Reviews of Yo-Bones BBQ Catering (Catering)

Wendy Briscoe/Sherwin

Yo Bones has been the only caterer I’ve used in the greater Vancouver area for all of our lunch presentations for quite a few years now. He’s also done a couple events here at Cascadia Windows and more coming up. Rick is awesome to deal with and makes my job as events coordinator easy when it comes to needing food!! I love parties and organising them, Rick brings the food part above and beyond. I would recommend his services to anyone, for any type of venue. He always accommodates all of our special dietary needs and has many different menu options for all occasions! On a personal note I hope to tie the knot within the next couple years with the love of my life. I can't wait to ask Rick of Yo Bones if I may have the honour of having him cater for me! Rick is one of my favourite people to deal with and always looks after me and my colleagues.

Marko Djordjević

Absolutely fantastic BBQ.

Robbie the Realtor

Tried the sliders - beef, pork, chicken. So tasty! The corn bread was delicious. I have been craving yo-Bones BBQ ever since trying it

Priyank M

Below average pulled pork sandwich. Briskets were soggy and inedible. Overall, very disappointed. Won't be ordering again.

Corey Tufts

The brisket was great. Good sauce too.

Raider Nation

This guys is one of the nicest people I’ve met and he is very caring and generous dude . I’ve delivered food for him via Uber eats and he’s fed me several times . And let’s not forget his Bbq it’s freaking delicious . Order from Yo Bones and you won’t be disappointed . Keep doing what your doing man and keep that great Bbq food coming !!!

Katherine Nielsen

Thank you Yo-Bones for the lovely job you and your colleague did with our Christmas lunch. I was delicious and the festive touches you added were very much appreciated.

Claria Yacoub

Yo-Bones BBQ catered our outdoor wedding and it was amazing!! Somehow, with only 3 days notice and a small budget, Rick was able to deliver an amazing selection of food for our guests. Everyone raved about the food-- it was so fresh, tasty and fast! I can't recommend Rick enough for any catering needs you may need. He was so easy to communicate with, responded really fast and even designed a beautiful custom menu for our guests to choose from. I am very grateful that people like him that truly care about their food exist. Can't wait to use his services in the future :)

Victor Ashish

Amazing food... and best value for money

Danielle Klaudt

We had the Yo-Bones food truck at our event and it was fantastic! The food was delicious and perfectly selected for our guests. Rick's attention to detail and thoughtfulness was beyond expectations. I'm still drooling over those sliders!

KD Pirahna

Best customer service you will find. Amazing BBQ. Will not hesitate to recommend. The owner puts his heart and soul into this place. Try it and enjoy. Kevin

Diego Orozco Mojica

Delicious!

Afif Mango

One of the best bbq places in Vancouver, the food is fantastic, the people are awesome.....will eat there again and again and again

Dondie Garcia

Awesome pulled pork and their beef chilies is top notch!

Rachel Chiu

Great food!!! Friendly staff. Great choice if you ever need catering for your staff. We love the salad and BBQ meat. Yum!!!

Cindy Russell

We were in the city from White Rock and went on the food truck App and found this little Barbeque restaurant, we loved the food , the service was friendly we highly recommend this takeout restaurant. Thank you for the great service and food. J & C

Jesse Chao

Found them on Uber Eats and oh boy was I glad! The pulled pork, beef briskets and pull chickens are all amazing. Full marks! The only gripe is their mac n cheese wasn’t actually macaroni.

Jimmy Chen

Thank you so much Yo-Bones BBQ for the amazing food! Really enjoyed the brisket and the pulled-pork. Can't wait to share with my friends and family. ????????????

La Ungida

Awesome food here! Really great service. Friendly staff. Their brisket is to die for.

Lloyd Hanninen

I finally got to eat the ribs from your food truck on Granville Island on Canada Day! They were so freakin delicious that I dreamed about them last night! Hahahahaha seriously, the ribs were perfection. ????????

Lianna Scrimger

Tried these guys last night for take out and it was great! Tasty smoked bbq meat and good macaroni and slaw. Definitely will be adding them to the roster. Wish they had delivery!

Czar

My first time trying this bbq place and was really looking forward to trying it, specially seeing the pictures being posted online. I ordered a beef brisket but it turned out pretty different from what I saw on the ads. Not sure if this is how it is in person or the ads is just to entice customers. Heres the photo of the ad taken where you can see the brisket's nicely sliced and mines where its on the brown box. Was really disappointed in my order and not sure if I would recommend brisket in this place.

