The Red Eyed Pig

I know better than to order take out for the first time without checking Unilocal.
Shrimp Po’boy. 5 tiny shrimp on a soft bun with anemic iceberg lettuce and tartar sauce. Horrible.
The mac and cheese side… a pile of mush. Couldn’t tell where the glob of cheese ended and the pasta began. No flavor other than fake american yellow cheese.
I couldn’t even finish the ½ spear of pickle they so generously provided. $ 10 dollar sandwich. #robbed
Green chili pork belly donuts. Microscopic piece of pork in a fried piece of dough. I saw a green chili in one of them. No flavor or heat. One of them had no pork belly or green chili.
«Creamy» cole slow. Dry and somehow… grey. Bravely tried a small fork full. I don’t have the word to describe the taste. Barely got it down and tossed the whole container.
…and the hush puppies with orange maple butter. The puppies a as dense as a bagel. The maple butter was fine.
This was a mistake and by reading the of the reviews… par for the course.

I know the Northeast isn’t the BBQ capital but still there are some places that know their stuff. This isn’t one of them. if i was a cow or pig, I would be upset I died for this place and ask God for a redo!
Got a nicely done flyer at my house and ordered take out. Let me say, if I had holes in my shoes the brisket would have been at least worth something. Couldn’t be cut with a steak knife. Baby back ribs were very fatty. Cornbread like a rock! None of this was due to time in the car. We live 6 minutes away. Don’t waste your hard-​earned dollars. Better off to go to
your local market a pour a bottle of Baby Rays on a burger! Called in to express my displeasure and was told by «manager» that she was sorry. Obviously not the owner or chef (i hope) but all in all – horrible. And this is the first time I have been even moved by a restaurant experience to post on Unilocal. So you know – it’s a big zero! Red Eyed Pig should rethink whether they even know how to actually do BBQ!

When they opened up I thought it was solid. The last few times the quality has been down. Tonight it was awful. The BBQ was fatty and the sides were salty. I will not go again, and either go into town to A
Sweet Cheeks or go across the river to Red Bones.

So close, but so far… somebody please fix this place!!!
AMAZING — Delivery BBQ!!! Yes please!
GOOD — Collard Greens were excellent and not overcooked
ALMOST — The mac n cheese sauce is a very good one, but the noodles are cooked beyond insanity, and spoil the dish… HINT: cheese sauce fresh boiled noodles instead of keeping the heat on a completed batch all day.
BAD — The fried chicken is a shocking disappointment. Clearly they don’t brine the birds, or salt the skin before breading, or even include salt in the breading???
BAD — The pulled pork was not slow-​cooked in a smoker… might be boiled. The Carolina sauce I asked for was just water and vinegar.
SHAMEFUL — the sausages were definitely reheated, and lacked any crispiness to the casing… we fed them to the dogs
SHOCKING — the BBQ sauces are syrupy sweet jizz that shouldn’t be served. Just buy a brand off the shelf if this is the best you can do

Step away from the Pig!
To start I got no greeting when I came in the door and the guy could have cared less if I was there. This place feels like a club where I don’t speak the language. Much chatter in their home language very loud and a bit jarring.
Now to the food. I got the beef brisket sandwich which is the most tasteless brisket I have ever had. While it was tender these guys don’t know how to smoke meat by my estimation. I also thought the coleslaw on the sandwich was a bit skimpy. I had the baked beans as a side which were not bad but too sweet for my liking.
My vote is I won’t go back. I would drive the couple of miles to Newton and go to Blue Ribbon.

Ordered via Chowhound — a litany of mistakes:
— Price indicated by Chowhound with discount was not the price I was ultimately charged, even when I questioned them an explanation was give that made no sense.
— Despite an internet submitted order, they sent me the wrong size on one of my side dishes.
Now that we’re past all of that, the food itself was good but not great. The mac and cheese was decent, the cornbread okay, same with the beans and mashed potatoes. Ribs are good, very meaty, the brisket I’ve had better. They have two BBQ sauces: sweet and spicy. Neither were really all that great.
Will not order from here again.

I was in the mood for BBQ tonight but didn’t want to venture to far from home. Umm, I should have ventured somewhere else. I ordered the 3 meat combo for my children and I. It was nasty.
The greens tasted like vinegar, the potato tasted like who knows what and the meat was just okay. BTW they served it with cold BBQ sauce and hard corn bread. Smh. Needless to say I threw a full plate of food out.
Zero stars… don’t waste your time.

Ordered a delivery via GrubHub/​Seamless. Never had a problem before. After 1 ½ hours decided to call them. She told me, with a total «I don’t care attitude,» that her driver wouldn’t be in for another hour. No one bothered to call me to let me know. Then I told her to cancel the order and refund my money. She told me to call Seamless. Seamless was very helpful. I gotta say, the food isn’t that good anyway. My dog likes it though!

