Shorty's Bar-B-Q

Shorty's Bar-B-Q
Restaurant Cuisine: Barbeque
9200 S Dixie Hwy
Miami, FL 33156-2930
#130
of 3639 restaurants in Miami
TripZen Score
7.0 / 10 Overall
469% Recommend
8Overall7.5Food
6.5Food
Activities: Health club, Hot tub, Pool (outdoors)
Check-in / Check-out time: 11am / 3pm
Description:It's been almost 50 years since "Shorty" Allen opened his first log-cabin-style barbecue restaurant. Though the business changed hands in 1980, the hickory-smoked chicken and ribs, creamy cole slaw, and homemade baked beans remain the same. Consistently good food at affordable prices is only part of the recipe for Shorty's ...Read more
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Traveler Reviews

TripZen Score
7.0 / 10 Overall
469% Recommend
8Overall7.5Food
6.5Food
Overall
  • Terrible experience.
  • Anyone looking for an affordable yet GOOD restaurant should come, you'll fall in love!
  • Interesting experience
  • The one thing that sometimes disappoints me about the place is
  • we went back last week and had the same disappointing experience.
  • Always a good option.
  • great family spot, wonderful BBQ flavor, eat at picnic tables
  • not out of this world, but a solid place.
  • Shorty's used to be one of our favorite places to go
  • Place always looks dirty;
  • The only saving grace for this place
  • The restaurant is clean and the waitstaff is courteous and attentive.
Food
  • if it is good or bad really not recommended go to burger king or mcdonalds for your bbq you may be better off
  • While visiting up in deerfield I stopped in for a quick fix of delicious ribs....Imagine my surprise when I was served a plateful of bland overcooked spare ribs, smothered with supermarket bottled sauce.
  • To keep it simple, this restaurant has the best bbq in Palm Beach County!
  • there is no neat way to eat the delicious ribs and chicken.
  • Chicken is tough, but the best cole slaw in town
  • The best BBQ in PBC
  • the sauce is mostly sweet
  • Old Florida Barbeque, long communal benches, with ribs the highlight of the menu.
  • Not bad except the spare ribs....excellent chicken.
  • The best sauce, corn and slaw by far....That sauce would make my shoes taste great!
  • The ribs are sometimes moist and sometimes overly dry.
  • Except for the cole slaw, we make better bbq at our house.
  • The food was tasty....Their chicken was perfectly done though....Both BBQ sauces I tried were excellent.
  • I really liked their pulled pork sandwich and the bbq sauce had a good taste to it.
  • I love this BBQ!
  • Shorty's has great bar b que
  • Fantastic BBQ...This place has amazing BBQ.
  • Even when BBQ is bad --
  • Delicious ribs and nice portions.
  • mmmmmmmm that's some good BBQ
  • Shorty's, a Miami tradition since 1951, has people lining up on a nightly basis for some of the city's best barbecue.
  • Is very good to eat there i really recomend it the ribs are good just the way u like them
  • best ribs, barbq and key lime pie in town!
  • Great barbecue chicken, falling off the bones tender ribs and a great menu, plus take out.
  • Great food, casual atmosphere
  • Good barbeque, fast efficient servers, good prices....Their smoke sauce is too strong
  • great family spot, wonderful BBQ flavor, eat at picnic tables
  • Stiil the best meal value in town.
  • You can always count on the best corn ever!
  • Shorty's is an institution in Miami.The food is always reliably good
  • Great barbecue at a very reasonable price.
  • great, no fuss barbecue....the brisket is awesome!
  • Great corn on the cob!
  • I love the Shorty's sauce and the brisket, pork and corn on the cob are as good as any barbecue anywhere.
  • best BBQ in South Miami
  • Fabulous food.
  • An overrated barbeque place.
  • A line out the door doesn't always indicate good food.
  • Just moist ribs and chicken slathered in sauce.
  • if wanting an good meal of BBQ Chicken, for a few dollars but something has happened to this restaurant at this location.
  • Family style picnic tables, dusty stuffed cow heads, and all the barbeque sauce you can slather on the best ribs in town.
  • The best corn on the cobs
  • Special sauce a plus.
  • Some of the best ribs you will ever eat.
  • BBQ ribs with too little meat on the bone.
  • Good food for the price, fast service, uncomfortable seating
  • My favorite barbecue in South Florida.
  • A delicious family barbeque, and an old time miami classic.
  • Wonderful barbequed chicken, pork and ribs served simply at bench tables.
  • The best ribs in town.
  • however, ribs are good
  • Dependable and great for take out.
  • Food was not that good, atmosphere poor, service good.
  • The BBQ beans were pretty good
  • Avoid the ribs.
  • Now, the food seems too mediocre for such a long wait.
  • Its not only the great juicy BBQ ribs, or the greasy corn on the cob, but also the memoirs left in our hearts.
  • BAD SAUCE
Service
  • The food was ok but the service was AWFUL!
  • Fast service
  • Service is colorful but good.
  • Good barbeque, fast efficient servers, good prices.
  • very efficient service from a limited menu;
  • Food never dissapoints although the service has been lacking latley.
  • the service is exceptional.
  • Service is efficient, impersonal but perfect for the set-up.
  • Good food for the price, fast service, uncomfortable seating
  • Food was not that good, atmosphere poor, service good.
  • The restaurant is clean and the waitstaff is courteous and attentive.
  • Consistently good service and food
  • Above average service
Ambience
  • Great food, casual atmosphere
  • Great southern style family rest.
  • No frills decor is fine;
  • Good food for the price, fast service, uncomfortable seating
  • Food was not that good, atmosphere poor, service good.
  • Place always looks dirty;
  • The prices are good and the atmosphere is upbeat....The restaurant is clean and the waitstaff is courteous and attentive.
  • Seating is family-style, utensils are plastic and service is friendly and quick.
Value
  • Anyone looking for an affordable yet GOOD restaurant should come, you'll fall in love!
  • The prices are pretty good
  • We had more than enough food and I found the prices very reasonable.
  • Its also a great value for your money.
  • Good barbeque, fast efficient servers, good prices.
  • Stiil the best meal value in town.
  • Great barbecue at a very reasonable price.
  • Good food for the price, fast service, uncomfortable seating
  • The prices are good and the atmosphere is upbeat.

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