No Name Bar-B-Q

I’ve came to this spot several times all throughout the years. I’ve never once had a complaint about it. It’s usually packed and you might experience a bit of a wait, but it’s well worth it. The food is good and their employees are nice. I have sat down and dinned in and other times I’ve taken my food to go. Never had a problem with any of my orders in the past.

Very quick and efficient lunch spot if you are near the red bluff and hwy 225 area. This place does tend to get a crowd for lunch, but the service is friendly and gets you your order very quickly. I opted for the sliced brisket poboy which is better size than the sandwich in my opinion. Brisket is good here, not overly moist but does have a good smokey flavor. I’d definitely prefer No Name over Grand Prize, which just seems blah to me. Their sauce is very good in my opinion and their bread is like a soft potato bun. Id lean more 3.5, but worthy of 4 stars for consistent food and great fast service.

I grew up on No Name Bbq! I loved that place but for whatever reason I had not eaten there In years. I decided to stop in and have a sliced beef sandwich. I recognized the owner and placed my order. The bread was yellow, cheap, and stale. The brisket was slightly salty but the sauce was okay. I guess all good thing have to come to an end at one point, and this place is almost there. I saw a lot of local refinery workers and I guess when u have a limited amount of time u will eat anywhere! Avoid if possible now

In town for work and got lucky finding this off the random exit we chose for lunch. The brisket dinner plate was fantastic

I don’t get to eat here often but love their food. This little place has been here for a long time.

It’s been there forever, but I never ate there until my last visit back to my old stomping grounds in Pasadena.
Decent brisket. Decent, if forgettable, sides. Not the best BBQ I’ve ever had, but certainly not the worst. Not a fan of the sauce, but then again, I almost never am. (I’m a real snob about BBQ & BBQ sauce.)
I’m guessing, since they’ve been there a while, that they know what they’re doing. I have other places I’d rather eat when in Houston/​Pasadena, but I’d certainly stop in again if I were hungry and crunched for time that prevented me from eating at one of my more favorite places in town.
Biggest surprise was the really good a/​c on a hot day. You don’t get that so much anymore, and I sure didn’t expect it in a trailer!

The chopped beef potato looked to gross to eat. As hungry as I was it was not difficult to return. The food is overpriced for the quality.

This place is a Pasadena institution. It gets four stars from me because it’s consistently good, friendly, and you’ll leave happy. And it’s better than all but a few bbq restaurants in Houston and surrounding areas.

Good BBQ, terrible interior.

I have eaten this Bar-​B-​Q for over 23 years, like the chop beef sandwhich. Would eat bake potato with chopped beef but can only get it fully loaded, and I do not care for butter and sour cream. Decent Bar-​B-​Q, best in area but alittle over priced these days.

It’s always clean! I get the baked potato with EVERYTHING. Last time i had it with sliced beef instead of chopped beef and it wasn’t as good. I’ll sticked to the chopped beef from now on.

Decent meal, but not amazing. Great for a lunch or some casual dining.

Not bad food but After waiting 3 years to go there I was disappointed.
If I’m in the area & need to eat I would stop in but I would not make a road trip for it.

Not bad. I’ll start with that.
I wasn’t expecting greatness, and had it been cheaper, my expectations would’ve been surpassed. I will probably go back, simply due to the dearth of non-​fast-​food options in the «around 225» part of Stankadena.
I was on the phone when I walked in, and I remarked to my brother (on the other line) that I instantly liked a place callled «No Name Bar-​B-​Q» that looked like a hole in the wall. It had great potential. I played it safe and got the chop sandwich and fries w/​a sweet tea.
My 1^st disappointment was in the price. $ 6.99 was fine for a medium sized sandwich and fries, but then you had to pay $ 2 for a drink. If it was 7 bucks for all of it, I’d make it part of the regular lunch rotation.
My 2^nd disappointment was the sweet-​tea. Barely sweet. A sweet-​N-​Low salvaged it, but they might as well only serve unsweetened and offer the packets.
The sandwich, topped with a healthy portion of pretty decent sauce (and my own favorite jalapenos) was solid. Fries were homemade, which was the nicest part of this whole trip.
Priced like 1^st-​rate BBQ, tasted like decent, solid stuff. Besides that, can’t really complain.

No Name is a very good, no frills BBQ Place in Pasadena. The Bar-​B-​Que is very good, the sides are good, and the baked potatoes are awesome. The shack that it is in is tiny and looks like a storm picked it up from its usual location and randomly dropped it in its location next to 225. All of this adds up to a pretty good eating experience.
As far the Bar-​B-​Que, the brisket is good, not the best I’ve ever had, but still really good. The sausage is awesome and it is my favorite. The sauce is very good and if you get a baked potato, you will not be disappointed!

Went to no name for lunch with a friend looks like a hole in the wall but was very pleased good food and great value for your money

I’ve been wanting to hit this place for years, but never had the chance until fate intervened and gave me an extra 20 minutes in the «Dena.»
This place looks the right kind of shady, perched on a small asphalt triangle between the municipal court and Hwy 225. There is little doubt w/​20 story high retention pits and cooling towers in near sight, that you are in the heart of Urban Cowboy country.
I had high hopes for «No Name» especially w/​the recent failure of Texas Bar-​B-​Que still lingering on my palate. Got a three meat plate and a Dr. Pepper for $ 11 and change. The plate comes w/​beans and your choice of slaw or tater salad, couple slices of bread, and before I could say anything, sauce all over the damn place. It looked promising, but promises went unfulfilled.
I took a seat in this very small trailer and began to chow. The brisket had hints of pink, but was trimmed neat of fat and char. This pissed me off a bit, because I specifically asked for brisket from the fatty end. The difference between here and the shit @ Texas BBQ was at least it tasted somewhat smokey and not reminiscent of pot roast. The sausage was well seasoned and properly cooked, but it was the common finely ground and dense sausage I don’t really seek out.
The ribs were a fuckin catastrophe. Looked like shit. Grey, limp, and falling apart; you couldn’t grab any piece of one w/​out it falling apart in your hand. But the edges still managed to be chewy and tough. Easily, w/​no close second, the worst ribs I’ve ever had. My dog ate more of the ribs than I did.
The sides were aight. Typical mustard tater salad. The beans were… odd. They started great, but a flavor started to develop that was similar to Totino’s pizza sauce. Weird, I know. The sauce was mediocre. If anything, it probably helped the overall flavor w/​out being all that good on its own.
So where does that leave us? Hungry, and a little bit lighter in the wallet in Pasadena.