My Meat Wagon

What an experience! Anytime I go I’ve very good bbq cow ribs satisfying my desire for meat! Last noght I went with friends, they were really satisfied too! P. s. Not a place for vegan — in fact I’m not

This place was right next to my hotel (Maldron Smithfield) and was delicious! I was pretty amused that there was a Texas style bbq (hipster lounge) that served up great food. I got the meat in a box for take away and was happy with the quality and portion of the food. I will definitely visit them again when I return to Dublin from the US.

This would be a 3.5 star review if there was an option! Really like the barbecue here but two things consistently irk me about this place…
1) The menu… why-​oh-​why is it so darn complicated? Why can you only have combinations from the same animal?! What if you want beef ribs and pulled pork or brisket and chicken… well, boo-​hoo because it’s just not going happen here! You have to pick your animal of choice and stick with it… or weirdly you can have meat from all three on offer (cow, pig and chicken) in a mixed combo. Just don’t try to mix two of your meats… stick with one or go all in; they are your only options! It’s the most bizarrely fascist BBQ menu I’ve come across! It’s just all a bit nonsensical and as I said, irksome! Gimmicky menus often just get in the way of people being able to order what they want.
2) The service can be pretty terrible; I’ve found it lacklustre at best.
Aside from these two negatives, the food here is really good. The beef ribs are excellent and it’s great that you can order sausage as a side for all the meat lovers out there! Love that they have good BBQ sauce and garlic mayo on the tables so you can feel free to slather it on the brisket or pulled pork. The food is up there with the best BBQ in Dublin, ahead of Pitt Bros and Smokin’ Bones for me but behind Bison (just love it’s down’n’dirty authenticity). A fan of the food but think the concept needs a slight overhaul to bring it back to basics!

Sooooo I loved my meat wagon until yesterday. We got there at 6:50pm and we wanted a table for 4. We were asked to wait for 20mins and so we went next door for a drink. At 7:35pm I rang and whoever answered appeared confused about our booking. We eventually got a table at 7:45 and boy were we HANGRY.
Music was very loud, we couldn’t even hear the waiter — what’s with these restaurants these days?
Food was good as always but we couldn’t wait to leave as even though we asked to reduce the music it was too loud to chat with friends.
I wonder if the music is loud to achieve a quick turnover?!
We wouldn’t go back in a hurry unfortunately.

Really good food and excellent portions. Staff were great for explaining the menu and accommodating for a last minute group of 10 of us! The décor is cool and chilled and the shopping trolleys were cute.

The food was super tasty. Lovely place and decent service. Would definitely recommend if you’re in the neighbourhood

I really love this place. Super casual, super simple & super tasty. I’m a very predictable person so usually get the same dish in my favourite restaurants. In this place my go to is a bird box with mashed potato & beans. Delicious! Really comforting, really homely and a good sized portion.
The one thing I don’t like is that they hide some veggies in the bottom of the box — i’m not against veggies but their veg are just randomly stuck in the bottom & don’t add anything to the food. In fact I think it ruins the texture of the food I usually order!

Great venue, I love the décor.
Staff were very nice and friendly too.
Menu was basic, as in basic with no description on what the cuts of meat were used, which means if you’re a new customer the staff have to explain it to you what beef or pork you would get. um, ok. I’m pretty sure this is what a menu is for.
I went for the ribs after reading how good they were here. Even at a price of 19.95 EUR, I made the plunge. They were OK, but not 19.95 EUR OK. Oddly one end was nicer than the other. The meat was cooked more and came off the bone a lot easier. For sides I went for mash and corn. The mash was excellent, but the corn very bland.
My hubbys brisket was quite tasty and a chip I stole from his box very nice too.
For the price and what you got, MMW didn’t really do it for me. Considering we got a rib meal the weekend before for 15 EUR in another Dublin BBQ place, of which the ribs were far superior, I can’t see why I would go back here.

