Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar in Midland

Hook & reel Cajun seafood.

I love this place, highly recommended

I m not gonna lie that was the worst fish basket I had in my life no seasoning they either over fried the fish or just didn t kno what they were doing like 3 pieces of my fish was damn near pink still on the inside like bruhhh

Got seated more quickly than quoted. Drink order was taken within 2-3 minutes. Appetizers arrived within 5 minutes of ordering. Food arrived within 15 minutes of ordering. Everything tasted great. Service was on point.

I went to a restaurant that I thought had great customers service I was informed. The lady that was working at the bar was very inappropriate with her attitude I told her what I wanted she brought my food to me and slammed the plates on the table in my food look like he was thrown together as in dogs can eat it I was at the restaurant around 2:00 p.m. today Sunday the 17th she didnt have any customer service skills at all period just in her cell phone I will never come back to that establishment.

10/10 best seafood boil house in midland

Shrimp fettuccine Alfredo was swimming in grease, absolutely disgusting. Shrimp was like rubber. Husbands fried shrimp was very average. Hostess was rude, waitress really tried and was good. We will never go back.

Great spot for good Cajun meals

I enjoy going to hook and reel. The only downfall is the price. Its pretty pricey but most seafood places are. I also didnt like that they charge a huge gratuity to parties of 6 or more. We were a group of 7 adults with 4 separate bills and we were each charged between $20-25. We are very good tippers...the reason I dont like it is cause the tip is guaranteed. What if the server isnt worth the $80-90 we all paid?

The food was delicious! We will definitely be back!!

Soft drinks and water are so awful there.

Too good

The food is so freaking finger lickin good...literally So far the servers we have gotten have all been friendly, attentive and informative with their options. We love us a good loud atmosphere!

Food and service were great.

Roach in my boil bag.

It was alright.

Great food. Not to bad on the prices. I would go back.

Food was very bland. Dissatisfied for price.

The service was great, and the food was better than before. I just wish the fried fish was battered with corn meal, not flour.

Ate there on my birthday. Great food

My daughter loved the snow crab. I had the fish basket. I have never eaten fish battered with flour. It has always been with corn meal. I didnt like it much. The sweet potato fries were great. It was an experience.

I honestly cant say anything short of an absoulte perfect dining experiance. We walked in, got sat almost immediatly( wednesday night but still) our server ayden was attentive and came often making sure we were taken care of, the food, was phenominal, and the meals were full and left us feeling satisfied. This is the 1st time we have come here and will definitaly not be the last

As someone who was born in Florida and grew up fishing the food at this establishment was by far par NUN food was cold and poor quality seafood however for the middle of the desert it was ok the dinks good, service slow, under staffed. food blah not worth 175.00 for two people

If I could do a negative review I would. My Kids took me for Father s Day, the staff was incredibly rude. They took forever to sit us. They don t do reservations, when we asked to be moved to a table from a booth, they answered the table was reserved . They were incredibly rude, raised their voice and made me so upset I ended asking my kids to leave. DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE.

This place has the worst customer service in Texas. The food is ok, however the environment and the owner is so rude! You can t give constructive criticism, he raises his voice and threatens people with not serving them. I got to see him arguing with a family and it was shocking to see someone act that way

Food is ok. But worse service, terrible treatment. Owner was extremely and terribly rude. Went there to eat with my family for Father s Day, we were welcomed with rudeness and bad service. Not a good recommendation to go

The food is not worth the price they charge. Too expensive for the quality and the waiters and atmosphere are terrible. I waited almost 2 hours to eat something that was more or less and when we spoke to the manager he was very rude

Really laid back place, and fast service.

First of all, our server was really good and provided good service. The issue was the food. The gumbo was the worst I have ever eaten, it was watery and just tasted like a canned soup. The ice tea was watered down. The fish baskets had an ok flavor, just not worth the money. My son had the shrimp basket and he was sick all night and still sick in the morning. All signs indicate food poisoning. Bottom line, I am not coming back to this place. I paid too much for mediocre food and,possibly, for getting my son sick. Not a good experience except for our server, he did a good job.

