Rachel's Guidebook
Food scene
Miller's Smokehouse
300 E Central AveEverything here is amazing!!
Free Concerts on Thursday’s during the Spring and Summer from 7:30-10:30 (concerts currently closed, but will open again soon)
Great BBQ and much more!
14 locals recommend
Schoepf's Bbq
702 E Central AveFree Concerts on Thursday’s during the Spring and Summer from 7:30-10:30 (concerts currently closed, but will open again soon)
Great BBQ and much more!
Sol De Jalisco
8774 W Adams AveGood Tex-mex and breakfast
La luncheonette
204 N Penelope StGreat healthy lunch menu!
Narunya's
316 E Central AveGreat Thai food
Everything is good! Great burgers, “bubba taters”, BBQ quesadillas, and I love the Southwest Chicken
12 locals recommend
Backyard BBQ
1695 Morgan's Point RdEverything is good! Great burgers, “bubba taters”, BBQ quesadillas, and I love the Southwest Chicken
La Riv Italian Cuisine
7410 W Adams AveDELICIOUS food! They have a great brunch menu as well
Karaoke on Friday nights at 9:30 and trivia night on Tuesday nights. Great place to grab a drink. I love the wings (Asian), pulled pork sliders, salmon salad and the BLT Avacado (add a friend egg... it’s not on the menu). SO good!
3 West Alehouse & Grill
7373 HoneysuckleKaraoke on Friday nights at 9:30 and trivia night on Tuesday nights. Great place to grab a drink. I love the wings (Asian), pulled pork sliders, salmon salad and the BLT Avacado (add a friend egg... it’s not on the menu). SO good!
Great place to take the kids. They have an outdoor playground, inexpensive drinks and great food
Hat Creek Burger Company
99 Old Waco RdGreat place to take the kids. They have an outdoor playground, inexpensive drinks and great food
MUST VISIT with kids... There is usually a line, so get there early so you don’t have to wait. It’s a fun place to bring the kids to play on the super cool playground, washers, corn hole, tetherball, outdoor music, great pizza and drinks
18 locals recommend
Fire Street Pizza
10310 FM439MUST VISIT with kids... There is usually a line, so get there early so you don’t have to wait. It’s a fun place to bring the kids to play on the super cool playground, washers, corn hole, tetherball, outdoor music, great pizza and drinks
H-E-B plus!
2511 Trimmier RdBest grocery store in Texas
Sightseeing
Right around the corner by the dam. This is a fun place to hike. The kids will love it
12 locals recommend
Miller Springs Nature Center
1473 Farm-To-Market Rd 2271Right around the corner by the dam. This is a fun place to hike. The kids will love it
Another cool place to hike. There is a smaller waterfall and wobbly bridge. Fun for the kids and animals
30 locals recommend
Chalk Ridge Falls Park
5600 FM1670Another cool place to hike. There is a smaller waterfall and wobbly bridge. Fun for the kids and animals
Right around the corner. Playground, park, boat ramp. You can walk to Temple Lake Park from the boat ramp at Arrowhead Point which is in the same cove as the lake house
13 locals recommend
Temple Lake Park
14190 FM2305Right around the corner. Playground, park, boat ramp. You can walk to Temple Lake Park from the boat ramp at Arrowhead Point which is in the same cove as the lake house
Boutique
Great place to buy decently priced gifts, baby and children’s clothes, women’s clothes and specialty items like Kendra Scott Jewelry, Free People, bathing suits, etc.
Whimsies~ Belton, Texas
408 Lake RdGreat place to buy decently priced gifts, baby and children’s clothes, women’s clothes and specialty items like Kendra Scott Jewelry, Free People, bathing suits, etc.
City advice
What to pack
Shoes
Be sure to bring sandals or water shoes. There are rocks that lead down to the lake and it’s a rock bottom lake, so it’s a pretty clean lake.