Menu is minimal and to the point but absolutely perfect.
I had the pork with corn and mash and it was served in the box, absolutely piping hot and was very tasty!
Vibe is cool with the interior and service is friendly and efficient.
Will definitely be back.

As far as BBQ in Dublin goes. I’ve only been to Pittbros and Aussie BBQ. My meat wagon has won hands down, no question about it! The nicest brisket I’ve had ever and I’ve tried it everywhere now including in the states. The place itself is tiny but we were lucky enough to arrive when it wasn’t busy. You can choose your meat (cow, pig, chicken) either on a board or in a box. Then you choose your sides. The menu is pretty straight forward but they had a specials board for during the weekdays with duck and lamb :). Also a little homemade lemonade board and a desert menu. I had the chilli and mint lemonade which was so refreshing and interesting. I got the mixed meat platter with two sides. Abit of everything to try it all out for the first time. The pulled pork was the nicest I’ve had but the brisket was the winner. I’m sure it was salt rubbed it had that crispy blackened, salty crust which I love. Then when you put your fork in it, it falls apart. Mouth watering! The burnt beans with bits of brisket going through where also amazing. Spicy and sweet I’d recommend :). Chips in the trolley so cute. Mash with bacon bits yum. And stinger bars or refreshers on the way out?.. Nice touch my meat wagon I will be back again in such a hurry!

My Meat Wagon has to be one of the best BBQ places in the city. Every time I go here I promise myself I will get something other than the pulled pork but it is so damn good I just can’t will myself to try something else. It’s not that the other stuff doesn’t look good, it’s just that their pulled pork is so amazing that I can’t justify to myself not ordering it.
My Meat Wagon might also be the most hipstery BBQ place in the city as well. The place is always full of ironic trucker cap wearing, skinny jeans clad 20 something years olds but don’t let that put you off. It is still a really nice place. Laid back ambience, usually with cool funk or 90s hip-​hop on the stereo.
For about € 12 or so you can get a big box of meat with two sides. I highly recommend their sausages and fries. They are both amazing. The sausage is like a lovely hearty chorizo and the fries are nice and crispy. The chips also come in a tiny shopping trolley, which is kind of cool.
I would eat here every day if I could.

I got the mixed platter which included chicken, pulled pork and beef. I also ordered chips and it came with some salad. Food was made very quickly and I felt like I got a lot of it for my money.
The pulled pork was delicious and i even reheated some of it the next day. It was sublime. The chips were also great and there were lots of them. The beef was also pretty good but i Have to say the chicken was quite dry and I couldn’t finish it.
Bit of a mix but on balance most of the food was pretty good and I will be going here again

Amazing place.
It’s one of my boyfriend’s favorite place.
The food is amazing and service is good and very personal.
Even that I’m not a meat lover, I like this place.
Usually we have the combo for 18eur and it has enough food for two. Which is a really good price and the quality of the food is unbelievable. This combo has 3 tyles of meat and 2 sides — usually we go to onions rings and sweet corn, to add some «veggies» to the meal :)
They have as well a good selection of beers. Personally I prefer the mixed berries lemonade, which is fresher and better (because of my «diet» lol).
Note — no vegetarians allowed. They will have a heart attack.

Today I had the joy of experiencing my meat wagon. My appetite is large and today I was feeling greedy so I had the meat on the board.
The beef rib is an instant conversation stopper, a long block of impressively tender meat clinging to a Jurassic curve of bone. It surely upstages the brisket in theatricality, and possibly in flavour as well, though it’s a close call. The brisket is cooked patiently to render much of the fat from the top cap, moistening even the leaner lower muscle until it gleams.
The side made the strongest case for me was the beans that lap up wood smoke as they bake in the pit next to the meats.
Delicious-​finger licking food topped off with some great beers to choose from. Highly good value for portions and taste.

Always a fantastic, stomach filling, food coma feed. The staff are great. A really nice cool spot.
We also left a phone behind and it was waiting for us behind the counter.
Keep up the good work.

