If you're looking for good bbq, go BBQ, else. It's all fat! Service is hit and miss.

Here on vacation and stopped after a movie. I ordered the sirloin tri tip and brisket. The tips were mostly fat. Only 3 small bites of meat. The brisket was decent not as tender as some but not bad either. My husband got the cheese and jalapeño sausage, which was very good. The fried okra was not fresh, the beans seemed from a can with the bacon added later. It was obvious the beans were not cooked with bacon. The Mac n cheese was OK. Over all the experience did not leave us wanting to come back. read more

We were looking for somewhere new when we saw all the cars in the parking lot, so we decided to stop in and check it out. They were able to seat us right away, and the waitress was right there with the menus and took our drink orders. We both ordered the double meat plates, which included BBQ Brisket, tri tip, and jalapeno cheese sausage. The rolls and homemade bread were wonderful, and the BBQ was all delicious. The sides were plentiful, and the waitress was attentive and friendly. We have no complaints and will definitely be back, whether it is in the restaurant or via the drive-thru for a quick BBQ fix. read more

I went there with a group from church. I had the catfish dinner. The fish was cold, the fries were cold, and the hush puppies were cold and almost burnt. The coleslaw was the only thing that was good. The service was okay. I won't be going back there for a while. read more

Food not good. Service great. Very over priced for quality and quantity. Very disappointing.

I completely forgot to take pictures of the food but it was really good. My kids had the catfish and they loved it. I had the turkey and beef sirloin, both were very good. The brisket is also very good. We had great service and was very pleased with everything. read more

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Quite possibly the best chopped beef sandwich in the great state of Texas. The corn on the cob was cooked perfectly and the pea salad reminded of the one the ladies at church made when I was a kid. Awesome place, great food taxidermy and very nice servers. Worth a stop. read more

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The staff was very nice and helpful. We had our 2 Aussies and sat outside. The waitress brought them water. We had the barbecue brisket, turkey and sausage. It was very good. I highly recommend the place. read more

Great decor. They served rolls with cinnamon butter, which were pretty great. The waitstaff were really attentive and the place was fairly comfortable. They have good sauce. The meat was lean, but didn't have a lot of flavor. Not bad for TX. read more

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It was great good service and great food. I truly appreciated the wait staff giving us the ability to conduct business and enjoy our meal.

Great service and nice atmosphere Food and sides very good - I've had better brisket but it was pretty good but not to flavorful and a bit fatty Rolls are great read more

Visited this place on tour. The staff is very helpful and friendly. We had the bbq sausage, fried catfish, and bbq beans. The bbq sauce didn't have much flavor and frankly the food wasn't all that good. It is a touristy place and is cute inside, but food was ho hum at best. read more

Lots of empty seats and seemed to be well staffed. 45 minutes after ordering some "famous" bbq I got an almost cold plate of meat. Sides of sautéed broccoli that was an up charge was cold to the touch and was steamed if anything. I'm not a bbq snob but I have had a lot over the years and this was unremarkable at best. That me being nice. Find a different bbq joint. read more

Cooked my rib eye steak perfectly. The server was extremely accommodating. The decor was very interesting. This was the Temple, TX location. read more

Some advice about Clems. If you have been away from Temple for awhile and come back expecting the old Clem Mikeska style BBQ, forget it. It's gone. The awesome sirloin trip tip that all of us loved is history. It's been replaced by thinly sliced, dry, no flavor meat that's being called "Premium Beef." About the only thing that is still the same is the sausage. I think that after Clem hung up his apron, the family decided to take another direction. It's their choice and their restaurant, so no argument there. And I'll have to admit that as long as you don't order BBQ, they serve up some pretty good food. Probably one of the best ribeye steaks that you'll find in the area. I still stop by there, but in all honestly they need to change the name and sign and call it Clem Mikeskas Restaurant. Because the BBQ aspect died shortly after the new place opened. read more

Consistently good. This Temple favorite for 50+ years has excellent BBQ chicken, ribs and turkey, as well as beef. Fried catfish is also delicious. Great selection of veggies to go with the meats. read more

Passed by one of the advertising billboards on the 35 N several times and decided to give it a try. We have been here 3 times now and the food has always been decent. Good size portions. The staff has always been nice and the restaurant clean. This last time I had the chicken fried steak sandwich it was good very tender and the portion was substantial. As for BBQ items, most everything is decent nothing has really let us down. Their peach cobbler is good. I`ll definitely go back occasionally. It's not the best BBQ in central texas but it's decent. read more

