Wow! What a disappointment. Based on the reviews here, we ordered carry-out. The pictures looked great and the reviews were good. This was not our experience. Had we dined in, the food would have been returned. I ordered the seafood platter. For the price, the portion was very small. The fish was small and tough, the crab cake was over cooked. I felt as thought this was not a fresh catch. The entire meal seemed as though it came from the frozen section at the grocery store. The baked beans tasted canned and the Mac n cheese lacked seasons or flavor. My friend had the BBQ combo and complained that the meal was bad. The grill marks looked like an add on and there was no grill or smoker smell to the meal. That's not BBQ we are used to. I added the peach cobbler and that was the worse part. It was thin as a piece of paper and the peaches had no flavor. I think they forgot to bake it. Don't waste your time. read more

Brock's Bar-B-Que - This is the rib we got. It was not very tasty and it looks like the grill lines are "drawn" on. Big disappointment. - Barbeque Near Me - Chester, Virginia

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Having dinner tonight, it's not bad for a buffet. Everything is up to temperature tonight. Friendly atmosphere the waitresses are terrific. read more

Brock's Bar-B-Que - Barbeque Near Me - Chester, Virginia

Stopped in for lunch close to 2 pm when the buffet closes which we didn't know. The server told us they would let us know when they were going to close it and give us a chance to get more of anything we wanted.. as it was still fully operating. The food is good as is the service in a country setting with good Carolina style bbq, good hush puppies, boiled potatoes, collard greens, corn, butter beans, cole slaw, Brunswick stew, baked beans and vegetable soup. The people are friendly and offer prompt service and the facility is older but clean and neat. I will come back when in the area and try other items off of a varied menu. Not a fancy or trendy place but very good and not expensive! read more

Most sides are canned and bland, except the Mac and Cheese which was dry and flavorless. "BBQ" has never been near any smoke and underserving of the name BBQ. More like boiled pork with thin sauce. There are many excellent BBQ joints in the Richmond area -- this is not one of them. read more

At a work function, this was the catered choice. They ordered a few menu items. Baked beans, potato salad, pulled pork and buns, fried chicken and coleslaw. Baked beans - a+ Potato salad - c Pulled pork sandwich- f (I threw it in the trash) Fried chicken- b+ Coleslaw- c- No idea why the baked beans were so good and everything else was mediocre, it could be that cooking orders in bulk come as s challenge for them. Not sure. Hopefully if they order from them again it will be better. read more

Went here because the wait was too long at another restaurant. Very glad we ended up here, food and service were great. Their Margaritas are on point and their BBQ was delicious. Was very happily surprised by their corn fritters. Highly recommend! read more

About a month ago, I participated in an event that was catered by Brock's BBQ. While at this event, the food that participants could choose from was Brisket, Grilled Chicken, Mixed Veggie, Mashed Potatoes, Peach Cobbler and Sweet Tea or Lemonade to drink. So this review is essentially a review on the catering service. A few weeks before that, I went to the actual restaurant for a sit down meal. Want to find out how it went? Read below. The Good: Taste of Ribs and Fries at the Restaurant- The ribs were St Louis style and were very tender. While I liked the taste, the sauce that came on the side only elevated the flavor. The fries were hot and had a nice crunch to them. Taste of Brisket at the Catered Event- I am very picky when it comes to brisket and this BBQ hits the spot. I did not need additional sauces to enjoy my sandwich the way that I would at other restaurants. There were some fatty parts of the brisket but it had a good flavor that made me feel great to be an American. Service at the Catered Event- There were roughly 30 people at the event but only two servers at the buffet line. The buffet line moved pretty quickly due to the diligent work of the servers and the servers also packed up the leftover food into individual containers for people to take with them. That is a huge plus because there are some caterers who will keep the food that people do not eat. The Bad: Taste of Mac n Cheese at the Restaurant- I am a stickler for mac n cheese, but this mac n cheese appeared to be somewhat old and dry, lacking in key flavors that are needed to compete with the flavor profiles that a restaurant like Mama J's offers. Taste of Grilled Chicken and Mashed Potatoes at the Catered Event- The chicken was dry and flavorless. After taking a single bite of the chicken, I had to drink something to swallow the food. The mashed potatoes had a lack of taste as well. Overall: I liked the service in both the catered event and restaurant and particularly loved the BBQ and fries, but the Chicken and mashed potatoes and mac n cheese were a huge miss for me. I could see myself going to the restaurant and knowing what to order while staying away from other items. THREE STARS. read more

