The food was delicious! I had the seafood gumbo and shrimp tacos and I was not disappointed.

They view is outstanding but the food and service is lacking. It isn't the servers fault. They work hard but it always seems disorganized and understaffed. read more

Soggy fried shrimp and soggy French fries, Everything was undercooked. Undercooked pasta Undercooked hush puppies.

Came here because of the view overlooking the water but to my surprise the view came with an excessive amount of flies. Absolutely disgusted by the amount of flies that swarmed our table. Now to the food , not worth a return visit. We came here during happy hour, the margaritas were $4 just ok and the catfish appetizer I had to douse with lemon juice and hot sauce. For entrees I got the shrimp platter with a baked potato and my husband got cajun pasta. Shrimp had no flavor corn was very mushy(very overcooked), hush puppies were pretty tasty. The sauce for my husband's pasta was extremely watery and flavor was non existent. To top it off they charge a surcharge for using a credit card, who carries cash nowadays . Overall come for the views but go elsewhere for food. read more

We've been here a couple times, and the food and service was good/okay Liked the view of the lake and sunset. The most recent visit (April 2022) was not good. We had reservations, got in on time but waited an hour for our food, and only part of it arrived. The last meals came out 20 to 25 minutes later. The food was good, but not great. The wait staff was slow and inattentive. One of them even taking time for "vape break" in the dining area right behind (approx. 5 feet). They had a musician who started early and provided plenty of over feedback and over-modulation through most of dinner. It should also be noted, this is not a cheap place to eat, oh and they want tips on top of it all. Not that there are cheap places anymore, but If you're going to go to the expense - go somewhere that will appreciate your business. Just not a good experience, and primed us to start going elsewhere. Too bad, because they seem to have a lot of potential. read more

This place is beautiful, but the service is terrible. They ignore you, serve you if they feel like it, and the staff spends more time socializing than serving. If you get served - the food is okay. Just stop by for a brew and avoid the food aspect and you will have a great time. Just watch out for the raccoons....they like the food ALOT! read more

Dead Fish is our go to for brunch! Always ask for Whitney! He is amazing!!! We make the 30 minute drive because the service and food are amazing. read more

Channing was absolutely wonderful!!! She was attentive without being overboard! We loved her kindness and she addressed our needs before we were ever aware! Great experience! read more

The view is very pretty. Over the years the food has been hit or miss. Went there to try again on Valentine's Day and the food was great but service was terrible. As soon as our waiter learned we didn't want alcoholic beverages he was dismissive and rude. It really was a shame as we had the atmosphere and the food and had all the great makings of a romantic dinner. We had to go somewhere else to get coffee to shake the mood. We ordered a wedge salad for $8 but this is what we got delivered to our table: The waiter didn't even stick around long enough for us to say this isn't what we ordered. After finally flagging him down after walking by us numerous times - we were told he didn't want to make the kitchen mad by asking them for the correct one right now. But we could have this too. So our wedge salad was brought at the same time as dinner. read more

Dead Fish Grill - The waiter didn't even stick around long enough for us to say this isn't what we ordered. - American Near Me - Belton, Texas

I love this restaurant! Beautiful view, delicious food and great, friendly service. I always brining family and friends here when they visit from out of town and are blown away by the view! read more

Dead Fish Grill - American Near Me - Belton, Texas

We had a party of 10 and it was our first time trying this place...heard a lot of great things about them. First of all it was mother's day weekend and our daughter just graduated, so we thought this would be a great place to celebrate her accomplishments. The wait was nearly an hour, and I understand that with large parties it can take longer waiting for a section of seats/table to open up...however, after 10 minutes I went to the restroom and saw a table set up for 10-12 people and it wasn't being used...I went back in about 5 minutes later to order drinks while we wait, and that same table was open...the hostess said that it might be reserved but wasn't sure. 20 minutes later I brought our empty glasses back in and notice the same table was open, I asked about it and again go the same answer...finally after about a 55-60-minute wait, we got called in and was seated at the same table that I had inquired about. Strike 1. Once seater, some brought over glasses of water, our waitress took our drink and appetizer order. She got the drinks wrong, and I didn't get mine till I had to flag her down, 5-10 minutes after everyone else got their drinks. I ordered a Coke and got Mr. Pibb instead. It took longer than I would have expected to get the appetizers. The chips and queso first arrived, the queso was watery and cool, not cold but cool...never had cold queso, normally it's warm to luke warm, it was cool enough you could see some settling of the cheese at the top. The two orders of calamari came a few minutes later, the flavor was fine, but the texture was like old gummy worms. Strike 2. So out meals came out, I had the rainbow trout, with cream corn and blanca (white) rice...the corn was flavorful, but the portions of the white rice were so hard, I may of broke a filling in my tooth. As for the Trout, it was lightly crispy and quite salty...my wife had the catfish and shrimp which she liked so thumbs up to that dish. Also, we had to two cups of their Seafood Gumbo, and I love a good cup of Gumbo, everywhere I go and I see Gumbo, I order it...unfortunately this one was super disappointing, I couldn't tell you if the flavor was good because it was so salty, definitely felt like the dropped a whole box into a small pot. Needless to say after dropping nearly $400, it was overall a disappointment. However, the view of the lake is quite spectacular. read more