Zero things I liked about this place except the location but that’s useless since it sucks. No one here is friendly or cares about the business. Had to flag down the cashier as she was too busy sharing photos with the cook. Mind you this place is teeny weeny with maybe 5 seats available at the window so it’s not like she couldn’t see me she just chose she wasn’t ready to take food orders yet.
Now the food, eww eww eww. Barely edible. Mash potatoes are the worst and the meat hardly has flavor. I will not be trying this place again

Do not leave the red eyed pig before you sample the food they pack up for pick up. I have been there at least 10 times. The brisket is the cheapest cut of meat, yet they do not cook it long enough to be tender. Do not order anything on Saturday since they are closed on Monday. The only thing you’ll get is reheated leftovers. I wouldn’t give this place a star. I will tr
y again on a Wednesday and report.

This is a harsh review for me. I’m usually pretty easy to please. It was ok. We didn’t have cornbread with our order– as promised on the menu. Ordering over the phone as awkward and I was worried if they would have our order. Homemade chips were a pleasant surprise (my son told me to change my review from a 2 to 3). Brisket was super fatty. Wings were good, blue cheese lime dressing was great. I probably won’t go out of my to order again.

Got takeout here a couple different times now, each time hoping it would improve. Unfortunately it did not.
The first time I came I got the fried chicken and I can honestly say KFC has better. It had absolutely no flavor and the chicken inside was dry.
Most recently, last week I ordered a brisket sandwich with mac and cheese. The brisket was dry and put into two chunks on the bun rather than being shredded, making it difficult to eat. The sauce was too thin and didn’t have that great of a flavor. The mac and cheese would have been alright had it not been cold upon arrival but it was creamy. Flavor was decent but nothing to rave about.
Don’t waste your time. If you’re looking for good barbeque head over to Soul Fire in Allston.

First time ordering delivery. Second time eating overall
Let me start off by saying that delivery was fast everything was packaged with care and was extremely clean. Delivery driver was polite and called when he was outside as opposed to ringing the doorbell .
I ordered the piggy sandwich and the pulled pork plate
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Both were phenomenal, wow talk about crazy portions and great tasting food everything was super tasty and yes very much hot. All in all it took about 30 minutes after ordering and received hot food in a good amount of time. Would highly recommend and will definitely return business.

Wow. Unbelievable. Ordered at eight thirty didn’t get my food until eleven. And I live ten minutes from the place. I called after an hour an a half and they said the order was on its way… an hour later and I finally got it. The food in an of itself was just ok… not abysmal but not good either… I guess hunger is a good cook? But based on the blah food, the awful customer service and the redic long wait… I say pass. Very disappointed.

Ordered delivery from here last week, and won’t be making that mistake again any time soon. First of all, it took over an hour for everything to show up, far longer than the time frame promised by Foodler. I ordered a pulled pork sandwich with the sour cream and chive mashed potatoes, which I would review except that I got baked beans instead. The beans were mediocre, and they weren’t what I ordered. It seriously seemed like they just opened a can of kidney beans, and just mixed them with BBQ sauce and some bacon and tossed the whole uninspired mess into a microwave. The sandwich itself was not great, and since it took so long to arrive, the bottom bun was practically soaked through and nearly impossible to hold. The pork itself wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. My wife got the smoked pork belly sandwich with Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese should always be good at a BBQ joint, but this was not. Overcooked and unappetizing. One of the better parts of the whole meal was the order of hush puppies. They came with this delicious maple sauce, which would have been good if they had thought to give us more than a tablespoon of it.
Customer service was also nothing to write home about. They called us after we placed the order, and the person who called asked «did you call us?» We had not called. She insisted we did. It was weird. Then she called back because she had to let us know they were out of the dessert we ordered.
There are a lot of good BBQ places in the greater Boston area (Blue Ribbon, Pit Stop, Soulfire). I just wish we had a place of that caliber in my neighborhood.

First time ordering, ordered pickup. They were just wrapping it up when I arrived (10 min late, fine by me).
Food smelled amazing, but sadly didn’t live up to the smell. I think the consensus is that this place doesn’t know when meat is done. We tried a bit of everything since we want to put them through their paces. Everything was about one-​third overdone, and yet had weak bbq flavor. What smoke flavor it had was acrid — and I grew up on southern pit beef, which is basically charcoal crust. It’s like they use pallet wood or something — just off. Or maybe liquid smoke?
I think I can rescue the pulled chicken by marinating with some sauce — too chewy, no one ate it. The ribs were chain-​restaurant level. The brisket was actually OK, but it was clearly smoked/​dried more after it was sliced, bad call. The sides were so basic I couldn’t tell the difference between mashed potatoes and potato salad.
Can’t recommend. Nothing was gross but I don’t think they have the right setup for bbq.

