The catfish basket here is great The hush puppies are amazing They hey have a wide selection of menu items And the Ladies at the bar are the bedt in Waco at customer service They always have a great attitude and greet you with a smile My favorite place to grab lunch read more

Salty Dog - They have an amazing catfish basket And i love their hushpuppies The ladies here are top notch Best bar serviceinWacp - New American Near Me - Waco, Texas

Super friendly bar tender let us come in from the heat about 20 minutes ahead of their opening. Great environment, wonderful cosmos and clean, not just surface clean! read more

It was my second time coming here but my bros first time. We both loved the food. Our server was Alexus...an older man who worked there kept intruding on us while we were being helped by her which confused me...we will definitely be coming back here as soon as that salty dog of a man retires:) self serving seats was a great vibe too. read more

Salty Dog - Mac and cheeseburger Fried pickles Wings - New American Near Me - Waco, Texas

Today not much went good. I have been bringing my dog BLEU to this establishment more than a year we have visited nearly 2 dozen times and i almost always bring BLEU. My friends have brought their dogs. We've always sat inside and always had dog bowls with water brought to us inside and today, Saturday, September 20th, I was told non-service dogs are not allowed inside only on the porch. It's a shame because we all love coming there with our dogs, but it's still too hot to sit outside currently 92°. If that's a new rule, so be it. Not too long ago, I met the owner and he said he opened the establishment and has always allowed dogs. Really sad about this. read more

I had the best experience here. Xinia, my bartender, and Alicia, my server were the absolute best. I always enjoy my experiences here. They are very attentive. The best. read more

We came here for the first time and sat on the patio with the dog. Service was fantastic and food was delicious. Will be back tomorrow and many times after. read more

i ate the chicken and waffles and it was AMAZING great restaurant service good would recommend

Today as of 12/29/2024 we visited the salty dog the food, the atmosphere was awesome also the people who worked there was friendly and treated me and my girlfriend great. but most importantly our waitress Alexus was outstanding she deserves a raise very professional at her job. we recommend you go and have her as your waitress. read more

I have been here every week for a few months. Excellent food, with a wide variety of choices. Ambience is amazing and the people are great. Fast and friendly service. My wife and I look forward to eating here every week. Highly highly recommended. read more

Service was fair. Manager cam and got us our first drinks and to he fair waitress was busy. Service got better. Would like more on tap and some local read more

We visited this restaurant for the first time last year and it was good. I gave them 4/5 stars. I said that it was cute and the server was awesome, but it seemed a tiny bit"not super clean" & food was just good. So this week we decided to give this restaurant another try. I'm so happy that we gave them another chance! First off, I should've said that it's a cute little eclectic place. You get the feeling you're in a Caribbean village atmosphere. We had THE BEST server, & her name is McKenzee! She was so nice and made our visit extra fun & special. We will definitely be looking for her next time we visit Salty Dog. My husband & I both had the patty melt sliders and fries. I wasn't sure if I'd like the "crazy sauce", but it was amazing. I must add that for an appetizer we had the fried squash with ranch dressing. This was like little round fried zucchini! It was delicious. All in all everything was great and I think we will be back again very soon! Always remember to give a restaurant a second chance! This has happened to us a couple of times, where we aren't convinced the first time we visit a restaurant, but then we try again & it's excellent! read more

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Service outside was terrible! Other guest were laughing how bad it really was. No management or organization to the business you can tell by just watching. read more

So a group of us went here for dinner. We saw that they had dishes that were served in dog bowls... what a concept right. So I order one of them and wasn't all that happy with it. I felt like they didn't put much food in this huge dog bowl and I was missing the queso that came with it. Whereas my coworker had a lot of queso in his. We ordered many drinks which were decent. The service was good our waitress had some decent recommendations. I would not recommend the dog bowls but I heard the other food was good. read more

I was super excited to go and try this restaurant, the menu looked interesting and good. The reviews on here were good. No where on the website does it talk about a Sunday Brunch, so we were every surprised when we got there to learn that on Sunday the serve only from the Brunch menu which was very limited choice and not that good. When I asked for butter and grape jelly, the waitress brought mixed jelly because that is all they had but then she gives me a cup of melted butter. Now I don't know about you but I don't think you can spread melted butter on your toast. If you are going the direction of "Brunch" then have the proper BRUNCH Accessories. Experience was bad and I don't plan to go again. The waitress weren't that friendly. Not a good experience. read more

The food is always great! I appreciate a great burger and time after time it's great. I think their Mac n Cheese burger is the best burger in Waco. My wife also loves the Salty Balls Salad. Kicked back sports bar atmosphere. They also have an outdoor patio. read more

Salty Dog - Mac n Cheese Burger with Onion Rings - New American Near Me - Waco, Texas

Food and drinks are good and the vibe is fun! TVs all around the restaurant with an outdoor patio makes it perfect for football season!

