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    The Meating Place

    4.5 (37 reviews)
    Closed 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    You can see the thickness of the skin from the reheating over and over!! It's dried out and just not good at all.

    I got a potato with brisket and cheese. The potatoe was cooked and recooked so many times there was at least a 1/4 inch from the skin I couldn't eat. It was thick and nasty. NOT impressed at all!! We had such high hopes too! We won't be going back.

    Fat cap on sliced brisket
    Ethan S.

    Came here lunch time on Saturday. Ordered 3 meat plate with Cole slaw and green beans. Children had chopped brisket and mac and cheese. The 3 meats I got were: Sliced brisket - Came with two slices. One slice was fine, the other slice was just of the fat cap of the brisket. Was a shame. 3 out of 5 stars. Pulled Pork - was dry and under seasoned, it had a nice crust though. 2 out of 5. Rib - The Ribs were good. I enjoyed the meat ratio on them. And the flavor was nice. 4 out of 5. Cole slaw - taste was good, I enjoy a vinegar based slaw. Green Beans - were sweet, almost as if maple syrup and brown sugar were ingredients. Just not what you'd expect. My daughter's chopped brisket was too spicy for her to eat. I feel that for children's you would have something less spicy. The staff is helpful and pleasant. Ownership so kind. Restaurant clean and tidy.

    Brisket Bombs
    Vonya W.

    Ordered take out from here and the food was good. The service was good too. Brisket bombs were out of this world. Every was seasoned well and tender as can be. The kids loved the Mac. We even had an Oreo and cream pie slice. Everything was a hit with us. The decor inside definitely gives the Texas bbq feel. Looking forward to being able to dine in soon.

    The food definitely I love , the staff is very friendly and feel like home. I live at Houston but definitely I back here.

    Brisket plate w Mac and cheese and 2x baked mashed potatoes

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    We are so glad you liked it and our girl did you right!

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    Looks like you had it Buddy’s way! Glad you enjoyed it.

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    Thank you for leaving us a raving review and coming to support us!

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    Thank you for giving us a try and loving our food as much as we do!

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    8 months ago

    Fantastic little family run bbq joint in Montgomery. Great selection of smoked meats and sides. Very friendly service and reasonable prices.

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    We are so glad you liked it and can’t wait to have you back soon!

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    Thank you for making the trek. Can’t wait to have you back!

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    We are so glad you felt right at home!

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    Thank you for coming back again and again!

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    We are so glad you enjoyed the meats!

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    The food here is great!!! the service was top tier. the atmosphere was just so nice and calming. we really enjoyed our great valentine here.

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    We took this to go, but seating and staff seemed great. The food was delicious, particularly the brisket and the Cole slaw. We will return!

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    My bride and I stopped in for lunch and let me tell you, it was very good. The service and atmosphere were great as well. Highly recommend

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    We are so glad you loved it! Can’t wait to have y’all back again soon.

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    8 months ago

    Great food everytime we come there. They have the friendliest staff and very accommodating.

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    Thank you so much. We do it for people like yourselves!

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    Great food and staff is very professional and accommodating. Love the lean brisket and the sides are good.

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    Thank you!

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    Thank you for the thumbs up review!

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    Made with fresh purple onion, the batter was golden crispy and mimicked the crust of a chicken fried steak.

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    We chose BAR A barbecue after carefully looking for what we hoped would be the BEST in the Houston…read morearea. We saw some great options ( Truth, Triple J, Killen's, and Brisket & Rice were all in the running, and we didn't try any of those so can't say on them). This was a thought out choice and I was super excited to try them! Being a family run operation was really awesome to me as well. First the good to great: the staff was super nice and helpful. The brisket was ah-mazing. Not too Smokey but cooked very tender and delicious! The barbecue sauce was on point. Sauces tend to range from too thin to too thick, too sweet to too spicy but Bar A's hit the bulls eye! Not too thin, not too sweet...I really enjoyed the brisket! Walking up, the smells were incredible! A nice outdoor spot to eat (it was a very mild day and just beautiful out..but I digress). Also, the Mac and Cheese...oh my!! Some of the best I've ever had! The downside: We drove an hour and a half especially to eat here...it was our primary reason for heading up to Montgomery! Getting there around 3pm, you would figure is a sweet spot for a restaurant open from like 11-6 on a Friday. When we went to order as we're trying to figure out the plate we want, you know, 2 meats or 3 meats ...sides, yum, as you're drooling, we were going for the TRINITY Plate. Brisket, rib and sausage...a nice cross section. Nope, we can't do a TRINITY. we only have brisket and turkey left. I know a lot of people love turkey. I'm not one of them and my heart was set on Beef. So now we're on a 1 meat and two sides track I guess. Ok, can we do brisket on the one meat? "Sure I can do that" was the cheery reply. So we got two plates brisket, and I asked could you make that moist cut brisket (my favorite, while my wife always prefers the lean). "Nope, sorry, we're all out of moist brisket". Ok, so one plate with cheesy potato casserole (doesn't that just sound amazing?) and Mac & cheese and one plate With cheesy potato casserole and pinto beans, that way we can get more great tastes and share, right? Oh, and bread, pickles, onions and jalapeños. (The bread is Martins and is always amazing if you know what I'm talking about...I think it's potato roll bread?). Got our plates and start to pay...two $20 plates and no drinks, just water. Over $50! Hmmm, well, the one meat tray with brisket has a $4 up charge. Hmmm. Sat down and got to chowing down! Here's where disappointment sets in. As I said, brisket and sauce was on point. The onions are maybe slightly pickled, not sure, but also very good. The meat, was 3 slices of brisket...4 would have been a sweet spot but eh, 3. The sides. Cheesy potato casserole had the texture of rice...I kept thinking it was rice as I ate it. It had some spice to it but very little flavor. Very disappointing. Mac & cheese--ah-mazing! Pinto beans were like a salt-a-holics take on ranch style beans. Not good. Almost not edible. But I was hungry. I put some sauce on the potato casserole and made it taste ok...still couldn't get Over the rice texture (I'm not saying it had rice, but just had the texture of a rice pilaf ). Two pieces of great bread rounded it out! So overall, disappointed that there wasn't more to choose (ribs, moist brisket, sausage) and I get it, They make so much and sell out then that's good business for them. To the customer who drove and hour and a half to eat there, not so good business. The sides were 1 for 3 in the good to great category and worst of all, after spending $50+ on lunch for 2, I was still hungry. I wouldn't have expected that for sure. I couldn't decide between 3 or 4 star but my missing stars shake out like this: 1 went because of availability and then ultimately being up charged for what was left. And 1 went for disappointing 2 out of 3 sides and portion size/value. Sorry, we didn't take any photos of the food.

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