Dink’s Pit Bar-B-Que

I came here with a large group for lunch. The food was okay, not awesome, but okay. I had a chopped brisket sandwich with curly fries, and it was filling. There were A LOT of very large pieces of fat in my brisket, which I’m not used to. I live in Oklahoma City, and usually when I go to a BBQ joint this isn’t an issue. So that threw me off a little.
The curly fries were good, and I loved their house ranch. Delicious for dipping!
Our service was pretty good considering there were 24 of us. I don’t think I would go back, but it wasn’t bad.

We were in Bartlesville visiting relatives, and we ask them where was the best BBQ in town. They sent us to Dink’s and we were quite pleased. The baby back ribs are the ticket, some of the best I’ve ever had. Having grown up in the south I was kinda surprised that they had no collard or mustard greens on the menu, hence 4 stars instead of 5. After all, greens and BBQ are a match made in heaven! I did liked the pinto beans as a side dish and the prices are reasonable.

Dink’s is probably best barbecue food I have eaten. Onion strings very sumptuous and plentiful. Pulled pork sandwich was moist and was so large I took half home for another meal. Hope to return soon for another entrée!

Ate lunch with a business associate. The best ribs I can recall having in a very long time. Didn’t need sauce because they were smoked to perfection. Next time I find myself in Bartlesville, I know where I’m eating.

Food is good, service is good and if you leave without trying the onion strings, you need to rethink your life and your choices.

Food had great flavor, ribs were a little dry but overall still very good. The hotel referred us and we’d eat here again.

Came in on a sunday. Got seated pretty quick
Took them about 15 mins to take our order and another 45 minutes for our to food come out. People who came in after us had their food before us.
Brisket was cold and portion size was down.

I really hate to give Dink’s a bad review but «it is what it is.» I’ve been eating at Dink’s since the day it opened and bragged about it for decades. Came to B’ville for a visit last weekend and HAD to eat there.
Unfortunately, the food has gone way downhill! I had a pulled pork sandwich that was dry and bland potato salad that looked like it had been sitting out in the heat. It had a greasy sheen on the top and I was afraid to eat it. My hubby had a brisket sandwich that he said was good and a rib that was dry.
We had the fried pickle appetizer also. It was a HUGE portion and they were tasty.
I hope we just came on a bad night but from the looks of the other reviews, it seems like the restaurant has become very inconsistent. Maybe when I come next time, it will be better. So sad to see such a good thing going down!

Okay, so we were driving back to Tulsa from the tall grass prairie preserve via Bartlesville and wanted a place to eat. Came across this joint and after reading some of the reviews here on Unilocal wanted to give it a shot. Bad idea… this place was pretty worn down and although the smell of BBQ emanated throughout the restaurant this place was not good. I had the sliced brisket… it was pretty rubbery and not very good. Seemed like it was leftover from the last week. The onion strings were decent, but the cole slaw not so much. Too much celery salt and pretty watered down. On the bright side, the server was really nice and efficient. On the down side, the food tasted like ass and was pretty bad and really overpriced. I would stay clear of this place if you want good BBQ. Even rib crib is better and that’s not saying a whole lot.

A sub-​par dinner. My brisket tasted old. My husband received the dregs of the French fries. They had ran out of ribs and okra. This was on a Monday night at 6:30. We won’t be back.

Dink’s is nothing special to look at, and definitely hometown inside. However, the service is good and the BBQ is authentic. We felt my BBQ chicken definitely outshined the brisket, which was just ok. Their BBQ sauce is very good, and our sides of baked bans and creamed corn were delicious.

It was a Monday night, not too many cars in the parking lot but we waited to be seated for 25 minutes for a party of 6, which by the way were two children (5 and 6mos) and 4 adults. We waited another 10 – 15 minutes after being seated for a server. When our food arrived one of the sandwiches had a hair, when the waitress took it and came back to say it would be a few minutes for the new one to come, she justified it by saying it was a string from the apron not an actual hair but they were making a new plate. The meat was warm at best, fries were cold.
I’ve eaten at Dink’s for years and it seems that it continues to decline. The meat and BBQ sauce is amazing but the service and the time it takes to get food is not worth the wait.

Wife and I were in Bartlesville to check out the Phillips museum. Nice!
Now I was pretty hungry when I got here so perhaps I was bias, but I really liked this place! Checked in using Unilocal and received a free half appy. Fried pickle spears that were quite tasty. Sweet deal guys!
Food and service were both great. I mean, as BBQ goes I have a hard time saying any BBQ is bad (unless it’s over-​hyped) and this place was no exception. Additionally, they let me split my sandwich in half, thus trying two different meats. Another plus! The beans were sweet and delicious, and my wife’s chicken was very nice as well.
The only knock I’d consider giving is the way the place looked. A little too low ceiling and greasy spoony for my liking, but hey! We’re in Bartlesville! Lol
If I go through there again I’d hit this BBQ joint no problem!

I bragged on this place and took my friends who had never been here. We drove from Tulsa. We were so disappointed. We stood 10 min waiting because the waitress wanted to seat us at a table that was in the front. We heard the waitresses discussing who would serve us. One came and told us they were waiting for a group to finish before we could be seated. I walked through to use the bathroom and every booth was empty.
We were finally seated after 12 min. Then, we ordered appetizers. We loved the onion straws and fried pickles. When our food came all of the meat was cold and my daughters fries were cold as well. No one asked how our food tasted. I ordered the sliced beef sandwich and 2 sides. The beef was fatty. My friends ordered ribs sausage pulled pork and sliced beef. The ribs were so dry they were like beef jerky. They hardly ate any of their food. Their comment was the bread and pickle was the best part. I was so embarrassed. The purple haired waitress brought us new fries but never asked about any of our food.
There was no manager in sight. I will never eat there again. It was a horrible experience from the bad service to the cold, petrified ribs to the greasy fatty sliced beef. And now, we feel sick to our stomachs.

