Larry
Decent all you can eat BBQ joint. Atmosphere is amazing! Live bands and dancing. Love the location. Come out here and just relax and have a good time.
… moreBilly
Great experience, we will return. Not a fancy restaurant, its like a barn made into a restaurant, cash only, cafeteria style, bbq chicken, pulled pork and pulled beef BBQ. They got live music, dancing. IT’S A FUN experience that will make you want to return.
… moreJay Ormand
This is a unique experience that I recommend. There are some things they could do better (the reason for 4-star) but… It was good food and even better bluegrass music. I really enjoyed Barry playing the spoons, IYKYK. Well worth the money and drive to get there. I can’t wait to go back to Sims!
… moreAndrew Whisenant
My son said, “it wasn’t food with entertainment, it was entertainment with food.” The perfect explanation. There wasn’t much variety, but you know exactly what you are getting when you walk in, and you can have as much as you want. Plus, whenever someone offers you the PITCHER of tea, you know it’s great! But the fun atmosphere, the dancing, and the music were a blast for the entire family!
… moreWilliam Barger
This place is incredible. The food is very good but atmosphere and service goes back to the old days. Several brothers and their families have been doing this for over 45 years. You really should make this spot a national treasure
… moreNancy D
Old family recipes don’t always equal good & tasty food. They advertise ‘all you can eat’ however… the ‘all you can eat means you go through the line once, and if there’s food left (which tonight there wasn’t, they ran out of chicken) you wait in an even longer line for ‘seconds’. We did not get our $16 a person plates worth.
It’s served in a somewhat buffet style, bit it’s very limited selection. There was coleslaw, chips, fried cornbread, and three choices of meat. The line was long, you go in pay, & stand in line for 30+ minutes before you ever sit. Then it’s a find your own table & if your not local, your getting a cold table, on the outer edges of this kind of scary, old chicken barn. It’s not even like it’s made in an ‘old style’ barn, it’s genuinely an OLD, barn. Windows are just screens with plastic over them. I was so cold that the poor tasting food made for a reasonable distraction.
The three stars was for the live music! Base, fiddles, guitar, wooden spoons & good singers. That made this very strange venue better. The band leads kids and adults in dances. The little kids were supervised & lead in a square dance that left the dance floor & weaved through the place, followed by an adult square dance procession. You can tell this is a local hangout.
Last, Along side the main building, there sits a unique wood wheedling shop with small items. That’s worth a look inside. We made a small purchase before we left.
Bottom line, if you want a uniquely local experience-this place will provide that. The food is meh, wear a jacket, cowboys boots are preferred, and go ready to take in some authentically foothills music & dance!
… moreSabrena Schmitt
The food is definitely prepared differently than it used to be. The beans where cooked to death along with the breast pieces. Way too done. Pork Bbq was good. Corn fritters recipe was definitely different, smaller and sweeter. Slaw was very dry and tasted strange. No more homemade strawberry freezer jam either. Sad to see the food go down but the atmosphere is basically why people come here. Bluegrass and clogging fun.
… moreHannah Hefner
This place is the worst example of a bbq chain. This restaurant should be condemned for the amount of uncleanliness I witnessed. The line is ridiculous when you first walk in, especially being right at where you pay. Then after fighting your way through that to get to a seat then you have to fight to get back to the line. The food was the worse part, after getting your styrofoam plate the first thing on the buffet is koleslaw and pickles, then the buns and the meat. The meat was subpar, half a chicken, pulled pork and beef that have no flavor at all. Also, like another reviewer said you have to pay extra for dessert and canned drinks if you don’t want tea. Worst experience I’ve ever had at a restaurant, I felt bad I left my grandpas birthday party early because of this place. Will never come back, 0/10 recommend.
… moreTonya Stitches
I’m not complaining. Just stating my experience. First it’s in the middle of nowhere. It’s is not air conditioned. It was pretty stuffy in there. The food was ok. It was like something your grandma would fix which was ok. Food was served from the buffet in a Tupperware dish. Which I thought was odd being a restaurant. The price of $16 was pretty steep for the food and atmosphere.
… moreBrian Bohn
This is the place you’ll tell your grandkids about and take them to for generations. So much fun, the owners and all the staff are amazing, the food is worth coming for, and the entertainment is not to be missed. Bring a whole mess of folks and get down to Sims. Get there early so you can catch all the fun.
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