Delicious! I am a big BBQ fan and the food to me at least was great ! And very very good prices for all the food you do get ! Definitely recommend ! Also good desserts read more

The food here is mediocre at best. The restaurant is large, and there is a good amount of parking. The staff is friendly and does their best-taking care of diners and to-go customers. The minced pork platter was bland and dry. The St. Louis ribs were chewy and not up to par. The best part of the entire meal was the sides, which shouldn't be the case since you're coming for the barbeque. I hate to say this because I used to go here all the time before they remodeled. I haven't entirely written this place off and will likely visit in the future. read more

Always love coming here. I never get the buffet but it always looks good and fresh. Always clean and the people are friendly. read more

Brock's Bar-B-Que - Barbeque Near Me - Chester, Virginia

Extremely disappointed. I ordered a cheeseburger, I was asked how I would like it cooked. My response was , "medium". Unfortunately, I got home and opened a well done cheeseburger! Frustrating & disappointed! read more

Brock's Bar-B-Que - Well done cheeseburger! - Barbeque Near Me - Chester, Virginia

We just had the best meal at Brocks. We enjoyed the all you can eat buffet loaded with fried chicken, pork barbecue, collards, and lots of great sides. The best chicken I'd had in years and my husband loved the pork and collards. Service couldn't be better and the prices are very reasonable. They've done a complete remodel and the place looks great. We will be back soon! read more

1st time visit. Ordered beef brisket sandwich. Very smoky flavor, not to my personal taste but I am sure some people will like that taste. I also prefer a nice thick cut that falls apart from cooking so long. This brisket is the thin sliced variety. The sandwich was good, but not good enough for me to order again. My wife got a bowl of bean soup. The soup was thick and very good. She found it a little to salty, but. I thought it was good. The service was incredible. Very fast and very friendly. Impressed with the people that work there. They removed the soup from the bill, and gave us a bottle of. House made sauce. We did not order the buffet, but that seemed to be the draw for many. The Buffett had bbq bone in chicken and pulled pork. We will try the buffet if we go back read more

I got the pulled BBQ chicken. Now I'm from Louisiana, so I know my expectations were not gonna be met completely. This was maybe a 6/10. The BBQ sauce was strange to me. It wasn't thick like normal sauce consistency. More like water. The taste was good tho. A tangier flavor. I got the steak fries and Mac n cheese as my sides. Neither were worthy of getting again. The fries were cut super thick and a bit too greasy for me. The Mac was bland. Now the hush puppies were pretty darn tasty. Overall I think I would come back, prolly get something else from the menu. Maybe the brisket. read more

Brock's Bar-B-Que - BBQ pulled chicken with steak fries and Mac - Barbeque Near Me - Chester, Virginia

Great food. Great people. Great prices. Susan and all of the staff always provide great customer service.

Excellent Food, Friendly service, convenient location, always satisfies! I love Pat-- she is awesome.

Brocks seems to be one of the local favourites around here. Whenever we have something at work for hundreds of people it is almost always catered by Brock's. I've not really found their pork BBQ to be all that great though and that is what I always want when I get BBQ. It is just OK for me. Most everything else we've gotten there has been decent, but nothing that really blows me away. Most of the time we really only go for their buffet. They usually have pork BBQ, chicken fried steak, fried chicken, and lots of mashed potatoes and veggies. So if you go I would probably recommend that unless you were really inclined to try the ribs or brisket. The buffet is relatively cheap for lunchtime and all the food is decent. Again, nothing to knock your socks off, but definitely not bad. They do have a website, and I can't figure out how to add that here on yelp, but here it is: http://www.brocksbbq.com/ I made it two $$ instead of one $ because of ribs and stuff like that... read more

Excellent service and a great buffet for the price. Came here for lunch and it was $8 for the buffet. Waitress refilled my lemonade with a full glass without ice so i could pour it into my current glass (so ended up with plenty of it). Buffet has 6 meat choices, 12 vegetable options, two soups, plus others. Bbq is good nothing extraordinary but for a small bbq place outside the city this is definitely a good choice for lunch or dinner. Waitress kept table cleared of and glasses filled. Poor beer selection but you come here for the food anyways so who cares. Don't buy into the bad reviews of this place. Those people either always give ratings on the extremes of the spectrum anyways so screw them. This is definitely not a 1 star place. Good food, good service, good atmosphere. read more

