This place is a classic local Texas bar. There are a few things that make it exceptional though. 1. The bar staff. While they all are courteous, professional, and pour a nice drink ... they are always so friendly! Maddie and Alexis are phenomenal. 2. The menu. You would be surprised how many food options there are as well as how good the food is! The lunchtime special for $10.99 is ridiculously well priced ... I feel like I am stealing a perfectly cooked blackened Texas Redfish (plus a sides) at that price. 3. The patrons. Everybody usually just looking to wind down, enjoy their favorite beverage, and tell some pretty amusing (but true) stories. I highly recommend trying Oakley's and if you have been there before, check out the inside renovations (dance floor, tables, patio, TV's, sound system, etc.) read more

Sandra was welcoming and joyful. had such a great time at Oakley's in Waco! It's the perfect mix of a laid-back bar and a lively spot to dance the night away. The atmosphere is fun and welcoming, and the dance floor really brings the energy--great music that keeps people moving all night. The drinks were well-made and reasonably priced, and the staff was friendly and attentive even when it got busy. It's one of those places where you can show up with friends, meet new people, and just have a genuinely good time. If you're in Waco and looking for a place with good vibes, solid drinks, and a dance floor that actually delivers, Oakley's is definitely worth checking out. I'll for sure be back! read more

Great drinks, great food, and even better service. Such a cool Texas bar to visit if you're in the area!

Great vibes, great food and awesome bartender- Sandra. Great service and great recommendations; I will definitely be back. read more

Cool spot with an impressive menu! Sandra was running the show behind the bar, and super sweet and attentive. Cool vibes and good tunes, I'll be back! read more

Do not go to this place if you wear contacts! They will cut you off for having " glossy " eyes. I've seen these bartenders serve people who are falling over drunk but decided to cut off my father in law because his eyes were too shiny after having three beers over a two hour period. Seriously a waste of money, don't go here! read more

When you're thirsty. This is the hit spot. Never a dull moment here. You can people watch. Great atmosphere and waitresses.

Layken is the bestest ever bartender!! Please keep her sweet smiling face there!!! So sweet and attentive to her customers and knows what they want!! read more

Funny , I was in there a few years back and couldn't get any service. I had to go to the bar to get my own drinks because our server/waitress deliberately looked over our table. As soon as my husband wrote about it on FB the manager came over yelling at us to take that post down. After she calmed down , she told us they would take care of our tab and hope that we will continue to do business with them and are welcome back. The next time we went back , we were immediately asked to leave and told we aren't allowed. No we are on a permanent banned list. Horrible management and honesty people. They should have just told that from the beginning. read more

Absolutely love this place. The bar area is my favorite and Jamie is great. I like the lighting, the drinks, atmosphere and of course, the food. It's a go to place for us. I highly recommend. read more

Smells gross inside ... walked in and walked right back out .. smells like bowling alley shoes as soon as u walk . In

I typically Door Dash this place, the food is good however when I finally went to visit the restaurant, I was very disappointed!! I suffer from PTSD so I indulge in the devil's lettuce. My party and I go sit at a table and the first thing the waitress comments on is how we smell and the owner is there do I have perfume!! Are you kidding me!!! You are a bar that serves alcohol to people and then they drive afterwards!! The irony!! We ended up leaving and spending our money at an establishment that doesn't care how we smell but about the money I spend!! Needless to say I won't spend my money here anymore and I will definitely be sharing my experience to all my family, friends and coworkers!! read more

I was originally going to give this bar three stars but I'm making it 4. For this to be what people call a dive bar this is one of the cleanest bars I have been to in Waco Texas. I can actually put my purse on the bar with no worries of it getting dirty or wet. Have to take my customary star away because when you come in it smells like smoke. It is now smoke-free inside with the smoking outdoor patio which they leave the door open to all the time so the inside smells like smoke. Not unbearable but if you don't smoke or dislike smoke smell like me you will smell it the whole time you are inside. They call themselves a country bar. When I asked for a martini with Ketel One as I'm looking at the martini glasses the young bartender says I don't know if we can make those. They don't have Ketel One. No offer to give me another option for a martini. But I highly doubt they actually have dry vermouth to make me a dry martini. This is a place that plays country music most of the time. Come here and drink average beers and simple drinks. This is not the place to get a top-shelf or complicated drink. They have a food truck out back but since the inside smells like smoke I will never eat here or recommend eating here. However everyone has always been nice to me here and I have never paid for more than one drink without a handsome cowboy offering to pay for the next one. I have yet to check out the outdoor patio because I can only imagine how it smells. They sell cigarettes here if you smoke and there is plenty of seating. Just an FYI there is extra parking in the back of the bar and I recommend you come on Thursdays when they have a lot of happy hour specials. For more useful reviews I suggest you check out the not recommended reviews. These all seem to be from regulars here at this place that I have happened to meet and unfortunately none of these reviews are shown on the main page. Its worth checking out instead of the tourist traps downtown near Baylor read more

