Overall great BBQ place. I’m an avid smoked beef rib and brisket connoisseur and have tried plenty of places across the country. This was easily the best bbq in the Bay Area that I’ve tried. Both the dyno ribs and brisket were great. If you’re looking for Texas styled smoked bbq in the bay, THIS is it!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Paul Nguyen (Dukie Travels)
I drive 30 mins just to have BBQ here. It's really good and the best bang for your buck when it comes to quality & cost.
First time getting the chicken kids meal. Included smoked chicken, Mac & cheese, corn bread & bottle of juice. it's a lot of food for such a small cost about $7, for perspective about the price of a happy meal but with way better ingredients. Also surprised it was a full bottle of juice. I was expecting small carton box juice.
I had the brisket bacon hash which was really tasty. From paying for my meal and getting it to my table was less than 10 minutes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cayla Li
Their menu is confusing…they only do half pound or 1 pound, no quarter. Their brisket takes super dry and doesn’t look like slow cooked. You can see how dry they are from the pictures. Mac and Cheese also not creamy and tastes not good. The only thing that I like is the cornbread. Not recommended.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Alvin Feng
Came at 1pm on Sunday and they only had brisket and pulled pork. Waited 40 minutes for our food despite asking the staff twice about it and saw later customers get their same orders first.
You'd think with such poor service the food must be good, but the brisket was the driest and most bland I've ever had. You can see in the picture how dry it is.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kyle Hernandez
Discovered this place just walking by, was actually heading to the Mexican food place next-door but thought I would give it a try, pretty dang good, my only complaint is they cut the brisket with the grain rather than against, I took it home and cut the brisket properly, against the grain, and it was good!
jerrod sellers
Neighborhood BBQ and beer on tap, always a treat
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lynn Eglan
It was our first time here. We mainly came to try the beef dino rib. This place was busy for a late Sunday morning. I really wanted to try the breakfast items but had to stick to the plan lol. The person who helped me was super nice and friendly. He was recommending one of the breakfast items and told me it was guaranteed to put me in a food coma. I told him I'll try it next time. While I was waiting, the place itself was pretty big on the inside. Parking is a little tough. My husband had to look for parking while I went in to place my to go order. The dino rib was delicious and tender. Mac n cheese and potato salad were solid side items. The lady who gave me my order was eh. I kept asking to make sure I had bbq sauce. She was like yes, even the person helping me asked. I walked out one of the bbq sauce fell out. I got home, and all we had was one small container of bbq sauce. That was annoying. I had 2 dino ribs and all she gave me was 2 mini sauce containers. Luckily, the beef rib didn't need it but come on.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Dennis Cardoso
We did the family prime brisket with several 16 ounce sides. The brisket is juicy, full of flavor and an excellent smokiness to it. The sides were all straightforward bbq sides and good. They offer three kinds of sauces which included a Carolina mustard sauce, a sweet tomato based sauce and a spicy tomato based sauce. It's a casual and simple set up with a few tables inside and three patio style round tables outside on the sidewalk. They offer a few good beers, sodas, water and lemonades.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rocky Quat
One day I was craving bbq and I haven’t had any good ones so I never really bothered trying to find it. However today I was close to settling for famous Dave’s but I decided to look it up to see if there was anything new. I happened to find two near work. Jon Jon’s and mesquite & oak. Since the combo for Jon Jon’s don’t let you substitute out the sides I went here instead. The place is nice and clean and everyone there was nice. They seen me looking at the togo bbq sauce and asked if I wanted to try different ones. I got the brisket, pork ribs, and Dino beef rib because that’s the first time seeing it at a bbq joint. The brisket was good and the Dino rib was huge and juicy. The pork ribs was okay to me but that’s just me because my coworker liked it. The Mac and cheese side was really good and the corn bread had real corn in it! I forgot my sauce and the cook ran out to hand it to me. Good customer service.
Average but okay. I felt very comfortable throughout.
John parkerband
Great energy and friendly faces.
Eidmone Tagaca
4.1/5 for the price its hard to beat. I got the brisket sandwich and it could have been juicier and more flavorful but the coleslaw was great. Service was really nice though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
P C H
2025 update: In the area again and decided to see if things were better….again, the food is delicious, but our call in order was all packed up when we got there 👍 but there was no bbq sauces or butter for the cornbread included or offered. The jalapeño poppers were packed into a plastic deli container and were soggy from the heat. We ordered the house pickles at $5 for an 8oz (1cup) portion and received a container of the sliced dill pickles that come in a gallon jar at the mega club…..clearly not house pickles like they used to have that were worth $5. 😖😢 The sandwich bread also seems different. We appreciate the reusable deli containers tho as we do reuse them many times 👍
(2022)Probably our 20th time here. Not the first so-so experience, but very disappointed this time. Bread on sandwich burnt with less meat than usual. Asked for two tacos with the tortilla on the side but got every item individually packaged, even though they asked twice and we clarified…make the taco without the tortilla under it….then put the tortilla on the side. Either way, less meat than the same order last week. Out of the jalapeño poppers, which was sad, but they are often out of at least one thing we order, so not a surprise. Terrible cafeteria dispenser napkins with BBQ? Awful. We make special long drives to come here and I believe this will be our last……even though the food is very tasty. 😢
Food: 4
American Angler
When he said we'd meet up at Mesquite and Oak, I naturally thought it was an intersection, but my GPS wasn't having anything to do with it and when I googled it up pops the BBQ restaurant! I was taken aback by the wonderful aromas that permeated the entire place. I sampled many of the meats and was flabbergasted by the presentation and flavors. 5 stars ☆☆☆☆☆ and worthy of a 2 hour drive! No shit!
