I was initially nervous from reading the yelp and google reviews. However, you have to come for yourself. No this isn't a turnt up club party type of place. It's extremely chill, and cool with great drinks and decent food. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. I truly enjoyed the surfing thing the girls were super helpful. The bartender was dope ! People were friendly. I honestly didn't have a problem at all. I seen a lot of racial comments, however I didn't experience it. I came from Memphis to Houston & decided to stop here on college station. No regrets. Don't let the views stop you from coming! Respect their rules and they will respect you. Yeah the commandants were a bit over the top reading cause they do seem to target a specific group but whatever just go to the club to do the turnt stuff. Overall, Good Vibes read more

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What a fun place to hang out! Whether you're a local or visiting from out of town, you're sure to enjoy your time here! Do note entry for locals is cheaper than out of towners, but worth it either way. No children are allowed here. We came in a Sunday and it was pretty busy but there was still plenty of room. The bar has a wide variety of drinks so there's something for everyone! I enjoyed the mermaid punch. The blended pina colada was also good! They also offer food, however I hadn't ordered any. There are a lot of seating/cabana options for rent, I'd advise looking into that. We didn't and we had to look around for some open free seating, but it worked out! The lazy river moves at a good pace and they have floaties for you. They also offer bean bag toss, large pong, and even a wake board/surfing area! Super fun to watch and I'm hoping to give it a go next time. read more

The Cove at BearX - The cove - Swimming Pools Near Me - College Station, Texas

It's not too big but it's good fun to do lazy river style pool. Prices are average like $5 white claws regular priced food pizza, chicken tenders. They have a swim up pool Not over crowded- adults only. Very chill cool vibe. $20 entry includes little float They have chairs and summer material bean bags to chill in. It's a good time. I'd go again. Specially for those who stay away from river They also had a handicapped lift. (One observation for improvement- more availability for chairs/bean bags and more floats in good condition!) read more

Always a fan of the good vibes at The Cove! The staff is helpful and kind, food and drinks are great, and the switch to members only makes the day a much better experience without it being way too over crowded! 10/10 would recommend The Cove! read more

The Cove at BearX - a view of a swimming pool - Swimming Pools Near Me - College Station, Texas

Floated the lazy River, Had amazing daiquiris, No kids allowed !! A bit small when they take out areas for VIP guests but overall had a good time. Water is clean, guests are allowed to play games on-site provided by cove, you pay extra to surf. Restrooms are clean, read more

The Cove at BearX - a view of a lake and a building - Swimming Pools Near Me - College Station, Texas

Some of the reviews from black people had me nervous. College station is also known to be unfriendly to us black people...but this place is nice, clean, friendly, mixed ethnicities, chill. It was a Wednesday so it wasn't crowded. So nice. We will def go back! read more

The Cove at BearX - Lazy river! - Swimming Pools Near Me - College Station, Texas

Great atmosphere and friendly bartenders! They should have a capacity limit. It was too crowded. read more

The Cove at BearX - Vodka lemonade (frozen) - Swimming Pools Near Me - College Station, Texas

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I'd give it 5/5 if the drinks weren't so expensive but it's a day resort so it is expected they will be pricey. Delicious drinks & food Fun & diverse atmosphere Bartenders are super nice Front desk girls are pretty rude Overall worth going! read more

The Cove is my favorite place to hangout! Every time I walk in, the admissions staff are very friendly and get me checked in quickly. The food drink selection is great, and the bartenders are very friendly. I could spend hours floating in the lazy river, and there's more than enough noodles for everyone to use while they float. My favorite feature at The Cove is the Proflow surf machine. The surf coaches are awesome, and are very hands on! I never feel nervous when I ride because the coaches are right there to push me in, hold on to me, and are very encouraging. The Cove is amazing! read more

I'd really say 3.5 stars but that's not an option and 3 seemed too low. The food...Pizza and fries are really good definitely get these. STAY away from the "wings". It looks like a tender and when you open it it's dark meat? Also it's very fatty. The pulled pork is ok but it tastes like the microwaveable pack from the grocery store. Fried pickles are good. As far as drinks the special margaritas all tasted the same. No pineapple, basil, chamoy flavors at all. But they were good. The ginger beer drink has black pepper. I love spicy drinks but it's typically cayenne the blk pepper just made it look dirty. The pool and bungalows were awesome! read more

My family really enjoyed it. The management and staff were very nice, helpful and informative. We are definitely looking forward to going back again. read more

Bad service, bad bartenders, communication sucks. Over charged me and can't do anything about it because I didn't call the same day! 0 stars if I could. Do not visit this place! Not worth it! read more

I really like this place! The drinks are kind of unnecessarily sugary, but it is definitely a fun vibe here.