Shayne Findlay

For the second time in the Covid era we used Yo-Bones to cater a small family event outdoors. Both times Yoshi arrived promptly and set up with a smile and an eagerness to please. Their set up keeps food warm and the food itself is a hit with my family. So easy to get Rick do the cooking and serving for your event! Love that beef brisket, baked beans and corn bread. Sadly so does everyone I know so left overs are hard to come by.

Crystal Wu

Had the pleasure of trying out Rick’s bbq at work today. The Beef Brisket is melt in your mouth amazing, my favourite out of the selection that was brought. Close second is definitely the Mac and Cheese, nothing like a heavy spoonful of creamy heaven????????????

Melissa Evans

Amazing bbq!! Look no further. Delicious!!

Johnny Hozeph

A hidden gem with great service and great food

Marie Della Mattia

We hired Yo-Bones so we could properly distance for an outdoor 80th birthday. They were amazing. Arrived with an 80th birthday banner, a special happy birthday menu, cupcakes in a lovely display, recycle/compost station and lots of beverages for a hot day. They didn’t just make it easy they made it special. Every dish was delicious. Lots of choices. Quick responses to all my messages as we figure out our plans. Flexible on numbers and options for guests on day of. Helped clean up plates. And left everything like they weren’t even there. Couldn’t recommend Rick and his team more!

Jeana Edenshaw

Just order Uber eats from this place. The bbq sauce is amazing!! Don’t expect lots of cheese on the supposed ultimate comfort food Mac n cheese tho. Basically just plain rotini noodles with thin cheese sauce. Very disappointed especially when your expecting ultimate comfort food. Lol. But the bbq sauce amazing. Get xtra they give you tiny portion.

Davi Sá

The best Burger ever ????????

Dorcas Lee

We pre-ordered the Family Value Meal today and got so much food for a great price! They forgot to give us something at pickup and called us right away to rectify it. They have great customer service and gave a bit of extra because of the mix up. It is so nice whem a business values their customers and trrats them well. Highly recommend! Definitely support this business and will order again.

ryan gettings

Yo Bones is a gem hidden right off the corner of Kingsway and Tyne. When you find it you’ll be served right at the door and whoever’s there, whether it be Rick or Yoshi never disappoint with their care for their customers. Always going above and beyond to make sure you’re meal is exactly how you specified. When you get home be prepared with some clean napkins and an empty stomach. The portions are great for the price and leave plenty for leftovers. The Brisket Slider is my go to, if you don’t need too much but still wanna get your bbq fix it’s perfect. I also usually get the macaroni here and I can’t say enough good things about it, just try it! If you love barbecue don’t just wait for their food truck to come to your neighbourhood. Get down to Yo Bones and pick yourself up some saucy goodness!

C.H. W.

Great sauce, nice fatty chunks of brisket and tender smokey ribs. An amazing place to get home made BBQ.

Tim Jen

Great food— healthy and delicious! Reasonably priced— highly recommended. I go here all the time for their pulled pork burger.

Tony Kondaks

Great Mac n Cheese with pulled pork. $14.00 less 15% for pick-up means a bargain price!

Jari Seppanen

Thats some damn fine BBQ right there! It was hard to find a contender to Memphis blues but here it is!

Kirat Anand

The owner is very nice and kind. The food is just amazing, very juicy meat. Must try.

Queenie

So yummy! I ordered the pulled pork and beef brisket with my other half. The pulled pork was juicy but the beef brisket was...WOW

Yuly Paola Ortiz Leguizamo

it's delicious, I recommend it

Niis Nay'aa Chachim'multhnii

Had Yo-Bones for the first time - found on a Vancouver Street Food app. Very tasty Father's Day lunch. All of it was good, pulled pork and chicken, potato salad, cole slaw and cord bread. I will try and find them again in the future for sure.

Curtis Yu

Full rack of ribs, 1lb beef brisket, both really good. Get extra sauce for $0.25, it’s worth it. Healthy portions. Beans were good too. Mac & cheese was interesting, there was a deep smoky flavour to it, and the noodles were cooked well; al dente. Would order again from here again.

Olivia P.

Not reviewing the food, but the driver of the catering truck just blew through a stop sign where there’s pedestrians crossing. Not cool. Guess they do speedier deliveries this way.

Brynmor Tucker

Wow what a hidden gem! Easily the best bbq in Vancouver. Tiny take out counter. Will be back!