Delicious seafood! Each time I have been here, I have really enjoyed them. Many different delicious options to choose from.

Great service and a fun place to get a taste of Cajun food in Midland.

Oyster shots terrible very small PC. Of oyster. 13dlls each .king legs to much salt forget it

Just riding here to let everybody know what a great service we had here at Hook and Raul Midland Amber Our server was Wonderful and pleasant. She was the bomb!!!! From the Ramirez Familia!!!

Best place in town!

Love the food here

Great food, extremely good garlic noodles

This was our first time and the menu and options were a little confusing to us, thankfully our waiter helped us get exactly what we thought we wanted. He didnt let us down, the food was excellent and was more than we could eat at one sitting. Highly recommend

First time going and last. Bad experience with the food.

Expensive

Our server Lulu M, thank you, you did an amazing job. Great service and always checking in if anything is needed. You are amazing.

Service took the whole experience to another level ask for Lulu m absolutely and amazing server polite and professional!!!!

Very rich

it was decent i guess but needed some seasoning and wasn t nearly the amount they said it would be more like 1/3 a lb max. I spent too much money here and left still hungry

Worst Cajun food I ve ever had the ones giving this place any higher than 2 stars .bless your heart, you don t know any better

Really had to wait a long time from order to getting our food. One meal was not very hot, considering its deep fried, thats not right

I have eaten seafood in lots of different places the amount of garlic and heavy sauce takes away from the taste and the freshness of the seafood. Good seafood should not be so heavy on the sauce !!! If you want lessons go to Louisiana too see how its done .

Seems over priced

Restaurants in Veracruz Oh its not Texas I recommend it all, very delicious to enjoy something different A cool one

The first-time service and the food were great. This last time service sucked and the food was cold, and it took too long. Not coming back

It took a little bit long to get the food but it was worth the wait, definitely recommend.

Love their clam chowder

Totally professional, great prices and dam good food . You need to go just for peace the environment is pleasant. Food

Absolutely the worst cajun boil I ever had. The snow crab was old and fishy, the crawfish were frozen and no juice and the shrimp was old. The corn was so mushy it tasked like it had been boiled for days. I ordered fire spice and it was very average heat. No full time bartender available for service. Very disappointed.

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY ORDER BUT THEY CALLED AND REASSURED ME WITH ACCURATE DETAILS I CANT WAIT AS THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TRYING IT OUT. THANK YOU HR NEXT TIME I WILL COME TO EXPERIENCE THE RESTAURANT ITS SELF

I love this place is the kind of food you don t eat everyday and that you for sure go to a restaurant for, to avoid all the cooking process. They are pretty consistent and boils are always sufficient, never have had an upset stomach and or a bad taste from the food. And their blue moon on draft is the best in town!! Kid-friendliness: Our waitress was on point and made my friend kids to feel so comfortable that we all were having fun. Thanks!!

It was my first visit and I loved it. Oysters rocked and my shrimp/mussel boil was delicious. What a great find in Midland, nothing this good in Fort Worth where I live.

Great food and service

I came from out of town, and I was craving some great seafood. The food was great, the service from Amanda was excellent! Highly recommend!!

Service and atmosphere was great but price for the quality did not match up good food but they could do better that being said for the location what can you expect out of seafood

Atmosphere is alive, nice decorations, kid friendly, waiters are kind and patient. Food is S tier!! Very happy with my food. It was a 20min wait time. I was in a party of six friends the meal was $111.00 Kid-friendliness: Atmosphere is alive and kid friendly

I recently dined at Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar and was thoroughly impressed by the quality of the food. The dishes were delicious and the spicy cajun was a standout. I particularly enjoyed the crawfish, which was fantastic and reasonably priced. Overall, I had a great experience at Hook & Reel and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for delicious seafood in a casual and friendly atmosphere.