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For some reason this establishment likes to put hold on cards for over a week even if the card was not used for the final transaction. Zero reason why this should be a thing, 24 hours - Maybe? a week? Get real. Queso also was decent at best. Would be if you got it from a local highschool football game. Makes sense why few people come here anymore. It will be AWHILE before I event contemplate trying this place again read more

I love this place! It's very chill and the food is great for bar food and the service is usually pretty good too. The reason for this review though is because they charge a $1.75 fee to use a credit card. I passed it along to my server in the form of a decreased tip because I figure she has more influence on the owner's bad decisions than I do. Pity... she did a good job and then had to pay for me to use a credit card. read more

We decided to give this place another shot. Unfortunately, it was just as bad, if not worse. The staff is dismissive, and we waited for ages for the most basic service like water and mere ordering. It felt like we were invisible unless we ordered alcohol, and even then, the attitude was unwelcoming. We really wanted to enjoy the atmosphere and give them another chance, but two bad experiences in a row definitely can't be ideal. It feels like every positive review is of a friend or friend of a friend of the owners and staff. I wish I could compliment or even review the food but I've yet to even have that service after two attempts here. read more

We came here with high hopes. At this moment, I'm currently still sitting here. We came here for a date night to watch a little football. We've asked 3 times for someone to change a tv for us. The last two times the female walked away without a word. If it's not allowed that's okay..: just don't be rude. If we don't order alcohol when she comes she literally walks away a second later. We've tried getting the waitress staff attention but because we are not a table of regulars they REFUSE to speak to us. We are still sitting and have been for over 30 minutes and ONLY have water... this place is beyond horrible which is a shame because we came in LOVING the way it looked and the wall art read more

Waited for nachos for an hour and Fried Shrimpa half and didn't get nothing, bartender blamed it on being short staffed never again

Absolutely fantastic food, the burger was one of the artery clogging good burgers that you can't stop eating, the jalapeño poppers were definitely the best I've had the bacon didn't unravel itself when you eat it, but let me tell you about those pot stickers. This place was super friendly and would highly recommend to everyone but I would take the oysters off the menu they just clashed with the whole theme read more

Third time I have been here where they pad the tab. Jim the manager is pretty "gracious and super respectful"! Good luck!

Food is awesome! I suggest the shrimp basket! Beer prices are pretty reasonable! Great music

I had to wait over 30- 40 minutes at the bar just to order food. The bartender was not interested in taking my order. Not many people in the establishment, she seem more interested in straightening up her bar area. I don't know if this place does not cater to black people. I have been here before no problem, but today was blatant... Never coming back. read more

They trash do not go there I REPET DO NOT GO THERE I order from them though doordash and they canceled the order because they did want to make it and then I besides to call in my same exact order and they made it but they half cook it just all around bad Service and staffing to be specific my server's name was Savannah and she sucked Don't doordash from this place and don't Order Food Because you will get sick read more

I had a great experience at Oakleys! Good food and drink and friendly staff! Great place to go !

The chicken fried steak comes in a frying pan, and it is full (the largest chicken fried steak I have ever seen). The meat goes all the way to the edge. Service was a little slow because a number of us ordered the chicken fried steak, and it seems that they prepare each one, one at a time. The Margaritas were weak and full of ice. It was a little loud, but this is a Texas bar and grill. My wife loved the bourbon chicken. I'll go back again. read more

Met some friends last Saturday evening to watch college football and eat. My friends ordered the oysters on the half shell which were disappointing. The potato skin appetizers were very good, onion rings were big, crispy and delicious. Ordered the special whiskey burger with waffle fries, my friend ordered the catfish basket and the other friend had the fried shrimp basket. The catfish and shrimp baskets were delicious, especially the shrimp basket, large sweet shrimp, crispy coating, very good. The hamburgers were not bad. The burger was a little overcooked, but with the cheese, bacon, mushrooms & whiskey sauce it was tasty. The outside patio looked nice and I imagine gets more popular as the weather cools off. We ate inside. Lots of TV's. Oakley's is still more bar than grill, the waitstaff are more "trained" for cocktails and you can't just throw food into the mix and expect the waitstaff to serve properly. But for a bar, food is better than expected and would definitely come again. (4 stars except for oysters.) read more

Terrible service. Complained to manager about not getting hood service. The manager made sure we had a good evening. Went the following day. We were barred from the establishment read more