Alexander Wolf

Let me begin by saying I ordered this through Uber Eats and towards right before they were closing, so I feel that these factors may have affected my experience. The pulled pork mac and cheese was straight out of heaven. The rotini pasta was perfectly al dente. The cheese sauce was delish and the pulled pork was tender and smoky. The chili was pretty tasty too, but I do wish they had cornbread when I ordered. I'm glad to see they added that to the menu. Unfortunately, the beans and brisket did not match the quality of the other items. The beans were too sweet for my taste and it almost felt more like a dessert. Texture was fine but they definitely need to dial back the sweetness on this. The brisket was the worst item I had. It was super tough and leathery. I didn't taste much smoke nor did it have any melt in your mouth fat. I was disappointed because I'm a big fan of brisket. Again, this may have been because it was the end of the day or the meat didn't travel well, but I am hesitant to try it again. I'm keen to try their cornbread and indulge in that amazing mac and cheese again though, so I'll be back. Update: Gave it a second shot and the brisket still left a lot to be desired. Bummer. Cornbread is good though.

tere blake

So glad I found you guys! Pork ribs were perfect. Big and firm just the way I like them. Sauce was just the right amount of tart. Would recommend always buying extra. Great brisket which I’m planning to add to breakfast hash tomorrow. Pulled pork on cheese macaroni was a meal in itself. Highly recommended.

Malcolm Sinclair

Great food awesome customer service. Great value

Patrick Gorman

Can't believe I've lived four blocks from this place for five years and just found this place. Had the brisket, mac and cheese, beans and cornbread. Everything tasted amazing especially the mac and cheese. The guy there was very friendly. Support your local small businesses and check this place out.

Gordon L

This was my first time trying this place, and was excited about it after seeing all the great reviews. I have to say I was quite disappointed. I ordered the beef brisket after seeing they had posted a video of slicing up some really juicy looking brisket they'd made that day. This is what I got though. It was super dry, and it was all shredded up. It is not an exaggeration to say it was like eating jerky. I saw some pictures of other people's brisket from here and it didn't look like this, so I have to imagine that maybe I ordered on an off day or something. Not acceptable for $28 though. Also ordered their ribs, which were also a bit on the dry side, but overall not bad. Sauce was good. The potato salad, cornbread, and beans were all pretty good. They had the food prepared quite fast, and the packaging was great.

Li Lian c

Rick catered for my wedding. He went above and beyond what I expected. He is incredibly easy going and generous. He was willing to accomodate food changes/ preferences. He was on time, super efficient, and kept everything clean. He allowed me to mix and match food items and was really great with the communication. I can't thank him enough for what he did/ delivered. Completely fantastic, super thoughtful, awesome guy! I reccomend him to everyone.

Masih Yahia

Excellent food and very tasty!! Owner goes above and beyond for his clients. Definitely would recommend for catering events!!

Janique Maytham

Delicious!!!

Kooly

This is the worst brisket I have had! As you can see from the picture it looks nothing like what they advertise on their site. It was shredded and dry,that's not what good brisket looks or tastes like.

Nina Liu

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Yoshi Hiroaki Yoshikawa

Their 3 sliders are a meat lover's heaven. Satisfying volume and reasonable price

Michael Lin

Amazing amazing amazing! Tried Yo-Bones for the first time today. The brisket is to die for! Will definitely be back! Cannot reccomend it enough!

li Zhang

Don’t order from here. Or you may have to pay their unprofessional mistake.

Steve Nickel

Food was great!

Lyka Alodaga

Our go-to on nights we don't want to cook or prepare dinner! Corn bread, Potato salad, rack of ribs are our faves here! Great food and amazing customer service! Rick and his team are friendly, fast and accomodating! They also help out and share to the community especially during the pandemic which is a plus! Good food prepared by great people????

Antoaneta Florescu

The food is delicious and always fresh the staff is very professional and always positive we always order. Thank you so much! ???? All the best to you guys.

Janet Lee

Tucked away off a one way street you will see the food truck and the small cutout window to order. Friendly service. When I compare BBQ I have a baseline of Smoke Shack BBQ from San Antonio, Texas. Would have liked to have more smokey flavour. Pulled pork could have been more tender. The search for stellar BBQ in Vancouver continues.

Abi Grainger

Amazing food! The mac and cheese was to die for! Thank you so much!

Nikky Florescu

I have had the pleasure of ordering from this establishment multiple times and they never disappoint the food is fresh tasty and affordable Rick and his team are such great individuals and I'm proud to recommend them to everyone! ????❤????

george lynch

Amazing food and Great People. Rick and his crew have done both a corporate and a personal event for us and each time the food, and staff have been amazing. I can't say enough good things about these guys you'll have to try them

Tamara Dahl

Nice little back ally pickup for covid safety brisket that makes you drool just thinking about it. Friendly Locally owned and operated self business. Not just catering. but they do that as well. Great price for amount you get.

xiaoxiao chen

worst serice in vancouver.There is only one employee in the store. cook after get money from customer without gloves or wash hands. Very unprofessional.

big pun

Awesome place got to look for it back alley kingsway and tine Tuesday to think Friday. Maybe Saturday. 4 to 9. 15 % off at door. sliders soooooo good check website for up to date info. It's also a food truck in city with catering services

Ju VSE

After being a long-time customer of Memphis Blues, we decided to try one of their competitors in BBQ meats. We have always ordered from every restaurant online, ever since the pandemic. To our dismay, the BBQ we ordered arrived stale, nasty, dry, and in tiny portions compared to MB. What's worse is that Yo Bones costs considerably more for the same dishes! We were so disappointed with our adventurous experience that we decided to go back to our former "safe" choice.

