Reviews for The ART of BBQ- Catering in San Jose, CA

This place is awesome! Best BBQ in the area. A little hard to find, but keep looking because it delicious! Their Mac & Cheese is... also the best around (I'm picky about that). You'll want to save room for the Banana Pudding. Not only is the food wonderful,but so are Art & his staff. Read more

We came here after they won the reader survey best BBQ in the Mercury News. I did not enjoy the meal. The tri-tip was so tough... the plastic utensils could not cut through it. The ribs were just okay, being a bit on the dry side. The sides we tried wereokay, but nothing special. The corn bread is really dry. Everything came warm but not hot. The place has limited seating, but anice atmosphere. Read more

It's our first time ordering here and it'll be our last. I ordered the " tasty combo" which comes with 2 meats and 2 sides. I... chose the pork ribs and the tri tip. The ribs were dry but it did have some flavor without the sauce. The trip tip was muchbetter. It was medium rare with lots of flavor. My kid ordered the boneless chicken from the A la carte section. He said he hadbetter, it was on the dry side too. The 2 sides was the island mac and potato salad. Both lacked flavor, I had to add a fewpinches of S&P. Our total was $25 and change. The boneless thigh was $5 and the balance was for the 3 ribs, 3 small slices ofthe tri tip and the 2 sides. Lastly, when we left with our order the teenager who took our order. Didn't say a word. No thankyou or acknowledgement. She just handed us our order and just continued talking with her co-worker. Read more

Wow, what a hidden gem. When you walk in you can smell their in house smoking from the kitchen. I got the tri-tip and it was... tender with great flavor especially on the outside edges. Coleslaw and corn nibs for sides, corn nibs are just corn off the cob.They have a sweet and smokey bbq sauce, spicy bbq sauce and also this sweet honey butter that goes great with the cornbread. Read more

Place is a hidden gem in a corner. Staff was very patient with recommendations since it was our first time there. For non meat... eater, the Portobello sandwich is good! Ask for the spicy version of the sauce, has a good kick. Mac & cheese was fantastic too.Will definitely come here again. Read more

The BBQ meat was okay - the meats were tender but it lacked any deep flavor. Ribs were tough and fatty, chicken was bland, tried... tip was a bit dry but the pulled pork was really good. They had BBQ sauce on the table but it was soo sweet, and good BBQ meatshouldn't be slathered in sauce anyways. The sides we're pretty standard but also forgettable. Liked the cornbread with whippedhoney butter and pulled pork the best. Read more

Hard to find from the car, tucked back into the corner of the strip mall. Service good, staff friendly. BBQ good, though not as... smokey as I'd like. Sides are hit and miss, potatoe salad (miss), slaw (miss), corn bread (hit), Mac and Cheese (semi-hit bittoo oily). Tri-tip we felt was a bit tough and cut too thick. Jalapeno poppers very good, though it's the kind of thing youwill tasting hours later. Only one BBQ sauce, sweet. Read more

One of the few places that does bbq right. Had the chicken, Mac and cheese and baked beans. The accompanying cornbread was just... what I needed. So good. The meat was actually cooked on a grill and smoked. It was juicy and tender. The baked beans were goodeven though they were missing green peppers and onions in them. The mac and cheese was baked which is a VERY important step inprepping Mac and cheese. Overall this southern girl was impressed. Read more