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The BBQ was very tasty! FIVE BBQ meats, brisket - moist and flavorful, rib were fall of the bone good and the sausage was made fresh and delicious! Potato salad - Okay Beans BBQ Sauce
Texas is known as having the best barbecue in the country! We all hear about the big names that stretch from Austin to Dallas to Houston. I've been to probably all of them. Well, there's another one called "City Market" that skipped right past me. Or, no one thought to tell me. It's one or the other because this place is pretty popular with lines out the door! So I heard about City Market BBQ, the same day I drove to Luling, Texas! It's an hour outside of Austin. City Market is in the downtown area, and parking was a breeze; the line I saw on the sidewalk coming from City Market, I must admit, was long, but it was a breeze, too. Now, this is on Wednesday, not the weekend. I hopped in line, the line moving fast. People are friendly, telling me that once I'm inside, there's another door I will go into to place my order. I like to call this the secret door with all the good smells of smoky barbecue. Check out my pictures of the secret door; you can't even see inside. I'm there, I made it inside, and there's 3 of the most friendly older gentlemen I will ever meet in my life. One of them caught on that I haven't been in a kitchen, never in my life, when he started asking if I wanted 1/4 of brisket. I whispered, "Give me three or four, because I'm not good at math either." Oh, we had a great laugh! I sat down, picked on a rib, and the meat slid from the bone! It was so tender, juicy, and full of flavor. The skin had the right burnt in the right spots. The meat was moist and easy to chew. I was like the Flintstones cleaning the bones before I bit into my sausage and brisket. The sausage was very good, and my brisket was smoky, like my ribs. I have to brag about the sauce. It came in a skinny bottle. It was a new flavor for me; it wasn't spicy, but it had a nice heat to it that I loved! I'm so happy I chose to ride down to Luling to visit City Market as soon as I heard about this BBQ place. I would have been so mad at myself if I had waited and forgotten!
The Luling sausages at City Market ARE the best! Definitely a MUST TRY! Likewise, the brisket and the RIBS are EXCELLENT, as well! Had traveled there while on vacation and just had to stop; wasn't surprised at all, the food was delicious...as it usually was...in my travel to San Antonio and Seguin TX. Amen!
When we arrived at 10:50am we thought to ourselves "we will beat everyone here." Nope! Everyone else had the same idea. The parking lot was packed and some had to circle a few times to find a spot. We walked in and almost every table was occupied. We saw a line and followed the herd. If you have never been there ask questions first. We waited maybe 15-20minutes in line to enter a tinted room. In this room, it's hot! It's where they are cooking and handling the meat to order. This is where you order your choice of meats only by the pound and pay. They place the meat in butcher paper and you carry out just like that to your table. You are asked if you'd like bread or crackers, onions and pickles -complementary of course. if you want beans, potato salad and drinks go in another line to pay. We ordered the pork ribs, sliced brisket and sausage. It was so tasty, fresh and tender! There is bbq sauce in what looks like a tabasco jar. It is unique flavor but it works! My mom liked it and she is a picky eater.
This was an accidental find through Yelp on a road trip and ... wow! The sausage here is truly blissful -- probably the best I've ever eaten. It's a course grind with just the right amount of black pepper, and it's juicy like no sausage (in this style) that I've experienced. The brisket is in my top ten with a decent/not overbearing smoke flavor. It was also extremely moist, but that could be because I always ask for the deckle. The pork ribs here are good in flavor, but they could've been more moist. Either way, the service here is very friendly and efficient. The joint is crowded -- as it should be. A wonderful experience. I wish this place was closer to my home.
Go! My standard refrain for this place. If you love Texas style Q,want to give it an ( authentic unadulterated try),go back in time, people watch or all of the above. An exception exist here that applies no where else. I worship the sausage. It's worth the trip alone. My favorite thing to do is pull into town,grab a stack of meat and big Red,drop my pick up tailgate and visit Nirvana. Everyone is chasing the Texas Monthly lastest top 50 list. Standing in lines ,1,2 hours and more. Spending outrageous sums on sides ( unessential) and dishing out $50,60,70 each. At City Market you'll be stuffed with plenty of leftovers for $30. Go!
We came in for lunch on our way to Shertz. We sampled all the meat with the brisket the winner. The ribs and sausage were just ok imho.The ambiance was good ole little town Texas. The service was top notch as well. They offer pies and banana pudding for desert at a low price.
