Description: Kansas City inspired BBQ joint and home to the Boston Butt and Pulled Pork hot deli- sandwiches
Location: 10 Poland Street, London, W1F 8PZ
(other branches in Clapham, Fulham and Tower Hill)
Nearest station: Oxford Circus / Tottenham Court Road
Offer: With a Bodeans BBQ ‘Q card’, depending on the day of the week, you can receive free nachos/ a free dessert/ a discount on your bill/ chicken wings.... sign up online
Best seat in the house: Inside has a buzzy vibe but if the weather’s game, a table outside is the place to be.
Bodeans is the place to go when you want to leave your manners at the door, indulge in an over-sized bbq burger doused in hot sauce and test drive your best southern drawl. While I’m never too sure about the beer here (Blue Moon tastes like a weird orange juice/ ‘beer’ hybrid and so doesn’t count) everything else on the menu delivers strong flavours, generous portions and good value. It’s a fun, noisy place with a great smell, and some of the friendliest waiters in London.
Portion sizes tend to be huge; I would recommend a medium Boston Butt sandwich, which comes with excellent homemade ‘slaw and a pile of chips that you won’t finish. Along with a soft or hard (?) drink, this meal will normally come in at under a tenner, unless you go for a ‘slab of ribs’ or Bodean’s famous burnt-ends, ‘slow smoked chunks of beef brisket in a light bbq sauce,’ which start from £10.25.
You may have a few palpitations post meal, and you’ll never get that sauce out your t-shirt, but Bodeans has a lot of personality and is perfect if you’re looking for a ‘cheap meat deet’ in the centre of town, that will fill you up but leave you with enough change to go and buy a real beer somewhere down the street.
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