2nd visit; this time we tried the buffet during lunch. Catfish is still one of the best I've had. Fresh clean and great tasting. We tried a myriad of items. Personally, I love Karen's dry sense of humor, she's a waitress there and very helpful. Scalps were darn tasty at the buffet and while we were there, they were bringing out fresh trays. We served ourselves this time, so I'm not going to mention the service, too much, but they were attentive and clean up quickly. Sometimes to quickly. They took food I wanted. Oh well! read more

Crab legs were great. Menu said baked potato and I got the potato seasoned with the crab legs. Which they do do for the shrimp boil, but I just don't care for my potatoes like that. I asked for ranch on the side for my salad and they poured it on top. The lettuce itself was all white/core lettuce. Fried pickles were great. Hubby had the fried catfish and shrimp! He says hands down the best fried shrimp. He also loved that they were battered different from the catfish. Not many restaurants do that. Service was great, maybe need to hand out paper towels when customers order the boiled dinners read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - Salad - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

Best buffet along 290 between Houston and Giddings...and maybe everywhere. Saw the Burger King sign and was in the turn lane. Thank goodness it was backed up and we looked to the right and saw Nemo. Love a good local cafe, usually. Certainly over fast food. Son got a burger that was huge and fabulous and delicious fries. We did the buffet. Wow what a range and all tasters like Mom made it. Catfish broiled and fried. Coconut shrimp best I've had. Stir fried beef & broccoli. Gumbo and etoufee. Salad bar. Everything was great. Service was so friendly and welcoming. Might permanently alter my route to Houston away from I-10 and go 290 instead. read more

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The service was fine, the people were polite, the ambience, well, I don't think it had any but that's not important to me. We are here years ago under the old ownership. It wasn't good. Thought we'd give the new owners a try. The menu is so extensive, it reeks of frozen food. No restaurant could keep that much fresh food and hand daily. There is Asian, Italian, American. There is all kinds of seafood and shellfish and Chinese food. It has to all be frozen. My wife has a crawfish tails poboy, absolutely no doubt the crawfish was frozen. I went for the chicken fried chicken thinking that that would be fresh and cooked fresh. If it was, they need a new cook. The chicken was dry as a bone and the fried batter was hard and tasteless. I breed to really chew the chicken. Chicken fried chicken should be moist and have a nice clean tasting crisp batter. The white gravy was completely tasteless. It's too bad, we really don't have a lot of restaurants around us and we were hoping the new owners would step it up but no. Went be going back ever again and I can't recommend in good faith that anyone else eat there. read more

I have never had this bad of service before. I have honestly never written a bad review for any restaurant. My husband and I just went there-we were told by the person seating us he would get us a menu. Ten minutes later I got my own menu. Many times waiters came by and never even took our drink orders. We finally walked out after 20 minutes of not being acknowledged. I will never go there again. read more

Great place for lunch, many options. They have food ready or you can order off the menu. There was a daily special menu as well. read more

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As a seafood lover ,We are lucky to have chain restaurant in this area by the Highway from Austin to Houston . It has an extensive menu. A lot of options for everyone like seafood ,steak , burgers , and especially they have lunch buffet as well. My friend had grill tilapias and shrimp, she said grilled fish and Shrimp were fantastic. Same goes with the seafood gumbo. It was soul satisfying. Fish all fresh , shrimp oyster scallop were flavorful with Tatar sauce. Generous food potion size. Service is efficient. Friendly and nice , Place looked classic , nice ! Totally recommend for all especially for travelers who passing there. read more

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We love Nemo's!! The staff is friendly and the food is tasty with a versatile menu to choose from.

We make it a point to stop by Nemo's when we are in the area. Great lunch buffet and the steak and seafood are both excellent. Highly recommend. read more

For a steakhouse it does a some variety from steak to egg rolls. The food is not good my chicken poboy was so tough I couldn't cut it with a knife. The chicken fries steak was all batter. French fries undercooked. They also do not have handicap parking. I would skip this one in Chappell Hill Texas. read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - Steak House in Chappell Hill, skip it! - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

The food is delicious and fresh, could use better alcohol drink options, but still worth the drive! Fresh!!!

Friendly service, excellent food. We got there too late for the buffet but the menu is robust and we enjoyed our meal.

