Kitchen Cookout
Kitchen Cookout at Castaway Lodge
At Castaway Lodge, we believe the finest memories are often made around the dinner table. We’ve set the standard for coastal cuisine by embracing a genuine “farm-to-table” and “garden-to-table” philosophy.
Our commitment to fresh ingredients is unwavering. Many of the vibrant flavors you’ll taste come from our own garden, complemented by the best local produce and the incredible bounty of the sea and land. When you join us for dinner, you’re not just eating—you’re enjoying the day’s fresh catches, prepared with care and served in a coastal-casual atmosphere that feels like a true home away from home. From select meats to our own “scratch” baked delights and desserts served nightly, you can always expect “The Tastes of Texas” made with the freshest ingredients.
Dinner is an event, centered around our sprawling, 2,500 square-foot outdoor kitchen. This massive space becomes a natural focal point and a hub of conversation for our guests. Complete with a wet bar, big-screen TV, and an outdoor fireplace, it’s the perfect spot to swap stories from the day’s adventures, connect with friends, and enjoy the delicious results of our kitchen team’s dedication to serving up the very best.
You’re Here, Get Comfortable
Whether looking for a close-in staycation, new adventure, or client entertainment, you’ll find the best guides and accommodations in the business at Castaway Lodge. Throughout the grounds, you’ll find WIFI, well-thought-out logistics, comfort, and convenience set in a “coastal casual” atmosphere.
Dining/Conference Building
New for 2016 are new focal points, including the Dining/Conference Building with seating for 40 guests trimmed in knotty Alder built-ins; soaring ceilings and taxidermy, and the smells of Wendi’s home cooking.
Bayou Facility
Now with plenty of leg stretching room, the New for 2016 Bayou complex is another huge focal point with upgrade accommodations for up to 24 guests with massive wrap-around porches; full-size beds for couples; built-in gun racks; in-room refrigerators and much, much more. See the full list of amenities below.
Quarters Building
Directly adjacent to the Dining/Conference building and the outdoor kitchen, and consists of private bedrooms and in-room bathrooms and a large Great Room. The Great Room offers relaxed conversation and is centrally located with all the comforts of home!
Outdoor Kitchen
There is a large outdoor kitchen, which is a focal point around dinner time and is a massive conversation area with a wet bar and big screen TV; outdoor fireplace; and consists of 2,500 sf of entertaining area.
Southern – Garden To Table
At Castaway Lodge, you can expect “The Tastes of Texas” made with the freshest ingredients: local, along with our garden-grown produce, and seafood made fresh daily. Baked delights and desserts are served nightly.
Evening Activities
Kicking around the lodge at night, our facility is set up with multiple tables for poker and dominoes; 500′ of bayou frontage with 2 pavilions; picnic tables; 4 horseshoe pits; and washer boards.
Coastal Bounty
Rich Southern dining is a specialty at The Lodge, and you can’t beat Wendi’s home cooking. Take a deep breath and let her spoil you with the best tastes of the South. She starts with the freshest ingredients grown and preserved here on The Homestead, including seasonal produce, and pairs them with local Seafood; “Choice” Certified Black Angus, and specialty cuts of Pork, Fish, and Poultry. Scratch baking, including desserts and breads, fills the air.
Cuisine – Southern Homestead – Garden-To-Table
At Castaway Lodge, you can expect “The Tastes of Texas” made with the freshest ingredients!
The best flavors start with the best ingredients, and most are found right here in our gardens.
☑ Breakfast – Hot and Continental
☑ Boat Lunches made by our staff daily – fishing & some Cast & Blast Trips
☑ Buffet during waterfowl season – hot and typically weather-appropriate
☑ Dinner is “Chef’s Choice” / Wendi sets the menu / varies seasonally from the gardens.
☑ Wendi’s Famous Chicken Fried Steak
☑ Hand-cut Steaks, Choice Black Angus in New Strip & Ribeye
☑ Famous Inch & a Quarter Center Cut Bone-In Pork Chops
☑ Red Snapper “on the half shell” Blackened/Grilled
☑ Mahi Mahi Grilled
☑ Surf & Turf Combinations w/Grilled Quail
☑ Scratch-baked desserts and bread; family recipes handed down, and Texas Faves
Amenities
☑ Massive New Facilities Completed Spring 2016
☑ Over 15,000 sf of comfort & accommodations
☑ 3 Plus Acres and 700′ of bayou waterfront with “plenty of leg room”
☑ Separate but adjacent campuses offer “multiple ecosystems” and privacy
☑ Each Campus Can be booked “exclusively”
☑ Private rooms, in-room bath, air conditioning/heat
☑ Accommodates 40 Guests
☑ Indoor Dining and Entertainment
☑ Conference room with media support
☑ Local Watermen, Guides, Owner Operators
☑ Salt of the Earth People, Hard working, Passionate
☑ Authentic Texas Mid-Coast Experience
☑ Great Rooms with Leather Sofas and tables
☑ Homestead Lifestyle, scratch baking, garden-to-table
☑ Baked delights, Wendi’s Special “touch”
☑ Southern Hospitality
☑ Large high-resolution LCD Satellite TVs
☑ Outdoor Kitchen/Grilling Area/Bar/Texas Pit BBQ
☑ Outdoor Fireplace
☑ Casual & Coastal Corporate, Seadrifter Style!
☑ Well Appointed for Corporate Entertaining
☑ Centrally located in the Heart of Seadrift
☑ 2,500 Square Foot Outdoor Kitchen/Dining
☑ Ice Machines on each campus
☑ Massive Flagstone Bayou Fireplace
☑ Scattered Pavillions, Horseshoe Pits & Washer Areas
☑ Game Storage, cleaning, and processing
☑ Complimentary WIFI – 200 & 600mb
☑ Mud Room For Gear Staging & Dressing (Wade Fishing/Duck Hunting)
☑ Ground Transportation, Guide Transport To and From Launch for the smoothest and safest boat ride.
