Red's True BBQ, Nottingham
Posted: 11 Sep 2015, 10:44
The wife had persuaded me to be part of a shopping trip to Nottingham last Saturday (this is after the planned trip to the Norfolk coast was postponed due to bad weather forecast) - agreed as long as we could eat at Red's.
Arrived at approx 3.30pm and told that there would be about a half hour wait (more time for the wife to shop). We were seated fairly quickly on our return and the guy and girl on front of house explained how the whole ordering process worked - what and wasn't available at that time. Found this really helpful as there's nothing worse than being told once you been at your table for some time.
Anyhow, my two kids went for the kids meals - one with ribs, the other with the pulled pork slider. The wife opted for pulled pork combo plate (with 2 onion rings), I went for the Brisket combo plate with 'Frickles' (battered pickles).
When the meals arrived, I was not disappointed with the portion size - my plate had 4 large slices on prime brisket, really juicy with a great char - absolutely melted in the mouth. My son's pulled pork slider was absolutely huge and stuffed full of meat. Likewise my wife's combo. My daughter had 4 baby back ribs and as a side, she had chosen some cheesy nachos. She wasn't too keen on these, as she thought that the BBQ sauce was rather sharp tasting - my son and I polished these off without complaint.
There was definitely no room for desert and both my kids struggled to get through their ice creams (included in the very reasonable inclusive price of £6.50)
When we came to pay the bill, my wife mentioned to our server that I 'dabbled' a bit with smokers at home!! To my surprise he did no more than go and speak to the pit master and they allowed me around the kitchen to have a good gander at the 2 big smokers they use and all the prep areas. I was able to ask lots of questions and this was whilst service was still going on. Really friendly guys and interested on my approach to home BBQ. I mentioned the size of the slider and one of the chefs just laughed and said that they were using the regular buns instead because they were more readily to hand.
To top this off, just as we were about to leave, the girl on the front of house handed me some of the Red's packet rubs and a bottle of sauce with their compliments!
Fantastic customer service and very memorable brisket. The hours drive to Nottingham was worth it and I am up for another of the wife's shopping trips.
Julian - Crowdedbar
Arrived at approx 3.30pm and told that there would be about a half hour wait (more time for the wife to shop). We were seated fairly quickly on our return and the guy and girl on front of house explained how the whole ordering process worked - what and wasn't available at that time. Found this really helpful as there's nothing worse than being told once you been at your table for some time.
Anyhow, my two kids went for the kids meals - one with ribs, the other with the pulled pork slider. The wife opted for pulled pork combo plate (with 2 onion rings), I went for the Brisket combo plate with 'Frickles' (battered pickles).
When the meals arrived, I was not disappointed with the portion size - my plate had 4 large slices on prime brisket, really juicy with a great char - absolutely melted in the mouth. My son's pulled pork slider was absolutely huge and stuffed full of meat. Likewise my wife's combo. My daughter had 4 baby back ribs and as a side, she had chosen some cheesy nachos. She wasn't too keen on these, as she thought that the BBQ sauce was rather sharp tasting - my son and I polished these off without complaint.
There was definitely no room for desert and both my kids struggled to get through their ice creams (included in the very reasonable inclusive price of £6.50)
When we came to pay the bill, my wife mentioned to our server that I 'dabbled' a bit with smokers at home!! To my surprise he did no more than go and speak to the pit master and they allowed me around the kitchen to have a good gander at the 2 big smokers they use and all the prep areas. I was able to ask lots of questions and this was whilst service was still going on. Really friendly guys and interested on my approach to home BBQ. I mentioned the size of the slider and one of the chefs just laughed and said that they were using the regular buns instead because they were more readily to hand.
To top this off, just as we were about to leave, the girl on the front of house handed me some of the Red's packet rubs and a bottle of sauce with their compliments!
Fantastic customer service and very memorable brisket. The hours drive to Nottingham was worth it and I am up for another of the wife's shopping trips.
Julian - Crowdedbar