The food was super delicious. My partner got the BBQ chicken, Mac and cheese, and baked potato. He left nothing on the plate, it was that good. I got half of the house salad and added bbq chicken. The half a salad was a good portion, also not sure if the blue cheese dressing is made in house but it was definitely the best blue cheese dressing I have had. Overall good and the two girls at the register where very helpful and nice. Will definitely come here again when I'm back in town. read more

Food was meh. Mac and cheese was NOT mac and cheese. It was more like a cavatappi pasta with GRITTY alfredo sauce. -1 Pork ribs are horrible. 5 inch bone with less than 1/4 inches of meat on each side. -1 Potato salad was bleh. It had a smokey flavor to it. Just because you serve it at a BBQ place doesn't mean it has to taste smokey. I get it, sometimes the sides will take on a smokey flavor... BUT they were in individual cups... an did tasted like a few drops of liquid smoke were added. I like my potato salad with mayo, a little mustard, egg, onion, celery, etc... not liquid smoke. -1 The garlic bread was fresh... that was the only good part of the meal. Cashier was very nice. read more

I ordered the Santa Maria Salad with Tri-Tip for takeout, we had it with Blue Cheese Dressing, every bite was FANTASTIC! So glad the guys working at the counter encouraged me to get it as designed (I was going to change the meat). We got the full size to share for two women and even then we had a bit left over. I finished what was leftover two days later and it was still amazing, I savored every bite! Very friendly place, as well. This was my first visit, and can't wait to go again. I know what I'll order. read more

Don't get me wrong, it's nice to have a BBQ place so close by, but it's just okay/so-so. The cornbread is phenomenal but I wasn't expecting 2oz of the 3oz of "meat" promised in my kids meal to be bone ( a light eater-sue me). Like they literally gave me a soggy & sad chicken drumstick in foil but the menu made it seem like I was getting hand pulled chicken. You're not, it isn't that great of a BBQ place. That's cool though, were not in the south & for city mice it's not a bad effort. Be sure to grab extra BBQ sauce because the servings aren't very saucy. Good cornbread though! Potato salad is bizarre & more like tuna salad, but with potatoes ‍ read more

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Wonderful service staff, very accommodating and lots of smiles. The food was delicious and plentiful.

After hearing about this place for a couple years we finally tried it for a midweek take out. It was a disappointment. Overpriced and small portions. The taste of the ribs was just ok, nothing spectacular or memorable. There are far better places for Ribs on the peninsula. read more

This place is so dry. Dont even bother coming here This place dont lnow what real bbq is read more

EXPECTED Brisket to be moist, Described as larger portion comparison to FLINT's Or EVERTT And JONES from East Bay. The barbecue I'm a custom to is moist very tender this was very dry extremely small portions came with two sides and corn bread which was about 3/4 of the inch thick was expecting regular size corn bread. I saw a sandwich with brisket or tri-tip me which looks dry. TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED! Had heard good things about this place , but didn't live up to it! TOO BAD . TRY SOMEWHERE ELSE read more

The staff was nice. I'm sorry to say that the food fell short. The chicken was super dry, there was potato salad but I'm not sure what it was but def different than any potato salad I've ever had and the flavor was off. Mac and cheese was ok. My friend had the ribs and Mac n cheese and cornbread and garlic bread. Not much flavor. Overall our experience with the food was poor. It looks like it's a popular place and maybe we caught them on a bad day of food. read more

Delicious barbecue even for breakfast. The guys there were great. Price is reasonable and they have great sides.

The food was amazing. I had tritip bbq and my spouse, pork bbq. Normally I get a lot of fat included but not here. Service was great. Music was a bit loud. read more

vacationing from Arkansas and stumbled in this quaint BBQ place. I highly recommend.

