The service was quick and what you would expect from a chain. I picked up the food to go which was brought right to my car. I didn't personally care for my brisket as I thought it was dry and kind of bland. Especially compared to the excellent choices in close proximity. I would recommend the potato salad which stole the show. It had an incredible pickle twist to it. read more

Pappas Bar-B-Q - Brisket, Pork Ribs, potato salad, and Mac and cheese - Barbeque Near Me - Humble, Texas

I ordered in advance for a pickup at 11am. My order was two meat plates: chicken and brisket with a baked potato also my coworker got brisket and turkey with beans and Mac and cheese. We asked for jalapeño and onion and everything was packed correctly. I arrived at 1057 and checked in. Nothing. Drove to the drive thru and they said I have to either come in or wait. I went back to the spot. After 15 minutes of waiting, I went inside. They were busy which is what took so long. My food had been sitting there. They were nice so I didn't complain, just told them about my long wait time. I asked for a refill of the aquas frescas because I didn't want it to be watered down. The cantaloupe aquas frescas was very good and so was my food. Huge piece of chicken and brisket. They are always slow with curbside pickup even when it's not the holiday. read more

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Hamburger!!! No cheese. Served as is. I gathered all of my usual condiments, salt, pepper, ketchup and said let me try it before I add anything and people, listen to me...THE BEST BURGER I've had in a long time if not in my life! Why didn't anybody tell me about this. Came out in a decent time. Restaurant clean. Staff was nice! read more

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Pappas BBQ always taste good. It's definitely not the best bbq in Houston, but it's well above average. The food is overpriced in my opinion, but it's good. Definitely add fries to any order for a few dollars more. They are some of the best and the basket is huge. I would tell them no sauce on the sandwich because they have several different sauce options that you can choose and use yourself. One complaint I have is my partner received her sandwich and I had to wait about 10 minutes for mine. Also, several other people were getting served that ordered after me. Additional, they gave me chopped beef when I asked for sliced. read more

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Great service from the team here at this location, I got the Brisket and Ribs. The food was well prepared and tasted great . Bathrooms are clean and the restaurant itself was very clean. Definitely one of Houston's best places to dine out be solo or with the family or friends read more

Service was not the best. They seemed to be out of a lot of things (Mac & cheese & some meats) and the meats I got (ribs & brisket) were cold. read more

Got 30 minutes home to eat our meal and the meat inside out sandwiches were completely raw. Even in the drive through we had to pull around and wait. We were so grossed out by the raw meat in both of our sandwiches we couldn't even eat our sides. This is absolutely sickening. $42.11 for 2 sandwiches and 2 fries that we couldn't eat is terrible. read more

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Ordered a barbecue sliced beef sandwich to go....no barbecue sauce on the side and no condiments!!! Who's responsible, the person putting the order in the bag or the cashier??? Someone was too busy talking!! read more

Management here needs to be replaced and online system needs to be fixed. Last night I ordered the family meal and I upgraded the bread to the jalapeño cheddar. There was no option online to add the type of bbq sauce or ask if I wanted pickles, jalapeños or onions. Before even getting my order I was called and notified there wasn't any creamed corn.... No big deal. Swapped it out with something else. I get to the restaurant to pick up my order and there is one slice of cheddar jalapeño bread on a family order. No condiments included so I talked to the manager. How are you going to have a family meal, give the option to upgrade the bread and only give once slice? Are these people not Texan??? One slice of bread on a bbq order..... manger informs me yeah it's only one slice.... She graciously provides me with another slice and some regular white bread. Let's assume the family meal is for 4 people. What are FOUR people gonna do with ONE slice of bread? I know Texas is in a drought but I didn't realize that Pappas was in the middle of a wheat, cheddar and jalapeño famine. Taco Bell is more liberal with their sauce then this place is with bread. I was provided with a SMALL container of six pickle slices, two jalapeños and a whole one? and one ring of onion. Again this is a FAMILY meal. Four pickles is the minimum of one bbq sandwich for most people. I'm a four pickles person. And I should have checked for bbq sauce but I asked in the bbq sauce in the bag to which I was told yes it was in the bag. I get home and guess what?! NOT IN THE BAG. And yes I know I should have checked but after dealing with the bread miser scrogette I was just over the whole experience. Quality of the food was mediocre. I personally would rather hit up Rudy's in the future. Better meats and they have a whole bar dedicated to condiments, aren't skimpy on the bread and always make sure the bbq sauce is in the bag. Sorry not sorry Pappas. You need to do better on behalf of Texas. Also pulled pork had a strange taste like cleaner..... read more

