Love their fried shrimp. Always good sized portions. Friendly staff. Fast service. We usually do takeout but food is still hot when we pick it up. read more

Passing through Amarillo to Dallas Sam's was a great choice. Great food and great service read more

We have eaten here often. The food is great every time. Fresh and hot. We tend to do take out and suggest you check your order before you leave. Hey we are all human - mistakes can happen. Love their fried shrimp and red beans and rice. read more

Our family dined at this restaurant during our road trip from Colorado. The food was delicious, the prices were reasonable, the portions were generous, and we received excellent customer service from Ms. Ivory, one of the staff members there. read more

Sam's Southern Eatery - Amarillo - #18. 2 Fish 6 Shrimp w/ red beans - Southern Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

See all

It's something about the grill shrimp here and it's cooked the onions and peppers. Chef kiss bro I wish I could have it everyday. Sadly travel for work read more

Cynthia the manager is poor at customer service. I ordered over $50 of food directly on Sam's website. Delivery driver who is contracted by Sam's brought me a pizza. The delivery driver said he would make it right and went back to the store and said he would come back with the correct order. The gentleman calls me when he was leaving. After 30 minutes goes by and no delivery. I called the gentleman and no answer. So I looked out side and the cats were eating our food. No knock on the door. I called the man again, no answer. I proceeded to call Sam's and spoke to Cynthia the manager and let her know my frustration of two mistakes and she proceeded to tell me not her fault. Let's just say the call didn't go so well after that. Their website, their contractors, their responsibility to make it right, instead of acting like no fault of her own. I am next reaching out to Mike Othman who is next in line. read more

Sam's Southern Eatery - Amarillo - Southern Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

See all

Great food and excellent service... will definitely come back... awesome atmosphere and get a lot of food for your money ...

Used to love this place. The food is good; however, last time we were there we were charged $1.00 for water...really? We were going to give it a go again because of the food. We brought our own bottles of water; however, a big sign on the door stating no outside drinks or cups stopped us. This sort of petty charges, along with petty rules will kill a business in no time. We won't be back despite the good food. You can only nickel and dime someone so much. read more

Everytime I go there my tummy rejoices! The meat is awesome but the sides r awful. I hate to b that way but I'm honest.

Good food no complaints on that end. Shrimp are the best I've had in town. My only reason for this 3 star review is being charged $1.00 for a cup of water. Tap water for $1.00 shocked me. It's not the end of the world but I also get tired of always getting unexpected extra fees at restaurants. read more

Very good if you like southern fried fish. I love eating here. My favorite fish place read more

No matter which one you go to all of them are delicious love the fish and shrimp. Never had a bad meal at any of them.

This place was so good I had to go back a 2nd time and share it with someone. When you walk in it looks like a regular restaurant which is fine because the atmosphere wasn't what I was going for. The employees are super friendly and welcoming. The food will blow your mind. I ordered the combination of fried fish and oysters with extra oysters it all came out so tasty and hot. It went straight grom the grease to the container. (The melted top told the story.) If you get a chance to get the gumbo get it because we got a taster of it at the end of the night and unfortunately that was all they had was a taster or I would have purchased a bowl of it. read more

See all

Sam's is a great fish place to eat. They have spicy green beans that I can't eat. Every other side is all fried but the Coleslaw, so can't eat those. They up charge for grilled shrimp and fish, sad! We order the four fish meal plate, they give us Five. Do we get to take home for another meal of fish tocos. Thank you Sam's! We order 4 large shrimp and get 5! Thank you Sam's. The staff is very friendly and check on tables. It is a good no frills or no other vegetables but fried everything else. They have very good fish no matter fried or grilled read more

Very good selection. Fresh food and nice size portions for a good price. Bon appetite.

