Pork Barrel BBQ

2312 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria
(703) 822-5699

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William Jordan

Good food, service, and atmosphere, but portions and prices reflect the high cost of living in Northern Virginia. I order from here frequently.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kevin Cook

Bbq was great. I got their late night menu combo. Coleslaw was fantastic on top of the pork sandwich. Great happy hour deals too.

Joshua Farrar

I spent less time waiting for my food at the counter than for the bartender not to bring me a menu.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 1

c c

The pork sandwich is good. The chicken sandwich is a healthier option, but who really wants chicken. The staff are friendlier than at their sister restaurant. Not crowded during weekday lunch. The BBQ sauces range from spicy to sweet. I would go back for their daily specials.

Wayne Bryant

Good to above average bbq. Lousy customer service.

Just ordered the 3 meat platter with two sides. The asked the person working the counter which is better :Brisket or burnt ends.

Said Burnt ends sell out so I selected that for a $2.95 up charge. The guy taking the order wearing a hat seemed like he didn't want to be bothered anyway.

Got home and to my surprise the burnt ends that I paid the additional money for warrant in the bag. Instead it was sliced turkey. I called three times and got voicemail three times. I almost decided not to go back to the store but I was getting hot at this point and decided to drive back. I got into the restaurant and spoke to the young hispanic guy and explained that the order was wrong. He spoke to the woman in Spanish she went and measured out some burnt ends . And get this it was one or two pieces over I guess what should be a quarter pound which she removed. You would think customer service would say leave the little extra or even give me more for my trouble. Or even offer a side or something. But nope she just wanted to be exact and give me a quarter pound. So because of this lack of customer service not trying to rectify an order beyond the exact measurement I'm giving it very low ratings for service.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Caroline Austin

It’s a bummer because we love coming here for drinks, but last week there were mice running around the dining floor and just kind of ruined the optics.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 4

Robert Logan

Gave the restaurant a try the other day and sadly the quality doesn’t stand up to competition in the area. The Goldie sandwich was pretty good, but the brisket was rather dry. I went to use the barbecue sauces, but they should really have a disclaimer that they are a vinegar shop because literally every flavor they offer Tasted like it was infused with too much vinegar. Additionally, we got the monster mac & cheese, and at no time on the menu does it tell you that it is spicy and it’s very spicy with the jalapeños that were pickled inside of it. I couldn’t even add barbecue sauce to it because the vinegar doesn’t do anything with the heat. They didn’t even have another Mac option as a side, which was rather disappointing. Might consider trying again in the future, but this was a total miss.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

A Bailey

I ordered the grilled brisket and cheese. They only used one slice of cheese and it's not melted it was supposed to have crispy onions, no onions and not grilled. Might have been good if it was what it was supposed to be. Brisket was ok wasn't hot though.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Eric Pers

Excellent BBQ, great service and well maintained and appropriate atmosphere. Highly recommend! Fantastic daily and happy hour deals as well. Very affordable drinks.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ali Velasco

I order the brisket and pull pork combo with baked beans and mac n cheese. Everything was delicious with a wide variety of in house sauces. Service and staff was amazing. Clean spot

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Francesca Loomis

I couldn’t really stomach a full bbq plate so ordered something lighter, which was their hot honey chicken and rice bowl. What a mistake. It was so bland and flavors were underwhelming, but I ate it anyways just so it wouldn’t go to waste. 3* just because I’m hoping the mistake was what I ordered and not a reflection of their food in general.

Food: 3

Service: 5

Heather

I love their potato salad. If I could get a whole tub for my birthday, I would be so happy. It’s currently 11:43pm, and I’m thinking about their potato salad.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Soumit Salman

Brisket burnt ends, Mac and cheese, collard greens are great. Pulled pork is so-so

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Gabriel Garcia

Table service is available at the bar. Counter service for the rest of the restaurant. They have great prices for happy hour and the place was pretty packed with a mix of families and people enjoying drinks. Very nice atmosphere and great service at the bar. Food is pretty good, bbq tacos and nachos hit nicely; chicken wings were a bit overcooked.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Trevor Wood

Not sure if all the cranky employees happened to work the same day, but the bartender and the rep who took the food order were both visibly annoyed to have been interacting with paying customers (we came for dinner so it wasn’t close to closing btw.)

The food was just okay. I’d recommend getting a specialty sandwich; I got the grilled cheese and it was very good because it was made to order. I also tried the pulled pork which was ready instantly and was dry, so I wouldn’t be surprised to learn they don’t make everything fresh.

If the service is bad usually you can rely on the food to be very good and unfortunately neither made our visit a pleasant one.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

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