I think most of the reviews here are based on the price because these were the WORST beef ribs I've ever had. Im a terrible grill-master and my ribs are better than this. These ribs are not smoked on-site and transported to the restaurant every morning. Im pretty sure they're microwaved based on how dry and tough they were. I could only stomach 1 round. $17 down the drain. The fries were good tho read more

Riscky's BBQ - Dry Sahara desert beef ribs - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

I was at the Fort Worth Cattle Drive and I was hungry so I went to Riscky's bbq and it was good. The food was great, the decor was awesome but the problem I had was the sanitation. The tables were sticky and the bathrooms were falling apart. The staff was nice and the food came quickly. Would come again if I didn't have any other options. read more

Stopped in for a quick bite. The bloody Mary's were amazing - perfect amount of kick We loved the fried corn and the flatiron steak. Both cooked perfectly and so yummy! Fun little place that takes you back to the ole days. Service was good but our server seemed overwhelmed read more

Service was good but don't get the all you can eat beef ribs or you'll be fighting with your food. The brisket bite app was good though. I'm not sure what the rest of their food is like. read more

Service was great but food quality, so-so. I had Brisket, Spicy Sausage and Pork Ribs. Meats were tender but tasted old/leftover taste. Appetizers (Jalapeño Poppers and Brisket Bites) tasted frozen to fryer type of food. Will not be back. read more

In town for business and looking for a spot downtown Ft Worth for BBQ before getting a drink and cigar. Friend recommended Riscky's and the location worked well. Coworker and I sat at the bar. The bar tender was friendly and helpful, though when we sat down the bar was really dirty from the previous patron. As with any new BBQ joint there is just too many things you want to try in that first visit. We ended up both trying a three meat platter to sample couple different options. I got the Beef ribs, smoked catfish, and BBQ shrimp. The shrimp were large, tasty, cooked well and tasted fresh. Beef ribs were on the small side, and were ok (didn't blow me away). Probably one of the stars of the plate was the smoked catfish. It was a HUGE filet of fresh catfish smoked in the smoker. The flavor was awesome and cooked perfectly! read more