We had a big party and Amber was awesome! We called ahead and they had a table prepared for us. Amber was bubbly, answered all our questions, and made the experience one our team won t forget!

Great food, service, and prices.

Food is good i been here few times but tonight was just bad all way around long wait for everything bartender straight up told my friend he didn t have time to explain what kind of tequilas they had when he ask about them plus he still had the nerve to auto add the 18% tip for large party when he barely even tried to serve us.

Horrible service drinks terrible also Never came back to take our order We left and went to Riley s never recommend this place for sure

I sat at the bar and Ashley was great. She was very pleasant and provided great service. The food was phenomenal, I got a seafood boil with hook and reel sauce + the voodoo lemonade. 10/10 would highly recommend.

We went here last night and loved it! Our bartender Ashley I believe her name was, is amazing she was funny, and quick with our food and drinks. The food so so good! I got the garlic sauce with a side of their special sauce and it was delicious their crab bites is really good and they honey mustard is so yummy. They also have a happy our from I think 2-5 and the prices are actually decent. I really enjoyed going there and cant wait to go back

was not happy with meal and after ask if could substitute one item that over cook, was told no. so return the plate and 3 beers cost me $22.00 not going back

Amazing service, great food and atmosphere. Definitely worth it...

Excellent services, delivery was on time, Salvador was very polite. And the food delicious I enjoyed

I only gave one star because our waitress was at least polite. However, the rest of the experience was awful. It started awful when the manager came at us all sideways with a tone telling us we could only fit 4 at our both -which is how many people we actually had in our booth. She said if we were waiting on another person, we needed to go back to the waiting area and wait for a bigger table. And then she told us if another person showed we could not allow him to sit in our booth because it was four person booth only. We again, told it was just us four. She was so rude and full of attitude. Oh, and she chewed out another table accusing them of lying about how many people were really with their party. Come on! There were plenty of tables available and she s over here being ridiculous. Never again. Food was mid.

Great crab legs

Ashley at the bar is the best. The food was good and came out fast.

Really solid little spot for seafood. Service quality is variable but the food is usually spot on. Big ups to Hannah. Her 5 star service inspired this review

Overly greasy fried foods, specialty drink was lame(watered down), crab legs were not easy to pull out meat. For 95$, you can make this at home. Would not recommend for the price and experience.

Great seafood. I m hooked. I was reeled in. Haha! Try this place out! What a nice hidden gem! Great menu and spot on service! We will be back!

My food was cooked great my friend on the other hand, hers wasnt, not all seafood should be cooked together so some was overcooked. Our server was good though and friendly. I will go there again.

The verdict was that this place is better than Red Lobster. Enjoyed the visit and the food was good, and the service was great.

Always up to par

Great food!

Fast service and the drinks and food taste great.

not sure what I was expecting. the boil in bag was quite tasty ( thats pretty much your only option here). mix and match make your own or go with a predone sample. the house sauce is indeed quite tasty...good balance of flavour with just a wee touch of heat. I would likely come back again once my cholesterol dips back down again after this meal :) **** oh...almost forgot. one totally surprising thing is that for a seafood place...they have no friggen idea on how to make cocktail sauce. I asked for some...and I said...whats this? oh, its out homemade cocktail sauce. it tastes like ketchup and a dask of horseradish. perhaps you guys should look up the recipient for actually making a proper cocktail sauce. it needs flavour and a kick. good lord.

Definitely not coast worthy

Not so good. We ordered the calamari appetizer and it was awful. Weird taste and rubbery. My crawfish were mushy and also a strange flavor. My husbands catfish was good, but fried oysters not good. The corn that came with our meal was overcooked and they need a RO system for their water. It tasted bad. I wish I could say something positive, but it really wasnt good seafood.

The food was way overpriced for the quality, the flavor wasnt very good and the service was ok. Definitely not eating there again.

