Update

That’s right. I went back to Bodean’s (again). I love this place and it’s getting better and better. My favourite dish is now the Pulled pork, smoke sausages and 1/2 chicken. Oh, and it also come with a gallon of coleslaw and enough chips to draw stares and pointing from passers by. Excellent American food. Really, really bad for you, but I just don’t care :)
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I love Bodean’s and its meaty deliciousness.

If you are after a great burger, prime rib or a steak the size of a volkswagen, this is the place to come. Definitely try Bodean’s famous “burnt ends” - amazing pieces of beef brisket drenched in BBQ sauce. I’d also recommend the “pig out for a tenner deal”. It’s monstrous, unnecessarily large, but amazing in every way.

For the epitome of yankee gluttony, you’ve gotta check out Bodean’s.
Oh yeah, they also show American sports in here if you are into American Football, Ice Hockey, Basketball etc.

Absolutely FANTASTIC. I say this as an ex-Texan who is VERY familiar with barbecue - Bodean’s is the best you’ll find in London (and probably the UK) that is close to American-style PROPER smoked barbecue. Accept no substitutions. The great thing is, they’re cheap too!

Yum Yum Yum!
It’s my mission to try every Bodeans in London, and the Clapham one was the first…after 2 attempts! The first: booked out. The second: renovations. All good reasons so far. The third? Just arriving back in town ater a blissful holiday and gastro-tour of New York City, I was already missing American-style food, and meat barbecure for that matter. Bodeans it was!
Friendly staff who were forthcoming with suggestions (a feature of all Bodeans staff I have come across); and fun booths to sit in; we had delicious buffalo wings and chunky o-so-naughty blue cheese dressing. Triple the price and not quite as good as BWs in NYC, but still amazingly glazed, sauced and moreish. I had a Pulled Pork sandwich upon recommendation, and it was pretty good, but a little dry. Needed some extra mayo and bbq sauce. Ribs are yummy too. £10 Sundays rock - Full rack of ribs, sides and beer. Get some help finishing this!

*Highlight: meeting Mr Bodean himself. He was speaking to everyoe at the tables the night I was there last. He was especially keen to know what I thought of his BBQ Mayo special recipe. AMAZING!

A full belly, a vow to go back to the gym and a great old messy time is had with each visit.

Following some good reviews I decided to give Bodeans BBQ a try.

The restaurant was easy to find: only a few hundred yards from Clapham Junction tube station, just head up Clapham High Street away from the common and it is on the right.

Starters are £4-7 and include clam chowder, smoked chicken gumbo, ribs and quesadillas. I went for the Nachos Supreme which came with salsa, sour cream and guacamole.

Mains range from £6-17 and are very much American Grill style: hot meat sandwiches, salads, burgers, chicken, ribs, pulled pork and steaks. I went for a combo of chicken, pulled pork and smoked sausages served with a baked potato and creamed corn. The food was well prepared and tasty.

I will definitely be back. The food was good and the service was friendly and fast. Tuesday’s half-price steaks night sounds like a bargain, but I am also intrigued by their ‘Burnt Ends’ described as “slow smoked pieces of beef brisket in a light BBQ sauce” which are only available on Wednesdays. All I have to do now is decide if I go back on Tuesday or Wednesday…

Addendum: I managed to get back there on Tuesday to try the steaks, which are half price on Tuesdays.

The restaurant was busy, as you would expect, but they still managed to seat me quite quickly. After that the service fell through a hole in the floor: which was rather disappointing.

I had the Clam Chowder, which was nice, and then a rare steak. Unfortunately the steak suffered from two flaws: it was seasoned with something which rather dominated the flavour (I’d prefer my steak to taste of steak!); and the other problem was my rare steak was served on a hot cast-iron plate which meant that my Rare steak started life as a Medium, and by the time I finished the steak was close to well done.

Despite the snags I still enjoyed my meal, the general atmosphere was good and the food, despite the flaws, was still OK. If you are a steak purist I suggest you try somewhere else. I prefer rare fillet steaks, and these are simply not on offer here.

Bodean’s is the perfect place for any fellow meat lover!
Friendly staff, fantastic food and quick service - not to mention the great value for money.
It gets very busy, especially on weekends, and can get very noisy, but that is hardly surprising when the food is so great!

I love this place, and not only for its ’’Steak Tuesdays’’ when all steaks are HALF PRICE! and they are good steaks at that! I love
Bodeans because it is not upper class pretentious dining - nor is it scraping the barrel. It is damn good hearty food on a rather large plate! In a very pleasant setting :)
Obvisouly being a BBQ and rather american stylee there are lots of juicy steaks, chunky chips and naughty sides like garlic bread and onion rings. Everything i have ever eaten here i have enjoyed. My fav however are the HUGE ribs in sticky BBQ sauce. very yummy.

The staff are efficient and make for a quick and easy night where you will not get hungry waiting.

They do some random offers which i see have already been mentioned above, so look out for those!

If you are looking for somewhere not too quite but not too loud, fun and friendly doing great food (in BIG portions) for small prices then this is your place. Enjoy!