Leon Springs BBQ – “The Original Rudy’s”

  4.4 – 2,796 reviews   • Barbecue restaurant

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Rudy’s BBQ is a Texas favorite, celebrated for its authentic, slow-smoked meats and famously creamy corn. Specializing in Texas-style barbecue, Rudy’s serves brisket, ribs, sausage, and turkey, along with classic Southern sides like coleslaw, potato salad, and beans. Don’ forget our famous Cream Corn! Known for its warm, laid-back atmosphere, Rudy’s BBQ is perfect for family gatherings and casual dining. Offering catering, online ordering, and seasonal promotions, Rudy’s makes it easy to enjoy Texas barbecue for any occasion. With a legacy of quality, tradition, and community, Rudy’s BBQ delivers an unforgettable barbecue experience every time.

Brisket, ribs & sides served up cafeteria-style in a no-frills setting with indoor picnic tables.

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Address: 24152 I-10, San Antonio, TX 78257

Phone: (210) 653-7839

Website: http://www.leonspringsbbq.com/

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Elisa Casasnovas
Extremely dry Mac and cheese. It looks like just noodle without cheese. I called customer service and a nice gentleman named Joey helped me. He recommended me another location to exchange my food however, when I arrived at the new location, their Mac And cheese was dry as well. Their potato salad was good, but not enough for me to come back. The only great service that I got was from the gentleman over the phone Joey.
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James Reams
Been coming to this store going on 16 years and todays’ visit resonates as the worst. The brisket was wonderful, sausage was good and the creamed corn is our go to. Way too much interaction between the counter staff and those portioning the meats. The orders kept getting messed up as we were attempting to checking out. Great job icing down the drink traufts, let’s put more drinks in next time. It is 2026, how about upgrading the credit card terminals with functional units that work and don’t have taped on instructions…very disappointing experience!
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Steven Bolish
Staff was incredibly friendly and helpful! Every one we very nice through and through.

Outside of eating inside a gas station the atmosphere is relatively fine. Customers were friendly also.

Here is why I went from 3 stars to 1;
Food might as well of been cooked in the microwave. The baked potato was good but the brisket was dry and flavorless. It felt like no effort was put into making anything outside of a big show to look good.
Pricing is on the higher end as expected of a BBQ joint but I still expect at least some quality. I sent my wife in to use the $15 coupon they hand out for donating $10. Not a bad deal to be fair.

I will not refer anyone I respect here. As a Profesional fat guy — 1 Star. Hopefully I remember why I should never come back for another 6-7 years. I could get over most of this but up charging for no reason is pitiful.
Thank you to the staff for being so cheerful and friendly though!

EDIT:
Read response and decided to go back. Didn’t call the number provided. But did take the advice.
Sausage was killer, juicy, flavorful, well cooked overall. The brisket was better. Not the best, but far less dry and had solid flavor. Now the ribs… The flavor and texture on the ribs was near perfection. Seasoned well, perfect bite that didn’t disgracefully fall apart, great bark. All love to the staff and pit master on those.

Over all I will be back on occasion. Service was as excellent as always!
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Kelsey Kincaid
Had dinner here Wednesday at 5:30 PM. After arriving, we ordered our sides and then proceeded to the meat counter, where we were told they were once again out of brisket, turkey, and chicken.
My family and I have always loved this location, but this exact issue has now happened the last five times we’ve visited. The explanation is always the same: “online orders.” That is not an acceptable excuse. Customers who are physically in the restaurant should be the priority. If you are running low on meat, then online ordering needs to be turned off. What exactly are customers supposed to eat when you’re consistently out of the main items you serve?
We were told the wait would be 30–40 minutes. Because we had four young children with us, we decided to stay. When the brisket came out earlier than expected, it was dry and clearly rushed. Once again, extremely disappointing.
If you are out of meat, customers should be informed before they order and pay. Instead, employees act as if this is normal, and given how frequently this happens, you would think they would be trained to handle it better. This is clearly a management issue. Whoever is overseeing this location needs to take a serious look at their ordering, staffing, and prioritization processes, because what’s being done now is not working.
Frankly, it’s no surprise the restaurant was nearly empty, there was barely any food to serve. We won’t be returning anytime soon.
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Js B
Our 1st time in TX and we wanted to have some BBQ before leaving. We stopped here because it had a decent rating. Very happy we stopped. The food was great! I had a pulled pork sandwich and my son had ribs. The beans were very good and for a BBQ place, that’s a telling indicator.
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Ramona Chavez
Finding parking is tight. But getting inside to purchase your food is definitely interesting. All the employees were nice and friendly…The food was very delicious . Jalapeño sausage banana pudding, also jumbo potato maybe a little more butter, definitely a must to add more. The brisket is good as long as it’s not the piece with fat… or whatever that was. Yet the chopped brisket burger was awesome. It does come with pickles and onions. He also got some ribs and sausage. Hubby went back to get those after we had eaten the brisket turkey meal. Turkey was moist, we will return. The jumbo potato is a lot to finish for 1 person, but it is well worth it. The beans have a good taste to them and we ate them. The cream corn is something new to me but delicious.
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Josh “JW” Warren
Cool place with a bit of history that you can feel. Apparently this is the original Rudy’s. I’ve eaten at Rudy’s all over Texas, I think they have consistently good BBQ. All BBQ comes at a premium cost compared to other genres of food, but I always leave full. The staff here was super friendly and greeted us as we walked in. They even gave us a sample of a couple things. The seating is inside the convenience store area, and gave me vibes of some old places that I used to eat at as a kid in southwest Missouri. Overall, I would recommend Rudy’s, and this location is only about 6mins from my house, so I’m sure we’ll be back.
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J Allen
Well darn! Rudy’s in Leon Springs is a place we loved for decades – from its inception, through multiple floods and beyond. “Doc” Holiday was a great pit master and after he was gone, his son ably carried on the tradition. We hadn’t been in quite awhile and made a special trip. The place may be the same, but the magic is gone from the brisket and sausage. Brisket might as well have been roast beef and the sausage was bland and had no snap. Not bad, just not great. Creamed corn was still good. Staff is still friendly. Location is still cool.
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Alexandria Blaine
Absolutely delicious. We’d never been there and they gave us all kinds of samples and kindness. The brisket was delicious. The burnt ends were the STAR in my opinion…and FREE for some reason! So good I’d eat there any time!
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Gregory Mitelman
Great staff. Had the cream corn and the beef brisket. Brisket was very tasty. Great flavor. Their specialty bbq sauce is also delicious. I grabbed a bottle to go. Have to say i was blown away by their cream corn. Didn’t expect it to be as fantastic as it was. Phenomenal. Prices are very reasonable. I recommend
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