989 BBQ

I can’t review the food because we never got it. We ordered food and after well over an hour and half our non existent server told us that our “ticket was lost”. What was the most astonishing thing about the experience is that a manager did not come out to talk to us or to apologize or even attempt to make the situation right no one even acknowledged the mistake! We were not offered any solution so we just ended up leaving. I can’t imagine as a manager not apologizing to a costumer in this situation. I don’t know if that is stupidity or plainly not caring about your costumer? It is safe to safe we will not be back.

We had the lemon pepper whitefish last night and it was outstanding! Being pescatarians, there’s not many places we can go and get beautifully prepared fresh fish on Friday and healthy fresh sides yet Rays pulls through all the time. Top that off with an amazing Cedars for The AuSable beer now on tap & wow. The vibe in there is always chill -perched right there on the side of the river and Justin runs a relaxed and efficient crew. We always feel at home and like family. It means a lot. Lastly, having great blues music in the background makes the ambience even better. Please know how much you are appreciated and respected for all you do! 

I was having a hard time figuring out what I wanted. We were trying to get a mix of things ribs and brisket. but they didn’t have a combo for it so I was trying to figure out how to order in a way to get both now I was confused and not sure what I wanted so I was kinda all over the place. You know how it is to not know what you wanna do with a waitress waiting at ur table.the panic . The waitress was NOT HAVING IT. She looked really irritated and fed up with us. I was not trying to be difficult and was polite and apologetic. Still. We decided to get the sympathy for the devils eggs. To start while we figured out what we were gonna do .Which is like bacon jam and green onion. They laid them mfs on a quarter inch bed of salt. Now I’ve worked in food service. I know what you do with a customer you don’t like. I did nothing to warrant that. I was polite and courteous but the waitress just didn’t like us for some reason or was having a really bad and decided to have someone take it out on us. Never seen a restaurant lay anything on bed of salt for anything taste or presentation wise. It was purely to get back at us for simply nothing at all. So that was the first big thing. I kept it to myself not wanting to start anything or be that customer at the restaurant. We figure out what we wanted: half spare ribs with garlic potato’s, potato salad. It comes with cornbread. A pound of brisket(pulled) A bowl of lobster mac and cheese. The only thing what was good was the garlic potato’s and the lobster mac. Potato’s were perfect and garlicky. They were great. Brisket was tasteless and dry, ribs had a nice bark but the bark didn’t taste like anything and they were dry. The potato salad offends real potato salad because calling it potato salad is an absolute joke. Cornbread was tasteless, dry, and purely disappointing. Don’t even get me started with the sauces. The regular bbq was mid. The spicy one was ok. The honey mustard sucked and their 4th sauce get this….its ketchup. This place is nice on the inside and nice in the outside but the food. The sauces. And the service was some of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen. Won’t ever stop here again and I don’t recommend it. Save yourself the 80 dollars and the time and go stop across the street at spikes and get yourself some real food

Very undercooked chicken.

I just seen the leanest piece of prime rib that i have ever seen

Best Brisket I’ve had in a long time . The corn muffin and buttercup squash is hard to beat . We will be back!

If you haven't been there, you are missing great food, drink and staff. Highly recommend them. Did I mention the food is great

The best ribs I've had in a long time! Husbands chicken was good, not all dried out. Ashley was an awesome server, and Peter Fetters was a joy to listen to. We will be back!

Went to the location outside the brewery. I had the brisket nachos and a pulled pork Mac and cheese. I didn’t feel like the ingredients were high quality. I wasn’t a fan of the tortilla chips, the queso cheese sauce wasn’t homemade (more like ball game queso), and rice doesn’t go on nachos (imo). The brisket on the nachos was nice and tender. 20$ for the nachos. The Mac and cheese was saucy and cheesy so it was quite good. However, I’m never a fan of bbq places pre-mixing their pork with bbq sauce before serving. A good smoked pulled pork should be served with sides of bbq to top with. It’s nice to have a bbq place outside the brewery for a quick bite, but there are probably better places to get bbq in town.

Went to the location outside the brewery. I had the brisket nachos and a pulled pork Mac and cheese. I didn’t feel like the ingredients were high quality. I wasn’t a fan of the tortilla chips, the queso cheese sauce wasn’t homemade (more like ball game queso), and rice doesn’t go on nachos (imo). The brisket on the nachos was nice and tender. 20$ for the nachos. The Mac and cheese was saucy and cheesy so it was quite good. However, I’m never a fan of bbq places pre-mixing their pork with bbq sauce before serving. A good smoked pulled pork should be served with sides of bbq to top with. It’s nice to have a bbq place outside the brewery for a quick bite, but there are probably better places to get bbq in town.

Me and my Lady just tried this place for the first time and I gotta say we were more than satisfied. The food and the service were top notch and we will definitely be back for more. Never had a veggie burger that I liked (my girlfriend ordered them and i had to try a bite) and their house made veggie sliders were fantastic.

Brisket is amazing, owner is awesome really nice set up. Food was just awesome cornbread great, beans great meat great. Amazing experience 10/10

Delicious food and excellent service. Highly recommended!

Catered a memorial service for us and we ate at their food truck at Rolling Oak Brewery. Food is terrific! Mac and cheese with carnitas, beer cheese meatball sliders at the truck were fantastic!

Stopped here on our way back from the Upper Peninsula. It was amazing. Had the brisket and pork tacos. Fantastic flavor!