The Food is good and service too. I've eaten all over Amarillo and this is only place that I'm aware of that they charge $1 for water. They charge for the cup regardless you eat there or to go. I was afraid to ask for "to go" box for another charge. Should allow you to bring your own bottled water if they are going to charge for water. Adds up when family of 6 on a budget order water and are charged $6 ... Seriously! read more

The food at Sam's is always delicious. We have both dined in and gotten delivery and the food quality didn't suffer. Service when you dine in is top notch! I would highly recommend if you're looking for fried seafood or fried livers, gizzards, or okra. read more

The food is exceptional. The portions are large with excellent flavor. The prices are good too. Best southern style food you can get. Better than restaurants in Dallas and Houston. If you want great food at a reasonable price you cannot beat Sam's Southern read more

Poor review for the Poor service. Excellent food but terrible service....terrible enough to make the food not worth it. We ordered a large order for a group at work and when we picked up the order we were told "don't ever do that again" as rudely as possible!If we put them out for ordering an order they were willing to take in the first place and that should help their business, then shame on them not us. Gave them one more shot and again poor service. There is no drive through menu...went off the menu online and everything I tried to order was unavailable (couldn't order an appetizer sampler, okra wasn't a side). But mostly it's the fact of the way I was treated for not knowing their menu that you can't find online or at a drive thru... read more

I finally got over here to try the place out. I've been meaning to ever since I heard about it. The girl that helped me was very nice and checked in with me often to see if I needed anything. The shrimp and oysters were both good and the price was reasonable. The beans and rice had a lot of liquid which fortunately I like but some people might not. The hush puppies were pretty good and I'm not a big fan of hush puppies. The green beans were just your basic canned green beans, maybe with a little extra spice added in. The main reason for not giving them more stars is that the table was pretty sticky. There were rings from drink cups that when I rubbed on them with a wet corner of a napkin they came off, which meant that when the table was wiped the person didn't put much pressure. I saw a girl clean another table and she really just gave it a lick and a promise, not a true sanitizing. She left trash under the table and didn't sweep under the table. It wasn't until I got up to leave that I noticed that the floor under and in front of my table was extremely sticky like someone had spilled a drink. And it sat there long enough to dry. That's probably the stickiness that I felt on the table also. When I picked up the ketchup and the saltshaker they were both very tacky and sticky and gummy. Real germ catchers. The employees were wearing masks but not gloves and I didn't see any sign of any hand sanitizer around. There might have been some and I didn't see it but it wasn't noticeable. I might go back sometime because the food was good enough to return for and I didn't have any problem with service like others had. Maybe they have been working to correct that. read more

Sam's Southern Eatery - Amarillo - Southern Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

See all

We went here on a Friday night on a whim.....we've never been here, nor had we heard of this restaurant. We ordered grilled shrimp on one order and fried shrimp on the other. Everything, I mean everything was cooked to perfection! The fries were hot, crisp and not over salted. The hush puppies were golden brown, crisp and seasoned beautifully. The shrimp was flawless! Huge jumbo shrimp battered and fried perfectly. The grilled shrimp was perfect. We rarely have had a meal that was so spot on. We'll be back!!!!! read more

Food has always been delicious and you get great portions, and service is always great! Will definitely come back.

The crab cakes were huge!! Delicious and worth every calorie!! Service is always friendly and helpful!

Tried this place for lunch, not expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. Staff was very friendly and service was fast. Food came out hot and delicious. Will definitely be back. read more

So i go here several times a year and it always has great food. usually the service is ok, never great but not bad at all but last night it was terrible. our family arrived about 5:30 and we were seated immediately. our waiter got our drink order and took off after them. when he returned he took our order and was gone. We sat there and watched 3 other tables get seated and all 3 received there food so we asked our waiter about ours. He told us that he had just turned it in because we had just arrived. I had told him we had been there for 30 mins, but he refused to hear that. When we got our food from another waiter the beans & rice were cold, and the fish orders were missing the fries. He said he would go get it. We finished half our meal before he returned. When i went to pay our $40 bill they did take $3 off of it which is kind of a small amount concidering all the disruptions. I have this moto if the service is bad it does not matter how good the food is i will not be returning. i hope they correct this problem because they do have good food. read more

We went this evening for our first time. The guy working the drive thru was so friendly and helpful (I didn't catch his name but he was of Asian descent). We ordered a 4 piece catfish plate with hushpuppies/green beans, 1 catfish and 5 shrimp plate with hush puppies/red beans and rice, and a gumbo with the rice and dinner roll. I am super picky about my catfish (I haven't been impressed by any local places since my favorite place closed down). The catfish is just right! Not too dry and not too salty with lots to taste. The tartar sauce has amazing flavor to add to it. Green beans were very flavorful. Red beans and rice won us over! Hush puppies have a mild flavor and were moist. The fried shrimp were huge and tasted delicious! Per the hubby gumbo was so flavorful and packed a good spicy punch. We will most definitely be returning! read more

