Wait time: no weight as it is counter service [[HIGHLIGHT]]Atmosphere: just your average southern barbecue joint. Lots of Bluesy music playing on the speaker.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Service: counter service is usually quick Food: large portions... Always Price: $$ it's a little pricey for barbecue [[HIGHLIGHT]]Cleanliness: 4/10 , this was a Friday evening. There were straw, wrappers and trash all over the soda fountain area. There was crap around all the tables, napkins, straws, food. The table tops and the booths along the wall were all greasy just a mess this evening. Had to find something to wipe our table off with.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

City Barbeque - Pulled Chicken Sandwich, Corn Pudding - Barbeque Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

After mths of nagging my husband to go ,because previous experience was amazing. Mother's day not so much. We got it to go 50 bucks and it was horrible! Brisket was dry and tasted chemically my husband said . Corn pudding, Mac n cheese dried up. So very disappointed. read more

I have never been to any City Barbecue before. [[HIGHLIGHT]]I love the rustic charm of this place once I walked in.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I tried the 'Bama Pulled Chicken with a drink and one side. The sandwich is amazing, and a little messy but worth it. The sweet tea is just right. The mac and cheese tastes homemade; not what I'm used to, but it's good. The staff here are very kind, friendly, and professional. read more

City Barbeque - 'Bama Pulled Chicken, Mac and cheese - Barbeque Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

This place was mediocre in my opinion. If your an out of towner and want a fix of some bbq and want a quick bite, this is it in my opinion. I didn't find anything outstanding about this place besides they had good customer service. I ordered the smoked chicken salad that was good. They put a lot of chicken in your salad. The chipotle ranch & regular ranch dressing were ok. Brisket and pulled pork was meal with green beans and greens were ok as well. Nothing stood out or made me salivate making me want more. read more

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Did you know Eastgate has a Queen? Her throne is behind the cash register at City Barbeque! She is the Queen Anna, Queen of her Queengdom and what a kind and gracious Queen she is! She works every Saturday and Sunday so go see her! For being mine and my hubbies first visit she gave us free drinks and let us know if we put a review on Google we'll get a free desert! Just show her the review! Done, done aaand DONE! How to order; Go to the counter, order then find a table. Wait for your name to be called and that's it! I got the Cobb salad with pulled chicken and honey mustard-delicious!!! And for desert I'm going to try their banana pudding, but their chocolate cake looks to die for too! [[HIGHLIGHT]]The decor is adorable, heavy on that back yard picnic vibe![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]Bring your family and enjoy![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Check it out! Edit: I couldn't make up my mind so Queen Anna convinced me to get one of each! Lol She said the cake has chocolate chips in it so heat for 15-20 secs in microwave and it will be like a lava cake! read more

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I recently met up with family in town for the holiday at City Barbecue. I hadn't been before but thought it was ok. I had the Beef Brisket. It was a little dry but otherwise had a good flavor. The coleslaw was also good. Not great but pretty good. We also ordered the Fried Pickles Basket appetizer. My niece's boyfriend liked them quite a bit and took the leftover pickles with them. Everyone else seemed to like their food and finished it all. The orders were: Beef Brisket and coleslaw Pulled pork and baked beans Pulled pork and corn brean Nashville chicken city meal Fried pickle basket read more

Spent $67 on dinner. Saving me time tonight. Look at this Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich. Chicken was so dry , no coleslaw, barely any sauce. Dang I wasted my calories on this trash. Trash because it should have been in the trash hours ago. 8/29/2025 7:08 pm chk number 10123. 1152 Anna tool out order and was friendly. Nope never again! I wouldn't even rate 1 if I could do zero read more

City Barbeque - Receipt! - Barbeque Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

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The food is delicious and the chocolate cake is phenomenal.the manger Rodney is amazing

I have ordered City BBQ , many times in the past. Generally it is good to okay. Some items, like the baked beans and the mac and cheese never disappoint, while other items are hit or miss. Most recently I ordered the three meats and 2 sides. It was such a disappointment, what I received should have never left the store, the meats were unacceptable the brisket was a couple chunks that were overcooked and burnt, it looked like the ends of both sides. I love brisket so when I received this I was very unhappy, what should have been some slices of brisket were chunks of burnt overcooked ends. The pork was edible and the sausage was barely warm. So disappointing. read more

I'm back on 3/22/26 and I'm trying the loaded brisket baked potato! I expect it to be as excellent as other menu items

BBQ was tough to chew. Had to put in oven to finish cooking. No napkins or utensils. Haven't ordered in 2+ years due to lack of common service. Ie napkins and utensils. Good luck read more

1st time here, cleaned my plate, very good, ton of food under $20. Cornpudding surprised me how good it was, basically got every side, mowed em all down! Would definitely come back read more

Queen Anna was amazing and welcoming as soon as we walked in. The bbq was delicious and sides are my favorite! Team Eastgate is the best!