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This was a very pleasant surprise! One of my coworkers (Paulie) has eaten lunch and dinner here like 5 days in a row. He got me to go the other day and I have to say it's awesome! A little slow when trying to order and we can call that me being a rookie. The brisket burger was the bomb! The sides were awesome and just a nice break from other restaurants. Keep doing what you're doing and I'll see you next week when I'm back in town. read more

Good sized restaurant with plenty of tables to sit small or large groups. Came here for a CHL course. Even when the lines get a bit long, the service is good so you don't have to stand in line very long. If you order something that takes a lil longer to prepare like the catfish plate, they give you a sensor to tell you when your order is ready. Place is clean, staff was friendly. I had the catfish plate, great portion and it was hot with a light crispness and was tasty. The banana pudding was good, not the best that I've had but it was decent. The pecan pie would've been better had it been heated up a bit. Would definitely return to try other things on the menu. read more

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Not sure what happened today was first in line at 11 am got a tossed salad w/slice beef & it hurts me to say this but the brisket was dry it looked like they used meat that was left over & just threw it in microwave really disappointed I pass by at least once a week most pappas restaurants are on top of everything not sure what happened today maybe it's not good be the first in line Hahahaha read more

Pappas Bar-B-Q - Barbeque Near Me - Humble, Texas

Where is the flavor?!?!? Man I was excited about some Texas bbq but disappointed I was indeed. I had the pulled pork loaded baked potato with everything on it, but it tasted like I was eating a plain Jane. The boyfriend had a chopped beef brisket sandwich with fries, again flavorless. The restaurant itself was clean and the staff was very friendly and pleasant, wish I could have left a good review. read more

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The turkey and sides were good, but we went for the brisket, and it was dry and crumbly. The BBQ sauce is like sweet vinegar... Pretty gross. We did curbside pickup, and they left out one of our sides, as well. read more

Decided to eat here for lunch on a Saturday. I ordered the two meat plate w/ Mac and cheese and green beans with jalapeño bread and a sweet tea. The jalapeño bread was not what I expected. It was literally bread with 1 spec of jalapeño and cheese throughout. The meat plate was okay. It was cold. The Mac and cheese was cheesy and thick. The green beans was crunchy and not seasoned well. The sweat tea was not sweet. Almost lacks sugar and could past for unsweetened tea. Brisket baked potato: it was meh. Brisket was lean and not marbleized. Agua Fresca Watermelon drink was very enjoyable. Recommend to try Spring Creek BBQ as a option for tasteful BBQ. read more

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No complaints !!! We had bbq catered for 200 people as we closed out our Safety Week celebration. All of the employees, vendors, and inspectors in attendance enjoyed the food very much. Thanks to Pappas BBQ for helping us to get everyone feed !!! read more

Pappas Bar-B-Q - Had BBQ catered for 200 people to close out Safety Week !!! - Barbeque Near Me - Humble, Texas

