I-57 Rib House

Great food! Large combo with hot sauce on the side, that’s my weakness!

I would like to say the food is really great. I love the wings, turkey tips, and the fries:) The only reason I am giving 4 stars is because the customer service for callling in an order is not good. If you want quicker service and not wait too long I recommend calling it in. Great sauce btw:)

Great food, but the employees have bad attitudes. Be prepared to wait a while on the weekends. The employees like to take the phone off the hook and not take any call in orders.

Just tried calling in a HUGE order, someone picked up phone & set it to the side. Never said hello or took my order. Can hear all background noises. Oh well take my HUGE order over to Best Bbq across the bridge. Will never return or recommend!

Pretty good BBQ here at I-57.Caught them by accident once looking for another restaurant. Saw their store and it caught my attention. Nice looking place!!! Since my first stop here I’ve been back a few times and even tried their other location on south Indiana in Riverdale. I also had their Q at this years Chicago Food Truck Fest. So YES!!! I LIKE IT!!! Their sauce has a really good sweet, smokey flavor that I really enjoy. Haven’t had any issues with them except this ONE TIME someone forgot to put plastic utensils in my TO GO order. Luckily I had a knife in my glove compartment so I could eat caveman style. No big​gie​.Im not fussy. But that was kind of annoying but THINGS HAPPEN. For sure I’ll be coming back!!!

The one in Riverdale is super ghetto. The manager was bogus yesterday. The rib tips WAY are too hard. Even when I asked for enough sauce. I hardly got any 2days in a row.
She didn’t care one bit when I was dissatisfied. Just walked away. I knocked & knocked on the glass windows and she continued to ignore me. I asked for my money back and she said NO.
The one on 115^th & Ashland is more professional… GO THERE, instead

Had the grilled bbq chicken that was dry, flavor less and not hint of bbq flavor outside the overly sweet sauce… not worth it!

I-​57 is conveniently located right off of the expressway. I had the turkey tips & turkey hot link combo with mild sauce & of course it was amazing. Hands down the best turkey tips I’ve had (the hot link was very hot… I only ate about ¼ of it).
The only complaint I have is that the bread was on top of the french fries (I would have preferred it on top of the meat).
If you’re worried about the location, they have a security guard who was actually extremely polite (we went on a Saturday afternoon).

I went at lunchtime and the service was fast. I wasn’t there 10 minutes. I ordered a mini tip. I believe it was $ 8.99. I enjoyed the sauce. It was slightly sweet but not sickeningly so. The actual tips were good but I did get quite a bit of bone. The meat itself was fairly tender. If you like barbecue, it’s definitely worth a visit.

This is one of the best barbecue joints I’ve had in a long time bravo! The hot links are amazing!!!

Da best damn turkey tips I eva tasted! Best place on da Southside. Alil pricey, but well worth it and da portions fill u up like none other!

Let me apologize. I was just told that this place on 47^th is called I-​94 and not I-​57. This place is terrible and I am truly sorry for having them be affiliated with I-​57.
I-​57 is 5 star BBQ in my book.

I’ve have been coming here for YEARS! This is some of the best que and beat mild sauce I have ever had. Everyone I have ever taken here comes back on their own. The chicken must be great because you can’t order it over the phone and it’s about an hour or so wait.

I will NEVER go back! Some of the workers have poor customer service skills and are just plain rude. Waited an additional 45 mins for an order that I called in 15 mins before I arrived. I had to go up to the window and ask for my order and then she told me they were waiting on fries. The girl who finally gave me the food didn’t even say sorry or thank you or offer anything for the inconvenience. Got home and my food was hard and over cooked. Wish they had a half star.

Every time I’m in Chicago I-​57 is a must stop! I love this place, there is no beginning and no ending in describing the fabulousness that is I-​57. Almost (yes I said almost) every time I go the rib tips are a mouthful of tender deliciousness. Now if I’m going to be completely honest, there are times when, I just have to suck the sauce of one of the tips and move on, in search of the tender tip. I have never had a problem with old, cold or nasty tasting food only the occasional tough tip. The bread is always soft and the fries are always soaked in mixed sauce just like I like them. I only give four stars because the customer service is not always on point.

Even though the food is ok for the most most part, it is WAY overpriced and the customer service is the worse I’ve ever seen. I try to support local businesses in my neighborhood, but this place makes it almost impossible and judging by some of the comments, I’m not alone in this. Do the community a favor, and treat your patrons with a little more respect, and I will definitely come back

I haven’t had a good rib tip that I hadn’t made myself in a long time. It was difficult to get through over the phone and I waited in line for about 15min but I also waited for my food for only 10 min, if that. It was good and hot. I’m actually on my way right now for more. Delish!

Um, in the hood, we call it the crematory… You can smell spoiled meat from 111^th-​119^th on I57-Halsted.People pile in there… something ain’t right… Tried to tell um, they know, but people are lovin it. Let down your window driving by… scary. Want us to do better, there’s no excuse.

Links & Tips combo, all day long! They cook to order, or so I’m guessing by the crisp-​outside/​juicy-​inside freshness and the significant, but not out of line wait. Every time I’ve ever visited this location (Since ’96) I get the same great service and fantastic links. They’re hot, like break a sweat when you eat ‘em, hot! They will always get my business, when I’m craving me some Bbq.

I stopped in here in desperation hoping for a food item to bring to a Christmas party. I had gone to 2 other places that I like first but one of them appears to have closed its doors and the other place told me I needed 24 hour notice to order a pan of rib tips. So I say ok a guy at work always talks about I57 so I will see if they will do it. I drive to the 115^th street location, the parking lot is packed and place is packed. I walk in and this giant menu on the wall says 48 hour notice needed for catering orders so I am gonna walk out and maybe get something different or possibly make a batch of my award winning chili when I figure I will just ask. They tell me 45 minutes. How great is that? A pan of rib tips for 20 people on the way. I had no problem with customer service at all. I do wish it was a regular counter instead of the revolving plexiglass spinner thing that sadly has to be part of urban America but the people behind the counter were great. They had this little mailbox like thing in the wall that they slid the tips out of and I got them in about 25 minutes. I couldn’t wait to eat them. I had gotten the spicy variety. I brought them to my brother jps house and they were a hit. Everyone likes them. We had such a feast. He made this prime rib that he got at Costco I think and it is a meal I will always remember. It was so good, I am always wary of Wal mart meat but you can trust Costco. We had dinner and a few hours later we were drinking beer and sucking more sauce off the bones. Honestly if you want some awesome rib tips get them here. They have mild ones too but I thought the spicy was perfect. I might stop there today and try their chicken.