The last few times we've ordered delivery there have either been items missing from our order or food that fell extremely short of what we're used to from City Barbecue. We ordered on April 1st and there was an order of green beans missing, and our 2 orders of tenders were so dry and over cooked it reminded me of fast food burger joint tenders. Our Nashville hot tenders were hard and the seasoning was a dry dusting like they shook them in a bag of powder after they were overcooked for a half hour. After receiving this quality of food on an almost $100 delivery order, we've decided we're done with City Barbecue until they can improve the quality of their food and attention to detail. read more

Love the chili will be so sad when it leaves for the season, but lots of other items to love all the food is really good. Staff is super nice and accommodating love this place! read more

Excellent service and food, I will be back to this restaurant.. I had a very good experience

The food was great! However, we had it delivered and the poor delivery driving company guy had to go back to the store two times because the blue ash store did not include any of the meat the first time. They only put in buns and sauces. The second time they forgot the pan of coleslaw. I called and spoke with the manager and he said they were sorry. This was not the driver's fault. That store should've had the expediters check to make sure that everything was there before they gave it to the driver. This was for a Christmas party of 35, so it would've been nice if they had it correct the first time. The food was great though. read more

Anna at the counter was very nice and friendly. Food was ready quick and was delicious.

My husband & I eat at City Barbeque at the Eastgate location nearly every Saturday now. We look forward to seeing Ms. Anna at the cash register! This woman has the best public relation skills I've ever witnessed in my 65 years. We love listening to Queen Anna engage with customers. This woman is kind, adorable, and just makes life so much better. The food is delicious, the staff is fast and friendly, and the manager is phenomenal as well. [[HIGHLIGHT]]It feels like home to us![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Excellent service and great food and atmosphere would definitely recommend great staff[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]

Very respectful staff and down to earth staff. Tuesday Rib special was great. Smells amazing. One of the best bbq chains for sure. Would definitely come back. Food is served quick and arguably the best sides in the BBQ game. read more

I have always loved this restaurant. Ribs, brisket and pulled pork are awesome. We had family over for lunch today and we got a pound of pulled chicken as one of our family members does eat pork or beef. Unfortunately I didn't check it before I got home. My wife opened up the container and it was full of white water and what looked like boiled chicken. Apparently it was a thawed out container of "pulled chicken ". Absolutely disgusting, covered in a white slime resembling mayo. My daughter did not eat anything and went home early. Wife told me to get Montgomery Inn pulled chicken but I told her they have great stuff. Very disappointed. The pulled pork was fine. read more

City Barbeque - Disgusting pulled "chicken ". - Barbeque Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

We are really disappointed with this location. We ordered around 4pm, since this was a slow time and we were to pick up our food by 415pm. When I arrived home, we noticed two sides missing from our order and on the Cobb salad, the turkey was missing. This should not be a difficult task, to insure an order is correct. read more

lovely mac and cheese and the servers were so kind. [[HIGHLIGHT]]i had a lovely time and i loved the vibe[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]

Ordered 2 meats ribs, leg & thigh Mac and cheese x's 2 which was watery and flavorless. 3 small pieces of ribs that looked like ribtips and 1 small bone. This is not what I'm used to getting from City Barbeque. I went through the drive through for the first and last time. I will go inside and check my food before I leave. You can see the Mac and cheese looks watery. Not good. read more

Not so bad! Love their beef brisket. It's tender, juicy and has a bit of a well seasoned char to it that makes it perfect to eat on its own. For a side option I chose the hush puppies that were puffy and had a perfect crisp to them. The draw back was they were not gluten free so I sadly had to watched my best friend eat the rest, while I still had that lingering onion/cornmeal taste in my mouth. I also tried the potato salad which was your typical picnic salad! Love that you can sample all the sauces but I have to say the horseradish sauce is always a favorite of mine! In reserve, I have given just three stars. There wasn't such a wow factor here for me. read more

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Inside dining was dirty Ordered food to go and the pulled chicken was delivered in a paper tray. Chicken was tasteless, ribs were greasy and the sides were uninspired. read more

Love City Barbeque! The food is always great and the service is excellent. Great place to get quick and tasty BBQ.

