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West Side Steak & BBQ

4.3 (161 reviews)
Open • 2:30 pm - 8:00 PM

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Had an amazing first time experience at West Side Steak & BBQ ! The owner, Elaine, was so kind and welcoming she made us feel like VIPs. Food: Everything was to die for. The wings are smoked then fried. We tried the hot/buffalo, sweet chili, and Cajun and everyone at the table had a favorite. The ribs were incredible - tender, fall off the bone, with a delicious homemade BBQ sauce. Pulled pork combo and brisket combo let us try a little bit of everything. We also had the chili, which was a huge portion and very flavorful. Elaine said summer is their busiest season and things can be slow in the winter. Let's support Elaine year round. She is a gem and the food is amazing! There's street parking and a good number of tables but take out is very popular too

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More like a 3.8 though but I'm mainly judging JUST the BBQ options. Lot's of options here. Taco's, Steaks, Burritos, but I went for just the good old BBQ stuff. First impressions; Tiny place in an alright part of town. Area is like the last part of Urban Worcester you see right before you get into the woods of Paxton or whatever town is right to the north west of the city. No parking, but you just gotta find a spot on the side of the street, we were lucky. Super friendly lady working there taking care of everything! it seemed like. BYOB apparently, beer store right next door but they do have a cooler with some water and teas and Jarritos soda. Ok! Got the "West Side Regular Combo" just a few ribs, 2 wings,2 mini pulled pork slider (but she calls it a sandwich), she was nice enough to give me 1 Brisket slider and 1 pork instead so I could try it. Ordered up the Sides! Beans, Coleslaw, Rice and Beans, and a Cornbread. They got French fries and Sweet Potato Fries, Baked Potato and veggies for other side options. Partner grabbed some Cajun chicken breast. First, RIBS! Ok to be honest, not that great. Thin, not a lot of meat, a lot of other stuff going on inside (bits of bone where they shouldn't be, broken bone, cartilage, tendons, that stuff) I know that should be expected, it is meat. Just too much of it. Tender enough to peel the meat away with a fork though. But flavor was so so. had to dip the meat in the extra sauce which I usually Hate doing but their sauce is quite good. Wings! These are whole fried wings, they make that "N" or "Z" shape. Didn't know they were going to be friend but whatever. Again not much meat, kinda tough, sauce becomes kinda obscure when there aint much to the wing, but it was fine I guess. Brisket was super tender and juicy, almost just the right feeling I want in my mouth for Brisket, can't say much about a flavor though unfortunately. Pulled pork was pretty good, slow cooked in some form of sauce, it's always hard to tell. It's the pulled pork you want on a sandwich though, not the pulled pork you'd want as a scoop of it on a platter. This was very soft and stringy and full of flavor. Not to mention the cute little buns these sandwiches are made with are very scrumptious. Perfect for this type of meat. Chicken breast with the Cajun seasoning ... alright, chicken was grilled and came out great, the Seasoning though! Almost straight up chili powder. I know there aint no official ruling on what Cajun spice really is or can be but this was like eating hot sauce after the first 2 bites. Quality of the chicken was good, seasoning looked amazing, if you love the hot stuff this should work for you. Sides! Baked Beans looked great, texture was Spot on, little chunks of brisket or pork or bacon or somethin, flavor left something to be desired a bit but overall they were good. Coleslaw was Yums! Mayo based, not always my fav, but had a distinctive pineapple taste to it and what I think were Carroway seeds that gave it a fun little zing to the after taste! Rice and Beans! I know it's probably the most simple thing to make in the world but where has it been my whole life. Rice and Red beans So good. Corn Bread tasted great, I want to say it was just from a store bought mix because of how sweet it is but I don't want to assume too much. Little tiny muffin cup sizes. Overall the place is a great lunch spot and I can see how locals would riot if it ever closed. But I'd keep trekin on if your looking for some top quality contenders for New England BBQ

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Hole in the wall BBQ place near WPI. The owner is quite nice. Ribs were good. Corn muffin's were to die for according to our kids. In general, the sides were very good.