Clem Mikeska's BBQ - Chicken Fried Steak Sandwich - Barbeque Near Me - Temple, Texas

This is a great place to stop while on a road trip! They have any and every kind of meat barbecue with wonderful sides, and fabulous pies too. If you are a fan of jerky there is a nice selection for the road. The store side has a wonderful selection of jams, jellies, T-shirt's and staples like chips and drinks. Definitely a must stop on your way from Dallas to Galveston (or anytime your in the neighborhood)! read more

Clem Mikeska's BBQ - Texan style casual - Barbeque Near Me - Temple, Texas

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I definitely recommend the white chicken wings bacon wrapped chicken with pepper jack little spicy but oh man delicious and homemade butter milk ranch dressing. And our server was great even recommended places to check out in the area. read more

The food was not bad, and the service started out pretty good, but as the number of customers increased, the tension began to rise, and our server began to show increasing stress. It was more than expected on a quieter day like today's holiday. We were joking around at first, then the atmosphere changed. Toward the end, our checks were not correct and when one of our party tried to assist in correcting it, the server asked her to please quit yelling at him. She was truly trying to help. I tried to ease the tension and he made the remark, I just have too much on my plate now to pay any more attention to you. We had been at ease with each other for the most part, but I left with the impression he had just corrected me and had been through the whole meal as to how I was to act. Is this man new at his position and does he need some further training on how to multitask? Please don't bad mouth the customer toward the end of the meal. They may not return. Lost Revenue! read more

The workers are nice and the bathroom was clean. The food was just not good and upset my stomach.

I don't usually dine in and I usually stop by here once or twice a month. Quality is good staff was friendly. It's a little pricey but then what isn't these days. I'd recommend it. If you don't wanna make barbecue at home, you can't really complain about the cost, when somebody else makes it for you. read more

Great food and great customer service! Had a waitress named Caitlyn she was super nice and helpful to my very needy family! Will definitely be back and asking for her from now on! read more

Great food and service. Georgia did an awesome job! We sat out on the patio because we brought our dogs and even though we were the only people dining outdoors and, it was hot we never had to wait for her to bring us anything. The brisket was moist and delicious, my husband really enjoyed his NY Strip and shrimp. Highly recommended read more

Way more food than you could eat. Chicken and brisket super moist and full of flavor. We live in the DFW area with great BBQ options and this place really competes. read more

Very professional and nice. Must of been a small fortune on all trophy animals too! Not that I know much about them but very cool to me! I got the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes, broccoli and a salad to start. Everything was portioned well and cooked to perfection! When I get the steak served with broccoli at Chili's I'd like a little more broccoli and the portion here was double theirs.. I've been in restaurant management for years and I have to say that I was impressed. I highly recommend! Thanks guys! read more

We had a great lunch as we passed through Temple. Restaurants was practicing social distancing and everything appeared clean My guess is that their health practices were great before Covid 19 This was our first visit Brisket was tender and sauce was excellent, not over powering the smokey meat. read more

Picked up yesterday 3/21/20 a great BBQ chicken w/ grilled broccoli and pinto beans. As always it was a great plate. Locally owned and great service and great value We want to support local families Recommend Kay & Dick Archer. read more

