Jethro's Bbq Southside - Des Moines

Went to this restaurant during lunch and ordered the half pound shrimp with potato salad, mashed potatoes and gravy and toast. Absolutely delicious, mashed potatoes were so good as was everything else, highly

Disclosure: I’m picky about my BBQ. If you ain’t, then disregard. If you are a fellow ‘Q’ connoisseur, however, keep reading! I ordered the Brisket Basket which comes with sliced brisket, chopped brisket, and burnt ends. It also comes with a corn muffin or toast and two sides. I chose green beans and the jalapeño creamed corn with a corn muffin. The sliced brisket was tender enough and plenty juicy, as was the chopped BBQ which is seasoned with a house rub, which was not the case with the sliced brisket. I preferred the chopped over the sliced brisket and burnt ends, as the seasoning made up for my biggest gripe with the other two options. Hardly any smoke! I’m sorry, but unless you can put a deep smoke ring in your meat, your BBQ is just ‘Meh’ to me. My personal opinion, but I think it’s a valid point. The sliced and the burnt were just too bland for me. The burnt ends were also a little too dried out to call good, unfortunately. The jalapeño creamed corn? VERY good! Surprisingly, it had a HEAVY smoke on it. I mean, what, the, actual, cuss??? How do you put such a great smoke on the corn and then blow it on the meat??!! Baffling. I would also suggest actually putting jalapeño in it, as I detected zero in the flavor profile, nor did I see any jalapeño bits of any kind. No one who is worried about something being spicy is going to order it anyway, so you might as well give it a little zing, right? It was still quite good, however. I would give Jethto’s a solid 3.5 stars. I give them high marks on overall quality and freshness (except for the burnt ends), but unfortunately they fall very short on flavor. It’s just super ordinary. And hey, maybe that’s a thing for some people. Just not me.

Ordered two sandwiches on a bun, one pulled pork, the other burnt ends $2.00 up chg) with sides of waffle fries and baked beans. The sides were both excellent. The PULLED PORK was excellant, smoked to taste, and a generous portion.The BURNT ENDS needed a chef touch again. It had larger chucks, consistently the same size, browned until it was hardened bark on all sides, and served dried. The bites required a lot of chewing, which only half could be eaten. We tried to cut a piece with a fork but needed a sharp knife. Today, we found it too hard and dry to eat.Everyone has their preference, and ours is BEEF BURNT ENDS, tender bites of crispy slightly hardened that is cut into smaller cubes.Our waitress, Mercedes, was very cheerful and friendly. Will be back for a pulled pork sandwich with sides.

Good service, didn't eat just had a few drinks. Most of the bar staff was great but one bad apple doucher bartender ruined it for the group.Won't be back for drinks.Probably not for food, their BBQ is easily outclassed by many others in the metro.

I was starving. Just got in on a flight from Denver. We got our order to go. A rack of ribs and onion rings. We made a mess of ourselves in the car. They had this delicious white dip for the onion rings (not that they needed it) and the ribs were the best I've ever had. And I've had a lot of ribs all over the U.S.