You call this BBQ?!?!?! What kind of sawdust seasoning are they putting on this. The rib sauce it's basically ketchup.

We ordered from JD's and when we received it the brisket was very dry with many hard pieces, the fries were soggy, and the cornbread was hard and dry. This place really went downhill from the last time we ate there. It's so sad since they are the only BBQ place in Dickinson. Very disappointed read more

JD'S BBQ - Brisket and fries. - Barbeque Near Me - Dickinson, North Dakota

DIRTY came at opening and it was filthy. Floors, tables, chairs. Yuck. When you have peanut bar need to clean people. Food was ok. Brisket was tought, not very flavorful . Two stars for my awesome server and cold beers! read more

We had the pulled pork sandwich and the pulled pork platter, pricey for food quality. The pork was very bland, I don't think there was even salt in it. It didn't come out warm, and we were disappointed for spending $40. The BBQ sauce was good and the fries were good. The corn bread was just ok. Look elsewhere for BBQ read more

Best burgers & beer in town! I crave their buffalo chicken wraps. SO GOOD. Homemade ranch hits the spot. Great salad bar. Definitely recommed JDs! read more

Had the Western Brisket Sandwich, at first I was impressed with how big it was, couldnt get my mouth around it. But after bitting into it I almost puked. It was mostly fat, very disgusting, didnt finish it. I just came from TX, even Dickies was better than this. I'll try em again for a burger but wouldnt recommend the brisket. read more

Had the prime rib special. Everything was very good. I loved the fries (well seasoned!!!), garlic mashed potatoes and the cornbread. The prime rib was well seasoned. It was a little over cooked for being ordered medium but the flavor was very good. The au jus was okay, tasted like it was made from a powder mix. Not my favorite. But the service was great...our server was super friendly and even got me butter for my cornbread to bring home. They also had peanuts at the table which was nice to snack on before the meal came! read more

My husband and I enjoyed the ribs. They were tender and delicious. The spicy sauce at the table added just the right heat. The brisket and pork were good but nothing above average. The sweet potato fries tasted like sweet potatoes. The portion of 3 meats was enough for 2 people to share. We had Michelle as our waitress and she was just right. She kept our 1/2 1/2 tea filled plus told us about local event. I wished we had bought a big serving of ribs to go. We are traveling and may not be back that way. Only complaint was noise level was very high. It seemed groups or couples could have been seated in other dining room. Oh, and no blender for frozen drinks, like pina colada. read more

I'd love to be able to write a review about the food, but sadly I wasn't able to. We arrived at about 1230 on a Friday and expected it to be busy with the lunch rush. What we didn't expect, however, was to have the hostess look directly at us and then ignore us for over ten minutes. Never got asked how many in the party, never told how long the wait would be. Sorry guys, with service like that we won't be going back to try the food. read more

Great food awesome atmosphere! I had the ribeye which didn't have a whole lot of seasoning, they left it Pretty plain but it was still tasty. I also got the BBQ cheese fries with it which were amazing. The service was okay after we finny got a waitress to come to our table, we sat there for about 15 mins before the waitress came over so that's where the last star is missing. read more

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We hit JD's at around 3:00 on a Sunday afternoon. It was surprisingly busy for mid-afternoon, it looked like some oil industry folks were in the house. Let's break down the place: SERVICE: Above average. Our food arrived very quickly. The server was very attentive. We did hear some banter and horseplay among the (relatively young) employees - guessing the head honcho wasn't around. FOOD: --- Pork Platter: Portion size large, very good quality pork. No complaints here. --- Brisket Platter: So so. Lots of gristle and fat, which comes with the territory, I guess. Tasted pretty good, though. --- Macoroni Salad: No bueno. Bulk mac salad from the Sysco Truck or Sam's Club jammed into a styrofoam cup. Bad sides are common at rib places, I'm not complaining...just avoid the Mac salad. --- Beans: Outstanding. These could have been right off the Sysco Truck too for all I know, if so, they did something to them. Very tasty. Even if you don't like beans (like me), have the beans as a side. SAUCE: Just OK. BEER: Great beer selection, I had a Rogue Dead Guy(!) Nice. PRICING: Prices were very fair. If JD's were in a city, I'd give it three stars. If JD's were in Texas, I'd give it two stars. But for a rib joint in the Upper Midwest, I've gotta go with four stars. Maybe it should be five. Check it out if you're in the Queen City. read more