Easy order-at-the-counter BBQ joint! Lots of seating, nice atmosphere, good music. Brisket is sooo good! read more

The Crossroads BBQ - Beans - Barbeque Near Me - Carmel, California

We got our favorite go to salad, the Santa Maria with Blue Cheese and tried a special sandwich w/brisket & chimichurri sauce. Salad was awesome, as always! We split this salad between 2 people. There's red onion, blue cheese crumbles, cucumber, tomato, red, yellow bell pepper, avocado. They must make their own blue cheese dressing because it is insanely delicious, craveable & yummy! The sandwich was new to us and while we couldn't really taste a super strong "chimichurri" flavor the meat and sandwich overall was delicious and there were no leftovers! We also got a side of the spicy bbq sauce, but honestly, the food is so yummy that we both pretty much ate everything and only dipped into the sauce a couple of times. ( looking forward to using the leftover sauce with fries) Service is always by nice, friendly, helpful people. We did take our food to go to eat at home & lounge on our deck. So appreciative for all of the hard work that your staff does to provide a consistent, yummy meal!! We will be back soon and hopefully with friends and hopefully you will be able to have music. read more

The best BBQ place in Monterey County! I personally love the Tri tip sandwich and BBQ chicken sandwich! My son loves the hotdogs and mac and cheese! Nice and Friendly staff. read more

The Crossroads BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Carmel, California

Great service and great food ! Ambience is really nice. Definitely will reccomend to friends and family

I got the 1/2 pound pork ribs with 2 sides and garlic bread. RIBS: Great smoke and flavor, but not easy to pull of the bone. OVERALL: 7/10 SIDES: Mac N Cheese: great flavor, but a little dry. OVERALL: 7/10 Beans: Decent, but beans not tender. OVERALL: 6/10 Garlic bread: great garlicky butter taste, but a thin piece of bread. OVERALL: 6/10 TOTAL: 26/40 Decent BBQ, but not for the price. read more

Terrible service by the girl in the front desk , she was rude when ordering and apparently they don't have and servers so you need to get up and make line at front desk if you need anything else but they still ask for a tip lol. The food was served cold and we tried multiple sides. To say the least , we did not have a favorite very poor quality bbq for being in the crossroads read more

They had a new sandwich- the "gaucho" brisket with chimichurri on the menu tonight and it was the best sandwich I've had here ever. I'm usually a die hard raging bull fan, but this may have become my new favorite. It was on the "daily specials" menu, but I can only hope it becomes a permanent addition to the menu! read more

The Crossroads BBQ - Two meat platter with chicken and tri tip. Served with amazing garlic bread and two sides! - Barbeque Near Me - Carmel, California

Just kind of disappointed. Paid 26 ish dollars for the large Tri tip which was dry and cold and not a half pound of meat like advertised. The potato salad and beans were not good at all and when I asked the young kid working for more bbq sauce and he tossed it on the table and walked off. I asked him if I ordered a large and he said "yes it's over a half pound of meat", which it wasn't. My gf had the sandwich which had more than double of the meat than I had and half the price.....I mean I can't expect a lot from this place anymore. See photo I've attached of the LARGE plate read more

The Crossroads BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Carmel, California

Definitely a good place to eat in Carmel. It is out of town about a mile or so but worth the drive. Had the smoked brisket sandwich with Mac and cheese. Brisket was tender and flavorful. Bread was soft...very good. BBQ sauce was amazing. Mac and cheese was just ok, I'll try a different side next time. Excellent customer service. read more

Easy to find it is not... there's much going on in the area that got discombobulated... eventually finding it by walking around and following the door numbers. Service... liked it; its what I would expect from the looks of things. Simple, punctual and kind. Place looks nice; I can picture it as it would be if things were like this used to be. BBQ Beef sandwich with slaw. I judge by the taste of the meat without any sauce and I could not taste it. The sauce was good, but the meat was a little tough. I'm going to attribute the toughness to how they have to preserve the food for the type of service most restaurants must follow now. Maybe hot plate/hot bulb keeping food warm as to not waste or make customers wait for it to be done. Bread pudding was a sigh. Was melted sugar (too much) and the drizzle on it didn't stand out nor was the bread soft and fluffy to the point of dissolve. But I do know bread pudding types vary so so much from place to place. Again, I must attribute to perhaps the current state of things that is affecting it; another bbq place I like has turned and tasted and looked the way this is; it did make me a little sad because I believe the other reviews. read more

I want to live this place, I really do. However it is SOOO hit and miss. I have orders from here 5-10 times now and I have gotten the ribs each time. Sometimes it's AMAZING! Tender flavorful and just perfect. The there are other times like today. The ribs tasted kinda old and overcooked. It was lacking flavor and I chose to not even finish them. Depending on what day you catch them o , you'll either have a great experience or a very lackluster experience. read more

