Matt Shlemon and his wife, Athena, own and run Abbey's Real Texas BBQ.
Matt was enjoying lunch at Real Texas BBQ in 1987, just weeks after arriving in San Diego, and it was the best cuisine he had eve…
Loaded Baked Potato was HUGE and tastes great. Totally thought it would be a small potato since it was an appetizer but it was a meal by itself. Will be ordering again!
Meat Sandwich (2 sides) good size and tender brisket, potato salad was exactly what I was looking for, and cornbread is thecornbread I used to get at home.
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Rachel K
Emerging Expert • 3 contributions
28/5/25
• DoorDash order
The The Lil´ Sandwich (1 side) with pulled pork was tender. The Meat Sandwich (2 sides) of Brisket was smokey and large. I do wish it was the style of bbq where they put the sauce on the sandwich with toppings :(. This is just meat and bread which is good but simple as was the rest of the meal. Mac n cheese - simple. Baked beans - good, has chunks of beef for extra flavor. Potato Salad has big chunks of potatoes. And they forgot my Cornbread . All n all good, but if your looking for exciting...
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stacey g
1 contributions
2 days ago
• DoorDash order
I'm visiting from VA and was told there was no good bbq in SoCal. Let me tell you, they were wrong! This place was AWESOME! I got the pulled pork Platter Special w/ 2 sides, The amount of pork was enough for 2 people, it was so tender and moist, it did not need any sauce! The potato salad was on point! The beans and rice were very flavorful, I could have done without the peas and carrots in the rice, but that's just my preference. I ate around them and they were great! I wish I found this place earlier in the week as I only have 2 more days here, if I ever get back, I'm ordering the brisket next!
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James M
Emerging Expert • 256 contributions
12/7/25
• DoorDash order
Carefully studied the D/D reviews & enjoyed the Beef brisket by the Lb. Wow, we visit Texas often and the Abbey's Real Texas BBQ Beef brisket by the Lb is indeed as good as "The Lone Star State!" (Maybe better, because it's local.)
Dasher Apti, provided prompt service. Great first time experience with Abbey's BBQ thru D/D.
Happy Client!
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Myme M
2 contributions
26/10/24
• DoorDash order
I love love Abbey BBQ. so tender and just perfect. but this time, they put the sauce on my meat when I asked for it to be separated. that's the only problem. the beans are just so delicious. Thank you
Abbey, for the great meal, just hope soon you'll deliver to the airport.
