Big Bite

Do Not Eat Here.
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This place has good features — although the negative feature is a deal-​breaker.
They get:
Five stars for imagination.
Five stars for sandwich design.
Five stars for flavor.
!!! One star for ingredient quality.
Result: Lipstick on a pig.
You do NOT want to kiss a pig.
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Big Bite is a student-​y place on the Drag.
Their specialty is Phat Sandwiches. Huge Huge Overstuffed Sandwiches.
Chicken, and cheese, and mozzarella sticks, and a fried egg, and bacon, and french fries all in massive quantity and all in one sandwich.
Toppers — the French fries are battered French Fries.
The sandwich was big enough to feed a family of eight, or one UT rugby player after a rough game.
The latter is what they have in mind.
The sandwich was packed with flavor. The fries were great. Every bite of the sandwich was diffferent.
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And then I left the restaurant.
I got the bad chicken taste.
This is the distinctive taste that sneaks into your mouth when you have eaten old substandard cheap-​vendor chicken.
You get it at the worst of the cheapo Chinese buffets or the worst of the cheapo Mexican restaurants — when they cut every corner they can to get the price down.
These cheap chickens are just not good — and the taste in your mouth is old age and rot.
I didn’t get nauseous or anything. There were tons of other ingredients in the sandwich to buffer my stomach from the dubious chicken.
But I felt I like someone who after an entertaining night of love wakes up with a sore under their lower lip.
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I normally don’t look at other Unilocaler’s reviews before I write my own.
(Being independent and unbiased and all that.)
But I was struck by HOW MANY people were complaining about ingredient quality.
It isn’t just the chicken.
It is the meat as well.
The sad thing is — that if they bought decent ingredients, the cooking is so good and concepts are so good that this could be a fantastic place.
But meat and chicken are two ingredients you don’t fool around with —
especially with the collapse of sanitary standards that has been occurring in some of the nation’s slaughterhouses.
Given the consistent issues with ingredient quality that other Unilocalers are reporting —
you are probably better off steering clear of this place.

Delivery drivers are on point but my sandwich is literally just a bunch of French fries sloppily thrown into a hotdog bun with ranch dressing sprayed on it. It’s supposed to have chicken on it but they said f**k it I guess. Only giving the second star because the driver showed up exactly as planned.

I probably order too much from this place but I love it! They have so many options to choose from. If I feel like I want a salad I can do that. If I want fried Mac n Cheese I can do that too! They deliver in a timely manner and Amber is always pleasant on the phone!

When it comes to the Phat sandwiches, you are paying for the QUANTITY not the QUALITY. I’ve been to Big Bite three times (always taking it to go) and each time I enjoyed my food. I’ve tried the Phat Phillipino and the Phat Bitch (hehehe!) and both were delicious. Each sandwich is loaded with a ton of fried ingredients that’s guaranteed to put you in a major food coma and have you visiting the restroom later. Sure, most of the ingredients are frozen and just cooked-​to-​order, but that doesn’t stop it from being so darn tasty.
As for the parking there are designated parking spots for the restaurant in the garage behind Big Bite, but it’s unfortunate that Big Bite doesn’t validate parking. You’re forced to pay $ 2 (could be more depending on how long you stay) just to dine here. Try to find street parking to save yourself the extra couple of bucks.
Last note to mention, the bathrooms here are filthy. They’re dark, covered in graffiti, and reek of a foul odor.

Big Bite is the perfect place to go after a night of drinking. Almost every dish satisfies my craving for a salty, greasy meal at a low price. However, the food doesn’t have quite the same appeal when I am sober. I would recommend the fried macaroni and cheese.

The wings and pizza are great! I loved it!!! We will definitely be coming back. The only bad thing isnthey have no highchairs and their bathrooms need some work. Good food for a good price

I ordered a pepperoni slice and got a cheese pepperoni slice and I told them, and they told me I could keep the slice and they would give me another pepperoni slice without hesitation! What great service and customer satisfaction!

So it was 1 in the morning; both my friend and I were stoned stupid. This place was open and I had never tried it, but there was a Mediterranean place next door. Suddenly we were at a crossroads. Personally I would’ve gone for a falafel but my friend insisted upon big bite. So we braved the depths and pressed onward. I am now thoroughly convinced that I would’ve been better off with the falafel. I ordered some fat greasy jalapeño burger and my friend got the «phat bitch». Going into detail about this food would be like an in depth analysis of a Waffle House meal so I won’t bore you. It does the job, that’s as much as anyone can say about it, but the physical and emotional toll of eating the whole meal was too great. I was nearing the end of my greasy burger and every time I took another bite it was a battle to swallow it down. My friend looked visibly miserable towards the end of his sandwich as well and we both discussed how we thought Big Bite had changed us; not only by making my denim fit too tight but also our frame of mind.
I wasn’t the same man leaving Big Bite as I was when I walked in. This is the epitome of American fast food; this is the American Dream at work. If you’re looking for a meal that will taste serviceable but forces you to see a different person the next time you look into a mirror, look no further.

I will never eat at this place again. My aunt and I ordered food. Chili cheese fries. Chili was canned chili with canned cheese sauce. Asked three times for ketchup, not one packet. Paid for extra ketchup. Chicken gyro I did not eat because the meat tasted rancid. Asked for chocolate mousse. Got a chocolate cake. The cake was solid as a rock. I picked up the entire cake with my fork. The whip cream on top was solid as a rock. I called and told the restaurant and spoke to the hostess and explained to her that I got a rock solid chocolate cake and not chocolate mousse. She stated cake was mousse. Not even worth telling her chocolate cake is not chocolate mousse. I told her that I did not receive any ketchup. She apologized and stated they could send ketchup, but it would be an hour. 2 people at a hotel. One fork for 2 entrees, an appetizer and a dessert. Needless to say, we did not eat the food. It was completely inedible. You would have to be super drunk or high to eat it.

I give it 4 stars because when we arrived Austin it was midnight and no restaurant was open at that time, we ordered a pizza online and they delivered to our room in 25 min. Although the pizza was not amazing but who cares at that time, when you are starving…

Go here when you’re drunk or have the munchies, and only then. It doesn’t taste good unless you’re very drunk or really stoned. Greasy food, with nothing to offer that does not have high fat content. They have salad but I wouldn’t recommend it. This is drunk people food, y’all. Quantity over quality at this place, but the food isn’t terrible. I’d say it’s good, not great. Everything is fried in grease. Get a phat sandwich. They’re yummy. Cheap too.

I literally live four miles from this place and ordered food at 1:50pm (not am). Called around 3:30pm and they claimed the food was «out for delivery». It’s currently 4:00pm and no sign of life.
I could have driven from downtown to San Antonio, ordered food, driven back and have been safely on my couch by now.
This place is an absolute joke. Why offer delivery if your service takes over two hours. That’s not delivery, that’s post office turn around.
Update: 4:10pm. Called back and asked to speak with the manager. The food has still not made it out for delivery. So now we have confirmed that they lie and delivery takes 2.75 hours or more at best. Manager said another 15 minutes.
Update: 4:15pm. Really wish I ordered Fat Sals or even dominos
Update: 4:20pm. Literally could have ordered a whole week of food from Amazon and had delivery already
Update: 4:25. My dogs look like they would be delicious with buffalo sauce
Update: what really came first? The chicken or the egg?
I just realized I need to schedule a dentist appointment.
I want to fight everyone that works at this place. I hope my dogs bite the delivery putz.
Food review: ordered wings, gyros and jalapeño poppers.
Poppers — ⁶⁄₁₀. Kind of dry. Nothing special
Wings — ⁶⁄₁₀. Kind of soggy and breaded. Included watered down ranch. No blue cheese or celery
Gyros — ²⁄₁₀. Gross. Like that frozen gyros kit you get from HEB. Meat was awful. Tzatziki tasted like nothing. Loaded with lettuce???
They also sent us ketchup for some reason
THIS PLACE SUCKS!!!

Our go-​to at 2am on Friday/​Saturday. The food is meh — but who cares when it’s that time of night? The prices are great and we are always hungry. The delivery always takes as long as they say it will and we always get what we pay for.

Good food; even if its frozen and overloaded with calories, its Big Bite. Its good, but will put big pounds on you. Sometimes it could be a bit cleaner. Trash piles up very quick.
Heres a BIG helpful hint; I used to work there three years ago. If you call at say… anytime before bar rush, I will be happy to make small talk, suggest items or wait for you to fetch your credit card.
If you call during bar rush, and if you dont know what to order, what your address is, what your phone number is, or whether youre paying with cash or card, then get it together first. When I worked there, and some drunk idiot would call and not know where he was, I would have had to ignore 8 customers who were ready to go.
If you dont know where you are, what you want, and how youre gonna pay for it after 1 AM, chances are you are going to be hung up on.

I don’t know why this place offers late night delivery if they take almost 2 hours to deliver a pizza to an address literally 5 minutes away. Then when we tried to call to ask about our order, the staff member on the phone was very rude and even hung up on us. When the order finally arrived close to 5 AM, the pizza was terrible. I have experienced multiple problems with this establishment and have tried to give it other chances to redeem itself, but it actually gets worse each time. I am done with this «restaurant» and will not spend one more cent here and will not have anything positive to say about it or it’s staff.

2.5 STARS. This place is only good when you’re drunk and you need to sober up. They put so much food together and while it taste good going down, it doesn’t sit right in my stomach. I recommend this place because I don’t know another like it in Austin.

Rude service. Paid $ 5 for a hamburger & got a patty thinner than McDonalds $ 1 burgers

I am working part time downtown and wanted to try someplace new. This place is within walking distance to my office. I was going to use the Hooked app to get a special, but opted for their Phat Sandwiches. I was somewhat familiar with their menu. I placed my order and noticed that Miki was shoveling her lunch right next to where they were prepping food, which is a no no. I asked what sides they had. Miki responses, «Well it comes with fries.» No kidding Sherlock. She made no effort to offer up anything else. She did offer me a water cup
I did get my food rather quickly. The cheesesticks were soggy. The sandwich was lukewarm as were the fries. I did like the bread. It was nice and chewy, just like I like it.
I was very disappointed. I expected more of this place, especially since it caters to UT students. Perhaps I should have read the Unilocal reviews before deciding on this place.

Do not waste your time or money with this business. I ordered on a Sunday night at 1044pm. Sunday night, not a busy college night, or Friday/​Saturday night. The delivery finally made it to me at 1218am… that’s right, 1.5 hrs later.
Tried asking the delivery guy why it took so long, but that got me no where due to his lack of English abilities. All he did was laugh.
So, then I figured, ok, delivery sucked, but I’m sure food will be great. By the way, all I ordered was a Cesar salad and 7 wings. Nothing grandiose at all.
Ate the salad first. That sucked. Had never eaten a hot salad before. I’m assuming they keep their veggies in a fridge, but being how it took them so long to get it to me, the lettuce actually got hot.
Pushed that aside, so it was now time to dive into the wings. Wings were opposite of the salad, that’s right, they were cold. One of them even looked raw.
I’m sorry folks, but this place will not earn my $$$ again. This was my first, and last time ordering from this people.
Place might be good for all the drunk college kids, but for us sober intellects, this place just doesn’t cut it.
Pluckers has definitely earned my business. Should have just ordered from them.

oh… man. This place is not good. Even by university standards.
The menu is huge and the prices are not clear.
The cashier who accepted my money had a giant hickey on her neck (damn girl put a frozen spoon or some makeup on that thing)
I paid over $ 8 for a personal pepperoni pizza that was almost all crust with minimal cheese, sauce and pepperoni.
I paid extra for pizza sauce that they served to me straight from the fridge (dipping crust in coldass pizza sauce is gross… but I ate it…)
The tables are too low for the booths and they kinda sit on your knees.
Nice that this place is open late, but go next door to Kismet Café.