Temple, Tx. Where 98% of all stores are closed on Sundays After a failed skydiving attempt due to the bad juju of Dunky, We decided to grab some grub nearby... who would've thunk that this would be an arduous task that JRR Tolkien would be inspired to write a novel on? We end up at Clem Mikeska's BBQ. No racial, but if you want to see some extreme cliche stereotypes of Texas... come to Clems. Taxidermy on the walls (and i'm pretty sure i saw a baby bear cub), hodgepodge of street signs and unrelated pictures..... guys with southern drawls that make you feel like you're in a western film... Clems has it all We ordered the fried pickles, ribeye, briskey, pork ribs, and sausage. Our sides were asparagus, buttered potatoes, and broccoli salad. Fried Pickles - Thinly sliced pickles dredged in flour seasoned with Clem's "secret" seasoning (salt, paprika, pepper, milk powder, MSG, and other spices) were tasty. The batter to pickle ratio wasn't ideal for my extremely boujee valentine... but who cares? Ribeye - Honestly not sure if it was a ribeye (i've never seen a ribeye shaped so oddly) but hey it was red meat and it was grilled so i can get widdit. I asked for medium rare and ended up with uneven spots of temperature/doneness ranging from "still moo-ing" to "lets-make-this-into-ribeye-jerky" (jerky was a new item on their menu actually) ... The grill marks were a nice touch i thought :-) Briskey - Dunky and I made sure to request "extra fatty and moist" brisket.... and we get lean? I mean.. i know we were probably the only Asians that they've seen in the past 9 years but our english is acceptable (mine at least)... Not sure what happened there but unfortunately, this brisket was long past being able to be revived.... it's like the brisket was going through rigor mortis.. at least that's how stiff it was :( Pork Ribs - The shock of the night... Clem showed us that he's capable of smoking some decent pork ribs, might i add that a pork rib is extremely forgiving? (hater) The rib wasn't mushy and had a great bite to it. Try it with Clem's hot sauce... it's got a huge kick so beware Sausage - Imagine Eckrich smoked sausage and bingo. Clem must have decided to take the shortcut on his sausage.... but i mean... it's sausage so it's going to be passable for me. Asparagus, butter potatoes, and broccoli salad - The asparagus was seasoned and grilled well (it was a little overcooked but no worries) The butter potatoes were scalloped potatoes that were saturated in mono and polysaturated fat. Fun Fact: The waitress mentioned that people order the buttered potatoes and ask for the butter to be drained... my brain is hurting. The broccoli salad was basically coleslaw with the cabbage being replaced with broccoli. Clem Mikeska is known to have renowned barbecue. What I learned was that he likes to hunt baby bear cubs, wear white cowboy hats, and make watered down hot sauce. He also has really thick girthy fingers read more

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Someone there is passive aggressive. I had ordered Door Dash and we had the same problem we had once before. We ordered the meal with two sides, but it only let us pick one on the menu. And another had two sides included but it didn't say that, so whatever side you picked it would double it. Anyhow, I called the restaurant to let them know. The lady that answered seemed annoyed and told me they'd change it. Door Dasher calls me and says they couldn't change it. Why tell me they could if they wouldn't ? And then I called Clems again to verify this and she seemed irritated "so we owe you two sides?" I also stated the door dash menu was not correct and her response was , "hmm I changed it last week," with a condescending tone. She didn't validate anything that I was saying. I was informing her that the menu was wrong and people were probably not getting their orders correct. But no, she got upset with me, the customer, like I did something wrong. Edit: i paid for drinks and didn't even get them !!! read more

Clem Mikeska's BBQ - Only lets you order one side even though it says two - Barbeque Near Me - Temple, Texas

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Great food great people Can't go wrong in this place! I only recommend less pepper and beef up the sauce read more

Clem Mikeska's BBQ - Great food great people what a deal - Barbeque Near Me - Temple, Texas

Me and my dad were just driving to Dallas when we saw this place, we noticed it had little stars so we were skeptical at first. But we hopped in there and we were out in an hour! Great service, food and overall a good place to stop at. I really recommend! read more

Worst service ever! Ordered to go waited 20 minutes in line, inside. Pinto Beans were in the bottom of the bag, missing 1/2 the order. Went back to get it corrected, no help after waiting another 15 minutes I left. I called one of the owners/mgr and needless to say they didn't call back or even attempt to make it right. Don't waste your time, the food isn't worth the wait and horrible service. read more

starting this off by mentioning i have been a server/bartender for almost 15 years, so my frustration about my visit comes with the understanding of how the service industry works & knowing the bare minimum of what to expect at any restaurant. this was our first time visiting Clems, & we will never be back. when we got sat, our server was very nice! she got our drinks & our order quickly. we waited for "fresh rolls," which came out slightly warm, but very hard. we waited almost 20 minutes (not an exaggeration) for our food, which isn't a huge deal if they had been busy, but we were one of the four tables in the restaurant, & the only ones who had ordered at that time (as everyone else already had their meals). the food came out barely room temperature. my partner decided to eat hers, but i called over the server to ask if they could warm mine up. when the server brought the warmed up plate out, the brisket was 75% fat. i started to try & piece together a bite, & decided to try my Mac & cheese, which was also cold - not even room temperature, the cheese was hard, the noodles were hard, it was all a mess. we sat for over 10 minutes, watching our server sit on her phone, or talk to other servers, not once did she come to check on our meals, ask if we needed drink refills, nothing. at this point, i was annoyed & after waiting for her to look over, i asked to speak to a manager. after sending out a very young kid, i expressed my issues with our meal, he apologized, discounted our meal & ran our card. the manager (who's name i assume is Miguel? not because he told me, but because that's the name on the receipt) barely made eye contact, was picking at his nails, & acted as if he couldn't be bothered. when he brought the receipt, he didn't even give us a pen to sign &/or tip (which i would have, being a server, i never leave $0, even when the food/server isn't great, but i understand the food not being warm was not her fault, so i still would have left at least 15%), so we left. overall, the service is mid, the food (even after being warmed up) was not good, & the overall experience was such a let down. i come from a small town, where supporting small businesses matter, but the server (who never told us her name) & manager here just did not give that type of experience. i understand bad days happen, but this restaurant seems to not care about their customers or their food quality. i would not recommend going here, & will not be back. read more

