Truth be told, my wife ate everything. I don't know why she's not writing this review... but anyways here I am. Absolutely an amazing place, with a great crowd and great service. My wife is still talking about this place. I don't blame her! She ate everything! I would defiantly come back. Thank you again! Truly delicious and best spot! P.S: honey don't kill me read more

It was very busy but service was quick and friendly. Their food is also really good and their portions are massive. I'm not really a bbq fan, but I loved it here. The crowd at the time I went was pretty much all in and out because they were people that work in the area with limited time. I could not really get a feel for the ambiance. read more

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The service was great and inside the restaurant looked really clean and I ended up ordering the fully baked potato special and boy was it delicious. Will be back to try other stuff on the menu. read more

Grand Prize Barbeque - Fully loaded baked potato - Barbeque Near Me - Texas City, Texas

GPB is the best bbq in Texas City folks... way better than Wrice BBQ down the road. The customer service is excellent and they catered our work safety luncheon and everyone loved it. Definitely not the best in Texas but a must try Yelpers... trust me. So let it be written... So let it be EATEN. read more

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Good portion sizes, however they fell short in a couple of areas, the brisket was dry and bland, the ribs were tender however both meats lacked smoked flavor, the bbq sauce was heavily tomato based and really needs to be worked on. When I eat bbq you wanna taste that smoked bbq flavor. Both meats lacked all of that. The mac and cheese was watered down and also bland. read more

Food was great. my parents took me to this place as a small child. Service was quick.

Yum, normally bread at a BBQ is a typical sandwich slice. This bread was so fluffy and full of flavor- tasted homemade and left me wanting more! Dinner plate was good portions with plenty of options. read more

If you want a bite of Texas this is your place to go. The food has been a major trade mark to my childhood especially the loaded potato. I loved the theme decorations back in the early 2000's, but it's evolved just like the rest. read more

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The BBQ is good. After reviewing some of the reviews we sat in the parking lot and left because we didn't think that it was any good. We finally gave it a chance it was definitely delicious. We got ribs quite a few times and the chopped beef. read more

I went here for lunch with a bunch of colleagues when we traveled last. The atmosphere isn't great or anything, but they have an alright amount of room. It's kind of like a cafeteria set up to order your food which wasn't bad but just weirder than usual. I ordered a baked potato and wow was that thing huge. It's like it was injected with steroids but man was that good. lol Great food, interesting atmosphere, and quick service. read more

The only thing good here was the employees. All the main meal's a.k.a meats were not fresh/cold and over cooked and hard/chewy i got the two meat (chopped brisket and sliced brisket) sandwich with cheese jalapeño bread and they only gave me the sliced brisket and not a lot at all and i still only ate less than half of it and mostly the bread the onion rings were okay-ish and the other people i was with got the two meats trays with two sides and they both got coleslaw and the jambalaya rice and they took one bite and didn't eat anymore ribs-not good same problem at my sliced brisket and the chicken wasn't cooked that great either the seasoned fries were the best thing. Basically the only things made fresh here/WARM is the appetizers. Drinks were also watered down thank you hope this helps someone. WONT GO BACK wish i took photos i just left. read more

YUM YUM wow the meat is very tender, sauce was perfect! potato salad snd pinto beans will definitely come back! read more

Love their lunch specials!! Today I had ribs, two sides and a healthy slice of Texas toast. The sauce on the ribs was glorious! The green beans were seasoned perfectly. I've eaten here several times lately and find it to be consistently good. Plus, their food serving system at lunch is as speedy as fast food -- so if you're pressed for time, no worries there either. Their front dining room is also a great place for an informal business lunch. read more

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Top shelf loaded baked potatoes! Peach cobbler is always a hit & customer service is just as awesome. They make you feel at home as soon as you walk in. read more

Good BBQ!!! I usually get the 2 meat plate (Brisket and Pork Ribs) with 2 sides. Best time to buy is during lunch rush. Get everything nice and hot. Greta service with a smile!! read more

This place has been here a good while. I graduated from this town in 1993 and that was likely the last time I visited. Not much has changed. Looks exactly the same as far as it did back then. Their menu is bigger-boudin, giant salads, fajitas. Our order: 3/4 pound of brisket, a chopped beef sandwich and fries, plain baked potato. Total price was around $21. Potato was the best part. Son didn't eat the whole sandwich. He said it had too much sauce. There sauce tastes meat based. The option of lean or most brisket is not given. The menu reads just brisket. I am used to a choice-the brisket was very lean which meant it didn't have much of a fat layer and wasn't very flavorful. The people were very nice though. read more

