Republic – A Texas Grill

My wife and I stayed here 4 nights. Our room included 2 free breakfast buffets each morning. I really liked the buffet. They had a person making omelettes and eggs to order. There was always bacon and 2 different types of sausage. Biscuits and gravy, potatoes, pancakes, make your own waffles and lots of fruits. Oh and the hot sauce they had for the eggs and omelettes was outstanding. They make it from scratch. There was cereal and oatmeal and I’m sure some stuff I’m forgetting because I’m a meat and eggs kind of guy. Now another surprise was the steak dinner we had 3 of the 4 nights we were there. Didn’t know about it until after we had ordered our meal the first night or we would have had it 4 out of 4 nights. They serve a really good tenderloin and New York strip with 2 sides for $ 25. For the price it was better than Perry’s. We enjoyed it so much we now plan to have a date night that includes a stay at the hotel with the free buffet the next morning. We can either have the steak for dinner or eat at one of the many good restaurants nearby. $ 79 for a room and 2 breakfast buffets, what a deal! Nice romantic get away. Daddy like.

The hubster won an Easter Brunch for four here on the radio, otherwise I probably never would have happened to step foot in this hotel. We drove over 50 minutes across town to come for a free meal, which as it turns out, probably cost me more in gas and aggravation than it was worth.
As a former server, one has to REALLY impress me with their ineptitude for me to tip less than 15%. Our $ 20 tip went to some random *other* waiter — the only one we could find to take our credit card to pay the bill (the hubs had a drink) because ours (whose name I was never told and I’m not sure about his/​her gender — not judging, just identifying…) walked past us at least five times and ignored my empty tea glass and the kid’s empty sprite glass because he/​she (?) was too busy getting his own plate (we had a 2pm reservation and the waitstaff apparently got to make their own plates at the end of the brunch) and then disappearing in to an office-​ish looking room behind the right side of the bar and hanging out/​eating with other servers (I had a straight view in to the door) to pay any attention to us. Thank goodness it was a serve yourself brunch or we would have never eaten. So, yeah — this person’s ONLY responsibilities were to deal with our drinks, bring the check, and handle payment… Therefore failing at 2 out of 3.
The food wasn’t bad, but some of the pickings were REALLY slim (although, granted, we were probably the last seating) and there was a much smaller selection of fruit than I would have expected — just one plate that included honeydew and cantaloupe (grody). A huge amount of chilled crab claws and shrimp was left (so I completely understand why the waitstaff would get to scavenge the leftovers, but not at the expense at any semblance of customer service on the part of the waitstaff), along with three or four egg dishes (scrambled, benedict, etc), sausage, bacon, bagels, lox, roast beef, roasted turkey, stuffed chicken, green beans with roasted butternut squash, cornbread dressing, a couple of cold salads, macaroni and cheese (very Luby’s-esque), pizza, and mini burgers, and several different cakes for dessert.
So, food was decent. Service, not so much.

The breakfast is standard but everything else sucks. The crab sliders should be called crap sliders. The bread pudding tastes like soggy french toast. I would rather go hungry then eat here again.