Our experience and meals here were unparalleled. The dishes were delightful and the quality of service exceeded all expectations. The place is very clean. read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - Grillex fish and shrimp - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

Went at 110p and nothing was on the buffet and they said they weren't putting anything else out because the buffet closes at 2p. Rude and just went to the back instead of addressing me. read more

We had no idea this place we'd passed so many times would blow us away. The food was fresh, HOT, seasoned well, salad very cold and fresh. The atmosphere was a very nice vibe. Freshly updated, arranged nicely. Service was top shelf. Brandon was knowledgeable about the menu, preparation, attentive, pleasant and respectful. Food arrived promptly and was clearly homemade and not bought frozen. We can't wait to return and have something different from the very extensive menu. read more

Price would lead you to believe that you are getting higher end food. This is not the case, portions are small and quality and presentation are lacking. For comparison, dennys has far better food if that tells you anything. Price on menu said 20.99 but bill came back 26.99 for that plate. Eggrolls are 2.50 and about the size of a thumb, disappointing. The whole restaurant has a cheap Chinese food restaurant vibe with disproportionate elevated pricing. Etoufee sauce was like a brown flavorless gravy. Fish was cooked ok and tasted fine on its own and the grilled shrimp were a good size and flavor. Salad was lacking but ok for a side salad. No beer or alcohol. Interior could be cool, but seems to be done hastily and on the cheap (mismatched colors, styles and even light bulbs) Overall if the price was half then I feel like you got what you paid for maybe. I say skip this one. read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - Inside - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

Excellent gumbo! Quick service. Friendly staff. Clean facility. Adequate parking space.

Down home place. Friendly staff and great variety on the buffet. (From fish to chicken fried steak to good gumbo!)

Nice cafe, attentive hostess, and "good" food. Mostly fried simple fare; all you can eat buffet. read more

Wow! So lucky to have such a great seafood restaurant in Chappell Hill. The local lunch buffet is amazing that they have daily. We have been here for dinner and the buffet and both were great. Everything tastes really good. Not fancy on the outside but cute and clean in the inside. This is a must for all in the area and those passing thru on 290. read more

Very good catfish and Fried Shrimp. Service was very good. I will stop here again on my Austin to Houston 290 trips.

I've passed by A & J many times. Now I know why. The other night I stopped and gave the venue a try because I want as pressed for time as usual. It was close to 9pm and I was the only customer. Rather than letting me relax my server began telling me her life story, which might be okay if we were on familiar terms, which we weren't. I tolerated her while waiting on my order, which was simply six oysters. When I think oysters I think large and fresh. My order arrived. A plate with six microscopic sized fried oysters and some crinkle cut previously frozen French fries. I also ordered a vodka and soda, which the server made and served in a tall Pilsner beer glass at a cost of $8.95. All things considered A & J deserves between two and three stars. I'm opting for two. To their credit the menu is vast with many seafood selections. I wish there'd been others diners there that night so I could have spied their meals. Alas, I only have my experience to rely upon. The next time you drive to or from Austin give A & J a try and see what you think. read more

My wife and I stopped today for lunch and wow, we really enjoyed the service, atmosphere and food. Now, I haven't posted much this year due to Covid but those of you who follow me know that I like my ice tea. I would give this place 5 stars but I'm gonna have to ding them on their ice tea. It's just ok. It's cloudy and doesn't have much taste. See photo attached. We had soup and gumbo to start and they were both very tasty. I ordered the grilled catfish and shrimp. Great meal My wife had the 12oz New York Strip. She love it Our server was Stefanie, She did a great job and was very friendly We will for sure be back read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

Ribeye was amazing and melted in my mouth. Great char and cooked to perfection! Shrimp were great, too! Will be my go to spot for steak in the area!! read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - Ribeye with 3 Grilled shrimp and baked potatoe - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

Continuing my rounds of local restaurants today I decided to stop by this place up the road in Chappel Hill. Service was great with just enough attentive as not being annoying. As I open the menu I notice it is very familiar much like the one at Texas Seafood & Steak in Brenham. Upon a query of the waitress I find they are owned by the same folks. Initially slightly disappointing as I had hoped to find a 'new' place but I am already here and do like a few of the dishes at the Brenham location. Maybe I'll try something different. The interior of this location is much more updated and recent with a more 'clean' feel. I order the Stuffed Mushrooms and the Catfish with Scallops Combo. The mushrooms arrived first and they where good, I do believe I will order them another time as well. The main plate arrives and as with the Brenham location the catfish is well above average being neither over or under cooked. I do find the in-house made tartar sauce tasty. My only negative was the scallops. Fried! How does one fry a scallop! I was looking forward to a nicely seared scallop but instead received these batter dipped things with no real flavor. I do not believe I have ever not finished scallops before but I just could not in this case. Overall though I liked the setting at this location more so then the one in Brenham so I may make this one my regular instead. Also the waitress informed me that they have a well stocked buffet during the week, something the other location does not have. I do believe I will visiting in the near future to try that. read more