Good food, great atmosphere, the staff was great. Overall pretty good experience

Service is slow

The staff was very rude and too much wait time for a table

Staff was very rude to much time wait &the lady at the register was very rude and screaming to bad

Great food, super nice waiter, and the prices arent even outlandish. So glad they opened here.

Ambers the best

Very delicious food, very nice place

Absolutely delicious

3 words: DO NOT RECOMMEND. Our crab legs were terrible. Each of our 3 plates were the worst clusters my family has ever had. I feel like grabbing chick fil a after eating here. Not filling at all. We had to scrape the meat out of the shells to get ANYTHING from our crab. I think more crab meat went under my finger nails than in my mouth. The bar drinks were meh, but their water tasted like straight city water. *PUKE* After this place, I will only be cooking crab legs at home.

Such a dang joke. Took 45 minutes to get our frozen cheese sticks took another 45 to get our meal. Service and quality was horrible. And idk how you mess up catfish but they sure as hell did. Don t waste your time or money. Lack of management and rude bartenders.

Best seafood in West Texas!

Love this place, reasonable priced seafood that tastes amazing

Went there and sat at the bar,got a drink and that was it,she was taking care of everyone else and walked passed me more times than I could count and never asked me what I wanted to order,never be back

Definitely need to educate their blonde bartender on Texas bar seating rules! Will not go back due to lack of bar education

I always enjoy

I hate to leave bad review.... Picture says it all. I hope I dont get sick tomorrow This is my top 5 favorite spot.... I cant go here after this... Im so sad

Worst fish & shrimp Ive ever had! Terrible!!!!

Food is alright. Staff is kinda OK. Atmosphere is cool I guess. All round just kinda mid.

Im absolutely in love with this place. Very nice place and the crawfish with garlic butter spicy sauce is Everything!!! I could and would drink this sauce. They should bottle it.

Wed never been there before and I grew up eating boils. Oh boy did I miss it and this brought me back. I will definitely be back. My daughter truly enjoyed cracking the shells

Great seafood restaurant and nice bar.

Crazy about this place!! The oysters are fantastic and sooooo refreshing

Great food, great atmosphere!!

Amber was a really great server, provided very good service, was really quick to bring drinks and anything else asked for. I highly recommend asking for her. Thank you so much Amber for the great service!!

This was sea food that I have experienced a must stop and eat!

Everything is fabulous, I love this place.

I hid in a deep dark corner of the restaurant, shielded from the eyes of the other judgmental patrons so I could shamelessly shovel pounds and pounds of buttery seafood down my gullet, then quickly chug my beer for the courage to run away from the slaughtered masses of shellfish, back to the safety of my home before falling into a deep food coma. Its good.

The catfish gave me food poison, very sick.

Nice place and food 100% recommend!..

I love the food here, but my last experience, Ill make sure to go to the one in Odessa instead and make sure to let my family and friends know. Ive never been treated so badly by someone. As soon as we walked in, we were ignored by the host. Almost like he was annoyed. He helped the large group in front of us, some gentlemen came in after us and he sat them down, he still ignored us. After a few minutes, he finally asked us how many and said ok itll be a while. I dont know what his deal was, we still waited a while and nothing. The place was basically empty, and obviously there was still space since he had an open table for others. I was very upset at how he treated us. Maybe he has had a bad experience with kids? Who knows, either way, they should treat us all the same and at least acknowledge us when we first walk in, just like he did with everyone else. I wouldve understood if he said they didnt have a big table available, but the fact is that he did not communicate anything at all. We just walked out and spent my money where my family and I are welcomed.

The food is good and the service is good. No complaints.

Very cool concept for a restaurant. My family enjoyed it very much. Great food and excellent service.