Have started to use the Lighthouse Cinema more and more recently, it has rapidly grown to become my favourite cinema in Dublin!
And the perfect one-​two punch to this is My Meat Wagon situated less than a minutes walk from door to door to the cinema.
Only been once so far which I’ve really got to correct. I’d go so far to say that’s it’s on a par with Bison for its BBQ. I got the brisket and ribs cause I had the starves on. And they were goooooooood!!!

Smithfield Market Square (not too far from Jameson distillery & the Viewing Chimney tucked in beside the Lighthouse Cinema)
A lot of the debate about the best BBQ places in Dublin seems to centre around Bison Bar on Wellington Quay & Pitt Bros on South Great Georges St. I recently took a trip to My Meat Wagon and I can honestly say that it needs to top the poll.
The staff are friendly! I like that they take your order & pull up a seat like they’re having a chat when doing so.
They’ve a decent craft beer menu to go with the food…
I’m not really a beer drinker so I chose the Craigie’s cider. The drinks are served in mason jars with handles. I like the idea but it’s another sign that the Irish like their American hollibops!
We brought my fiancé’s little brother with us. They chose to share a mixed meat board to try everything My Meat Wagon as to offer… Brisket, beef ribs, pulled pork, chicken, sausage & more pork… You’d totally have epic meat sweats if you tackled it alone but I think they do a smaller version for one.
That also comes with sides including onion rings, mashed potato, baked beans, coleslaw, corn on the cob and chips…
And I chose the cow in bread with a side of sausage. The brisket was amazing. It comes with an onion ring and carmelizwd onions… I poured some of their bbq sauce onto the tray so I could use that as a dip. Bloody gorgeous!
There’s some carrot and cauliflower on each tray… The carrots were quite nice dipped in the BBQ sauce!
To top it off I love the fact that they give you Stinger bars when you get your bill.
Really really enjoyed our to My Meat Wagon. If you want great BBQ take a trip out of the city centre and go here! :)

I’m not sure why it’s taken us so long to visit this spot in our neighbourhood, but I’m so glad we did! It was a full house when we stopped in on a Friday night, but they managed to squeeze us in at a small table looking into the kitchen.
We ordered the mixed meat platter for one (which comes with two sides of your choice). We chose the slaw, the baked beans and added a side of chips. The board was a meat feast — pulled pork, bbq chicken, beef rib, brisket… It was plenty of food for two people to share, and everything was smoky and juicy. Bbq sauce comes on the table, so you’re free to sauce up to your heart’s desire, but I personally found that I didn’t need it. The meat was moist and tasty enough on its own. The beans were really good too, cooked with smoky chunks of meat, so could almost be a hearty meal by itself. I’d skip the chips next time, though. As cute as the trolley they come in is, they were soggy.
They have a small but decent-​enough selection of beer and wines to choose from, and non-​alcoholic options like homemade lemonade. It’s right next to Lighthouse Cinema as well, so perfect spot for grabbing a bite before or after a movie!

I’ve been recommend to go to this place for a while. I wasn’t disappointed. If you are a carnivore like me, you will love their meat board, it comes with pork, chicken, steaks and the side dishes are: a delicious mash potato, corn, fries and sauces.
We made a reservation and when we got there we had to share a table for a few minutes… However, we soon had the table for ourselves (we were 4). The staff is great, but I was a little confused about the board for two, they suggest that, but it actually comes charging as one board for each person, apart from that I had a great time, will definitely go back there.

Mighty Meat
People talk about Bison and Pit Brothers as if they are the only game in town but they are not.
MMW BBQ was smokey similar to what I have eaten in the US and not smothered in sauce. The ususal hipsteresque interior with mason jars. Inside was cold very cold but it was a freezing Saturday at the end of January.
Friendly staff and table service. Was unable to checkin as someone set location in Kildare but I did submit a change.