Service: 4 stars.
Food: 2 stars.
I went to the Mission BBQ in Glen Burnie and always had decent food. First time going here last night and it was mediocre at best. I really liked the ambiance of the place, full of pictures of firefighters, military, policemen and other respectable figures. The environment was great.
So after church, about 18 of us decided to come here. As we came here, there were about 2 picnic tables and 1 booth for us, however, we still needed another table. About 6 of us were still standing till some lovely people decided to let us have their table. Just enough space for all of us 18 Asian filled hungry mob. How nice of them! Luckily, they were leaving so we didn't feel too bad for taking their space.
The majority of our group went up to order while the rest of us stayed to keep the tables occupied. When the majority sat down with their food, the rest of us went up to order. I ordered the 3 meat sampler which consists of Moist Brisket, Pulled Pork and Jalapeño Sausage with a side of Mac N Cheese and Fries and a Blue colored soda which turned out to be Cream Soda.... I looked at the color of the soda and assumed it was Blueberry or Tropical Fruit Punch or something. After having a sip, I was not happy. LOL. I like Cream Soda, just didn't feel like having any last night.
I got my order and sat down and my favorite sauce there was the Smokey Mountain. They had like 6 different sauces plus this white Alabama sauce and vinegar. The Moist Brisket (Fatty Brisket) was good. The fat on it really helped with the tenderness and flavor of the brisket. Add some sauce and it's on point. However just about everything else was mediocre or worse. The Pulled Pork's texture felt like tree bark, was very dry and stringy. Even with the copious amounts of sauce, I still had to chase it down with the Cream Soda. The Sausage casing was so hard to penetrate that I had to use my hands to rip it off from my teeth. The taste was pretty good but I wasn't planning to use my bare hands in taking it off. They don't have the little hand cleaning wipes like Famous Daves does. Or at least, I didn't see any on any of our 4 tables.
The cornbread was tasty but dry. Their fries were pretty good but it's hard to mess up fries. Some of our group was "raving" about the Mac N Cheese and when I tried it, I was thinking to myself if those people should have any credibility when it comes to food because the Mac N Cheese tasted like Mac N Cheese. What I DID like about it was the crust of the Mac N Cheese but flavor wise, it wasn't BAM to me ya know?
What I really didn't like was, with all the sauce I put on to balance out the dryness of the food, started to mesh together and have the same taste after taking each bite. No matter what food I had, it tasted the same. The consistency of the sauce wasn't a solution to the dryness of the food. There was nothing to save the food.
Like I said before, their brisket is worth getting and the fries were pretty good. If you like Cream Soda with your BBQ then get the blue colored glass bottle. Their service was great. When I was waiting in line, a lovely woman approached me and asked what I wanted. I asked her what she would recommend to a person that's hungry. She recommended the meat sampler then she took my order and I got my food in like 1-2 minutes. As time went by and people started to empty out their plates, some guys would come up and take our plates away.
I love what they do for those who serve in the military and those who are fire fighters, policemen and other commendable persons. They also don't have any freezers and a lot of their food is fresh. Maybe even all of it.
This place would be a solid 3 stars for me but with their respect and initiative for those who serve to protect us, I'm giving this place 4 stars. read more