Rude manager and rude service. Food is ok. Really just a good view of the lake is the best part of this place

Went here super excited. We were told it was a 30-45 minute wait to eat outside so we decided to stay. 45 minutes later I went in to ask how much longer, they said ten minutes. So we waited 15, went back in and asked and they said they weren't sure. So we asked if we could be seated inside instead and we were. When we sat down we ordered our drinks and continued to wait 30 minutes just to get them. I decided to order the salmon. It was $26 so I expected it to be good. It was good. Fresh however, it was not. Seeing as how it gave me food poisoning and kept me up the whole night lying by the toilet sick to my stomach. I will never be going back here, nor will anyone who went with me as they said the food was not good enough for the prices. Save yourself the money. read more

The place was slow, the bar was empty. Bartenders walk by me 6 times before acknowledging I was there.

Very nice place! Once you walk inside your whole impression gets better. The waitress that waited on my table was great too. I couldn't have gotten better service. And on top of it all, the views are second to none. The gumbo was good and the cheese cake was great. read more

I really wanted a good salad but being way out here not too many option. The queso was really really good but the chicken Caesar salad was a huge disappointment hardly and lettuce that had already dressed which isn't great for a to go salad but at least the chicken is good:/ but definitely not worth the price read more

Very good food, great view of Lake Belton, the service is real good, the food is plentiful and prices are surprisingly reasonable. Defiantly a regular go to place. read more

After years of eating brunch and breakfast here, we've had our last. The quality of the food has consistently declined and is absolutely at rock bottom. There are about 20 customers in the restaurant including us and nothing came out of the kitchen hot. Nothing. The wait staff seems clueless. Not checking food before it comes to the table. It's just not worth it. In addition to all that, they've changed the menu to force you to offer a few pre-defined choices. You can't even make your own omelette any more. It's just bad form for a brunch location. We're done. read more

Heard it was great so was excited to finally get to go. Started badly...is smelled like someone used a sour mop to clean the place. Not just the lakeside smell...just yuck. Ordered the Shrimp Gumbo which should be called leftover soup. Included a few shrimp, a few tiny shrimp, chicken cubes, chunks of sausage, chunks of burnt meat bits. Couldn't find any okra. The dirty rice was smack in the middle of the bowl, not on the side. No choices there. The bread was ok. My husband ordered the chicken fried steak, which was a whole lot of breading and a tiny piece of meat, but the potatoes and gravy were good. Won't be going back. read more

I love Dead Fish Grill. Come here nearly every time I come to Belton. Service this time was abysmal at best. Took 40 minutes for a waiter to take our order, another 20 to get our drinks. No refills on water. Waiting never came back to check on us. Had to ask for our bill after talking to a manager. Waiter had no idea what we had and had to ask us what we ordered. Should have just walked out. So disappointing. Edit: It took another 40 minutes to get our bills and then they had to be fixed. This was the worst dinner experience ever. Totally ruined our celebration. Edit: Since this will not let me reply to the comment from Deadfish Management, I will add that the manager did not fix ANYTHING. He was the cause of all the issues we had. He was rude, belligerent and threatened to call the police because we had the audacity to want to get our bills and go home after wasting 3 hours at your restaurant. It was a miserable experience and not one I would care to repeat anytime soon. If you read the reviews from others in our party, you will see that none of us are happy with your restaurant and are still upset 4 days later that our celebration was ruined. read more

Came on a Saturday morning for brunch. We sat outside, unfortunately the chairs and table were full of spiderwebs which we cleaned ourselves. The food was good but not excellent. read more

Food is basically all fried and over priced not the place to go. Only great part is the view from the deck.

