Bartley's BBQ — Restaurant in Grapevine

This was my very first time visiting this restaurant and I can tell you that the food was not disappointing! I ordered a 2 meat plate, which came with slices of smoked sausages and ribs. You'll see from the photos that the dishes, on the whole, were pretty tasty. The ribs were incredibly soft, indicating that the cooks at this restaurant know how to cook ribs! I'm fairly certain they cooked those ribs to death, because they were falling off the bone, and the bones were tasty, too! LOL...

The turnip greens were a bit "interesting," though. That's the best way I can describe them. I feel like they had a bit of a "smoky" taste to them, which was something I did not expect to taste whilst eating turnip greens. I'm not sure how they accomplished that... It's not that they were nasty, but they just had that smokey taste, which resulted in the turnip greens having a bit of an aftertaste. Nevertheless, I still ate them all!

I also had a piece of jalapeno cornbread, that had a bit of a kick to it because of the jalapeno peppers, yet it was sweet at the same time. Another interesting choice! :-) The corn was basic whole kernel corn, and there's nothing special to write about it.

I also want to say that when we arrived there, to get our food to go, they were closing up. But I appreciate the fact that they did not lock their doors early nor did they rush us out of the restaurant. We had adequate time to order our food and they even allowed me to sample a couple of things before making a decision.

Furthermore, the entirety of the staff were fabulous! Everyone working at that place, near closing time, was all smiles and giggles, and they cracked jokes and they were fun to be around! It's definitely a place you should visit sometime in the near future. I'm confident that you will not be...

Just moved to Grapevine and was excited to try Bartley's based on the location and high reviews. Unfortunately, I was severely underwhelmed after trying them out.

As someone who has tried about 32 (and counting) different BBQ places in Texas so far, Bartley's probably wouldn't make the top 30.

I got a 3 meat plate: sliced brisket, sliced jalapeño chedder sausage, and pork ribs with mac and cheese and pinto beans.

-Brisket: Mostly dry and main flavor profile was smoked meat; not much flavor in the way of any seasoning. Required BBQ sauce -Jalapeño cheddar sausage: Probably the best thing I got. Decent flavor and nice heat from the peppers. -Ribs: A little dry. Had some decent flavor, but nothing great. Required sauce. -Mac and cheese: average at best -Pinto beans: Decent

I tend to find that the best BBQ (regardless of Texas, North Carolina, KC, Memphis, etc) is the kind that doesn't require the sauce; the sauce is merely a bonus option. I didn't feel that was the case here for Bartley's. The sauce was absolutely necessary.

All that said (as nicely as possible), I do have to praise the service. Everyone was friendly and helpful!

Additionally, the cost for what you get is very good. If I were to get the same 3 meat plate just about any other place here in Texas, I would probably have paid almost double.

Summary: While your wallet might be happy with the end cost, you might want to consider other BBQ places in the area for more flavor. I would say this place represents old, small-town Texas BBQ (pre-2000s) and is left in the dust by the newer places from the recent BBQ Boom over the...

Went with a group of 9 for dinner one night after a work conference. The selections was plentiful and the service was friendly and prompt. The man who prepared our plates answered all of our questions regarding house favorites and recommendations. Most in our group had sliced brisket, jalapeño cheddar sausages, pulled pork and macaroni. Others also had bbq beans, jalapeño cheddar cornbread and corn. Consensus from the group was that the sliced brisket was very good, the pork was ok, the macaroni was not very good and bland. Also the jalapeño sausages were ok and the bbq beans were very good. Also the smoked bologna was very good. The cornbread was just ok and the corn was nothing special. Several people in our group stated that the temperate if their food was not very warm and that they might have liked all the food better if everything would have been warmer. We did come in close to closing and while the business was not busy, maybe since they were close to closing, things were starting to shut down and that had something to do with the food temperature. Everyone did comment that the workers/manager/owner were all very friendly and maybe in a future trip to town, we would try the place again. There was no wait the night we went in and that was another plus as Hard 8 had a 1-2 hour wait on...