RibCrib
Barbecue · Gainesville
About RibCrib
En RibCrib Gainesville, te damos la bienvenida a un ambiente relajado donde disfrutarás de la auténtica barbacoa americana. Nuestras costillas, brisket y sándwiches, junto con nuestros deliciosos acompañamientos, están preparados con cariño y dedicación para ofrecerte una experiencia gastronómica in...
En RibCrib Gainesville, te damos la bienvenida a un ambiente relajado donde disfrutarás de la auténtica barbacoa americana. Nuestras costillas, brisket y sándwiches, junto con nuestros deliciosos acompañamientos, están preparados con cariño y dedicación para ofrecerte una experiencia gastronómica inolvidable. ¡Ven a descubrir por qué somos un referente en Gainesville para los amantes de la buena carne a la parrilla!
What Customers Say About RibCrib
RibCrib in Gainesville is a popular BBQ spot known for its consistently good food and friendly staff. Customers rave about the ribs, pulled pork, and sides like mac & cheese and onion rings. Service can be hit-or-miss, but the overall experience is positive.
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Tip: The lunch specials are a good deal, and often provide enough meat for a second meal. The brisket baked potato is a must.
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RibCrib is located in Gainesville, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.
Historical Heritage
- City Hall-Fire Station, Old (A 793m) — historic place in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas Monumento histórico grabado de Texas
- Cloud-Stark House (A 802m) — building in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- Potter-Hurley House (A 873m) — historic place in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas Monumento histórico grabado de Texas
Parks & Gardens
- Moffitt Park (A 141m) — park in Cooke County, Texas, United States of America
- Leonard Park (A 382m) — park in the United States of America
Other Points of Interest
- Cooke County Library (A 574m) — library in United States of America
- Locke Field (A 582m) — former baseball field in the US
- Fire Department (A 798m) — building at 115 E Pecan St. Gainesville, Texas
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RibCrib Gainesville Reviews
They have great food and good quantities. It wasn't that busy, but waiter was slow to respond and keep our drinks filled. All-in-all, it was s great experience.
Friendly and truly kind service from hostess and waiter. Food was absolutely delicious. We had ribs and fries he kid’s smoked chicken quesadillas. Large portions and kid meals came with a scoop of ice cream. We will come back any time we are passing through 100%
The food is exceptionally good. Especially for a chain BBQ restaurant. The menu is very large. Quite honestly, I was very surprised at how good the food is. The staff was very friendly.
I eat here fairly often. Their lunch specials are pretty good deals, especially considering I usually take enough meat home to make another meal. I find speed of service to be hit-and-miss but the staff is friendly and the food is consistently good.
We pass this place up everytime we go to Winstar Casino. Man, it did not disappoint, very clean establishment. We sat at the bar, very good selection of spirits, beer, and some wine. Kayla, the bartender was great. I ordered The Club (OMG), the hubby ordered the two meat plate with two sides. They have three BBQ sauces, Carolina, spicy, and reg...all great! I will come back again.
We really like Rib Crib.❤️ But I ordered potato skins, thinking I was getting potato skins...😳😱 I was very disappointed because I got potato WEDGES smothered with cheese and meat, not even bacon, sour cream or chives which is on potato skins! It would've been fine if I had ordered potato Wedges loaded with cheese and meat🙄😒 Called false advertising 😑 🙃 We will be back just won't be getting their "Potato Skins". Have to say, our waitress was very nice and offered something else and took it off our bill. Thank you
Soooo....I have passed by this place a billion times and have never stopped. Today was the day I finally stopped. I ordered the half rack of ribs with two sides. I had the potato salad which was very good. No onions. I had the sweet baked beans..... Amazing! The ribs were good and tender. I ate them without sauce. They didn't need it. They were seasoned perfectly.. My plate came with a pickle and toast. Even they were delicious. From start to finish, I had A+ service. I highly recommend this place
The staff are awesome, friendly, very attentive. We go there for the friendly faces alone, the good food is a plus.
The staff are awesome, friendly, very attentive. We go there for the friendly faces alone, the good food is a plus.
The staff are awesome, friendly, very attentive. We go there for the friendly faces alone, the good food is a plus.