Went here for dinner with a coworker and decided to order some traditional chicken wings as an appetizer, followed by the inferno pork sandwich (pulled pork sandwich with cheese and jalapeño bottle caps) with a side. We decided to get 12 wings, six with the hot peanut butter sauce, and six with the bourbon wing sauce. Both sauces were delicious, although the peanut butter one was not hot at all. Before I forget... these wings are stupidly large! It was the whole darn wing.... (see picture!!!) JD's officially ruined my standards for wings for every place to come. After we only ate about half of our wings (because who would think a wing would be half a chicken. Lol), we received our bbq sandwiches. The sandwich was delicious, but the true star was the home made Mac 'n cheese! That stuff was delicious. Next time I am skipping the bbq part and focusing all of my appetite on the wings. Daily happy hour, drink and food specials. read more

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I was in Dickinson a couple of days after Thanksgiving on a mini Road trip throughout North Dakota. My girlfiend and I stopped at this place to grab a quick bite. I got the Inferno Burger and it was everything that I hoped for. I really can't say anything negative about this place , the food was good and fullfilling , the atmosphere is lax , and our waitress was attentive. I'll definitely go back next time I'm in town. read more

Born in KC and grew up in Oklahoma. I've had Oklahoma Joes, Arthur Bryant's, Gates etc. The food here doesn't compare but I challenge you to find a better BBQ joint between here and Cheyenne. Food - Good Beer Selection - Better than good Atmosphere - Okay FREE PEANUTS!! read more

Three stars. For different reasons. Stood there for a good 8 minutes or so before I got a response, and it was simply " she's helping you right?" The confusion was evident. I said no. She said "OK as long as you are being helped." Again I said no, I'm not being helped. Then it dawned on her that no one else had approached me at all while a few waitresses were just standing around on their own. First day I was here, I had a great burger. The one with jalapeño bottle caps on it. Fantastic. 5 stars all the way around it so great. And then there is today. Which is a strong 1 and a weak 2. Got the brisket which, maybe you could consider it warm? It was room temperature. It lacked any flavor of its own, not even basic seasoning like salt. Come on, my kid knows how to use salt guys. It wasn't tough, but it wasn't tender like should be either. Overall pretty disappointing. The garlic potatoes? Tasted good. Until I accidentally bit into something extremely firm and so much garlic in it I had to spit it out and quickly drink some beer. All in all if it didn't have whatever the hell that was, great. The cornbread. The saddest part of my meal. It actually tasted fantastic! Except it was a little wet and soggy, and cold. Not like it wasn't warm, literally cold. Like it got pulled out of a fridge cold. Do not eat their barbeque. It's awful. Probably the worst meal I've had in my 4 years in Dickinson. But the burgers are pretty darn good, so you should be safe there. read more

Fabulous food and service! We had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated. It was busy because people there must know what a treasure this little place is! Our group age range was from 4 to 56 and we all found our meals delectable! I can say my GYRO was the best I have had in ages! Great Experience! I must go there again!!! read more

Went with some friends last night.. stood at the door for 20 minutes as waitresses walked past just looking at us. Didn't ask how many or if we were waiting for a to go order. Noticed three tables waiting to be bussed, almost offered to do it for them. Food was average. read more

One of the best burgers in the state of North Dakota. Fries were good too. I also like throwing peanuts on the floor. But seriously do yourself a favor and try a burger here, it's worth it. read more

We were passing through Dickinson on our way from Wisconsin to MONTANA. I was craving some burnt ends, slaw and baked beans. I placed my order on the phone and picked it up 10 minutes later. Unlike some of the reviewers on here, I did not find the restaurant to be unclean. The bathrooms were clean as well. To my utter my delight the best part was the food, of course. My plate of burnt ends was probably the best I have ever had and there was only one tiny piece of fat in the entire plate. The Slaw and the beans were good as well. These were the best burnt and I have ever had and I wish I had taken a picture before I smothered them in the excellent mild sauce. I would totally recommend this place and will definitely stop back on our next road trip. read more

JD'S BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Dickinson, North Dakota

I have given this place several tries. The food is never good, and occasionally the service is ok. This will be the last chance I give this business. They were out of all of their BBQ besides pulled pork at 6pm. They had a prime rib "special". I like prime rib and hadn't ever tried it here. So I gave it a shot. What an absolute disappointment. The quality of the meat was below average and the flavor was borderline inedible. The aus jus served with it was even worse. The side of mashed potatoes I ordered with it was cold. The cut they gave me was not even 12oz. I would have been grateful the prime rib was so bad, if it wasn't $30 for it. I can go down the street and get 16oz that is delicious for that price. It made me wonder. Were they out of BBQ because of poor management, or was this just a way to push people to get the prime rib that they are obviously making great margins on? Either way doesn't matter...I won't be back here ever again. read more