City Market was so great. There are two lines, one that goes into a smoke room to order meat. The other, which is before the smoke room, is for drinks and sides. The service was great. The restaurant and bathrooms were very clean. The tables were also wiped off. The meats were fabulous! The ribs and sweet pickles were a dynamic duo. The mixed brisket was perfect! And I suggest you don't skip the banana pudding!
Just got done eating at Luling Bar-B-Q, and wow--this place did not disappoint. We ordered the barbecue brisket, jalapeño sausage, and the regular sausage, and every bite was packed with that slow-smoked, Texas-style flavor you hope for when you walk into a BBQ joint. The brisket was tender, juicy, and had that perfect smoke ring with just the right amount of bark--melt-in-your-mouth kind of good. The jalapeño sausage had a great kick without overpowering the meat, and the regular sausage was classic, flavorful, and snapped just right with each bite. No frills, just solid barbecue done the way it should be. If you're in Luling, this spot is a must. Might need a nap now, but totally worth it.
This was the first stop on a weekday BBQ crawl. Rules were brisket, sausage and wildcard, this locations wildcard was rib... the rib was the surprise. Very tender and fall off the bone deliciousness. Something about going into smoke room to order and the screen door that makes me keep Coming back to this place..
Drove past here a million times and never stopped. Sampled the brizzy and sausage. Both were top tier against Blacks, TerryB and Kreuz.. with the outlier quality being awesome heavy smoke! Small joint that feels like you want a hometown bbq joint to be. I'll be stopping again to try the rest. *neat ordering experience in the smokin cave too
Line was to the door but probably only took us 30 minutes or so to get to the smoker room and get the meat. Food is great. We did not even get sides.... Pure BBQ for us this trip. Excellent mustard based (?) sauce! Brisket was good! Ribs a little overdone But sausage was great and made it worth the trip!
1 month ago
Had lunch at city market on our way to our destination. The line was very long, but went by pretty quickly. We ordered brisket and ribs along with potato salad and beans. The meat was seasoned well, but the brisket was a little dry. The barbecue sauce it's pretty good. They give you pickles when you order your meat and they have an option of dill pickle versus sweet pickles. I liked both. The meat and the sides are ordered in different locations. The sides are ordered at the counter as soon as you walk in. The potato salad was very good with enough mustard, but not so much that's it's overwhelming. The Beans had good flavor as well. We did try the banana pudding and that wasn't great. Everyone is super friendly. They have plenty of seating inside. Parking is street parking and you may have to walk depending how busy the area is. read more
5 months ago
The BBQ was very tasty! FIVE BBQ meats, brisket - moist and flavorful, rib were fall of the bone good and the sausage was made fresh and delicious! Potato salad - Okay Beans BBQ Sauce read more
Texas is known as having the best barbecue in the country! We all hear about the big names that stretch from Austin to Dallas to Houston. I've been to probably all of them. Well, there's another one called "City Market" that skipped right past me. Or, no one thought to tell me. It's one or the other because this place is pretty popular with lines out the door! So I heard about City Market BBQ, the same day I drove to Luling, Texas! It's an hour outside of Austin. City Market is in the downtown area, and parking was a breeze; the line I saw on the sidewalk coming from City Market, I must admit, was long, but it was a breeze, too. Now, this is on Wednesday, not the weekend. I hopped in line, the line moving fast. People are friendly, telling me that once I'm inside, there's another door I will go into to place my order. I like to call this the secret door with all the good smells of smoky barbecue. Check out my pictures of the secret door; you can't even see inside. I'm there, I made it inside, and there's 3 of the most friendly older gentlemen I will ever meet in my life. One of them caught on that I haven't been in a kitchen, never in my life, when he started asking if I wanted 1/4 of brisket. I whispered, "Give me three or four, because I'm not good at math either." Oh, we had a great laugh! I sat down, picked on a rib, and the meat slid from the bone! It was so tender, juicy, and full of flavor. The skin had the right burnt in the right spots. The meat was moist and easy to chew. I was like the Flintstones cleaning the bones before I bit into my sausage and brisket. The sausage was very good, and my brisket was smoky, like my ribs. I have to brag about the sauce. It came in a skinny bottle. It was a new flavor for me; it wasn't spicy, but it had a nice heat to it that I loved! I'm so happy I chose to ride down to Luling to visit City Market as soon as I heard about this BBQ place. I would have been so mad at myself if I had waited and forgotten! read more
18 days ago
The Luling sausages at City Market ARE the best! Definitely a MUST TRY! Likewise, the brisket and the RIBS are EXCELLENT, as well! Had traveled there while on vacation and just had to stop; wasn't surprised at all, the food was delicious...as it usually was...in my travel to San Antonio and Seguin TX. Amen! read more
