask me if i wanted him to bring it back out for me to check that it was only tomato. This is UNACCEPTABLE!! They expected us to pay for the meal regardless of the error on their part and the ruining of the birthday party; which we had to run to the closest convenience store to purchase benadryl due to the allergic reaction. The person w the allergy had to be escorted out and taken hm due to the reaction and the manager continued to argue that it was an error on our part that there was no sauce. Worst experience and the manager was not at all sympathetic to the situation. With something like that serious, when a customer states DO NOT PUT ... BECAUSE OF AN ALLERGY!!! When the establishment states ok, at that point it is the restaurants responsibility to make that order correctly. Especially when given the importance of an allergy. People can die frm anaphylaxis shock. If I could rate this establishment negative stars I would. read more

Only because the food is ok. Service is slow to nonexistent. We had to find our waitress to order drinks just about every time. There were some children, apparently known to the manager and staff, that had the run of the place. Interrupting billiard games without any parent in sight. Manager did little to stop the behavior. Really too bad. It seemed like a pretty cool place!! Loved the TVs. Someone just needs to seriously MANAGE the place!! read more

Foods not bad could be better. Service is nice and don't do too much for what it is. Good spot to watch sports and eat wings.

This is a very good place to eat and spend time with friends or family but it is totally the worst place to be at for drinks unless there is a special going on. It was awfully expensive, 2 shots of Jager and 2 Old fashioned itself came out to more than half the bill. So definitely not a good place for drinks. But the food was definitely good and priced well. The place was packed and still the service was great. It is a great chill spot too. read more

The food was good but the service was bad. None of the employees were wearing mask. Our waiter was very slow. She only came by once. There were flys coming around my food. Overall I will not be coming back. read more

We are visiting Corpus from Austin and we really wanted to try this place as it had something for all of us. (Kind of hesitant because it was 20min from our hotel) We walked in excited, the music was going and before we knew it we sat in our seats for 20 minutes and no one came to our table, we kept waving the waitresses over but no one looked over at us. A older couple sat behind us after we sat there for 20 min and were immediately served drinks and chips. But again no one ever paid us any mind, a manager then walks over and asks if we asked for a manager to which my husband responded "we haven't even had a waitress come to our table" he says, "sorry guys I'll get someone over" we then sat there and a waitress passed us and went again to the couple behind us and ignored us. We had enough at that point and we get up from our seats, a waitress finally looks over at us and says "sorry guys" as we walk out. Kind of disgusted in the way we were treated at this establishment. read more

On a slow night I walk in a sit at the bar. Bartenders struggling as if the place was busy. I finally get a drink and order 12 naked hot wings. They took forever but I was happy to see that they were huge pieces. I then noticed that 4 of them where raw and had blood flowing out. I told the staff and they only took the 4 and said they will be replaced. I continued eating the rest of my wings that barely made mark for being edible. They never brought back my 4 wings and only gave my 10% off my plate. WRONG ANSWER. I was so upset, I didn't argue and just told myself that it was the last time coming here. read more

The service is universally slow and awful every time I go. Avoid the chips and queso - your 5 year old has better skills - you will do better to buy chips and a jar of cheese from the gas station across the street. The TVs are often messed up. Literally the only thing worth going to this place for is the black pepper steak. So if you go - don't expect good service and only order that. read more

Don't go on Thursday nights. It's karaoke night and you'll have to listen to crappy country songs all night. Don't order a beer tower because it will taste terrible. And the cell phone service inside is horrible and they don't provide WiFi for customers. read more

If I could rate this lower I would. Came here for birthday dinner today. Everything was going great until my friend ordered a grilled chicken wrap no!!!!!!! "Buffalo"sauce because she was dreadfully allergic the waitress said ok. Then when food came she took a bite and what do you know buffalo sauce was in it she swole up and was throwing up in bathroom I had to run to get Benadryl for her she was losing breath heavy breathing and we told manager and he was smiling and told us there was no sauce... ok but if there wasn't buffalo sauce she wouldn't have gotten sick and refused to refund the meal they messed up on. It was so bad my friends husband had to walk her out and take her to get checked out rediculous that the manager kept denying and said there was no sauce and that next time we should take a picture of it!!! That is all I have to say won't be coming back read more

Fun, enjoyable place, with great drink specials. Friday this is the place to be after work. Happy hour rolls into karaoke night too.

Went on a Saturday afternoon about 2 pm. With very few people in the restaurant it it still took about 20 mins to take our drink order. That was only because the bartender saw us and took them after the waitress santered by 4-5 times. Clean place though and the food was good forbthe price. Good beer selection, but if you are going to serve higher end beer such as Guinness and Sam Adams on tap, you need to have the right glasses and knowledge of how to serve both. read more

Super LOUD club music in a sports bar? Came here on a Saturday night to have a beer/some wings it was a shit experience. This place has great potential, but the service was slow for.less than average bar food, but since the drinks were strong that would easily have been forgivable. What was not forgivable was a really crappy DJ playing club dance music WAY to loud to a very annoyed crowd. We had to yell at our waitress, I left there with a.sore throat just from trying to have a conversation. No thank you, never coming back here. read more

Went there for the first time with son in-law, got hot dogs n wings, Togo, got home opened my plate started eating and found a clump of hair stuck to the plate, was grey, looked like mouse hair, it made me sick, I would never recommend this place....sick filthy place blah. read more