Salinas City Bbq

I had a great meal with friends for their birthday party. There's a great selection of meats and craft beers on tap. The desserts were tasty and the family size options for group meals were also fairly priced. I'd recommend enjoying the outdoor seating, weather permitting, and the root beer floats on a hot day.

The brisket is worth the visit - very tender and perfectly seasoned. The family also enjoyed the ribs. Maybe not quite as much value for the pulled pork and tri-tip, but if you're looking for a good barbecue place this is definitely a great place to visit. For those who are vegetarian, the Berry Bleu Salad is excellent. I would stop here just for the salad, even if you were not interested in the meats. Great proportion on the salad, and very well balanced.

Tonight food was a let down. Cornbread was burnt and they gave me ends of the cornbread. They gave me a lot of fat for the tri tip and pulled pork. Most of the food was like eating leather hide. A total let down. The cook cook like he didn’t love cooking food. Because the cornbread was bland, meat was salty, Mac and cheese was bland and potato salad was horrible! Because it showed with the lack of good food!! My wife and daughter wanted to get me BBQ for Father’s Day and they were upset with what was brought home from Salinas BBQ! What they did was maximum the price and minimize the food. I understand we have been thru COVID but the food doesn’t have to be on quarantine! Not including I ordered 2 Mac and cheese and I only got One of them. And the food is very very salty for BBQ!! It’s sad you spend money for a place that have good rating and to turn out I could of bought ribs at stories! And enjoy myself.

The menu says PINT of mac and cheese…. NO WAY this a pint of mac. It’s a shallow 6inch by 4inch foil tray. $7 of brisket, sure. Its one thing to pay too much for something, it’s another thing to overspend ($15!) and under portion an airplane tray sized kids meal. Especially when the menu clearly says a pint. There’s a reason weights and measures have laws to prevent this type of bad business practices. Btw my thats friends “large” stubby sandwich pictured. Majority of bad reviews all mentioned portion sizes. That’s such a let down because the place is clean, the service pleasant and prompt. But nobody should be taken advantage of. I left here hungry after spending $15 of mac and cheese.

Recently went there and the order was sub par. My brisket sandwich consisted of half half and half meat. If I'm paying a premium for a BBQ sandwich better make sure you live up to the hype. I mentioned it to the lady who was calling out orders and she didn't even care. Was better before but has definitely gone down hill. I will buy my bbq somewhere else and I suggest you do the same. Meat is on the bread, rest is fat.

This review is from my VERY picky 11yr old! We had the tri-tip, ribs and pulled pork. The meats were all tender and exquisite taste. We also had the Mac and cheese, baked potatoes and garlic bread. The potatoes were well cooked the garlic bread was perfect but the mac and cheese was not so good and kinda cold. In general this place has amazing staff and food! Thanks for the fantastic lunch and making my son happy!

Amazing beer selection. It seems like the boss's son has a brewery and really knows shiz about it! About the food: the mac was good, the beans tasted like dried chili seasoning, the tri-tips were tender, the spicy sauce was good and tangy, the St-Louis ribs were, the first time, undercooked, chewy and not dry rubbed enough or long enough. I had to come back and the manager was kind enough to switch them for the part with the gristles, which were better, but I wouldn't call the pit guy a master... I will be back for the beer selection.