Well Im re-writing this... theyre slacking on the sauce and they seem to mix up spicy with fire sometimes. The new bartenders are horrible except for one you g lady there. I call her miss mental because of how she described herself lol

I was next to the Hook & Reel getting my phone repaired, and saw this restaurant. I love seafood. I asked the staff next door at Dr. Cell Phone if the food was good here, and they said no. I decided to go anyway because I love Joes Crab Shack, but there isnt one locally. My mistake. BLUF: This restaurant is a SCAM. I spent $120 on my solo dinner, then went to Arbys across the street, spent $8 and got enough food to call it dinner. I started with a couple cocktails, clam chowder, and oysters. This place charges $16 for a shot of 21% rum with pineapple juice. They dont even carry top shelf liquors. The oysters were cracked poorly, there were bits of shell in the oysters. I get clam chowder everywhere I go. I love it. The clam chowder here? NO CLAMS! Its literally undercooked, crunchy potatoes in chowder sauce. Then I ordered 1lb of snow crab. Im used to ordering 1lb of queen crab at Joes crab shack, which is ~2.5 clusters. Hook and Reel brings me out 2 dinky clusters of snow crab. I said, Is this for real? Madison - my bartender - says I just work here. I ordered another $37.99 bucket on the spot and demolished the first one. The second bucket shows up...2 clusters. I googled How much does a cluster of snow crab weigh? Google says 5-8 ounces. Thats 3-4 clusters, unless the clusters are LEVIATHAN SIZED. This restaurant doesnt have those. I asked for a scale because I was curious. Not suspicious yet, but curious. I can math this out. The manager refused. Now Im on high alert. Google says GIANT snow crabs are 2 clusters to make a pound. The itty bitty things Hook and Reel gave me are not GIANT snow crabs. But its two clusters nonetheless. I asked for clarification. She said it wasnt their policy to allow customers to weigh their food. I mean...GOOGLE. Or...COMMON SENSE. What a scam restaurant! No clam in the clam chowder, poor kitchen skills, and lying about portion size. I was tempted to walk out (Dine and Dash) but my poor waitress didnt deserve it, so I paid my worthless $120 bill, tipped Madison well, then went across the street to Arbys, got a sandwich, had a real dinner, then went home. I will never be back here again. If I want seafood, Ill drive to Lubbock to go to Joes Crab Shack. This place is an obscene scam, full of false advertising, underwhelming menu lies, and a guarantee to lie to your face about portion size.

Great food and service!

The atmosphere is great. Great wait staff. My only negative thing I could say is the crab legs were not very fresh and a little heavy on the garlic.

So Im in town from Dallas and was craving seafood. I googled and this place popped up. I ordered bowl of gumbo I took 1 bit and snow crabs boil was . I will never eat here again.

Definitely need to do a better job at compensating customers no way y all get my order wrong I have to pay extra wait an extra 15 minutes when my order was well placed over 45 minutes ago . Be more considerate if you were in my shoes thank you. Now waiting at bar very hungry and like I said had to pay $4 for a mistake that I did not make and I don t think that s good customer service

Server was so nice. Bread was addicting and Margaritas were delicious. The food was amazing..you don t want to stop eating!

Catfish plate was over cooked but everything else was delicious

A little expensive but tastes great.

This place sucks ..

Fantastic food

One of the best restaurants of its kind Ive ever been to. The portions are very generous and a great value for what they serve you. I had the Cajun Boil and it was Delicious. I took my crew and a couple of the guys had poboys and they were absolutely huge! Really great place and I highly recommend it!

I have been to this location three times and every time the food and service were really good. The shrimp and crab leg boil is cooked perfectly.

NOT cajun! Worse gumbo, its gravey n rice.. fried oysters are bits, pieces... so far away from cajun. The hush puppies were not cooked inside... never coming back... horrible cajun if that is what is the attempt.

Enjoyed the food and waitress was very friendly!

Had a very good seafood dinner!

