Reviews for Bandana's Bar-B-Q Cedar Rapids IA in Cedar Rapids, IA

They have smaller portions available if you're not very hungry. So smart!! Love their brisket and garlic bread. Husband had ribs... and loved them. I have never had a bad meal at Bandana's! Read more

unfortunately, my first one star rating was a technical error, and I couldn't get back to change it! we love coming here from... Iowa City. we only found it recently, but love the food and the friendly service! we will be back!! Read more

I do hate to do this to a small business but I feel it?s important to know what people are getting up front. Perhaps our... experience was the exception? The coleslaw was the only good thing. My husband walked in to pick up our order that was supposedto be ready at 4:45 on a Saturday and no one was out front to greet him and when they did come up front our food wasn?t ready sohe had to wait around an extra 10 minutes. That actually wasn?t a huge deal and we would have been fine if that were all but itis a bad sign if it?s that dead on a Saturday. We ordered 3 brisket sandwich kids meals and 2 brisket budget meals totalingaround $40. If the food was good this is absolutely reasonable. The food sucked! We live not even 5 minutes away and theysupposedly had just gotten it finished right before my husband left and we ate right away, but the food was lukewarm at best. Itfelt like they used no salt, not salted butter in the toast, perhaps a low sodium barbecue sauce? It really wasn?t seasoned welland the meat was slimy. Not just tender, but slimy. Literally could have sucked it in like a noodle with no teeth involved. Theportion sizes for the adult meals were smaller than the portion sized for the kids meals even though they were 2x the price. Wedid get two sides though. We eat out infrequently and I was really looking forward to some good barbecue, and I?m hoping theywere just having a bad night, but the food was awkward. Read more

We had the BEST lunch here during our family reunion! Food was amazing! I had burnt ends and pork with coleslaw. I shared my... burnt ends with the table and we all really enjoyed them. The garlic bread was also amazing! We all raved about it the rest ofthe day. They had 6 different sauces on the table. My favorite was the sweet and smoky. Other favorites were the KC andChicago sweet. The service matched the amazing food! Our server was observant, funny and really made the lunch experience. Read more

Good service. But the Brisket and burnt ends were not up to par. The fried okra was good and the baked beans were ok . I... understand I came in 2 1/2 hrs B4 closing. But to get the bottom of the barrel food and charged like it was the best, isn'tcool. This is embarrassing to serve it like this. The brisket was very dry and burnt ends were dry... I travel a lot and givehonest reviews. I was told to "come in on Sunday morning, it is best then." Maybe I showed up on a bad day?!?!? Read more

The flavors were all good. Very good. The meat and the beans should have come out a little hotter. First time there. We'll go... back again.... Read more

Enjoyed lunch with some colleagues. We ordered the brisket and burnt end combo. Pretty dang tasty! They have corn bread even... though it's not on the menu. Tons of different sauces and sides. Read more

Well I had the pleasure of trying out Bandanas BBQ. I Have to say, It was alright. I had the sausage dinner which consisted of... Cut up pork n beef sausage with 2 sides of BBQ baked beans and some fries. This platter was pretty dam good. The sausage wassavory and good. The beans were very satisfying. The ambience here was quite nice. Calm and quiet. The layout was pretty big.The service was good too. I think I'll come back for a second visit. Next time I'll try the Ribs. Read more