RibCrib BBQ

First time again for me and my son as we came for lunch on Friday 6/14.
Roughly 12:45pm when we arrived.
I thought it would be busier than it was.
It was not.
4 other tables/booth with customers.
Another couple came in about 15 minutes after we arrived.
The place was very clean, and organized.
Our hostess got right to us after we were seated.
Took our beverage order as sweet tea and root beer was our drinks.
The sweet tea...
normally my complaint for this beverage at different locations, not sweet enough or strong enough or both.
Generally the latter.
Not here.
It was strong enough - a good strong.
The sweet part...WOW.
Almost like drinking nothing but sugar water.
This will be a first for me in my 40 some years of eating out the tea was waaay to sweet.
Unenjoyable. We placed our orders and we both ordered the 4 meat platter.
Sides for my son were fresh chips and okra.
I got the okra too with fries.
The okra was delicious as it had the right amount of crunch.
Not soggy.
My fries were seasoned very well.
We both got 2 orders of brisket, mine chopped his was sliced.
My son got chicken breast, I got the sausage.
Both of us got the pulled pork. My sausage had pretty good flavor but zero snap to it.
The casing didn't pop when you bit into it.
The sausage blend was alright but seemed rather a soft meat.
Almost Vienna sausage like.
The brisket I had that was chopped had more fat that made it difficult to chew as the texture was off.
The fat should've almost melted in your mouth.
It did not.
The flavor was good.
Not great.
Minimal to non exist smoke ring visible on my sons sliced brisket. We also got the blackberry pie with ice cream.
The pie crust was soggy, the ice cream tasted like the generic brand you'd get at Walmart.
As much as the pie price was by itself, it was a definite miss.
Couldn't even finish it. Over all main lunch was good.
Certainly not great.
Our hostess in some ways made up for the lunch that wasn't really average.
It did smell good on the inside for sure.
She had a great personality.
Came to check on us as needed...not that over bearing hostess that's taking it too far.
Made sure we had containers to take home what we didn't eat.
Got us both fresh to go cups of our beverage we ordered and in their large cup too. Looks were deceiving as our lunch certainly wasn't bad.
Again it was average at best.
The plating of food was really nice.
The Joplin MO Rib Crib the plating of our order a month back looked disheveled.
Like it was spooned on our plates.
Not the Springfield MO store. I don't know if we'll come back.
If we do, I might like to try the burgers.

Owner response

Multiple visits: 1st: Food was great, as expected.
However, the service was so bad that we had to go find the waitress multiple times.
While we were there, we witnessed another couple leave, most likely from disgust at not being served.
There's no excuse, as there were only 2-4 tables when we were there. 2nd visit: We returned 11/2023 We brought some friends from out of town, and the food was phenomenal, and the service was excellent.
Afterward, our friends could not stop talking about how good the food was.
We will be back. Burger with hot links! Fries are excellent.
Kids' meals are great.
Salads are wow! 3rd visit: 1/2024 return Cribfire burger this time.
Excellent flavors.
Added BBQ sauce from the table.
Fries have great flavor.
Sweet tea was good.
Kid's chicken strips with Mac n cheese and bread and ice cream! So affordable! Great service this time! 4th visit 3/29 Ok we love this place! Food is so tasty and the service is excellent. Sweet tea is excellent!

Super friendly staff here.
Greeted right away by staff, offered something to drink while waiting for my takeout order.
The eating/bar area was lighter than Joplin so much more inviting and comfortable.
Will definitely come back to Springfield Rib Crib for future rib meals.

Owner response