Sam's Bar-B-Que

"Food was horrible. Service was bad. I spent more than $100 buying a full rack of pork ribs, beef ribs, and whole chicken. Everything was way too overcooked - DRY as a rock - had to give the beef ribs and chicken to my dogs to eat. BBQ should be juicy and flavorful!!! The pit master should be fired in my opinion. Meat was old and not fresh off grill. Sides were super tiny, a joke. Also, the place is being served and run by bunch of high school kids that are not informed and not customer focused. Do yourself a favor and avoid this rundown place with horrible food. I won’t be returning and they’ve lost a customer for life. Good luck."

"This is the one place where I wish I could’ve given some negative stars. We came here on Sunday afternoon after church. I should have realized that coming to a barbecue place and not getting the aroma of barbecue is a big red flag. The place itself is really nice. The ambience is pretty good but the tables were sticky and I could see a fly stick to the table. It’s that bad. The food was horrible, except for the ribs nothing was hot. It was literally cooler than room temperature. The only thing good was the garlic bread. The regular bread was worse than Subway. Service was horrible as well, asked for sauce and waited and waited more and had to go get it myself. The worst $150 ever spent. Spare your time, spare your dollar go somewhere else."

"We had family over and ordered ahead for pickup, and they got everything perfect. We’ve been comin here ever since I was a kid, and it’s become part of our network of places we love to frequent, and for the most part everyone has their favorite item memorized. Mine is the 1/2 chicken or the ribs….mmmm…after last nights dinner, I wanted to take a few moments to say bravo to the folks at Sams who have consistently made wonderful meals not only for our family n friends, but the entire community. Makes sense why you’re always voted best bbq in San Jose. Plus…bomb bbq sauce. One Love!"

"A pretty nice bbq place in the area! The beef brisket was a bit dry... But their highlights here were the chili and garlic bread were pretty nice too! The fries were soggy though... The atmosphere is pretty cool! Theres a train track that runs around the top of the building! I wonder if trains run around there... Service was very quick and straightforward with the pricing!"