Found this little local shop for lunch on Yelp and definitely wanted to give it a try while we were…read morevisiting Corpus Christi. It definitely did not disappoint. Pulling up into the parking lot, we got extremely lucky and saw a few people walking out; otherwise this little parking lot is completely full. The shop itself is also pretty small, basically a hallway down the entire unit, with a bar on the left and a row of small tables on the right. There is some outdoor seating available as well. We ordered lunch to-go, which was pretty quick and easy, as our order was already prepared when I arrived and I was able to use Apple Pay. I noticed their packaging was very nice. We ordered the Philly Cheese w/ pasta salad, the Teriyaki Salmon w/ mac 'n cheese, and also Ahi Tuna sandwich w/ the soup of the day, being broccoli and cheese. My Philly Cheese was tasty, but on the salty side. My bride absolutely loved her Ahi Tuna and the kiddos enjoyed their Teriyaki Salmon. Overall, the food was excellent (but it is pretty pricey). We definitely recommend this spot in you are in the area.

Stopped in for a quick lunch while visiting from Houston and enjoyed a great meal. Service was…read morepolite and efficient. Food was fresh, tasty and servings were plentiful. The kids enjoyed the outdoor entertainment area.

Great vibe and food. Loved it. Service was excellent. Wanted to go back next day. Definitely…read morerecommend!

Our visit was a result of a glowing recommendation regarding the burgers (which looked delicious)…read morebut I opted for the baked oyster trio. BEST DECISION EVER The Oysters Rockefeller were great, the Oysters New Orleans were fantastic, but the Oysters Robert were to die for. HOLY CRAP!

Was looking for a late dinner and the only places were fast food joints or here! We decided to try…read moreit and it was so good! We got tacos, hot dogs, birria etc! A good bang for your buck and the service was so good. The guy at the window explained their best sellers and made sure we knew exactly what we were gonna get!

Went thru searching for good tacos... Stumbled on this food truck. Yum.. Had the street tacos…read moreplate. Oh my oh my So so good. Service is the great. The gentleman is awesome. Recommended the fideo loco and gosh this was so good. Never had this and I hooked. The tacos were delish, grilled onions seasoned to perfection and the hot sauce (green sauce) has no match. They also have fully loaded hot dogs mexican style. Reasonable prices and a must try.... Go get you some

Came in late from out of town and stopped in for a foot long coney. The food was great. It came out…read morequick and was tasty and hot. The server was friendly. Though it was late and busy the locations is very clean and nice looking.

Samantha was the nicest and most on top of things carhop at Sonic in Port A. with delivering our…read moreorder on Sunday, 18 May, 2025! You can tell she is doing her best as Sonic is being slammed and every slot was filled and drive thru was backed up! She greeted us with a smile and great attitude!! We knew it would be a little bit of a wait since they were so busy, but her great attitude and smile definitely made us feel appreciated and welcomed! Keep up the good work Samantha and thanks Sonic for making the best drinks as always! We will be back here on our next trip to Port A looking forward to seeing Samantha's smile and enjoying our Sonic order!

Great burgers and sneaky good wings. Wait can be long when crowded, but it's worth it.read more

Padre Island Burger Company gets a solid 3/5 from yours truly, and honestly mate, I'm being…read moregenerous because the atmosphere and seaside setting did a fair bit of heavy lifting. let me explain myself properly. This place screams modern tourist burger joint. The sort of establishment where every burger arrives with twelve unnecessary toppings, a quirky name, and a price tag that makes you briefly consider checking your credit score before ordering. Quite frankly the place should be renamed "Upcharge Central" or perhaps "Tourist Burgers Built for Photos, Not Stomachs" The outdoor seating itself is lovely though. Proper island atmosphere. Wooden picnic tables, sea breeze rolling through, cold drinks sweating in the Texas heat, tourists waddling about sunburnt and optimistic. It's the kind of setting where you want the burger to absolutely save your afternoon. Unfortunately... Mine did the complete opposite. I ordered their "world famous" Lulu Burger, their take on a jalapeño popper burger, and I genuinely believe it may have been one of the worst burgers I've had in the last couple years. Now look, I'm not against creativity. I enjoy innovation. But somewhere along the line society decided burgers needed to become science experiments. The moment that completely sent me over the edge? A massive slab of cold cream cheese slapped directly onto the burger. Not melted. Not slightly warm. Not blended into the burger. No mate. Refrigerator cold. The sort of cold where you could practically still see the HEB dairy aisle condensation on it. Completely threw off the texture and turned every bite into a confusing mess of hot beef meeting Arctic dairy product. Absolutely criminal behaviour. Now to be fair, my lovely date ordered the Hangover Burger which was noticeably better. Fried egg, bacon, cheesy goodness, all the things you'd expect after a rough Friday evening involving tequila and poor decisions. Still overpriced for what it was, but at least it tasted like somebody in the kitchen had a coherent vision. The sweet potato fries were actually quite decent as well. Crisp edges, soft middle, solid seasoning. No complaints there. Maybe I'm old school. Maybe I'm too particular. But when I think burger joint, my mental checklist is simple: Hot burger. Balanced toppings. Quality beef. Reasonable price. No culinary jump scares. And unfortunately this place missed the mark on several fronts. 3/5. Lovely atmosphere, decent service, and a fun island vibe, but the burgers themselves simply didn't justify the hype or the price tag.