I got the Brisket dinner! Boaz Alabama has a hell of a lot better Brisket. I sat in the dining room. The AC was being replaced so it was hot. While I was eating the bland food, a ROACH fell on my shoulder. Appetite really went to Hell after that. The environment is not great either. Water leaking from the sealing! The best part of the meal was the bread made from scratch and the onion rings were really good! I will give them that! It's an old ass building that needs a restoration to say the least! Like I said! Boaz Alabama has a lot better more flavorful food. I travel for a living and this is the worst experience I have ever had! Definitely not worth the $16 read more

Grand Prize Barbeque - Barbeque Near Me - Texas City, Texas

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Don't come here!! Came around 7pm, I ordered 5 items and they didn't have it. No Cole slaw, no Mac n cheese, no fries, no burnt ends, no cheese sticks, no nothing!! Seemed like they were closing up early too. Everytime I ordered this lady kept saying, "nope don't have it" "nope dont have it" Service was rude, white lady could've been nicer telling people to hold on now. She had all 3 of her kids eating fried platters but yet the kitchen is closed for the public. And She got so flustered for some reason with my mom asking her a question. I also got the last order of rice but shouldn't have. I think she used her leftovers cause it was the end of her container, a random container. Something's not right. The brisket and ribs were dryer than the Sahara dessert. Paid too much for shitty BBQ, the butter didn't even melt on my spud, just a big chunk of butter and I asked for extra sour cream but didn't get it. I left hungry and broke. Posting here since yall removed my Google review! read more

They should be embarrassed to sell such an extremely small and FATTY potato, this was $10.00?? Hugely disappointed read more

Grand Prize Barbeque - They should be embarrassed to sell such an extremely small and FATTY potato, this was $10.00?? Hugely disappointed - Barbeque Near Me - Texas City, Texas

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I was so disappointed for returning to this place after 5 years. Back then I was treated rudely and today I got the same treatment. Why? And I only returned as a favor for a friend, picking up her lunch. I vowed to never spend my money here again and I'm glad I didn't. What happened again, the meat cutter was rude and the white family that came in after me received their food before me. Mind you, they ordered potatoes just as I did. This was done to me before by the same employees. I don't think I need to spell out what this looks like. I'm absolutely done. Never going back, not even for a friend. Again, 5 years and nothing has changed. It's a sad situation. read more

Great barbecue, especially on the jalapeño bread. The potato salad and cole slaw were great. Good variety of food, on the menu. We highly recommend this place. read more

Best bbq in texas city, hands down. I have been coming for the meats for almost 2 decades. The chicken today was perfect. Ate sausage and beef too. All good. The sauce is unique and excellent too. I expect the lower reviews are for sides and other stuff besides meat. The jambalya today was good. The pinto beans were just ok. The kids had potatoes which were well made, but potatoes aint meat. Seriously. :) read more

Sorry guys. Step up your game. I don't want to say anything bad but. Here I am. For what we spent. Just completely not impressed.

I'm updating my review. The food is still delicious, the portions are still enormous, and I still frequent this location. The change: the customer service has improved a great deal. Favorite menu items: brisket stuffed jalapeños and the smoked turkey. read more

I tried again to give grand prize another chance to make things right... well it didn't happen. Owner suggested that I call ahead next time to make sure they had what I wanted. Lol .. this time around 630 -700 pm .asked for senior chicken and lady hollers out of beans..come on , out of beans. Everyone was laughing because last time it was chicken... I will try back later on in Year see if y'all do better.Beans are cheap. How does a bar b cue place run out of beans lol . I'm done. Posted 2-15-23 read more

I've been coming here for years and used to consider this to be one of the better BBQ restaurants in the area. That was before I knew what good BBQ was and certainly before Pit Stop opened. These days, I rarely come anymore. When I do, my typical order consists of the super chop combo with iced tea. The jalapeño cheese bread it comes on is pretty good, like Goode Co. up in Houston. I think the sausage tastes better than the brisket. Their BBQ sauce is part of what makes me not like the food so much here, it's just different than others. If you don't care for BBQ, they also offer a few other items like burgers, pork chops and chicken fried steak. Prices are reasonable for a BBQ restaurant and service is good, even though they don't provide a whole lot since it's cafeteria style and they don't have table service. This is probably a good thing though. read more

went sept 19th...had a stuffed chopped beef baked potato. $9 well, the meat had no taste or flavor...and, too much fat. no butter on potato---so even with the wetness of the beef & bbq sauce...it was dry and just...a big YAWN read more

