Meat & Shake

Good décor and friendly attentive staff… And there ends the positives. This is not southern style BBQ. Have the owners/​chefs (I use the term very loosely) even been to the states to sample proper barbecue? If they have they must be very heavy smokers or have no tastebuds. This is not even remotely close. The brisket is a complete joke. Arriving looking exactly like a few slices of birds eye frozen beef dinner (I kid you not) only with less flavour (and it looks processed to hell and tastes of nothing). I deeply suspect this has been mass produced by some third party. It certainly hasn’t ever seen a smoker, tasty burnt crust my ars3!!! The Mac and cheese is an abomination and completely devoid of all favour, and distinctly lacking in cheese, you’d be better off buying a Kraft Mac n cheese dinner kit to be honest (Mac and cheese is so easy to make well too, so there is no excuse). The ribs, well, if fat and gristle and very little meat is your thing then you’re in luck. But don’t worry, have a drink and all will seem much better… Oh wait, they only sell alcohol free beverages but thankfully their shakes are actually pretty good. The creamed corn was tasty, but frankly any fool can put that together with a degree of success. Disappointing doesn’t even come close and we left feeling ripped off. £8.90 for the brisket was frankly insulting for what arrived. The place was surprisingly quiet for a Friday night, I suspect it will go the the way of many under researched restaurants in town and close pretty soon if they don’t sort things out. To summarise, overpriced, poorly executed, under seasoned rubbish. Avoid.

Went with a bestie and get 3 year old for lunch.
We waited an age to get served, to the point it was winding us up.
We ordered out food and drinks. 2 x sprites no I’ve and the kiddies drink. 2 sprites with ice turned up, no kid drink. Waited five to ten minutes for the kids drink.
Had one of the colouring in things for the kid, but no crayons. Finally got crayons.
Ordered burgers and kids meal. To be fair the good was quite good and I loved the «dirty fries». The kids meal was a really good size too.
The bill took ages to get.
All in all, quite expensive to faff about in order to get the food, albeit good food. I would go back, but maybe when I wasn’t really hungry and with a 3 year old.

First up this place currently doesn’t serve alcohol so your options are soft drinks and the title shakes. The shakes are very good but be warned they do impact your appetite.
Service of drinks was very slow. The food choices are burgers which come with nothing so order sides. Or a selection of meat options. Brisket. Ribs. Steak etc. These are a slightly higher price and come with your selection of sides thrown in.
My burger was tasty. I had a smoking bandit which comes in a glass ball filled with smoke. I should have removed it a bit quicker as it made the burger smell like a bonfire which took away from the taste.
Décor in the place is quite good. I like the rough and ready appearance and music is good but they played the same track 3 times in a row followed by switching to another track for 3 plays. Odd.