Cedar River BBQ — Restaurant in Renton

Okay, yeah, granted, the world is awesome b* And you never know people's agendas. So maybe we didn't do it right? Coming here for the first time as my love came in. To ask to use the restroom

Maybe right off the bat. The gentleman behind the counter took. That is, we were just coming off the street to use his restroom, but not purchase anything.

So I glanced over the menu. Why my love is in the restroom? And I finally decided on a 1/2 a wreck of pork ribs. Because he got me all excited. Tell me that his beef ribs were the best. But it wasn't even offered today. Is that the special on the weekend?

Okay, no problem moving along, got the pork ribs. It came out to $20. I was expecting to spend that without any sides. But I should have probably paid the little extra money or so. To get my sides but it whatever. We are on the way home so that was good enough for me

Hungry little kiddos we decided to pop open. Are to go box and take a couple nibbles right away

Do you know I asked this do for a to go ramakin to put some honey in? Could not get that you gonna give me some crusty? Honey packets like I wanted to do with all of that. And then on top of that, we couldn't get a cup of ice. We couldn't get no wet naps. I mean, d*, what can we get besides okay? Service at the end of the night. Or should I say our first experience?

Yes, yes, my be a good place. But maybe you just wasn't our space to go...

This could pass for Texas BBQ if you were verbally describing what Texas BBQ is for someone who has never had it but that's about it. Pros: The one thing on the menu tasted good was the jalapeno cheddar sausage.

Cons: apologies in advance for the wall of text here. It started off with the service where I had to tell them I didn't want a sandwich 4 times when ordering. They kept offering and I just don't want a sandwich, I guess that was not in line with their vision. The order came out wrong and they questioned my receipt multiple times before fixing it. The employee then yelled about me being upset by her repeated questioning for her mistake. I ordered very explicitly fatty brisket. Problem 1: it was lean and halfway chopped not sliced. This is just cheap. Problem 2: This brisket tasted fresh off the smoker.... 3 days ago. It was dry and lacked any smoke flavor at all. We questioned whether anything was smoked on an actual smoker since there was 0, I mean zero bark on the brisket. The chili has beans. This is a Texas BBQ place right? The cornbread was soggy. I've never even had soggy cornbread until today. #neveragain The pork ribs were dry and lacked any bark or smoker indicators as well.

My recommendation, save your money and tastebuds and go...

This place has been frustratingly close to very good for years but the quality is just too inconsistent. The left side was from a weeks ago and right side is more recent. Exact same order but the difference in quality is staggering. The first order was delicious but the second was terrible. You can tell in the left picture the chicken was actually breaded and fried in house whereas on the right it’s super obvious this was a frozen chicken patty from a store (tasted like it too). There was zero hot honey on the Hot Honey Chicken sandwich, I didn’t order mayo but got it anyway, there’s no coleslaw or fried onions even though I ordered them, and I got tiny pieces of chopped pickles instead of full slices like originally. The mac and cheese is also very watered down and runny compared to the first order too. The first one is absolutely worth the $20 it costs but the 2nd one wasn’t worth even half that.

I really want to rate this place higher because when the food is good, it’s very good. It’s a complete gamble what you’re going to get every...