Ben B.
Google
Just want to state up front that this review is about Spiced Right, not the excellent Six Bridges (though more on that in a sec). Spiced Right has never had the best reputation in town for BBQ but the experience at this location is consistently and desperately mediocre. The staff are generally friendly (though I’ve seen some questionable hygiene practices at the counter) but the food is always deficient in some way or another. Might be weird crunchy bits in the chicken, might be brisket that looks like it was boiled rather than barbecued, might be pulled pork with zero flavor, might be oddly small “smoked” wings that are incredibly dry, might be fried pickles and jalapeños that are 90% jalapeños and 10% pickles, might be something else. There’s always something. It’s very expensive for what it is, and I’d personally be embarrassed to serve it if it were my restaurant.
Why do we keep punishing ourselves? We eat here almost weekly since we love to do music bingo at Six Bridges and have done so for 2+ years, so we’ve got tons of experience with this place. The best I can say is that they’ve gotten more consistent with the mediocrity over that period - it was often worse in the past. I don’t know what arrangement Six Bridges has with Spiced Right but I hope it can be changed, because at some point soon, loyal customers like ourselves are going to go somewhere else (Voodoo?) for a better food experience. Six Bridges is excellent all around, but Spiced Right is doing real damage at the Crabapple location.