Grand Prize Barbeque - Chopped beef potato - Barbeque Near Me - Texas City, Texas

I always had mad love for this place, living in Texas city for 20 years. Of course support local businesses. But after today, I might have to change my mind. Food is great but treatment towards minority customers is terrible. Had a Caucasian woman in front of my wife. Cashier was super nice, going out of his way to make sure she has everything she needed even giving her extra stuff. There goes my wife greeting nicely, he doesn't even acknowledge her. Asked what she needs and not how can he help her. She gets her order, asks for side and he gives her the minimum. Then comes Caucasian male after her. Quickly changes his attitude to being nice. Then again after him was an African American guy and changes his tone of voice and asks him with a nasty tone, what he wants. Really Grand prize? Great to know you don't appreciate minorities' giving you guys business. read more

Well, this is my second time to be disappointed here. The brisket was sliced into it. Tender,but, was very dry.No smoke ring,No flavor. I guess Joe's has just gotten me spoiled now.. The only saving grace was that the sauce was awesome. The red beans also, have no flavor. Not even close to Popeyes. read more

This place is Texas all the way! The food, the decor. the music, and the friendly people all say "This is Texas!" Brisket, sausage, chicken are all juicy and flavorful. The sauce is a rich dark color and flavor that goes perfectly with the brisket. I really like the BBQ potato lunch special - a huge baked potato with butter, sour cream, chives, and cheese all covered with chopped brisket (I order it with no cheese & no foil). Comes with a side and a drink for under ten bucks. read more

Grand Prize Barbeque - Barbecue potato! - Barbeque Near Me - Texas City, Texas

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I've been a customer since 1998, and food has always been good, but service is terrible.. especially when it is slow/down time. No customers in line except for a large to-go order being completed. Meat cutter would not greet or make eye contact with me or my father. He could have told us it would be a minute, but chose to talk to lady with to-go order, smiling and speaking low to her. Another employee walking around, looked at us and said nothing. After about 4 minutes of being ignored, we walked out. Manager tried to resolve issue before we left, but I felt it would not be handled properly. I later sent an email to the owner, to which he said he would have the manager contact me. I responded with it being a conflict of interest, and would not wish to speak with the store manager, as I felt it would not be handled properly. The next day, manager called me, waking me up, asking if I would like to discuss the problem. I advised him he woke me and it was a bad time. The owner evidently doesn't want to be bothered with problems. I will NOT be continuing business with Grad Prize BBQ any longer. So much for supporting the local mom and pop shops... sad day!!! read more

I had to update my review of Grand Prize. They've once again become the best barbeque spot in Galveston County. Brisket is slow cooked over mesquite and don't miss the loaded baked potatoes or their pecan pie. It's all so good and I love to get their sliced brisket with two sides and home made jalapeno cheese bread. The sauce is on the side - just like it should be with real barbeque along with sliced onions and pickle. They have one of the best sauces I've ever found at a restaurant. Back on track, Grand Prize. Good to see! read more

The food is great. So much food. The customer service sucks be ready for a eat and go.

Let me just start by saying the service and their attitude need to get a serious adjustment. A lot of the employees at these restaurants in this industrial area do not care about customers because they know that no matter what, they will get business everyday from refinery workers at lunch time (mainly BP/Amaco) no matter what-people have got to eat. This is another place that we call in orders to monthly. We probably spend (as a company) about $800 a month here with the addition of at least one yearly refinery wide lunch to 225+ employees. Those numbers shouldnt even matter because EVERY customer should be treated with respect and courtesy. Actually, my boss and I walked in today to pick up an order and the OWNER was placing blame on us ("we are not open yet, have a seat-i said sit down") and was short tempered when there was obviously a better approach. My boss is one of the friendliest people I know and the owner's attitude caused her to blurt out "he is rude", which coming from her was totally unexpected. Not to mention, they lost our credit card phone payment slip so we were thankful we brought it just in case. Service aside, the food is really good. I like the grilled chicken sandwich topped with guacamole (which is a nice touch) and most of our employees like to order the two meat combo-choose from brisket, ribs, sausage or chicken and it comes with beans and potato salad or coleslaw for about $8. We will continue using this restaurant for our lunch meetings because our employees really like the food and are probably unaware of how badly we are treated upon picking up their orders. read more

