Place is filthy, from the restrooms to the dining area! When the wife and I ate there the restaurant was filled with smoke! One guy working was doing everything from taking orders, preparing the meals, to busting tables and washing the dishes! We ordered the tamales and they were terrible, definitely not the Lackeys Tamales that I remember from years ago! They were very dry and had a dark singe look like they were overcooked! The one man working doing all was very friendly and the service was good being we were the only ones dining there, which should have been a red flag! The place needs to be revamped inside out! If I could give it zero stars I definitely would!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Tristan Orr
Well, people. Let me tell you a story. My family and I are on our way through Arkansas to Texas. On the way we wanted to experiment with ChatGPT to give us some good ideas for some amazing Arkansas Cuisine. ChatGPT recommended this place. Let me tell you, when ChatGPT says it can be wrong, it can be very wrong! You pull up to this red shack and notice the sign to tell you “This is the place” is 80% gone with missing lettering. The shack it self looks like it’s ac window units are about to shatter and fall out of the window seals. Anyways, so you pull up, open your car doors, and the family is excited for some good ol’ fashion family bbq. You walk into the door and… your feet are sticking to the floor. Well okay maybe someone spilled something, then you walk and realize, you were right! Someone did spill something, over the entire floor! Some of the floor is missing sections as well. Also, the atmosphere does not smell like bbq, grilling, frying, or anything else. It smells like urine. No other way to describe it. The ceiling above our head by our round table looked like it wanted to collapse on our heads. The bathroom… the bathroom should tell you all you need to know about this place. I know you’re thinking, “why did we stay and order food”. Well, we thought maybe, just maybe, it’s a diamond in the rough. It’s not a diamond, it’s just in the rough. We ordered our food, grilled catfish, hush puppies, beef bbq plate, pulled pork sandwich, Tamala’s, etc. Let me break these down for you piece by piece. Grilled Catfish - edible, small, expensive, and sad. Hushpuppies - Burnt and about as hard as marbles. Beef bbq plate - beef is decent, props. However, the coleslaw, flavorless, the beans, sad, and the Texas Toast, just toast, oh well. Pulled pork sandwich with Cajun fries - sandwich, absolutely flavorless, Cajun fries, fries with salt and pepper. Tamales - Good, but not worth the price. Presented poorly, and with the atmosphere, scary.
Did I mention the food was served one-person at a time? Every single person had time to finish their plate before the next person got their plate.
Also, the containers of Tartar sauce and ranch were grimy and spotted with black specks. I tried to squeeze out some ranch, but only a thin white liquid came out. What does this tell you about how this place cleans and stores their condiments?
The people are kind, it’s not the workers personality. It’s the condition of the establishment that do a number on this place.
Why do I want to eat food from a place that doesn’t take care of itself? Does that mean it doesn’t take care of their food? I will not always give places chances, and I don’t know if you, reader, will either. However, if you do, do not give this place your chance.
This place needs work, and a lot of it. However, ChatGPT did say this was authentic Arkansas cuisine, so maybe that is exactly what we got.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Sue
Food was okay. Lemonade was weak. My husband's food came after everyone else had eaten. Women's bathroom had no toilet paper or paper towels. Wouldn't go back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Leslie Ross
We grabbed take out traveling through. Pulled pork was best we had ever had. Loved the fried okra and Cajun fries. Amazing lunch!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork
Kevin Mininger
Went on a Monday at noon and was the only people in the restaurant. The dining area was a haze. The BBQ was decent. Ran low on BBQ sauce and they said they was out. Needs a little TLC inside.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork
Ashley No
Great food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Dinner
Kyrie Hensley
It was very dirty and they almost had no meat at all. Took a long time to get the food and I can’t even imagine how the kitchen looked. It was awful dirty and the seats were so dirty with other people’s food crumbs. The bathrooms were disgusting. I’m surprised I didn’t see bugs. 1/5 stars. Do not recommend.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Lindsey Herren
it was very dirty.Behind the toilet there was a plate with something on it.Almost out of everything.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 3
crobbob
Went for ribs, but did not have. Had fish dinner. Was good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Dinner
Donna White
Good hamburger and good BBQ. Needs a little attention and paint to make it "feel" better.Excellent service with a smile, hush puppy and cake. Good.
Very very dirty. Needs a good cleaning. I can't believe the health department hasn't already told them.
