MCBBQ

Everything is amazing! ❤️ We love Renay and her staff

Reviewed on Facebook

Excellent bbq food great portions local

Reviewed on Facebook

My first experience here was incredible! We had southern fried bbq chicken, pulled pork, sausages and their hot wings. Absolutely delicious! Everything you could tell was home made and the seasonings were so tasty! Highly recommend giving them a shot! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Every time we’ve visited, we’ve been treated just like family. The food is amazing. And the cornbread! OMG. My husband is from Kansas and lived in the South for a time. He’s picky about BBQ and he loves it here. There honestly aren’t a lot of places around here who can do it right. We’ve also ordered catering from them and they did a wonderful job. More...

Reviewed on Facebook

Just got takeout from here and it was delicious! Hopefully they'll be around for a long time to come!

Reviewed on Facebook

Best pulled pork that I’ve had since my mom died Thank you all!

Reviewed on Facebook

Delicious food, ample portions. Wow!

Reviewed on Facebook

Called in an order. Was told 30 minutes. After 40 minutes I was told that they had "just run out of ribs 5 minutes ago". None of my order had been done. Not even wings. I don't know who is running the show there but I have to say it was the worst customer service I've ever had. More...

Reviewed on Facebook

great atmosphere, they always make you feel like family

Reviewed on Facebook

I've been wanting this place to come into it's own. I really wanted to like it. I'm enthusiastic about local businesses adding to the city, and this is such  a great city for everyone knowing each other, and we really could use a great BBQ place. It's just not happening here. First time I went there, at the original location across town, they were out of ribs. A BBQ place. Without ribs. Seriously? Food is okay, but the waitstaff is very nice. Apologies all around. Second time there, I've waited a bit for them to get it together. Now, they're across town at the current location. Enthusiatic, I go in for some ribs and a beer. No liquor license, and they're ouf out of ribs. This is probably a year later. This takes about an hour to suss out that they are out of ribs. Again. The owner offers me a beer to make up for it. They don't have a liquor license. Go figure. Apologies again. Third time was tonight. I know local restaurants are in a bad way, so I order online at 5:30 for pick-up. They call me right back to tell me that it's going to take time to cook the ribs, and ask if I can come in for 7:30 and the whole order will be finished, ribs with sides, order of pulled pork with side of mac & cheese along with coleslaw. I come in at 7:30, call from outside rather than risk potentially infecting others in pandemic, etc. They tell me that it will an additional 15 minutes. Waiting outside, 20 minutes later, the number of us waiting for food are told it will be closer to 7:50. Now I understand that this is a tough time for everyone. We're in a pandemic. We can't eat in the venue, but can come in if wearing a face mask. The 6 or 7 of us waiting for food find ourselves in a sudden rainstorm, so we go inside to wait. Three or four orders of food go out to Grubhub drivers who arrived after us. At 8:30, three hours after I ordered food and was hungry for supper, the announcement comes out that they are out of ribs, again. Third time in three years. Third time without what I've ordered, and another apology. At this point, I've gotten more apologies from this place than decent food. However, as we're leaving, one of the waitstaff realizes that the order that has been sitting at the front counter for about 10 minutes is my order. Three years in, I finally get a chance to eat ribs from this place. A BBQ place. The ribs were good, I'll give them that. Only took 3 years to reveal this. Clearly this place is understaffed and a trainwreck of a business plan. No one knows how to set a realistic expectation for when food will come out, they run out of food regularly, have no idea what they have for inventory, and have no understanding of planning ahead with food orders. It's a sit-down restaurant with plastic utensils. Oh, and two out of the three side orders that we received were incorrect. No cole slaw, no potato salad, no explanations. Never, never again. Someone needs to come in and explain how to run a business. I was told that BBQ runs out in such places. I've never been to a BBQ place that had run out of ribs. Three for three at this place. 3rd strike. They're outta here. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