Said this was nachos with cheese, me and everything it's straight up chili and cheese in a cup with some regulur ass crackers

gross they try to be Spanish, but they're not hitting at that point at all. Their food is sloppy, gross and mask served. Gross just like their tacos

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4 years ago

Hidden gem in Worcester!!' Generous portions that are delicious!!! The brisket , ribs and sides are standouts.

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Small hometown place with very friendly people! They make you feel like part of the family and the food is fantastic! Come hungry and BYOB!

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Terrific! Excellent brisket. Can't wait to go back to try more. Good prices and great meal.

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Damn ... this place got expensive! I went here several years ago and decided that I wanted to try…read moreit again. The prices had tripled. I am not blaming the restaurant because the world post-covid has gone absolutely insane from an inflation standpoint. With beef as their 'go to' and chicken no longer being a 'loss leader's (now costing what steak did two years ago, it's not the restaurant's fault. However, I nearly fell out of my chair when I learned the All You Can eat lunch price was nearly $50! For this type of 'cafeteria', a total shocker. The other (better) option is the pay per pound. $17 for salad bar and meat and $20 for just meat. I did the salad bar ... you'd be surprised how much two plantains and a slice of tomato weigh! Salad bar: The rice was very good. The plantains were perfect. The French fries were surprisingly good. They had all kinds of fresh vegetables, mayonaise-covered salads and a huge variety of items. I suppose it would be worth it to get this alone ... however this is where the heavy items that add weight to the price are. Meat station: The guy serving was nice enough but spoke maybe two words of English. I speak English, Spanish and French but no Portuguese ... so we had a difficult time when it came to relating how big a slice I wanted, or how many pieces. My guess is that he is hired more for his expertise running the grill than for serving. And he did a great job as the meat was cooked perfectly. Bacon wrapped chicken ... The only disappointment of the meal. The chicken (and bacon) was dry. It really didn't taste like bacon and the only reason I finished my piece was because I had paid for it. Flank steak ... So good! The outside had a nice char with a salty, almost crunchy texture while the inside was juicy and flavorful. This was my favourite item and I actually went back to get a second plate, despite how filling it is. Garlic steak ... Incredibly salty. A little goes a long way. I didn't get any garlic taste ... it was mostly just salt. I liked it but would choose the flank steak (which is also salty) over this as the marinade made it a little drier. Pork sausage ... Very nice. I didn't notice a huge difference between the spicy and non-spicy but it was cooked really well and it was flavorful. Pineapple ... Okay, this is a must get! This was oddly my favorite part of the meal. I have never had pineapple this good. It is done on the grill with the entire pineapple and they slice pieces off. It is covered in a brown butter sauce that is so flavourful, it is certainly one of the best pineapple dishes I've ever eaten. Because there was a line and the pieces of paper with the meat choices are mostly in Portuguese, I didn't get to try all I'd have liked to ask ordering felt rushed with the line waiting behind me. The all-you-can eat will likely give you the opportunity to try a little of everything. Overall, the better value seems doing the pay by weight and going back for seconds if you are hungry. My first plate was some salad bar stuff (tomato slice, cucumber, plantains, yellow rice and a few french fries) plus a strip of flank steak, bacon wrapped chicken and a pork sausage. That was $17 and I could have stopped there. My second plate was two strips of flank steak, a strip of garlic steak, a piece of pineapple and two plantains from the salad bar. This one was $12. My total with a $2.25 lemon aid (terrible and flavorless from a jug) and a tip was around $35. Expensive for lunch ... but I probably didn't need as much steak on round 2 as I left feeling stuffed. Everything was tasty and while the atmosphere feels more like a cafeteria in a Caribbean country ... and the seating arrangement makes you snake through tables to get to the salad bar or meat station, everything seemed spotlessly clean. I will certainly return again, despite a fairly high lunch price. If there is one tip I can give you ... don't skip the pineapple from the meat station.