Wow what a great place! The food and people here were amazing without a doubt. I definitely can't wait to go back through here so we can stop and eat there again. Love it! read more

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If you like wet side salads and mediocre service come here on a Friday night. They are understaffed and have no clue what they are doing with a full house of people. We hated that our server's tip had to suffer because she had no help from the manager to take care of her tables. We waited 20 minutes to order our drinks and didn't get refills until we had our food ( an hour in )... we ordered only fried food so it should have been fast and easy. The food wasn't even good enough to justify the wait so we were pretty disappointed. When they brought the check they didn't even bring us a pen to sign our check. We very likely won't be back. Dairy bar is down the road, cheaper, and consistently better. read more

Good hole in the wall, Food was good tasting and decent priced. Service was good, sweet tea was really good.

First of all ordered 12 oysters only brought 6 with no horseradish, Tabasco sauce, cocktail sauce or limes or lemons. Asked for lemons and have us two. Ordered blackened red snapper and got white fish with sauce. No black to it. read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - a plate of food - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

This place just ain't it. The food was atrocious, everything just tasted strange, hard to pinpoint what but the oysters were completely inedible. Sides were pretty bland and the salad drenched in ranch. Service was just not there, between the long waits and back and forth with staff I ended up with my meal in three separate parts and ended up never receiving one of the sides. They just need to work on both communication between kitchen and waitstaff and the food. read more

We have eaten here twice now. Both times, it is obvious that the food quality is good, but the service is not quite right. The wait staff Do the best They can but it just seems they're always short one or two people. I have not eaten off the Buffet but my wife has and says that it is good food. If you judge this restaurant against the finer places to eat in Houston you would read it a 2 1/2 to 3. But if you judge it against the availability in Brenham and the surrounding area have to read it a bit higher. I would recommend it. Try their fried shrimp! read more

Food was really good. We ate on the buffet which included shrimp gumbo, chicken fried steak, shrimp, fish, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad bar and lots of other goodies. I was pleasantly surprised. The buffet is $12.99 per person. They are requiring all guests to use gloves and wear masks when going through the line. The staff were very nice and accommodating. read more

Good food at a reasonable price! Fried coconut shrimp is very good. Plenty of parking and a full bar! It also has clean restrooms and friendly staff. read more

Finally tried this place. Called it in and it was ready when I got there in 20 minutes. There were about 9-10 cars out front around 1:30 PM on a Sunday. The place was clean, the server was kind, and the buffet looked fresh and neat/tidy. The grilled snapper, shrimp and scallops meal was enough for two meals and pretty standard for no sauce grilled seafood- just what I was expecting and didn't have to drive into the city. Lovey got the double cheeseburger (plain and dry) and fries. The fries were REAL good and the burger had a nice flavor and they use a Hawaiian bread bun. Will be going back. read more

Nemo Seafood & Steakhouse - 1 lb. cheeseburger (plain and dry) w/really tasty fries $10.50 - Buffets Near Me - Chappell Hill, Texas

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Good food. Unfortunately extremely cold. Hopefully this was a one time fluke, otherwise good food. If the extreme cold persist we will not be back. read more

Placed a family order over the phone but gave me coleslaw in stead of salads when I even said I want extra ranch dressings for the salads. Returned to say I didn't get the salads was told sorry you ordered coleslaw. No I did not I even got the extra ranches in the bag. Also only got 8 corn nuggets when should be 10 and was offered nothing in return or the side salads. The food isn't even that great of seafood so save your time go someplace else. read more

Their seafood is always good. Their chicken fried steak has been hit or miss lately. The service is always good.

Absolutely incredible. The portions are huge, food is fresh and the atmosphere is great. Brandon was our waitperson- very personable and gave sincere recommendations on food. Will absolutely be back! For what its worth- staff had on masks. read more

Seafood was fresh, perfectly cooked. Nice buffet selection. Good salad and vegetable options.

We left our big city and took a 50 mile country ride and wound up here . It was highly recommended by friends. Not much to look at on the outside. A typical roadside little restaurant. We were in search of good gumbo , shrimp and catfish. The lunch buffet was not very big. The one waitress encouraged us to "try the buffet" in . It was awesome! I could not decided what looked the best. I even got a bite of chicken fried steak mashed potatoes and gravy . The waitress was very friendly and helpful. I was so hungry and excited to dig in I left my bowl of gumbo on the Buffet line, but the owner had set it aside for me. He was very friendly. Ummmmm everything was delicious. We will have to go back soon . read more