Willie’s Grill & Icehouse

I love Willie’s so darn much! I’ve never had a bad meal here. My favorite items are the Bacon Willie and the pork bbq sandwich. The pork bbq has so much flavor and the sauce is amazing as well. The pork just falls apart as you’re eating it. I can’t imagine anything better. The fries are good here as well, always cooked just right. The chicken tenders and honey mustard sauce are excellent. If you’re looking for a good appetizer, the onion rings rock, the chips and queso are great too. The margaritas are yummy and mixed perfectly. Every time someone comes from out of town, I make sure we head to Willies before they leave.

This is our first visit. Sunday 2−3pm with great weather probably not the idea time to come. Huge crowd, long line to order.
Ordered the sampler, rib eye, icehouse burger and seafood platter. Wish we knew there’s off menu list like the crawfish broil.
The sampler, huge huge portion for 13.99. They do fried food well. Not a drip of grease on the serving dish at all, very impressive! The pickle and jalapeños my fav. The onion rings sweet!
Ribeye with 2 sides only 18.99!!! Where can you find that? And the meat is tender, juicy and cooked well!
My son said the burger is delicious.
The seafood platter, seafood is fresh and again fried well.
I will return to try their stuff on their menu.
My kids love the sandbox.
Only downside, was a little too hot today and service was friendly but they were just too busy.

I’ve been eating here for years, yet I’ve never written a review. Finally, here it is.
This place is casual with open doors/​wIndows, crowded tables, tv’s everywhere, and both in and outdoor seating. When you go in, you get in line so that you can place your order. It’s good that way because it gives you time to read the big board menu. They serve things from burgers to steaks.
This time, i ordered the chopped steak smothered in grilled onions and mushrooms, a loaded baked potato, and a salad with ranch on the side. You take your receipt and head out to find a table, where a waiter will confirm your order.
Your food is brought to you pretty quickly, and then they disappear. They do check on you occasionally and try to get you to order a dessert.
Will I return? Sure, when in the area, as the food is really pretty good.
One other tip — they are part of the iDine program.

Why would I stand to order for 10 minutes and then actually tip a waiter who literally did nothing? Poor service. Took my food out from under me. Never refilled my drink even when I asked. Burger was not that good. Never going here again.

About the worse ribs ever. The fries and coleslaw were not great either.

had the chicken fried steak with mac n cbeese. daughter had a shrimp poboy. ice outdoor area to sit at as well. id say its about 4.5 stars. food and atmosphere.

Easy breezy. great atmosphere

Pretty good food and good service. Chicken fried steak is some of the best in san antonio.

My experience was not so great. I try not to complain unless 3 or more things go wrong. So here it is:
1– my friend paid like $ 10 for a margarita that was awful. The guy at the front counter asked her if she wanted salt, she said yes. It came out with no salt and it was too sour.
2 — I asked the guy at the counter specifically for no onions, the waiter read it back to me without onions, but when it came out there were onions all over it. I had to scrape all of the mayo and lettuce off just to get the small chopped up onions off. I would have asked the waiter to have the cooks fix this, but she didn’t come back for like 15 minutes to make sure our food was right. At that point I had already had half my burger and my fries were ruined with raw onion flavor since I had nowhere else to put the onions.
3– the waitress brought ketchup to us, it was new and I was already annoyed when I had to sit there and pull the seal off the ketchup.
I complained to the waitress and I asked her to bring me more mayo and she forgot. I will NEVER go back.

Never disappointed with Willie’s. The only problem I have is sometimes you have to wait in line a little long and when it’s hot outside that kind of sucks. But you can bet every time we go my wife is going to have one of their adult beverages. And we’re probably going to get some Queso.

Wow! Definitly impressed! Fast, super friendly service and the food was great. Fun atmosphere, and a great place you can take the whole family. We will absolutely be going back soon!

really good chain restaurant in willies, the food is good quality, albeit frozen and very good in flavor. theyre salads are huge and filling with a multitude of proteins to chose from in completing them. the chicken and fried chicken sandwiches are amazing!!! as are the french fries, they have a god formula here for good success, good food, and good food runners make for an enjoyable lunch outing.

Great place for the family but you have to come early or late because it’s hard to find a table during peak hours. This is because you order and then find a table. The wait staff is always friendly and when busy they cover for each other. The place is usually clean and the food is always good.

I ordered good for a group of 40. Chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. I gotta tell you, I was a little worried. Let me tell you, they called to confirm the order before I had a chance too. We got there to pick it up to bring back to work. It was perfect and still hot and crispy when it was served. We had enough to fill everyone up and leftover. We will use them again for our large parties. Best idea yet! Thank you team for all your hard work and making out lunch meeting something to talk about.

First, I would like to say I can read the sign that says not to hold tables for your party while they are in line. The waitress asked me twice if I had other members of my party and then the manager came over and asked if my friends were in line. I am a disabled vet who just had my second surgery on my ankle last month. I never mentioned it to you, but I sat down because my ankle was throbbing with pain and I could not stand up to walk through your line. I gave my wife my order and went to sit down while I was waiting for the pain medicine to kick in. I never mentioned it to you, but do not assume someone is trying to hold a table.
On a separate note, the food was excellent and the place is kid friendly …

We went twice since my first review and I have come to the conclusion that the crawfish were small because it was the beginning of the season, because now they are perfect! Love this place!

Disappointed because my coworkers recommended this place. Food took more than 15 minutes to come out during lunch. Fried pickles were crunchy until we got to the bottom. Then they were greasy. Had to use napkins to soak up the oil. The catfish was cooked right however the rice and vegetables were overcooked. Saw table next to us waiting a long time for their food, too.

Awesome food ! Burgers are great, chicken fried steak is the bomb. Service is great! Can’t go wrong with eating here! Thumbs up !!

Out here on a business trip and asked around for a place with good food and drinks and no one mentioned this place. We went had everything from the Asian salad to the pulled pork and all were great! I gave to suggest the Willie Wonka for dessert a brownie/​ice cream/​whip cream tower of goodness.
Service was also grata a must for anyone!

I was a fan of Willie’s when I lived in Houston. Nice friendly relaxed atmosphere, cold beer and good food.
What I can’t get enough of is the buffalo chicken I like those so much that I just can’t go back to anything else on the menu.
Oh well I’m consistent and that chicken is consistently awesome.