Gator’s Bayou Menu – Lubbock, TX

Type : Bar & grill

Location : Lubbock, TX

Cajun-style pub fare served in a low-key space with playful, Louisiana-themed decor & a full bar. Based on 633 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Gator's Bayou 79424

Address:
5217 98th St, Lubbock, TX 79424

Phone: (806) 698-6900

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Hours

Wednesday 11 AM–12 AM
Thursday 11 AM–12 AM
Friday 11 AM–12 AM
Saturday 11 AM–12 AM
Sunday 11 AM–12 AM
Monday 11 AM–12 AM
Tuesday 11 AM–12 AM

Menu

Main Menu
Swamp Platter
Gator bites, fried pickles, fried mac & cheese, cajun cigars, & fried crawfish tails		 $15.00
Gator Bites
Tender, white, alligator tail meat
Fried Mac & Cheese
Our cajun mac, rolled up, battered and fried		 $8.00
Bayou Crab Cakes
Crab, onion & peppers		 $8.00
Frog Legs $6.00
Cajun Cigars
Think eggrolls… And add the spice of cajun		 $7.00
Chips & Salsa $3.00
Chips, Queso & Salsa $5.00
Big Easy Oysters
Char-grilled in the half shell with cajun spices and parmesan cheese		 $8.50
Fried Crawfish Tails
Hand breaded with the perfect kick		 $9.00
Fried Calamari
A bayou favorite!		 $7.50
Voodoo Cheese Fries
These fries have 4 cheeses, sweet, sweet crunchy bacon and homemade ranch. They will put you in a trance!		 $8.00
Fried Pickles $6.00
Oysters On The Half Shell $8.00
Peel-N-Eat Shrimp
1 pound
Boiled Crawfish
1 pound
Shrimp Gumbo
Roux based soup with shrimp, celery, bell peppers, onions, long grain rice and seasoning		 $4.50
Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
Roux based soup with chicken, sausage, celery, bell peppers, onions, long grain rice and seasoning		 $3.50
Crawfish Bisque
A velvety rich bisque with a roasted red peppers, smoked gouda, and crawfish tails		 $5.50
Gator’s Chicken Salad
Grilled or blackened chicken breast over romaine and iceberg lettuce and topped with brown sugar bacon, cheddar, eggs, avocado and tomatoes		 $9.50
Gator’s Shrimp Salad
Grilled or blackened shrimp over romaine and iceberg lettuce and topped with brown sugar bacon, cheddar, eggs, avocado and tomatoes		 $9.50
Red Beans & Rice
Classic creamy new orleans red beans served over long grain rice		 $3.00
Catfish $9.00
Crawfish $10.00
Shrimp $9.50
Chicken Strips $8.50
2 Choice Combo $10.00
3 Choice Combo $12.00
Oyster Basket $12.00
Cajun Ribeye
A 14 oz. Marinated black angus ribeye seasoned with a special blend of cajun spices. Served with your choice of any 2 sides and a roll		 $20.00
Top Sirloin
Traditional 6 oz. Top sirloin, seasoned with cajun spices and char-grilled. Served with choice of any two sides and a roll		 $15.00
Grilled Chicken Plate
2 tender chicken breasts grilled or blackened. Served with your choice of any 2 sides and a roll		 $14.00
Crawfish Etoufee
A louisiana classic! Perfectly seasoned crawfish meat cooked in a rich creole roux served over long grain rice		 $9.50
Jambalaya
Spicy cajun rice with chicken, sausage, onions and peppers		 $9.50
Cajun Pasta
Sausage, shrimp and chicken in a marinara sauce mixed with fettucine pasta. Served with a roll		 $9.00
House Of Blue Finn Tuna
Cajun spiced and quickly seared, drizzle with a sweet and spicy sauce. We cook ours rare but we will prepare it however you like, even if it break our little cajun hearts! Serves with choice of 2 sides and a roll		 $15.00
Creole Stuffed Pork Chops
2 boneless center-cut pork chops layered with amazing creole stuffing rolled up & wrapped in bacon and grilled to perfection! Served with your choice of any 2 sides and a roll		 $15.00
Pork Chops
2 boneless center-cut pork chops fried, grilled or blackened. Served with your choice of any 2 sides and a roll		 $13.00
Grilled Catfish Plate
2 tender catfish filets grilled or blackened. Served with your choice of any 2 sides and a roll		 $14.00
Chicken Fried Steak
A west texas favorite with a tough of caJun. Served with your choice of any 2 sides and a roll		 $10.00
Fettucine Alfredo
Fettucine pasta tossed in a rich, creamy cajun alfredo sauce. Served with a roll		 $8.00
Shrimp Creole
Shrimp tossed in a spicy creole sauce with peppers and onions on a bed of long grain rice		 $10.00
Dirty Bird
This the house specialty! We take a plump juicy chicken breast, deep fry that sucka’, lay it on a bed of dirty rice and cover it tin our bayou cream sauce. This bird will have you flying in for more!		 $12.00
