I am totally at a loss as to how Jabos is 4 stars. To be quite honest I was kind of disgusted with my meal and the decor is just a total fail.
I had high hopes for Jabos before I ate there due to the positive reviews however as soon as I walked in the door I was completely skeptical just by the decor. You can tell a lot about the quality of a restaurant just by their decor. The tables and chairs seemed old, they had cheap dollar store plastic salt and pepper shakers on the tables and they have dirty commercial grade carpet!! Restaurants please DO NOT have carpet on the floors..it's really gross! It makes the place feel cheap and dirty. It had a Pizza Hut kinda vibe going.
My husband and I both ordered a brisket sandwich and a side salad. The salad was so bad, I didn't even finish it. It was basically a bowl of the white ends of iceberg lettuce. The brisket (if you can even call it brisket) was SOOOO DRY! I had to drench it in BBQ sauce just to stomach it. I have had some of the best brisket in Texas and this my friend is NOT brisket!!! Real brisket is SO juicy, a little pink, falls apart when you try and pick it up and best of all you don't need any sauce because it has enough flavor on its own.
This review may come across harsh but Pittsburgh has a lot of really good restaurants so if you wanna compete you have to be on top of your game. There are also a few other places in Pittsburgh that serve brisket and they are by far way better and much closer to what you will find in Texas.
Please do not waste your time or money eating here!