The meat was really good but the sides were not tasty at all. The Mac n cheese was loose and had no flavor. Neither did the potato salad. We both got cornbread and it was greasy and had zero flavor. I thought maybe our tastebuds were off, but I scanned plates of other customers and there sat the same uneaten items in their plates as well. read more

Everytime we are in this area, Crossroads BBQ is a must have. I always get the tender and delicious tri-tip. Hubby always gets the chicken! Both delicious!! I also love the potatoe salad which is very different from what I'm used to but it is really good. Now, the cole slaw could use a little help because it is too dry for our taste. No traces of mayo or salad dressing could be found But that is not a deal breaker for this place at all. Also want to mention that the front staff are Always pleasant and attentive. They really make you feel welcome. Thanks guys for good food and good service! read more

The Crossroads BBQ - Pulled chicken BBQ sandwich - Barbeque Near Me - Carmel, California

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The meal was delicious especially the chicken was perfect, portion could of been a bit bigger value for the money not there.

So good! Fast service, good food & close to Point Lobos. Perfect place to pop in after a hike for a meal!

I first heard of this spot towards the end of 2021. I didn't make it there until February, moved out of California in March, and couldn't stop thinking about the brisket and spicy bbq sauce until I moved back in May. Some afternoon in February my brothers, son, and I finally made it here. A coworker of mine had been raving about it for months and now I know why. The restaurant is located at the end of a line of shops at the Crossroads. You can't miss it because their hardest working employee is out there inviting you in with the most delicious scents of smoking meats wafting up from their smoke stacks. (It's their smoker guys and gals) :o) We couldn't make a decision on the combination of meats to order so the manager, Adrian asked what we liked and we let him order for us. While we waited for our meal we had a couple beers from their selection that they had on tap. My brother got the POG and I had something a little hoppy and sour. They were both yummy. I wish I remembered the name of the brewer. Our meal finally came and woah. It was Yum-O! Both my brothers have made their living as cooks and if you know cooks- they tend to find something about a meal that could have been done better. Neither one had a thing to say about improving our meal! Ok, so we had the sausage (yum), tritip (yum), pulled pork (yum), brisket (super yum!). I think we also had chicken (yum- had to be, right?). For sides we had the mac and cheese (yummy and cheesy), coleslaw (what a coleslaw should be), potato salad (yum), cornbread (this wasn't the cornbread I was used to eating but it was good). There were also slices of pickles and pickled onions that were perfectly crunchy and tangy and a berry cobbler none of us could even look at after our meal because we were stuffed! My favorite things were the brisket (perfectly smoked and glistening with the most yummy, melty fats) And the spicy bbq sauce (slightly sweet, and nicely spicy-it had a good kick). Pair those with some of their pickles and onions and MWAH! What a great bite! I've been back a couple times and even tried their breakfast tacos. My favorite? The tritip. You've gotta order with an over easy egg. Flour tortilla, over easy egg (rich yellow yolk making its way into every bite- uhh... yum), cuts of tritip, salsa, and some jalapeños. This review is much too long...let me sum it up in just a few words: This place knows what it's doing. The food is delicious. Go get some bbq! read more

Tasty BBQ! It's definitely not comparable to BBQ from the South but it's a solid option if you're having a craving on the Central Coast. The food was solid and I liked the pick-up experience. The only downside was that the portions are small and the food is pretty expensive. read more

I went on a date to crossroads BBQ there customer service was amazing! I'm definitely coming back here with family and friends! The BBQ sauces was amazing! read more

My father's from Texas. We know good bbq. This is good bbq. Brisket is not dry. Pork ribs falling off the bone. Sauce tasty. Love it

I came here with a friend of mine. We ordered two smoked chicken salads, to go during the COVID situation. After ordering we waited outside. There were multiple people working and nobody else ordering things at that time. The employees dropped our salads out on the counter and did not inform us they were ready, as we sat 6 feet away. 15 minutes later we inquired about our food and were told "it's right here!" The salads were very much like something you would throw together at home: basic iceberg lettuce, a few cherry tomatoes and a ranch dressing packet. Both salads were supposed to come with bread. We each chose cornbread. No cornbread was included, whatsoever. The total cost for the two, premade mix salads with cold leftover chicken was almost $40. I'll never be back, that's for sure. read more