Nice local bar with good food bartenders like locals and are focused on them but attentive for out of towners

So uh I got the not do kfc boowl and idk why but I didn't think it would be in a dog boowl and idk it is norm but the food took like idk half and hour or something but I'm probably being dramatic cuz I was really hungry it was great ok now I leffe EEE gamer boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii -Sterling read more

Stopped thru here several times during my stay in Waco. Its a good place to watch sports. Nice line up of TVs similar to buffalo wild wings. Now the service drinks n food. Well.. It's OK. Depends who is behind the bar and you re usually going to be looking for them. They have a bell that rings for staff to know food is up and whoever is nearby will pick up the food. But if you need silverware or condiments you better hurry and catch them because they are gone in a flash. And then your stuck looking for your server or bartender for a while. Food is served in dog bowls. Not sure if that's cute or not. Beer selection is average for Waco and they frequently run out of craft beer. I mean like at least once per week. Food is OK for bar food. Nothing to go out of the way for. Staff is usually friendly despite being scarce for a time. Happy hour is decent with $4 drink specials but no food specials during happy hour. There's not a lot of bars open on this side of Waco so if you don't want to do downtown, go check it out read more

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Where to start? I've eaten at Salty Dog (SD) multiple times with my family and I've always enjoyed it. In fact, I've even left a positive review on here about them. That all changed Sunday. My husband, my child, and I paid a visit to Salty Dog this past weekend. We walked in at around 11am. We placed our drink order around 11:05 and quickly received our drinks. This seemed to be pretty standard for the place, so no surprises there. Things soon started to foreshadow a change. It took almost twenty minutes for the waiter to come back and take our food order. SD had introduced a brunch menu. While I was enthusiastic about trying something new, I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't get my old favorite. Change is good though, right? By 11:30, my husband received his burger, the brunch burger. I was told that my order (the chicken and waffle) would be out shortly. To appease my toddler (who I would be sharing my meal with as there was no children's menu or offer of any child friendly sides), my husband and I quickly went through his fries, passing them to our kid. All three of us enjoyed them. At 11:55, my food still hadn't arrived. I was about to flag down our waiter, who had focused his attention on the larger table off to the left of the bar for the bulk of our visit and who had not checked on us in 25 minutes, to cancel my order. I had finally run out of patience. Seriously, how long does it take to fry up a couple of chicken tenders and a waffle? At 11:58, my plate finally arrived...28 minutes AFTER my husband's!!! The waffle looked burned and the chicken tenders were beyond dry. The food was a disaster. Our waiter disappeared again with no offer of refills on our water or to ask if we wanted another drink. My husband's burger was just as lacking in flavor. Usually, the burgers there are amazing, but this one was bland and almost boring. The icing on the cake was when we finally received our ticked at 12:15 or so...after our waiter again graced us with his presence for the first time since dripping off my plate. I asked for a to-go box and the check. On the check, as if to add insult to injury, was a new charge that I had never seen at SD before: a NON-CASH ADJUSTMENT FEE of almost $3. That was added to the $28 bill which brought our total to $31. We were flabbergasted! My husband went to see if the fee could be removed, but our waiter acted as if we were speaking a foreign language. Do yourself a favor and do NOT go here. I know it will not be on my go-to list of places to eat in Waco again. Good luck, Salty Dog. I hope the service fee was worth it. You've lost a paying customer because of the fee you tacked on AND the horrendous service and food. read more

Came here last night with a group of about 8 friends and had probably the slowest service of our entire lives. It took close to an hour before our server took food orders and she didn't even walk around to each person to take the order but stood at the head of the table while we yelled what we wanted to her. The food took probably another hour or so but unfortunately, our server dropped the Alpo appetizer sampler that I was supposed to be sharing with my sister. Instead of comping our meal, giving us a discount, or taking any initiative whatsoever, she asked us what WE wanted to do. I said I at least just wanted some potato skins from the sampler, which she took to mean another order of potato skins appetizers. She said she would bring those out for free and ended up charging us for the full cost of the Alpo sampler. I had told her not bother bringing out another sampler because we didn't want to keep the table waiting. Somehow a new sampler had "already been fired up" and was ready for us so she had to give it to us anyway. By that point, everyone at our table had already eaten, so we just took our food to go. read more

Great burger today. Tons of flavor and fresh. Onion rings were really good too!! Tea is always great (better than Bush's LOL). Service was great. read more

