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    Hog Wild Pit Bar-B-Q

    3.1 (44 reviews)
    ModerateBarbeque
    Open 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    The oddest thing is the mac & cheese. Is it supposed to be served cold? Kinda like macaroni salad?
    Jen M.

    Menu board is confusing and kid taking the order is confused. Food is ok. Nothing really seems hot, particularly the mac and cheese. It's not warm at all, but also not a congealed glob, so it's got that going for it. Baked beans are good and don't taste like celery seed (what is it with BBQ places wanting to put that nastiness in everything?) I like that they have a little condiment bar with pickles and jalapeños; they are not the best quality but it's definitely a nice touch. My husband thinks it's a good deal for the money. He likes that they offer turkey as a choice. All in all, I think the food is pretty boring, and everything in the dining room seems worn out. That being said, there just aren't a lot of restaurants in Council Bluffs and there is something about this place that feels really comfortable to me. We've been here a few times and I always seem to enjoy it for some undefinable reason.

    ows pulled pork with gravy
    Elmer B.

    So let's start with the good, I ordered the open face sandwich which came with brisket, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Since I'm trying to try a lot of restaurants around me, I decided to order some curly fries, as well. The food was pretty good but was messy with gravy leaking all over into the bag... As for the bad, in addition to the need that happened with the gravy, they also forgot the fries. This isn't awful but it looks like this is a pattern with them...

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    Food was great the service was awesome! A lot of food for your money , the place was super clean

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    Alexis took the time to send my experience over the top . The past few months there has been an emphasis on detail . Great job

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    It just doesn't give me that really good BBQ taste. The last time I went, the wait was long and drinks were flat.

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    Best BBQ around! Fast and fresh! Great flavor! The manager was so nice that we ended up booking our daughters graduation party.

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    Staff was friendly and meat was good...but the sides were store deli types and completely blah. Didn't like paying $10 for just the meat.

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    I personally had the Carolina pulled pork sandwich, I added jalapeños and the hot BBQ sauce.

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    The Pit Lounge

    The Pit Lounge

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    This was my first visit and I was pleasantly surprised. The restaurant was clean and tables were…read moreready when we walked in. Comfy seating and nice atmosphere. The food was A+. Everything I tried was delicious!! I will be coming back very soon!!!

    Maybe I have too high of expectations. I've been to a lot of BBQ joints down in Texas, Florida, the…read moreCarolina's, etc. What can Omaha offer? I'm sure you can find decent BBQ still in Nebraska, but this isn't it. First of all, the price of BBQ is outrageous. I think that's a product of this economy, but we spent over $30 on a 3 meat combo and an extra side. One person could probably have this for their meal, which is a decent amount of food, but this is very pricey for what you get. SMALL sides, and the sample you get 3 spare ribs, 5-6 brisket slices, and maybe 1/2 a link of sausage. Our sides were the Pit chips, Mac n cheese, and a small sliver of corn bread. Nothing else- no drinks, we're just interested in the food. Normally from a "true" Texas BBQ joint, you'll get an entire loaf of bread with your meats - we didn't get any bread at all. If you get a sandwich like their brisket sandwich, you'll get the missing element, but if you have a combo with just the meats, it might go a long way to making the experience better. How was the food? We got our food to go. Give it a little time to rest before opening it up. The smells were decent, so I knew that it was smoked meats (the bare minimum requirement for actual BBQ). Let's start with the sausage. Nothing special - probably bought from the grocery store next door and thrown in the smoker. No cheese in the sausage. It was OK, but wasn't great. It reminded me of an Oscar Meyer kilbasa with a little more kick (spices). Real Texas BBQ like a Rudy's sausage blows this away - not even in the same league. I appreciate the attempt, but if they are serving this stuff, they need to go back to the drawing board. It absolutely does not taste or look like they make their own sausage, but I would love to hear if they do. It would be shocking if they say that they make their own sausage. Brisket was probably the star of the combo. The first few pieces were tender and had a nice arc when you put your finger in the middle. Paired with their BBQ sauce (the sweet is better than their spicy sauce), if it was a one meat combo and they gave me more brisket, then I would have been more satisfied. If you're dragged there, go for the brisket. But I think a good bbq joint needs good ribs. The cooking was pretty spot on - not fall off the bone, but relatively clean bones. The spare ribs might have been a better choice. The bark on the ribs were decent, but just my preference, I like to have saucey ribs. These were maybe sauced and then thrown on the grill, but maybe not. The bark is pretty salty. Maybe good for drunk food, but they could do better on the ribs. Adding their sweet sauce at the end on the grill would make these ribs MUCH better, because all the elements are there, it is just the execution that lacked. My biggest problem was really the portions. The sides were REALLY small. The pit chips were just kettle chips (nice and crispy) with a HEAVY dose of spices. Not bad, but not amazing, and that tells you what you need to know about the sides. Mac and cheese was decent, but can you give me more than 1/2 a spoon full? For $3.00, I would expect about twice or three times the size of the container we got. The small portions sizes make me feel ripped off - when you pull it out of the bag and immediately say "really"? Everyone agrees that it should be like a $1 side if you were to say that you got your money's worth. If you charged $3 for a side, give a decent portion, would ya?!! Finally the corn bread. I love a "famous" corn bread from a competing bbq restaurant, and compared to them, this is rather disappointing. It certainly is sweet, and the taste is ok, but honestly, the way it tasted, it almost exactly tasted like a yellow cake mix from a grocery store. At the "famous" place, you have some grittiness from the corn - this didn't have much of that. It was fluffy and crumbly, so it had potential, but the experience wasn't there. The corn meal grittiness, kicking it up to double the amount, maybe triple, it would have been much better. As it stood, it was a small slice of yellow cake. So overall, you and your drunk buddies going here for drinks and getting some drunk food, I'm sure that's how this place survives. But the food - the reason why we went - it's not something you walk away and say that was an incredible meal! Small portion sizes, expensive food, and just OK flavor, it definitely wasn't worth it. I would say it is most definitely salvageable with some tweaks, but as it stands, I would put this in the mid- to bottom-tier of BBQ I've eaten in Omaha. Probably won't be back unless I hear that things have changed.

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