Despite the reviews, I was hungry and visiting my family who live less than 5 minutes away from the restaurant. I like barbecue and I decided to give Rock Sore Bar-B-Q a try. Well....I am disappointed. The food is lackluster - no flavor in the chopped chicken or pulled pork, the hush puppies were overcooked, the banana pudding was not good, and the sauces in the bottles at the table added ZERO flavor to the meat. The barbecue beans were dry and flavorless, and the potato wedges were like warm. Everything was so deficient in flavor that I am concerned if anyone understands barbecue. My wife enjoyed the wings, and that is why this rating is 3 stars. I was so disappointed in my meal that I didn't try her wings. The interior was clean and orderly, and the workers were generally friendly. The food came up quickly, but everything was lukewarm. I am hopeful I caught the Rock Store on a bad day. I will try them again, for the wings, on a future visit to Waxhaw, NC. read more

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Food is gross!! The ladies are so nice but the food is absolutely awful. Temps of the meat are room temperature. Zero flavor, buns cheapest you can find. I would imagine they basically crockpot the pork sandwich in water with zero seasoning. The sauces are so watered down it's not even a sauce and provides basically a soggy sandwich with zero added flavor. Sweet tea is extremely light. They even cheap'ed out on the amount of tea bags because it's glorified water with a hint of tea and a tiny sweet. It tastes like fake sugar as well. Messing up southern sweet tea in the south is a solid sin! Slaw lacks sauce and is dry. The banana pudding is gross. Cheap vanilla instant pudding and some wafers on top that are soggy and stale for sure. It tastes several days old. Zero bananas and zero banana flavoring. It tastes like cheap Walmart brand instant vanilla pudding on the day it needs to be thrown away! After a few more tastes I realize the texture is off. It tastes like the milk in the mix is curdled- gross as it gets. She passed it onto her boss. She said it's supposed to have actual bananas in it; zero bananas. Soooooo bad. read more

Rock Store Bar-B-Q - See how terribly watery it is? - Barbeque Near Me - Waxhaw, North Carolina

They r super polite people And They make it right !!!!I am a twice or Better a week Customer ! Rubs r my thing read more

1 star is generous! The food is the worse tasting food I have ever had. The meat was dry, the sauces were watered down, the bread so bland, the chicken was gross and the Mac and cheese and cole slaw went to the trash after the initial tasting. The small amount of meat we ate was out of hunger but honestly this is the #1 worst place to eat I have visited world wide! read more

Dang Rock store barbecue... you're a rock star ! The place is small but it's huge on flavor ! I tried the BBQ beef sandwich and seriously I considered the fact that I wish I could eat more ! It was the bomb dot com ! Really really really ( 3 reallys ) good. The hubs had the banana pudding and he went back for seconds. It was 100 degrees outside and we were both sweltering hot but this joint was cool. The seats were worn but no doubt they've been weathering the crowds that come here. The place was steady busy and it had only a handful of inside seating due to Covid but it will definitely be in my places to stop for BEEF BBQ. Two thumbs way up read more

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Good barbecue. I've had their brisket and pulled pork. Both had very good flavor. Sides are good as well. Reasonably priced. Service is always good there. read more

Awesome wings and potato wedges!! going to be taking out dinner from there often! very friendly employees

The employees here are friendly and we had no issues with them. If I could rate customer service separately I'd give them a solid 4. Onto the food, we had a family deal and chose chicken, baked beans, mac n cheese, and potato wedges. We also ordered a small potato salad to taste and a cucumber onion salad. Chicken: okay, no flavor so it must have sauce Beans: out of a can Mac n cheese: frozen food Wedges: good and seasoned well Potato Salad: weird, not good Cucumber Onion salad: ok, mostly vinegar juice with about 4 cucumbers and 2 slices of onion Overall, we wouldnt visit again but if you're not expecting more than frozen food quality you'd probably be happy. read more

Maybe it was an off day but the pulled pork and brisket sandwiches were just ok. I was really expecting more from the brisket and looking forward to that slab sandwich. Unfortunately, they pulled the brisket as well - I couldn't tell the difference between the pork and brisket just by looking at it. The hush puppies were better but over done on the outside. There wings are big and smothered in sauce - those were the highlight of the meal. read more

Rock Store Bar-B-Q - Hush puppies - Barbeque Near Me - Waxhaw, North Carolina

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We had the barbecue pulled pork sandwiches. Less meat in the sandwich than I expected. But we enjoyed them. The potato wedges were good too. Easy in and out! read more

