07/27/09

Great Food! Great Value!

by CDRKMP

Four of us spent a week in KC primarily to sightsee and sample KC BBQ cuisine. We visited Arthur Bryant's, Oklahoma Joe's and Fiorella's Jack Stack and were unanimous in our feeling that Fiorella's was the best of the three. Very friendly wait staff, reasonable prices, many menu selections to choose from... well worth the 30 to 40 minute wait for table seating. The BBQ ribs, baked beans and slaw were the best I've had anywhere... and I always go to at least 1 BBQ place when I travel. I will definitely eat there again if I visit KC.

• Pros: Best BBQ meal I had in KC
• Cons: waiting time

11/27/07

Good place to take the family & kids ... but there's better barbeque to be had elsewhere.

by jayhawk98

My wife and I ate at Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbeque on the recommendation of some of her co-workers. We've just returned to the KC area after living in the SF Bay Area for the last 9+ years and are ready to dive into all the Barbeque we can possibly take (check out my review for Oklahoma Joe's). I won't say that we were disappointed, Jack Stack is definately better than most of the places we were able to find in California, but I still left there feeling like it's more of a family-oriented restaurant than a authentic barbeque joint.

First, there's the sauce. The waitress (who was very nice) asked us if we would like the regular and spicy or just the regular and, of course, we went with both ... but I swear I couldn't tell them apart. Both tasted ok, but neither even approached spicy and both were forgettable.

Second, the meat was far too smokey. I know that some people, my father-in-law included, like their barbeque to taste like burned wood, but the smoke is so overwhelming that it is the only after taste that lingers ... we have left overs in our refrigerator that smell very similar to our fireplace.

Now, I'm not saying it's all bad - the beans and creamy cheese corn are amazing sides, well worth picking up from there and getting your meat elsewhere.

• Pros: Nice place to take family or meet friends
• Cons: Food was nothing to go back for

11/09/07

The Beans - gotta have those beans....

by g33kgurli

Ok I agree with other reviewers about the meat at this place - sometimes it can be a toss up. I grew up in KC and moved to LA about a decade ago, but every time I go home this place is a must eat spot. I've never actually eaten in - we've always ordered out and taken it home, but it's pretty decently decorated and the food is freaking awesome.

If you like sticky sweet ribs, meaty bbq baked beans, and great sausage then this place is for you, if you're used to eat coast bbq - then stay away.

Trust me - just order the beans...they are more like a meal than a side.

• Pros: Good sauce, finger licking ribs, beans
• Cons: Parking, takeout service can be slow