Hi Guys,
I thought I'd leave a review for Texas Joes as I ate there on Saturday. It's located in a bewdog bar on shoreditch highstreet. We went in and could see straight away it is not a place geared up for serving food. There's very few tables and you can't order unless you have one. We managed to get one after waiting 15 mins. I went o the bar and ordered food. The prices are more expensive than is stated on their website. I went for the platter which was £23 and includes ribs, brisket, pulled pork and hot links. We wanted to order some chilli chips but they didn't have any.
It took about 30 mins to arrive but to be fair to them they warned us there could be a wait. We started tucking in as we were due at a show that night and were in a bit of a hurry.
The pulled pork was not really pulled, more separated into large chunks that had to be cut up. It didn't really taste of anything apart from cooked pork. No smoke or seasoning taste. The hot link was ok and was probably the nicest thing on the plate. The brisket was very moist but had a LOT of unrendered thick fat in it. It tasted ok but I suspect it was part boiled or some other method than bbq'd because of how wet it was.
When we got close to finishing things we realized that there was no ribs. I flagged a member of staff over and he said he'd go and check. He came back a few mins later stating that they had made a mistake and my ribs would be with me shortly. It then started approaching the time we needed to leave for the show. I sent the wife to find out where the ribs were and a member of staff told her they shouldn't be too long and he didn't understand why they were taking so long. As he was saying this another member of staff told him, in front of my wife, that there were no ribs left.
So we'd been kept waiting for ages on the pretense that ribs would be on there way, when all along there were none left. My wife asked about getting a partial refund and credit to the bar, they gave us a full one. So although they did try to make a mense, the damage was done by already lying to us several times. With that and the quality of the BBQ I would defiantly not recommend this bar for BBQ food. You'd be safer at Bodeans where the food will probably never be great, but you'll get a better service.
Cheers
Chris