Crazy Larry's Barbecue — Restaurant in Amarillo

Just dined at this establishment. Not a bad place at all. The employees were very nice. I'm all for hole in the wall places but this one was sub-par. The first thing I noticed when we pulled up was how the parking lot is constructed. Where the front door is located the parking lot does not say "enter here." Secondly the drive thru has a menu that is not inviting. It's bland and because there aren't any items that stand out its a bit difficult to find what you want. Then there's no speaker. If you have questions you have to drive to the window assuming you remember what you are questioning.

We decided to go inside. The restaurant itself was a bit bland. The lighting was a bit dim but not too bad. When you first walk in the first thing you notice is their wall of memorabilia. Then you look toward the floor and find the menu which looks exactly like the menu outside. There was no "welcome to Crazy Larry's." Smiles are great but if you don't acknowledge the customer within the first few seconds of entering, that person has more of a chance of either walking out or not having a good experience. Moving on. Most of the food is already prepared and ready to serve. That would be great if I had ordered over the phone or from the drive thru. The potato salad and coleslaw etc are right next to the register. Wouldn't be bad if the items were tucked behind a glass or covered. The condiments are located in a bad spot. It blinds you from the rest of the seating. The fountain drinks are also located in a bad spot.

Now for our order. The food we ordered was previously prepared. In my opinion this means that the food had either been sitting in a pot or a warmer all day. I ordered a pulled pork sandwich. The meat was pulled from a slow cooker. Not bad, just not expected. My lady ordered a half rack of ribs, which got to her in less than 3 minutes. Same with my sandwich. We both ordered a cobbler. She had cherry and I had apple. The crust may have been home made but the filling definitely not from fresh fruit. If it was made from fresh fruit, it had been sitting all day. It was stale and tasteless. The best thing on my plate was the BBQ sauce. Something should have kicked in when there was only one other couple there and a table the still had the tray and empty plates on it.

One last note. This place is not kid accommodating. There are no kids items. I tried to share some of what i ordered with my kids and they didn't even want it. I know kids are picky but my kids love BBQ and they both were spitting it out. All in all it was a poor experience. I may go back if they had better management or changed some things to be a bit more convenient, appealing and tasteful.

Just so we are clear, we are from Colorado so coming to Texas, we expected way better BBQ than this. My feelings and soul were hurt as a fellow...

Disappointed. I ordered the meat plate: two ribs and brisket. The ribs were very small and the brisket was dry. I told the server that the brisket looked dry. He said that he would "juice it up" and proceeded to add some "juice" to it. It did not work. Did I mentioned that the serving were inconsistent? My friend who proceeded me did get two average size ribs. Hum? I ordered a glass of water and was charged for a bottle of water. What? I asked for a glass of water LARRY! They do not provide complementary water at Crazy Larry's BBQ. Is Larry crazy? I think so. Secondly, bottled water is such a waste of resources. I asked for my money back on the water. The point here is the deceptive trade practices of charging for a sercive without adequate disclosrue, not the dollar. I have never heard of a restraurant that refuses to serve complementary water as a general business practice. I did paid 15 dollars for my plate and I was expecting to drink water. Call me old fashion. The potato salad and cole slaw was very good. Unfortunately, I will not come again.

Crazy Larry is wrong to charge me for water and not informing me that he would gladly charge me for water. The food is a hit-and-miss and the serving portions are unreliable. For that reason, Crazy Larry gets only 2 stars. Get some help Larry. You have gone from crazy to nuts. Oh. Oh. There is an idea: add nuts to the barbeque! Hasta la...

Everybody knows about Crazy Larry's legit BBQ. So you know what I did today.. I tried something new. I went in thinking I'm just gonna have a half frito pie. No. Once the smell of amazing awesomeness hits your nose you gotta go full pie. But then it hit me I wanted to see what else Crazy Larry had to offer on the sweet side. I figure what the heck, I'm already going all in on the full. So I asked about the Cobbler. The Peach Cobbler. I'm talking James and the freaking giant peach cobbler. The cobbler of all cobbs. don't let the looks full you. This babe will take you for RIDE. See, I've had cobblers. And this..this is different.. this is magical. This cobbler is like the sexy librarian that you don't notice yet until they take their hair down and glasses off and you take a bite and BAM! They EVEN brought it out hot with ICE CREAM. With freaking ice cream on it! COME ON. I can't even describe how good this is. In fact. I couldn't believe it that I went back the next day and got the same thing! They got apple and cherry too. Oh. Don't worry. I'll be getting those too. I believe they each deserve a review themselves. If you aren't getting the cobbler your not a true Crazy Larry's BBQ fan. Pay it forward people. Buy a stranger a cobbler. You'll change...