4. Louie's Backyard

Louie's is Nasty
As we walked into Louis we were nearly tackled by a tourist planner trying to sell us something. Nothing I wanted to deal with late at night when I'm hungry. The entire place is opened up to the bay and it STINKS. The smell made me gag. They offered a buffet which looked nasty. Flies and other individuals hanging around the food is not my idea of a good dinner. The do have a menu to choose from BUT it had very little to choose from. Needless to say we left and went to Pier 19. Much better place and the margaritas are GREAT.

Never been to this place until this past Saturday, April 11, 2009 to celebrate a friend's birthday. Got there around 12:00am, cover charge of $10.00 per person. Lot of people which was understandable. DJ was really bad, bad mixes. For the money this place makes they could afford better. Last call announced 10 minutes till 2:00am and then the fun stuff started. I had noticed when we first got there a lot of men dressed in black with POLICE on the back of their shirts everywhere. Right at 2:00am these men started going around the club yelling and flashing their flashlights into your face at the club goers to get out , that the club was closed and " get the hell out". I was on the upstairs level of this club and got approach by one of the POLICE OFFICER (South Padre Island Police Officer), I got yelled at and he came around me and stood very close to me which was very uncomfortable. At least 15 to 20 of these officers were at the club going around and yelling, some I noticed pushed individuals to get on their way out. I have never been to club that at closing time does such a thing. I have been to clubs both in the US and in Mexico. I don't drink, I did witnessed alot of people being hurried down the stairs that were losing their footing (the stairway is steep and the steps are narrow) . Everyone rushed to the stairway to get down people holding on to one another to prevent from falling and being trampled. Worst night of my life to experience this. These POLICE officers were even hurrying a guy on crutches, his girlfriend asking to just let him wait till the stairway was clear. We did the wait until the stairway was clear to make our way down. On the way down I was behind three girls, they were also being yelled at and one of those officers pushed one of the girls, he turned to look at me and I nodded no. The three girls stated the they were walking down but were cautious not to fall. The bathrooms were closed and people again got yelled and demanded to leave. The WORST SERVICE EVER, I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN THAT PLACE AGAIN. PLEASE BE CAREFUL IF YOU DO GO HERE. The owners of this club have no idea what could happen by doing such things and probably don't care. I do know this with such treatment of their customers they are going to end up with none.

I highly recommend everyone try Louie's Backyard. Their buffet is the best.