I really enjoyed this place. The fried sushi had just the right amount of tempura and the waffle on…read morethe sandwich was not too crunchy or too soft. The fries were also very crispy and warm. I recommend this place for a quick bite! The facility was also very clean and had plenty of seating .

Came in for my first visit. I was looking forward to Korean Fried Chicken, but it definitely…read moredidn't taste like Korean Fried Chicken. The food came out hot, but it wasn't extremely crispy like I expected. The fried sushi was doused in their sauce, so I didn't really get to enjoy the taste of the food. The server was great! I appreciate that he took time to explain the menu and how it worked there. Extra star for that. The only bad part about the seating is that the seats are high up as well as the tables. Kinda uncomfortable when you have older family either way you. Should I give it a de one chance?

I love this place. It's probably my son's favorite restaurant in all of Corpus. He's the third…read moregeneration in my family to love the burgers here. My parents used to take me to the original location back in the 80s, and it was always a great experience. Back then you stood in line, ordered at the counter, and had more of a self-service experience. I think I still prefer that style over the newer sit-down service, but that may just be nostalgia talking. My son and I stopped in on a late Saturday afternoon while we were out around town digging through vinyl shops. He immediately requested Wallbanger's. Our waitress, Fantasia, was great and pointed out they had a $5 half-order appetizer special during happy hour. We started with mozzarella sticks and chipotle BBQ boneless wings. The mozzarella sticks do seem a little different from what I remember at the original spot, but these were still fresh, hot, gooey, and really good. The marinara they serve with them is great. The boneless wings were solid too, and their chipotle BBQ sauce is one of my favorites. My son ordered the crispy chicken sandwich with that same chipotle BBQ sauce. The sandwich was huge and he ended up taking half of it home to finish later. I went with the Uncle Sam burger, which is a classic burger setup with bacon added. It was very good. Their sidewinder fries are always on point. One thing that deserves special attention here is the bun. They make their buns in house and they're excellent. Fresh, soft, and full of flavor. It's not just something holding the burger together. The bun is part of what makes the whole burger experience work. This place has been part of my family's routine for decades now. I hope it sticks around long enough for a fourth generation of my family to enjoy it.

I rolled in on a wheelchair and after having the incredible service from Haileylashay I literally…read morewalked out on my two feet! Awesome place and awesome ranch!

Came here and beat the lunch rush by a few minutes! This place is popular with locals: which is a…read moregreat sign! I think I was the only person in the place that was from out of town. The food was very fresh and tasted great! Lots of cool stuff on the walls to look at. I will be back every time I visit the coast! I have to try everything on their menu.

Great place for lunch! The food is fresh and tasty, and the staff is friendly. I had the cheese…read moreburger, and it was delicious. Service is quick. Perfect for a casual meal!

Service was fast and the food came out hot and crispy, which is always appreciated. The tenders had…read morea good crunch and were cooked well, but the seasoning was lacking more than usual. As most people know, the flavor really comes from the sauce, and unfortunately this time the sauce didn't deliver. Both my wife and I noticed it tasted a bit sour and not like the usual Cane's sauce we're used to. Overall, the experience was still decent because everything was fresh and quick, but the flavor just wasn't there this visit.