First time customer, and now a huge fan!  Really nice people, the food is fantastic, and was hot and ready at the time I had requested it.  Just take out for now, of course, but once the world gets back to some semblance of normality, looking forward to actually eating in the restaurant.   Cool place, great food, nice folks - could not ask for anything more! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

I love this restaurant, period. The food is delicious--I recommend the pulled pork sandwich and the Southern fried chicken. Everything had such a lovely flavor. Plus, the food wasn't overly greasy which is nice. The person working when I went to pick up the food was so friendly and the interior is so homey and inviting! Definitely at the top of my list of places to go to once it's safe to eat out again (post-COVID-19). Thanks for being here and being such a wonderful dining experience! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

I ordered takeout about an hour before closing and ... THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS! I've been officially hooked from one meal. The bbq chicken was perfect- meat falling off the bone, and the bbq sauce itself is super tasty . I appreciate the large portions and they're not even expensive! Homemade beans, corn bread and baked mac n cheese all amazing!! I'll hopefully be able to experience the full restaurant experience and order some drinks and desserts once businesses reopen! Nice staff that brought the food out to my car after paying- thanks guys! 5 stars More...

Reviewed on Facebook

Everything!!! Amazing food!!! Well done Mill City BBQ!!! I don’t usually write reviews. But if you have never been here . I suggest you get your butt there soon . Thank you Mill City BBQ for bringing some real deal BBQ. I’ll be back!!! More...

Reviewed on Facebook

The quality of the customer service, people, and food.

Reviewed on Facebook

Awesome. Great staff. Great environment.

Reviewed on Facebook

Where do i start? Honestly it seems like they went from a restaurant with a bar to a bar that serves appetizers. They are always out of food and when they do have it it seems to be inedible. .. Yet as usual the sign on the door says it all. Unfortunately the owner/ family that runs the place is completely adorable its honestly a shame because they're so nice. I really wanna come in for free and show you what BBQ is all about. Those 99cent frozen demoulas fries are for home and not what i expected for a 15 dollar lunch plate. Ive never seen the place busy since the bar was put in. Send the phantom gourmet back in undercover. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

After hearing good things, I decided to finally try this place out. Me and one of my friends got together after work but unfortunately, we didn't even get to try it. We got there around 5:25pm and put our order in at 5:30. We noticed it was busy so we expected that it would be a long wait until we got our food. We had been sitting there for about 20 minutes when our waitress walks by and asks if we wanted our check.. confused, we told her that we hadn't even gotten our food yet. Another 10 minutes go by, and again we are waiting patiently since we knew it was fairly busy, and about three tables of other parties were seated around us. After about 20 minutes, their food comes out for all of the other tables that came in after us and that's when we started to get more annoyed with the situation. The waitress walks by multiple times saying "oh you didn't get your food yet Don't worry it's coming up next!!" Excited, we go over to grab the different sauces as we were finally going to receive our food. But then after 10 minutes, the waitress brings us someone else's food and we were clearly confused. She apologizes and says ours is coming right out in a couple minutes. I'd like to make a comment that all we ordered was fried chicken and fries which we assumed wouldn't take as long. Another 15 minutes go by (total of 1 hour and 15 minutes of waiting) and we decide that it is no long worth the wait as we had already been there since 5:25 and it was 6:40pm when we decided to leave. It was so disappointing and I wouldn't suggest coming in when you're extremely hungry. Now my jacket and clothes just smell like what could have been... More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Family owned and run and the love among each other shows.  The entire time we were there, a great camaraderie was felt among all the employees.  It brought a great energy to the restaurant and gave it a local feel.Food was excellent.  All the meats were excellent (pulled pork, sausage, fried chicken, and ribs) and were paired nicely with their sauce bar (yes sauce bar!!) which featured various bbq sauces for you to help yourself to.  This worked out great for me because I'm particular about the amount of sauce on my pulled pork (I don't like it swimming).  The sides were all delicious, especially their corn bread, yummmm!!My one disappointment was that after I ordered the brisket, I was told that the wait was 1.5 hours.  I'm assuming that I just came at a bad time so I'll be back to try again. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

