Grandpa’s House of Jerky

Grandpa is a very nice man who offers samples of everything. Unfortunately, everything seems to come from a place in Indiana. No local flavor here. (Not that I expected the kangaroo jerky to be local.)
I was hoping to find good local jerky or REALLY good jerky from anywhere. This just wasn’t that great and was very expensive.

Amazing jerky! The taste and quality and variety are awesome. «Granpa» is super nice and lets you taste before you buy. He was robbed and cleaned out of nearly all of his jerky a couple days before we got there, but luckily he got a rush order and we were able to buy some jerky in person (but you can also buy any of it on his website, with no shipping charges!).

I’ve been to this shop three times, once in its old location, and I really like it. A lot of the comments have said that the jerky is way overpriced, but really its not terrible. I bought a pound of Sweet and Spicy Jerky for $ 30, and it is some very good jerky. Another thing though is that Idyllwild is a tourist location, so everything is a little overpriced. But the atmosphere is worth the extra couple of bucks.
Grandpa has several different types, including buffalo, beef, venison, alligator, and I’m probably forgetting another couple. He’s nice and offers samples (he has every type available to sample). There isn’t any other place in Idyllwild for jerky except the supermarket, so I’d recommend this place. One of the few stores in the Fort that’d I’d actually buy something from.

Grandpa’s House of Jerky is a must stop location if you’re up in Idyllwild. Every time I make the drive up the mountain I stop and pick me up some hot or sweet and spicy jerky. The teriyaki is also bomb. They always offer samples so you can try out all different flavors. The meat is so tender and I’ve never had better jerky. They have good candies, bbq sauces, rubs, and other stuff. I’ve ordered jerky online and it’s good stuff.

Hello Unilocalers!
CAUTION — This is a stay away advisory.
Grandpa’s House of Jerky is pretty much just one of those tourist rip off spots that there are so many of.
Pre-​packaged, pre weighed, jerky is what is offered here.
There are numerous types of jerky here. We tried the regular, peppered and some type of sweet and sour.
All of the jerky we ate were commercial flavored and extremely chewy. The peppered was more like chewing tobacco, in that, it was so tough and signewie, you had to spit it out after chewing.
The pricing here is obscene. Grandpa’s charges gourmet prices for substandard quality jerky.
This place is a big «BUYER BEWARE.» And they wont let you sample the product before you buy.
Grandpa’s charges the prices of the finer jerky spot, without actually being one of those spots.

Greetings Unilocalers, Took a trip to Idyllwild today and spotted Grandpa’s House of Jerky, so I had to check it out.
What I found was the familiar overpriced, pre-​packaged, vendor made, jerky of various types WAY OVERPRICED.
Grandpa’s (as it would appear from doing some label peeling) merely resells «House of Jerky» product, with his (Grandpa’s) own label stuck over the House of Jerky label. And even that states «Manufactured for House of Jerky.» So by the time you make your purchase at Grandpa’s, you are on your third hand.
In todays day and age, it is essential, a jerky bizz, produces their own jerky. And with the price that Grandpa’s charges, you would think Grandpa’s jerky was a custom product, not some re-​label.
At Grandpa’s, the various types of jerky are all prepackaged. The day of premium jerky being prepackaged are long over (unless of course you are oredering by weight in which place your order would be bagged then sent).
Upon entering, you will notice Grandpa’s does not have the smell/​aroma of beef jerky. Booooo!
We purchased the Natural Style Beef, Black Pepper Beef and Turkey Jerky. For each, absolutely nothing to rave about, after all, it is just House of Jerky brand. The Natural and Pepper were each tough and chewy.
When you take into account the OUTRAGEOUS PRICING, mass produced, barely acceptable quality, perhaps you should pass on satisfying your jerky craving at Grandpa’s.
Probably the biggest issue that I have with Grandpa’s, is there were no samples of any type of jerky to sample prior to purchase. As all jerky lovers know, this is UNACCEPTABLE. Perhaps at Grandpa’s, they know what the result will be if customers get a chance to sample the jerky prior to purchase. NO SALE.
Grandpa’s also sells other things (licorice, spice rubs, etc, etc.). No experience with any of those items from here.
I would think if Grandpa’s does not change some things fast, the doors will close even faster.