Craven Bbq

I've been a regular customer for years because of the food, but not anymore. It took them 2 1/2 hours to deliver a $50 order with several promises of, "It'll be there in a minute" along the way. This was an online order at 5:30 on a weekday, with a 1/2 mile delivery. The last "it'll be there in a minute" was 25 minutes before delivery, and included a vague offer of a discount. Other fun tidbits: at the 45 minute mark they called to say they were out of something (surprise! it arrived in the order anyway, yet not the side of vegetables) BUT the food was just about ready... at the 90 minute mark I received a "Your order is ready" text. I called to make sure they didn't think it was a take-out order, but no, I was told it would just be a minute. At any point, they could have said, "Honestly, it will be a while." But you don't make your family other food if you were just reassured that the meal you paid for is finally, *Actually* on its way. No, you get them to the table, and you try to keep your toddlers from screaming by telling them how good the food will be, and you call the restaurant every 30 minutes, until you know better than to believe their "one more minute," and you give up and attempt to put your cranky kids to bed way too late and full of snacks. Did I mention they charged me the full price, delivery fee, and tip? Ironically, I would've been happy to pay that just for the knowledge that my food would never arrive.

Omg what a pleasant surprise, after reading most of the reviews posted on line about Craven BBQ I was skeptical about order food, but I did anyways, and boy oh boy I am glad I did!! The food is bomb. The rice was well cooked, the chicken was delicious and flavorful. My son is a picky eater and he ate all of his food chicken, rice, and fries (made me smile). I will definitely order from this restaurant again and again!!!!!!!

One of my favorite Portuguese BBQ places in the area, especially offering great value in heir weekday lunch specials!! My favorite has to be their BBQ rib and chicken combo, where you get large serving sizes for the price (half or whole servings, you pick). Close to downtown too and I’ve both dined in and ordered to go—their space is small but works for small groups.

We used to like this place a lot but the service and food has gotten bad. We waited an hour for our food tonight, and I couldn't even eat it. We had to ask for bread after waiting for about 40 minutes. They used to automatically bring bread. We had to ask multiple times for water refills. The floors were filthy. And we could see the waitress's underwear. This is a picture of my very overcooked medium rare steak.

The food was ok. Some parts of the meats we got were either overcooked (too charred) or not 100% cooked. Also we noticed that some of the chicken pieces were not really fresh. The portions were kind of small compared to other BBQ places. The only thing they got right was their Portuguese sausage. It was the highlight of the evening. I gave it a try a few more times and got mixed results each time. So consistency is an issue with this place. Also I had a weird encounter with one of their delivery drivers that was parked behind me in their parking lot. When I asked her if she was the one parked behind me (blocking me) she didn't acknowledged and did not even tried to apologize, despite the fact that i told her that I had my baby in the car and i needed to leave immediately. Probably in a distant future i will give them another try. Hopefully they will get more consistent with their food and will have less colorful characters working for them.