Big Daddy's BBQ — Restaurant in Garden City

As I’ve mentioned in my other reviews, I do competition BBQ, so I’m a bit picky.

First issue – atmosphere: Unfortunately, we went on a BSU game night and were seated directly under the big screen. The volume was so loud we had to yell to hear each other. When we asked to move, the waitress said it wasn’t possible due to how the waitstaff was assigned. She did turn the TV down, but instead of blasting, it was just a dull roar.

Second issue – food quality: I was excited to see Poutine on the menu—I love it. Sadly, it was made with frozen seasoned fries, which I can’t stand. After two bites, I pushed the plate aside. One would think a full, untouched plate pushed to the edge of the table might catch the waitress’s attention, but ours never noticed.

My wife ordered the Idaho Nachos, which turned out to be the same fries, topped with canned nacho cheese, chopped brisket, diced tomatoes, onions, and canned jalapeños. She ate about half before giving up.

Final issue – service: We saw our waitress only four times. Once at seating (when we asked to move), again to take our drink order, a third time when she brought our drinks and took our food order, and finally at the end to clear plates and run the card. Another server actually delivered our food.

When we asked about their beer and wine options—something the menu specifically mentioned—the waitress pointed across the restaurant to a chalkboard and said she didn’t know what was available. I asked if they had a cider, and thankfully she knew at least two they carried.

Throughout the meal, there were no check-ins about the food or why my plate went untouched. My wife’s empty glass sat for a long time before she was asked if she wanted another.

Overall: The food was unimpressive, the service inattentive, and the constant noise from the big screen made conversation difficult. I’ll give them some grace since they’re newly opened and it was a game night, but even so, the place...

My friend and I had a mid-afternoon meal in September 2025 at the new location on Overland. Neither of us had been to this restaurant previously.

Because we were there in the mid-afternoon it was very quiet which was nice because we were able to have a conversation got a lot of distracting noise.

I had the prime rib French dip with the smoked green beans. For me everything was too salty because I don't eat a lot of salt. I could not dip my sandwich in the au jus because it was incredibly salty. However the sandwich was good without the au jus. The bun was soft which I liked and the saltiness of the meat was tolerable because of the bread.

Online it said that the sandwich came with horsey sauce but I could not taste any horsey sauce on my sandwich. If I have this sandwich again I will ask them for extra horsey sauce or horsey sauce on the side so I can make sure I actually get horsey sauce. (Horseradish sauce in case you are wondering.)

I liked the green beans but as I said they were too salty.

The cost of the sandwich and green beans was $17.99 before...

I just picked up an order close to 8pm. This is the first time we’ve tried this place and honestly is was so so disappointing. The food was not great. The baked potato was cold, and had close to zero toppings on it, the burger had no sauce on it and it was pulled pork, very dry, and the mashed potato’s had a weird fishy/cat pee smell to them and the taste wasn’t far off from the description. The ribs were just a lost cause. I feel bad writing this because the employees were lovely, but $70 on a meal like this was...