When we arrived at 10:50am we thought to ourselves "we will beat everyone here." Nope! Everyone else had the same idea. The parking lot was packed and some had to circle a few times to find a spot. We walked in and almost every table was occupied. We saw a line and followed the herd. If you have never been there ask questions first. We waited maybe 15-20minutes in line to enter a tinted room. In this room, it's hot! It's where they are cooking and handling the meat to order. This is where you order your choice of meats only by the pound and pay. They place the meat in butcher paper and you carry out just like that to your table. You are asked if you'd like bread or crackers, onions and pickles -complementary of course. if you want beans, potato salad and drinks go in another line to pay. We ordered the pork ribs, sliced brisket and sausage. It was so tasty, fresh and tender! There is bbq sauce in what looks like a tabasco jar. It is unique flavor but it works! My mom liked it and she is a picky eater. read more
This was an accidental find through Yelp on a road trip and ... wow! The sausage here is truly blissful -- probably the best I've ever eaten. It's a course grind with just the right amount of black pepper, and it's juicy like no sausage (in this style) that I've experienced. The brisket is in my top ten with a decent/not overbearing smoke flavor. It was also extremely moist, but that could be because I always ask for the deckle. The pork ribs here are good in flavor, but they could've been more moist. Either way, the service here is very friendly and efficient. The joint is crowded -- as it should be. A wonderful experience. I wish this place was closer to my home. read more
Go! My standard refrain for this place. If you love Texas style Q,want to give it an ( authentic unadulterated try),go back in time, people watch or all of the above. An exception exist here that applies no where else. I worship the sausage. It's worth the trip alone. My favorite thing to do is pull into town,grab a stack of meat and big Red,drop my pick up tailgate and visit Nirvana. Everyone is chasing the Texas Monthly lastest top 50 list. Standing in lines ,1,2 hours and more. Spending outrageous sums on sides ( unessential) and dishing out $50,60,70 each. At City Market you'll be stuffed with plenty of leftovers for $30. Go! read more
26 days ago
We came in for lunch on our way to Shertz. We sampled all the meat with the brisket the winner. The ribs and sausage were just ok imho.The ambiance was good ole little town Texas. The service was top notch as well. They offer pies and banana pudding for desert at a low price. read more
16 days ago
City Market was so great. There are two lines, one that goes into a smoke room to order meat. The other, which is before the smoke room, is for drinks and sides. The service was great. The restaurant and bathrooms were very clean. The tables were also wiped off. The meats were fabulous! The ribs and sweet pickles were a dynamic duo. The mixed brisket was perfect! And I suggest you don't skip the banana pudding! read more
2 months ago
Just got done eating at Luling Bar-B-Q, and wow--this place did not disappoint. We ordered the barbecue brisket, jalapeño sausage, and the regular sausage, and every bite was packed with that slow-smoked, Texas-style flavor you hope for when you walk into a BBQ joint. The brisket was tender, juicy, and had that perfect smoke ring with just the right amount of bark--melt-in-your-mouth kind of good. The jalapeño sausage had a great kick without overpowering the meat, and the regular sausage was classic, flavorful, and snapped just right with each bite. No frills, just solid barbecue done the way it should be. If you're in Luling, this spot is a must. Might need a nap now, but totally worth it. read more
10 months ago
This was the first stop on a weekday BBQ crawl. Rules were brisket, sausage and wildcard, this locations wildcard was rib... the rib was the surprise. Very tender and fall off the bone deliciousness. Something about going into smoke room to order and the screen door that makes me keep Coming back to this place.. read more
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Drove past here a million times and never stopped. Sampled the brizzy and sausage. Both were top tier against Blacks, TerryB and Kreuz.. with the outlier quality being awesome heavy smoke! Small joint that feels like you want a hometown bbq joint to be. I'll be stopping again to try the rest. *neat ordering experience in the smokin cave too read more
3 months ago
Line was to the door but probably only took us 30 minutes or so to get to the smoker room and get the meat. Food is great. We did not even get sides.... Pure BBQ for us this trip. Excellent mustard based (?) sauce! Brisket was good! Ribs a little overdone But sausage was great and made it worth the trip! read more
1 year ago
I waited many years to visit city market based on all the hype I read and I was disappointed.. staff were courteous I ordered sliced brisket and sausage. It had the appearance of some very dry shoe leather flavorless fat and dry. Maybe this place did in fact had great bbq years ago or maybe the people going here are use to poor quality of meat the sausage itself was meh and I wasn't moved either way the mustard based sauce had a slight tang nothing to write home about The brisket and the sausage costed 27.00 I won't be back read more