What a hidden jewel. We went on a Saturday afternoon during college football. TVs galore! College football galore. Great food and decent service galore. The only negative was that the chips served with our queso were a little stale. We will be back! read more

If this bar were in any other city, it'd be a great dive bar/sports bar. However, because it is in Waco and on the side of town that DESPERATELY needs fun restaurants and bars, it is a trendy place for locals. Do not go there and expect to not run into anyone you know. We had a party of 6 for drinks and appetizers before we went to The Price is Rignt (yes that's right - it was in Waco). Service from the bar for drinks was decent but service at the table for food and drinks was extremely slow. The chicken quesadillas was WAY too greasy. However, the Bob Marley dip is a must have!! I'll come back for drinks when I'm in town but this is not somewhere I'd consistently go to eat. read more

Salty Dog - Bob Marley dip AFTER mixing. This stuff is amazing! - New American Near Me - Waco, Texas

Been here twice for the burgers. The bacon, egg and cheese burger is ridiculously good. The atmosphere is casual, mostly 30-somethings. The bloody Mary cocktail was fabulous and almost served as an appetizer all by itself. Burger: 1/2 # of beef with a generous portion of thick-cut bacon, cheese, 2 fried eggs, and held together with 2 grilled cheese sandwiches for bread. Crazy friggin' huge! read more

Salty Dog - Bacon, egg, and cheeseburger - New American Near Me - Waco, Texas

Jenna is the bizomb! She fly AF! And MANE!!!!! She funny AF too. Hooked uz up as soon az we sho our face at the bar! Bring yo side piece here no one has dem ugly azz looks no judge no shit. Hit up Jenna as fo da dance, she know! read more

Walked in and there was a fair amount of seating open so we picked a table and was immediately fretting by a friendly face. Drinks took about 3 to 5 minutes nothing to crazy for a Friday night. We ordered fried pickles which were great a little salty the further down we got but it's pickles so we expected salty. My husband ordered a "dog bowl" with quest chicken, it came in a dog bowl and everything super cute. I ordered the mac & cheese burger which was amazing. The noodles were not over seasoned and went well with the burger. Overall super great service and good food read more

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Foood and service was very good. My second time here I was sitting at the bar where you could look across the bar and see inside the kitchen. I watched one of the cooks touch someone's food, lick her finger and then started touching the food again! As much as I like this place I may not ever return. read more

Terrible name, Amazing everything else. If you're looking for good Food, beer, and sports - look no further. What else can you ask for? Maybe an extension on the hours. They do close way too early on the weekends, other than that, it's a pretty great place to hang out and chill with friends do on the weekend. They do have a very cool fire place outside, and the bar is right around the corner. Channel 10 crew is usually hanging out up there; Rusty Wallace, Julie hayes and Gordon Callier are such awesome and amazing individuals. Anyways, that it . . .. what are you waiting for? Git ur ass up there!! read more

The bartenders here don't have a clue as to what their job is. They actually ignore the customers more than wait on them. The manager is just as clueless and arrogant. It is a problem that doesn't seem to be taken into consideration. HELLO OWNER'S.....YOU CAN DO ALOT BETTER in the service dept and the problem begins and ends with Ryan,your arrogant mgr who teaches these young airheads how too be disrespectful to customers. Honestly they act like they got their training at a topless bar. read more

Two days ago I headed down to Waco for business and ended up stopping for lunch at the Salty Dog. Its all shiny and new (about 6 months) I believe... and i hear the locals voted it "Best New Restaurant" in the area. Its actually a Sports Bar and Grill which is apparent when you walk in and see what may actually be the new record holder for the longest bar in Texas ....lined with TWENTY FIVE flat screen TV's. So I take a seat at the bar and the owner comes over to welcome my friend and I. We start chatting and he's bragging about the guacamole... which I have serious doubts about, coming from a Sports Bar. To be unmodestly frank, I make the best guacamole I have ever tasted... HOWEVER, this was probably 2nd.. ahead of any mexican restaurant's I've had. Muy Bueno. Next we order an appetizer called the Adam Bomb. Think of a mexican version of an egg roll.. tortilla filled with chopped chicken, jalepenos, onions and cheese rolled up and lightly fried served up with queso. I seriously could've just ordered 2 of those for lunch and been happy. But we still needed to try one of the most popular lunch items... hot dogs. These are not just any hot dogs... they are 1 pound, 12" long and about 2" in diameter of pure tastyness. Fittingly, called The Homewrecker. ;) The best part is that it is all hand made.. right there.. every day. Even the kraut for the dogs is made from scratch. And you can definitely tell the difference! Bonus? They have a great outdoor beach themed bar which is colorful enough to make you think you're in the caribbean AND... Bonus #2: if you've had SOO much to drink you cant tell the waitress from your 4 legged friend, you're in luck... They will happily take you home (or wherever you please) in a shuttle bus called "The Dog Catcher". Eat, Drink and Be Merry!!! read more