We love BBQ, so we had to search for one while we were in town. Upon finding it and validating it with my cousin who actually lives in the area we decided to gives these guys a try. We ended up with a 2 meat combo which included brisket and pulled pork. My GF loved the pulled pork not sure if because its her favorite bbq or if it was really that good. I liked it, but I enjoy brisket even more so. We ended up trying two sides as well, she went with their coleslaw and I had their potato salad. I wasn't impressed and neither was she, but the BBQ was the star here and we will definitely try them again if were ever near by. read more

My husband and I were excited to try this place. We headed over there for our standing Friday night date, hungry and ready to try out a few of their dishes. We checked their hours online and saw that they closed at 9pm. We drove all the way to Carmel, which is about 20 miles from our house. We got there at 8:20 pm and saw the restaurant had about 14 or 15 people eating inside and headed towards the door. As we approached, a gal hurried to the front door and started closing it. My husband asks "Are you open?" She replies "Just for takeout." I say "Oh, ok, no thanks." And she shuts the door...... Pretty disappointing. I understand if it was 15 minutes before closing time, but 40 minutes prior to closing time seems just plain rude and unreasonable....... We won't be coming back. We headed over to SUR in the Barnyard and had an excellent meal! read more

Cliff notes: 1. Real Smoked BBQ 2. Great sides 3. Awesome beer list 4. Ambiance 5. Great spicy BBq sauce This is the place to go if you are in Carmel and have a hankering for some real BBQ. I've been all over the western US and this place hit the pulled pork out of the park. The ambiance was great on the night we visited with live music and tons of families enjoying their food. We stuck to the sandwiches, tri tip and pulled pork and a brisket sandwich. We are with a buddy from SF and he is a big beer aficionado, he commented that it was hard to pick from such a well curated list. The sides were great, we enjoyed the slaw and my favorite was the potato salad with the spicy BBQ sauce. The people working there treated us well, checking on us frequently and finding us condiments we couldn't find. This will be our new go to stop in CARMEL. read more

The Crossroads BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Carmel, California

When you're on vacation in Carmel for a week, BBQ starts to sound real good. We were staying at Quail Lodge where there is a BBQ joint in the Liquor Store literally across the street. However, they close at 3:00 pm. BBQ is pretty heavy for lunch and who eats dinner at 3:00 pm? Fortunately for us, Crossroads BBQ keeps regular business hours. The sauce is tasty and meat is tender and smokey. The mac-n-cheese was good. The cornbread had the perfect texture, however it was pretty bland, but that may be the style of that type of BBQ cuisine. Overall, the experience was a positive one, and I would love to go back next year. read more

C+ performance. The meat wasn't bad but it also wasn't anything to write home about. If you're just hungry for BBQ and not looking to have your mind blown this will get the job done, but overall the entire plate lacked flavor. Cornbread was made really well but needed sugar and salt. I used the BBQ sauce for the meat which is something I don't typically do. And that poor macaroni was crying out for some cheese, bless its heart, just tasted like warm noodles with butter. Potato salad was pretty good though. read more

Shoot! It's the Fourth of July and it'll be lunch soon... naturally we're still sitting at the dining room table having just finished breakfast. So I go on Yelp and list off a bunch of options. "That's not like... AMERICA!?!?" So then I search for BBQ. And this place pops up. I wonder if they're open as I click on the link to their website. Lo and behold a Fourth of July special! I order 3 meats, coleslaw, potato salad, beans and garlic bread for 4-5 people. Literally perfection. We picked it up in time for lunch and it was devoured by all. PERFECT for this American holiday. America - F yeah! read more

I had some thoughts about this place at first. After I had the brisket sandwich and the mac n cheese I recommend the brisket sandwich from this restaurant. The cashier was nice and the only bad thing about this restaurant is that it´s in the back of the Crossroads read more

BBQ ribs were excellent. Service was fast and friendly. Nice comfortable outdoor dining area. Very covid-19 compliant staff.