I have been coming to Pappas BBQ for a while and its good BBQ but not the best BBQ I've had better. a lot of things lack at Pappas and it could be better in my opinion. first there is no full service you have to order at the counter and a style cafeteria where you have to slide your tray to the end of the line were you pay, these trays are very heavy and the dishes are heavy along with the food on it, its even heavier there is no help offered when going to your table if you have more than one tray you might have to make two trips and you definitely have to hold with two hands. the bake potato's are about my favorite thing on this whole menu but sometimes the potato can be hit or miss its either soft or bit tuff at times but I enjoy the toppings that you can put on it such as pulled pork or chop chicken along with condiments like butter, sour cream, bacon, chives, and shredded cheese but I think 12$ for a baked potato is way over priced in my opinion, I like the po'boy sandwiches such as the brisket, the brisket has a good smoke taste to it and amount of meat is a good portion and I find it weird that between a bun and a hero style bread is a 1$ difference id get the po'boy over the sandwich any day its a no brainer in price. I wouldn't recommend the half chicken as to me the chicken doesn't looked fully cooked and is a bit on the pink side which doesn't look pleasing to me, I was told by the manager one time that its the smoke ring makes the color on the chicken since its smoked for hours. I'm sure they wouldn't put out raw chicken but to me in my opinion it was on the pink side. I would definitely wouldn't get this again I do enjoy the other items on the menu like their grilled cheese and burgers they are pretty good and well worth with id say, the steak fries are hit or miss some days they are good some days they are not sure if it lacks seasoning. like I mentioned its good BBQ but not the best but Pappas can improve in some areas. read more

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Every time over the last year that I've visited Pappas BBQ I've left unhappy. I am finally over it. There are just too many BBQ places in the area to have to put up with: - Ridiculously slow drive thru - steadily increasing prices - Dry and flavorless brisket - much smaller portions - bad customer service (drive thru team in a full blown conversation with each other and flat out ignoring customers to the point that she was literally turned talking to them while sticking my credit card out of the window. Wasn't even close to my hand) - Asked for my potato fixings on the side so they put ALL of it in one container where if was all mixed together. $16.00 for this foolishness. See picture. - The restroom looks like it has not been cleaned since the place opened years ago. Pappas used to be reliable. I am done. Look at the Turkey portion size. AirPods for scale. read more

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I placed an online order for curbside pickup. All of the curbside spots were taken, so in the restaurant. I checked in with an employee at 10 minutes after the order was supposed to be ready, and I was told it was not ready and I would be called when it was ready. I am still waiting 45 minutes later for my food that was paid for online. read more

Bar-b-q sauce one of the main attractions (in my book) to have with ribs, beef or pork in a restaurant like this was NOT served on the meats. Rather, there were a series of sad-looking, cold bar-b-q sauce bottles stacked up next to the salad bar. The side order of beans I ordered was cold. Baby back ribs, and sliced beef with two soda drinks was $52.39 I will not return! read more

So we are new to visiting Houston. We asked the Rent-A-Car people what do you recommend we go for good Texas BBQ? 3 employees all set to go to Papa's barbecue in humble Texas. We found it using GPS mapping to be very close to IAH airport. Outside there was a huge line of cars picking up so parked and walked in. They had quite a large menu so I took my time reading the whole thing to try and figure out what to get. In the end I got a combo BBQ pork ribs and brisket. Side dishes for macaroni and cheese, dirty rice and I got a mashed potatoes and gravy. To this I added a poor boy sandwich with half pulled pork and half chicken. Overall I'd say the best fare was the pork ribs, the brisket was pretty disappointing and a chicken side of the poor boy was pretty average. The pulled Park was clean and plentiful but really needed a lot more barbecue sauce then they gave us. I don't understand how he had such a long line of cars for such an average dining experience. It's not like it was some kind of crazy bargain. Overall the best I can give is three stars. It's decent but not enough of it stuff was great. I would rate it as being overrated and overpriced. read more