It doesn't even deserve the one start that I put. The manager is absolutely rude and lacks a great deal of customer relations experience. I ordered Robert's Blazing Wrap. No where on the menu does it say that it has any other sauce other than ranch on it. I get my food and my first bite was filled with buffalo sauce. The ONLY reason I ordered this was because it said it had Grilled or Fried chicken with Ranch Lettuce Tomato and Pickles! When I was talking to the manager and said it was gross and that I didn't want that on my wrap the manager blatantly and rudely said that was my opinion and instead of rectifying the situation to insure customer return he continued being rude. read more

Salty Dog - Ordered & it had buffalo sauce & on the menu it lists ranch let tom and pickles. MGR did nothing to rectify the situation. - New American Near Me - Waco, Texas

Rude personnel, rude managers, mediocre food, poor servivce. Your choice to try, but believe me, there are better alternatives. A loaf of stale bread and a pack of close dated bologna would be better from your neighborhood quicky picky . No, really! Save your money!!! Note to Yelp Team: Can you please give consumer's an option for negative stars 1 to 5? Not fair to other establishments to be ranked in same class as the establishment metioned above deserving (5) stars. They do not deserve one star. Just a thought. read more

Large establishment with plenty of severs, plenty of seating, not at all busy during lunch time. We went in to enjoy a little lunch with no time frame. It took roughly 10 minutes for them to take our drink order. Then after ordering and another 30 minutes later, we found out from the server that our food was burnt and they just started over. On top of, another server asked us what we had ordered. They refused to let us pay for our drinks but we left just the same. read more

Had a RHINO burger, it is a monster, too large for one person to eat. The blue cheese and mushrooms where good, but the meat was a bit dull and flavorless. There are better places to get a tasty burger, but probably not many to get a bigger burger. The person with me had a hotdog that was a monster as well, using a whole link of eckrich type sausage as the meat, and loaded with kraut and other toppings. ok, but nothing spectacular. read more

In the past all the food at salty dog has been really good. I've had the burgers, the chicken fried steak, but the dish I get the most is the appetizer sampler. This visit was a little disappointing. First of all the ladies bathroom was very clean. That's always nice to see. My friend and I decided to share the appetizer sampler. It came out not as hot as it could be, but we could've overlooked that except for the onion rings. They tasted like they had been sitting for a while. However our server said they were fried fresh but they had recently changed the recipe. I don't know why, but the other recipe was far better. Just not as tasty all around. And the chair was broken. I will come back to salty dog, but I may eat somewhere else next time. read more

So, we found this place because of Yelp (it was the first place that came up) and we decided to give it a shot as we were visiting Waco for the weekend. Popped in Friday early evening and were able to get a table easily and the owner even assisted us in getting a table that was better suited to our needs. The drinks were fast, cold and reasonable. The service was very friendly too! We had a big lunch so we weren't super hungry and went with queso & chips and onion rings and all were awesome! Had some drinks and unwound and just enjoyed the atmosphere. We watched so many yummy dishes going by that we made the decision that if it was at all possible, we would come back after our outings the next day. So glad we made it back on Saturday. I ordered a chicken fried steak dog bowl (yes, it is served in a dog bowl) and it was pretty tasty! My fiance ordered the Texas burger (had jalapeno brisket on it) and he said it was great! I did sneak a taste of the brisket and have to say it was mighty tasty! My mom had the buffalo chicken salad (we saw that massive bowl the night before going by our table and she had been craving it all day) and my dad had the Santa Fe Burger and really enjoyed it as well! Again, service was friendly and fast. The menu selection is a little overwhelming because everything sounded so good. Next time we are back in Waco, we will visit again. read more

Always the best. Not sure were the poor reviews are coming from. Great hang out for lunch. Burgers are great, chicken sandwich is awesome, and the salty ball salad is a great mixture of heathy and unhealthy. A must try. read more

The catfish plate was the best we had. Fried crawfish was alright but a little bland. The kids got the dog bowls and both were not very good. read more

For low key Waco, this place is pretty cool. They have tons of TV's, a great patio, and pretty easy to get to. The owner is a blast and funny as ever! I've only had the sissy burger, which has always been quite tasty. It's the smaller 5 oz. version of their normal 8oz. burger. Basic sports bar menu with a little extra grease options. The service is hit or miss. I guess depends on who ya get. Overall, for the location, food, and entertainment of TV's, I am a fan! read more