We had the food delivered. Tried the Judge's Sampler and Texas style sausage. Meats were very good (we had original bbq sauce to go with it) and sides were perfect. Portion sizes were decent - will be ordering again. read more

City Barbeque - Barbeque Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

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We mostly do take out when we order City BBQ for its delicious convenience. Both smoked turkey and brisket are favorites. The smoked turkey is smoked to perfection and retains it's juicy goodness. The sides are also very good with green beans and brisket baked beans are go to's. The drive thru ordering and pick up are seem-less and easy. On occasion I add a couple rib bones as an appetizer. But I must admit the real reason I love stopping at City BBQ is for the pickles!! Their crunchy deliciousness is crazy good! read more

I hadn't been to City BBQ in a while -- and I'll admit, I was skeptical. Past visits have been hit or miss, and at almost $2.50 a rib, a "miss" stings. But this most recent stop at the Reynoldsburg location turned out to be a win. I hit the drive-thru after work and happened to land on Rib Bone Tuesday: 4 ribs for $1.99 each. Quick service, friendly staff, and my food was hot and ready without a long wait. The ribs? Surprisingly great. Thick, smoky, and tender with a nice bark. No undercooked sauce or surprise cartilage -- which I've unfortunately experienced here before. I did ask for center cut (as I usually do), and while they say that request can't be passed along, the bones I received were solid. Texas Toast was a nice add-on -- buttery, griddled, and came two for $1.99. A note for the longtime City BBQ folks: I do miss when they used to offer self-serve condiments -- red onions, jalapeños, and pickles -- along with all the sauces in pump bottles. Now, some sauces like the Original come in peel-top packets, and that just doesn't feel the same. Also, while I didn't grab it on this trip, I stand by this statement: City BBQ's potato salad can hang. Possibly better than your mom's. Could be better than your granny's. I said what I said. All in all, I left satisfied and would definitely go back -- especially on a Tuesday. read more

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Guys, what happened? When I had to explain what my rewards club card was some years ago, I was kind of puzzled...the person acted like she had never seen one before. I found out that had been quietly discontinued (fortunately the balance was still there.) Then the hot sauces vanished. That was a sad day. Then the hush puppies changed. They went from these giant tender balls of cornmeal with stuff in it to oscillating back and forth between little blobs of overcooked whatever to small, hard crunchy balls of flavorless nothing. They used to be magically delicious, the last ones I had may as well as been balls of deep-fried bread. I didn't finish my portion of them. I remember the first time I went in and got a container of what looked like oversized burnt party snaps and went what is this? The baked beans went from sticky sweet gives-you-diabeetus treats to just kind of, I don't even know what you'd call them. The last ones I had were more vinegar than brown sugar. I used to just buy pints of these beans for dinner and eat them, the last ones I had were not even as good as what you'd get from a can and I almost didn't finish these. The only saving grace was the decent sized chunks of brisket in them...which also had no smoke flavor to speak of. And the meat...I used to love the pulled pork. You'd go in to the store, eat, and come out smelling like smoked meat both from the smoke in the store and smoke on your sandwich. This last time? If that was smoked then I'm a boar myself. No smoke flavor at all. Not even on my hands after I was done eating it. I mean, the meat was ok but it was absolutely nothing special. It needed sauce for flavor and this meat never used to need sauce. I'm just really disappointed with what I had on my last visit. The person I went with was much less friendly when telling me what he thought about the visit. I can overlook prices going up, I know stuff's expensive - but you were literally not a whole lot better than the pulled pork sandwich from the hot case at Duchess. There's simply no reason for me to come back. I've been giving you chances over the past few years, but every time I come into a store (any of them!) the quality and taste of the food has slipped just a little further. Sorry guys. It's not me...you've changed. Looks to me like you've added a few mirrors to the smoking process. read more

Brisket sandwich? Ribs on Tuesdays? Baked beans and corn pudding? Yeah, that smokehouse is all about classic BBQ in a comfy spot. read more

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Brisket was sliced real fresh and juicy but a bit pricey. There are others in town much less. I did not like the mac and cheese -- rather bland but others did. read more

