Spring Creek Barbeque — Restaurant in McKinney

Edited after 2 months of not hearing back. I responded to the request like whoever below responded and yet there was no response. You make it seem like you are going to respond and make up for the issue yet here it has been radio silence since. If you value your money, do not eat at this business. I cannot speak about the other locations, but I assume it is the same across the board. Once again, it was absolute garbage.

First time ordering food from this place, not sure how it is still open. First and foremost I've wanted to try this place ever since I moved to Texas. I'm glad I waited and didn't waste money on it before.

I ordered a 3 meat plate, a brisket dinner, and some al a carte options. Let's start with the good?

The customer service over the phone was good. I had a question about the delivery order being I couldn't figure something out online and the person answering the phone was super helpful and was great.

The bread and the Carolina mustard sauce for the pulled pork were the best two things in the entire order. With as much stuff I got that's already sitting wrong with me.

The bread was good warm soft bread. The sauce had a nice vinegar punch and mustard feel with a little spice. It was watery, but it was good.

Moving on to the sides. Starting with the beans. Watery, overcooked, under seasoned trash. Let's move to the Mac n cheese. Watery, over cooked pasta, not creamy at all and under seasoned. The potato salad, you remember those store bought tubs have more flavor than this does. It's not terrible potato salad, but those mass produced tubs are better lol. Next side, corn on the cob, I'm sitting here expecting a full size corn on the cob, or even half, nope I got the equivalent of 2 corn nuggets from wing stop.

The potato I got did look good, but I didn't try it was someone else's.

Now let's move on to the meat. Starting with the chicken, I ordered a half chicken. I most certainly got half of something all right. Did you cook Cornish game hens, chopped it in half and called that half a chicken? I got two light meat halves, severely lacking in flavor and smoke, dry with rubbery skin. It was so over cooked the bones disintegrated when I pulled on the wing.

Moving on to the sausage, I got half pound of both traditional and black pepper. Both were garbage. No snap, no smoke flavor, nothing special. The black pepper tasted better than the traditional but neither were that good.

Moving on to the pulled pork. You would have to give me video evidence of you cooking that on a grill for me to belive it was bbq. You cooked that trash in the oven. Little to no smoke, no bark, watery mush. No flavor unless you drenched it in the Carolina sauce. Even that couldn't save the disappointment. I do pulled pork religiously. That was garbage.

The brisket. You definitely had black pepper in your rub. But needed salt. Very little smoke flavor came through. I ordered the marbled and got 2 baby sized pieces of mush. Extremely thin slices. If you were to put a quarter on the table and a slice of that brisket over the top, you would still see the quarter, that's how small of a piece they were. Not length wise but you know what I mean.

Now, I didn't want to come at you for this, because it antisocial looked good, but let me tell you right now, looks can be deceiving. The ribs, they looked good but let me tell you. Under seasoned, over cooked, and not properly prepared st Louis style ribs. You couldn't even remove the silver skin before cooking them. Little to no smoke, baked ribs, finished on a grill to char finish is my guess.

Overall, for anyone reading this, if you want bbq, don't get it from here. Unless you want flavorless, hot garbage. You have to make your own mind up on...

Update.. Saturday October 18th 2025 approximately 4:00 .. wow wow wow. With Josh at the helm running the boat must have been the manager's day off didn't notice anyway cuz he never acknowledges me or greets anybody else he hides in the back. Lot of new faces and Josh had everybody on point.. his enthusiasm professionalism and just all around 10 star guy running this boat with a smile. Had everybody pumped like a well-oiled machine in NASCAR . He's like the Tony hawk of skateboarding, Dak Prescott of the cowboys! Dirt devinsky of the Mavericks. He's your number one asset there.the other crew had his momentum and enthusiasm professionalism. For an 18-year-old guy he's rocking .Here again thank your lucky stars that he's your team member running the show. his parents have got to be proud I'm proud of him and he's not even my son.Thank you Josh for being you always smiling polite makes me feel not just like a customer.. but like family. Ty for letting me share my outstanding experience today C Cozzo

Well today you guys have earned a five-star review all the way across the board and The corporate office can think Josh ,Hunter, and I believe her name was Morgan? The young lady with the blonde ponytail in the green shirt I asked for everybody's names but I forgot the young lady's name. It's guys like Josh that keep me coming back to this establishment. That kid bust his ass he makes sure it's a food's in the containers he makes sure the new kids ringing it up on the computer right he should be the manager he needs a raise. Well the manager was standing in the corner watching how he has a job I don't know but due to your loyal five star employees that actually bust their ass and work hard and are friendly this is why I come to your restaurant. You should get on your knees and pray to God every night that you have guys like Hunter and Josh and the other one that's really good is Rocky. You better think you're lucky stars you have found some awesome employees they all...

Okay this place is now rocking again with Josh and Rocky at the helm. This is a 10-star barbecue joint these boys know how to run this place they're getting shit done and doing it right! Both these guys need raises and you need to duplicate them. This is how Spring Creek Barbecue is supposed to be ran! I really enjoyed my visit today walked out smiling. I'm glad the upper management took my advice and got rid of that non-customer service unfriendly management that used to be here thank you guys I feel comfortable to walk into Spring Creek now!

Update 6-27-25 Well you better think you're lucky stars that Josh is still running and rocking this place. I did see the unfriendly management standing in the corner doing nothing not even an acknowledgment Hi how you doing welcome to spring Creek BBQ nothing why Josh Hunter and the young lady busting their ass. It's their smiling faces The award-winning attitude and service that keeps me coming back You can thank Josh, Hunter, and the young lady with the blonde ponytail forgot her name me and my wife are just astonished by the quality and service that we received from these three individuals they all three need a raise .....instead of paying a babysitter to watch them work... Update August 24th 2025... Again exceptional service by Josh and his crew. I seen a couple of new faces everybody's on point. The two young ladies at the front counter taking my order very cute and bubbly and on point as well. That Josh is your ace in the hole guys! Give that Man a raise in a promotion to manager. He has...