The Steak House - Zapata | Best Steak & Chicken Fried Steak in Zapata, TX

The food in this place is always so good. The portions are huge. I'm a 280-pound guy, and I can't finish the plates they serve. I'm telling you, if you are looking for a good deal, great food, and AMAZING service, then this is the place to go. I gave a 4 star for the very important reason that their tables are tooooooooo small for as much food and the size of plates they serve. You can sit 4 people to a table, but you can not comfortably fit 4 servings plus sides plus drinks plus salt pepper sugar packet bowl napkins and everything else that gets cluttered on the table. The place is beautiful and elegant. There's this guy asking everyone if they are doing ok or if they need anything else besides the waitresses, which are also very helpful. I'm guessing he's the owner or manager.

Hidden Gem! I stumbled on to this place, it was meant to be I was said when owner brought me a shirt after an amazing meal and service! This place. Is so warm and friendly that I felt like at home and food was really tasty and well prepared! Huge parking for cars and RV’s and smile out of this world from the staff! Strongly recommend everyone to stop and check it out! Thank you guys for awesome food and amazing service! Will come again

Zapata, Texas......didn't expect to find such a nice restaurant. Sorry Zapata, Walking through the impressive double doors led into a well decorated, clean South Texas style home,...but it was a restaurant. Beautiful grey tiled "wood" floors gave it a Western style. Warm lighting and a permanent Manger scene gave the atmosphere a very "homey" feel. Great menu with lots of choices, but I was instructed to try the steak plate complete with a ground beef crispy taco, cheese enchilada, rice, beans and two chicken fried steaks covered in white gravy amd yellow cheese! To top it off....a large scoop of aguacate! Delicious. Every bite was great however, I had heard that there was a battle for the title of best chicken fried steak between a few Zapata restaurants and having tried the chicken fried steak at El Paraiso....I personally liked El Paraiso's steak better. Other than that this place shined. The service was extremely attentive despite the lunch rush and they were genuinely friendly, not the fake friendly you get at some restaurants. Tons of great parking too. Now i like to put the restroom in my reviews. If the restrooms are clean and smell good my meal feels so much better and makes me feel like the kitchen is probably clean too. The restrooms were beautiful and clean. Soap in every dispenser and all the hand dryers worked. Paper towels for drying so you have a rag to open the door is important too!

I highly recommend this restaurant not only they have very delicious food but they have amazing and friendly employees especially the owners are there greeting there customers and making sure if everything is ok so whenever you come to Zapata and looking for somewhere to eat I highly recommend Steakhouse

Today is County Fried steak day. And I heard of a place in Zapata Texas that has some of the best country fried steak around. Well of course I had to try this mystical plate. I had the chicken fried steak with cheese and gravy. I know I know... I thought the same thing. That did not sound good to me at all. But I had to try it to see for myself and I have to tell you it was a great experience. You've had the old chicken fried steak before but the cheese changes everything!!!! It's a totally different dish. The place was great. A large building with tables in the middle. The bar looked cool too but it was closed. The staff is very friendly. And the price point is not bad. The only bad thing is that I have to travel an 1 and half to have this dish. If it were closer I'd go all the time- but in my case I'm going to have to make an every once in a while kinda trip. Over all a great place.loved it!!!!

I’ve stopped to eat here several times. Always enjoyed it. This last time was different, I ordered the tlapeño soup and it tasted very bitter, I couldn’t eat it. They swapped it for a seafood soup, which only contained fish and shrimp not a seafood mix as expected. It had a very strong smell which was embarrassing as I wasn’t alone. Needless to say stick to ordering the Chicken Fried Steak, can’t go wrong.

Utterly disappointed with the 7-11 type nacho cheese that was used in the enchiladas. Gross and cheap next to the perfect ribeye. I would recommend real cheese to up your game. Cheese lovers will thank you. The venue is beautiful and the staff was nice. Fantastic place if you avoid cheese dishes.