Way over priced for both the amount and mediocre food. Nice atmosphere on the lake for such an old establishment (previously know as Frank's) so the building is old. They do offer live music and it can be a fun place for a drink or two and some fried calamari (really good) while enjoying the free entertainment! I'm all for free live music! The service can be sporadic and it doesn't seem like they really have it together. Might be a good place for a first date place or a convenient venue for large groups or meetings. Nice place to watch the boat parade at Christmas, but it will be way overcrowded so be sure and get there early and be prepared to wait for the boats. There really are some great restaurants that cost much less and have much better food in greater quantities. read more

I had the most amazing time at this this restaurant I had the blackened salmon with dirty rice the salmon was soft, juicy, and full of flavor. The moment I walked in I was greeted by the wonderful staff and and was helped immediately, I want to give a big thanks to my server Whitney he was very polite, professional, attentive and patient. Whitney also ensure that the customer needs where met by consistently checking on us. There is not a doubt in my mind that everyone visits this restaurant will have nothing but good things to say. read more

For cleanliness, I give you a 1 because a zero is not an option on yelp. I'm sitting next to a glop of yuk on the ground and my wine glass has dried food on the outside. As for the food, it's normally Hood so we will wait to see. We come here regularly, so not sure what's going on with the clean up crew. read more

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We ate inside. They had a loud guitar player and very resonant roof, so it was hard to hear. I ordered fried catfish with fries and it was good but not great. The food took a while to come and wasn't very hot. The waitress was awesome, she remembered someone's allergies and replaced her food when she realized it wasn't safe. read more

The food was very good. Policies and service, not so much. They add a 3% fee for CC payment. Part of my order was the seafood gumbo with toasted bread. I asked if crackers were served with the gumbo and was told yes. I didn't get any crackers so I asked for an extra piece of toast and was told they were out of crackers and there would be an additional $1.50 charge go another piece of toast. DON'T nickel and dime me. read more

Even though there were plenty of staff, we sat by the water and not ONCE did anyone come to check on us! We had to wave over busboy to do anything. First thing was my husband was brought a very cold cup of coffee. Then my husband was given a plate full of soggy cold French fries.i was also given soggy fries. My husband had the shrimp which was horrible cold, soggy, mushy shrimp. We took our Mom there for Christmas dinner! What a disappointment ! Never again!! read more

Went here with my Cuz while visiting friends in the Fort Hood area. Let me start out by saying that if you go here, weather permitting, sit outside. It's on a lake and the views are incredible!!! Gorgeous. Stunning. Breathtaking. There aren't enough adjectives to describe it. The food was outstanding. We started with the appetizer platter. It had so many samples on it that you just couldn't get enough of a taste of everything! Fried jalapenos, calamari, chips w/salsa or queso and so much more. For lunch I had a turkey sandwich on a wrap. I ate every bite. What does that tell you? Yep. It was that good! The only reason I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5.... our waiter was a cute young guy. One of the women at our table was flirting with him while he was taking our orders. Trying to show off his waiting skills, he didn't write down our orders, choosing to depend on his memory. Either his memory failed him or the kitchen messed up because my order was not correct. Our waiter apologized, took it back, had it corrected and all was right with my order. Stop by if you are in the area. You won't be sorry. read more

Dead Fish Grill - Great looking menu - American Near Me - Belton, Texas

So, today was busy for them. But I MUST give kudos to Melissa!! She is working her booty off. They kept seating people in I guess the 'no service zone' because everyone they sat around us ( about 4 tables) sat forever before getting waited on. She would come around and ask, " has anyone waited on you yet?", and the same answer repeatedly was a very disappointed, "no". So she would say, "I got you." So, if you get Melissa today, thank her for being on her toes, because NO ONE else will acknowledge you! read more

Dead Fish Grill - Scenery!! - American Near Me - Belton, Texas

I'm not sure what to say. It was just not a good experience. In fairness, I was in a group setting in the enclosed patio area, but wow is that not good. Between the poor seating set-up, poor flow to/from where the food was, combined with the very not-great food, I'm being generous with 2/5 stars. I would not come back in a group setting, but perhaps I will try again and will update my review if non-group service and food is better. Until then, cannot recommend. read more

3 star service and food. 5 star atmosphere. This place is perfectly positioned to be the Oasis of Belton. It sits right on the lake and has the potential to be something awesome. Maybe their transition back into business after the coronavirus shut down was just rough, or maybe they just aren't fulfilling their potential. Either way, their limited menu was even more limited as they didn't have several of the things on the menu. Between our table and the table behind us I heard the server say "I'm sorry but... we don't have _____." every single visit to the tables. It was a really long wait, our appetizers came out after our food, none of our condiments or utensils could all make it to the table in the same trip. It was just a very unorganized experience that I think can be avoided even in the midst of reopening after the virus. The food was pretty good but I will say that the portions are smaller than what the price suggests. I got the grilled salmon salad and it is definitely not entree size. For an app, we got the poppas (jalapeños stuffed with crab, ribeye, cheese, wrapped in bacon) and it was obvious they had forgotten that part of our order and rushed to get them out because the peppers were still hard and the bacon was a step above raw. Not impressed. All in all, I'd be willing to try this place again but I may wait until they're operating at full capacity and hopefully back in their groove. read more

