Carmen Family B-q - Hayward

Food is good, but service is not so good. You do not have a functional credit card system so you sometimes have to pay cash and they are expensive.

As a BBQ expert, I've known Carmen for many years and still believed that her sausage is some of the most beautiful bays. Had to be in the area and could not resist a 3 meat plate. Still as good as ever and it is good to see a place like this in today's prices. The plate was not cheap, but also not good meat. And yes, it's worth every penny!! I have the sausage, rib and brisket with the middle spice sauce. Carmen's sauce is very old school dark sauce, which is sweet in its own tasteful way... It is a lot of her own sauce and it is fin crushed well.

Big BBQ one of the best in the Bay Area! My favorite is the link dinner with potato salad. Has been in Fremont for years and loved it that Hayward is just as great?. Rob has a great job! Great service, food, prices and atmosphere. If you're not gone, you have to check it.

Previously here come before age so dipped while on a road his journey. Like the mighty fell. If it wasn't for the sauce, the meat would be tasteless. No pages such as maize bread or the like, unless it is a great cat order, otherwise it is blandmacaroni and a piece of generic white bread. So sad. It used to be the bomb.

Came here after a work conference. First off, expensive. A two meat combination plate with a drink will run you nearly $30, and it's definitely a meal for 1. I got a combination Brisket/Pork Rib, with accompanied potato salad and bread. First off, bread. Not a roll. Just a few diagnol cuts of right out of the bag wheat bread. No butter, nothing. The potato salad. A small ice cream scoop worth of (potato salad? that tastes like something out of a big tub from middle school. The brisket was okay. Fatty, but cooked well enough to be edible. Outside is VERY crusted, so if you're not up for a chew, you're SoL. Not a ton of flavor, despite how fatty it is. The ribs, where do I start. Dry, flavorless, more fat than meat, and definitely far from fresh. The rack they were cut off looked like it's been sitting around since yesterday. Difficult to eat, unappetizing, and far from tasty. Lastly, the barbecue sauce. Or should I say smoky barbecue liquid? It maybe had a good flavor in the first batch, but this sauce (mild was as liquid as my beer. When transferring to a takeout container, it was impossible to scrape over with a fork, could only pour it out the corner of the plate. I love barbecue, i love supporting small business, but I did not love this restsurant.