Austin's Live Fire Barbecue - Spokane

Worst restaurant experience ever, bar none. Don't go. Just don't. I so wish I didn't have to write this, I was REALLY excited for good BBQ and a fun dinner with my 8 yo daughter and her dad. But this place was so poorly managed that they had virtually no food left to serve by 6 pm (we walked in at 5:55) yet they let us sit and wait for more than 1 hr while they played games with our order. No food ever graced our table. When we spoke to the manager about our experience, his response was to threaten to close the restaurant permanently. Wow. Yes please? Tipped our poor server and walked out. Waaayyy too negative an experience to ever go back.

Amazing Mac n cheese, delicious corn bread, and the brisket was fantastic. As a plus there is a nice relaxed ambiance and great paintings on the walls.

Summary: great service, decent atmosphere, pretty solid BBQ. They are trying hard and I appreciate that. Some places don't even try. These guys have the capacity to be excellent!notes from my visit: the meat wasn't terribly flavorful but wasn't bad! the brisket's texture was more dense and less juicy indicating it had been reheated or cooked slightly too long but was very solid. Better than many places in spokane. the pulled pork was slightly dry the BBQ sauce was good but not fantastic. That's ok! the fried okra was oversalted... seemingly to cover up the old fryer oil taste. Something was going on with their hvac system. This was a huge bummer. The place smelled like old electric motor windings were burning and the air also had an overall smell reminiscent of a moldy basement in a 1950's Era house. Like you were eating barbecue at grandma's basement hahaha not sure what was going on.

Been ordering for delivery for about a year now exceptional Smokey BBQ pork belly tacos to dream about with that sauce bacon cheeseburger awesome every time chicken chowder love it and That huckleberry ice cream bring it back daddy misses you

Best BBQ!! Besides the brisket sandwiches the smoked pulled pork poutine is my go to. Even with experiencing BBQ from the south, Austin's is still in my top favorites. They also make a mean Shirley temple! ;