Russell's BBQ Reviews

Still good after all these years. Love the drive thru. It has gotten very expensive.

Bbq was really good. Chill environment. Prices are good too.

I just had the ribs and half chicken and I have got to say NEVER AGAIN! Both were extremely dry and overcooked. Awful portion sizes (who puts sides in a hot sauce container) and the sauce was nothing to brag about. For the money I just spent I won t be coming back.

Very average food in a picnic like setting restaurant.

Love this place my mom & I had a ham & beef BBQ lots of meat on both sandwiches so so good!

Very good barbecue chicken. Very popular place, here for many years. Moderately priced for a rib place....

I've been coming here since I was about 5yrs old with my pop,over55yrs.Wonderful smoked and barbequed chicken , ribs, brisket ,beef,and pork sandwiches. This place is not much to look at but the food is out of this world, I must also mention their signiture cole slaw. A real treat for a very casual meal of good barbecued food w/ special Russels sauce,available at the counter in a bottle for take home

Great family reunion and great food always..great bbq beef and pork sandwiches yum!!

Super yummy Smoked Meat plate! Best onion rings I've had in forever! Sauce is the bomb! Great place to go between appointments at Hines.

Been loving it for many,many years. Still great today.

Haven't visited this place in 30 years but I went today. The food was just as I remembered. Delicious. They added a lot of new things to the menu. I had a chicken sandwich with bacon and cheese on it and it was truly amazing. This time I will not wait 30 years to go back

The pulled pork sandwich sucked. Seemed under cooked. And the bottle of bbq sauce seemed thin and watered down. Would not go there again. No stars in fact. No rating.

Iconic beef restaurant is almost 90 and still a family favorite

Old school barbeque...i love it, but not at all spicey

The ribs were very good, meat came right of the bone sauce was just right for me. Also have enjoyed the pulled pork sandwich, fries and coleslaw make for a meal.

Great sauce! Meats are good, sides are good, cakes are ok, prices are a little high

Huge BBQ joint. They have their own specialty sauce which we bought a couple bottles of.

The cost has gone up in the last year's...but the quality of the product has never changed.

Food was just terrible. We use to come here before. We were in neighborhood and thought it would be a good choice.NOT! Go somewhere else for ribs.

This place has not changed much in 50+ years excellent food

Have been going here since I was a little girl (30 years!). Delicious BBQ pulled pork. Great old school atmosphere. Tasty selection of sides.

Best barbecue sauce ever. After all these years they finally have new picnic tables out side. Way to go!!

Local favorite, service is great, people are nice, food is delicious.

It's old time great everything barbecue .
You just need to get lucky with long lines

Expensive for walk up counter paper plate meal. $25 for 2 beef sandwiches.

Nothing special, sauce isn't as good as I thought it would be.

One of my all-time favorite places!! As a kid we'd go to Kiddie Land and then go the Russell's for dinner afterwards, the perfect day!! The food has always been great, the beef, the sauce, the fries and the challenge of seeing just how many of those absolutely perfect sandwiches you could eat and still walk out of the restaurant upright! Planning on a drive over sometime soon, so maybe a good day/evening of old time eating is needed to relive the old days! I love Russell's!! Thanks for not changing!!

Trey BBQ pork are good for family and friends to meet & have fun.

Russells is an old family favorite. The sauce is a twist between a vinegar, Kansas city, with a little cinnamon. It's not heavy, not too Sweet, and after 50 years is still as amazing as it always has been. Their Coleslaw is a lovely vinegarette, again not overly sweet. Their GF buns were amazing, fryer is shared so for extra sensitive no fries, but there are plenty of other options. Thanks for bringing in GF, made my day to be able to have one of my childhood favorites!

We had the opportunity to visit the new location in Countryside and our experience was not a positive one. The customer service was unprofessional and Lacked knowledge of the menu items. We ordered a grilled chicken Caesar salad. The Russells drive thru cashier acknowledged the order but the order on the receipt said regular Caesar salad. . We inquired about the item order and was assured the order on the receipt was correct - the cashier asked a co worker if the Caesar salad menu item was the same as the grilled chicken Caesar salad item - the co worker said yes. We ask for confirmation that there would be chicken on the salad and we were assured yes. We get home and guess what??? No chicken. Why did I spend this inordinate amount of time on this minute detail? Well it is because of the fact that - not only did the front line staff seem improperly trained - so did the food prep line - the 1/2 roasted chicken was tasteless and undercooked, the sweet potato fries tasted as if they had freezer burn. Long story short- We want to support local businesses but was highly disappointed on the first visit - $40 down the drain..

