Lakeside Icehouse and Grill

Ate here for my sister’s birthday, and was pleasantly surprised by the beautiful ambience of the restaurant by the lake. At sunset, the lake was just beautiful, food was good, and the live band was awesome. That night wasn’t too crowded but it was still an awesome experience. Everything about this place is pretty great.

It was my first time out there and I enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. We order nachos, fried pickles, and cheese fries and they were all delicious. I will go back for sure.

We went for the band (HiFi rocked the deck!) and the atmosphere was fun but we made the mistake of ordering food… I got the chicken tender entrée, thinking that’s usually a safe bet. Yeah, not so much. The chicken tenders were poorly cut, huge chunks with gristle and tendons, the breading was tasteless and dripping grease, and the fries were soggy and tasteless. My wife ordered the crab cake appetizer which was 3 soggy pancakes covered in some kind of sauce. The taste was horrible, I couldn’t even stomach more than a bite. Her 3 tiny hush puppies were overcooked, tasteless hunks of corn meal and the fries were worse than mine.
All in all, the atmosphere was fun and we may go back for that someday but we won’t EVER eat there again!

I went here after being told the burgers we’re great. It wasn’t. Probably one of the worst I’ve ever had. The meat was tasteless and full of filler. I sent it back and asked for a fried chicken sandwich. I got a grilled chicken sandwich was small enough to only take up ¹⁄₃ of the bun. There’s also a really bad fly problem. Once your food comes, they swarm. Love the bar and live music but I won’t eat here again.

This was my second visit to the Icehouse and again, I was thoroughly disappointed. To start with, the «manager» asked us to move because a bigger party was coming in and she had forgotten to save them a table. Not my problem. Secondly, I was using a gift card, THAT I PURCHASED, and they wouldn’t honor that in conjunction with the free parking, because they were both considered «coupons». The food was horrible and appeared to be frozen food that was thawed out several hours earlier. The last straw for me was when they wouldn’t let me take my WATER out of the restaurant. I can understand not bringing drinks IN, but not getting to take WATER out is ridiculous. I’ve never been to a restaurant in BCS where I felt so unwelcomed. I’ll be back at the lake, but I can’t wait for new ownership to snap up the Icehouse.
BTW, to those who said you don’t have to pay for parking — you do. They are supposed to reimburse you the $ 5 at the restaurant, but as you can see above — there are exception.

The fee is $ 5 a car load. That’s worth the price for all the entertainment at the boat ramp!

I’d give this three and a half or four stars, but to be honest, we haven’t eaten here yet. The atmosphere is fun if you go during the day, and the drink prices are fantastic… a well-​Bloody Mary (double shot) for something like $ 1.75? Same for margaritas.
The people watching is unparalleled. We sit outside at the (non-​working during the day) bar, so we can watch the beach across the way, with families and dogs running around getting their crazy on. It’s really relaxing, even when it’s hot out.
We’ll go back soon for a night concert, and we just missed crawfish season, for which they do a weekly boil. Like to try that, too…
Tell the guard shack lady you’re headed to the Icehouse and you can skip the park’s entry fee.

As Shah mentioned you do not have to pay an entry fee to the Lake if telling the guard shack that you are going here. And we actually –were– going here. It also appears as if a lot of other people do that and this place knows it, and in my opinion the prices are on the high side due to this fact. $ 8 for Quesadillas? Don’t think so. The atmosphere is nice yet people are smoking (outside) and when we were there the music was too loud to have a conversation. It would probably be great to see an outdoor concert here. We just were not up for beer and overpriced bar food at the time. So in fairness we will give a 3 and try it another time. (We had actually gone for the catfish but they were out.)

Great location — friendly service — cold beers
The restaurant is right on the Lake Bryan. Tell the person at the guard booth that you are going to the icehouse and you will avoid paying the fee to enter park.
We sat outside on the decks and ordered some beers, burgers and nachos. The burgers were pretty good. The nachos were so-​so. The meat on the nachos was actually cold/​frozen. They took the nachos and fixed the order right away. I would have given the place 4 stars if not for the nachos snafu.
The deck is partially covered and has fans. It was nice sitting out and having some cold brews watching folks water skiing on the lake.
They have small stage and seemed to have a decent list of concerts planned for the summer. Will definitely have to go back when they have a good band.