Mikeska Bar-B-Q & Catering

Stopped on our way back from Houston. The bbq sauce was top tier. Friendly people, good homemade sides, and tasty bbq.

Stoppin in on a whim last evening, and we were pleasantly surprised! It was near closing time and looked empty, but man are we glad we tried it! The 2 meat plate I had was juicy and wonderful with tri-tip and sausage, no bbq sauce for me. Every bite of everything we had was good. Beans were seasoned just right as were the green beans. The potato salad was great too. I even liked the sweet tea, not as overpoweringly sweet as some places. The price was nice too. Enjoyed it! Hope others will as well.

Great location, friendly staff. Very disappointed with the food. very dry, overcooked and no flavor! Small selection from the menu. A little facelift to the inside and some small changes to the menu wouldn't hurt.

I was there on Thursday Jan 13th for a family and friends gathering after a family burial. I cannot believe how disappointing your BBQ was. No one at our table ate what they had on their plates. In fact more than half the people we talked to did not like their food. Its a little sad to be serving food like this. The only thing I ate was my corn. I feel bad that so much money was paid out for all the guest that were there and not have decent food served to us. I was looking forward to your food but left disappointed.

I've been a customer here since the 1960's. Very consistent, good value. The BBQ & sides are not wonderful but never bad. Some of their homemade cookies are excellent! Do try MIKESKA'S; it is a TEXAS institution! Rick.

Met with the family to eat at their buffet. Very disappointed at their selection. The only thing they had left was their fried chicken and chicken tenders. When I inquired if they were going to bring more food out, they said no. What I saw was what I got and I should have been told so. NOT! Their chicken tenders were good but the rest of the food was meh. No more Sunday dinners for us there.

Good overall especially for the price. Nice people who try to help. The beef brisket tasted alright, Houston bbq restaurants have better. Nice place, though to visit when hungry.

The meats are were worth the stop. Tried the brisket, boneless pork and sausage, which all were tasty, The sides could use more seasoning for my taste, but probably accurate for the mixed crowd of locals and highway visitors. We tried the coleslaw which got the best reviews, beans were good, mashed potatoes were interesting, corn could used butter and salt though. And the price per plate is well worth a visit. Decor was interesting as in full taxidermy collection.

The ribs are smoked over pecan and have an excellent flavor. Well worth the trip. Where can you find 1lb of delicious under $15?

Mikeskas catered our wedding reception. The food was delicious and they even provided a little extra. The catering folks were very professional, arrived on time and cleaned and boxed everything up. The cost per plate was very reasonable. We highly recommend Mikeska's for your catering needs.

Nice bbq restaurant except for the teen girl they have cutting the meat. She didn't seem to care what she was doing or how it was cut. Sausage looked like it had been chewed on after she had cut it and put it it in our to go container. Brisket was the same. I guess the ribs would have also but there's bones in those. Overall though the food was delicious. Want to try another bbq place before I decide if I'll ever go back.

Very generous portions. We tried the chicken, sausage, beef and pork and all were delicious. Beef was lean but very tender. Service was exceptional.

The food is great. Super nice and friendly staff. Manager on Sunday night was very nice. Super clean reasonably priced.

If you haven't tried this place you're missing out. We have been eating bbq here for awhile and today I tried the chicken fried steak on the buffet. Outstanding CFS all the sides are great and the price is very reasonable. Buffet is on Thursday Friday and Sunday. Maybe I got all the days right

My buddy Graham and I stopped here on the way back from a business trip, and this place didn't disappoint. Everything was all I could have hoped and dreamed for and more. The flavor was great, before you could ask for anything it was there for you, including the much needed to go boxes we needed. I got some cinnamon bread before I left to-go which was amazing. If this place was closer I would stop there all the time.

Great southern cooking! Not the fanciest place, a bit dingy, but the food was delish. Banana pudding was like crack. Loads of stuffed animal heads if that's your thing.

I was my second time coming here but man there brisket was really good and I'm totally bring my kiddos next time because I'm sure they would love looking at all those animals

BBQ "buffet?" Warmed over food sitting under heat lamps all day never works. There's a good reason nearly all of the Mikeska BBQ places around the state have closed. Their BBQ is simply not good. Forty years ago they could still sell it because there weren't all that many BBQ places especially in small towns but now nearly every small Texas town has a decent if not really good BBQ place.

If this one wasn't located on I-10 with a HUGE sign it would be emptier that it already is 90% of the time. A good restaurant in this location would be jam packed all day long every day.