Has changed a fair bit since I had been a few years ago. I've been to the garrison brothers whiskey dinner and the tequila paired dinner. Very reasonably priced and good liquor. Food was really good for one and decent for the other. Good liquor selection. read more

Used DoorDash to delivery our meal. Dasher was fantastic. Food was not hot when we got it, but we followed the process, and he called to tell us that he had a wait at the restaurant. Food was not hot. Paid extra to sub fries (clearly marked in receipt). They did not get the sub. Had to put my chicken and bacon in microwave. Had to put soggy curly fries in the oven. Husband (who actually likes medium rare) had y put his cold burger in the microwave to finish cooking it. We've ordered once before from here and enjoyed it. This time, it was just incredibly mediocre. Disappointing. read more

The owner did reach out to me and I showed up to view the ticket. He told me it looked like she added up the amount I owed twice on an accident so she took the tip which almost as much as the ticket itself. The problem is the math did not fully add up. But, he did offer to pay for over draft fees if I got any which I did not end up getting any. He did return the tip to me. It was made right. I have been in there recently, and the bartenders are mostly rude. I only go there if I am with people that are there. Otherwise it is never my choice. I gave it 3 stars because their FOOD is GREAT. I would go there to eat over a night out any day. read more

Tried the food at their Food Truck on La Salle! It's really great - had Redfish, rice, & green beans! Yummy!

Ordered Bourbon Chicken comes with mashed potatoes and a side. Chicken was a a thin breast butterflied, was ok, didn't receive any mashed potatoes, a dinner roll was placed on top of the chicken breast, so it was soggy from the green bean juice & the green beans would have been good but they were too salty to eat. Very disappointing for the price, after a few bites ended up putting it all in the trash & ordering from Cracker Barrel‍ lesson learned read more

Oakley's Texas Bar and Grill - Bourbon Chicken - Sports Bars Near Me - Waco, Texas

The steak is amazing!!!! Have to order margaritas on the rocks, frozen is too expensive and on the rocks is half the price!!! Amber is the BEST waitress in Waco!!! My husband and I sat outside so he could smoke, a little hot because it's still summer but I loved the patio! Cute decor and nice TVs!!!! read more

Oakley's Texas Bar and Grill - Sports Bars Near Me - Waco, Texas

Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along. Seriously. Great bourbon list and beer and awesome food!! read more

Terrible service, terrible management. Do not open a tab here, if you do they will charge you for drinks you didn't order, and give you the excuse anyone can put drinks on your tab. Make it worse don't dispute your tab either or your likely to get cussed out and kicked out of the bar. read more

No words! Ok, maybe a few. Poorly managed establishment, rude waitress, mediocre food at best, inoperable computer systems. We decided to give this place a go but were deeply dissapointed. We won't waste our time and money here again. read more

One star is too much! This place deserves negative stars. Food is nasty and horrible, Texan sushi? Really? Everything is deep fried. Don't expect fresh tap beer, everything is just bottles and cans. They don't have respect for beer and wine, I get it. Whiskey selection is impresive considering other bars in the area, but their lack of service and depressive atmosphere makes this place one of the worst bars that I have been in to. read more

It was ok but to be charged for a glass of water was a little ridiculous and then a 1.00 credit card usage. They did help with our get together which was very nice. read more

I had the worst night in this place. Service was unexceptional. I was being good to people and trying to mingle and meet people I didn't know. Everything was going well with no issues. Until the bartender decided she wanted me gone. She cut me off when I had done nothing wrong. I gave her a small tip anyway and she complained about it. I left my phone inside so had to go back inside to get it when the waitress and bartender both proceeded to talk bad to me and call me trash. I defended myself verbally and when I did had to defend myself physically. More than one man went to grab me up and move me outside which I went willingly but my hat fell off in the process. The bartender picked my hat up and went to try and rip it in half. When she failed on ripping it in half, she put her shoe in my hat and pulled against it to stretch the hat out. Meanwhile I'm at the door watching her do this at the front door I had been pushed out of just asking her to give me my hat. She finally gave the stretched out hat back to me though. I definitely will never go to this pos bar again and I advise no one to go to this place ever. read more

I've been coming to Oakleys for over a year now since I moved to the area. Always loved it and enjoyed the atmosphere, until recently when the jackass owners changed the rules that you can not use a state issued ID for service, it MUST be a valid drivers license, nothing else. In all my years of bar hopping I've never in my life seen such an asinine rule. (I have a drivers license by the way, at the moment it is the paper version). Get it together Oakleys that's ridiculous. Would not recommend, you lost a good customer today! read more