Chris & Pitts BBQ Restaurant — Restaurant in Downey

Cockroach infestation

What bothered me mostly of this place was the level of disregard for patrons

I came with my family and had no greeting just a request for number in party walked to our table menus tossed on the table and host walked away to another table

No niceties no we hope you enjoy your meal or here take seat (obviously asking for drink order would’ve been unreal at this point since not even a hello was offered)

Made eye contact with two different servers none of them seemed glad to be there

While our host was hanging on or doing some awkward pole routine on one of the poles near the napkin stand We were then greeted by our server (4-5 min later from being seated) for our drinks request

Our choices were given to the server and I also asked why did they have the letter B … Anyone else curious? Boy oh Boy

The misleading response given to me was they had out of date appliances this seemed like an unlikely reason to get a letter B and since it’s been over a year that the health department came they couldn’t get an updated rating

We left … thankfully la county health department uploads the full report for 5 years

Below is the 11+ major violations including rodent and roach infestation and observations of some pretty bold roaches observed in broad daylight by the inspector

Enjoy.

Note: I did call back and asked to speak to the manager (Mayra) and asked the manager why the letter B rating she also gave the false story of out of date appliances I asked her about the real reason and the detail report online She denied any and all knowledge of such report that only corporate has read the whole report; however , LA county public health has signed off acknowledgment from Mayra the manager and her knowledge and personal discussion of said violations.

They have had 2 reinspections since and still a letter B . I would say it’s safe to say this establishment needs to get it together and not mislead the good people of LA

Notes of reinspection reports can be found in LaCountyPublic...

Decided to go to Chris and Pitts today, Sunday, 9-7-2025

My three friends and myself went to the Chris and Pitts on Lakewood Boulevard. I ordered the combo plate with four pieces of chicken and two beef ribs with a side of fries and barbecue beans and a salad with thousand dressing. $29.95 and a fountain drink Pepsi $4.15. I was not told about a $4.20 of charge for the two beef ribs on the combo so my total ended up being with tax of $3.95 $41.55 total for the meal plus tip.

This meal was recommended to me by the waiter my friend ordered a combo, which was also recommended by the waiter for the same price that had five beef ribs, same mill no chicken the ribs were all twice the size of mine, and no up charge his meal was $31.00

Well, I have to say I was a little disappointed when I found that my friends platter was twice the size of mine with five giant barbecue beef ribs for only $31 and I paid 4155 and had way less food

Well, I would have to say the food was great, but the price was too high.

When I go there again, probably not in the near future as the restaurant was quite old and rundown.

The service was good, but the price was too high for what I received

But I would still give it four thumbs up just because the food was tasty. Have a service was good.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 out of five

The food was cooked perfect and very tasty. The salad was a little small and I ordered a Pepsi-Cola...

This is a small dated restaurant located just off the highway. I was the first customer of the day, and I was greeted with a dated old restaurant smell. Old restaurants are either very good or very bad. Unfortunately, my experience wasn’t very pleasant. I ordered a full rack of ribs, the salad with vinaigrette and mashed potatoes. The ribs were pretty stiff, I can bet my mortgage that they were not made in the last 48 hours. The sauce was just.. bad. The mash potatoes were ok, but also tasted like they were made yesterday. I found a small hair at the bottom of the potatoes dish. Photo attached. I didn’t make a big deal, just left about half the rack and paid $60 and went on my way. I think a small diner would assume I wanted something free, so I kept it to myself and just left. I’m from Texas- and I thought Texas BBQ pride is something they made up… but in Texas the ribs fall off the bone and the sauce is strong. Maybe good Texas food is why us Texans are all overweight and people here are thin, because they are subjected to mediocre food. Norma was my waitress, she appeared to be running the floor and running around. She was good with me and other customers, but sounded very short and rude to her colleagues. The restaurant is very busy, but in my opinion, the restaurant is living off the good ole days, and older children returning with their parents trying to relive memories...