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Let me start by saying I'm a regular here. I get take out every week or two from the drive through. The food is about as great as you will get for chain barbecue. The ribs are awesome. They are normally five stars for me. Today, I stopped by the drive through for my usual order of beef ribs to take home. The line seemed to move a bit slower than usual and I sat at the leaker for a good minute or two before the attendant acknowledged, then another wait until she took my order. In my case, I ordered the rib platter, and then said "cucumber salad for both sides, with a pint of macaroni and cheese". My order was read back as "cucumbers and cole slaw" for sides. I corrected the attendant and repeated the same order, and she sounded like she repeated my order back correctly this time but as I pulled forward the total she gave me sounded a bit light, and I suspected the order was not right. When I got to the window, as I handed my payment over, I commented that the order did not sound like it cost enough and I asked her one more time to confirm the order. It turns out she was saying "side" of Mac n Cheese instead of Pint, and had selected the half-pint instead. And the way she said "side" sounded like "Pint". Ok. This is still not the problem. Mistakes happen. Vehicles can be loud. Things can be hard to hear. The next thing out of her mouth is "I read the order back to you" and decided to blame me, the paying customer, for her lack of clarity. I made it clear I'd already had to repeat the order twice and she chose to walk away from the window with her hand up, dismissively. Not "I'm sorry, it's hard to hear" or "I'm sorry, let me fix that" but essentially "it's your fault" She came back, corrected the order, gave me my food and I'm guessing thanked me, it was kind of soft spoken, masks, etc. I said "good luck" because that's not how you handle mistakes, and if that's how you roll, yer gonna need some luck. If management sees this, know that I'm not looking for freebies or discounts. Just sharing feedback in a way that won't be ignored. I did not ask for a manager at that time nor did she choose to escalate me to a manager. read more

Pappas Bar-B-Q - ows a person holding a receipt - Barbeque Near Me - Humble, Texas

Been wanting to try these breakfast tacos since hearing about them. Finally. Better tacos than those other guys. It amazed me a BBQ joint had better tacos. My go to for breakfast tacos now! High priced brisket taco, but good value.(5.00 and some change). read more

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First let me say Papa's BBQ is usually decent But today's meal was absolutely the WORST BBQ from them and anybody else for that matter that I have ever had. We both order wet Brisket and it was so dry I thought I was eating sand and the same with my wife meal. We left 3/4of it on the table and didnt even bother to take it home. If I could of rated it a 0 star I would of. Its been this way for the last couple of times we have been there. We wont be going back again and its shame it it once was a really good place to eat read more

It's been awhile since I have to post a review and that's because I haven't had anything to complain about. My food has been perfect every time. But here we go with the shenanigans and this time Hilsa is the manager on duty. First thing the cashier was on her phone and there was no one at the ToGo counter then she finally asked me if I was placing an order. You have all these kids working and playing. If my order is right then I'm good but it's times like these. read more

Placed a simple order for the half rack of baby back ribs. Not only did it take them 35 minutes while getting other orders out. Once I received my order it was still incorrec. read more

Pappas Bar-B-Q - Barbeque Near Me - Humble, Texas

How do you run out of salsa when you serve breakfast tacos? I expected more from a restaurant charging these prices! Do better Pappas.

Great food. Theirs loaded baked potato with brisket is die for!!!! Great, delicious BBQ place to eat or take to go. read more

Papas barbecue is OK. Given how many outstanding barbecue places there are in this region, OK is quite acceptable. No, they won't be confused with any award winning barbecue cook off champions but the barbecue is real and genuine. The pit is visible for everyone to appreciate. It's slow cooked and fairly tasty. Yes it's always had a reputation as being somewhat expensive but quite frankly, ever since we returned from the pandemic shutdown, all restaurants are rather expensive. I called it the "pandemic premium" where restaurant prices seem to have risen around 20+ percent. Back to Papa's, the pork ribs are good and this is one of the few places you can actually get beef ribs. There are large and meaty. Like I said before the barbecue meat it's not bad. However my biggest problem with the size. The coleslaw has way too much mayo in it. The candid yams were darn right awful. They were undercooked and not very sweet. So if you're hungry, pressed for time and in the area and you want some decent Q feel free to go by Papa's. read more