Visited with my wife and 7-year old daughter. Service started off great. Attentive and timely. My wife got the shredded beef (which looks like sloppy joe when it comes out), I got the beef brisket, but lean. My daughter got the Mac and cheese with a side of beans. Food comes out, and immediately I look at the brisket, and it has fat & is fatty (marbled) to the point the brisket looks watery and almost pulverized. So fatty; not lean. I try to be classy in these situations, and said to our server, "I have a question. Is this lean?" I showed him the brisket. Like a deer in headlights, he put up a defense. "Well, I typed lean." & he stood there. I could see on his face that he saw & recognized the fat. So I am thinking , ok, not getting anywhere. So, I said, "Don't worry about it, let me talk to a manager. He started to get a manager, but then stopped in his tracks as if he were going to come up with some excuse to not get the manager. I said, "let me talk w/the manager. Don't stress yourself out." He talked to the manager behind me, as my wife, facing me and them, gave me the play by play. He talked for several minutes w/her, before she headed our way to talk with us. I explained that I ordered lean, but this was fatty. My wife, who is patient, saw the need to start tearing off fat and showing the manager. Manager finally said, "so you want a new one." I said, "yes, please. This is too fatty". New sandwich came out. Wife said it looked much better. I said to my wife, "this has fat on the edges, & it is more like chopped (chinks) brisket as opposed to sliced brisket. You know what, I don't want to eat this." My wife, for whatever reason, convinced me to eat it. She said, "oh no, this is much better than the previous brisket. She took a bit and said , yeah it tastes good." So I ate it. However, I had to tear fat off all the little pieces. Ugh. I put generous amount of bbq sauce from their bottles of bbq. It tasted as if there was no sauce on it. The brisket was not tasty, and was almost a chore or work to eat, and we had not eaten for over 6 hours. We were hungry. Last few bites, I spit out, because I did not see the fat to tear off. The brisket was dry. It tasted like it was warmed in a microwave. My wife did point out the very thin line of pink, which indicated it was cooked (heated) fast on the smoker, as opposed to thick pink indicating slow heating. But regardless, it was chopped, as opposed to sliced, & was so brittle & dry as if reheated in a microwave. I had to get up & refill my wife's drink, because our sever was absent after that, as if he were butthurt about me not eating the first mushy fatty brisket sandwich. My wife's shredded beef sandwich was cold until she bit the middle, which was warm. The bottom bun was soggy, & that made her comment that it had been sitting a while. I think it was unevenly warmed up in a microwave (warmed up on bun, soaking and soff ting up the bun, & uneven heating). So my wife asks for the check. When the server brought the check, I notice that he charged me: 1 soda for my wife (correct), 1 shredded beef sandwich for my wife (correct), 1 max & cheese w/ side of beans & lemonade (correct), & 2 (two) sliced brisket sandwiches (what?!). So I asked the server, "can you check that this bill is correct?" The server was waiting for me to just hand him my credit card as I reviewed the charges. His response to my question was, "well she told me to ring it up that way." So I said, a second time, "let me speak to the manager." So instead of the manager addressing this w/me, she never came. Instead, he & the manager left the overcharge of 2 sandwiches for me (I only ate 1 reluctantly), but "comped 1". Wait what? So a 3rd round of, "let me talk to the manager." Server said that, "I was supposed to get with her to get the 2nd sandwich comped." I repeated myself again, because I must stutter or something, "let me talk to the manager, because you are such the saint doing what she told you, I have to speak to her about this." He redirected, "well, like I said, I was supposed to have her take it off, & now it's fixed." Hmmm, oh really. I said look, "one thing that really pushes my button is when someone tells me 'I can't talk to the manager.'" He responded, refusing to go get the manager, "I did not say you could not talk to her." Oh ok, so using logic, I said, "then why aren't you getting her.", & I winked. Took her a while, & when she finally came, I explained that, " look, we are reasonable & only address legitimate food issues. I have never been charged for a remake of something that was not edible for me." Manager explained that she instructed him to ring it up that way & then get her to remove it (I guess comp it) for inventory purposes." If you need inventory tracking, make a 2nd ticket & don't let the customer see it. I said, "he acted like he was never told to get w/her. Not even a jog of his memory with 'is this correct'". I'll let u folks decide. read more

Ordered the sausage plate thinking it was a safe bet. Barely ate any of the food because it was disgusting. Ended up with food poising. Do not recommend eating here. read more

My friend found this place and I wasn't expecting much for $14.99 all you can eat ribs. Surprisingly, The ribs were very good and the server brought out the ribs right away for refills. Had a great time at this restaurant for the price of a fast food hamburger place. read more

Riscky's BBQ - $14.99 All you can eat ribs - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

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I had take a red eye flight, so I was a bit tired of walking around Ft Worth trying to find something to eat. This was pretty incredible good. Despite our Uber drivers telling us to go elsewhere,we went in and grabbed a bite. Boy, was it good! Everything was well seasoned. The BBQ sauce on the table was amazing, and we put everything from our plates in it! We liked it so much, we went twice (once in Sundance and once in the Stockyards). I had the brisket sandwich, which during lunch is super reasonably priced. The second time I has the beef brisket tacos. Both amazing choices. Would definitely go again. Service in Sundance was much better than in Stockyards but both good food. read more

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Hit the lottery and stumbled on Riscky's BBQ while in town in Downtown Fort Worth! The Waitress Alexis tells me they just got in some Bone-in Ribeyes that aren't on the menu! Yes Please! I ask her what else is good and she tells me to try the Brisket Bites! Couldn't have been happier with my meal and value! Even the mgr Gary, came out to see how it was cooked and if I was happy! You bet I am! read more

Riscky's BBQ - Too pretty to finish it - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

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Mrs. S and I went down to Sundance Square to do some shopping. Once done, we decided to stop by Riscky's for a mid afternoon dinner. The hostess that greeted us was extremely personable! She was great and led us to a nice table. Our server was Kate, a real sweetheart! She gave us plenty of time to look at the menu and there were plenty of choices. Mrs. S ordered the Brisket Tacos and I went with a two meat combo. The tacos were okay . I had the St. Louis ribs and half chicken. Both were actually quite dry. The BBQ sauce helped, but it was really kind of thin. . . almost watery. The serving size was huge and we took half of it home. (It was even worse the next day.). The potato salad was good and the red beans were okay, but not to my taste. All in all, it's an interesting place with great staff and a neat, cowboy chic atmosphere. Sadly, the food itself was simply nowhere near good enough to merit a return visit. read more

