Salinas City BBQ

I gotta say, I expected better barbecue based on the reviews. We stopped here on our way home from San Francisco, the restaurant looks like a house on a corner with some picnic tables on the front yard which was nice. The customer service could be better in my opinion, when I asked questions regarding their menu, the gentleman taking the order seems to be not interested in my questions, but still answered them. Now the food, I’m reviewing it and comparing it to other barbecue places I’ve visited with the same items on the menu and my personal experience making and smoking bbq. I ordered their gaucho sandwich, a tri tip salad, a kids brisket plate and a kids chicken plate. The gaucho sandwich looked great, price reasonably, but, the brisket in the sandwich was definitely from the day before. It was really dry, and the slices had a sear/crust on both sides. Now, I’m no bbq expert by any means, but a brisket sandwich with meat that was smoked that day, is juicy and pull apart tender. It does not need to be put on a griddle for a sear or crust, to be dried out. The tri tip salad was good and huge, but again the tri tip was a bit too dry. The kids brisket was also dry, but the chicken was good according to my son. Their coleslaw was nothing special, just minced cabbage with light dressing. Their beans tasted like a mole, you could taste the guajillo or california peppers they use. Honestly I was disappointed with their beef options. Parking is street parking from what I saw.

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Alejandro Avalos

5 out of 5, my new favorite bbq place food is fire. Not only do the meats come raging or regular. Everything i tried was amazing. They have a good selection of beer on tap and canned go place to stop along the way can wait to go back. And the service was excellent

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James Thompson

Its ok not as good as 152 bbq in Gilroy same company but just not the same everything was cold meat pretty dry the beans were so spicy couldn’t taste them to hot and the coleslaw was like just some cut up cabbage just not for me ill continue driving over to Gilroy when I want good bbq

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Albert Evinger

Had a 3 meat combo, brisket, chicken and tri tip. All were excellent. Spicy BBQ sauce is yummy. Cole slaw is good but could be better.

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Jorge Ramirez

Best bbq I’ve had in a long time.
Clean and really good food.

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Joshua Lenzini

We stopped by St Patrick’s Day weekend to enjoy some good food. I wanted to try the corned beef special and it was melt in your mouth delicious! Spouse had the tri-tips and it was also very tasty. If you like good BBQ, you can’t go wrong with Salinas City BBQ!

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Danielle

Seriously…… INSANELY DELICIOUS! We loved the entire experience at Salina City BBQ. We came at a weird hour (around 2:30pm) and the restaurant was pretty busy – I think that speaks volumes by itself. The atmosphere is what you’d expect from a BBQ restaurant – casual and comfortable. All the staff was friendly. The brisket was perfection and their BBQ sauces were so tasty! Loved the cornbread, macaroni & cheese, and the homemade pickles. First time we tried Salinas City BBQ and certainly won’t be our last!

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black coffee

Well you know that these guys know what they are doing. Delicious BBQ! And we also order their garden salad which has the freshest ingredients and the home made blue cheese dressing is also for the win! We’ll come back for sure!

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Manuel Zurita

Meh. I honestly didn’t taste any smoke in the meats. And the brisket was dry. Tri tip was not too bad. BBQ sauce was nothing to write home about. I stood at the counter for about 5 minutes before anyone came and there was no one even eating in there. Maybe it’s good BBQ for Salinas, CA but stacked up against real BBQ, it’s very sub par. Beans and Mac and cheese were also meh. Plus I ordered key lime pie (actually did enjoy the flavor) which apparently came with ice cream and by the time I got to it ( it was served all at once), it turned to soup. Not impressed

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Tired Wanderer

The food here is delicious,yet flawed. The service is also not up to par. I ran into a few important problems that didn’t go well for my meal. While the ribs and sides were good and warm, the brisket and pulled pork were cold, as if poorly heated in a microwave. A big disppointment as it did hamper the experience of the meal. I hope if I come back, that won’t occur again as I see good food and potential here.

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