Comments on: Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que

By: wholesale leather hides

wholesale leather hides — Sat, 21 May 2011 09:42:01 +0000

I don’t really like posting long reviews…and I never post reviews…but after i went through your post. I think leaving without a review would be injustice to me…I liked it very much…thanks

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:32:03 +0000

So Yeah, I was a regular customer and the Lucille’s in Rancho Cucamonga, at least once a month. Well, I had not been there this time for about 2 months..
Wow….I used to rant and rave about the food, how I loved it, and how the Mac’n cheese was my all time favorite. Well guess what, NOT anymore, because they chaned it completely. IT has diffrent noodles and the cheese sauce too.

Then to make it even worse, The RED VELVET CAKE used to be my favorite..I order it everywhere that has it, and it pretty popular too. It used to be 3 layers and had fudge between each layer along with the cream cheese icing and the top had mini chocolate chips and these tiny little white cruchy balls and the cake itself was light coco and super dooper moist.

Not tonight, it completely a different cake. NOT MOIST not very red as the traditional ones are and just tasted like chocolate cake. No fudge now between the 3 layers and while it does look more like a traditional one on the outside, it was covered in crumbs..that were way stale and the cream cheese icing was grainy.

I asked the waitor why they had changed the recipes and he laughed as if I didn’t know what I was talking about. I told him the old ones tasted better and he said …..”Oh”

Big Macs suck…but if ya go to Mcdonalds and order one anywhere in the U.S. you can bet they taste and look the same.

I cannot reccomend it now…I would think If it were my resturant and I had changed the recipes comepletly I would make the customers aware that they are new recipes now so they could make the choice. At this point I was blind sided.

By: Snato

Snato — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:05:25 +0000

I took two guests to the location in Long Beach that you discovered. Parking can be a challenge but we managed to find a place within walking distance. I called the restaurant and the lady on the phone really could not give me good driving directions. Strike One. We arrived and the booth we were seated at had cold blowing air on us and it was already late in the evening. Had to ask three servers to either move us or shut the A/C off. Strike Two. I ordered the brisket and my guests ordered chicken and a slab of ribs. My Brisket was as tough as shoe leather, and the ribs were very dry. The best by far was the chicken. Would not recommend or return.

By: BBQ Jerry

BBQ Jerry — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:09:33 +0000

Lots of employee attitude for this type of restaurant. I felt it as well. I gave a tip of 25 cents.Food was only ok.

By: mashed potatoes for babies

mashed potatoes for babies — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:07:29 +0000

mashed potatoes for babies…

How do you come up with so much material to blog with?…

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:31:07 +0000

John, you are a real tool. Weird looks? Snickering? What are you, 12? Is this the playground in elementary school? Since you obviously don’t like the restaurant, why on EARTH would you ask for a gift certificate to go back? You’re just out to get a freebie. As everyone knows, Lucille’s gets packed, and there are going to be occassions where the service is lacking. My recommendation is to not go there if you are in a rush. So, to Mr. Aquino, take your 9% tips somewhere else and stop bashing the restaurant. It sounds like Soup Plantation would serve you quite well as you can do a buffet, get crappy food, and not have to tip very much.

By: caferay

caferay — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:14:02 +0000

Party of 16 adults at the Tustin branch Lucille’s, 4:00 p.m. last Sunday, right after the rain stopped. I parked in back and entered by the back door. Our group was seated in 15 minutes at a long table in a “porchy” side room. The room was bright and comfortable, roomy compared to rest of the restaurant, which seemed very crowded, rather dark and packed with customers, squadrons of servers and tons more people waiting to be seated. Every chair in the house was full – maybe 200, probably more. Our luck was this side room, very calm and compartively quiet.

Staff were at our table promtly, with biscuit bowls and drink order pads ready. The menu was so long I left it to my wife to pick our meal to split (ample brisket sandwich with good peanut slaw, fries). Those around me ordered half chicken dinner (large bird, looked moist), baby backs (long slab) and brisket dinner (giant baked potato) We all liked the hot and spicy sauce better than the mustardy “Memphis
style.”

Since this was a birthday party, we brought in a cake to serve. The servers provided us with a side table to hold the cake, dessert plates and forks, and presents. Very glad Lucille did not levy a plating charge, but then we cut and served the cake ourselves. The servers were quick with the coffee refills – very good coffee.

In sum, our party had a great time. Lucille did nothing to detract and the staff added a lot of smooth flow. The staff was very responsive. The food was better than average and the portions were very satisfactory. Price? Does anyone know of a bbq place that gives it away? Would I wait more than 30 minutes for Lucille? Probably not, but then I don’t like to wait anywhere. But I am waiting for Lucille to come to Pasadena, a city that bbq forgot. Do you hear me, Barn Bummer?

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:38:55 +0000

We eat at the Torrance place all the time. Decent BBQ, although some odd ways of serving (potato bun?!) and weird accesories (a hamburger, at a BBQ restaurant?). Lousy service, all high school kids with no clue. Worst thing, exorbitant prices – highway robbery, but then, this is SoCal.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:55:15 +0000

I was just there on sunday september 30th visiting from Florida. my family lives near the brea restaurant and we took my mom out for her 80th birthday. they have been there before but it was my first along with my wife and two teenagers. we had a great time. we were about 13 people plus two babies and were seated in the pink room. i guess its a room for parties. our experience was incredible. we ordered the super special feast for 10 plus people at 200.00 plus drinks of course. the ribs both beef and pork, the tri tip, the chicken and the brisket was awesome and 6 sides were all great. we had so much food left over that my sister took it all home. im back in florida, left the same day, but my sister has food for 2 days at least. i think the servers were great, they smiled alot and look like they were genuinely trying to please their customers. mr. aquino must have overreacted and was paraniod about his second visit and thought the whole world was watching him and out to get him. they’re the type of people that expect everyone to cater to them only and not anyone else around. their the type that would not enjoy going to other countries because they do things differently. listen mr. aquino (i know you’ll read this because you wrote such a lengthy letter, you want to see what responses it creates) get a life and quite complaining. the food and service was great. the price a little high overall, but then how many places do you go to and pay less and are not happy with the food. Are you guys in Florida anywhere and do you have plans to open up here? let me know.

By: Get over it john aquino!

Get over it john aquino! — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:26:03 +0000

Hey John! You have waaaay too much time on your hands! Stop bitching and whining about Lucille’s. Nobody can fix that you are a big baby and cry over a bunch of twenty-something servers! “Oh they gave me a look” Boo-who! Looks like they won huh!? Good job Lexy and Martha! This man doesn’t belong in any restaurant!