The Rib Cage of Oxford

Hot wing quesidilla with salsa ranch is the best. Always good service and always great food. The grilled cheese is perfect!

I have eaten here once before and it was not to bad. Second time eating there this weekend was horrible. Tables were full of trash and simply getting ignored. Took over 15 minutes to clean a table for my guests and I. Ordered quesadillas, and waited almost two hours to receive them. Tables who had come in long after us, had received food fast. Family’s with children were sitting there waiting and waiting. Once getting our food delivered, some of the orders were wrong. For a restaurant that was not packed, it was horrible service. Will not go again.

I chose to try this place over Gus’ Chicken, having never eaten here. I ordered the Rib Lunch Plate, and everything was good except the main part of the meal — the ribs had evidently been sitting in the oven for a while. Very crispy on the edges, and greasy toward the middle. A rule with Ribs — don’t serve what you wouldn’t eat. Should have eaten at Gus’

Was a quiet Monday evening. Seemed like what we were served was weekend left overs. The ribs lacked flavor, half potato was overcooked and the tenderloin was so so. Beer and beans were the bright spot.

There are a few things not to do in life: don’t wear a MS State shirt in Oxford, don’t fry bacon without a shirt on, and most importantly: don’t go to the Cage without a sausage & cheese plate and a BBQ quesadilla. Great stuff! Attentive staff, great atmosphere and just great people to hang out with. Definitely check out downstairs. Everybody knows each other and most times if they don’t know you, they will make a point to at least speak if not make new friends! Love this place!

love ribcage. best place in Oxford for BBQ and a cold beer.

We ate here on our first time in Oxford. They have great Memphis style ribs (dry rub). The BBQ quesadilla was delicious and unique. The atmosphere was typical college town BBQ place — casual. I would probably give it 3.5 stars, it was very good and I would eat there again, but it wouldn’t rock your world.

Amazing service and food… 5 thumbs up!!!
We always stop by when in town… And have never been let down!!!
The Ribs fall off the bone & some of the best pulled pork around… Can’t wait to go back!!!

First time in Oxford, wanted to try some Southern bbq. It was Sunday, so our options were limited. The place wasn’t too busy, so we got a seat as soon as we walked in.
I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to BBQ, so it was disconcerting to see the variety of menu items they had, like a BBQ quesadilla.
Anyway, food didn’t stack up to what I normally consider good BBQ. The pork had a strange (bitter?) aftertaste to it, and the chicken was dry and required plenty of sauce.
I had ordered ribs and got pork instead (too much of a Midwesterner to complain) but I got to try a rib, again a little dry for my taste and lacking in smoked flavor but pretty well seasoned.
They are out of their minds charging what they do. My tea was 2.99 and the two meat combo plate for 17.99 was worth maybe 11.99 for amount of food and quality for me.
Service was slow, they appeared understaffed and slow compared to par for BBQ, likely due to variety of items.
Pretty average overall, it’s right in downtown Oxford and had a decent atmosphere, but I would hardly call it a definitive BBQ experience.

Very good barbecue right off the square. The service was friendly, focused, efficient, and prompt.
I didn’t try the ribs, but the barbecue sandwiches were excellent.
The atmosphere was bar-​like, spacious, and comfortable, with several TV screens, which were, of course, showing college football games as Oxford is a college sports town and it was a Saturday in the fall.
The also had free Wifi, which worked well for me.

This is a great gathering place for family and friends. The food is good. The portions are a normal size. The atmosphere is friendly and collegiate. I always stop by at least when I’m in Oxford.

Service sucked, food sucked. Was served on plastic plates and forks food tasted like a week old. Had to ask for service, napkins forks tea. They were running out if food. I ordered and all my food didn’t come out I was told a bunch of excuses. Since moving here from California” I will not come back!”

It’s all about the quesadillas as weird as that sounds. The BBQ quesadilla is so so good. The sauce that they use isn’t my favorite, but it does the job. If I was rating this place based on its meat and sauce alone, it would be a 2. The quesadilla is the only thing I trust there, but it is that good.

Really dry tenderloin. Good beans, ribs and slaw. Great pulled pork and potato salad.
If I lived here, this would be in the rotation for the pulled pork and potato salad.

They have the most awesome quesadillas for an appetizer!!! Everyone in town suggests this place to eat. It’s usually open later than the other restaurants on the square.

So this place is a little bit of a dive. It is on the town square. My mom and I came in for lunch. I will say this is not the place for someone who is wanting healthy food. They are limited on those, but I got the «Alex’s Lunch» and I was impressed. The food comes out quickly and the staff is very friendly and attentive. I would recommend trying their pickles and «cheese sticks» The cheese sticks are not fried. They are literally raw cheese sticks. They put the dry rub on the pickles and «cheese sticks» and it is an AMAZING combination. I would definitely go back.

Awesome ribs (dry rub, not the Texas kind) with sides that are way better than you’d expect looking at the place. The cole slaw and beans were perfect. The rib plate is huge and there’s plenty of meat on the bones.
They also have a ridiculous appetizer of pork quesadillas that will fill you up before you even start on yo’ ribs. I’m guessing this place gets loud and wild on weekend nights. Also has several TVs tuned (as they should be) to sports.

Quesadilla!

First let me say the staff was very attentive and helpful. The food was delivered quickly and presentation wise, the food looked great. The Ribcage is more of a college bar than a traditional smokehouse BBQ joint.
The only beer on tap was Coors and once I learned that I immediately felt regret for staying to order. That was my first clue I was in nothing more than a «college bar».
For lunch I told the waitress I was hungry for ribs and chicken wings, so she ordered me a combo platter. It came with coleslaw, half a baked or smoked potato, baked beans, and garlic bread.
The ribs were baby backs and dry rubbed Memphis style. However, they really didn’t taste that great. They were okay but not great. I think there were four or five bones. The chicken wings were okay as well. They were grilled or smoked then covered in BBQ sauce. Maybe 6 wings total, two of which were very burnt. Again, they were okay but not great.
The potato came dry, no butter, no sour cream. Kind of dry and weird. The slaw was good, slightly above average and the baked beans were superb. I very much liked the beans. They tasted great and were chock full of pork. The garlic bread was above average as well.
With all the interesting places in Oxford, I was mildly disappointed in my selection, however they do have a full bar and many other items on the menu to choose from. If I were a student I could see myself hanging out here drinking draft Coors and watching the game. However as a business traveler looking for interesting, «local» fare I would likely avoid this place in the future.

Only a fifteen minute wait for dinner on a home gameday while every other restaurant in town is predicting two hours? Yup, BBQ for dinner sounded just fine.
Service was surprisingly great for such a packed house, and the food is very reasonable. I didn’t think there was much smoke flavor to the chicken meat, but i liked that I could get it on top of a baked potato for extra carby goodness. Cole slaw was okay, and our server kept our giant drink glasses full for the entire meal (and bonus: they’re nice plastic to go cups that you can take with you!). My dining companion ordered a traditional pulled pork sandwich with a side of cheesesticks, and we were both surprised that the cheesesticks were not your standard fried mozzeralla, but rather just cut sticks of plain, cold cheddar cheese.
Overall, nothing remarkable, but a clean, cool, place to escape the crowds on game day. There are better restaurants in Oxford for sure, but I doubt any of them would have tasted as good as that BBQ did after «Groving» all day…