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    3.6 (57 reviews)

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    Wing Meal
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    Service was great, food was great up until the end. I usually love this place, i took a bite of my wing and found whatever this

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    Scot N.

    I am no stranger to Bandanas. I have eaten at this restaurant chain in several different cities. I find their portions are generous and their sauces tasty. This was my first time visiting the Cedar Rapids location. Honestly, it will be my last. The restaurant was not very clean. The person who took our name for the waitlist, forgot about us, as we watched three different tables sit empty. Additionally, the person who took us back to our table was chewing tobacco. We ordered appetizers and three entrées. We sat with empty water and soda glasses for at least 15 minutes. The wait for our food seem to be longer than usual and when the appetizer was finally delivered, the entrées were brought within two minutes. Obviously, there was really no time to enjoy the appetizers before the main meal came. Unfortunately, the food was not up to what I expected from this chain. While the portions were large, everything was cold. All in all, this was a very disappointing visit.

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    John W.

    All good stuff. I came here with a strong hankering for BBQ after a long trip. We came here straight from the airport on our way home. My back was killing me but I needed a meal. We were seated quickly after a friendly greeting. We had fast, pleasant service and were received our drinks and food like clockwork. I really like the ribs at this place. They are meaty and tender and just right. They have about 4 table sauces to use. I go with the traditional/house sauce usually. Theirs was quite good. I had a three meat combo and enjoyed it all but their ribs are a notch above other BBQ in the area. I think there is one thing about each place I've tried that I prefer at the place. Someday I'll have to do a BBQ crawl and order one item at a time and put together an ensemble. But in the meantime, this is tied with one other place as my go-to BBQ joint in town (on food). This place beats the other on service. Decisions decisions....

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    Cory C.

    Well I finally had a chance to try bandanas. And I can say that the BBQ is good but not great in my opinion. The smoked sausage was amazing and really had a great smoked flavor to it. I enjoy the many sauce options as well as the fast service, however I found the prices to be a bit on the higher side and the potato salad was a bit bland for my liking. The ribs had little meat and seemed tough. I definitely would not say don't come here as BBQ is really up to personal preference, but there are other better options in the area that I prefer. I'm sure this place will be around awhile and there is more on the menu for me to try so I will be back to do just that......and to try the donut holes on the dessert menu!

    And here we see a plate of complete garbage! Best thing there is the side of canned baked beans.

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    Thank you for your feedback Mark!

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    6 months ago

    Great Food Too bad they are closing. I hope they change their minds on closing this store DONT CLOSE THIS STORE

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    Thank you Krista!!

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    4 years ago

    Fall off the bone ribs. Great variety of sauces. The fried green beans were my favorite!

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    Kristen was our server. She was so good that we came here twice while we were in town! The food is pretty good for the price point.

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    3 years ago

    It was ok. The fried corn was good the rest was okay. Sausage was pretty good everything else was pretty average.

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    3 years ago

    Just stopped in while my truck was being worked on. The beer was cold and the nachos great! Service was great as well.

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    Good food. Ok atmosphere. Server was paying more attention to her phone than her customers. Will probably go back for take out.

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    5 years ago

    Not impressed, $14 for 4 of the smallest ribs I've ever eaten, the taste was there just far to overpriced for the quantity

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    7 years ago

    Very good food and service. I liked my sausage and sides of potatoes salad and coleslaw. Best ice tea in the Midwest.

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    8 years ago

    Ordered ribs here, were very dry. Was over cooked so much it was more like beef jerky than ribs. Left after just a few bites

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