Lost Pines Bbq - Giddings

The first time we tried this place is was *awesome*.... the second time, it okay but not great... I don't know if they have more than one cook and someone needs a refresher or if it was just an off day, but even on the bad day, they were still much better than the City Meat Market or whatever that other place in town is called. My husband always goes in and we take it to go, so I don't know what it's Ike inside to tell you about the atmosphere. Big ol' caliche parking lot with some big ol' potholes, but you'll live.

Being able to reccomend their sides desserts should tell you everything you need to know of our experience there. The pinto beans and the buttermilk pie were excellent, everything else was anywhere from poor to middlin' at best. Perhaps they just were having a bad day minding the pit?Orders were for a beef rib and 3 pork spareribs with potato salad and pinto bean sides, and the sliced brisket with mac cheese and pinto beans, as well as a slice of buttermilk pie to share.The beef rib was chewy and stringy but did have decently smoked flavor, the pork ribs were roughly the same, neither fell off the bone nor had a decent clean bite when eating. The sliced brisket (ordered marbled) was the best of the proteins, but even at that seemed average as far a juiciness and flavor. Overall the proteins in our opinion ranked 1.5/5 starsThe mac cheese apparently is made with American cheese powder to judge by the color of the sauce, and it appears the potato salad is bulk deli purchased. The pinto beans were wonderful and the butermilk pie was very tasty. On balance they earned 3.5/5 stars.Portions were fair and prices were decent as value for the money goes, but overall we felt for the total cost of just over $64 for lunch for 2 that we would have eaten better had we just gone to a chain retaurant such as Dickey's or Famous Dave's. Value-wise maybe 1/5 starsService was quick and friendly (5/5 stars) and we enjoyed the atmosphere overall(4/5 stars) so we will probably give them another try someday, in hopes that the meal quality being off on this visit was an outlier.

I went to Austin last week and stopped at Lost Pines, for lunch, and I was looking forward to have a good time and the food was spoiled the corn was spoiled, and the chicken was overcooked. The only reason I stopped there is because I had been there before and that food was good, but this time the worst barbecue!

Pretty good bbq not the worst and not the best will go back

The food was really good. The service was friendly. A must come again!