210 Bar-B-Que — Restaurant in Bayport

I feel bad writing a bad review because clearly this is a family owned business, but it's the review I wish I had read before going and dropping $45.

Our whole family was SO excited to go here, because you know, the thought of good BBQ close to home was super exciting. We made a special night out of it to give it a try. First of all, it took 25 minutes (at least, last I checked the clock) to get our food. That seemed a bit too long, especially considering the people who came in quite a bit after us got their food way ahead of us.

Super cute place, nice people, good variety on the menu. We had high hopes.

But the bottom line is, all 3 in our family hardly ate any of the food because it... just wasn't good. In fact, it was awful.

The ribs were super dry, like could hardly chew them tough. I found a few salvageable bites but then you had the fat. They were gross, actually. No smoke flavor, just dried out, like when meat has been left out overnight. My husband had the brisket sandwich and ate some of it, but I tried it and it had zero flavor. Zero. Same for the pulled pork sandwich my daughter got... the pork had no flavor, no smoke, no seasoning, nothing. Even the bun was gross :(

2 of us got the mashed potatoes which were just that - mashed red potatoes. No butter/cream/sour cream/seasoning. Just potatoes. I drowned mine in salt and ate them because you know... $ (and we were hungry since the meat was pretty much inedible). The waffle cornbread was the best piece of the meal, and that tasted like Jiffy mix in a waffle iron.

I know others have left positive reviews of this place and I have to admit that leaves me wondering if we just hit them on some kind of off night, or if the smoker was broken, or... but I can't justify another $45 to see. Unfortunately, we...

Our family was so excited for this joint to open after the closing of Bayport BBQ. Sadly, we are still just missing the gem that was. 210 could not be more opposite if it tried. I think the easiest way to sum it up would be that if they just spent the same money on customer service and recipe development as they do decor, this could be an okay replacement of Bayport BBQ. The service was absolutely horrible. We waited over 45 mins for food that was already cooked ahead of time, because that’s how BBQ works. And then waited more upon arrival. And it wasn’t because they were busy. Baked black beans were great and I liked the idea of the loaded potato but execution was lack luster. This is the only reason they get 3 stars and not 2. There was nothing great about the meat- it was fine. Certainly nothing I’d come back for over other local BBQ joints. Desserts were also quality that I could make at home from a box mix, so not impressed their either. On top of it all, they don’t seem to pay their servers a living wage, so we’re not a huge fan of that. Overall, it definitely wasn’t a hit for us and we’re missing Bayport BBQ more...

We were pretty disappointed in a few things about our experience. First, they were sold out of brisket and tri tip by 6 pm on a Saturday evening. Second, the amount of meat on the loaded potato and dirty rice bowl was pitiful...maybe the equivalent of 6 bites of meat. Third, the dirty rice had little to no flavor. Fourth, on a warm, very humid, rainy evening it would've been nice to enjoy some cool a/c while dining indoors...instead it was hot, humid, and tons of flies joined us for dinner. We could tell the food was freshly made and staff were friendly. I don't think that is enough though for...