Well, to start off, we ordered for pick-up, and we got "street tacos" TACO-S. There is only one taco. For $5.75. Second, Spicy jalapeño cheese nuggets. You wanna know what they come with? Chopped jalapeño peppers. Guess what's not in them? Chopped jalapeño peppers. For $11.00. If I could give this 0 stars I would, but the one star is for the chili cheese fries. Those are fire. read more

If you like shitty service, JD's is the place for you. 1. Food: absolutely average bbq. Their sauce is good, but their meats are most the time fatty and/or overcooked. I do, however, LOVE their BBQ Cheese Fries. It's a must order everytime. And if you like gyros, I do recommend the gyro salad. Mmmm, i just love tzatziki sauce. 2. In the 5-6x we've eaten at JD's, there is NEVER anyone to greet us/sit us/wait us. We've literally had to seat ourselves, find our own menus and HUNT someone down to take our order. The "owner" is a joke. He 's always there, but ignores his guests. Loves to sit around eating and drinking his own food. They have a decent array of beer on tap--served in a mason jar. Can never go wrong with beer. 3. Environment - what you'd expect from a typical bbq place: Scattered peanut shells on the dirty floors, loud conversation, sports program playing on the televisions. It's not horrible. Hell, if they'd start showing a little customer service, i might like it even more. But for now, it's just eh. read more

So we were starving on our cross country trip and stopped here. It was more or less as expected. I got the brisket, my husband got some sort of grilled cheese hamburger monstrosity. Food was decent, nothing surprising. The brisket was tender and not too fatty, but the BBQ sauce choice was "Mild" or "Hot" and the "Hot" tasted exactly like the "Mild" but with more pepper. Meh. Decent beer choices,which I appreciate. This earned JD's another star. The serving sizes are 22 oz and 32 oz, which I didn't realize until I got my "short" 22 oz. Service was kind of poor, the server looked like she was having a bad day. Overall on this place- eh. If you want a place where you can throw your peanut shells on the floor, this is your restaurant. read more

Cool place but food was sub par at best. Chicken was dry, pulled pork was dry and cold. Brisket was super tough and cold. Only way to eat any of it was to drown it in sauce. read more

The menu looked great. Service was slow. My mac-n-cheese was mushy. Steak Gorgonzola was tasty but my husband (pepper steak) and I were both sick after dinner. I will try somewhere else next time I am in Dickinson. read more

So I thought I'd share this with you as well as a few of the other people who have been in the process of getting a hold of me on the phone and they have not received any response regarding this issue read more

Horrible. Placed an order to go, they said 15-20 minutes until pick up. We arrived 20 minutes later and found out they hadn't even started cooking our wings yet. So while we waited another 20 minutes we were left to observe the staff. There was one woman who was: Hostess, waitress, bartender, bussing, carry out and ringing people's checks! Felt bad for her but makes sense why she had no time for me or anyone else either. I had a direct view shot of the kitchen from where I was waiting as well. There was Standing water on the floor that the kitchen staff just stomped through. No one with gloves- no hair nets- and no washing of hands after taking money from customers then transitioning back to food service. We had hoped the food would somehow make up for the lack of service and poor/ unsafe food prep conditions- What were we thinking?!?!?! Got home- food was cold and not what we ordered. We literally took a few bites and threw it the trash. We enjoy eating out and normally don't even blink if a place isn't the greatest- but we really felt to warn people- health wise and not to mention a huge waste of money. We placed a call to the department of health as there needs to be proper accountability before someone gets sick. read more

My Family and I came here for lunch one day as we were in from out of town trying to find a good BBQ place. My husband and I ordered the special of the day which was poutine .... the gravy was so salty it made it almost unbearable to eat... I had to cover it in BBQ sauce to be able to eat any of it ... absolutely NOT a family friendly place to eat.... I did not appreciate their logo/slogan of biggest racks and butts in town I was so thankful my children didn't notice their uniform shirts ... will not be back... read more

As a KCBS master judges, me and my wife know good BBQ. This place has it! Great brisket but the chicken is even better! Well done!