I enjoy Riscky's BBQ whenever I get a chance to swing by! My favorites thing to order is the all you can eat beef ribs. They are pretty good and the price is decent for them as well. You get one side (fries, beans, or potato salad) with Texas toast and fixings (jalapeño, onions, pickles). The sauce that comes with the ribs is tasty and always warm. They also have a full-service bar. The service is good in that staff is attentive with refilling drinks and seeing if everything is alright. Ambiance is Western and laid back. Super casual and just a fun place to go. read more

Had a visit yesterday and was expecting it to be a little better to say the least... They have pretty inexpensive plates because of the all you can eat deals here which is good. But unfortunately I had a not so good experience and wouldn't return again... I tried the catfish plate with fries and a side of mac n cheese. And my s/o had the all you can eat ribs with red beans. For starters the service was pretty good from Kenzie she was quick and got our orders placed fairly fast from when we sat down and was knowledgeable about the menu. But the food took awhile longer maybe 40 mins to come out the food was luke warm :( the mac n cheese was literally cold the first bite I took and was the main thing I wanted... it's like a watered down kraft mac n cheese with no flavor lol. Our waiter said she would take it off the bill.... The ribs was good but on the drier side and you could tell they kinda just sit there and warm them up. I was unsatisfied with my meal so i wanted dessert and tried the bread pudding with icecream. Not fresh or good and was hard which was weird because it's always soft when served and warm... the icecream tasted like freezer too. Anyways we paid with the Ipad from the waiter but once I got my receipt back I noticed she never took off the mac n cheese like she insisted so I wasted money on something I never had. Food was mediocre. read more

Riscky's BBQ - fried catfish - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

My overall experience was terrible. We had a long wait just to be seated when the restaurant wasn't busy at all. Just a little back story I first saw Riscky's (this location is in the heart of Fort Worth) when we went to a restaurant around the corner. I saw the outside of the restaurant, and I told my wife and mother in law I want to go there for my birthday. So I waited three weeks to go there and I'm disappointed. The food was cold and lacked any kind of flavor. My wife got grilled shrimp that was cold, and lacked any seasoning. My mother-in-law and I got the all you can eat beef ribs (or bones). We was really excited to get to try them, but all we got was bones with very little little meat. An the beef ribs lacked flavor, and had a weird smell of just being boiled in water then served to us. I rarely leave any food on my plate but we left all our food there! I fell like my family, and I get cheated at the end of the day. read more

Fort Worth, Texas. Stopped in for a quick lunch. Didn't go crazy but wanted to. We ordered from the lunch special menu which expires at 3pm. I ordered the sliced brisket sandwich. It came with 1 side which I chose french fries. The me comes with sliced onions , jalapeno and pickle on the side which I liked. The bread was kinda hard. I'm hoping it was because they tried toasting it. It didn't look toasted though. The brisket was very tender and tasted great. Nice smokey flavor. Whose ever bbq sauce they use was very good and not too spicy. The other meal was the pulled pork sandwich. Again the bread was hard. Not to appealing. The pulled pork was again very moist and tasty. Our side for this meal was Mac and cheese. Pretty average. Nothing special. With a soda and a beer are bill was $33 with out top. I wish I had more of their selection so I could give you more of a review. I feel 4stars is fair. The food wasn't bad. The service was great. I would recommend it. So if your in the area not a bad place to eat. Enjoy. read more

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Sides and appetizers aren't bad. Service was okay. But highly do not recommend the beef ribs. We had three orders of them to the table and all of them were bad. No seasoning. Super tough. And burnt. Had a whole wrestling match trying to rip a piece of the meat off this just to almost choke and die as I swallow the unchewable meat stick. And the bbq sauce tastes like apple sauce. read more