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Sad excuse for a restaurant and bar with such a spectacular setting. The staff is lackluster at best Enjoy the view and have a drink if you can get it then have dinner elsewhere. It's too bad really. It should thrive on its captive audience. Consistently unreliable in every facet. Went there after the boat parade had left the area. It was Keystone cops! I flagged down the manager to bring the check. SHE ask ME who our server was??????? Inmates running the Asylum. DF is a joke in so so many ways! Every time I go there, which isn't often, it's a 3 ring sh*^ show!! In fact I anticipate lousy untrained service and slightly warm food. There's a gold mine out there and no one has found it. read more

Beautiful view overlooking Lake Belton. Super friendly service! They have big bar which would be a great place to hang out and watch the water. We had brunch with a wonderful Bloody Mary. I had fried shrimp and catfish platter. It was good but nothing special. My husband had chicken and waffles. It was not good. The chicken tasted like it was cooked in old oil and the waffles were limp. We checked in and got our free queso and chips which were a treat. We would return for a drink and maybe a snack and enjoy the view. read more

Dead Fish Grill - American Near Me - Belton, Texas

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HORRIBLE! It took over an hour to get only one of our 2 entrees. The Blackened Pasta tasted nasty and it had lots of dirt in it (presumably they didn't wash the fresh spinach that was in it - at all.) To replace it I ordered a hamburger with NO CHEESE specifically. Here it came, 30 minutes later WITH CHEESE. My friend got her shrimp WITHOUT FRIES, took another 30 minutes to get fries. Took another 30 minutes to get her fries and my THIRD entree - A CHEESELESS BURGER. Waitress rarely refilled my Diet Coke had to ask TWICE for every single condiment. THEN the manager said he would "take care of it" because of our 2 hours of hassle and ONLY DISCOUNTED THE TICKET BY 10%!!! Horrible management and cooking. read more

Nice view food is overrated Had bday party there and all the parties were charged fee for banquets great but we did not get to sit in room we had regular table read more

We haven't been here in a year and it's still the same, food was lacking everything smh. Didn't cook my steak right at all on a steak salad. My daughter ordered the chicken Cesar salad the chicken was bone dry. Service was lacking big time and along with food took forever to get to us. The restaurant wasn't even busy. The only thing this restaurant is good for is the view. Manager came over and asked us how everything was and of course I let her know and did t even try to correct the situation.. we will unfortunately not be returning to this restaurant. read more

Rating is for Mother's Day experience only and not my standard opinion of the restaurant. I have given them five stars on Trip Advisor. That said, as a family we decided we will never return on Mother's Day. While we had cold food, a clueless waitress and it took us 3 hours and 15 minutes to complete our dining experience from the time we sat at our table, I blame management for the experience. Every aspect of the restaurant was in chaos, starting with the hostess stand and it was either due to a lack of staff or failure to staff. Either way, the restaurant was chaos. Our poor waitress was just sat with a 12-top within minutes of our 10-top and had a 16 or 18-top. Understanding the situation, we ordered appetizers with our initial drink order. 55 minutes later we received our two queso and two calimari orders. Both were cold and the calimari was gross due to being cold. This was a continued experience for the remainder of our dining event. Instead of celebrating the three awesome moms at our table, we had a hangry table who made tremendous efforts to focus on the positives. No runners helping out the waitresses and no communication in seating their guests. I believe they would be much better off moving to a limited brunch menu and reservations for a day like this as they can position themselves for success. Fourth Mother's Day gone wrong at the Dead Fish. And I have barely touched on the negatives that mounted up nonstop. Every other experience at DFG has been outstanding and deserves 5- Stars. But I will never bring my family here again for Mother's Day. read more

We needed food for our kids while we enjoyed an evening boating on Lake Belton. Dead Fish Grill not only has great food, they have an awesome zip line that will deliver food down to your boat! Service and food were both amazing! read more

Dead Fish Grill - Chicken Tenders and Cheese Burger! - American Near Me - Belton, Texas

Impressive view...especially for Belton :) Food was decent. Good portion size, but a bit on the pricey side. Coconut shrimp was pretty good to start. I liked my crab cakes and it was nice to be able to order a SIDE wedge salad. They earned points when they accommodated the request to skip rice for double veggies on the salmon and steak entrees. Gotta cater to the gluten-free crowd! Service was mediocre. There was no host/ess to be found upon walking in, but we eventually were seated in a perfect little table on the patio. Took awhile for refills but we didn't have to tell the server...he noticed right off the bat when became out to check on another table. The staff is nice and friendly. This place is worth a try. I'll be back next time I'm in town, I just may try something that is a Dead Fish specialty. read more