Mac's Pit Barbecue & Catering — Restaurant in Rockport

I've lived in this south Texas all my life..And I know what great BBQ is cause of MRS CHARLIE'S BBQ in ingleside as a kid....she was the best, GOD REST HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL crazy to look back and not know how good something was cause until its gone... and cause I was a kid....BUUUT no one let's me down in BBQ more than MACS BBQ IN ROCKPORT TEXAS....not only did the ADDITUDE of the skinny girl at the window sucked...id never have trash people at the window to represent my establishment like her..FOH go wash some dishes or toilet's💯...but she probably family......but.the pound and a half of BRISKET SUUUUCKED TOO...I always give the benefit to them maybe they just had a off day...but they never let me down with the BAD quality of BBQ...like they dont cook or SMOKE it LONG ENOUGH....and it tasted like oven not smoked.....and NO LOVE OR LOW AND SLOW.....and I MENTIONED this to the CHUNKY ASS BIG MEXICAN owner that he should leave it smoking another 2-3 hrs one day and he looked at me like I was crazy😹😹😹....I was just being HONEST.sucks that's the only choice during the week.....NEVER AGAIN WILL I GO BACK IN MY LIFE....THAT PLACE HAS BURNED DOWN IN MY HEAD LIKE THE ORIGINAL MACS IN GREGORY-PORTLAND BURNED DOWN....but the only DIFFERENCE is the one in Portland was the very DELICIOUS 😿😔😿💀..... I STILL DONT KNOW HOW THIS PLACE STAYS OPEN SERVING MEDIOCRE BRISKET and having trash people running it....I guess people are easily amused....RIP MRS CHARLIE 🙏🏻🙏🏻🕊🕊🕊...and go to STEWIE LEWS OR GUMMIES IN RPT for BBQ. ...brother Mathew at STEWIES LEWS are fantastic. ..good people good...

We've been eating at macs locations since we were children. This place needs some help some flavor some cheese in the macaroni. Their sides are incredibly small. The mashed potatoes were cold when we told her this she checked the batch with her ungloved finger. The mac and cheese were so bland and noodles were grossly over cooked to the point of mush. We were really shorted on our so called scoop of cole slaw when I told her this a normal person would have given us a bit more cuz we had like a half scoop. She answered if you want more I have to charge you for another portion. When I took the carrot salad back cuz it tasted old they ate some right in front of me and said it tasted fine. They did let me trade it for potato salad which that wasn't bad and we had BBQ sandwiches and brisket that wasn't bad either. We ate what we could as we were starving. We don't recommend this place. I would have rather grabbed some stripes food over this place. I recommend y'all give some better customer service, use basic equipment like salt pepper and cheese. (Thank you Robert Irvine ). Start giving one and a half scoops maybe even two. And good customer service combined with food that doesn't taste like you tried as least hard as possible to make it and your business...

Actually, the rating should be 2 1/2 stars. The sides are good and there is a fairly plentiful number to choose from, the sausage is just okay, think Bill Millers and chicken is tender and moist. But the brisket, oh that brisket. When they pull it out, all shiny and glistening and you see the juices running as they slice it, the color looks a little light but not a deal breaker. Then when you sit down and take a bite, the dream shatters. No flavor in the beef. No spices, no salt, no smoke. Tender enough but just bland. How is this possible? I will admit that I do like their three meat po' boy (sliced brisket, chopped brisket and sliced sausage). If in concept more than execution. I prefer my brisket with an almost black crust. This can affect those with a more mild digestive system. The age range of Rockport skews more towards the senior crowd. This might be why they seem to dial back on the spice and smoke so as not to offend them and why my dad likes. Me, not so much.

Edit: 7-6-2023. After five years, I gave them another chance. The brisket is still as bland as grandma's boiled pot roast. Tender...