City BBQ is pretty darn good. Might be a little pricey. Might be a chain. Still chicken and pork are really good. There sometimes a bit of confusion about who's ordering, what food is mine, and getting sauces. read more

Sausages were large but unremarkable. Brisket was a tad dry. Decent sauces but nothing special. Banana pudding was nice. Quick service. An ok spot for BBQ on the run. 5* = incredible (rare) 4* = very good/ strong desire to return 3* = generally good experience 2* = poor/ no desire to return 1* = a particularly awful experience read more

Everything tasted great. My only issue is this.... If you charge by the pound, make sure you actually put that shit on a scale. I got home and felt like I got ripped off. I got shorted 6 Oz on turkey and 5 Oz on pulled pork. I'm ok with paying the price per pound as long as it hits a scale. Your people can't eye ball a pound to save their life... use your damn scale bud. read more

I'm traveling for business and getting away from home i wanted to reach out and get something that isn't super available back home: BBQ! When so many of the other options seemed like fast food this place stood out and i knew i had to try it. It isn't perfect, but the food was exactly what i was looking for. The brisket fell apart in the best way and the sausage was smoked perfectly. Their collection of sauces also gave a great cross section of the different toes of bbq sauce rather than sticking to just sweet, spicy, or mustard. So far it's been the highlight of the trip read more

BBQ was so good I had to go back twice in same week. I had the smoked brisket and the turkey, both wirh Sweet City Sauce. Outstanding smoke on the meats. Not to be outdone the sides were all amazing, I really dig the Mac and Cheese and Corn Pudding. If the entree and sides aren't enough, the Banana Pudding dessert is to die for . Look the food is first rate, but the people make the place a rock star. I had the opportunity to speak with the GM David, he's got a PhD in smoking meats. He was super proud of his smokers and the product they put out, and after eating there twice, I absolutely agree. Do try it and if you are in the Eastgate area stop by and talk Smoke Shop with David, he is super nice and a great host. I will definitely be back... Hmmm thirds anyone? read more

City Barbeque - Excellent Smoked Turkey - Barbeque Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

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They had good portions for the price. They did offer a variety of meat choices and sides. The lady at the counter was very friendly and they offered free pickle chips with our meal. Crisp and just the right amount of dill is all I can say! read more

For the umpteenth time, our order was missing items. Our daughter drove all the way back to the restaurant (40 minutes round-trip) to get the items and was rewarded with a piece of cake - not very useful to someone who's gluten-free. Fool me once.... read more

Was out here in the Eastgate area because of my job and I've been running past this place so I decided to finally give it a try. Menu is pretty big and there's a lot of different choices. Decided to go with pulled pork sandwich and have potato salad as my side. Got a drink as well I have one of those variety drink machines the ones where you can pick your soda and you can add your flavoring. Food was ready really fast. A lot of seats and there's also outdoor seating as well for in the summertime. Now for the food. The pool pork sandwich was pretty good it was a little bit bland but they have a lot of different barbecue sauces you can choose from which are OK. The potato salad was really good. The prices were very decent. I would Return with the group. read more

City Barbeque - Barbeque Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

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Live close and come a few times a year. Pulled pork A+ and nice staff. A newer item is the 6 wings for $8.99. That one a bad deal today - extremely tiny without much meat. Perhaps from a midget chicken farm. Maybe ask to see them before ordering. read more

today was our first time at a City BBQ -and we will definitely be back! Fantastic food, generous portions and the staff were all so friendly, hard working, and helpful. We really appreciated being able to sample the different sides! [[HIGHLIGHT]]The entire restaurant was clean and it really gave off a modern southern bbq vibe![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

This place has the best brisket I have ever had. The sides are also delicious. The service is top notch and professional. And special shout out to Corbyn who made my first experience dining in at City BBQ memorable. I'll definitely be coming back ! read more

I signed up for Yelp just to leave this review. I was halfway through my pulled pork when I came across this green gem. I have eaten here once before and previously the greens (I don't mean the meat) were great, this time not so much. They were at least consistent in their offering only a couple of pickle slices or partially filled sample cups of diced (not sliced) onions at a time. Also, the meat seems consistently dry. The staff was at least friendly and attentive, only at the counter; there is no table service which is fine. I will not be back, even if I survive the botulism which may result from my green pork. read more

City Barbeque - Soylent Green? - Barbeque Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio