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| - I was told beforehand that Rudy's is amazing and that I had to pay a visit while I was in Arizona. I think this caused me to set my expectations so high that when I finally did eat at Rudy's, I was expecting to be absolutely blown away. To be quite honest, I was disappointed and was not all that impressed. Little Miss BBQ is hands down still the #1 BBQ place in Arizona in my book.
Rudy's is not a difficult place to find since the restaurant is tan, yellow, and red. The place is spacious with plenty of parking, plenty of outdoor seating as well and indoor seating.
There is a little store inside the place to the left where you can buy the BBQ sauces, candy, wine, Rudy's shirts, drinks, etc.
As far as the actual restaurant goes, if you have never been to Rudy's before, it is basically set up like a school cafeteria. You get in line to purchase your food at the counter. While in line and heading toward the counter, you can grab bottled drinks, sides in containers from the fridge, and etc. Once you have reached the counter, that is where you will order your main dishes and sides. If you have never been to Rudy's before or are undecided on what to get, feel free to ask for samples! The customer service that we received at the counter was excellent and very pleasant. After sampling different items, my bf and I ended up ordering brisket moist, spicy chop with sauce, ribs, jalapeño sausages, and potato salad to share. All of our food was placed in a plastic tray/crate thingie magig that you normally use to store bottled sodas.
Once you have your food, you go and find yourself a table to sit down and eat. From here on out, everything is self serve. There are stations where you can grab napkins and white butcher paper which acts as your "plate." You just spread it out on the table, place some food on there and feast!
On each of the tables are Rudy's BBQ sauces which are gluten free! There's a spicy sauce and a mild sauce for the sissies who cannot handle spicy sauces. The sauce is really called the Sissy sauce! Don't worry though, the spicy BBQ sauce didn't really have any heat so you should definitely try it out without the fear of burning your tongue off. The BBQ sauces did not impress me. It tasted just like any regular BBQ sauce that you can get at a store. There was nothing special about the sauces.
The brisket moist I'm assuming is supposed to be moist since the word is in the name but it was not moist. In fact, it was more on the dry side and not tender. I drowned the brisket in the BBQ sauce just to moisten it up a bit. This was disappointing considering brisket is the number one item that I order at BBQ joints. The spicy chop with sauce was good and I think it would taste good in between hamburger buns. The ribs were okay. The jalapeño sausages were good flavor wise since I like spicy foods, but once again, the sausages were more on the dry side. As far as the sides go, the potato salad, coleslaw, and etc. all tasted like average sides that you can buy in large quantities at the store. Nothing special about the sides.
As mentioned before, it is self serve after you get your food and start eating. This means that after you are done eating, you have to clean up after yourself before you leave.
Overall, the customer service was excellent, the prices average, and the food was just okay. I wouldn't come back to Rudy's unless this was the only BBQ joint that was open and I was desperately craving BBQ. There are way better BBQ places out there that I would go to first.
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