Dee Fran

Best bbq in the city. For real. Its an outdoor pickup spot and well worth it! Took my fam here when they visited and it was a fave for them above everywhere else we went! Also the friendliest staff. Get the brisket anything. You wont regret it

Lewis White

Awesome food and great value. Have been steadily working my way through the menu and have enjoyed everything. Highlights are obviously the ribs but the brisket sandwich and pulled pork sliders are my favourites (for now). Highly recommend!

zack wang

Very neat and convenient.They offer generous meals and for inexpensive rates. We liked the menu a lot and the staff were very nice and explanatory. Recommended.

Owen Payne

Best food truck that comes to Broadway Tech Centre (Renfrew Station) - Always great food. The owner is friendly and gives good recommendations too

Julian Major

Superb service and food. Highly recommend this company for any catering needs. Thanks Rick!

Calvin Lo

Amazing bbq! Their mac and cheese with brisket is well priced, very delicious, and very filling. Their cornbread is also very good.

Spencer

Ordered 1 pound and it was just scraps

Lynch Bus

We had Yo-Bones in our Bus Yard today for our Driver Appreciation Lunch. They were here early and ready to go before our 95 people started milling in. They offered a great selection (Chicken, Pulled Pork, Beef Brisket, Mushroom Bean Burger with a choice of 3 sides and drinks). There was something for everyone! The drivers were thrilled with the portions, it was hot, tasty and the service with excellent. We we absolutely use them again for our next function! 100/100! The price was less than we expected and well worth it!

Bowen Su

Brisket are nice

Luv Pinks

Amazing customer service (and great food)!!! They went over and beyond to make our order right! Really amazing. Must try!

Maria Teodora

So good I'm writing my first review to rave about it!! Got two orders of cornbread and so glad I did because those golden nuggets are hard to put down. Ribs fell off the bone in my hands, so tender and literally melt-in-your-mouth. Sauce was ***amazing*** hands-down the best bbq sauce I've ever had. So complex, smokey, almost mysterious! True care was taken with all the flavours - beans and potato salad were equally complex and the coleslaw was incredibly light and delicate, the perfect balance to the fireworks going on in the other dishes. I had to put down my fork between bites and thank g-d I was alive to experience this amazing meal - I'm not even religious! Portions were big and generous. The half rack is the same size as a "full" rack at all other places I looked at and half the price. Sides were also double the size you'd get at an average bbq place for the same or lower price. I have enough of everything left over for a great lunch tomorrow... if I can manage to leave it alone overnight lol. This food restored my faith in humanity. Get some asap!!!

Kim Lau

Had the beef brisket, ribs and beans absolutely delicious will definitely order again!!

Rick Gartel

Thanks for the awesome spread today for our Dealership. Applewood Nissan Richmond Automall. Look forward to trying you again soon. Cheers, Richard Gartel ????????

Gordon Forster

Family pack fed 3 of us twice with some added buns and corn bread! Yum

Shuyung Yeh

Awesome food!Great Service!We'll visit again.

Kaden Chad

Great Brisket and very nice people. Highly recommend if you're a BBQ lover! :)

Ben C

Had a bad first experience but when I let the owner Rick know, he hand delivered me a new order straight to my door. Great customer service and solid pulled pork the second time around. Great owner and a great local business you should support if you like BBQ. We will definitely be back!

E Carson

These guys care for their customers. I went too late to get ribs, so they gave me some freebies to make up for the shortage. Their ribs are awesome too. ????

Jason Hsu

Delicious. The beef brisket and ribs are so tender.

clayton mcmanus

Got the brisket and mac and cheese with beans on the side and my wife got a pulled pork sandwich. The brisket was tender wulith generous portions, and the mac and cheese was waaaay better than what you would expect from any mac and cheese, the beans were also great and looked homeade. Wifes pulled pork was so good that she wanted another. TLDR: Yo-bones bbq will 100% satisfy that bbq craving when it hits. And their BBq sauce is da-bomb