I've been craving Raising Cane's for months and was soooo glad I stopped in for lunch!! The staff…read moreare very friendly despite how busy and chaotic it was in the restaurant. Kudos to them for keeping the place clean and tables quickly wiped! I ordered the Caniac Combo which comes with six chicken fingers, one Texas toast, fries, one coleslaw, and two sauces. This is a big basket and enough for two to share! My chicken were medium-ish sized but very moist and delicious. Add on a couple extra sauces because they are soooo good! They do cost about 25 cents (?) extra each. Also, you can sub out items! If you aren't feeling like having coleslaw, you can get a toast or sauce instead!

I had never even seen a shooting star before. 25 years of rotations, passes through comets' paths,…read moreand travel, and to my memory I had never witnessed burning debris scratch across the night sky. Church's Chicken employees were hunched over the deep friers. A co-manager named Jeffrey slowly beat on a cash register, cursing, veins throbbing, mumbling into the void space like he was trying to resurrect the dead. Community College drop-out Carver tapped patiently on the drive-thru counter, waiting for his cue. White pearls of discounted warehouse fluorescent light swam over their faces. A lazy blinking deep frier light spilled artificial constellations inside the aluminum cove of the vent hood. The asbestos-filled skeleton of the facility ate one end of South Padre Island Drive. A homeless man's bones and stray heroin needles laid beneath. I stared entranced, soaking in Church's Fried Chicken, chiseling each sense into the best functioning parts of my brain which would be the only sound system for the material for months. The faded lamps along the walls of the worn-down facility bled upward into the grey ceiling tile sky, which seemed as strikingly artificial and perfect as a wizard's cap. The aroma of fried chicken ascended repeatedly. "God dammit Carver," Jeffrey yelled like his dying words. "The health inspection is today, where is your f****** hair net?" The trained critical part of me marked the similarity to Col. Sander's 2 Piece Dark Meat Combo. The human part of me wept in awe. The lower-middle class surrounding me held their breath in communion (save for the drunken few shouting "Coupon!"). Suddenly, a rise of beeping and childish wails swept unfittingly through the crowd. The fried okra was certainly momentous, but wasn't the response more apt for, well, "Mashed Potatoes?" I looked up. I thought it was fireworks. A teardrop shot from Carver and disappeared behind the facial hair where the syrupy leftovers of last night's meal crawled. Church's Chicken had the heavens on their side. For further testament, I suffered auto-debilitating accidents in the same week, in different parts of the country, while eating Church's Chicken Biscuits in our respective Japanese imports. For months, I feared eating while driving, as I'd feared passing 18- wheelers after nearly being crushed by one in 1990. With good reason, I suspect Church's Chicken to possess incomprehensible powers. The evidence is only compounded with their South Padre Island Drive location-- the rubber match in the chain's legacy-- a chain which completely obliterates how fast food, and Church's Chicken themselves, will be considered. Even the heralded KFC has been nudged down one spot in Valhalla. Popeye's makes fried chicken childish. Considerations on its merits as "food" (i.e. its food critic fodder potential, its sides, and its hooks) are pointless. Comparing this to other albums is like comparing an aquarium to blue construction paper. And not because it's fried or boiled or mashed. Classifications don't come to mind once deep inside this expansive, hypnotic world. Ransom, the philologist hero of C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet who is kidnapped and taken to another planet, initially finds his scholarship useless in his new surroundings, and just tries to survive the beautiful new world. This is an emotional, psychological experience. Church's Fried Chicken tastes like a clouded brain trying to recall an alien abduction. It's the taste of a facility, and its leader, losing faith in themselves, destroying themselves, and subsequently rebuilding a perfect entity. In other words, Jeffrey hated being Jeffrey, but ended up with the most ideal, natural Church's Chicken record yet. Menu Item #4 opens like Close Encounters spaceships communicating with Cajun Chefs of Lore. As your mouth decide whether the tastes are coming or going, Carver's Cuisinarted skills struggles for its tongue. "One second ma'am," Jeffrey belts in uplifting sighs. The first-person mantra of "That will be $4.79" is repeated until the line between Jeffrey's mind and the listener's mind is erased.

Ordered the family meal with two sides, they proceeded to make us wait for 15 minutes for the…read morebread. After pulling off we realized they left our fries. They did not let us in and made us wait in like for 20 more minutes making our food get cold. Terrible service and mediocre food. would not recommend.