This resraurant does a great job. Even if it is 6 or 8 months beteeen visits, the consistency of the cook on the ribs is perfect.\nThe dry rub on the ribs is excellent. Our server Evonne did a grea…
This resraurant does a great job. Even if it is 6 or 8 months beteeen visits, the consistency of the cook on the ribs is perfect.\nThe dry rub on the ribs is excellent. Our server Evonne did a gr…
We had lunch at the Gainesville location. We have eaten at this one and others on numerous locations. The food is consistently good. I normally get the ribs. Today i really wanted catfish. I mentio…
We had lunch at the Gainesville location. We have eaten at this one and others on numerous locations. The food is consistently good. I normally get the ribs. Today i really wanted catfish. I me…
My family and I stopped in after leaving Oklahoma for a visit and the food was soo good!! We had a great server and the restaurant was very welcoming and nice inside and out!! Definitely will be st…
Everything tasted excellent! ribs, pulled pork, sausage, mac & cheese, fries, mashed potatoes, fried okra, salad; and for starters we had the brisket white queso dip and chips. Even the chips were …
Everything tasted excellent! Ribs, pulled pork, sausage, mac & cheese, fries, mashed potatoes, fried okra, salad; and for starters we had the brisket white queso dip and chips. Even the chips wer…
Everything tasted excellent! Ribs, pulled pork, sausage, mac & cheese, fries, mashed potatoes, fried okra, salad; and for starters we had the brisket white queso dip and chips. Even the chips were …
The food is fresh and clean the service is quick and friendly and the atmosphere is relaxing. I will stop by evertime I am in Gainsville Texas !!!!!
Delicious food and Tea! We ate the pig stack with a side of Smokey beans and sweet tea. JR was our server and he was excellent. The atmosphere was very nice and clean. Rib Crib's different kinds of…
Wow! This was so good! I had the 1/2 rack of ribs okie style, Mac and cheese(awesome) and the best onion rings I've had since I was a kid! My husband had one of the variety plates with chicken, pulle…
Wow! This was so good! I had the 1/2 rack of ribs okie style, Mac and cheese(awesome) and the best onion rings I've had since I was a kid! My husband had one of the variety plates with chicken, pul…
Great service, decent menu, huge salads, at a convenient location. clean place and restrooms.
Good salad, and good fountain drinks but very very very dry bbq. Wouldn't go for barbecue here...
overpriced. Really weird variety of food. The sauce wasn't that good to me either. Overall ok.
Very pleased with all of our visits. The food is always hot and made to order. Service friendly and helpful. I'd recommend this place to anyone wanting some amazing pulled pork or Grilled Chicken…
First time guest. Stopped cause I was hungry and first time seeing this place. Service killed this visit. Ordered a beer and an app, never got the chance to order a main course. 5 pickels left o…
We got great service and the food was wonderful, as always. But the women's restroom was a disaster. One of the two toilets was not working. The handicapped stall was available, but the door latch …
We got great service and the food was wonderful, as always. But the women's restroom was a disaster. One of the two toilets was not working. The handicapped stall was available, but the door latch …
The fried pickles were good, a little thick on the batter. The brisket was sliced thinly, like 1/8", and was VERY dry. The ribs were good, but again, a little too dry. The green beans were flavorful. Our server was Matt and he did a great job helping us pick the best deal for what we wanted. The strawberry limeade was delicious, not too syrupy. Lastly, the machine declined my card at first, so I ran it again and it approved, but both charges were marked as pending and put a hold in my bank account. UPDATE: RibCrib sent me $10 to come back and try again after saying they took some steps to fix the dry brisket. I went again a week later and nope, still dry. Our server this time must have been new because he never offered us refills, we had to flag him down and he ended up bringing the wrong drinks. Our table was never cleared after our appetizer or first set of drinks.
I haven't had rib cribs in years as it was my fav when I lived in sapulpa ok. I decoded to stop in since I was alone today driving by and have been wanting it for so long. Was very disappointed that I was not able to have cheese added to my fries without ordering a whole appetizer. I understand am uncharge but something I use to always get. I decided to just order smoke sausage plate with fries and beans. The fries were great the best would have been 5 stars with cheese. The beans were ok. The sausage was cold and my bread was very hard. Just hoped what I have craved for so long would have been a better experience. The store was clean my server helped the best she could.
Have had good brisket here in the past, but last night it was not good at all. Dry and no flavor. Not the cleanest Ive seen it. Nice staff.
Food tasted good ribs were tender and scrumptious but......very little meat for the price will not waste my money there again.