Staff and food were great! We bombarded then with 50+ young people on a Saturday around lunch. They handled the student and the food with excellence! read more

I will say I went at a busy time but the wait was unacceptable. Waited about 1 hour and 45 mins for my food because they didn't even create my ticket. When asking why the food took so long the workers were rude. Food was not great either, was decently hot but no flavor and barley tender. read more

I got a slab of ribs today. By far the worst ever at City Bbq. They were hard and crunchy. Ribs should be tender or at least easy to chew. Bubble Gum! 3 stars for the lady that waited on me. She was pleasant enough. read more

Great food efficient service on Mother's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MmmmmGood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had a light meal today...one Nashville hot sandwich, not Really hot, 2 sides of baked beans, one potato salad, and one green bean read more

The new pork nachos are fantastic the cheese is Smokey and flavorful. I love this option! Always clean and very well serviced. The tea is my go to and definitely get the banana pudding! read more

Had the brisket recently and it was tough like leather I've had the pulled pork and it's the best read more

Delivery was quick and reasonably priced. Food was delicious and hot. The service inside of the restaurant was courteous and helpful. I will always come back. read more

Just not good food. The Texas "toast" was not toasted, the Cole slaw has no sauce - basically eating dry cabbage and the hush puppies were tasteless. I used to go there and just order these. The ribs were way overpriced and a 4 at best out of 10. Never been a big City Barbecue person but it was always okay; however, this time was borderline nasty. read more

DO NOT eat at this location. I've had an ongoing issue for about a month regarding food poisoning due to poor quality food serve to both my husband and I. We ordered the Dirty Bird, which is quite fitting for this location chicken quality. The Mac & Cheese was mush, so we didn't bother. I'm not sure if it was the chicken or brisket that cause the stomach illness. The customer service is terrible, they never follow up as promised regarding a solution. I was told Randy whomever he is would need to issue the refund since it was a health issue with food quality. I've been hung up and disrespected. DO NOT EAT at this City Bbq. Better options on different sides of town. New Albany location is a amazing! read more

Wow!! We just had lunch at City Barbecue while using the nearby EV charging station. My husband and I like well prepared brisket and pulled pork, and often make BBQ for parties. I am always a little skeptical when trying a new BBQ joint, but City Barbecue is the real thing! I had delicious pulled pork sandwich (Lolo's) complete with slaw and a variety sauces from which to choose. My husband got a brisket sandwich that had perfectly blackened edges with a side of Mac and cheese. Thank you City Barbecue, we will be back on our next trip across Ohio. read more

Covid review for carryout on a Tuesday lunch. Website is fully supportive to Covid ordering. We customized our order and paid online. Quoted 15 minutes. Smooth. They only have one designated park spot, so we pulled into a spot very close to the front door. This proved to be problematic. Texted them we were "on the way" and another "we arrived". After 30 minutes no food. I called, seems they lost the order or didn't see me in their designated spot since I was two spots over. They needed to redo the food as it had been sitting out for 15 minutes. All in all it was 45 minutes and not 15. Order was apologetically delivered by a server, 100% correct, and packaged well. As usual the food was excellent. 4* Need to sharpen-up on the curb-side. 2* read more

Chicken / ribs/pulled pork /pic up . App ez. Fast. Pic up Beef brisket so good Judge sampler so good cornbread banana pudding and bake beans Order on app curbside pick up So good so fast so Ez read more

Their brisket pulled pork is excellent. Just don't waste your time on the wings At a buck 50 apiece. They're probably some of the smallest wings I've ever had and driest. read more

Service was horrible! Ordered online curbside waited almost an hour. My husband got out of car to see what was taking so long. He had earlier went in and got some banana pudding and even ate in car waiting for order. Well the guy said here you gonna take this. My husband got irritated how he said this and said no she ordered and your the delivery. He then proceeded to stuff this full bag in my window me not knowing why as I'm saying wait for me to roll it down. Food great. Well I ate a bone and it was good. But hubby is not feeling city bbq. Ugh! Never ever experienced someone rude to me. So disappointed! read more

I love their food! Their staff was on point! There needs to be an option for leaving them a tip.

