Fantastic barbeque!!! The ribs are amazing and the staff is very friendly. Best barbecue in lees summit.

My girlfriend and I came in the other day and it was really good. My biggest issues with most BBQ places is you don't get what you pay for and price. I love Oklahoma joes and nobody has come close to that BBQ anywhere. However I lived the food, I had the brisket and it was juicy, flavorful and down right delicious. The onion ring and fries were crispy. They had 3 types of BBQ sauce on the tables and normally I'm not a spicy anything kinda guy but their spicy sauce was easily better than the other two. Overall great experience, good food and I kinda dig the nostalgic vibe here. My only complaint is the price of brisket per pound. It's more then Oklahoma joes and it is not better. I'll be coming back read more

I like this place as far as the meat goes, but the sauce isn't my style. The french fries are great! They are very fast getting the food out. I think they are are little high in price. read more

Great place for quick BBQ! The pulled pork sandwich is delicious and the coleslaw is particularly good/creamy here. Even when they are crowded they manage to get orders out in no time! read more

This is one of my favorite lunch stops! The food is low-priced but very tasty. The place is quaint and charming with a very friendly staff. It's everything a small town eatery should be. read more

Relatives must have posted other reviews. One star for the clever name. No stars for the cold, unseasoned, oven baked, tough brisket on the beef sandwich. No stars for the tiny, dry bun which topped the aforementioned brisket. No stars for the Van Camps canned beans. No stars for the thin, vinegar tasting sauce. Seriously, Scott U. must have been smoking something other than meat when he said it is the best all-around BBQ in Kansas City area. Perhaps in a square block area. Rich K. said it best. Read and believe his review. read more

The filling station is great! The food was awesome, the staff was super friendly as well. I would highly recommend this hole in the wall restaurant to anyone who wants some good Kansas City BBQ! read more

I like the atmosphere of this barbecue place. Located in old gas station, looks like an old gas station. Henceforth the name filling station barbecue. Sauces are good and have unique names according to petrol. Not our favorite in Kansas City, but one we have enjoyed BBQ several times. read more

Get the sausage. Rest is quite boring. Don't waste time here when pork and pit and Jack stack are a few minutes away

I have been eating at the Filling Station BBQ since it first opened. New owners took over about a year ago and this was my first time back. I was immediately impressed with how friendly and helpful the girl at the counter was. I ordered the "Two Meat Platter" choosing Beef and Turkey with my two sides being Onion RIngs and Cole Slaw. Service was fast and food was hot. The dining area was cool and comfortable on a hot August day. The 1950's music was great at just the right volume and good quality speakers. I liked the fact that each table was stocked with all 3 sauces - Spicey. Regular and Sweet all similar in taste to Gates sauces. No more having to walk up to the counter and ask for more sauce which I always found to be a drawback. Onion Rings (thick cut) were fresh made and excellent. The Cole Slaw was also excellent. The beef was very lean and a bit dry, but those who like low fat should enjoy it a lot. I'm from the old days of BBQ brisket with some nice lines of fat in it. I will probably pay a price for eating such foods but it is what I like. Turkey appeared to be processed but of good quality for deli style turkey. I still prefer old fashioned smoked turkey even though the white meat can be hard to get just right. I feel I had a good meal at a decent price but I was hoping to a bit more impressed. Oh well, I am still a fan and will return. It helps that it is very close to my home. read more

My friend and I hadn't seen each other for a while and knew we needed to find a good place to catch up. After following the delicious aroma blowing through Downtown LS, we found ourselves at the Filling Station BBQ joint. The inside of the restaurant is pretty small, but sweetly decorated with signs and replaced chachkis that gave the place it's Southern charm. My buddy had decided on the haystack of baby backs, and I got the burnt ends sandwich. Our meals were brought outside (where we were seated) after a short, short, short wait. We tried to slow it down and converse between bites, but we soon gave up on that as the food was so good we started devouring it- leaving our conversation up in the air with all those good smells. The staff was warm, friendly, attentive, and seemed very earnest when they asked for us to enjoy our meals. Verily, we did, and I will be coming back with many more friends! read more

I've eaten at the Filling Station 3 times in the past few months and have had pulled pork, rib tips, and chicken along with fries for a side. The pulled pork sandwiches have been moist with only a slight smokiness. If you're hungry, get the large sandwich. The rib tip sandwich, a generous portion on a hogie roll, was only okay. The "medium" bbq sauce was ketchup-y and reminded me of something from the cafeteria. Chicken was very good. Fries are piping hot and tasty. One major gripe is that their bbq sauce is served cold - I mean right out of the refrigerator cold. Nothing like pouring cold bbq sauce on an otherwise hot sandwich. Anyway, I have them heat it up in the microwave. Last time I did this, the two girls working behind the counter mentioned that I'm not the only one that's mentioned the cold sauce to them. Otherwise, the Filling Station is pretty good and worth a visit. With a few adjustments, it could be great. read more

This is a textbook BBQ dive. Great selection for a small place, very cool location in an old gas station. Great pulled pork.