Possibly the worst bbq in the south. No smoke flavor. Completely bland rub. Had pulled pork and ribs. Also tasted like boiled meat. Wings were fried restaurant depot wings. Completely unacceptable for Charlotte. read more

This is the 1st and last time we eat here. We had the brisket family meal it was so greasy and without any flavor. The mac and cheese tasted like it was store-bought. We also had Brunswick stew it did not resemble a true Brunswick stew in any way, shape, or form and no taste. The coleslaw was horrific. The best part of the meal was the hush puppies they were awesome read more

Great BBQ. The offer a pulled pork sandwich with one side and a drink for $9. The bbq is amazing. All that for $9. Most people walk or drive past this place. It across from the Walmart grocery store read more

Chicken sand which had a strong flavor that masked over the sauce. Only thing good was their fries. Macaroni is average and coleslaw was p good but the sand which was pretty awful read more

The 5lbs if pulled pork we got from my check in yesterday was ok. Wasn't moist and they need to understand that "pulled Pork" doesn't mean big chunks read more

Rock Store Bar-B-Q - Getting some Chopped Pork To-Go - Barbeque Near Me - Waxhaw, North Carolina

Stopped in for a quick bite and got a pulled pork sandwich with green beans, absolutely delicious! Perfect comfort food with amazing sauces! Definitely recommend. Can't wait to explore their menu some more! read more

Chicken wings are good. Large size wings and drums fried to perfection. Mac and cheese good. My kids loved it. Pork bbq was also good

BUYER BEWARE Ordered 2 pounds of the beef total cost was $28.00. When I asked the guy to weigh it he blew me off and started telling me he was going to add extra BBQ sauce to my purchase. Unfortunately, I didn't persist. When I got home, I weighed it (see pic below) it came out to 1 pd 15 oz. I should have done a better job as a consumer and demanded them weigh it in front of me, because $28 is a lot of my hard earned money. read more

Rock Store Bar-B-Q - ows a portion of beef being weighed on a scale - Barbeque Near Me - Waxhaw, North Carolina

Best home-styled good cooking in town, at a price that can't be beat. Thanks so much for always such great employees

Someone in the parking lot told us how great the barbecue was and that they had brisket. So being from Texas we went in for brisket. We ordered 2 beef brisket plates. Definitely was not beef! This was pulled pork all day long. Did not look or taste at all like beef. Tasted exactly like pulled pork. The lady insisted it was beef. We were charged for 3 plates instead of 2. She cancelled the whole charge and wanted us to repay. And was very rude that we did not trust her and wanted to verify that our credit card showed the payment was cancelled. She said she's just use to people trusting her. She also said read more

Not the best, and not the worst. Bbq Is a little dry for my taste, but sides are decent and price is right! Potato wedges are pretty good! So is the brunswick!If you wanna cheap lunch and don't wanna drive super far for bbq try here! FYI JB's in Waxhaw is worth a try if this place isn't your cup of tea! read more

Food is great, but the service gets them only 3 stars. Don't ask a question, if you don't want attitude. More personality from a robot. Good portion of pulled pork and beans, not much slaw though. Sauces are good. read more

First time trying this place and was highly disappointed. If you are going to put the word barbecue outside your place please make sure good....boiled ribs flavorless, not even salt, boxed mac n cheese flavorless as well, the best thing there was the cheerwine, I couldn't stand to stomach another bite after the first two, a void the bbq here. BBQ?? try bbQUIT read more

Good bbq, but on more than 1 occasion they were out of ribs, today, no ribs and no hot sides... ;( done rolling the dice, otherwise BBQ stores around that always have food.... read more

Perfect BBQ. Perfect red slaw. Perfect cornbread. I loved this place, and look forward to returning! Not to mention, the delightful smell of good Q pleasantly greets you when you walk in the door. The downhome of it all was a treat. read more

Rock Store Bar-B-Q - Loved the sweet! Tangy was second fav. - Barbeque Near Me - Waxhaw, North Carolina

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Excellent every time. Love the pulled chicken and the baked beans. 18 bucks for 2 platters, not bad!

Pork plate is fantastic! Get the hush puppies along with red slaw and cucumber salad. Super delish and reasonable priced!

