Ribs Against the Machine

Just picked up food for the family at Ribs against the Machine, on Glenoaks. It’s real real good! Started with pork tacos which were crazy good! Ordered a Beef rib plate which came with a big scoop of mashed potatoes, corn bread and 2 huge ribs. Next was a beef bowl which had a huge portion of beef rib over 1/2 Mac n cheese, 1/2 mashed, with sauce. Everything had a dry rub on it which is flavorful but not heavy and really good sauce which I ordered on the side . Definitely going back and next time ordering as they make it with the pickles and slaw. Simple menu, nice people, great bbq… 🍖

Great BBQ. Its not dripping in juice but not dry, meat is tender has great flavor rub is great and I like that you can choose heat level. Sauce is well balanced not vinegary not too sweet just enough with some smoke and a kick of heat. We got the beef rib combo with sauce on the side and taco combo and they did half pork and half beef. Sides are good, mac and cheese was good (not runny but good amount of cheese sauce), mash was good just the right enough butter and cream not too heavy. Very happy we stopped here food wasn’t heavy but packed with flavor! If you’re here for the theme park or tour or whatever and have a craving for bbq this place will not disappoint.

Food was perfect. Ribs were perfectly flavorful even without sauce, and the portions were generous. The whole staff was as courteous and attentive as you can get. Will be coming back here!

Service was outstanding. Very accommodating as well. Ribs fell right off the bone. Medium spice was just the right amount of heat for the tacos. Mashed potatoes did not disappoint. We are very glad we stopped at this spot.

The place was clean and it had a great style decoration wise. The interactions with the employees were decent. They weren't rude or disrespectful. I appreciate how they went the extra mile to make my meal happen. Considering my dietary restrictions. I had the beef combo plate. With the mac & cheese and Vinger slaw. The vinegar slaw was really good. I recommend trying the vinegar slaw. The slice of toast and the pickles were a very nice add-on. I loved it. I enjoyed my experience there. I hope to go back when I'm in the area again.

Had a great experience for my first time. Michael and Emil were helpful, offered the opportunity to sample both the pork and beef meat. I really liked the pork rib sample. Took a Pork Rib Sandwich combo home, with an extra sandwich. My thoughts: the sandwich was tasty, but I wish it was a bit larger. The sides were very generous. I had mashed potatoes and cole slaw. The mashed potatoes were good. The cole slaw was a bit vinegary for my liking, though I finished it. As it also appears on the sandwich, where it was a good flavor note; Just a bit much on its own. Next time, I'll go for just the ribs as the samples I had were great.

The food was amazing. The pork ribs fell off the bone and was cooked to perfection. We suggest getting the pork ribs as the beef ribs have less meat but they’re both so good! The loaded rib bowl is just a 10/10, along with the sides that includes the mash potatoes (so good), cornbread, and the Mac and cheese is great! The customer service was amazing as well! We were greeted and helped right away! Food was prepped pretty fast but it was so fresh! So basically I suggest this as a number #1 spot for a nice night out!

Very welcome edition to the glenoaks Blvd food desert. Staff is super friendly and helpful. I had beef ribs and pork ribs. Both of which were fantastic. Mac and cheese is 11/10 Best restaurant name in the business.