Twelve Whiskey Barbecue

1222 E Carson St, Pittsburgh - 15203
158 reviews
Barbecue Barbeque
(412) 742-4024

I really liked this place, great food and service. We were there for lunch and the atmosphere was very enjoyable. This absolutely improved my first experience in the USA :)

Food was great, service was pretty good, bathrooms were clean. The trifecta, if you will ?It was Monday or Tuesday and they were doing trivia night, which is pretty cool. Tiny humans meant we had to leave before it actually started so I can't say how good that part was but there was a decent turnout for it.

Our first time here and it was during Open Streets Pittsburgh. Great service, cool place, awesome food and drinks. The Parm Alarm sauce for wings and tenders is legit one of my favorite sauces of all time. Breakfast burrito was stellar. And Nick made the experience a reason to come back for another brunch. A definite hit.

I highly enjoyed my bbq chicken legs. The flavoring and texture was top notch. The rub they used made them so tasty. The meat was easily above 5 stars and the sides were a little above 4, so I will round it out to 5 stars.

Wow, this place is such garbage. The staff care more about having a fun time themselves than serving the customer. My bartender/waitress actually stepped out while serving me and came back with her own food from another restaurant while I still waiting for mine. When asked about my ribs she said ‘they take a while’ while I heard the microwave beeping from the kitchen. Ribs were dry as you’d expect for a reheated ribs and the music and laughter from the kitchen were LOUDER than the music in the restaurant. Whoever owns this place should double check who they’re choosing to hire and pay. Waste of time and bad barbecue. ?If you are a BBQ smoked meats person, avoid this spot. It is not good, it’s not about contacting the manager or etc. they do not do real bbq and it tastes like cardboard. I had two sides with my 6 ribs and they were 1/8 full while music was blasting out out of the kitchen. - I waited for “6” reheated ribs for 45 minutes.

The female bartenders are the rudest bartenders that I’ve ever seen. A friend of mine came in from out of town & I figured that twelve would be a cool place to take her. We walked in, sat down at the bar, the bartenders looked at us & completely ignored us. We sat there for 15 minutes watching them serve everyone but us…until we decided to go to another bar & give them our business. (No we were not Intoxicated, they literally just wouldn’t serve us for some unknown reason.) It’s been years since I’ve been to twelve, & it has definitely changed. :/ Love the food…but the bartenders need to be told about their attitudes. Turns customers away.

I love this place!!!! Good food, atmosphere, and staff. My friends and I are always attended to promptly. Our food order is always correct and delicious ?Drinks are not watered down. Their smoked meats can not be beat.....This is my favorite spot on the Southside!!!!!

Went for some wings and drinks after work, both of which were very good as well as the service. Kind of a young trendy crowd but not so much that this old man felt out of place

When visiting the location a bartender failed to lock her cocktail mixer and the drink went flying over the bar landing on my head and pouring down my face. The bartender's first reaction was to lean over and say yeah this happens sometimes. She did not apologize nor did she offer any aid in helping me get alcohol out of my eye. As I tried to dry myself off she completely walked away and came back 5min later and asked extremely sarcastically if I needed anything for my eye. I completely understand that accidents happen but the way the bartender handled the situation was disgusting. I called the next day to speak with a manager and kept getting told that there wasn’t one in the build. Once I finally got a hold of a manager he told me that he would pass my information along to the general manager. I have yet to get a response so now I’m leaving a review to highly advise anyone thinking about visiting the bar to reconsider and find a different bar with a professional staff.

The BBQ was not very good. I got the platter with a little of everything. The pork was pretty salty (another person in our party got the BBQ pork sandwich and said the same thing) The 3 ribs on the platter were barely edible, way over cooked and dried out. The quarter of chicken must have been from from pigeon as it was pretty small; it was on the drier/over cooked side too. The homemade pickle chips had an odd flavor, I love all pickles but couldn't eat them. I would say stay away from most of the BBQ and you should be good with the other sandwich offerings.