The food is ok. The sauce is kind of eh. The prices are ok. But I quite going for two reasons. 1. If you want white meat chicken there is an up charge for a platter that comes with chicken. This seems very cheap and very poor pricing. If you want to get rid of the dark meat then put it on a special. 2. I went in there like five times in a row for burnt ends and they were out of them every time. This is totally unacceptable. How do you operate a BBQ business and you are always out of a staple BBQ meal? So the food is ok, not especially good but passable, but I don't think they know what they are doing. read more

When a review starts with "I really wanted to like this place" you know it's going to be a bad review...well I really wanted to like this place!! I've been trying for a few week to find time to go here and today I finally did. I was there about 5 minutes after they opened so maybe that explains why the sausage sandwich I ordered was cold. Not an acceptable excuse, but I let it slide because I was so hungry I didn't want to complain and wait for them to fix it. The flavor of the sausage was good. Not amazing, but good. Their sauce had a very heavy ketchup flavor which I personally don't like. The real kicker for me as to why I won't return was their price. I paid $8 for their large sandwich. No fries. No drink. Just a sandwich that wasn't really that "large." I left still hungry. For me the the quality nor the quantity justified the price. read more

This restaurant is very authentic and unique. The bbq is very good and I love the sauce. The little restaurant is very cute and old fashion. This place is a must try!! read more

The manager let me try the beans and slaw before I ordered. They were delicious. I felt much better about spending money on a dinner once I knew how the food tasted. The burnt ends..... Oh so juicy! I came for lunch and then stopped by again to get dinner to go for later. The price compares to other BBQ joints, but the filling station lives up to it's name by giving you so much food. I got enough for two meals out of one dinner and I'm pregnant right now, so I'm eating more than usual. Friendly, fast, and frickin tender! As good as other BBQ joints but here, I got my moneys worth. Now that I'm writing this review... I just might send the hubby out for more. ;-) read more

I had a turkey leg during downtown days to go with my adult beverage. Thanks for offering these since no one sells them inside the dt days.

My favorite BBQ, made even tastier because it's close to home (and I get frequent flier miles). I'm not even supposed to eat red meat or high fat foods, so when I say I'd go there ANY DAY, you know that every bite is worth whatever sacrifice of health is involved! The interior reminds me of a little luncheonette in my hometown when I was growing up, and the exterior recalls, well, every gas station my family ever pulled into when I was a kid. Charming, comfortable inside and out, and "finger-licking good," as the old commercial for some bland chain used to tout. PS - A Carolina Pulled Pork aficionado friend says that the sauce is not 100% authentic, because it's not mustard-based, but appreciated getting slaw in every bite of her sandwich. I love it anyway! read more

The Meat is very dry and the service is pretty horrible. If I had friends visiting Kansas City.. Taking them to this place would be a joke. I would not recommend this place to anyone. read more

My boyfriend and I went here for dinner last night and both of us were amazed. The owner was extremely friendly towards us and did whatever he could to help. The customers that were sitting a table away had a couple issues and the owner told them that if their meal had another problem, he would pay for it himself. NEVER have I seen that before! The food was amazing! My boyfriend is quite picky and he loved it. He had the catfish and told me beforehand that it was going to be tough for the catfish to compare to his dad's. He took one bite, looked at me, and started laughing. The catfish tasted just like his dad's. He loved it. I had the pulled pork and was simply amazed. My boyfriend decided he was going to leave a tip and shake the owner's hand, which is a pretty big step for him. The food was affordable, definitely worth more than we paid. They were certainly not skimpy with what they gave us! The fries are real, they were cutting them as we entered. There is no restaurant that can compare to this place. It was perfect! Even the interior. Nice and clean and, again, gave my boyfriend a sense of being at home. Very hard to do. read more

The food is great! I've eaten at some big name place while in Missouri and, in my opinion, Doug does a great job! I'll be stopping in every visit to the area. Can't say enough good about the food. read more

First impression - blah. I tried the Filling Station because it is near my house and I had never been. I have to say I was disappointed. When I walked in, the cook said hello but the waitress did not acknowledge me until the cook asked her to take my order. I was the only customer but she basically acted as if I was not there. Another server appeared and asked if I had questions. They recommended pulled pork so I tried it and sausage with 2 sides. The pulled pork was dry and had little flavor. It had no smoked flavor at all. The beans had potential but were salty. I ended up putting sauce in them to get rid of the saltiness. The sauce was supposed to be medium but seemed sweet and flavorless so when I got home, I pulled out a bottle of good BBQ sauce I had. The fries were hot and crispy and there were quite a few in the order. I had really hoped that this would be an enjoyable experience so I would have a BBQ joint closer to home. Guess I'll keep looking. I will give it another try and order chicken based on some of the reviews I've seen. read more