Roadside Barbeque
Tallahassee, FL
The worst Sliced Brisket I have ever been served.
WOW... This place let me down for lunch. I wanted some good barbeque for lunch, so I decided to try Roadside Barbeque recommended by a few coworkers. Roadside Barbeque operates in a parking lot on Orange Ave in Tallahassee, Florida cooking on location on a large charcoal pit and serving food from a small trailer.
My first impression when I pulled up was "this is going to be good" judging by the number of customers outside waiting for their orders and by the smell of the smoke coming from the pit. The time to place my order was 10 minutes. I had to wait an additional 15 - 20 minutes for my order to be ready. There were about 4 people inside the trailer, but there seemed to be no sense of urgency in serving the customers. The order taker, who was very friendly, polite and thanked each guest, was also the same person handing out the complete orders, which is ok, but she was sitting the entire time creating the impression that she was not in hurry. The cook manning the pit was working extremely hard.
I ordered brisket dinner with two sides; I chose the baked beans, and the macaroni and cheese served with two slices of bread for $25.00 (ouch). I asked for the barbecue sauce to be placed on the side, but the order taker stated they were out of containers to the sauce in. The dinner had 4 slices of thick cut brisket which was mostly fatty, extremely dry, tough, and had NO flavor except for the excessive amount of sauce sitting on top of two slices of white bread. I'm assuming the extra sauce on the meat was an attempt to cover up the dryness of the meat and to add flavor. To sum it up, two slices of brisket were nothing but fat making them uneatable, and two slices of brisket were dry as if they had been sitting for an extended period resulting in the brisket not being enjoyable. The macaroni and cheese were dry, flavorless, and not cheesy. The baked beans tasted like bean poured right out ot the can with a touch of sugar for sweetness added.
I don't mind spending my money supporting small minority businesses, but for $25.00 I expected a better and higher quality meal. I did not go back to ask for a refund, and I will take this one as a meal loss. I may even return in the future to give them another try and maybe try something different from the menu.
I normally dine at the chain barbeque restaurants like Sonny's Barbecue, etc. because they normally have a refund or product replacement policy the quality or taste of the food is not up to standards. read more