Jetty Shack

If you set your expectations correctly, you should have a great greasy meal.
Pros: their hamburgers are really really good. I ordered the deluxe with jalapenos added, and it was devoured in record time. Really great grease dripping down your knuckled kind of burger.
Cons: Wait time for food can sometimes be painfully slow. We sat down, ordered and got our food around the 50 minutes mark. Drinks were coming in while we waited and the Texans were on to entertain us, but it was really really slow going for food. The bartender/​waitress was also covering the cooking. Not sure if that’s normal but it obviously is too much to handle for one person.
Interior is a salty dive bar. Various beer ads and knick knacks on the wall. They do allow smoking inside, in case you’re allergic or just not a fan. Wine and beer only, but they do offer setups if you want to bring your own bottle of hard stuff. There was a large contingent of locals and regulars hanging about and everyone was very friendly.
Long story short, if you’re in the area or taking a break from fishing the jetty, this should be in consideration if you’re hungry for a burger. Just make sure you’ve got an hour to kill before you’re ready to eat.

Waited 45min & still no food. Cook running bar, talking with people at bar instead getting a hustle on & being attentive. Waitress Phyllis was fine. Greeted & told me 30min wait for food there was only 2 orders ahead for 2 families of 5. I’m talking little kids. Anyhow, don’t tell me 30mjn & @ 45min you’re barely bringing out the 2^nd families meal. It’s Labor Day weekend! Get some help!

SLOW and FILLED WITH SMOKE. So I tried this place with my two kids while visiting the beach in Surfside. «Shack» is a correct description. Run down and if you’re a non-​smoker, be prepared to be overwhelmed by the cigarette smoke. Not a great place for kids. On a Saturday at 1pm, they had one employee working — she was the bartender, waitress, bus boy and cook. Who could blame her for being stressed out and less than happy to serve us? It took 30 minutes to get our «to go» order of 2 hamburgers for $ 20. The burgers and fries were edible, nothing spectacular. Not a fast food fan but … McDonalds would have been preferable in this instance, much faster, way cleaner, friendlier staff and a fair price for the food quality.

This place is bad. They brought up a can soda that was bloated. No ice. Waited for 30 minutes, still no food. They allow smoking, this was terrible. Left and won’t be back.

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. Not a dive bar, a redneck bar. Food was not memorable, but it did take forever. Even at 5pm, there was a rowdy crowd cursing and yelling. Interior was embarrassingly dirty. To say that the staff is incompetent doesn’t quite capture it; it seemed more like there was a lack of familiarity with how a restaurant is supposed to work. Pathetic!

Just happened upon this restaurant while passing through town. Great burger and fries. Glad I stopped in. Don’t judge a book by its cover best describes this place.

Found this place by accident one after moving to the island and it has become our go to spot for many reasons!!! The food is out of this world!!! Don’t go expecting this to be a fast food experience, it’s not!!! The food is cooked fresh to order. And the staff!!! The staff is amazing and all the patrons are welcoming and friendly!!! Stop in and have a Jetty Burger and hang out with the locals!!! I’m sure you will see us there !!!

Found this place by accident while riding our motorcycles from Houston to Freeport. It is a small location but the food was very good! I ordered the Philly Cheesesteak and can honestly say it is the best one I’ve ever tried. Both of my friends ordered burgers and said they were very good as well. Will definietly return if I am in the Freeport area again.

Excellent burgers! But make sure you’re not in a hurry. It can be a bit slow.
I’m also a big fan of their fried zucchini– the Breading is perfect! The service is normally good if you get the right person. A lot of regulars here.
We like to sit outside with a couple of coronas and a stack of cards.
Just relax because it will be delicious!

went there on Monday right at lunch time and it was dead. We werent too sure if we should go in or not but i had read good reviews on tripadvisor so we gave it a shot. it was somewhat smokey in there bc you can smoke cigarettes but that doesnt bother me too much.
i ordered the mushroom swiss burger and my boyfriend got the southwestern burger or something like that. the burgers were HUGE! we should have split one bc i couldnt finish mine and my boyfriend barely finished his. the burgers were really good! the bartender did it all. took our order and made our food. she was sweet!
we got ice cold beers while we waited and the beers were nice and cold which is always a good sign! it took a lil while for the burgers to come out but they were made to order so i expected that. and they were so fat it takes awhile to cook all that meat. i really liked my burger! his burger had too many jalapenos on it so he took off alot. i feel like they wasted alot of jalapenos on that burger. he said it had a lil too much chipotle sauce but overall he liked it. he likes spicy food and he said it wasnt too spicy once all the extra jalapenos were taken off. he took off about 10 of them and he still had alot on the burger so seems like they were overdoing it with the jalapenos. save money and use less next time! the fries were good too!
the place looked clean, bathroom was clean. waitress was really nice and friendly. ide def go back but i would split a burger next time around

Being transplants from the great Northwest, we were looking for somewhere to eat after my husband and I rode our motorcycles down Hwy. 36 from Katy. I had read reviews on all of the restaurants in Surfside beach and had settled on the Jetty Shack. My husband and I arrived right before noon on a Friday. We both ordered an ice cold beer while we looked over the menus. The beer was definitely cold. I ordered the regular burger with American cheese and my husband ordered the Southwestern burger. While it took a few minutes to cook, the staff and locals there were very engaging and friendly. Our burgers arrived after about 10 minutes and they were absolutely delicious. Well seasoned with all the fixings. The fries were very hot and were seasoned very well. One thing to note, there is smoking allowed inside. This is new to us as you aren’t allowed to smoke anywhere inside a business in Washington State. The good thing is that while there were some people smoking, you really didn’t notice it at all. My husband and I both agreed that we would definitely make The Jetty Shack a stop when riding through Surfside.