Kyle's Order: Sliced Pork Lunch Special W/Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Garlic Bread & Sweet Tea. ($7.49)
Doop's Order: Sliced Beef Lunch Special w/ Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Garlic Bread, and Sweet Tea ($7.49)
Kyle's Take: If you are ever driving down Orange Ave in Orlando and not hungry for BBQ, you will be by the time you drive all the way down it. O'Boys Real Smoked Bar-B-Q is the third BBQ spot that Doop and I have eaten at on Orange Ave, along with Blackwater BBQ and Cecil's Texas Style BBQ. They also have 2 other locations in the Orlando area. Started in 1998, O'Boys Bar-B-Q offers a more modern restaurant style rather than a traditional BBQ joint. The atmosphere is adorned more like a sports grill, with a bar and many flat screen TVs. The menu is very broad and caters to a wide variety of items to choose from. As usual, I went with the sliced pork. It was served on a garlic bun so the option of making a sandwich was there. The meat was tender but not as flavorful as I had hoped. I felt it definitely needed some BBQ sauce. They has 3 kinds of BBQ sauce to choose from: Hot, Mild, a Mustard-like sauce which resembles carolina style. I chose the hot to flavor up my meat a little. The baked were very good, probably the best item I tasted there. O'boys Bar-B-Q is good but not great.However, A nice BBQ lunch joint and great spot to watch the game.
Doop's Take: It took us some time, but we went to the last authentic BBQ place in Orlando. O'Boys Bar-B-Q is not your regular Barbecue pit. It gives off a "Smokey Bones" vibe, but they have the food to back up that chain restaurant vibe. It was not too busy when we went a little after lunch time. The sweet tea was really good! You could tell it is homemade. Looking at the menu, the lunch specials catch your eye right off the bat. But don't be fooled, personally, you are probably better off getting the regular sandwich with 1 side. I think it is about 20 cents more, but you get a bigger side item. But, I got the lunch special. The sliced beef came with 2 slices of garlic bread. If you are like me, you can just go ahead and make a sandwich out of it. The bread was a little too garlicy for me, but it did the job. The beef was good! The beans were homemade baked beans and they were pretty good and the cole slaw was a little on the normal side. Now the sauces!!! They had a variety of 3 to choose from. In actuality, they only had 2 sauces because two of them tasted the same. The spicy had a kick but it was not like other places and i felt the regular did the job. The service was good and the food was good. Even though there are better BBQ places up the road, if you are looking for a sports bar to watch the big game and enjoy some "Cue", this is the place for you!
Kyle's Beef: The meat needed a little more flavor.
Doop's Beef: Bigger side items
Kyle's Rating: 5/10
Doop's Rating: 5/10
