Bodacious Bar-B-Q

We don’t live in Longview, but came to Bodacious upon the recommendation of a friend. She didn’t steer us wrong!
My husband and I each got a chopped beef sandwich and a side, and shared a few ribs. With two drinks, we spent almost $ 30. A little pricey, but BBQ tends to be that way.
The chopped beef sandwiches were HUGE. I would guess about ½ a pound of beef each. I honestly could not eat anything the rest of the day. The meat was not dry at all and had an excellent flavor. Love that they grill the buns, too! The rib meat literally fell off the bone. Beans weren’t spicy like some joints do them and the coleslaw was more tangy than mayo-​laden. The sauce warmer is a nice touch.
We don’t frequent BBQ restaurants much, but would pass it forward and recommend bodacious to a friend. Only taking off a star for price and and cleanliness.

Well this was my first time trying out this BBQ place and at first I was iffy. But boy was it good. It’s not too expensive and it’s well worth your money. I eat a lot and had the three meat plate and couldn’t finish it. I will definitely be eating here again next time I’m in town.

I grew up eating Bodacious… probably a hundred times. It’s just where my family ate. This is also probably why I didn’t like BBQ. With the exception of their turkey (which is usually moist and flavorful), the meats here are just subpar. The sausage is bland, the ribs are just ok, and the brisket… what is supposed to be Texas’ national meat… hasn’t been good in 20 years. If anyone at Bodacious has ever ventured out and tried even a decent Central Texas BBQ joint, there’s no way they could serve their brisket with a straight face. East Texans deserve better BBQ, and I hope they get it one day.

Lunch–
Its the typical Bod BBQ place.
Service– eh, well, huh, no so good, not so bad either.
Store– clean enough but this is a pit place.
Food– prolly the best part which it’s supposed to be, right? I had the half chicken and it was huge. Plenty to eat. I couldn’t finish it and didn’t touch the sides which are normally average.
I’d go back.

First time I’ve ever had a smoked burger and it was delicious! A little smaller inside than I expected, and the parking lot is small. Got our orders really fast and they were correct! Love lunch specials.

My brisket was so dry with no flavor that it made me sad. I poured so much sauce on it and it didn’t do anything. I thought about the lovely smoker out in front that I passed by before walking inside. The smoker had given me so much hope. And the stack of wood that was as tall as me. So much potential… My ribs were also tough. They weren’t smoked long enough. Not enough love went into them. The only think I enjoyed was the coleslaw.
I had some brisket left over but didn’t bother to take it home, thinking if it’s that dry when I was eating it, I know it’s only going to taste like beef jerkey once it’s nuked in the microwave.

The brisket was bone dry and the sausage was store bought. The bar-​b-​q here in no way compares to the better places in Texas and should be avoided. There is good bar-​b-​q in East Texas, but it is not here.
In case you’re wondering what makes me qualified to give you advice on bar-​b-​q; I’ve eaten at many of top bar-​b-​q joints across the state and Bodacious in no way compares to them. I live in Longview and will not eat here. There is much better food around.

My company always uses Bodacious when we have a lunch catered in the office. Their delivery ppl are awesome and the food is always great. There isn’t a lit of selection but what they do have always tastes great.

Not a place to eat f you are looking for a clean and helpful environment. Having staff and manager call a customer a fat bitch is not my idea of great customer service. Embarrassing her in front of her child because she wanted to change her order? Wow. Stay classy

It’s good. Not PHENOMENAL like everybody has told me. But it’s good. Nothing really special or anything to rave about.

There is no other Barbecue in the world!!! Beans, potato salad that rocks, absolutely the best!

Da best– chopped beef, smoked turkey goodness. And my fav potato salad and BBQ sauce.