Customer service sucks not much of a water park either. There's one lazy river pool and an area in the middle of it where they serve drinks. They overcharge you nearly 3xs the amount if you're not a local Bryan college station resident which is absurd especially since you pay $30 for admission to basically a pool. Food is subpar and management isn't welcoming or genuinely accommodating read more

Overall you're paying to float a lazy river that's not very lazy and actually fast af espicially when there's a lot of people. Read the reviews before we came which the owner states you can bring in empty water bottles so you can fill them inside but when we did we were told by the "vibe protectors" no and he didn't want us to confuse people by bringing them in. Way too overpriced and mediocre if you're not a resident to visit. read more

We enjoyed ourself at The Cove! We were a little nervous about the claims of racism in prior reviews being 4 black women visiting. Staff was friendly and professional, drinks were good and reasonably priced, environment was relaxed and fun. It's not a water park, more of a water lounge. Don't expect rides, a club vibe and a wild time. It's a good place to pre-game and chill in the water read more

The Cove at BearX - Swimming Pools Near Me - College Station, Texas

We had a good time and the staff was great for our large, diverse party. I can only give 3 stars though because there's no seating if you don't reserve a cabana, there's not enough shade around the park so you're frying in the sun all day, the website says live music, so I was expecting a DJ, but it's only a playlist being played over loud speakers, and finally, there's only a lazy river there. I was expecting a bigger water park. read more

The music is definitely awful, what you see on instagram is not what they actually play. The vibe protectors take it way too serious. Definitely wish they gave you copies of the receipts to see what you spent and in general wasn't a good experience considering my group spent $2k+ here. Now we are the type to make it a party regardless of the atmosphere but the vibes were just not it. The lazy river was pretty cool and so was having your own little pool in the Bungalow. They do however take it serious to the point where if you lay down in the bungalow you'll be put in time out or if you even think to question or respond to the vibe protector you'll be cut off for a period of time. 3 stars because we did enjoy it but needs huge work to be the place they claim to be on social media. read more

So much fun and such a chill atmosphere! The lazy river was a perfect way to cool down on a hot Texas afternoon and the swim up bar was almost too convenient my husband and I had a great time. Tired a chicken quesadilla for a snack that was delicious. $5.50 for craft beer and $8 for a double cocktail seemed pretty reasonable to us. Played some giant beer pong, and laid out on some chairs in the sun. All in all, definitely would recommend checking this place out! read more

Sooooooo...as a colored person I did not feel any racism against me. BUT we did get our wallet stolen from the lockers we paid for. We also got another wallet and phone stolen. I don't blame the facility because they tried their best to help but it's the fact that people would steal in this facility. This place is a whole VIBE but just be careful with personal items. The fact that we got our stuff stolen and that drinks are a bit expensive is the reason why this place gets 3 stars. read more

Very racist establishment, we bought tickets and had cabana's booked as a reservation for today! Already purchased and paid for!! We are a huge african American family and over 45 people where going but the establishment canceled our reservation and refunded our money the night before we were to show up.m which was today. We already have rooms and air bnbs booked and paid for as well. This was an extremely rude, disrespectful, and racist thing to do. They said out of their own mouths in the email that they were getting tagged too much on fb by us and information calls so they canceled. What type of mess is that? I have never heard of someone complaining about getting exposure! Oh wait, because it was african Americans right? Tags tend to happen when u are on fb and u mention a business. But due to them seeing they where getting tagged by over 40 black people for this one weekend they felt it was too much I guess to have that many african Americans under one roof. Some of us have already traveled to college because our reservation was for this afternoon so to be notified by email of this late last night, a day before is extremely not professional!!!! Probably going to hire a lawyer and sue for racial discrimination! read more

The Cove at BearX - Swimming Pools Near Me - College Station, Texas

Nice place, only got to experience it for an hour and a half though. I get that rain isn't your fault but please refund people their day passes if you open at 12 and a storm forces you to close at 1:30, especially when the majority of your revenue comes from food & drinks. You want customers to come back? You make things right, and don't make them wait an hour to find out they're not getting a refund. read more

Excellent place love the staff and the people, far from Racists love this place excellent get away

Amazing staff. Great vibe. Did the water park/ surf session last week and then came back for wakeboarding. I highly recommend, for either relaxing and having some drinks, or for having a huge amount of fun with some board sports. I'd definitely come back. The staff are knowledgeable and super friendly. It really is a load of fun. And very affordable for what you get to do. Go for it!! read more

Sweet spot if you just wanna chill. They changed a lot this summer so it's really not crowed anymore. Would for sure keep going and bring friends. 4 stars bc the music playlist can be updated read more

Reserved a cabana for my daughters 21st. She invited about 15 people. They all had a blast!! The drinks were good, the food is delicious! And the staff was so friendly! They will definitely go back! read more

This is one of the most fun places! Great atmosphere and great people. Every worker here is so nice and they made my experience so much better. Super diverse place and there is something for everyone. It isn't just full of college kids. read more