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Ordered a chef salad and a beef brisket sandwich and waited 20minutes for it. Went inside considering it'd be faster. While waiting another gentleman was upset on his wait as well. Too expensive for the service offered. Also asked for bbq on my sandwich and they didn't add any. To top it off look at the meat on the chef salad read more

Pappas Bar-B-Q - Chef salad (3 meats) - Barbeque Near Me - Humble, Texas

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Picked up curbside yesterday I was not too pleased with my order. I ordered a chopped beef baked potato and it was super dry. My husband had the 2 meat 2 side combo. The brisket had none of that Smokey flavor the chicken looked as if it was microwaved. Save your money and get real bbq. Won't be coming here again read more

Great food, horrible service. Don't bother with the morning drive-through for breakfast tacos unless you can guide them step-by-step through in order. No napkins, no straws, no salsa, 20 minute wait in the line. I get that everybody is struggling for staff right now, but this is just the obvious stuff. You would think after having to ask for things multiple times, the drive-through staff would catch a hint. But I will say that the food is always fresh, hot, and excellent. Just wish they would train their staff a little read more

Large brisket dinner with two sides and a drink for $20. The brisket was smoked and tender. I preferred it without the bbq sauce. Side salad was pretty large and consisted of lettuce, cucumber, carrot, tomato, radish, bacon (optional), and onions. The roasted yams were my favorite. Everything else was pretty much average. read more

Pappas Bar-B-Q - BBQ sauces - Barbeque Near Me - Humble, Texas

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This location was very very good. I had the half rack of baby back ribs with cole slaw and the cucumbers with the onions for sides- amazing. was with a friend from out of state who wanted some texas barbecue and this was nearby. The location near my house I tried close to closing.......everything seemed not terribly fresh- but this location great. Only complaint they were out of alot of desserts at 6 on a wednesday. That was an issue at the other location too. read more

Visited last night. Extremely pricey for minimal portion- which were served at lukewarm temperatures. Ranch beans were nothing but the "soup" no beans in the bowl. Potato salad tasted like vinegar. Creamed corn out of a can with no seasoning and was cold. NO clean silverware! Asked for a real fork and employee said there were NONE clean. Manager thought more about replacing paper rolls in ticket machine's than in ringing us up. No offer of bread. Sauce bottles designed to be shared by multiple tables not wiped or clean. Pappas family has been doing this restaurant thing for too many years at too high a price point to Settle for subpar food. Won't be back. read more

I went to Pappas drive through and I got bad service. Believe me check your food before you leave that window because when you get home you will be disappointed. I ordered the 3 pork ribs plate, 1/2 chicken and sausage and 2 pork ribs and sausage. You trust them to give you there best product or food. But this is what I got. You tell me am I wrong for being mad. This is not the first time this has happened to me. I got catfished. read more

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This is my second time this has happened. Yesterday Mother's Day was busy. I ordered my food got home missing my bbq fries. Don't know how this restaurant operates. It was several workers doing one order it's a mix up waiting to happen. Need better organization on to go orders. read more

When I first got in here I was kind of unsure what I wanted so I asked if I can have chicken but only the dark meat the young man told me no I had to get the whole chicken that they no longer separate the white meat from the dark meat. Still I was rushed and just settled on the whole chicken the macaronis looks a little loose potato salad was the best and when placing your order in the line you got to know what you want because they will rush you in the line there should be two lines one if you're ready and one for if you're unsure Chicken appear to be not smoked all the way I showed this chicken to the manager he said this is how the chicken comes out and it is smoked all the way read more

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We tried this place for the first time and it was alright, food was bland and overpriced, and side orders are tiny. We won't be coming back.

Ordered a poor boy sandwich with loose cut beef got hamburger bun and leather the leather was the beef pasta salad taste like Floating noodles in water no seasoning no nothing got to do better you all are not cheap can't get a barbecue fix if the food is horrible. read more