Queen's Bar-B-Que — Restaurant in Galveston

review based on one visit on one particular day. An unfortunate choice and an abysmal meal. I may have broken an unwritten rule about visiting a BBQ place 90 minutes before closing, especially on a Sunday. This does not in any way justify the awful food served to us. Queen’s is located off the main drag in a less touristy area. Rich wood smoke aroma on arrival seemed a good sign. Overly kitschy western décor surrounds the dining area. Counter order spot where they bring the food to your table. Menu has all the usual suspects-brisket, two types of sausage, pork ribs, turkey-and sides such as mac & cheese, potato salad, rice, slaw, and green beans. Also available are baked potatoes, sandwiches, and surprisingly to us, burgers. While making our food decisions, we were told that there was no ribs and no sausage. Should have been our clue to leave as this type of circumstance has led to unpleasant results in the past. But after 5 hours on the road, we were not up for moving on. So, we chose a combo plate of brisket and turkey-no ask if preferred lean or fatty. At order asked if you wanted sauce or not with none available at the table. we chose coleslaw and potato salad as sides. No cornbread available either. I asked the young lady if they made the potato salad here and she said yes. Hmmmm.

We found a table, which wasn’t hard as there was only one other group dining. As we waited, we listened to that group start to complain about their order-not hot, missing ingredients, and looking for a refund. Our platter arrived and it was clear right away the issues. Grey, thick slices of brisket with a decent looking smoke ring but no noticeable moisture except for the fat. Though dry, if you could chew it to the point of swallowing, it had some flavor. The turkey should have NEVER left the kitchen. Can not imagine anyone with any kitchen training thinking it should have been served to a paying customer. Less than paper thin scraps, shavings, and debris. Dry, dry, dry with little smoke flavor but it literally could have been smoked cardboard. See my included photo.

The slaw and potato salad were pretty clearly commercially made, no matter how many people said it was made in house. Could they have been “mixed’ fresh from commercial ingredients, I suppose so. But it wasn’t “made” from scratch here. So after a few bites of the brisket, I just couldn’t continue. We took the tray of barely touched food to the counter, made my feelings pleasantly clear, and left while the cashier refunded the other table’s bill. Didn’t even attempt to ask about the wood or see the pit. Could this have been better earlier, before things ran out, or on a different evening, almost certainly. But if ownership of Queen’s reads this, you may want to revamp your hours, cooking amounts, and your staff to create better experiences for...

The first rule and usually an unspoken rule in serving BBQ is to never ever serve BBQ sauce on the meet. The meeting should be able to speak for itself. With that being said........ 3 meet sampler as always in my travels of this great country of ours. Brisket, pulled pork, and WTF only 1 rib! Comes with 2 sides. The portions will not fill a working man up. However, for a lady or someone in management, it will certainly seem like enough. Sliced Brisket was actually very well cooked. Pulled pork was cooked very well. Now for the single, 1, uno, Rib that I'm confused, and still trying to rap my brain around why 1 rib was placed on my 3 meat platter as if it was the pinnacle of all meat and only 1 rib will finish a hungry man off and leave him satisfied. I thought to myself, this must be what they consider their holy grail, I must come back here again, taste grabber. I grab this one single rib and inspect it as if I was looking to the eyes of God, preparing myself for the single greatest taste experience of my 48yo life. I grab a paper towel and wipe away the BBQ they drown it in bc(wtf) aaaannnddd....nope, nothing but fat literally 1/2 a bite of hard meat. The best part of the meal was the baked beans. Seriously, some of the pest backed beans evey. I recommend they get a better cut of ribs or just give up on it 30$ price tag was a 20$ meal Oh ya, they bring your food to you. That's it nothing else in regards to service. Overall, it's not bad, but nothing I'll be running back to. Sorry, but Kansas City is still the best...

I’ve made three visits to Queen’s and have never been disappointed. This visit didn’t rate the 5 stars they usually score and I’ll tell why below. Queen’s has a bar for those who need beer with your Q. And it’s a pretty complete BBQ menu you have to pick from. This time Judy ordered a pulled pork loaded baked potato and I ordered an au jus loaded baked potato with a sausage add on. Big. We both took half home. Neither of our potatoes were steaming hot or even hot like you’d expect baked potatoes. They were warm enough to enjoy and we didn’t complain. The pulled pork potato was smothered in a sauced pulled pork. Hard to judge the taste of the pork but you could get a taste sometimes but the sauce was tasty being of just the right heat and sweetness and other saucy nuances we all like. The other part of the load — scallion, butter, sour cream, shredded cheddar — good and fresh. The not-hot potato couldn’t melt the cheese well tho. The au jus potato was topped with all the loaded ingredients and then with 4 slices of good tender barked brisket. Nice. The sausage was diced over all. Then the whole was doused in beef au jus. The sausage was mistake. It was a mistake to dice it and a mistake to order it since it was garlicky like polish sausage and didn’t have the smoky flavor I wanted. Will I go back? H**l yes. But if you go do your own saucing in your pulled pork and all your...