I finally made it out to East Texas to visit some friends and naturally, as I do with all places I travel to, I sought out some BBQ. My friends mentioned they really loved Bodacious and all the reviews on Unilocal were pretty good, so I figured why not.
Bodacious’ set up is like most BBQ places you will go to, you will order at the counter then take a seat with your food. It is a simple set up and nothing wrong with that (something that I prefer too, no pesky waiters getting in between me and my ‘Q.” As with all my other first-​trip BBQ visits, I went heavy on the meat and ordered by the pound: half pound of ribs, quarter pound of sausage and a quarter pound of brisket.
The Ribs: Definitely the thing Bodacious does best. This untrimmed pork spare rib has lots of nice flavor, a nice smoke ring to complement that, with a moist texture to boot. The meat separated from the bone fairly easily too, so they know how to do ribs here. Did not notice much rub or seasoning on the ribs. But as I said, best of the three meats I ordered and very solid overall.
The Brisket: My portion featured cuts of the lean side (the flat) of the brisket, with a nice coloring and smoke ring. The brisket had a moderate smokiness to it and was fairly moist considering the cut (the lean cuts tend to dry out faster after being sliced than the fatty side of the brisket). Not a very thick bark to it, but still a nice BBQ brisket. As with the ribs, seasoning was not prevalent.
The Sausage: Although cooked well, I thought the sausage was fairly average. Just your run-​of-​the-​mill pink casing sausage. Tasted nice, but nothing really amazing.
The Sauce: I thought the sauce was pretty interesting, as it did have a bit of a kick to it. Not necessarily due to spice, but just the vinegar content makes it pretty tangy, which I liked. It would describe the color as rust-​colored and had a very runny consistency.
Overall I was very happy with my Bodacious visit. Very solid, no-​frills joint; a place to stop in and quell your BBQ cravings.

So if you are so fortunate to be from Texas and to have never left then you are going to think this place is awesome. Now, if you are from the South and have lived around REAL BBQ all your life and have in fact sought out barbecue then you have had better.
The brisket saw cut thick but reminded me of the meat that my mother bought and made in her stew as a kid.
But everyone on here says this is the best there is and I quess I belieev them.

I have eaten here many times and loved loved loved the BBQ, but today was comforted by the wonderful woman who took my grandpa bbq while in the hospital. I live in California and was unable to make it, but she took the time out of her personal day (went when she was off work) and took my grandpa some of his favorite bbq. As if the food alone was not reason enough to go, now we have an amazing good hearted person that works there and in a time when kindness and selflessness is so rare, I think we should go to a place who has taken that in to consideration in their hiring process. Delicious, wonderful EAT THERE! :o)

Excellent food. Clean and good service. Their chopped beef sandwich has enough meat to order an additional toasted bun and make a second sandwich (order that way or they just toast your bun extra) ;)

Let me take out this here stamp of approval and *SMACK* put it all over this place.
The sauce is smokey molasses tangy sweet and kept warm in a crock pot.
The buns are white toasty warm and buttery.
The brisket well its 5 stars alright and I’m usually more of a chopped beef kinda guy but their brisket slices are lean mean and irresistable.
This is the best Bodacious lunch I’ve ever had in East Texas (period)

This is the first time I come to Texas and I heard good things about this place and I have to say that it was the best bbq brisket sandwich I have ever tasted! Good representation of Texas bbq!

We dream about this place because sadly we live out of the state. We still have family who mails us their killer BBQ sauce (and we eat it straight off a spoon, dip bread in it, fight over the last bottle, and refuse to share it with friends or family here in CA). There is NOTHING served at any Bodacious location that isn’t damn good.
Bodacious-​what do we have to do to get you to come to California?

Went to Bodacious for lunch. Man, this place sets the bar for BBQ, as far as I am concerned.
I told my dad, «i’d kill someone if it’d help get a bodacious opened in San Jose»
Delicious brisket. Falls apart on the plate, smoke ring like you would not believe. Friendly staff, wonderful folks, amazing AMAZING food.
Clean restaurant, i mean it, set one of these up in San Jose, and you could just shovel hunnert dollar bills into truck daily to take to the bank.
This food makes me want to live closer.