See all

I ordered the gizzards meal to go. I noticed a mistake as soon as one of the employees was nice enough to bring it to my car. The gizzards must have gone straight from the oil into the paper lined styrofoam container to melt it like it did. I opened it to breathe. The top was melted from the steam and the container warped inward (took pictures). I removed the gizzards as soon as I got home, because they were lying in a pool of oil. I'm going to cool them in the refrigerator and reheat them on a paper towel later to get the grease out. They taste good, but they needed a little more love and patience at the finish line. What a shame. read more

Sam's Southern Eatery - Amarillo - Takeout container warped and melted - Southern Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

See all

Best Dang fried fish in the history of fried fish!! I grew up in Oklahoma where there's a buttload of great catfish restaurants but Sam's is head and shoulders above them all. I hear there other entree's are great too, but until I get tired of the fish the 6-piece is my go-to item every single time. Fun Fact: Order the 6 piece and you get 8 or 9. True Story!! read more

Food quality is awesome. They have various size options for some meals. Staff is friendly and efficient.

First time and the food was great! I was very impressed with the portion sizes for the price. The crabcakes were amazing! Definitely need to go back! My daughter loved the hushpuppies and Philly cheesesteak sandwich was great too. The coleslaw is mayonnaise based. I'm not a fan of their coleslaw, but that is just me being picky. My family will definitely be back! read more

So so good. Fast service. Clean. Love this place! Even our kids that are picky eaters enjoy this place so much.

Food was fresh and order only took 10min after ordering in the drive thru and fish is well flavored fries are real potatoes and hush pups have a hint of jalapeno in them. The lady taking my order was nice as well read more

Sam's Southern Eatery - Amarillo - 2 Whole Fried Catfish meal with fries - Southern Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

See all

Seemed unorganized and customer service was lacking. Crab cakes not so good. Hush puppies over cooked. Fried jumbo shrimp was awesome cole slaw so so. Probably not going to go again. Shrimp was only good thing not recommended read more

Best flavor of catfish and shrimp in town large portions for a very good price. 10 outta 10 for me!

There food is really good. I will be returning. The service was good,the portions wer good and i couldn't try everything but that's why i will be returning. Good job guys... read more

My family has now eaten here twice. The shrimp, catfish, crab cakes, hush puppies are out of this world delicious. Shrimp are huge and will not disappoint. The atmosphere is sort of bland as this place was a Burger King at one time, but the food makes up for it. We will return. read more

Like others have mentioned, do not let the building deceive you when you pull up. The food is amazing! I had the grilled catfish and the other person in my party had the fried catfish, and they were both very delightful and amazing. I would definitely go back to this place again! And highly recommend it. read more

My husband and I have eaten here only once, the food was delicious. Tonight we wanted to return for more. Sign on the door said they were open until 9:00, though most of the chairs were already on the tables for clean up at 8:15. I walked in a head of my husband and I was immediately greeted by a young man asking if I wanted to order to go. When I stated, "no" he looked at his watch and said " the dining room closes in 15 mins." Too which I replied ok and proceeded to walk out. Tell me please, why your sign says open until 9:00. 45 mins was more than enough time to be served a dine in meal. Must be doing a whopping business to turn patrons away. Your millennial staffed restaurant is a lazy bunch with no work ethic. We wont be back!!! read more

Food was good, portion sizes were large, service as far as take out goes was fine. Will definitely eat here again, they have so much on their menu so quite a bit to choose from. I want to try their gumbo but the take out menu doesn't show ingredient list. read more

I'd been hearing how wonderful this place was, but I wasn't impressed at all! Very disappointing. Crab cakes are terrible, save your money. They looked and tasted like they were frozen patties that they'd bought at Sam's. Fish, greasy and only fair in my opinion. Jumbo Shrimp? Okay, those were really good, and very big! I would eat that again! Probably no return trip for me. There's definitely better fish in town. read more