I will not even give this place a rate... I have been here a few times and I wasn't impressed very much with their food. Every time I ordered carry out I had to go back because things were left out. I alway had to wait a long time for my food when ordering. The very last time I ate at JD's I ordered the mushroom swiss burger. It took them almost 45min to complete my order. I was starving and when I returned to work to eat my burger I didn't hesitate to take a big bite out of it. I started chewing and I got that feeling in my mouth, the feeling of a hair. I immediately spit it out! I was disgusted and found the hair in my chewed up food. I pulled the bun off it and looked further and found TWO more hairs!!!! They looked like eye lash hairs... DO NOT EAT HERE!!!! read more

The food is great if you're willing to pay the price. Pretty ridiculously expensive on the BBQ meats side of things. But since they're the only guys in town I don't mind treating myself occasionally. Also can't figure out why half the building is unused space. new servers are better than they used to be. Forks are too cheap and narrow to properly devour the pulled pork. Really frustrating as I'm trying to shovel as much in my mouth as humanly possible. read more

I don't usually take time to review restaurants but felt this place deserved a great rating. In town watching my nephews baseball games for Dickinson State. I'm amazed at the low ratings. I had the brisket and 1/3 rack of ribs. I'm telling you that the brisket was the best I've ever had and the ribs were very good. The portions were enormous and the beer cheap. I brought home more meat than I was able to eat! The BBQ sauce was delicious too. Only disappointment was the cornbread which was dry and fairly bland. This place definitely earned 5 stars from me and I highly recommend it if you want great BBQ! read more

Typical beer place. Food was rough. All the meat was over cooked and dry. Bbq sauce was delicious. Tons of beers on draft. A good selection too. I have tried most of them at some point or another. Free peanuts that you can throw the shells on the floor. Will not be back. read more

Called in for a to-go order. Arrived and there was a big line for the dine-in patrons. Food was ready when I arrived and staff was friendly. I ordered the 1/3 rack of baby back and 1/2 lb. of pulled pork w BBQ fries. They were absolutely delicious! I really recommend this. read more

Food was awesome. Pulled pork sandwich and brisket sandwich were amazing as was the homemade mac n cheese. Service was a bit slow but we'll def be back! read more

For the second time in a row we've come here and waited sooooo long to be acknowledged while waiting to be seated. My wife and I waited 15 minutes the first time before someone even acknowledged we were waiting to be seated. The second time we got to almost 20 minutes and gave up and left to eat somewhere else. The ridiculous thing is that while standing there waiting there was a constant stream of servers passing us by, none of them even wanted to make eye contact. If someone had just greeted us right away we wouldn't have minded waiting but we felt absolutely ignored and unwanted both times. We even had people behind us in line feeling the same way. After we left so did two other parties waiting behind us. They seriously need to fix the customer wait experience and this place would be great. read more

Bland brisket, watered down sauce, a sad meal for another disappointing day in North Dakota. The waitress is the only reason I gave it two stars. Whoever owns this place has ZERO passion for BBQ. Really really sad. Please stop calling this BBQ. read more

I am in Dickinson for work & decided to give JD's a try. I have read previous reviews & agree with a lot of them for both the good & the bad reasons. So I went in for lunch on a freezing day so they were not very busy, the ratio of patron to staff twas about 3:1. Atmosphere is what you'd expect from a BBQ joint, beer selection is good but as some of my previous reviewers said the staff was just meh. I was seated at the bar (the only one at the bar) & waited 5 minutes prior to even being acknowledged & was finally helped by a waitress that wasn't, apparently, assigned to the bar but came to my rescue anyway. After a few more minutes the "bartender" came over & said she was sorry & forgot that she was assigned to the bar. Food came out pretty quick & was very tender & juicy (almost to a fault, I do like a little resistance when I eat BBQ), meat was pretty lean but I felt it was lacking a good smoky flavor. Sauces were good but I agree with previous post that both were the same with a little more spice in one. All in all it was an average experience & definitely didn't blow my hair back. I think management needs to give the staff a breath of fresh air aka swift kick in the ass! We all know a great staff can turn an average experience into an exceptional one with a little effort. read more

I don't normally post negative reviews but this place deserves a warning. It took over an hour to get our food, and when we finally got it out was cold. We ordered toasted cheese and half of the bread was burnt and half was not toasted. I had a grilled chicken ranch sandwich which had no ranch on it. If you go make sure you have plenty of time as the service was abysmal read more

Chili dog was fantastic, and the jumbolia was impressive. Back that with good service and a huge selection of on-tap beer and it's a great place. The only small complaint is the tri-tip sandwich wasn't fully trimmed and was difficult to bite through so I ended up eating it with a knife and fork...it was tasty though. read more