J&W Bar-B-Que

I don’t know how people are giving this place 5 stars. Got the rib tips and order of half a chicken with French fries and Mac and cheese. Nobody finished any of the food threw most of it out. Chicken was cold and dry, ribs tips are just gristle dipped in bbq sauce fries are Krinkle cut oven fries Mac and cheese was cold

Best BBQ place in Cincinnati, hands down. You get huge portions for cheap prices & the people there are always nice and friendly. I always get half a chicken that comes with TWO sides for only $ 7.25. The BBQ sauce itself is perfect! Not too sweet, not too sour, not too hot. Try the mAc & cheese!
Don’t expect to find a place to sit & eat, you’ll probably need to find a place to eat or just take it home.

So the location is changing currently in east walnut hills open Wednesday to Sunday? In any case… oh my goodness! Amazing. Ridiculous.
So we went with just an order of the rib tips. $ 6. Huge portion size. Juicy succulent BBQ came drenched in our choice of mild or hot sauce (hot please!) and finally served with old school white bread on top. We spoiled folks had just grabbed some blue oven English muffins and substituted in our own carb. The portion size is excellent and great for 2 but you won’t want to share. I saved some grudgingly to take to work for lunch and heated up well and was the envy of all present.
Excellent operation. Quick. Affordable. Delicious. I look forward to grabbing a meal from them soon! Wish them all the best. Super friendly staff.

Dont go expecting atmosphere. We ate on a very rickety table just out front in the parking lot. This truck is busy… there was a line up the entire time.
We ordered tips, beef ribs, slaw, beans. Everything comes with drenched-​in-​sauce white bread. Amazing. Worth the quick detour off of our route.

Great BBQ beef ribs accompanied by a delectable sauce, not too sweet, not too tart! It don’t get no better than this.

My wife and I walked down to try J&W BBQ after reading a couple of reviews. We got a sample of ribs and chicken with sides and it was a ton of food. Sadly we were disappointed as everything we got was cold. You could tell the meat had been properly smoked but when they drudged the meat in the (cold) sauce, even when I asked for it on the side, the result was a cold piece of smoked meat. All of the sides were also served cold (good for cole slaw, not good for the candied yams). I really wanted to like this place and I don’t know if it was just an off day or what but I was very underwhelmed.

In the corner of a parking sits a trailer that hasn’t moved in years. Smoke billows out the grills, while you contemplate on what to order. This is my new fav BBQ place in Cincy, even if the sides weren’t all the great.
So its the day after boys night out, which means new restaurant day! I’m still in my happy place from all that delicious food. I ordered the half chicken plate while Ken got the Chopped Pork sandwich. Both come with 2 sides. Mine was $ 7.50 and Ken’s was $ 5.50. Great prices, but do the meals deliver? YES
My half chicken was the size of a small turkey. It came fresh from the grill and was topped with my choice of mild or hot BBQ sauce. I have been in cincy a while and have tried many BBQ places. This has to be the best Hot sauce hands down! The chicken just fell off the bone and was so moist and flavorful. For my sides i got greens and mac and cheese. My greens were pretty bland and my mac and cheese was cold.
Ken’s pulled pork was piled high with meat and sauce. He said that next time he will ask for sauce on the side. The pork itself was excellent, he ordered the mild which had a bit of kick to it, but not as sweet as you would expect. For his sides Ken ordered candy yams and green beans. Both of which had great flavor, but were served cold.
The do make homemade deserts here, but there was no way to even finish out meals. It was just so much food, for such a great price, and it tasted great!
They also serve pork/​beef ribs and a variety of fried fish. I’m going for the perch next time. There is no seating area, so bring your truck, a chair, or do like we did and just sit on the curb.

Nom nom nom. I do love the barbeque. Quite literally on the corner of a parking lot, this shack/​trailer place looks the part of a shady, low-​grade cheap food stop. However, that’s where you would be mistaken. What you get is deliciousness. The first smell you’ll get a whiff of is the smoker and barbeque located outside. It’s a small but solid menu and we took the Unilocal recommendations and got the ribs, chicken, and pork chops. There was a little debate about whether we got the beef ribs (which I think we got) or pork ribs (which my friend thought it was). The size was in between the two so go figure. Either way, it was quite delicious. Drench the mix of hot and mild sauce over it and enjoy. The meat is tender and has some marbling. It’s not the highest quality meat either but there were no complaints from us. The pork chops were deliciously fried and to be honest, it’s hard to not enjoy deep-​fried anything. Lastly, the whole chicken we got was definitely over-​kill and for what we ate of it was very tender and juicy. Dump some of the sauce over that as well for full effect.
On an aside, I love these types of places where you know that you’re coming here for the food and nothing else. It makes the owners produce the best food possible since it’s not like there’s anything else to offer.
There’s no seating but to be honest this food is meant to be eaten at a park as it’s perfect outdoors food. Make a lazy afternoon stop and relax the rest of the day away (you will be in a food coma so don’t pretend you can avoid wasting the day away either).

Simply put, J&W has some of the best barbeque I have found in Cincinnati.
No, there’s not a fantastic view of the river (no place to sit!) or pictures of celebrities and athletes who’ve visited. This is no-​frills, home-​style soul food — at its best. A trailer on a corner and a smoking grill is all they need.
My favorites:
— The beef ribs. Huge, tender and smoky, you get 4 per order.
— The chicken. The half-​chicken is smoky, juicy and will easily feed 2
— Pork Chops. Deep fried and covered in their signature sauce.
They offer 2 sauces, and will gladly ‘mix’ — which provides the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. All of the dinners are under $ 10 and include 2 sides. I recommend the greens, sweet potatoes, green beans and mac & cheese.
J&W is take-​out only, so don’t plan your business dinner here. Do make sure you have plenty of paper towels — its messy. Sweet, smoky, bbq-​the-​way-​it-​was-​meant-​to-​be messy.
Open Wednesday — Saturday, noon to 8pm.