Jethro's BBQ — Restaurant in West Des Moines

I’m not going to lie to you fellow googlers looking to see if jethros is right for you. Before my experience tonight I quite hated jethros, even referring to the establishment as “jethshit”. As I now know this action was highly inaccurate, I still do not see the hype surrounding this restaurant. I walked into jethros tonight to find a clean smelling restaurant, with a light sniff of BBQ. I sat down at my table only to be harassed by the waiter asking every damn 5 seconds for a refill. I can only drink so much root beer. I then ordered the brisket platter, and to my surprise my food came within 15 minutes. The burnt ends were too tough, although had a nice seasoning of brown sugar with just enough of the “sweet” essence. The sliced brisket was very average. The pulled brisket on the other hand was somewhat delightful, and the fries were “eh”. All in all my view of jethros was minorly impacted, as I will only go when forced, but I know to expect decent food, with overly considerate waiters. To the jethros owners; Make the brisket better and people will flock from miles around, not just because Man Vs. Food came. PS: not sure if it was because the amount of food i ate or becaue it came from jethros but i have to take...

Unfortunately, the wings served on Wednesday for their "special" of 1# of wings for $4 are not the same wings that are served the rest of the time. The wings we had last Wednesday were horrible quality. The drumsticks were the top ends, with the bone length broken off, which made them sharp and difficult to eat. All the wings had shards of bone in them, which is dangerous. And although previous comments indicate 10 wings in a pound, we received 6 wings in 1 order, and 7 in another order. And no, the wings we received were not of a larger size by any means, which I understand would potentially impact the weight. The manager was too busy to speak to us last Wednesday when we were at the restaurant. When we called Thursday we were told it is a different quality of wings served for their Wednesday special. If you are the kind of person who doesn't mind getting 6 wings for $4 and spitting out bone shards and cutting your fingers on the broken off bones, then definitely take advantage of this "special deal". However this is a bait and switch, and we are extremely disappointed...

Second visit to Jethro's. First visit was good, second visit was fair. I personally feel this BBQ restaurant is over rated. I say that because the BBQ is alright.

Our server had no clue about anything gluten free for those with Celiac Disease. My father wanted a beer and server was clueless. My father had to ask the bartender for a GF menu and about beer selections. Our server came back way to many times to ask us if we wanted to order and wasn't that great.

Our meal came out and was barely warm. When I get BBQ, I expect it to be hot. I did not feel that the BBQ had incredible taste, Jethro's is nothing like a Cooper's that you see in Texas. You get all the bread you want, baked beans, corn on the cob, etc. Jethro's does not even offer corn on the cob. What BBQ place doesn't serve corn on the cob?

With all the awards, articles and publicity for this location, I was not impressed. I won't be back for a third time nor will I...