Well the food was below average and cold. The only hot item that and was good was the fried okra. We did however have good service, but for $ 38.00 for two people at lunch for bbq I just was not impressed and my wife and I will never go back…

I love this place! Anytime I come to Oklahoma I make sure to stop by for a meal and to stock up on BBQ sauce. I fill my suitcase with carefully wrapped bottles of this amazing sauce and haul it all the way back to California to share with my friends and family.
This place is a BBQ joint. Nothing fancy, just darn good food at a great price and friendly staff.

My family and I eat here just about every time we come to Bartlesville. I get the sliced brisket and it’s always good. The staff is very friendly and has accommodated us when we’ve had large groups — about 12 people — with no advance notice.
Dink’s isn’t a fancy place but we like it and will come back.

Some friends recommended a visit while i was visiting from out of state (AZ). I enjoyed everything about my meal, the food was excellent, the staff was friendly, and the prices were way lower than what I’m used to paying at other BBQ places. They have a check in offer that makes the meal even more of a bargain. I got a sampler plate and was so glad I did, everything was tasty and I hope I can make it back again some day. Thanks!

Excellent pulled pork! Service is friendly and prompt. It’s a small restaurant so best to try and get there before the lunch and dinner rush.
If you love BBQ, this is one place you must try!

Please stand for the reading of The Word.
‘And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’ — Genesis 1:26
’Hey, man. Go find some pigs and put them over a natural source of heat, fire and wood being the first preference, and join them together at a temperature not exceeding 150 degrees for no less than 4 hours.’ — Translation of the Biblical Scholars currently inhabiting the 3^rd floor of the Local Hampton Inn
You may be seated.
There is talk that when Abraham was up on the mountain top, there was some discussion about carving out Number 11 which was to be a detailed guide on how to correctly accomplish the above, but Abraham had a premonition that Dink’s would come along a few centuries down the road and be able to handle this with minimal Divine Intervention. And so it was dropped.
When looking for a place to enjoy the local brand of BBQ, there are a few tell tale signs. When I drove past and saw 2 large custom painted vans set up to deliver this pork goodness to the remote stretches, I screeched The Beast to a sudden halt and did a hard left into the parking lot. It could get no better than this.
Although the parking lot was pretty full, I went in. No wait, yay! I was greeted and shown to my table by the very polite greeter who took my drink order. Why do I always feel guilty when I order a Diet Coke to accompany the carnage about to commence? The drink was delivered as was a menu.
There is a Unilocal check in offer for a deal on appetizers, but I was going right to the Real Deal: The Dink’s Sampler Platter. On the menu, it listed the meats that come with the platter along with a selection of sides (pick two… mine were Baked Beans and Curly Q Fries, both exactly perfect). When the waitress came to take my order, she said that I could change up the meats if I wanted to… but the selections listed were exactly what I was looking for. The only other question to answer was if I wanted the Beef and Pork sliced or pulled. Slice the pork, mash up the beef. Off she went to get this together for me.
I usually take the time between order and eat to post a pithy tip on Unilocal and check other Social Media Sites. What, no service on my phone? Actually, that was a blessing because it gave me a chance to soak in the Joint.
And Dink’s is exactly that: A Joint. To me, that is the Highest of Praise for a BBQ Place. Shiny, sparkly, and plastic is the type of place that claims BBQ but actually takes whatever the Sysco truck delivered that morning, heats it up, and dumps some Heinz BBQ sauce on it. A joint usually includes a dude lovingly stirring a pot of tangy homemade BBQ sauce, adding just the right amount of seasoning to make it perfect. You want your babyback babyback babyback ribs? Then go to that place where the servers wear Bling. You want something authentic? Go to Dink’s.
Look, the Bartlesville Fire Department has what I suspect is a Usual Table in the place. Maybe that would be the one line review that would merit 5 stars all on its own!
The food came out. My arteries involuntarily flinched while my taste buds ran rampant. Picture a somewhat rabid Pavlov’s Dog salivating out of control and you have a perfect mental image of my state at this moment… and I hadn’t even unwrapped my fork from the napkin! Speaking of napkins, the good people of Dink’s know and understand the deal: The table is pre-​loaded with a hefty supply of napkins… because you are going to need them.
I dove into the feast, vaguely contemplating how wrong it would be to forgo the supplied utensils and merely bury my face in the plate and rip the meat in my teeth. Since I was a Stranger in a Strange land, though, I resisted temptation and did it the Civilized Way. Within minutes, I was wearing Dink’s Sauce on my Business Casual button down shirt like a Badge of Honor.
Everything on that plate was perfect. Pork, beef, sausage, ribs. If a fly had met its untimely demise on that plate, it would have been devoured and relished.
When the carnage had ceased and the plate was (mostly) empty, my server came by with the Most Ridiculous Question possible: What can I bring you for dessert? Maybe a wheelchair so I can somehow transport my rapidly expanding girth out to The Beast. Seriously, I have no idea why they even have dessert on the menu… the portions are huge, but it is so good there is no way that any Earthly Creature can stop while Protein is still visible on the plate.
Dink’s gets it. And gives it out. Both in massive quantities.
As a true connoisseur of All Things Pork and Smoke, my hat is off to you, Dink’s. Change nothing and you will enjoy a long and prosperous life.