Crowns BBQ Phase1

My famiy and I came here because it’s local and black owned. We love supporting black owned businesses. The staff is friendly and attentive but Unfortunately we were veryyyyyy underwhelmed and honestly unsatisfied with the food we received. We ordered about $200 worth of food (6 people). To start all the food was not seasoned properly. The only seasoning WE all tasted was black pepper on ALL THE plates. Food needs salt. The oxtail plate was 90% fat and rice seemed to be a mushy (over cooked) texture.BBQ sauce taste and smells like vinegar. Overall We really enjoyed the atmosphere but the food was a complete let down.

If you want good barbecue this is not the place….ijs

Just got done with my brisket plate. Very good. Nice smoke flavor and the sauce was excellent. Did standard potato salad and beans and both were good as well. Cool place and would recommend.

Great food. Just ordered food for juneteenth. Everyone loves it. Coming back here again.

Mannnnnnnn!!! Nooooooooo!! This probably the worst I’ve had in terms of Barbeque hands down… No flavor at ALL..

Went here for Father's day, loved the hot links and catfish. Service was quick and employees made you feel like family!

This is a baked potato with BBQ meat. It is delicious...so good! This was my first visit and I would definitely recommend this place. Very friendly, good customer service, & amazing food!!

Food was great and the service was next level. It felt like home.

Looked this place up when I was in town. Went there my first day. The brisket was amazing but if you're like me the sides is where you really win. The baked beans and the potato salad was insane and the Nana pudding just topped it off. Great place.

Omg this is the best bbq I have ever had I give them a 10/10 taste like they cooked it with love!!!!

Food was amazing, atmosphere was energetic, staff were friendly and welcoming ! So happy we stopped by on our way out of town! Will definitely eat here again when we are in Arlington!

I ordered a brisket plate on door dash for about $20. I ordered brisket, baked beans, and potato salad, pretty much standard meal for any standard bbq spot. So I opened up the container and the brisket was visibly dry, and it had sprinkled seasoning on just (2) slices of the brisket. I saw a smoke ring but I didn’t taste any smoke. My issue is when I picked up the brisket it was sliced paper thin. The portion of brisket had to be less than an ounce of meat. Tried the brisket with the bbq sauce and the sauce was uninspiring. Brisket was 4.5 out of 10 for me. Next was the baked beans, very disappointed as they look and tasted like Bush’s Baked Beans out of the can. Baked beans are a 2 out of 10 for me. Then I moved on to the potato salad, initially the potato salad looked store bought, tasted store bought, but included some ingredients to make it seem like it was homemade. Potato salad was a 5.5 out of 10 for me. Lastly, the absolute best part of this plate was the most amazingly buttered slices of bread I’ve ever tasted, Crowns was not stingy in the butter or seasonings. However….. the pictures on DoorDash showed Texas Toast, yet I received slices of sandwich bread which was very disappointing. The toast for me would’ve been a 10, but because of the false advertising the toast gets a 6.5 for me. Overall, I would not get anything else from Crowns BBQ in the future due to IMO brisket is the staple of the BBQ game and if this is questionable I can’t trust anything else, regardless of the specialty. If you are in the Southeast Arlington area and would like to try some BBQ, please try Crowns BBQ Phase 1. Have a great day, Jay the food tester

Nothing was seasoned brisket just tasted like meat and the ribs were fatty and tasteless. Mac and cheese was different and the beans were OK. 47 dollars wasn't the price for the taste. Got to do a lot better for me to come back.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Pretty good bbq.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

We visited today and thoroughly enjoyed the food. We had the ribs, potato salad, Mac and cheese, and the fried okra. We look forward to going back to out to try more things. The menu was packed with so much. The staff was great as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5