We LOVED our food! We went during an event and they had a special menu, which we were bummed about because we specifically came to try the pulled pork! Well, after telling the lovely people here that, they made us the pulled pork anyways! The portions were large and the food was delicious and the staff was so kind! I only deducted one star because they had live music and it was so loud that we couldn't talk, However, they did warn us of this when we came in! We will definitely be returning! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

My friend and I were really excited to sit down and try the food after hearing good things about this restaurant and ordered two simple meals (southern fried chicken & french fries) for dinner. It was a very busy night, so we were patiently waiting for our meals. However, the wait time started to increase to the point that we were waiting for about an hour and 15 mins for our food. We were getting a little annoyed that there were other parties that came in after we had already been waiting about for 15-20 mins that got their meals before us. We thought it was just really busy and they were trying to catch up on orders, but then half way through, the waitress asked what we even ordered and even brought the wrong food to our table. They continuously kept saying "it will be out soon!" But then left us waiting an additional 30-40 minutes. At this point we just gave up and left. So we went to Big Poke down the street and got our food in less than 10 mins and even got one of our meals free due to their rewards program! I wouldn't recommend coming here if you're extremely hungry after a long day at work like we made the mistake of doing. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Fantastic slow cooked bbq! Nice treat!

Reviewed on Facebook

Family owned and run, great people and great food! They offer four yummy sauces with their BBQ dishes. I got the pulled pork and it was VERY good, but my boyfriend's chicken (not fried) took the cake. I do wish they offered a bit more cornbread, but that's me being picky! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

530pm on a Friday and they were out of several menu items. They did not have most of the beers on their beer list. The appetizer came after the meal. And the food was just edible nothing I would ever go back for. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Last night I went to Mill City BBQ with my husband and two friends at 6:30pm. When we walked in it was at least fifteen minutes before anyone acknowledged us. I'm understanding of a wait but do expect someone to give me an estimated wait time when I  come in. Once we were seated I was still optimistic because we really are missing a good BBQ place in this area. However, that optimism didn't last long. Our waiter asked we wanted  to drink, my husband ordered a Down East Cider (the only cider on the menu) and was told they were out. Seemed pretty early to be out of any of your drink options on a Saturday night. Our friend ordered a craft beer flight, their $10 special, and his flight came about 15 minutes after the rest of our drinks.Then we ordered our food. They were out of many of the menu options. First, we tried ordering tater skins and they were out. Then we said Mac and cheese bites and those were out too. So we settled on the rib tips. My husband tried to order the brisket and was told they were out. He ordered the ribs instead, which about twenty minutes after we ordered he was informed those were also out. Still we hoped the food would be worth the hassle. We were warned the kitchen was backed up. A table near us left after waiting over two hours. Our food took about an hour. I ordered a combo instead of a sandwich because I really wanted cornbread. I should have gotten the sandwich. The cornbread was a small mini muffin size that wasn't warm and appeared to be store bought. My pulled pork was good but their barbecue sauces were less than desirable. My friend did enjoy her pulled pork  grilled cheese but was given sweet potato fries when she ordered regular fries, as was my husband. My husband's meal also was missing the cornbread. They tried to butter him up by adding rib tips to his combo but those were dry and lacking meat. On top of that our rib tip app never came and we had to ask for it to be taken off the bill. Our drinks were only refilled when we called a waiter over. The staff had many excuses for running out of many menu items, but none of them added up. They blamed a concert happening down the street but made it sound like something that happens every week. I could understand on their first Saturday but it's  been 3 months. One woman working there had an attitude about it. I don't think  it's reasonable to be out of so many things over 5 hours before you close on a Saturday night. The staff started cleaning up around us at 9pm and were sitting at the bar with headphones in as we left. If I were walking by I would think the bar was closed and walk right by to one of the other places in the area. Unfortunately we will not be returning to Mill City. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