Riscky's BBQ - Burnt ribs - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

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The place looks nice and clean the staff are friendly and the wait time is down to a minimum the food tastes great I really like there burgers. It's a great place to go when you have a 1h lunch break, and the price is fair read more

Oh man. If it's your first time then go ahead, but for the love of all that's holy do not come here again. I've always wondered "where tf they gettin all the ribs so fast from?" And my biggest regret is not running out the area while I still had a functional intestine. This place makes me wanna go into therapy man. No wonder it's called riskys. It's RISKY to eat here Hot Garbage Meter: 100/10 read more

Food was delicious with huge portions, and staff was friendly and attentive. Great location to introduce peole to Texas BBQ. Sampler platter, Texas Mess, was especially appealing. read more

The food had such huge portions!! And Ericka was one of the nicest servers I've ever had! She is so thoughtful and was very sweet! The ambiance was perfect with the neon lights! read more

Not worthy of Texas BBQ standards. Brisket was dry and flavorless. Potato salad was like whipped mashed potatoes with pickles. Our server Raven was terrible. Won't be going back and will recommend to everyone to avoid. read more

Service was good but the food was ass party of 10 and nobody ate their food Don't recommend read more

Some of the best Beef Ribs! And they are all you can eat, and I did eat a lot! I have been there three times in less then a week and each time was so good! read more

Riscky's BBQ - All You Can Eat Beef Ribs - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

Please, Stop making this place so popular. The ribs are extremely fatty, so is the brisket. When you bite into the ribs all you can taste is the flavor of the beef fat. The fat is so plentiful that it coats the inside of your mouth all while the meat is tough and hard to get off the bone. Also, the meats needs more flavor. Even with the BBQ sauce it didn't add much of a flavor profile. All the sides come pre-packaged and taste generic. The Mac n cheese tastes exactly like the one i buy from quick trip. The service also sucked. Everything about this place leaves a generic taste in your mouth. It's all hype. read more

Food is bad. Bbq beef ribs are dry and sauce has little flavor. Food is served lukewarm and atmosphere is cool so midway thru the meal your food is all left cold and very undesirable. Mac and cheese was told to me by waitress that it was very good but when I got it , just looked like some store bought out of freezer, didn't have a nice fresh or baked taste . Potato salad , same thing, nothing special at all. I left half of my meal untouched. Now the fried pickles I really did like but that was it. Coming from California, I had high expectations of this place from reviews and Texas bbq, have had far superior bbq at even our local mediocre places. read more

made a takeout order for lunch and the website crashed after i paid but it did go through on my card. Marissa helped me out and got the order done quick and she had a very friendly demeanor! read more

Food was less than impressive. Ribs had obviously been sitting quite a while before being served - food was below-average. They had a big group in - but should have been a LOT better. Served dry pulled pork and brisket, beef ribs that couldn't be chewed, and old pork ribs. Regarding the service - very rude and not attentive. Never asked to refill our drink and overall, just rude and poor. Was looking forward to Texas BBQ, but this was just BAD. read more

Stars (see key for details): 1.5 Pros: Clean, decent prices for a downtown spot Cons: Food General comments: Service was OK - we had to ask for our appetizer after the main course was served, wait staff was also not too attentive, but friendly. Food was bad. 1/2 chicken was tiny, but didn't want to eat it anyway since it was dry, overcooked, and tasted burnt instead of smoked. Brisket tasted more of salt than any seasoning. Beans and fried pickles were salty. BBQ sauce (if you could call it that) was more like red sugar water. If it was a vinegar based sauce (based on how runny it was it wasn't tomato based) you couldn't taste the vinegar because it was so sweet. Calling it a bad sauce would be generous. Key for star rating: 5 stars: Travel worthy - it's a dinning experience worth investing in. I'm already making plans to come back! 4 stars: No tears - your not going to cry (good or bad tears), but you won't be disappointed. This place will always be on my radar, I won't need to look this up next time I'm looking for food. 3 stars: Good - better than average. Positives outweigh the negative. I'll be back. 2 stars: OK - less than average. Negatives outweigh the positive. I won't be back unless a friend really wants to try this place. 1 star: AVOID - skip a meal before going here. No chance I'll be back. read more