City BBQ Reynoldsburg has been closed for a bit for renovations. In short they rebuilt the entire location. This has allowed for a streamlined ordering experience. The city sampler is as good as I remembered. Their new spicy chicken fingers have a nice kick and the banana pudding is a great complement for the spicier flavors to cool everything down. read more

My wife and I eat pretty regularly at City BBQ. Tonight she picked up and order which included rubs. Because they were tough and over seasoned, I called and pressed the number to talk with someone about a previous order. As I began telling this story, I was immediately interrupted with the lady saying "we don't have fall off the bone ribs"! I replied, well I guess that explains it and I hung up the call. Not what I would call customer service. I wasn't looking for anything, a credit, etc .. I just wanted someone to know my experience so they could determine if something needed addressed, or not! Everything else in our order was fine by the way. read more

City Barbeque - Barbeque Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

Spent over $50.00 and got 6 slices of cold brisket, 3 also cold ribs and a breast and wing that was half edible. This was after waiting for our order to be taken only for the cashier to leave with a vague someone will be right back.with you. read more

How do you have 30+ people working in the back getting prepared and still have to wait 15 minutes for your food. On top of that, it's the start of dinner and you don't have ribs ready for your customers!! The service could have been a little better than what was given. I ordered the Cowbell and 2 side, nothing was fresh, the brisket was very dry and hard, corn pudding was dry and old. The green were ok not it's best. Brand newly built location and it was a waste of time, money and effort. read more

Our dine in experience was MUCH better than our take out experience! Everything was so fresh and so yummy! When walking in, we were greeted by a very friendly hostess who placed our meal orders. For those of you who have never been, you place your food order at the front, wait a bit, pick up your food order, and then take a seat. I was not aware. Once our food was ready, we took our seats. We were told that our fries would be delivered to our table once they were done (Yes! Fresh and hot fries...just the way I like them)! I paired my fries with the Smokehouse Salad w/ Turkey and everything was so good! The salad was super filling! I almost had to pass up the triple chocolate cake...Nope! That was so good too! We will definitely be back again! Thanks again! read more

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A few guys and I decided to try out the ribs, Tuesday Special, food was good, didn't even need sauce. Savon was hilarious. It is always great to go to a place were someone is energenic and joyful. Service with a smile. Place and restrooms very clean. The only thing I had an issue with, if any, music a little loud. read more

This one in reynoldsburg is the best of the city bbq I've had, good service, love the drive thru . It was clean fast and the parking is great read more

On 5/26/2024, I ordered a pick-up catering order from the city BBQ in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. FIVE STAR SERVICE************ 1. The service was absolutely amazing! 2. The staff were super friendly upon my arrival into the restaurant. 3. The restaurant was clean and well kept. I ordered the pulled chicken, ribs, and wings. Everything was well packaged! All I had to do was place at my event and it was ready to serve. The food was delicious! Special shout out to their friendly and amazing Manager Kenny G! Thanks for providing a great experience to myself and the local community you serve!!!!! read more

Good food and reliable! If you want some really tasty barbecue and some wonderful sides I highly recommend virtually any city barbecue location. They truly provide wonderful food at a reasonable price. read more

Tho it's been several, several years ago, I've been to another City BBQ (Gahanna, maybe?). I'm not a huge bbq fan, so basically this was a family decision, so I followed in toe. Boy oh boy, has this part of Reynoldsburg gone down in liveliness over the past 20 years. This area around Main/McNaughten intersection, and the Main Street corridor in general, use to be a major shopping/business area, back in the days of Value City, Schottenstein's, The Spaghetti Shop, TJ Maxx, Kmart, etc. Stepping inside CBBQ felt a bit odd. The service wasn't anything special, the people working seemed annoyed with the general thought of interacting with the public. Several items needed refilled on their condiment stand, and when I politely asked the lady to put out more cups for their pickle bar, she looked me straight in the eye, and never responded nor put some out. The food was quite good, the saving grace. I had some of their City Sampler, trying the pulled pork, beef brisket, and a small cut of the sausage. The brisket was juicy and tender; had great flavor. I did ask for a side of their homemade horseradish dipping sauce, and that kicked it all up a notch - highly recommended. Same for the sausage - both super juicy and full of flavor. Tried their homemade potato salad, and that was a personal favorite. Creamy (mayo in it?), small tasty chunks of potato, excellent side. Had a bite of the corn casserole, and it was good. More sweet than corn taste, but it was good, nonetheless. read more

