Visiting Bandera wouldn't be complete without visiting the General store. It is a historical…read morebuilding. When you walk in to the right they have like the old diners seating area where you can order a treat. From ice cream to Sundays to floats... they have it all! I ordered a Coca Cola float. It really hit the spot in this heat! The store itself has all kinds of goodies from souvenirs... to candies... salsas... The girls were friendly. I really did enjoy my visit and do not miss it visiting Bandera

What a cool store!! We didn't even get to look at everything because it was a hot day and even in…read morethe store it was hot. Once the weather cools we will go back! But.. to start off.. walk in the door and they have a counter you can sit to enjoy some of their delicious ice cream. We got a scoop of blackberry cobbler. They have everything from the old fashion wooden rubber band guns to Coon hats. Boots, shirts, jewelry and all kinds of cool toys. Books, knifes, shot glasses, pretty much any little trinket you could want. They also have local salsas and jams, seasons and nut butters to sample. The young lady working was very sweet. Very welcoming. Plan to go back when we arent overheating

Every time I go to Fredericksburg this is one of my must stops in town! They have so many yummy…read moreoptions from ice cream, cookies, and other desserts. When you walk in everything is on display, you order at the counter and they have plenty of seating. The ice cream is delicious and the big chocolate chip cookie is my favorite!

Love the nostalgia! A place that plays Grease on the tv all day has to be great!…read more Super cute and clean. Good music playing and tons to choose from. They fresh bake their breads and hand make all their baked goods and ice cream. Guys, they have 40 flavors of ice cream!! Loved my turkey sandwich that came with pepper jelly...a very interesting and delicious condiment. Everyone loves their Reuben and chicken salad sandwich. You can choose half or whole and come with chips. We also got an ice cream afterwards...so yummy and creamy! This is a very popular place and got pretty busy and noisy. Can't wait to go back and try other things!

Best gelato in the United States! They also do coffee…read moredrinks- espresso, affogatos, etc..., Nice clean place. Friendly service. Get some!

I've adjusted it to reflect what actually happened and made the sequence clearer…read more The shop was clean, welcoming, and the gelato itself was delicious. I'd definitely come back because the quality of the gelato was excellent. The only area that could use some improvement was the customer service flow. When we walked in, there was one employee working, a customer with three young children who was taking quite a while deciding on flavors, and another customer who appeared to be waiting to pay. I don't know how long he had already been waiting, but by the time he finally paid, he had nearly finished eating his gelato. While the family was still deciding, the customer herself kindly told us to go ahead and place our order so she wouldn't keep holding us up. We appreciated that gesture and stepped up to order. I ordered chocolate and stracciatella. When I asked for chocolate, the employee asked if I was sure and whether I'd had it before. She did offer me a sample, which was thoughtful, but it caught me off guard since I wasn't expecting to have to justify my flavor choice. I also asked if they had cones, and she said they didn't. She then asked what size cup I wanted. I replied that I'd like one scoop of each flavor, not realizing the scoop count and cup size were separate choices. It took a couple of exchanges before I understood what she meant. A little more explanation upfront would have made the ordering process much smoother. After our gelato was prepared, I expected we'd be able to pay and move on. Instead, the employee immediately went back to helping the family continue sampling and deciding on flavors before ringing us up. By the time we were finally able to pay, my husband had almost finished eating his gelato. The employee was genuinely friendly and patient, especially with the family, and I understand it's not easy managing everything alone. I just think some additional training on balancing multiple customers--such as quickly checking out customers whose orders are already complete before returning to someone who is still deciding--would make the experience much smoother for everyone. Overall, the gelato was delicious, the shop was clean, and I'd happily come back. I just hope the service flow improves because the product itself is definitely worth the visit.

Food was great today. Must be under new management service was pretty quick and people friendly!read more

I live far out of town and stopped here for a quick bite to eat on a road trip. We ignored the…read moredingy looking exterior because we were hungry. We ordered a burger with only bun, cheese, and patty. Waited in the drive thru line for roughly 30 minutes for a drink, fries, burger, and medium blizzard. After all that time, the blizzard was half unblended and the burger had all veggies, yet no cheese on it. I immediately left an online complaint through the survey on the receipt. I just planned to call for a refund as soon as I wrapped up my weekend night shifts, if they didn't reach out to me first. However, when I called less than 72 hours after the initial transaction and spoke to their manager, he rudely said he "cannot and will not refund" the money as I haven't brought the food back to the store and didn't call within 48 hours. I apologized and tried to explain that I didn't know about a time limit, I live far away, and the 48 hour limit had just been passed. I understood that I had messed up by not knowing the company time limit and stuff, so I hung up after he was very rude the entire talk. I then remembered I made the online complaint the day of and hoped maybe he would be kinder if he knew I tried before. I called again, but he was even ruder the second time. The interaction was horrible, and I still won't be getting my refund from them. TL;DR The fries we could eat were mediocre, tasted slightly greasy unless doused in ketchup, blizzard was half blended, every topping we didn't want want on burger was there, yet no cheese in sight... very rude manager/customer service. Never again!

I want to give 3.5 but it doesn't let me. Has the small town restaurant in Texas nailed. Had the…read morebacon wrapped shrimp and a the Trail Boss Burger. Exactly what I expected. Onion ring on top of a bacon BBQ burger. Hit the spot. Guests had the Country Fried Steak and Country Fried Chicken (they LARPED small town Texas on this trip). They enjoyed but didn't say it was amazing. The service and staff was (very) friendly and courteous but... 1) When we go sat, no one gave us cutlery. Even after the appetizers arrived we still hadn't gotten any. It took asking twice. And trust me the gap between sitting, asking 1x and then asking again was about 25 mins. At least. Our actually server recognized this and was apologetic (I think he got triple sat on a Friday night). 2) Our actual entree order was *probably* never put in originally because it took 50 minutes (and people who say after us ate and got dessert in the meantime) and when it came out it was hot. Which means it wasn't sitting around. Again our server recognized this and was very apologetic. Despite that, I'd go again. Vibe was perfect small town Texas and food hit the spot.

Had a good / bad experience Ordered the 8 oz filet mignon…read more The first time it came out more medium than medium well. Sent it back and figured out that the potatoes and the brussels sprouts were cold so ask him to take them back and just nuke. Instead, they said they were remaking them, which is fine but then they brought my steak out and wanted me to sit there and eat that why my potatoes brussels sprouts were being cooked I like my food altogether I don't know about anyway so ask a manager to remake the whole meal altogether and the steak comes out bloody rare instead of well done didn't ask if it was OK didn't come back and check on us. Absolutely the worst food experience ever poor management. (not good customer service at all) the bartender on their hand was amazing spot on with drinks and great

This restaurant is located in an odd location behind a motel in Bandera. I got the chicken club…read moresandwich, which I really enjoyed. The Texas toast was fragrant, and the flavours of the sandwich blended very well together. My cousin got the fried catfish platter, which didn't have much of a flavour, but he said that means it's a river catfish. He is a catfish connoisseur and liked it. The jalapeno hush puppies that came with it were excellent. However, the coleslaw had a very odd flavour, and neither of us liked it. It tasted acrid to me. I didn't really like the fries because of the seasoning, but I still had a few. The server initially gave my cousin water instead of the sweet tea that he ordered. They served us our water and sweet tea in mason jars, which looked very nice, but the water was not pleasing to my taste buds as it tasted like unfiltered tap water.

We brought out of town family to Bandera and have always had good food at Bricks, so chose it for…read morelunch. Everyone enjoyed their meals! I had a mushroom swiss burger and onion rings with ranch...so yummy. Cons and the reason for the 3 stars...There weren't any clean tables and the menus were dirty...we saw that there was only one guy seating, getting drinks and serving. I'm guessing he was also the cook, because it took an hour and a half to get our food. Another guy showed up near the end of our meal and was helping take orders. They were obviously short staffed, but I was proud of the guys...they were hustling.

I did some researches on where to eat in Bandera. I found some good options which are more modern…read more I wanted to eat somewhere historical. I settled to try this place. We walk in and there were at least 3 waiters around looking at us confused if we should order at the counter seeing a line there or just seat ourselves. We finally decided to flag a waitress and ask her. As friendly as people are in this town it was not the case at this restaurant. The lady was short with her answers and almost felt like she is mocking our questions. I saw that the must try is the Texas Spud which seems to be a loaded baked potato. In general from what I know baked potatoes might include bacon and my friend doesn't eat bacon. The way she answered about it was such a turn off! We were about to have a full mean ended up opting to just try the Texas Spud and a side of onion rings since she recommended that The onion rings are old and inedible we left them. The Texas Spud when it came to the table I ended up having a full understanding of it by eating it. So basically it is a baked potato with chili on it (no meat) it feels it came from a can and cheese pickled jalapeño and sour cream decorated with tortilla chips around it. It was ok but I could say I have tried it. The restaurant itself is very old. I believe it is the oldest running restaurant in Bandera I got to see The John Wayne Room which is western-themed dining room. Decorated with memorabilia dedicated to "The Duke". Also they have a salad bar that looks like a wagon. Just take a picture of it from far away the veggies and everything in it looks very sad! Will I return to eat there? Definitely not! But I do not regret trying it out

This is a split review…read more I ordered a medium-rare ribeye. The chef delivered it on a hot platter that cooked the steak to well-done. The server offered me steak sauce. I told her "I hope not". Then she let me run out of tea and came around to drop the check. I do not recommend OST Restaurant. Another member of my party gave a thumbs up to the Chicken Fried Steak.

If you're looking for something sweet to eat this is your place.They have a little bit of…read moreeverything.But their main thing is ice cream,ice cream sundae's and shakes and malts.Nice little place if you want to get a dip of ice cream or a say a root beer float.Its a nice little place.What cracked me up was the old man that owned the place.The line was basically out the door.I asked him is it always like this?He said yep til Labor Day.He said I'm going to have sell this place.Im getting to old for this shit.But hey,if you're in town check this place out.

The minute you walk in you are greeted with a smile and a "welcome" or "hello". I was serviced by…read moretwo amazing young women, one with beautiful blue eyes and dark hair and the other with the cutest freckles you've ever seen. They were quick and efficient and treated me with the utmost respect ( their parents should be proud). not only was the service great but the sweet treats were even better. Those lovely girls for sure made my day even brighter. Their boss must feel very lucky to have them!! Overall, great shop and great girls.

Patrick makes the pretzels from scratch just like being back in Philly. The brown butter chocolate…read morechip cookies are THE BEST hands down! Ice cream is made the old school way without any chemicals etc. As far as the negative review posted about the pretzels coming out of the freezer it just isn't true. You can watch Patrick through the glass behind the counter making the dough and kneading it etc. It's great to see someone have a neighborhood business that cares about every person that comes in the door.

Excellent homemade ice cream. Pure flavors, don't taste like fake flavoring or cheap sweetener…read more Extensive nostalgic candy selection Knowledgeable service

Great idea shaved ice at the Ingram Dam.. I had to give 4 stars because it's really pricey for a…read moresnow cone.. Plus I just never know when anything is opened consistently now days. So don't get your hopes up until you get there.

Finely shaved ice with a generous amount of flavored syrup. Nice staff. Plenty of parking.read more