Rib Shack

At times Guy Fieri puts a place on the map, on other occasions the knowledge of the best food travels more deliberately, from the father to the son to like-minded strangers, perhaps reading this from a JFK-area hotel and contemplating delivery options. (Takeout only. A 2018 blog said there was a table inside and a Yelp photo from 2021 indicates two outdoor tables, I'm unaware of the 2024 setup).Since ribs are in the title that's a fine choice. I've been associated in the past with Team Dry Rub but this sauce is so good I want to drink it. I've also enjoyed the fried chicken. Anything "smothered" seems like a great bet, tonight's feast included the excellent smothered pork chops. If you're in a group situation where you can order like seven sides, great, but if not, my votes are for cabbage and mac-and-cheese.

This Food tastes like trash no flavor not authentic soul Food at all they definitely fell off, small portions and bad service your better off ordering Chinese restaurants Ribs if that's wat ur looking for lol no cap thank me laterPS oxtails was burnt no meat on short ribs and the pork ribs have no flavorand the Greens taste sour

The service was unwelcoming, the servers were a bit unpolished. The food was just like the service, terrible! I had fried fish, collard greens, yams, banana pudding. The fish was fried hard, had barely any seasoning. The collard greens had good flavor, but needed to cook a little longer. (They were a little tough) and the yams taste like they came straight out from a can no sugar, pineapple juice no nothing . If you long for good southern food, the Rib Shack is not the place to go. Now let's talk about this banana pudding... it was the worst of all. I didn't think it was possible to ruin banana pudding. They should close the doors and I'll waste peoples money or time with serving subpar food .

Classic local soul food spot. Good for catering. Lots of choices to choose from. Fried Fish is made fresh to order. Good spot to go to for a soul food fix. It's take out-not a sit in restaurant. Go in, pick your entree and sides which are on display for choosing and take it out. Very reasonable pricing for catering as well.

The B-52's - "Rib Shack"cue up the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs"If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that saysFifteen miles to the Rib Shack!Rib Shack, yeah, yeahI'm headin' down the Van Wyck ExpresswayLookin' for the meat hideawayHeaded for the rib takeawayI got me a meal, it's as big as a whaleAnd don't you dare bailI got me some pork, it feeds about twentySo pony up and bring your lunchbox moneyThe Rib Shack is a little ol' placeWhere we can eat togetherRib Shack, babyRib Shack, Baby!"OK maybe we can't get together for dinner here, but we can certainly get take out. This is really deep in the south. The south of Queens, that is South Jamaica. Any further south and you can board a plane at JFK for the island of Jamaica.You're at the Rib Shack, so you gotta go for some ribs, but is it gonna be pork or beef? I go for the Pork Rib Dinner, ordering at the meat counter. Swing around the corner to get my two sides of Mac & Cheese and Red Beans & Rice, then over to the end register to pay and the cashier packs up my cornbread neatly to go. The ribs are fall off the bone and taste good with the sweet BBQ sauce. There are 5 honkin' big ribs here, so I split it into 2 meals. I might have to go for the Beef Short Ribs next time. I also wanted to try the fried chicken and got 2 pieces of dark meat that were pretty decent. The leg and thigh were seasoned well but were on the small side. I've seen half wing drummettes bigger than that drumstick. It did come with a square of their signature corn bread, which I also enjoyed.

Oh no. Talk about so disappointing. I did but enjoy at all. I was hoping this place was a real down south home cooking place. The color in the food was so off. The Mac and cheese needed cheese. Needless to say, I won't be ordering from them again.

this is the day before Thanksgiving! I was told to place my order on Monday which I did. a family member was to pick up my order Wednesday at 6:30 PM when they arrived they were told the food would not be ready for another 2 hours.to come back at 8:30pm when they returned the turkey wings were gone and were replaced by cropped up chunks of turkey bones. also the sweet potatoes pie was awful! I understand it was busy but things were. very unorganized! I had planned to order my. Christmas dinner from here but after this experience I changed my mind!I did not get what I ordered and a pickup that started at 6:30 pm resulted in getting home at 11:30pm. I am terribly disappointed!

Do NOT order catering from this place. After putting in an order almost a week ago for almost $2000 worth of food, it was not ready at the pickup time. There are hundreds of people waiting for their food and an hour and a half after the food was supposed to ready, I'm still waiting with no explanation on what's taking so long. It will be a very lonnngggf time before I step foot back in here. If you need something on time, don't bother coming here.Update:I got part of my order after waiting an hour and 45 minutes. I left and came back 30 minutes later to pick up the rest. Timing is one thing , quality is something completely different. I ordered multiple items and was EXTREMELY disappointed. First, the stuffing was not cooked at all it was wet soggy bread or breadcrumbs. The turkey wings were TOUGH and should of cooked longer. The cabbage was mixed with collards and they were gritty. I have never in my entire life had a worse catering experience. I do multiple catering events every single year and I will NEVER give Rib Shack my business again. I like to buy black whenever possible and circulate money within the community to other black businesses but they are officially off the list. I was fully prepared to remove my earlier review about the lateness and post something positive but the quality of the food was just disrespectful.Food: 2/5 | Service: 1/5 | Atmosphere: 2/5

Ok, i'll start from best to worst. As for Ambiance, this is not even a consideration as there simply is none. If you call old and cold ambiance then you probably should get out more. Oh there was the proverbial beggar that works that corner and will intercept you coming and going. He'll even peer through the window to watch your method of payment, hence the reason for the intercept on the way out. I watched him work patrons of the Liquor store across the street before we even parked. And as we parked he was already in front of the restaurant. And oh parking, you'll be lucky to find a spot and you will most definitely have to circle the small block, which is more of an intersection.Anyway the service, very much an i don't want to be here selling this crappy ass food, taking these people's money for this crappy ass food type of service.Aw, did i give the food part away? The food has got my vote for the worst food i have attempted to eat in a while. How can you call yourself a rib shack and can't do ribs, or you do ribs in the worst way possible. They were old and dry. You can actually see the history on the ribs, especially when you bite into them then start to chew. It's a done deal. I'm gonna venture to say probably the best thing to try is the fish, which you have to wait to be prepared. Anything in the case would be a hard no for me. Matter of fact, you already know, i'll never ever step foot in this restaurant again as long as i'm able to eat. The sauce was terrible. The ribs were just pork ribs that were more spare than anything and very sparse. Besides the ribs i also tried the chopped bar bq. Not the greatest and i hope easy to forget. The rice and beans were bland. Nothing here even looked appealing to me.Now for the summary. This was completely my fault. I read the reviews on yelp. I looked at the most recent. I saw the salty tasting review. I saw the low ratings. And what did i do, went anyway because i didn't want to go to Brooklyn. The next time i will take time, matter of fact i'll even skip Brooklyn and go straight to Dinosaur Bar BQ in Harlem. The last place i got ribs in brooklyn weren't that great either. Don't waste your money here people. Peace out! The reason for the one star is because it's a requirement to leave a review, otherwise i wouldn't.

Very good place to go and have a nice meal the place is very clean you have to try the Mac and cheese is excellent I will recommend it thank you