Cedar Rapids Restaurant Guide
Cedar Rapids Barbecue Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Cedar Rapids Barbecue restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Cedar Rapids just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Cedar Rapids, you've come to the right place.
Our Cedar Rapids restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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Complete disgust with the establishment. I am only giving 1 star because the site requires me to, otherwise it would be 0 stars. This does not even qualify as BBQ! I tried Al & Irene's BBQ house based on a living social deal and word of mouth that it was good, but I can guarantee we (my family) W...
I have lived in the Southern United States so I know good barbeque when I taste it. I was looking fo r a good BBQ place in Cedar Rapids, and was told to go to Al and Irene's. Al and Irene's is hands down the worst BBQ I have ever had. I felt betrayed, or like the person who told me to go there wa...
the service was bad the meat was tough the bathrooms smelled the prices went up and the portions got smaller since the new owner took over and al isnt there no more with his daughter
My husband and I love good barbecue. We decided to try Al and Irene's in Cedar Rapids. The staff were friendly, but everyone seemed tired. We ordered rib meals with beans and coleslaw. The meat was as tough, the sauce tasted like tomato paste,the beans were hard and the coleslaw was tasteless. We at...
I eat @ A & I everytime I travel to IC/CR area from Indiana.
i read about al and irenes, and was pretty fired up about going there to try the ribs. we were there right at 11.00 am opening. iwalked in and asked if they were open yet, and in the back ground someone said you got in the door didnt you, i fiqured that this was the rude person i read about. it turn...
We have been regular's of this "rib joint" since it opened in CR as Jim's Rib Haven. This is the best BBQ we have ever had! WE try BBQ when we travel, and ALWAYS compare it to Al and Irene's. A&I's is always the winner. Hands Down. And...remember, this is a casual place, nuttin fancy! But so dern go...
When you find this little place off the main strip you'll be pleasantly surprised. The food is excellent and their sauce is the best around. If you're in a rush for lunch don't go there pressed for time cause the place is jammed packed. Their meats are Hickory Smoked to perfection and when you put t...
There sauce is some of the best there is There meats are well prepared and smoked to a very high standard The service is slow and the servers are rude The atmosephere is sparce but clean I would eat there on a regular basis if the service were better
Family owned. Excellent cuts of meat smoked to perfection. Choice of two homemade sauces: Mild and Hot. The facility is nothing fancy to look at, but then, this is what a casual B-B-Q house should be.