We wasted an hour and walked out. We were waiting for 30 minutes before anyone even acknowledged our presence, and then they seated a larger group behind us even though they just walked in. After another 15 minutes, they wiped off a table for us. After waiting another 15 minutes for anyone to even come and say hello, we walked out after hearing they only had two items left on the menu. They tried bringing the table behind us their check before their food came out! They have no clue how to run a restaurant! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

I wish I could leave 2 reviews for each of my experiences with Mill City BBQ. The first experience was when my husband and I went to dinner in November. Having lived in Boston for awhile we had been looking for a good BBQ place in or around Lowell. We were not disappointed! The beef brisket was AMAZING! The mac and cheese was so creamy and the collard greens were perfect. I also had fried chicken which was delicious. We had great service too which has been hard to find in downtown Lowell. You can tell it's a family business and they definitely treat their customers like family. My other experience was hosting my sister's bridal shower at Mill City BBQ. We had 44 adults with 6 children/baby this past Sunday. The shower was GREAT! Everyone raved about the food. Renay was so easy to work with! We called and booked the date and she recommended 12pm and mentioned we could do a few different ways to get people food. She also invited us to stay however long we needed. We opted for the catering menu. A week before I called and told her what I wanted. She assured me that would be enough for the number of people attending (we had pulled pork, fried chicken, beef brisket, collard greens, mac and cheese, cole slaw, and cornbread). We came slightly early to set up and everyone was so accommodating. We even had 3 people who needed special items due to dietary restrictions and Renay was quick to supply their special food. We were able to take all the leftover food (there wasn't a ton but enough for dinner the next night). I've hosted a lot of bridal showers and this was by far the easiest one I've planned. Renay and her staff were amazing and I highly recommended having them help host your event. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Met 3 other couples on Friday night before U Lowell game. Let me say right off that the people that work there are nice. All of them,but the food was totally in edible. We started with fried pickles and wings. Pickles were under cooked soggy goop. Chicken wings were the size of a silver dollar. They were all out of brisket. It was 5:00 at night. How could you be out that soon. Settled for smoked sausage. Owner came to our table and removed it because it was some well done. All our side were awful. Baked beans were loaded with vineager. Coleslaw dry as toast. Amazed that this place is still open. Never going back. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

This was our first time here.  The waitstaff were all VERY helpful & pleasant.  I wound up ordering the $10 lunch special - one meat & one side.  I got the baby back ribs (2), which were huge - about 9" long, very meaty, and smoked to perfection!!  They were better than most, and as good as any ribs I've ever had...simply the best!  These people really know how to smoke meat!  A great deal for $10.The collard greens, baked beans and cornbread were also excellent!The parking was a bit tough, but we finally found a spot.  We'll definitely come back. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Order southern fried chicken got chicken strips that were dry and had no seasoning looked like they were fried  right out the package, greens had turned and were sour, mac n cheese  Grain like it had sand in it.

Reviewed on Yelp

I've been coming to Mill City BBQ since it was on the south side of Lowell. This place is a gem! True owner Renee' has the brightest and warmest smile that matches her heart. Her family works in the restaurant and they are all so kind and loving they will make you feel like family. Her collard greens are hands down the best in the world. Slap your knees good. I've never not ordered them. 10/10 must try. Her brisket, ribs, pulled pork, potatoes salad, and Cole slaw all favorites. Friend pickles. Don't. Forget her dessert it's literally Lowell's best kept dessert secret. You will not be disappointed. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Authentic southern hospitality that will warm the heart of any dyed-in-the-wool New Englander. The family run business treats you like you are part of the family. Every meat is cooked to perfection. The sides will renew your hope in humanity. Significantly better bbq than area favorites Blue Ribbon and BT's. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