The “Sink”
This is a footlong po-boys we literally threw in everything but the kitchen sink! Layers of turkey, ham, cheese and roast beef. Served with a side of dipping gravy. You might need a couple of extra napkins for these breast!		 $16.00
Boudin Burger
Our bayou burger with a grilled boudin link, only the hungry need apply		 $10.50
Muffaletta
The famous new orleans italian sandwiches prepared a combination of salami, turkey, ham, mozzarella cheese with olive dressing served on an wheat ciabatta		 $9.50
Classic Club
Turkey and ham layered with brown sugar bacon, cheese, lettuce and tomato. Served on wheat bread		 $8.50
Bayou Buffalo Chicken Wrap
Fried chicken strips tossed in our louissiana hot sauce, wrapped up in a low crab tortilla with cheddar cheese, pickles and ranch		 $9.00
Bayou Burger
An all 1/3 lb. Beef patty served on a jalapeno cheddar bun dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickle and mayo		 $7.50
Turkey Wrap
Shaved turkey, brown sugar bacon, avocado lettuce, tomato and chipotle ranch all wrapped in a low crab tortilla		 $8.00
Catfish $10.00
Shrimp $10.00
Chicken $9.00
Crawfish $10.00
Roast Beef $8.00
Gator
Bread Pudding
Authentic mew orleans bread pudding with a fantastio sweet bourbon sauce!		 $6.00
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
A homemade chocolate peach pie with a splash of bourbon		 $6.00
Ande’s After Dinner Mint Brownie
A chocolate mint brownie served warm and topped with a scoop of ice cream and hot fudge		 $6.00
Kids Catfish
2 catfish strips with fries		 $5.00
Chicken Strips
2 tender breaded strips of chicken. Served with fries		 $5.00
Corn Dog
Served with fries		 $5.00
Kids Pasta
A kid’s portion of fettucine alfredo		 $5.00
Cajun Mac & Cheese
Jalapeno Hush Puppies
French Fries
Mixed Veggies
Dirty Rice
Red Beans & Rice
Corn On The Cob
Side Caesar Salad
Add-$1
Side Garden Salad
Add-$1
Boudin Link
Add-$2
Sweet Potato Fries
Add-$1
Cheese Grits
Brunch Menu
Bayou Brunch Sandwiches
Take our famous jalapeno sourdough bun; add eggs, bacon, ham, salami & american cheese and what do you get? Deliciousness. All served with seasoned grilled new potatoes!! Is that even a word? Oh well, after one bite of this sandwiches, it won’t even matter		 $9.00
Cajun Eggs
Our combination of grilled crawfish and smoked cajun sausage, mixed with our special bayou seasonings, atop three fluffy eggs scrambled to perfection, makes a perfect brunch creation		 $8.00
Murphy’s Famous French Toast
Sweet and savory, this family recipe has been around for 60 years and will have you craving it for 60 more! Not much more can or needs to be said. Served with powered sugar, melted butter, warm maple syrup and a fresh fruit cup with whipped cream. I think i may have said too much		 $8.00
New Orleans Style Grits & Shrimp
Rich and creamy new orleans style grits, a little cajun spice and 4 of gator famous bayou shrimp will make you think you are on bourbon street all over again. Expected for that one time in 1996 but we won’t talk about that again		 $8.50
Crab Cake Hollandaise
A bayou twist on an old favorite, two of our famous crab cakes served atop an old fashioned english muffin, with two thick slices of tasso ham and topped with our original hollandaise sauce. Man this is making me hungry		 $9.50
Drinks Menu
Coors Light
Bud Light
Miller Light
Shiner
Bud Light
Budweiser
Bud Light Lime
Coors Light
Coors Original
Michelob Ultra
Miller Light
O’douls Non-Alcoholic
Zigenbock
Mgd 64
Blue Moon
Corona
Lonestar
Dos Xx Lager
Landhsark
Guiness
Woodchuck
Pbr
The Dark Knight
Smirnoff cherry vodka, captain morgan black, raspberry schnapps, lime juice & cranberry juice
Cherry Limeade
Smirnoff cherry vodka, sprite, fresh lime and grenadine
Vanilla Cola
Smirnoff vanilla vodka, licor 43 & coke
The Hurricane
Classic new orleans staple! Light rum, dark rum, orange juice & patty o’s topped with bacardi 151
Sex With An Aligator
Jager, raspberry schnapps, melon liqour and sweet & sour
Purple Kitty
Pucker grape vodka, blue curacao, cranberry juice and energy drink
Airhead
Patron silver, watermelon schnapps & energy drink
Mexican Candy
Vodka, watermelon schnapps, peach schnapps and tabasco
Swamp Donkey
Smirnoff citrus vodka , melon liqour, sweet & sour & grenadine
Jack Hammer
Jack daniels, ameretto, energy drink and a cherry

