Rosedale B-q - Kansas City

Not quite sure how this place has almost a 5-star average??? The good thing: the staff were very nice, food came fast. Place was clean. The bad thing: I don't think they heard about the season. We tried the pulled pig, chicken, ribs, frits, hot dog between our whole family and everything was VERY Bland almost as if they had no spices on any of their meats. Now the sauce they had was very good, zangy/sweet, but this place just awaits every taste from the sauce. Place has been opened since the 30s I feel that they have used spices before they remain open for so long. Very disappointed as I was excited to try a restaurant that is open as long as this bbq joint with good reviews. But unfortunately, the food quality remained disappointed (except the sauce). If I were you, I would probably look different if you had meat taste without a pound sauce.

The ribs were edible but to dry and tasteless the baked beans were great. This is my first taste of KC barbecue I'm disappointed.

Rosedales was pretty good. Been there since 1934 so you know the food is going to be good. Here is the rundown. 1. Mac and Cheese: yellow sauce, watery. Not great 2. Coleslaw: delightful, nice and light. Good complement to the heavy BBQ 3. Baked Beans: AMAZING! Best food here 4. Ribs: tasty??kind of fatty 5 burnt ends. Also tasty. My plate was so big, sometimes has trouble distinguishing what I was eating 6. Chicken: Dry but good flavor, definitely need to utilize Rosedale?s sauces for the chicken 7. Sauces: both were good, they have a hot sauce and their own BBQ sauce which was tasty 8. Bread? They give you white bread which was odd to me but I guess to sop up all that BBQ goodness Overall good experience

Rosedale BBQ was a phenomenal recommendation. I chose to have the burnt ends sandwich meal with a side. Meat had amazing flavor. Some of the meat pieces were a bit rough and grisly: but the flavor made it all worth it. This is a place I look forward to visiting again on any new visit to Kansas City!

Burnt ends were too hard. Chicken was extremely dry. Pulled pork was just ok, brisket was good. The best part were the beans and they were fantastic. Good prices, but the food quality is why the prices aren?t as high as other BBQ restaurants. Weird that they don?t have a fountain drink machine, so free refills aren?t an option.