THE SERVICE AND FOOD WAS PHENOMENAL!!! Our waiter legit was legit on top of everything. There is such a family vibe here like mom is just ready to cook for her kids. Everything was so good and I would legit recommend everything I had. The chili fries, the chicken and waffles, the BBQ chicken, and the Mac and cheese. I will definitely be back soon with even more people to try this great food. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

No parking,crowed,slow services , food was no fo good, people at bar started to seat line of people at door very odd, table sharing ,lady bartender was arguing with other staff person, Lott's walk outs from others without ordering food

Reviewed on Yelp

The food deserves 3 stars if you measure based on the brisket 2 stars. The Brisket was more a wet saucy broiled dish, it was flavorful but not a barbecue dish. Cornbread was a sham. I'm confused why they are calling themselves a barbecue restaurant.They get one start because the service is the worst. We chose bbq because bbq is usually fast but not at Mill City. Our order was screwed up twice. Our takeout order wasn't put in when we requested. In fact our waiter did not bother to check with with us through the night. If he had he would have realize that we were waiting our corn, then our take out order and then again for our check. My daughter and stepped in at 5:50 and left at 7:18pm Again the food is okay, but the service is awful. The hostess deserves 8 stars for her warm welcome but ... here excuse was the waiter had "too much in going on." More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Terrible. As others have stated, this is not BBQ. Not by a long stretch. Ribs were either boiled or cooked in a pressure cooker. Fatty and gross.  Slaw was bagged cabbage, no dressing. Asked for Sweet potato fries, got regular fries that were cold. I could go on and describe what others had but you get the picture. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

I have been to this new location 3 times now. I wanted it to succeed because the food is pretty good. The service all three times has been awful. We had our appetizers before we even got our drinks and the apps were not quick! They were out of the blooming onion, smoked sausage and fried chicken. This was at 5:30 on a Saturday. Our waiter never checked on us or asked how anything was. We asked for the bill twice because he kept forgetting to bring it. It wasn't even busy he was just not a good server. I had no water or soda left after the apps and he never asked if I wanted another drink. We paid and not one person acknowledged us with a "have a good night" or anything. Unfortunately we will not go back there and if the service doesn't improve I'm sure the restaurant will not last. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

We've been waiting for so long for this restaurant to open.  Finally open, usually rockin, the BBQ is authentic, service is friendly and sauces are amazing.  Definitely worth it

Reviewed on Yelp

We've been meaning to try Mill City BBQ for a while now, and finally managed to think of it while searching for somewhere to eat. When we walked in, we were greeted by a surge of southern hospitality and were asked if we were planning on eating. "I'll check what we have left!" she said, and seated us. We did not realize we had shown up after the kitchen closed, and we were still not told that until after the food was in front of us. The food was fresh and delicious! We had brisket and fried chicken (boneless, but I didn't mind), as well as macaroni & cheese, fries, and cornbread muffins. My mixed drink was well balanced and definitely not too small. All of the staff were incredibly sweet and friendly, visiting frequently to refill our waters (which we received before anything else) as well as to check that we were enjoying everything. I'm already planning my next trip! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Staff is really sweet and the restaurant is well designed but the food is painfully below average. Tried the deep fried rib tips, bbq chicken and babyback ribs all were lacking flavor and tasted like commercial bbq. Even the cocktails weren't the best ordered a pineapple coconut margarita that was heavily watered down and lackin alcohol and even juice, no flavor just like the food. Won't be returning hopeful they get a new chef because that place could really be awesome. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Two lovely ladies who work here saw my son on his fathers shoulders in Walmart with no socks on because he kicked them off in the car But they asked me if he needed socks because he didn’t have any on and ironically he needs winter gear and socks and such because we just moved and lost some things These woman sat in the kids shoes isle at Walmart and tried on I don’t even know how many pairs of shoes on my sons feet to find his size because he never owned solid shoes (he’s only one) Found his size Got him boots and a hat and socks Paid for it and said merry Christmas And I got a photo of these beauties and my boy to capture the moment that reminded me There really are still good people in this world ! Can’t wait to make our way here to try some of their food More...

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