Don't know what some of the reviewers experienced, but I have personally been here dozens of times and love it every single time. I always get the pulled pork family meal, and have not ever been disappointed. read more

I drive by this place daily and after a year still have not stopped to give it a try until today. I tried both the pork and the brisket sandwiches with hush puppies. Neither was terrible but I was very underwhelmed. Both sandwiches were dry and the brisket was very tough like it had been sitting there all day drying out and getting hard. Sauces were also mediocre. Hush puppies were also dry. read more

Above all else, the two times I have been through the drive through the staff have been rude. It is as if I am inconveniencing them for giving them my business when there are several other BBQ joints I can go to. Even if their food was amazing, the customer service ruined it. The first visit I ordered a late lunch, it was dead in the place. I hit the drive-thru to order and the guy working the window seems annoyed first that I simply exist, then even more so that I don't know what kinds of sauce they have when he asks (its not on the menu). He hands me the order and I start to drive away, I first open the box to grab a hushpuppy and see what looks to be chopped pork. I've eaten my share of BBQ in my 31 years and know that Beef Brisket is something that should be a single piece of meat that is sliced...unless otherwise stated on the menu or by the waiter/waitress. I back up to the window (again, its dead, no one around), and the guy (even MORE annoyed) opens the window and asks "What did you need?" I tell him I ordered Brisket and this looks like chopped pork. He looks at me like I'm insane and says "Thats beef." I assume I missed seeing on the menu that it was chopped and just say "Okay" and head home. (Chopped brisket makes me think that its possibly a lesser cut of meat so they chop it so you can't tell, or that its not cooked as a proper brisket should so they chop it and add sauce to try to improve the dry meat). The brisket was alright, a little dry, the sauce helped. The sides (mac and cheese and cucumber salad) were good, as were the hush puppies. The customer service made me not want to go back. About 3-4 months later my wife is craving BBQ so I decide to give them a second chance. I pull to the drive-thru and sit for a little bit (where I notice the menu there says nothing about the brisket being chopped). Finally a woman opens the window and leans forward and stares at me as I say "Hey, how are you?"......(awkward pause before she responds)......she says "What can I get you?", so I order since she is all about that business. I place my order, including an extra order of hushpuppies, she replies to me as if I am an idiot and tells me the plates come with hushpuppies. I inform her that I know they come with it, but I want more (because they were the highlight of my previous visit). She then asks what sauces I want, so I ask what kind they have (I can't remember from my last visit, and it is still not on the menu outside) she lists them off very quickly. I say "I want the mustard sauce aaaaaand..." she quickly interrupts reminding me what the other two sauces were, very annoyed with my delay. I tell her the second sauce and without a word she closes the window and walks away. She comes back and tells me the price so I hand her my card, again without a word she walks away. She brings the card and food and with a "Here you go." passes it to me and closes the window. The Pork was dry, sides (again) were good...but the highlight of my last trip, the hushpuppies, were cold, dry, and stale...they were even worse than the BBQ. The highlight this trip was the banana pudding, it was good. You can get better BBQ and just as good of sides elsewhere, but even if the food was incredible - with customer service like that why would you want to go there? Looking forward to checking out JB's but even more excited that JoJo's is coming to Waxhaw. read more

PERFECT! While adjusting from withdrawal from several types of cuisine after 2 years in the Bay Area, (but after spending most of our lives on this side of the Mississippi), we were optimistic that we could find great BBQ in NC. We did. As other reviewers have indicated, the pulled pork may seem a tad dry out of the cup - FOR SOME- it's MORE than made up for by the high quality of the super-tender meat and, once you add one of their SUBLIME sauces, that no longer matters. Ribs are fall-off-the-bone wonderful. They would be great dry - but add their rib sauce...:) Coleslaw and banana pudding are great sides. Sweet hushpuppies couldn't be better. As is often the case with great homestyle food, the storefront may be offputting. Hope that keeps it from becoming too popular. We want to savor the quick turnaround at a new favorite. Did I mention the GREAT service... read more

Awful! I stopped by to order 3 hot wing combos, 1 with potato wedges and 2 with cucumber and onion salad with 3 sweet teas without ice. I get home and had 3 bbq sandwiches, 2 potato wedges, and 1 cucumber and onion salad and 3 sweet teas. I called them immediately and told them what happened and that I was already at home, but that I would come back out to get what I asked for. It was the same young lady who waited on me who answered the phone and apologized. When I get back there, a young man tells me that I ordered sandwiches. He wanted the sandwiches back, but I had not brought them with me when I returned. The young lady took my order down completely wrong and I was told that I would have to pay again to get my order. I gave them another chance after some time because they were ALWAYS out of wings. That was my last time. It is poor customer service when you are being accused of ordering something that you did not order. I can't make this stuff up. Customer service goes a long way. read more