Brock's Bar-B-Que catered a party for us last weekend. Carol was very professional. The food was delicious, hot and and there was plenty of it! read more

Ordered dinner from here last night for the first time. We were looking for future catering ideas for our wedding, but over all I was not impressed. The service over all was outstanding! The lady working the host stand was very sweet, we chatted about some wedding venues and she gave me some menu recommendations. She also brought me two samples of bbq and chicken bbq while I waited and gave me a bottle of the house bbq sauce. The lady that does the catering was also very nice, even though she was on her way out for the day, she still took her time to talk to me and answer my questions about the catering menu & didn't try to rush me so she could leave. Now the food is a whole other story. I ordered two of the dinner combos (two meats & two sides each). Both the brisket and ribs were okay, they had a nice smokey flavor and the sauce was good but they weren't the fall apart tender I was expecting. The Carolina style pork bbq was very very vinegary, but the peel and eat(spiced) shrimp was amazing. It was perfectly cooked and had the right amount of seasoning! The baked beans and hush puppies were also out of this world good!! The mashed potatoes were definitely instant which is fine but there was clearly nothing added to spruce up the flavor, the Mac and cheese wasn't dry but it did lack flavor for sure & the greens weren't bad, homemade it seemed, but not over the top excellent. Over all I wouldn't write Brocks off, but if you find a good meal here, probably stick to it. read more

Barbecue was just ok. Maybe a bit too oily for me. Think I'd try the sliced bbq next time. Hush puppies weren't home made so didn't try them. The service was excellent. It was clean and not loud. Good kids menu. Sides were all very good. My wife loved the navy bean soup. I'd come back if in the area, but not out of my way. read more

Brock's caters my office's yearly Award luncheon and it never disappoints! The food is always delicious, the staff is helpful, and the line moves quickly. The sides and barbecue are equally delicious and there is always plenty of food for everyone to enjoy. No complaints here! read more

So conflicted. We are BBQ snobs, so I can say straight away that the minced BBQ, as they call it, truly is great. We went on a Saturday for the buffet dinner. Read the description on their website because the buffet options change daily, and on Saturdays you don't know what you will find, but they will have 4 of their signature entrees and you may find yourself dissaponted. So if you want the buffet with specific items, look at the website and go on the night corresponding to what you want to eat. We were hoping to find fried chicken, but it was not to be. The choices were minced BBQ, fried shrimp, brioled chicken (I think, nothing is labeled ), and meatloaf. The only one of the four entrees I tried was the BBQ obviously. Table mates liked the shrimp and greatly disliked the meatloaf. There is a tiny salad selection, and limited sides selection, and one dessert, pudding. Most everything seemed to come from a can or instant mix, except the mac and cheese which was probably home made but not very impressive. What was impressive was the friendly service, not needing to ask for hush puppies and rolls (they were offered up right away), and constant refills of drinks. If we return on a weekend day we will order off the menu and avoid the buffet, or go on a night when we know exactly what to expect. Prices are extremely family friendly. read more

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Wow what a great experience. True BBQ, great Mac and cheese. Sweet Tea on point Friendly staff. Only reason it's missing a star is buffet should be all day. read more

I went to a wedding and this barbecue was served and it was the best barbecue I have had in my entire life and I am 52 years old. Everyone if you're a barbecue kind of sore I think you need to head right here. read more

Buffet is mediocre at best. Pull pork & tilapia were OK. The baked beans were straight out of a gallon can and Mac& cheese was not good.

Stopped in for lunch. Grabbed the brisket platter to go. Service was quick and friendly. Sides (fries and cole slaw) were fine, nothing special. Brisket was very disappointing. Thinly sliced and fairly fatty, I expected a tender, melt in the mouth smoked brisket. What I got was tough and rather bland, definitely needed the sauce (which was decent) to be edible. I'm not sure what it was smoked over, but there was no smoke flavor. I've had brisket at many of the local BBQ joints and this definitely ranks at the bottom. read more

We just gad Brocks cater our Sons formal graduation party for 75 last night. This is our first time having anything Catered and they made it so easy! The planning process was easy as they have lots of information online already and the questions we had were answered in a timely manner. The food arrived Hot, Fresh and On Time. The servers were so friendly and helpful too! Our guests really enjoyed the delicious food. The BBQ and sauce are the best of any restaurant I have ever had. The Italian seasoned grilled Chicken got rave reviews too! There was plenty of meat and sides to go around. I love the buffet style too because guests get exactly what they want without all the waste. We will definitely use them again in the future! read more