I was in Temple for a few hours and scoped out Yelp for a bbq joint, and Clems was one of the top reviewed so I opted the check them out. It looks like a log cabin, you walk in and see lots of animal and wildlife / camping memorabilia mounted on the walls, it kinda reminded me of a cross between Bill Miller's BBQ and Rudy's in regards to the decor. Now onto the food. They had a pork rib special w/ 2 sides for $8.95, I also got a small portion of the lean + regular beef brisket. Sides I can recall: mac'n'cheese, green beans, baked potato, corn cob, some noodle casserole (ehh), broccoli salad, and beans. I took what I thought looked best - the mashed potatoes and cole slaw. Everything tasted good, but nothing was great or outta this world. The rib meat was not fall-off-the-bone type yet was tasty, the lean brisket was dry but - so is Rudy's - and the brisket was good - yet not as good as Salt Lick's or Sam's. The cole slaw was on the sweet side, a little wet, but still good. The potatoes were nothing special - - they could add some garlic to mix it up but what the hay - who am I? I know - - the world doesn't revolve around moi. The sauce: it wasn't the best sauce, but good enough. It looks like a beef gravy consistency - like it belongs on mashed potatoes. It's not that smokey, a little sweet, somewhat bland. They also have a spicy-hot sauce that's vinegar based - - I added some of that to the bbq sauce and it gave it a good kick - - so this I would recommend you do. But what made this place 4 stars was the awesome bread and sweet pickles. The bread must be homemade from a local bakery, it almost looks like brioche and it's way better tasting and quality than the usual white bread you get elsewhere. The sweet pickles were a nice added touch, just loved those, have as much as you want. IMO, a die-hard bbq critic could rate this a 3.5 star experience, but I didn't try the sausage or the chicken, the place was very clean, the employees were nice, and that bread is really damn good - - so that = 4 stars. I wanted to steal a loaf but I didn't bring my backpack or extra long winter coat (that would of looked suspicious anyhow). If they only made some minor recipe adjustments to the sauce, mashed potatoes, and more smokiness to the bbq then I think this place could be outta this world. Still, it was a relatively good experience and I would go back (with my backpack, of course). read more

Good service and food. I'm from Fort Worth and stopped in for a bite. Lorraine was our waitress and she was excellent...We were not disappointed. THANK YOU!! read more

Not sure why there are so many low reviews on here! Stopped today and ordered the 12 oz ribeye and my hubby ordered the salmon. I also ordered fried shrimp to accompany my meal. The steak was juicy and cooked perfect to medium how I like it. Shrimp were scrumptious. My hubby's salmon was good too. Side salads came out with homemade ranch which is so much better than the bottled crap so many restaurants have. Only reason we deducted a star was because the green beans were too mushy and the broccoli was just ok. We love veggies and were a little disappointed by those but everything else was really good! We will be back! read more

Food is generally okay. Good catfish. Burgers are fresh and juicy. Nice variety of sides. Not a fan of their BBQ. Masks are NOT required now. In fact most of the wait staff were not wearing them. Will wait to go back til we've had our vaccines. read more

So delicious!!! Loved the brisket and banana pudding. Great, prompt, friendly service, and good prices. The sweet butter that was served with fresh dinner rolls was perfect. read more

Was passing through and stopped in. The positive points are; there were plenty of tables, restaurant and bathrooms were clean and our waitress was nice. The downside was the food. There wasn't anything I'd eat again from here or recommend. Most of the food was not heated and lacked flavor. The white wings, they raved about, were nothing special which I was surprised because I heart bacon. Was so disappointed with the brisket. It tasted like it was done in the oven or slow cooker. Kinda dry. Just no pizzazz. My companion said the dessert tasted store bought. read more

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