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3.3(24 reviews)
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Yeah, I wrote my first review of this place almost exactly two years ago and I was just starting…read moreout my BBQ Reviews. Since then I've been to over a hundred other places. I regret giving them 5 stars based off of the Ribs from that day and nothing else. I guess they have a second truck in Florida during the winter? Maybe they just take to truck to Florida for that season but it's a bit annoying because they keep saying where they are going to be but not what state. Anyways ... Still no regular brisket, just the sandwich. Now they have Egg Rolls ... yippee. I've come to a determining factor when it comes to the quality of BBQ spots. Unless they are known for them, if a menu has Egg Rolls or Loaded Mac and Cheese options ... it's probably bad. Need to spend a bit more time making your Mac and Cheese GOOD before throwing a bunch of bbq sauce and meat on it to make it look like it's good. And Egg Rolls are just ... no. Focus on the quality of the meat right out of the smoker, not all this dumb "how can we make it seem like fair food that dumb people will buy anyway". So Ribs were dry, not pre-cut like they were before, extra hard bark, Slathered in sauce to the point I was carrying a styrofoam carton of sauce with some ribs for garnish. Didn't even get a plastic knife to cut through them which wouldn't have worked anyway. Clearly these were cooked days ago and just reheated. And I was the first customer of the day. And they opened up 30 minutes late. Mac and cheese was extremely flavorless. That means it has so much NONE flavor to it that it sucks any flavor out of your mouth so you can't taste Anything. Just a White cheese sauce that should win a prize for least flavored food ever ... water has more taste than this. Coleslaw was too old, cabbage wasn't crispy anymore, drowning in mayo. Only reason I was eating it was because I needed to get the taste out of my mouth from the dry ribs. Oh and they had "on special" Fried Cornbread Bites ... Which is translated into Literal Language as "We have some old corn bread so well slice it up, butter it, and throw it in the frier for a few and charge more for it and call it a special" ... This is not quality BBQ. And they have 2 sauce options. Sweet and Hickory ... why they slathered my ribs in Sweet is beyond me. Doesn't matter anyway, they don't make either one of them. All these other 5 star reviews, especially the ones saying they've had BBQ in North Carolina and Tennessee and all that, If you don't eat BBQ like crazy then I guess you'll think it's great. Not every BBQ joint in the BBQ Belt is automatically some of the BEST BBQ on the planet. A LOT of them REALLY SUCK! But if your standards are chill then I guess you'll be okay with this place but personally I feel like you are getting scammed. Days old Ribs, Flavorless Mac and Cheese, Whole menu section dedicated to "Loaded" mac and Cheese to make it taste like something, Menu section dedicated to Egg Rolls to make it taste like something, Old Slaw, Brisket Sandwich but no Brisket plain, pictures posted of the same items aren't matching up, "Fried Cornbread" which is old cornbread but costs 3 times as much. Sorry, it's just not cutting it for me.

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3.3(21 reviews)
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I was under the impression it'll be glazed style chicken like Bon Chon or bbq Chicken. I don't see…read moreanything Korean as they claim about the chicken. Either way, really solid fried chicken. Levels above Popeyes and KFC. Right to the stars now, drumsticks--spicy or regular. Can't go wrong with either or. Chicken is so deep fried. Really solid fried chicken here. They also got seasoning by the door with some fermented spices or spicy in general. Definitely worth trying if you need a bit more heat and extra flavoring. Also had wings--a bit too skinny imo. My preference here is drumsticks. Chicken nuggets- needs improvement Spicy Chicken wrap - needs improvement Popcorn chicken- very tender--definitely worth trying Grease- plenty of it Overall, their online ordering is seamless (accepts major cc and Apple Pay), and restaurant has good seating-- your general fast food style restaurant. Location is in downtown with very limited parking. Plan ahead if you're stopping in. Cheers.

So I've been driving past this place for a very long time and they finally opened up…read more they've only been open for roughly about 5 months, the chicken is absolutely fantastic I ordered the spicy but it really wasn't as spicy as I would like it but still really good very nice place but I will say if you're coming here parking is going to be a challenge cuz there is next to zero parking anywhere if you're driving It took me 30 minutes just to find parking

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West Side Steak & BBQ - bbq - Updated May 2026

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