Madjacks BBQ Catering — Restaurant in Lanesborough

It was okay...

I know that barbecue is hard to please all palates, but this was lacking some fundamentals, in my opinion. I got the 3 meat combo and picked chopped chicken, brisket, and pulled pork. Every meat needed quite a bit of salt to start to bring out the underlying flavors. I've never had to put that much salt on any BBQ. I could see evidence of the meats being smoked on the chicken and the beef, but every meat in my plate lacked much of any smoke flavor. The pulled pork was my least favorite out of the bunch - it lacked really any flavor aside from the sauce that was put on it at serving. It was just bland. All the meats were nice and tender and juicy, though. Good on them there. My wife's baby back ribs weren't bad - certainly had more smoky flavor and were tender.

The sauces weren't our jam, but I'm not knocking them on those - house sauce is quite tomato heavy, the Carolina sauce was apple cider vinegar heavy. The spicy and sweet & tangy were okay.

The sides were good, and the cornbread was moist and sweet.

Other stuff: Presentation of the food was good, and the staff was quiet but cordial. Nice atmosphere in the restaurant and nice and clean inside, albeit pretty hot. The bathroom was like a sauna. Would be nice to see small businesses like this one move away from single use plastic utensils and cups for...

We decided to go here because the power was out and we needed dinner. Walking in the door you see dirty tables that haven't been cleared, the wall unit air conditioner dripping into a bucket sitting on a chair at a table. We ordered and asked for fruit salad, they didn't have any. Asked for a piece of pie, it just came out of the oven so they couldn't cut a piece. Fine. We got mac and cheese, a pulled pork sandwich and pulled pork plate. The pulled pork tastes like straight vinegar, there's no bbq sauce to speak of on it. Same with the pulled pork plate, which was also missing the french fries he ordered as a side. I could make 20 pounds of pulled pork for what we just paid here, that wouldn't go in the trash. I'm willing to try anything once, I won't go back here which is disappointing because it has some good reviews. The only redeeming quality were the sweet potato fries which were halfway decent if you like a pound of salt. Seriously annoyed that I wasted my money here. (I didnt understand the review that said "my mouth hurt" so to elaborate now that I do, vinegar burns your mouth and it tastes like it was...

We tried Mad Jacks last summer and loved it so we decided to go with their catering for our rehearsal dinner this last July. While the food was delicious, the portions were incredibly skimpy. We worked with Mad Jacks and let them know how many guests we had a month prior, we even overestimated. My mom who is a caterer herself looked at the order and even told us the amount would be more than enough. While they delivered the food promptly and it tasted great, 15 of our guests didn't get to eat. The trays of food were only half full when they were delivered. We were mortified. I would not recommend using their...