First time ever writing a review. I felt like I had to because this is the third time I’ve ordered there and third time I’ve been unsatisfied. It’s my fault that I keep coming back but I truly wanted this place to be good. This last time was the straw that broke the camels back.
The pulled pork was the highlight of the night, if you could call it that. The fried chicken strips are a nightmare and are bone dry. I’ve had the brisket which is forgettable. The mac & cheese is below average, but the supporting cast make it seem better than it is. Also, quality and cost are not on the same page.
Again, first time reviewer, last time patron of this establishment. I truly hate people that write bad reviews, but now I understand.

I wish I could give this place zero stars. My sister and I ordered from this place and it was absolutely atrocious. We ordered through Foodler. I ordered the combo plate with fried chicken and pork belly. AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER we had to call them and ask where our food was. They hadn’t tried to contact us AT ALL to let us know they were out of pork belly. They just assumed we didn’t want our food anymore. They were rude, unprofessional, and plain lazy. It would have taken two seconds to call us and let us know.
We ordered at 6:30. We didn’t get our food until 9.
When we DID get our food, the chicken was absolutely black, had no flavor, and fell apart. The pulled pork was dry and disgusting. The collard greens were halfway to rotten. It was terrible. I will NEVER order from this place again. Not worth the $ 30 we paid for a combo plate and a hot dog. Don’t waste your money.

Red Eyed Pig what happened to you. Tonight was by far the worst eating experience I have had from you. The meat was so chard it was like chewing charcoal unlike the melt in your mouth pork belly from the past. Sorry to say I think I’ll drive to West Newton for Blue Ribbon from here on out.

Today I spent $ 50 on bad service and worse food. Kinda want my money back. Not only did I over pay for left overs, the taste was super bad.
Today is Monday, and nothing I ordered was fresh. I ordered a half rack of ribs and a pulled pork sandwich. 50 DOLLARS!!! The ribs tasted like gas, propane, like it was sitting in the oven for 2 days. The greens and beans tasted like they were kept in the same container as the Mac and cheese. The pulled pork was flavorless and dry barely held together by soggy coleslaw bread. And the pickle… I can’t even describe. Nothing had seasoning or flavor. Everything was bland. The greens were warm and gritty.
It took 15 minutes for my order to be crappy. I should have been warned or stopped my order when I overheard one of the 2 workers say something about not serving something because it was greasy and said «you didn’t throw that out?» Then they switched to Spanish. Believe me, if the grease added any sort of flavor I would have taken it. After that little comment I should have questioned their service ethics, now I know I would have been justified.
I don’t ever leave bad reviews but this place will get your hopes up and over charge you for it. NEVER AGAIN

Let me start by saying that I am not one to normally leave negative feedback. That is not until now. I could go in to deep details and a true rant but I will just list the issues.
1. Forgot to send cornbread, butter and chips (with Chili Dog)
2. Pulled Chicken was dry, inedible and was thrown away.
3. Smoky fried Chicken was not seasoned, dry, not smokey and had been in the fryer way too long.
4. The collards greens lacked flavor and were gritty. Not cleaned prior to cooking perhaps?
5. The beef was dry and freshness debatable.
6. The customer service on the phone reflects a lack of proper training.
7. The butter and cornbread must have been pulled out from the freezer. They were both extremely cold.
Let’s be honest here. This was my first time there. I was excited for BBQ. I was left disappointed and lighter in the wallet. It is such a shame to deliver such poor quality. Do the owners still have the passion in them? It clearly does not shine through if they do.

This is my 2^nd update to my original Red Eyed Pig review. I’ll keep it short this time.
This time we ordered a full rack or ribs, pulled pork plate, brisket plate, and fried chicken plate.
It’s very infrequent that I’m this unforgiving but these were the worst ribs I’ve EVER eaten. I can honestly say, with zero exaggeration, that these ribs were the exact opposite of the ribs I had during my first experience. They were very undercooked which made them seriously tough. We’re talking jerky consistency here. Then, they were probably thrown on the grill to heat back up, which resulted in a charred/​burnt exterior. I hate wasting food but I actually threw out the remainder of the entire $ 24 rack after only 2 bites.
The brisket was tough but not terrible. Very mediocre.
The fried chicken was also mediocre. Fried a little too long and very under-​seasoned.
The highlight of the meal was the pulled pork which ranks in at above average.
The sides varied from subpar to «not bad» but all were a far cry from my first visit. The mashed potatoes were tangy and savory, the best of the bunch. The coleslaw was heavy on the vinegar but not nearly as much as the collard greens which, incidentally, needed a search party to find any hint of pork flavor. The mac n’ cheese was also another mediocre offering, still leagues better than the boxed microwavable junk, but not the creamy, cheesy goodness that I remembered from my first visit.
This update wasn’t as short as I had initially intended but I wanted to prove that I really did give them a fair shake. The only reason I gave them 2 stars instead of 1 is solely because if my first visit, although they probably really deserve to have only 1 star based on their inconsistency alone. I will not be returning for a 4^th visit.