Johnny’s Barbecue

The brisket here is delicious. A must if your are in Odessa. The staff is super friendly and polite which is no surprise as this is Texas.

I’ve eaten here more than twice over the last three years when I’m in town. Having eaten bbq all over the country I have come to understand that bbq is a very personal thing. Either you like the style or you don’t. That said, for me Johnny ’ s hits the mark but I like my bbq on the smokey side. When I go I get the brisket and sausages with green beans and beans. I agree that once in a while the sides are okay but not awesome. However, I have never gone to a bbq fir the sides. Because the bbq is solid I give four stars. Believe me, you can do a whole lot worse on any day of the week for the same or more money.

Have eaten at Johnny’s Barbecue many times. WHY — you ask? Because it’s convenient for a group of us to get together. They have a room in the back (that’s very nice) that a Group can «Borrow» for meetings. They only ask that everyone in the group buy a meal.
Just ate there last night (again) and the Barbequed Beef was in the Top Ten category of the worst food that I’ve ever eaten. Even though I was starving, I only ate a bite of it. I am NOT a fussy eater, either. I eat most anything that hasn’t been dropped on the floor.
The Barbequed Beef was so greasy that it turned my stomach the second that I put it in my mouth. It was disgusting! I threw all of my food in the garbage.
I know that I will have to continue to eat there (because of our Meetings). They have tiny little pieces of cobbler, in tiny little bowls. Maybe I’ll just have the cobbler when I go there.
Only eat here if you have to.

Dang. Just not good. Ribs were fatty and very smoky. Beef too. Very smoky. Okra was good. Beans were tasteless. Disappointed. I was ready for some good West Texas BBQ. Odessa has lots of trash blowing around in the wind. Aren’t there any prisons out here that can send out prisoners to pick up trash? Dang, Odessa.

4 star food.
One star taken away for unfriendly employees. Cafeteria style line.

Husband was hankering for some BBQ and we decided to try Johnny’s since it was close to our destination. Our review is mixed. One one hand, the meat was delicious, juicy and flavorful. I had the sausage & brisket and he had the sausage and ribs. On the other hand the sides were horrible. Just horrible. The potato salad had so much sugar in it that it was inedible. Gross. The beans were little rock pellets. Again, inedible. The tea was very fresh and good. We also had peach cobbler. My serving was all dried out crust but he loved his (he had peaches!) Will we ever eat here again? I don’t think so. $ 28 bucks.

I do not know what the previous two ate smoking but this was a bad experience. Under cooked beans, sausage foul taste, brisket mire like pot roast and the turkey was a cheap imitation of butterball sliced from walmart deli. Staff was friendly but beyond that, nothing was impressive about this Texas BBQ.

This is classic west Texas barbecue. The meat is cooked to perfection. I had the ribs and thought they were just right. The beans and coleslaw were also very good. Great unsweet tea, just as any respectable BBQ place should have (I’m sure the sweet is good too, but I didn’t try it).

Officially qualifies as a «OM NOM NOM NOM NOM» dive: Johnny’s will bring out your inner Cookie Monster.
Leave your cojones at home, the sauce is mild — no need to prove anything at Johnny’s. Just relax and enjoy the fantastic offerings — don’t forget the potato salad! Oh, and the sausage and ribs and brisket… OM NOM NOM NOM!!!