Generally poor quality barbecue fare here. The lunch special was a chopped beef sandwich served with a hot link. Sounds reasonable. Except that it was a mess: the beef didn't taste fresh and perhaps it was chopped up hours ago. The sauce was thin and lacking in much flavor. The hot link wasn't; it could have been an Oscar Meyer frank. The bread wasn't much better --thick pieces of white bread that were just north of Wonder. The meager glop of potato salad was barely passable. My friends didn't enjoy their lunches either. BBQ beef on top of a baked potato? Seriously? Why not serve the potato as a side and not have the pile of beef on top of the potato? The potato was either raw or overcooked in sections --it just wasn't baked carefully or consistenty. Another friend's burger and fries were deemed "terrible" --the beef patty was frozen, he is convinced, because he knew it couldn't possibly be fresh. No salt at all on the waffle fries! How does this happen. The saving graces were the sweet tea and the somewhat cloying peach cobbler, which at 99 cents, was the deal of the day. read more

Not a Grand Prize at all! Went there on a recommendation from another business up the street while I was in town. Im not from the area so I always take the locals advice when it comes to the local food spots. I was REALLY excited to eat some GOOD Texas BBQ, I had been looking forward to it. Sadly this was NOT good Texas bbq. I got a 3 item combo so I could try a little over everything. 1. Brisket. When you are in TX you expect amazing brisket. While the meat was tender it had very little flavor and way too much fat still on the slices. Not a fan 2. Ribs. Good flavor but I could tell they had been sitting out for a while. very tough and dry. The rub/sauce was decent but I wanted tender and moist ribs. 3. Sausage. Not good at all. very bland and very watery. Almost like they had been in a covered steam tray all day and I got some of the condensation along with the meat. The building itself is really old and dated, not very clean looking at all. They are getting 2 stars just because their BBQ is not bad, but everything else needs some help.... read more

First time eating there, it was ok, need a little more flavor for the Jal. cheese/brisket stuffed balls. The mac was waaaayyy over cooked. I think i'll try just the reg BBQ next time. read more

Went there today for a lunch take-away. The food was mediocre and the service was cold and unfriendly. The man at the register was not rude but was not friendly either. His attention was focused elsewhere. One man was working the area where the order is placed and meat is cut. Two women were standing somewhere in between doing absolutely nothing. Even though there were only two patrons in line when I arrived, the wait was lengthy. There was a man in the back that could be seen through an intentional hole in the wall. The man in the back, the meat cutter, and the two women were all cutting up loudly as if they had nothing to do, even as the line began to grow behind me. When it was my turn to order, the meat cutter turned and went in the back without a word. While we waited for the meat cutter's return, the cashier notified one of the women to take the order of a police officer who was quite a bit further back in the line. When the meat cutter reappeared, he continued to cut-up with the co-workers. When he finally acknowledged my existence, he managed enough silence to hear me order the sliced brisket plate with potato salad and pinto beans. He resumed his talking and laughing as he cut the brisket and put it in the box. He then poured barbecue sauce all over it. I told him that I would prefer the sauce on the side. He gave me a hateful look, cut more brisket, threw it in the box and handed it to one of the women. She asked me what sides I wanted so I repeated my order to her. She also talked to co-workers and made no eye contact with me the entire time. The brisket was room temperature, dry and bland. The potato salad, pinto beans and sauce were also bland and could have easily been prepared by a novice cook. The employees were focused on someone or something else besides me. They treated me like I was in their way and interrupting something more important they wanted to do. I will not return unless changes are made to their customer service practices. read more

Take Out, ordered plate prepared and lady behind counter headed my plate to me side ways in bag, good thing they wrap them in plastic wrap, I was pissed, I guess her lighter customers were more important , Customer Service classes needed , BBQ dinner sausage nothing special tasted boiled with BBQ sauce and had no flavor, my ribs were all meat no fat which I like, but they were tasteless as well. The rice and potato salad were blah , so overall not satisfied , I'm not a BBQ master , but this definitely wasn't a grand prize :-( read more

I would consider the food average at best. I ordered the lunch special of rib and sausage. I received 3 riblets a small sausage link cut into 8 pieces, scoop of mac and cheese and pinto beans for $12.98 (without a drink). The sauce along with the food had very little flavor. The riblets were mainly burnt and barely edible. Customer service was good and was greeted well by all I came in contact. Overall, it will be a while before I try this establishment again. read more

Grand Prize Barbeque - Rib and sausage with mac n cheese, pinto beans, and jalapeno bread - Barbeque Near Me - Texas City, Texas