11 months ago
I just love the charm of nostalgic small country towns characterized by a railroad track running along the edge of town. Luling is that type of town and I visited for City Market BBQ. The layout of the restaurant is a little quirky with two separate ordering areas: one for the smoked meats (brisket, pork ribs, sausage, the other for sides (potato salad and beans). My wife and I ordered a little of each. By little, I mean more than two people should eat for lunch. We favored the ribs over the other meats, as they were flavorful (with or without sauce) and tender. The brisket was good, but a little light on flavor (seasoning). The sausage was lean and juicy with good flavor, but impossible to eat with knife and fork because the casing was loosely packed. All the meats were a value compared to other BBQ restaurants. The sides were good and the portions were generous for the price. Nostalgic BBQ, in a nostalgic town, at a fair price, ...worth a visit. read more
11 months ago
Not what I expected. Very subpar Won't be back Beer was cold on a higher note Brisket was gray and not rendered properly Ribs overdone Sausage very grainy and no flavor read more
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Around 12:30 on a Saturday we pulled up to what looked like an old west movie set. Friends that live in Austin told us that for good BBQ we should be prepared to wait. The line was all the way to the door but moved up pretty quickly. Whatever you do, don't stand in any door way and hold open a door. You will get hollered at to not let the ac out or the smoke in, it's all in an afford to keep the dining area comfortable, which I appreciate. The long line gets you into the back room where the magic happens. The menu is not complicated and it doesn't need to be; beef brisket 4.5 stars, pork ribs 4 stars, and sausage 5 stars. For less than $3, try at least one sausage. Or just try some of everything! Get your bread and pickles here too, if you want to make a sandwich. Yes the BBQ has its own separate register. I asked if I could take a picture of the cutting board and they gratefully did that and more! One by one they opened the smokers and invited me into the pit to snap a few closeups! I was in BBQ HEAVEN!! Once you finish fan-girling over the meat (oh was that just me?!) take your paper wrapped package back up to the front counter and pick out your sides, drinks like Big Red or sweet tea, and desserts like banana pudding. Now find a table and dig in. There is sauce on the tables but it doesn't really need it. My son and I are usually die-hard rib fans but surprisingly the sausage and brisket were everyone's favorites! read more
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Really great customer service! Food is delicious!! Brisket has great flavor. Ribs are a little sweet and a lot greasy but so worth the messy fingers! Sausage is different. Not bad just not what I am used to. Texture seems blended, loosely packed. Maybe beef? Not your typical BBQ sausage! Free bread. Free drink refills! Oh and the sweet tea... The Best!!!! I do recommend this for everyone!! read more
1 year ago
Well was a little disappointed today with City Barbecue. You can tell they are stuck in the past, which is okay if your product is world class...but. Let's start with the positives the pork ribs were very good tender and sweet. The potato salad was also pretty good. Now let's talk about the brisket it had no flavor at all, unfortunately was dry as a bone as well. I would guess they are using the cheapest, lowest quality brisket available on the market. The problem with this level of Barbecue is there are so much better choices out there buccies brisket is better. I would rather pay couple more dollars to eat prime seasoned brisket. Lastly even if the food was amazing I would not eat here again with the guy vaping behind the service line. I did give 3 stars because the meat cutter was super nice. read more
1 year ago
Best Texas BBQ! Hubby has been eating here for over 40 years! Great customer service! It's all good to the Brisket to the sauce! read more
2 years ago
Came here on a recommendation from a co-worker. He said it was the best BBQ he's ever had. So, to cap off a week long work trip in Laredo, we made our way to this place. It did not disappoint. The way the restaurant is setup made the ordering process a little confusing. However, the staff was patient with me and my friend and helped us out. We walked into the area where all the meat was prepared. It was so hot in the room, but the great smells made up for it. We ordered beef and pork ribs, with sausage links. As I bit into the pork rib I couldn't explain how good it was. I believe I described it as bacon on steroids. The second pork rib I ate was a little too salty, but still good. The beef ribs were flavorful. I wish we ordered more. The links held their own too. This will be a place I return to for sure if I'm back in the area. read more
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633 E Davis St
Luling, TX 78648
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Nope. Tons of people eat there and it has become a bit of a Mecca in the BBQ world. Last time I was there, there were a ton of Asian tourists there. No reason in the world for them to have gone to Luling, TX, if not for the mind blowing City Market!…
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