I've been eating the buffet here for years, so I'm sure some of the personnel has changed in that time, which has left me dreaming about the old days.the fried chicken is OK, chicken fried steak is OK, hot wings were good, but the sides that come with the buffet were pure prison food.no salt, no pepper, no butter, no onion, no garlic, no bacon, I don't know how you can cook anything without those items?

We stopped in for lunch. We have been by this place many times but never stopped until today. I did look at what fellow yelpers have to say but didn't let the three star average deter me. Besides it was really convenient to pull in off the highway and there is plenty of parking. Well three stars is all I can give them too. I had the ribs and was a little disappointed in them.

I think they had let the outside of them dry out while they were cooking and then put sauce on them to try to moisten them back up. And that just doesn't work! They were fairly tender after you got past the dry part. Also they didn't have hardly any smoke flavor either. The sides weren't anything special. I imagine most of them came right off the Sysco truck. The wife had the bbq chicken and she too was underwhelmed. We will try some other place next time through here.

I used to eat here a lot. Back several years ago, the food was pretty good. It's basically garbage now. I thought I'd try one more time because they have their chopped beef sandwich on sale for $2.95. Bargain I thought. So I order one, chips and a drink. So I'm out the door for 8 bucks. 8 bucks? Yes, eight bucks. So I checked my receipt and lo and behold they charge three bucks for a 32 oz soft drink.

Their bag of chips was a dollar, but it was only 1 oz. But my biggest "beef" was the slop that they called chopped beef. It looks like a mixture of about 1/8 chopped brisket and 7/8 ground something. It was swimming and fat, and pretty gross. $2.95 was definitely more than what it was worth. I mean, Super yuck. I frankly don't know what they're doing. Mikeska's used to have a pretty good name in the barbecue business.

Not anymore in my opinion. The 295 for a sandwich followed by the three bucks for a Coke is a classic bait-and-switch. You're wasting your time and your money if you go in there. You will be disappointed. And did I mention that I found a hair in the barbecue? That's a little gross, but not as gross as the meat itself. Geez guys, I thought you guys were a little over-the-top when you started serving tri-tip as brisket.

So whatever you're calling barbecue now is a disservice to the name of barbecue. I think that's the toughest review I've ever given, but believe me it's well deserved.

Stopped in on my way home from Houston just saw a barbecue place did not realize it was a buffet and had a menu. I ordered the buffet and was not disappointed. Good selection of meats and plenty of sides including dessert on the birthday as well as a salad bar. Had a good lunch on the way home I would recommend this good spot to stop in for a barbecue.

Fresh bbq and friendly folks. Excellent iced tea and salad bar. Very affordable especially for how much food we got. When pulling in windows are filled with stuffed animals which is neat. Excellent beef jerky as well as fresh breads and snacks

Not the worst BBQ I've had, but not worthy of Texas. You expect more in the Lone Star State, and this isn't it. Dry, flavorless brisket. Weak watery sauce. Weird pasty mashed potatoes with long onion skins. The green beans were good. but that's not why I go to BBQ Restaurants. Staff is friendly, and the decor is interesting. Other than that: pass.

This is a very reasonably priced barbecue joint just off the highway. The food isn't the best I've ever had, but they serve a darn good variety of food at cheap prices relative to a lot of their competitors, and their desserts aren't bad either when they're fresh. I'm a huge fan of their sausage and smoked chicken. Their brisket can be hit or miss, and their pork ribs are sometimes dry. Their potato salad and baked beans are pretty good, though.

Skip buccees and stop here instead! Very reasonably priced and will fill you up! Definitely recommend the desserts, the pecan pie tasted like it was made from scratch. They have a large selection of breads/cakes- they all looked amazing. Don't forget to get the sausage or jerky on your way out!

The only reason I am generous with the 2 star rating is the desserts were excellent. I've always passed the signs for this restaurant and wanted to try it. Hell, they have signs up and down the highway! Now to the food; I wanted a baked potato but they were "out". Umm ok. So I tried the 2 meat combo. I had ribs and brisket. Both were dry and chewy.

The sauce was very watery but didn't have the consistency to stick to the meat. The okra was cold and the mashed potatoes lacked flavor. I am highly disappointed that this place didn't live up to the hype. I am also kind of appealed that the decor consisted of stuffed carcasses. Which I get, we are in Texas but they were dusty. It was not appropriate for a dining establishment.

BBQ ribs taste ok. Sides really need some work-in. I had pea salad, green beans, and ranchero beans they all taste bland. The sweet tea taste good. Taxidermy in beast mode inside.

Ribs were great! I do not use BBQ sauce - and the ribs are meaty and tasteful - no need for bbq sauce. Potato salad and beans were also very good. Friendly service, very clean. There is also a lunch buffet - and the buffet is all you can eat!