Racist!!!! I've been seeing this place trending and I thought that it would be a great vibe for my friends birthday. I'm an influencer with lots of followers and wanted to promote the establishment. We booked 2 tables and were coming from over an hour away. We called earlier in the day asking if we could get a bigger table and said that we'd pay more if we can have someone else's table. I believe they took what we said aggressively and made a big deal about it. They called us when were 20 mins away and said that they weren't going to let us in because we were on a party bus which doesn't make sense. (Or because we are black and they thought we'd cause trouble by wanting to buy someone else's table) They refunded us before even calling. None of us are the type to cause trouble. For an establishment to make you feel unwanted or welcomed is never a good thing. I will never in my life support this place and I hope that they learn their lesson because I will happily let everyone know that this place is full of nasty and racist people. If I could give them -100 stars I would. I don't understand why it's so hard to let black people have a good time. This is what's wrong with our country now. You type of people. read more

It was a great time. I'm black. I say that because I read the negative reviews and at the end of the day, I don't appreciate liars, exaggerators and people that throw in race to get people to side with them and put a business out of business. I think one family had a bad experience and flooding the comments. And in the off chance this business did have issues in the past and corrected them, good on them. Literally reading the reviews had me second guessing and not wanting to go here but it just didn't sit right with me that this place in college station could be as racist as the racism reported in Jasper, Texas. The we that they described this place, I imagined no black people here and getting dirty looks. That was far from the truth--literally everything that was said. 1) "They follow you to the car." Literally, no one gets in and out privileges to the venue. Escorting you to the car is their way of getting around that rule in case someone legitimately forgets something. It's a COLLEGE town. The venue is in COLLEGE station and the Texas A&M campus is within 5mins. They don't want people sneaking in alcohol and getting hammered drunk and then being accountable for it. 2) "They called the police on me." They have one security guard in police uniform next to admissions the whole time. 3) "They watch me the whole time." Their security folks stand in locations around the venue the whole time. They don't single anyone out. 4) "I got terrible service at the bar." They stay busy but they still work hard to get everyone drinks. We had three bartenders check on us in my party within the time we were at the bar drinking 2 drinks. 5) "The music sucks." they literally play every genre of music to appeal to a diverse crowd. All in all it was a good time and there were a LOT of black people there. Like half their patrons. What's right is right and what's wrong is wrong. That's why I'm writing this review to counter what was said. It could be possible that what the others perceived as racism was all in their head. read more

Nice atmosphere great people diverse crowd, reception girl at the ticket counter quite rude, but I'm super friendly so you feel like a ass being rude to me her attitude quickly changed . Amazing drinks creative and tasty I had one with pepper in it. I'll be back I'm renting a section next time read more

The employee Katie at the cove is very unpleasant. Used the Cove for a philanthropy event and Katie explained to me and other members of my org that we were "losing them money" and "haven't been easy to work with". Very unprofessional! Super rude, would never work with them again. Katie needs a handbook in customer service 101. Would give 0 stars if I could. read more

Came to the cove with some buddies of mine for my 18th birthday. Had a blast surfing on the ProFlow and will definitely be back. Great spot to take your friends! read more

The Cove has such a fun atmosphere! Whether you're there to celebrate or just chill while floatin the river, this is the place to be! The staff are so friendly and the food is great. read more

Writing this late but I visited a couple of weeks ago. The place is great and everything is super nice. However, I couldn't help but notice an employee's behavior. Her name was Katie and she was rude to other employees in front of us! It was a busy weekend but she's highly unprofessional. If you want to say something to someone, you come closer to them not yell at the front desk people from over the counter that too in front of your guests. The girls at the front looked nothing but shocked at her behavior. For a place that constantly talks about safeguarding good vibes for guests AND employees, the latter sure aren't experiencing them. She needs notes on how to treat other employees. read more

I came in town for a work trip and absolutely love this place. After all the meetings are set and done some coworkers and I shot over to The Cove and got some good drinks as well as some R&R. read more

My wife and I like to check this place out at least 2x a year; in the peak season of summer when it's busier and the final "hibernation" weekend when it's slower, but the water is still warm enough, to get the best of both worlds. Overall, a 3 star rating from us. So since it's "OK", we're willing to put in the time for a 3 hr drive from Dallas. For a 5 star rating, 3 suggestions: 1. Add some songs from the 80s and 90s to the play mix. 2. Add to the drink (cocktail) menu. 3. Keep things maintained or have replaced; signs of wear and tear already with the blue floats and a locking device to store belongings wasn't working during our last visit. *One big suggestion to anyone coming for the first time, especially during the hotter months (June-Aug): Bring sandals, crocs, etc. to protect your feet from the VERY HOT synthetic turf area, for playing games, and/or crossing to get to the cabanas and bungalows. read more

Amazingly delicious pizza. Got some pizzas from here for a work event and they were hot sellers!

Fantastic place, surprisingly fun, rented one of the cabanas and loved it!! Great way to combat these hot summer days!! Recommend highly!!

Very chill very relaxing. Great vibes. Not a turn up type of thing but very chill. Get there early so that you can get a locker for your stuff & also enjoy the wave pool before it gets to crowded. Really enjoy it here. The staff is great at the front desk. I love all the bartenders... except one. (Thicker black woman) & yes I'm a black woman. She was a tad rude but other than that the rest of the staff was amazing & helpful. read more

Kinda overpriced to get it and for drinks, mostly just a lazy river here and can get crowded fast.