Ive been ordering boils from Hook & Reel since the Midland location opened. Over the past few months, Ive noticed the quality of the food has changed, which brings me to today. I ordered a Mardi Gras boil with Old Bay & Butter Seasoning and spicy. My husband picked the order up. Upon taking the foil off, I noticed it looked very dry (pic 1). Then I opened the bag and noticed there were barely any fluids in the bag, no eggs, or flavor/spiciness. I called the store and spoke with the manager Lisa. Although she was pleasant and nice, she politely explained that the Old Bay & Butter Seasoning comes with no juice and that the eggs are an additional fee. I explained that I was told in the past that all boils come with at least 1 egg and Ive ordered boils without paying $2 for 2 eggs, and my order had at least 1 egg. She offered to remake the boil with a different seasoning. My husband is taking the order back to be remade. My concern is that the boil bags should have juice and flavor no matter the seasonings. Unfortunately, it seems this is the best Midland has to offer.

Very bad service

Delicious food, great service.

Went in Sunday had my sever in the corner eat food loud can literally hear her chewing and smacking. Went to the table next to us ask if they need anything left us w nothing no refill no nothing appetizer came literally 5 mins before our food came server ain t even wash hands nothing ask for a new server which was amazing he was very friendly and sweet but i most say due to my serve before me & mines have been sick every since throwing up dirreaha & allllll owner didn t even do anything all she did was pick up the food she was eating and took to the back like so nasty when deal wit people food especially sea food now me & my children s tummy s are alll mess up and has been since Sunday and we are literally on Tuesday DO NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL

This place IS THE BEST Restaurant in town. Its a 10 ! The food is prepared perfectly and hot wonderfully favored it melts in your mouth so tender. Hanna, our server she so sweet, polite, and gave excellent attention to our needs. Thank you. Lisa the MGR clearly has that Restaurant Rocking ....running perfectly as a team she need to be given recognition for her leadership and be considered to be given a raise because she is a very polite MGR and knows how to run the place. The whole restaurant crew is very professional and efficient. Thanks to her cook, whoever it is ...cooks like a great chef also, brought the game home for me. Midland Tx finally has a great restaurant to go to. If you love seafood & fine eating dinning... folks, this is the place. *****

Nice

Granddaughter and 5 friends all ordered online from Legacy High School. They went to get their online order and sat down to eat and was told they couldnt eat there because they ordered online. The reason this was an online order is because they dont have much time on their lunch break to sit and eat if they wait in line to long to order. I have never heard of such a thing and she is still traumatized by it. All girls spent so much money but walked back to school with the food and had to throw it out because they had nowhere to store it. What a waste of money ordering all that food.

The food was absolutely amazing! I would definitely recommend this place if you are looking to eat dinner great Cajun seafood.

Great Cajun option for Midland.

Good food and great service

I have been here about a dozen times and each time has been a great experience. The service is great, and the food is phenomenal. I usually get the custom boil with spicy seasoning, scallops, crawfish, sausage, corn, and potatoes. Would highly recommend eating here if you like seafood! Kid-friendliness: Very kid-friendly. The table covers are paper with tic-tac-toe and games draw / color with the crayons they supply.

Great flavorful seafood! Not much of fish to choose from. Shrimps, crabs and lobster Boil with hook & Reel sauce was delicious. It would be great if they add grilled Salmon and tilapia to menu. Food : 5/5 |

Great taste, small portions, especially tiny crab legs

Very good, fresh seafood.

Awesome place. Great food. Good customer service

If you want a Cajun seafood boil I guess it is your place, otherwise I would find some where else. Staff was nice and friendly but had the feel of a bar and not a restaurant.

The food and service were marvelously incredible however $58 a plate is just too pricey!!

For being a seafood place, I wasnt that impressed... The calamari is an ABSOLUTE skip... We ordered it, and it arrived to our table 60 seconds later... The shrimp, and mussels were COLD! The corn was shriveled and had no taste...

Snow crab, shrimp, sausage & noodles boil with hook & reel special blend, medium spice & it was awesome. We are not big on eating seafood, but this was really good.