Reviews for Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que in Irvine, CA
It’s been about 5 years since I’ve found a Famous Dave’s since they cut down their location numbers. So when my boyfriend... found one we drove a few hours north to celebrate Father’s Day, but just a heads up ok! They don’t have the same menu onlineand for their restaurant, we drove a long ways to have some famous Dave’s brisket and onion strings, just get there and betold they only serve those items for online orders. I mean we still ate there since we drove all that way, it wasn’t the samewith out our favorites and the waitress was a sweetheart but it was a disappointment. Read more
I had lunch at this location once. Nice fast server and staff, good efficient manager. My lunch was very filling. Highly... recommended :) Read more
First time here after the other restaurants in the area were packed. We were seated quickly and the waitress was polite and... professional. I ordered the ribs with potato salad and Mac and cheese. The food was ok. There were no complaints on the taste,but it wasn’t making me dreaming of coming back. I would come back to try again if I’m in the area and everything iscrowded again. For now, there are other options in the area. Read more
BBQ meal for two was our dinner for last day of 2021. Pretty impressed with selection of food items in this package: 4 pieces of... corn on cob, bbq chicken, 2 sliced of sandwich bread, brisket, sticky fall off the bone ribs, side of macaroni and mashed garlicpotatoes with corn bread. Wow, ran out of breath. The only con I can think of was the macaroni. Everything else was deliciousand hot when delivered. Read more
12 ribs were NOT fall off style like stated in the menu. In fact the meat was very rough and chewy. The sides were small as well... (pictured in the picture). Macaroni had corn and the mashed potatoes were hard like it was instant. Read more
BBQ chain restaurant good for big groups. They don’t take reservations and it was about a half an hour wait to be seated (we... were there around 7 on a Friday). There’s indoor and outdoor dining. There’s plentiful parking in the shared lot. Creditcards are accepted. They have paper pig crowns for the kids (and those young at heart). Stalled bathrooms are available in theback where the patio entrance is. For the four of us, we got a sampler platter and famous feast along with one hot link to try.That was more than enough food, and we had leftovers good for one person’s meal. The catfish from the sampler platter was wellseasoned and the rib tips were also good. From the famous feast, the chicken was the surprise winner of the basket, as it wasmoist and very flavorful, which was a sharp contrast to other, dryer chickens we’ve had at other BBQ places. Note that itcomes with only 2 corn muffins but they’re large and I’d suggest halving them. Overall, it’s a family friendly spot toeat a hefty meal Read more
Really bad service. The food - BBQ - came out semi cold. No BBQ sauce came on the super thinly sliced brisket (in a BBQ based... restaurant!). We asked for some BBQ sauce, which was brought over about 30 minutes after. FYI, our server walked by us at leastfive times after we asked for the sauce. And, there were may be six tables in the whole restaurant (it was before 4pm onFriday). The meat was about five thin slices, bacon size in width, laid on a piece of white toast, with no flavor. The chickenwas the better of the two. Cornbread ???? was cold >>> super ???? ???? ?? ???? ?. Update: So, we received a complimentary mealfrom the restaurant management after our initial visit. The second time was much better. The brisket was much better, cut toabout 1/4 an inch. Service was amazing, and the place was clean. Read more
When you order BBQ and the best thing you ate is the corn bread… Ugh! I was so excited to receive my Door Dash order then so... disappointed. The ribs in their web pics appear succulent and delicious. Mine that arrived were all dried up and hard likejerky. Awful. I asked for “bare” ribs, but expected some type of sauce on the side- got nothing. I hate to think they sentme overcooked ribs because I wasn’t at the restaurant to notice. Lots of bare bones visualized when opening my box, whichright away made me very dismayed . Thumbs down. Read more