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Reviews

Glen Diaz de Tuesta
Let start off by saying our server was great. We went there on our lunch break, took a seat and within 2 min had our food and drink order in. 3 more min we had our drinks! 55 min into our 60 min lunch break our food had not come out. We told our server to cancel the order because we had to get back to work, she brought the bill for the sodas, and we paid. I have no problem paying for the sodas but we were not offered to go cups and the manager ignored us.

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mbbgarcia 04
Let me start off by saying the service is perfectly fine. The problem is the food. It’s the most boring bland claim to Cajun cuisine I’ve ever tasted. The gumbo was tasteless and boring. The roux wasn’t even the proper color for a gumbo. It was closer to a blonde roux then a dark rich roux. There was absolutely no seasoning or spice (not heat, proper Cajun spice). The red beans and rice were also bland and some of was either undercooked or had been sitting for too long. The Cajun cigars were described as being stuffed with a Cajun stuffing (to me that means like a stuffing made from cornbread or some sort of bread). It was nothing but cheese. That’s fine, but fix the description on your menu. This place was an absolute disappointment.

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Elli Borzomati
Place was filthy, bathroom smelled bad, food was mediocre at best. Everything was fried together and stuck together. Menu selection was good, but the product wasn’t. Waitress was new and didn’t know about items on the menu. I should have left when I got there, but was out voted by a 6 year old. Lol

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Danielle Reyes
We had the Cajun Pasta, the dirty bird and the beignet fries….all of the food was GOOD. Out waitress was sweet and the atmosphere was fun. Definitely a place to hang out eat good food and have drinks. ♥️

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Erik King
I would describe this place as a bar that serves food. It definitely had that bar vibe going on. We went for the food and was not disappointed. I had the chicken fried steak. It said hand breaded, I asked before ordering if it really was. The waitress said yes so I went ahead and ordered it. It was the best one I’ve had in a very long time. My wife had the shrimp alfredo. She really loved it. It had a lot of shrimp also. I love Dr. Pepper and theirs is mixed to perfection. Not since I have toured the Dr. Pepper plant have i had a perfectly balanced one. That made me very happy.

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Angela Shaw
Very loud. Food is okay (not Louisiana). Service is great. Lots of restaurants in lubbock, we will not be back.

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Sherrie Coffman
The food is so much better now! We stopped going a few years ago because the food tasted the same no matter what you got……I was so pleased this last time !!!!!

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Sam Horn
Attentive staff and a good range! The Blackened Tuna was the best representation of that dish O have had in a very very long time!

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Elena Byers
Food was super good. Service was friendly. Food was fresh and hot

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Glen Glasscock
Chicken Salad and Red Beans and Rice. Yummy. 21 people in our group and the service was great!

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