City Barbeque - (12/22/2019) - Barbeque Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

Had there food for a large gathering of friends and family and everyone enjoyed the food! Ribs and chicken! Mac and cheese, corn pudding, baked beans, green beans, slaw, salad, peach cobbler and chocolate cake. Delicious! read more

Shalom we're here for a visit and have been eating out with our daughters the eldest brought dinner, believe me, she can really cook I wish she had. She purchased shredded chicken which was pretty moist and needed pepper and some color! which came along with Baked beans as we don't eat pork I was amazed not every place can make this and with beef. I just realized they had sandwich buns wish they were kaiser buns more appealing, I made half I should have made a whole sandwich watching bread intake, and wish they had given a little more than two BBQ tiny containers but for the most part, the beans outrank Krogers they had no flavor just sugar tasting bake beans. Beats the same old chicken or hamburger any day read more

City Barbeque - moist lack color and taste everyone else seemed to like it me i like flavor prefer spice sorry - Barbeque Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

Incredible food, even though I ordered through GrubHub The brisket was tender, the B.B.Q sauces exactly what I wanted The salad was fresh and the blue cheese dressing was top notch The smoked sausage I'm saving for tomorrow but I know it'll be just as good The Texas Toast was okay even, and the French fries really good Update: had dinner at the Reynoldsburg location, this is my official favorite BBQ place now. Awesome food, service, dessert, and their app is amazing to Ordered food, May 16th for support your local business with Yelp! Disappointed. Meat was great, don't get me wrong, did not send my Cobbler which I paid extra for, or the BBQ sauces for my Brisket. The food like I said was tasty, but lukewarm at best. I will think twice before ordering delivery from here again read more

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City Barbecue has been among our favorite restaurants for years. We've shared the experience with many family members, friends and co-workers. in fact, several of my previous jobs had them cater their events, which all were quite successful. The place gives you that down home BBQ feel you got if you ever tried out a good rib joint down south. I've had the Beef Brisket, Pulled Pork, Smoked Chicken and Catfish (when it's in season). I'll get around to the rest of the menu someday, but it's hard, when these items are so tasty. The BBQ flavor is wonderful. Of the sides, I've had the Fries, Green Beans, Mac & Cheese, Cornbread, Collard w/Pork and Baked Beans w/Brisket. They also have great lemonade that will fill you up quickly, if you're not careful. This location has always had great servers who greet you promptly and treat you very well during your visit. Definitely bookmark this place and pay them a visit. read more

A friend gave this high marks and so I had to try it for myself. The brisket was good, but not great. The Mac and cheese was actually great. The samplers are really good deal if you want to try a little bit of everything. read more

Surprised reviews are not higher. I had the ribs, brisket and sausage with potato salad. Loved it great mix of sauces but I didn't think the meats needed it. Great group of people there to serve you. read more

I've been getting barbecue from here for years on and off. I'm done. The prices have gone way up. The food quality has gone way DOWN. Just got back from the Reynoldsburg store with a pound of brisket as part of a family meal. The brisket was INEDIBLE. It was nothing but PURE FAT with nearly NO MEAT whatsoever. I picked through it and then threw the rest in the trash. My order was also WRONG and they missed an item. NEVER AGAIN. They have failed to earn my business. read more

I ordered a city sampler meal through the drive through. NO BBQ sauce in the bag. Never asked what type of sauce. The drive through line wait time was ridiculous. They were out of greens and baked beans. The Mac and cheese was terrible. Kraft Mac and cheese would taste better. Never going back! The staff at the old building was more efficient read more