Kyle DeGuzman

Review of Bear Pit BBQ Restaurant

I genuinely wonder how this restaurant has such am...

I genuinely wonder how this restaurant has such amazing reviews. The food we ordered for Thanksgiving was not restaurant-quality. Where is the flavor?

Their onion rings? Horrible. The fast-food restaurant 'The Habit Grill' that is down the street has crispier, juicier, and bigger onion rings that could easily pass for onion rings in sit-down resturaunt. These onion rings taste like they went to Smart and Final, picked up a pack of pre-made onion rings, and then they baked it. No flavor at all. Very bland.

Their tater tots? Tater tots are grated potatoes that are fried. Their tater tots are just cute little baby potatoes that looked baked. It's not a tater tot. It's a roasted potato. Also, there's no flavor. No rosemary, no salt, no pepper, no oregano. There is no flavor! My standards for tater tots isn't that high. Fry some potatoes and it should taste great without seasoning. Roast some red potatoes and it will also taste great with no seasoning. I genuinely don't know what happened with their potatoes.

Their garlic bread? When you bite into garlic bread, you would expect a punch of butter and garlic. No. It taste bland. It doesn't taste bad. It doesn't taste like garlic bread. It just tastes like chewy bread.

I had their grilled cheese. It was the same bread used for the garlic bread with American cheese. Very lackluster. When I make some grilled cheese, I put butter on the pan, throw on some cheese, and boom instant flavor from the butter. The grilled cheese has no flavor! And if you say grilled cheese isn't meant to have flavor, go to In N Out and order a grilled cheese. The flavor punches you in the face. If fast food places are producing better quality food than a dine-in restaurant, what is going on?

As for the meats, I didn't try any personally. But my meat-eating family did, and again, there is no flavor. It was dry. I really wanted to like this place. Lucille's BBQ is a great. Their meats are so delicious. On top of having an array of sauces on the table to enhance the flavor, their BBQ already has a pack of flavor.

Do yourself a favor and take your business elsewhere, until they improve their selection. I was very disappointed. First and last visit to this establishment.

On the plus side, their parking is great. The restaurant seating looks clean and the interior is very beautiful. The workers are kind.