We both thought the pulled pork was good. I liked the sausage. My ribs was tender except for the end, which was hard and crusty. Service was good.
We both thought the pulled pork was good. I liked the sausage. My ribs was tender except for the end, which was hard and crusty. Service was good.
We both thought the pulled pork was good. I liked the sausage. My ribs was tender except for the end, which was hard and crusty. service was good.
We both thought the pulled pork was good. I liked the sausage. My ribs was tender except for the end, which was hard and crusty. Service was good.
We had the 4 meat platter, and cheese fries shared within 4 people when served she had attitude not given extra plates and no silverware when given they were all dirty and given 0 refills IT was not busy at all we where there at 2:00pm we asked for To go cups of coke and unsweetened tea messed up on both. WOULD RATHER PICK UP FROM THE STORE then eat there
Terrible..food very dry and cold. Need to step up your game for the prices. Sent back food due to being cold.
Waiter never came back. We had no refill on drinks the whole time. She was slow to return until it was time to pay go figure. Ribs were barely warm. Macaroni was cold. potato salad was not good t…
This cost me 40 bucks . I can go 5 miles and get twice the food at almost half the price. I will never make this mistake again.
This cost me 40 bucks . I can go 5 miles and get twice the food at almost half the price. I will never make this mistake again.
This cost me 40 bucks . I can go 5 miles and get twice the food at almost half the price. I will never make this mistake again.
WORST restaurant experience I’ve ever had. We showed up with 6 people, were told it would be 15 minutes. After 35 minutes the host said table was almost ready. Then after a total of 1 hr & 20 min we got seated. Ordered appetizers & didn’t receive them until after our entrees were served & the waiter said”the kitchen is backed up, what am I supposed to do” entrees came without silverware & server said he would be right back. After 12 minutes of him disappearing, I had to go wait by the bar until someone came out of the back to get forks. Food was cooled down after all 6 of us had to wait for silverware. I’m never one to leave a bad review, from start finish this was the worst possible experience. Host kept lying Disrespectful server Food would have been better if we didn’t have to wait 20 min for silverware to eat it.
We came to have lunch with our extended family and waited for about 45 minutes. We called ahead to let them know we were coming with 12 and they said they would have a table ready. They didn’t. The host kept giving different reasons, even saying they were clearing the table. We went and looked and they had just received their food. We left.
0 is not an option. we ordered $130 worth of bbq to go and waited an hour while 4 other tables got up and left without getting their food so I decided to ask for a refund the manger said no they wouldn't give me a refund. Even after arguing with them I still ended up leaving without my food or money. Go anywhere else and thank me later.
I ordered a barbecue chop sandwich. They put it in a plate didn’t put the sandwich together. I got I had to put it together myself. I had to put it together myself. The barbecue wasn’t that good I don’t recommend it. Cost me $15 for a sandwich and some tea And I had to make it myself.
Waited almost 30 minutes for food.The brisket was absolutely horribly dry,like it was left over from yesterday... It's pretty sad when a barbecue restaurant rated 4 stars serves a meal where the best item was the green beans. Never go to Gaineville, Tx location!
I really enjoy the food at this place,but yesterday was the worst experience. Came in at 7:30,was put at a table,no one acknowledged us for 30 minutes.I had to stop a waitress just to ask,who was or waitress,just to be ignored again for another 5 minutes.Finally a waitress came up with no apology or nothing for or wait.Then went to order ,just for them to tell us they or out of hamburgers the main thing we came for.Do better Rib Crib
The restaurant including the bathroom were extremely dirty. The ribs were okay, the greens beans and sweet and smoky beans were disgusting. The only positive thing was our nice waitress. Overall extremely dissatisfied and will not be returning.
My Husband and i stopped there for diner, Emmanuel was our server, he was really polite but he did not brought us what we order, the whole order was wrong and it was kind of cold then he tried to fix it by taking things back and bringing my husband his order, I just kept part of what he brought me but was not what I ordered, and still he charged me the order he brought me first then he asked if we wanted lemonade refills and my husband said yes, he then brought us some lemonade in a cup and poured it into the cups that we were using, my husband asked for hot sauce for his cat fish and it took him for ever to bring it, my husband was almost done with his dinner when he finally brought it, we didn’t notice till we got in the car that he overcharged us since he never brought our ticket to the table, that was really disappointing I would of understood if the place was full of people but there was no one there at that time. A family showed up way after we had our food
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