Ehhh standard BBQ joint nothing special but conveniently located across from hotel Ricky's didn't have good yelp reviews so i didn't bother ordering the brisket the restaurant claims is good (and i'm glad because my friends weren't too thrilled with the bbq) ---chicken club salad: chicken was moist surprisingly! went well with the dressing but the corona bottles on the table actually hold bbq sauce which add a nice flavor as well one gripe: food took a while to come out even though they weren't busy read more

Never saw a waiter/waitress, no napkins or utensils, ribs were burned to a crisp...overall horrible...would never recommend this place..... read more

Riscky's BBQ - All you cam eat rins....disgusting - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

Asking about good places to eat around Downtown Fort Worth near our hotel, our driver suggested Riscky's BBQ. Of course going to Texas for the first time ever, the first meal had to be BBQ as well. The place definitely has the Western vibe with the saloon like feel as you first walk in. Got the BIG BOY Sandwich (and a nice chuckle from the table as I ordered it) which comes packed with a protein filled trio of smoked brisket, sausage, and shredded brisket, stacked between Texas Toast. Unfortunately reading that exact description was way better than it actually tasted. The tender smoked brisket was the best part of the sandwich. The sausage was pretty much a chopped up hotdog, and shredded brisket was just soggy meat. I I was under the impression that Texas Toast meant thick buttery bread, but it was just thick soggy white bread. The side of fries was nothing special. Service was attentive, portions are LARGE...but this place is not representative of what I imagined Texas BBQ to be and is just average. Onto the next place in search of better BBQ! read more

Riscky's BBQ - Big Boy Sandwich - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

Let me say this. Service sucked. Took forEVER to get the bartender to take my order and then I was like for $30+ it better be some damn good bbq. Sadly I've had better and DFW area needs to have some hidden bbq gems because this place is NOT all that it cracked up to be. Their bbq sauce had cinnamon in it !?! Like GROSSS who in the hell wants cinnamon on their bbq. There wasn't too big of a smoke line in the brisket. I found their sausage, chicken and brisket VERY oily. I will not be back not only because of the food but the customer service was poor from front door to back of the house. read more

Riscky's BBQ - Bar area over looking the back seating area. - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

I have flown into Fort Worth for riskys bbq and taken guest always outstanding way better than anything yelp would send you so guess fuck you yelp hopefully you won't my spelling again read more

So it took 10 mins for any server to talk to us. The kitchen crew killed it and got the food out fast. So fast we did not even have our drinks yet. This place was not busy, just lazy servers. I do like the decor but that is we're it ends. Hard Pass read more

My 3 year old nephew said, "I yike it!" and everyone knows you can't argue with a three year old. read more

Riscky's BBQ - Kid's hamburger meal - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

It was the worse barbecue ribs we ever ate you need an iron teeth to pull the meat of the bone and the meat had weird taste the pickles is dry I only give them credit for the French fries and last the worse thing after we told the waitress about the ribs she said yes the ribs are hit or miss . read more

food was delicious and service was GREAT . fried pickles maybe a littleeee salty but that's just my opinion (in picture we shared a meal and it was more than enough) read more

Riscky's BBQ - Fried Pickles - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

Worst place I ever ate. Took forever for the waitress to come to our table. Forgot to bring us the drink menu after saying she'd be right back. It took forever to get our food, which I also think they forgot about. Waitress finally came out with food for our table but it was not ours and we had to send it back. When my SALAD finally arrived the chicken on it was really dry, almost like it had been sitting for a while and then reheated. My husbands food was dry as well and tough to eat. I had a really hard time paying for our meal we didn't enjoy and only ate half of. I just wanted to get out of there asap! Don't waste your time or money. The only good thing was my drink. read more

We enjoyed our visit!!!! We took a train trip from Oklahoma to Ft. Worth Tx. and this place was on the hotel list. The food was delicious. The smoke catfish was perfect! (I never this before) They had a gluten free menu!!!!! (So that's a a 5 star for me) it was handicapped friendly (that's a a winner for me) and the staff was Awesome!!! my brisket taco's was the bomb!!!! read more

Riscky's BBQ - The food was delicious. - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas