Hallback’s Bar And Grill

Staff makes you feel at home and the food is down home good! We came for a birthday dinner. The cook came out to check that we liked the food and both the Asst. Manager and cook brought out homemade cake (orange cake AND strawberry cake)!
It was incredible! My family and I will definitely be back! Thanks!!!

This was a great place to celebrate Valentines day. The special menu was great the food was made to order and the service was phenomenal. The live entertainment was awesome and the place was clean and up to date décor. The fact of watching the live air field jets coming ang going and listening to the air strip operator. All around great place. The strawberry shortcake was great too! Parking was easy and plentiful and location could not be better. The cocktails were very strong and agreeable to the prices. I highly recommend this for lunch or dinner.

My goodness, where to begin?!? Getting to watch jets take off and land is pretty cool by itself. But the Sunday Southern Buffet?!?
.die.for!!! Seriously, wear your comfortable pants! The food is something from the best family reunion ever! The price is VERY reasonable and the staff is very friendly! I will be back… with my fat pants on!

I went here for lunch with my family today. The food was pretty good. I had the fish and chips and the fish was well cooked and the batter was tasty. I was very satisfied with both the fish and fries. The cole slaw wasn’t very good. It had a funky taste to it that I did not like at all. I didn’t finish it.
The waitress was kind, knowledgable, and helpful. The restaurant is at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, which was very cool. It was neat to see plains taking off as we ate. Another great positive was the entertainment. Jevon Falcon was playing trumpet and flugelhorn, and he was quite talented. It was a fun experience but the food was mediocre to good.
I will say that I want to try the buffet. It seems like the buffet was a big selling point at only $ 16.95. Next time I think I will try that because the options were quite extensive. If you’re very hungry, go for that.

Love eating at Hallbacks. The food is awesome and the entertainment is one of a kind.

This? This cannot stay.
To begin, I would like to say that this place is awesome. When I type «awesome,» I mean it reminds me of the classic slapstick childhood movie The Little Rascals when Buckwheat was reading Alfalfa’s love letter to Darla and since the interwebs is such a magical place I’ll just let you look that one up if you don’t know it. I say this because the food was subpar; yes, this includes all people at the table. The service was not only ridiculously slow as if you were watching a herd of snails trying to make their way through peanut butter, but painfully awful in the amount of attention that was even given.
In short, I would not recommend this place for the service I was provided whether it is in house or catering.

we enjoy eating here, my family is full of pilots and military. This brings them back to the old stories and flying. The conversations you will have watching the planes coming and going. The food is good. Reminds me of bennigans or Applebee’s type food with certain elevated protiens. Eating there us a rounded experience!

Exceptionally friendly hostess & highly efficient waitstaff! Great food, we absolutely loved everything we ordered… Not a disappointed patron at our table of six! We all are planning a monthly pilgrimage to Hallbacks… Great service, food and prices, worth the trip! See you again Hallbacks!

The only thing I can say is the burger and the chicken tenders my wife had wear good. The fries sucked soggy bland no flavor. the service was not good we sat on the patio and it was like they forgot about the people there. And then the check was wrong was charged for food we did not order. I have to say we will not come back.

A dinning experience to remember! I had the pleasure of going to Hallbacks for Easter. The resturant was unforgettable. The food was cooked to perfection, the service was impeccable, and the ambience made it remarkable. Do yourself a favor and have the Hallback experience!

Old folk home… for a place that only accepts reservations the food quality is poor. If you’re 50 years of age or older than this is your place.

Hotel bar. Not bad at all if you want a simple meal and a couple of beers and not have to drive to plant city.

Hallback’s cooking is always Amazing (especially the prime Rib). It’s always a good time mixing great food, good company and good music on a Saturday night at the Hallbacks’ Bar & Grill.

Upon seeing my party of three the hostess asked, «how many?» After we confirmed that we were indeed three, she then asked, rather snootily, «do you have reservations?» Surprising, since the restaurant was less than half full. When we said that we didn’t, she pursed her lips, scrunched up her nose, gave us the once over and led us to a tiny, decidedly subprime table set up on the walkway outside the restaurant proper with a lovely view of the elevator. And in a cloud of disdain she was gone. There was a buffet, but I have no idea what was included because it was on the other side of the room by the windows. You know, where the view is. We really didn’t feel welcome, so we decided to have our lunch elsewhere, and we left.
Absent a groupon and a hostess refresh, we won’t be returning.

Service was a little slow. I had the black and blue burger that was good but not great (over priced). They have a small selection of 10 tsp berets but most are micro brew which is nice.

The foods still great. The shrimp po’boy is always solid. Try the po’boy or the Aruba fish sandwich. Music on Sunday nice addition.

Great food, great service, wonderful views. Perfectly priced and would recommend to friends and family. I can’t wait to go back to try their breakfast buffet

I was anxious to try the new restaurant in the old location at the Lakeland airport. It is a premium view restaurant, sitting over the tarmack on the second floor of the airport building. (Elevator access as well as stairs). The music was pleasant background, not disruptive to conversation. That alone is a five-​star feature. The hostess sat people with the finest seats first (without asking). It was a wonderfully positive entrance to the new place.
I would like to know who «Hallback» is, he’s off to a great start with new innovation to an old place. I was presented with a great, lavish 3-​page menu. The waitress had my drink immediately, was very attentive but not invasive and had a great attitude and smile. She also knew her menu well.
The décor is cranberry and navy with dark green thrown in. Model & RC Airplanes hang from the ceiling, a giant mural is on the wall, booths and seats are premium quality. The room is spacious and inviting. Interestingly, there is LOTS of Buccs memorabilia on the walls including autographed photos with personal congrats from peeps like Ronde Barber and Mike Singletary, leading me to believe the restaurant is related to former Bucc Robert Hallback.
I began with a salad with champagne vinaigrette. The dressing was well-​balanced and the romaine-​based salad was generous and fresh. My entrée was a bbq sandwich. The restaurant boasts «best in town». I found it a great sandwich. The pork was flavorful and moist, the bun was soft. It came splashed with a largely catsup flavored BBQ sauce with just the right amount to be tasty but not messy. (Personally, I like more of a bite and wetter.) It came with a side of cole slaw (even tho my selected side was the salad), probably to honor those who like slaw on their bbq. It was a good slaw (not as good as Catfish Country) but with a hint of seasoning I did not like (maybe dill?) The meal was filling but not stuffing.
Entrees (and appetizers) run about $ 10 ($ 15 if you want two sides). The day’s special was meat loaf but they were sold out by my arrival at 12:30. Lobster bisque is always on the menu. The fish dishes looked heavenly. Sides included dirty rice, oatmeal, rice pilaf, asparagus, fruit and ran about $ 4 as ala carte items. They had a list of $ 10 yum salads like «Lakeland Citrus Salad» with raspberry vinaigrette. It is open odd hours, like 11 to 3, then again for supper and evening hours.
What would run it to five stars for me? A fancier type of bun, more consistently sized pork pieces, a dill pickle! I did catch the flavor of fish on two of my bites – leading me to believe the food handler was flipping someone else’s fish while also fitting my pork into the sandwich (hopefully with a glove. ha) That’s a big NO NO. I didn’t see a dessert list. The booths have headsets and a box with dials but no invitation to use them nor suggestions as to how. I imagine it connected with the air control tower and would have been fun to listen. I also think a nice touch would be Germ-​X hand-​wipes at each table. The restroom is not nearby and this would help present cleanliness and «class act» to patrons.
I won’t hesitate to bump it a star with another great visit.

Lakeland Airport is one of my occasional stops when I’m flying since it has the convenience of this on-​airport restaurant.
On my last trip through Lakeland, I was surprised to see that the Earhart’s name was gone and Hallback’s was in its place. Oh well, I like an adventure :)
The restaurant looked pretty much the same as before and appeared to have some of the same staff. The menu is pretty simple and will satisfy the average pilot looking for the «$ 100 hamburger». (Not the cost of the burger, just the cost of the AvGas to get there). We had the additional treat of live entertainment during our visit: a duet singing some Motown and 70’s hits.
The clientele appeared to be mostly local residents instead of pilots. There were only two planes parked in front of the restaurant this Friday evening: ours and one other.
My co-​pilot and I opted for the «Tower Burger» with onion rings instead of fries. The food came out quickly and was delivered as ordered. We both rated the meal as «tasty».
For dessert, we had the chocolate cake. Absolutely huge, it could have satisfied four diners.
Price was about what we expected: $ 10×2 for the burgers, $ 1×2 for the rings, $ 2×2 for drinks and $ 6 for the cake. So, about $ 30 plus tax and tip for the both of us.
Service was decent as my iced tea never went empty.
All in all, a decent on-​airport restaurant. Maybe not worth a special trip, but certainly worth stopping at if you’re flying in the area.

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL!!! Food was all from frozen and staff was rude what was worse you complain to the management they say they don’t care. Avoid this place at all costs!!!