Revolution Barbeque

Absolutely the best place I ate during my recent visit to Lafayette. Warm staff, and incredible bbq meat.I had the brisket ala carte, homemade sausages and vinegar coleslaw...I'll be back.

In the regular rotation and always our first choice for barbecue. Brisket and soda beans are favorites. The house made sandwich buns are good enough to eat by themselves. Love the bar and its beer selection.

First time here. Met a friend for lunch on her recommendation and it was stellar! 10/10 will dine again! Don't sleep in dessert either...take it with you for a coffee break or home for a late night snack. Delicious!

One of my favorite places in Lafayette. The pulled pork tacos are an excellent value, hearty, filling, and tastes good. I also recommend the pulled pork tacos. Revolution has changed from counter ordering to table side ordering. I don't think you can go wrong here for food, location, or ambiance.

Every once in a while, the Midwest surprises me with how good BBQ here can be. This was one of those times.I went with pulled pork plate and added 4 oz. of brisket and 4 oz. of ribs. All of the meats were sensational! The ribs were humongous and meaty. I added them to my plate for $6. The menu said 4 oz. but they gave me 4 huge meaty ribs that weighed more than 4 oz. The brisket was moist with a good bit of bark and fattiness. The pulled pork was also tender and smoky. It was also moist without being greasy. Solid pulled pork!There are 5 sauces and my rank would be the Apple Bourbon Mustard first (goes extremely well with pork), the Alabama White (more horseradish, went well with the brisket), the house which was a mildly sweet and peppery sauce, the strawberry habanero with a little sweetness and some medium heat, and the one I couldn't stand...the hot habanero. I like hot BBQ sauce but it had no taste except for the burn.The mac and cheese was the best side I had as it was creamy and had almost what seemed like crumbled up Cheez-its on top. The potato salad was all right except I hate celery and celery was in it. The beans were very misleading. They are not baked beans but more like a bean soup. The waitress told me they make them in a Coke and Sprite mix for a sweet and savory taste. I didn't taste the sweetness and didn't like them at all.Sweet tea is important to me as I'm from Alabama and at times, it is very difficult to find really good sweet tea in the Midwest. Revolution fresh brews their sweet tea in house, which makes a huge difference in sweet tea. Now it wasn't as sweet as I would like but it certainly got the job done as it was sweet enough to be good and very refreshing. I would order it again.Revolution gets the most important part of a BBQ joint right and that's having outstanding meats in good size portions. The sweet tea was enjoyable. The mac and cheese was terrific and the sauces are overall pretty good. The beans and potato salad weighs it down for me. I wish I could rank it a 4.5 but I gave it a 5 for how delicious the meats are.

I really truly want this place to be amazing, unfortunately it continues to come in at "good enough". Firstly they are association with Sweet revolution, a world class bakery in town and one would hope that the talent exhibited there on a daily basis would make its way over, but it just doesn't. Revolution barbeque is located in the heart of downtown. The overall ambiance is great, outdoor seating is available during the armed months and they have a great bar attached with a good selection of beer and rotating craft cocktails. The staff is always happy to help when they can, but I've always gotten the impression that management limits their abilities to solve problems for customers at the lowest level possible. This is just based on issues that we have had in the past that required a managers attention and I was told it would have to wait for the general manager to be available. From my service industry experience, this is about three levels of management too high for simple problems like a poorly made dish that requires a refund. The main issue I have is the food. The menu is everything you could ask for or expect at a barbecue restaurant, but the execution is consistently lacking. The brisket is usually left as a primal cut with the point and the flat still attached. Unfortunately this usually results in only one half being cooked properly and the other being dry or chewy. With our most recent order to go, the grit cakes were stacked such that only half of them were sauced. Also, none of the sauces were labeled which is a problem when they aren't as visually distinguishable as they probably should be. The Mac and cheese is consistently grainy, likely because there is too much flour used in the roux base. Again, I really want to like this place. It's local business, it adds to the community. But if you want consistently good barbecue, head to the east side of town for better options.

I can't walk into this place and not be hungry. The smell hits you at the door and my mouth waters. I know that whatever I order, it's going to be good, and not just good, excellent. Tonight I chose my cocktail first and went for the Elusive Dreams, a pineapple forward cocktail that was sweet and delicious. Paired with the Pulled Pork Tacos (American Style) it was superb. The staff was friendly as always and accommodating to the fact that my dining partner and I stayed a bit after close (we were lost in conversation, but eventually picked up on the clues). I love coming here and I hope you do too.

I have been here few times and was always happy with food and service. Even celebrated my son bday there this year . . Today was bad overall . I had to ask 3 times in order to get just water after sitting for more than 15-20 min . The food was so dry and burnt . If I was by myself I just leave . The food should not be serve at all should directly go to trash . I told the waitress and she said she told the owner. I did not order beef jerky's . The quality of food was so bad . I spend good amount of money for the food that should not even be served

DELICIOUS! We loved all the bbq sauces, the brisket was super tender and well cooked, Mac and cheese was a big hit for us, our server Olivia was very sweet. Very chill and laid back place, I love all the oldies and classics playing. Definitely a place we could become regulars. Our only gripe would be the sides being a little small but besides that it checked all the boxes.

I've really tried to give this place a chance, but the super slow service overshadows the good food. The wait staff is nice but the time it takes from being seated to ordering to getting someone's attention for the check is beyond slow even when the place is near empty. Would not recommend coming here on a lunch break. The last time us gals came for lunch the place smelled like raw sewage. We asked the waitress what was up and she claimed she couldn't smell it? Pros: Meat is tender. House BBQ is really good! Cole slaw is very creamy. Mac and cheese is great. If you have a lot of time to kill, it might be worth checking out and having a meal.