The Meating Place Bbq - Magnolia

The price of BBQ these days is crazy, I ordered the piece of beef with onions, pimples, jalapeños. Also came preloaded with sauce that was good, but I rarely use sauce on Brisket. But that's for me, I don't know this setup. I'm sure I have my money on beef. Parking was full service was excellent, land decoration and clean toilets if I lived here would definitely return.

We were looking for a place to eat lunch on the way home to College Station from the airport on a Friday. Driving through Magnolia, we stopped here based on reviews and this place did not disappoint! We pulled into the packed parking lot and walked in. The place was packed with law enforcement, workers and families. The atmosphere is lively and fun, very casual, and they have a deck with outside seating as well. I had the ribs with Mac cheese and green beans. Hubby had chicken and sliced brisket with okra and potato salad. It was delicious! All 3 meats were juicy and well seasoned, both with spices and smokiness. My ribs fell off the bone. The sides were great, the green beans especially... Though the Mac cheese didn't disappoint either. The staff is all SUPER nice and helpful and the owner was hilarious and came to check on us to make sure everything was to our liking. This place is a gem! Before walking out, we purchased a couple of their home made desserts to take home! I got key lime pie and hubby got blackberry cobbler. Now, he's got a CRAZY sweet tooth, and LOVES blackberry cobbler, but this particular one was a little too sweet. The key lime pie, however, was AMAZING! Perfect tart and tangy and just sweet enough. The fresh whipped cream layer on top and the key lime filling were both light and airy and melted in my mouth. The graham cracker crust was buttery and perfect. We live in College Station, but we will be driving back to Magnolia regularly to frequent this place. It's THAT good. We have BBQ places here, but NOTHING this good.

The Place was clean And the people were pretty friendly I am a local 6 generation Texan food critic with over 75000 reviews and still have not found a good barbecue place in the Magnolia area The pork was very dry and tasteless Without barbecue sauce The brisket was OK it needed more bark from what I could tell a little dry but not too bad The fried okra was out of a bag definitely not homemade tasted horrible. Prices were not too bad in today's market The barbecue sauce taste like a vinegar Based barbecue sauce which is not normal for Texas That's more of a South Carolina style sauce And the tea was kind of bitter This is the 2nd time I've ate here I try to give everyone a fair chance.

Waited too long for our order, bought $20 worth of brisket, 1lb sausage and only got ONE slice of bread, ? and the overpriced cole slaw for half filled cup and not even tasty!! Brisket was good.

Food is so good. Staff is helpful and sweet. There brisket is amazing. The BBQ sauce is homemade sweet with a little spice. Perfect for anything on menu.