I've been dining at Russell's BBQ since the 1950s with my parents. The food hasn't changed, but the prices have skyrocketed! Pretty soon the Countryside location will open, and we won't have to drive so far to enjoy all our favorites!

Just great .....just like the old days!

Keep it going.....Please!

Barbecue time machine! This 1930's era barbecue joint serves up fast, casual, affordable noms. My significant other has been eating here since the 1960s and swears it hasn't changed much. Bonus- the slaw/pickle is amazing and putting them on your bbq pork sandwich is amazing. Oh yeah, they do have beer and $3 box wine by the glass. It is also pretty quiet after 9 on weekends.

Don't recommend this place, if I can give 0 stars I would! I asked for a pork bbq sandwich and received mystery meat, I also ordered my daughter thats only 1 apple sauce in which had hair in it. Therefore, I won't be returning! Thanks

One of the best Chicago restaurants .The Taste has not changed. The service is also great

Prices have skyrocketed at this fast food establishment. The barbecue sauce still tastes the same, and the sandwiches are a little small for the price. The counter people are lackluster and you almost feel hurried to place an order. I've been going here since I was a kid. It was great to return and wish they had a location near me.

We did not enjoy it. Wasn't like we remembered. Left with most of it uneaten and my friend was nauseous on the ride home.

Its not BBQ. It's dry meat that is of cold cut quality with a cinnamon/all spice sauce. Seems this place only survives on nostalgia.

Food is good but also love the family atmosphere. Love taking the kiddos!

Just one of the best, been going there for 60+ years

Old school Chicago style beef. Unique BBQ sauce is sooooo good. Have been going there since I was a kid in the 80s. Beef sandwich, fries, coleslaw w/pickle and orange soda = happiness

Nice place to eat ehere you can bring the dog. Lots of parking. Nice picnic tables. Food was okay.

Place is SUPER EXPENSIVE, BBQ sauce is runny and terrible, chicken sandwiche was rubbery and I received a tiny little container with Cole slaw. I will never be coming here again. Maybe price would have been worth it if food was good but it's NOT!! Spent $15 on BBQ chicken sandwich a handful of fries tiny container of Cole slaw and a Drink!!

My 87 year old mother makes us bring Russell's when we visit. Definitely a go to place with the family and has been for years, including when my mother was younger.

Sad...used to really like this place but set up for social distancing was ridiculous. Told us they had no bathrooms drive thru tent was awful. Servers seemed to just not care.

Over priced food!! dry chicken, ribs had no meat not even hot meal fries where dry and cold 1st and last time there.

This place is the one I like best. I visit a lot of restaurants but here I go the most. The team is very warm and the cooking they cook is so fresh and tasty. I never miss an opportunity to have a nice dinner in this place. I highly recommend this place.

Best barbecue sauce. And beef sandwich. New one opening in countryside Illinois.

I am second, generation coming here and will continue to go there, and show others that we do not know about it what a cool places really is and has always been

I love love love the bbq beef sandwich. I have been coming here since I was a child. My parents have been coming here as teenagers. Great memories and the food is just as delicious as always. Wish they didn't take out the juke box tho.

It needs uodated it feels old. And we are under a pandemic so u think that a remodeling would improve business.

If you wanna try one DRY burger come here Now I know why then don t serve double burgers, its for safety hazard so you won t choke on how dry those patty s are. The fries taste so bland And are so soggy terrible food. All hype

Delicious food, my parents used to go to Russell's when they were dating, and I'm no spring chicken. Jenny at the bar is the Best ! Very friendly service all around !

My experience was more about customer service than the food. After receiving the incorrect sandwich I brought it back to the counter to have it corrected. The girl at the counter looked at my receipt and discovered that the person that took the order put the wrong sandwich order in. I was then told I would have to pay the difference in price ($1.20). I asked why because they had made the mistake. Because the sandwich you want is more money, I was told. So I paid the difference and waited for it while the other nine people with our party celebrated a 58th wedding anniversary. It's unfortunate that the $1.20 meant so much more than a customer's satisfaction.

Worst BBQ ever. I had the baby back ribs which were dry as dry can be. They serve BBQ sauce on the side but it didn t taste right and had some funky smell. I got coleslaw and Baked beans on the side but the coleslaw was really sauerkraut and the baked beans were really a bean salad in baked bean juice. It had more lima beans and pinto beans in it than actual baked beans. If you want good BBQ in this area, go to The Patio!

Way over priced meat is always dry. my opinion some people love it

Just one of the best, been going there for 60+ years