My favorite place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Overall great BBQ place. I’m an avid smoked beef rib and brisket connoisseur and have tried plenty of places across the country. This was easily the best bbq in the Bay Area that I’ve tried. Both the dyno ribs and brisket were great. If you’re looking for Texas styled smoked bbq in the bay, THIS is it!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
I drive 30 mins just to have BBQ here. It's really good and the best bang for your buck when it comes to quality & cost.
First time getting the chicken kids meal. Included smoked chicken, Mac & cheese, corn bread & bottle of juice. it's a lot of food for such a small cost about $7, for perspective about the price of a happy meal but with way better ingredients. Also surprised it was a full bottle of juice. I was expecting small carton box juice.
I had the brisket bacon hash which was really tasty. From paying for my meal and getting it to my table was less than 10 minutes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Their menu is confusing…they only do half pound or 1 pound, no quarter. Their brisket takes super dry and doesn’t look like slow cooked. You can see how dry they are from the pictures. Mac and Cheese also not creamy and tastes not good. The only thing that I like is the cornbread. Not recommended.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Came at 1pm on Sunday and they only had brisket and pulled pork. Waited 40 minutes for our food despite asking the staff twice about it and saw later customers get their same orders first.
You'd think with such poor service the food must be good, but the brisket was the driest and most bland I've ever had. You can see in the picture how dry it is.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Discovered this place just walking by, was actually heading to the Mexican food place next-door but thought I would give it a try, pretty dang good, my only complaint is they cut the brisket with the grain rather than against, I took it home and cut the brisket properly, against the grain, and it was good!
Neighborhood BBQ and beer on tap, always a treat
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
It was our first time here. We mainly came to try the beef dino rib. This place was busy for a late Sunday morning. I really wanted to try the breakfast items but had to stick to the plan lol.
The person who helped me was super nice and friendly. He was recommending one of the breakfast items and told me it was guaranteed to put me in a food coma. I told him I'll try it next time.
While I was waiting, the place itself was pretty big on the inside. Parking is a little tough. My husband had to look for parking while I went in to place my to go order.
The dino rib was delicious and tender. Mac n cheese and potato salad were solid side items. The lady who gave me my order was eh. I kept asking to make sure I had bbq sauce. She was like yes, even the person helping me asked. I walked out one of the bbq sauce fell out. I got home, and all we had was one small container of bbq sauce. That was annoying. I had 2 dino ribs and all she gave me was 2 mini sauce containers. Luckily, the beef rib didn't need it but come on.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
We did the family prime brisket with several 16 ounce sides. The brisket is juicy, full of flavor and an excellent smokiness to it. The sides were all straightforward bbq sides and good. They offer three kinds of sauces which included a Carolina mustard sauce, a sweet tomato based sauce and a spicy tomato based sauce. It's a casual and simple set up with a few tables inside and three patio style round tables outside on the sidewalk. They offer a few good beers, sodas, water and lemonades.
Food: 5
Service: 5
One day I was craving bbq and I haven’t had any good ones so I never really bothered trying to find it. However today I was close to settling for famous Dave’s but I decided to look it up to see if there was anything new. I happened to find two near work. Jon Jon’s and mesquite & oak. Since the combo for Jon Jon’s don’t let you substitute out the sides I went here instead. The place is nice and clean and everyone there was nice. They seen me looking at the togo bbq sauce and asked if I wanted to try different ones. I got the brisket, pork ribs, and Dino beef rib because that’s the first time seeing it at a bbq joint. The brisket was good and the Dino rib was huge and juicy. The pork ribs was okay to me but that’s just me because my coworker liked it. The Mac and cheese side was really good and the corn bread had real corn in it! I forgot my sauce and the cook ran out to hand it to me. Good customer service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Average but okay. I felt very comfortable throughout.
Great energy and friendly faces.
4.1/5 for the price its hard to beat. I got the brisket sandwich and it could have been juicier and more flavorful but the coleslaw was great. Service was really nice though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
2025 update: In the area again and decided to see if things were better….again, the food is delicious, but our call in order was all packed up when we got there 👍 but there was no bbq sauces or butter for the cornbread included or offered. The jalapeño poppers were packed into a plastic deli container and were soggy from the heat. We ordered the house pickles at $5 for an 8oz (1cup) portion and received a container of the sliced dill pickles that come in a gallon jar at the mega club…..clearly not house pickles like they used to have that were worth $5. 😖😢 The sandwich bread also seems different. We appreciate the reusable deli containers tho as we do reuse them many times 👍
(2022)Probably our 20th time here. Not the first so-so experience, but very disappointed this time. Bread on sandwich burnt with less meat than usual. Asked for two tacos with the tortilla on the side but got every item individually packaged, even though they asked twice and we clarified…make the taco without the tortilla under it….then put the tortilla on the side. Either way, less meat than the same order last week. Out of the jalapeño poppers, which was sad, but they are often out of at least one thing we order, so not a surprise. Terrible cafeteria dispenser napkins with BBQ? Awful. We make special long drives to come here and I believe this will be our last……even though the food is very tasty. 😢
Food: 4
When he said we'd meet up at Mesquite and Oak, I naturally thought it was an intersection, but my GPS wasn't having anything to do with it and when I googled it up pops the BBQ restaurant! I was taken aback by the wonderful aromas that permeated the entire place. I sampled many of the meats and was flabbergasted by the presentation and flavors. 5 stars ☆☆☆☆☆ and worthy of a 2 hour drive! No shit!
Food: 5
Service: 5
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