Food was amazing, great barbeque. Several hours after eating though, it gave me terrible diarrhea, but maybe I should've laid off the hot sauce. Will surely recommend to friends and tell them to buy an extra plunger. read more

I used them for catering for a client. It was not positive. Ordering was easy. Cost was medium-high. Delivered on time. Food was awful. Watered-soupy potato salad. Pork BBQ tasted "different" and 75% was left behind. read more

Went on a Friday for their buffet. Lots of goodies on the buffet line including fried shrimp. Shrimp is only served on Friday's and it was delicious right along with the pulled pork, coleslaw, collard greens and stewed tomatoes I had. Wait staff was very attentive also. read more

Took the family here tonight and we all had the buffet and it was great. I had BBQ, fried chicken, baked chicken, collard greens and coleslaw. All items were fresh and hot (except coleslaw, fresh and cold) Fried chicken was my fav. Crispy and juicy. For $8.99 a person, you can't beat the buffet. Service is fast and friendly. Great little spot read more

The ribs are awesome. Well seasoned and the sauce is great. The pulled chicken is good. The collard greens are awful as is the apple cobbler. The sweet potatoes fries were meh. 2 1/2 stars. read more

No customer service from the guy on the phone to the woman at the window. The meat is SO bland, no seasoning on the meat and not grilled well. They give the smallest sauce for a brisket and pulled pork sandwich that I've ever seen! ZERO flavor in the meat! I am SO disappointed that this was my first time and spent $25 on junk! read more

Went on a Sat for lunch. You could order off the menu or eat from the buffet. I chose the buffet. Smoked pork with three sauces available. Country fried steak, grilled chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, Mac & cheese, salad bar and really good collars. The pulled pork had great flavor. Average pricing. It was a good deal! read more

Of all the BBQ in Chester, I have to say Brock's is the front runner. Of course that all depends on what "style" BBQ you prefer, which usually is a result of what you ate growing up. Brock's touts itself as " North Carolina" style and it is. The sauce is vinegar based with a little tomato thrown in for good measure and seasoning. There were just three of us so we got the Family Pack. This consists of a pack of Wonder Hamburger buns, about a pint of BBQ of your choice (pork, beef, or chicken), baked beans, and cole slaw. However, we substituted macaroni and cheese and hush puppies since we made our own beans and slaw. Everything was great. It was all packed into a medium sized bag and at first I thought it may not be enough - but it was plenty. In fact, we have leftovers! And at a total of $21 including tax that's not a bad deal! No, I didn't take pictures - my phone doesn't take the best so you'll just have to imagine but trust me when I say it was delicious and well worth the money. read more

Brocks quality control doesn't exist anymore. Ordered half rack of ribs today, Brought them home and found them to be near raw. Called and talked to manager and he said bring them back and he will refund money. That's fine but how could a cook or manager let that undercooked ribs leave the kitchen? Have been a customer since they opened, Few time when food wasn't up to par. Doubt I'll go back, Seems its a pig in the poke when you take out order (pun intended). JD Amelia read more

Family-owned restaurants always have a special place in my heart- every time you walk in, you feel right at home. Brock's Bar-B-Que is no different than stopping in for dinner at your neighbor's house. As soon as you walk in, you feel welcomed and treated so well. I stopped in for dinner and was happy I was able to be seated right away. The staff was super friendly and after telling them it was my first time visiting, they were more than happy to share their story about the place as well as specials of the day. The food was wonderful - I actually had their roasted chicken with mac n cheese and green beans (and of course with a large glass of sweet tea). True southern meal with every bit of a taste like my grandma use to make. My friends ordered the pulled pork and was very happy with their meals as well - their bbq sauce is one from the god's of food and flavor. Stop on in for southern comfort food with great prices and welcoming staff. What a great place to go for a small-town feel right in Chester! read more

As for BBQ this place was OK at best.... I will say for the value we ordered the pull pork platter and had plenty to take home.. Portion was unbelievable... read more

What a disappointment!!! All the food was luke warm except the baked beans. The potato salad was room temperature rather than being chilled as one would expect. We requested a new, hot batch of hush puppies and they still came out less than warm. We intentionally did not order the buffet to ensure we hit fresh food and it tastes much less than fresh. While the wait staff was very friendly, I would not recommend this place!!! read more