Gene Wickersham
Love this place for fish and tamales!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Dinner
Tanner Garrett
In the grand tradition of all good bbq restraunt the building is falling apart. But the food is great and the service is good. They were out of ribs, but hopefully rhats not a regular
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 4
Scott Jones
Best tamales I ever
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gumbo and Tamales
Bob Romuald
Went there because it was highly rated on TripAdvisor. I don't understand how. This place is a dumpster looking for a match. Should be shut down and closed permanently. Nothing smoked on the menu at all. Dirty doesn't even describe
Place is filthy, from the restrooms to the dining area! When the wife and I ate there the restaurant was filled with smoke! One guy working was doing everything from taking orders, preparing the meals, to busting tables and washing the dishes! We ordered the tamales and they were terrible, definitely not the Lackeys Tamales that I remember from years ago! They were very dry and had a dark singe look like they were overcooked! The one man working doing all was very friendly and the service was good being we were the only ones dining there, which should have been a red flag! The place needs to be revamped inside out! If I could give it zero stars I definitely would!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Well, people. Let me tell you a story. My family and I are on our way through Arkansas to Texas. On the way we wanted to experiment with ChatGPT to give us some good ideas for some amazing Arkansas Cuisine.
ChatGPT recommended this place. Let me tell you, when ChatGPT says it can be wrong, it can be very wrong!
You pull up to this red shack and notice the sign to tell you “This is the place” is 80% gone with missing lettering. The shack it self looks like it’s ac window units are about to shatter and fall out of the window seals.
Anyways, so you pull up, open your car doors, and the family is excited for some good ol’ fashion family bbq. You walk into the door and… your feet are sticking to the floor.
Well okay maybe someone spilled something, then you walk and realize, you were right! Someone did spill something, over the entire floor!
Some of the floor is missing sections as well.
Also, the atmosphere does not smell like bbq, grilling, frying, or anything else. It smells like urine. No other way to describe it.
The ceiling above our head by our round table looked like it wanted to collapse on our heads.
The bathroom… the bathroom should tell you all you need to know about this place.
I know you’re thinking, “why did we stay and order food”. Well, we thought maybe, just maybe, it’s a diamond in the rough.
It’s not a diamond, it’s just in the rough.
We ordered our food, grilled catfish, hush puppies, beef bbq plate, pulled pork sandwich, Tamala’s, etc. Let me break these down for you piece by piece.
Grilled Catfish - edible, small, expensive, and sad.
Hushpuppies - Burnt and about as hard as marbles.
Beef bbq plate - beef is decent, props. However, the coleslaw, flavorless, the beans, sad, and the Texas Toast, just toast, oh well.
Pulled pork sandwich with Cajun fries - sandwich, absolutely flavorless, Cajun fries, fries with salt and pepper.
Tamales - Good, but not worth the price. Presented poorly, and with the atmosphere, scary.
Did I mention the food was served one-person at a time? Every single person had time to finish their plate before the next person got their plate.
Also, the containers of Tartar sauce and ranch were grimy and spotted with black specks. I tried to squeeze out some ranch, but only a thin white liquid came out. What does this tell you about how this place cleans and stores their condiments?
The people are kind, it’s not the workers personality. It’s the condition of the establishment that do a number on this place.
Why do I want to eat food from a place that doesn’t take care of itself? Does that mean it doesn’t take care of their food? I will not always give places chances, and I don’t know if you, reader, will either. However, if you do, do not give this place your chance.
This place needs work, and a lot of it. However, ChatGPT did say this was authentic Arkansas cuisine, so maybe that is exactly what we got.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Food was okay. Lemonade was weak. My husband's food came after everyone else had eaten. Women's bathroom had no toilet paper or paper towels. Wouldn't go back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
We grabbed take out traveling through. Pulled pork was best we had ever had. Loved the fried okra and Cajun fries. Amazing lunch!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork
Went on a Monday at noon and was the only people in the restaurant. The dining area was a haze. The BBQ was decent. Ran low on BBQ sauce and they said they was out. Needs a little TLC inside.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork
Great food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Dinner
It was very dirty and they almost had no meat at all. Took a long time to get the food and I can’t even imagine how the kitchen looked. It was awful dirty and the seats were so dirty with other people’s food crumbs. The bathrooms were disgusting. I’m surprised I didn’t see bugs. 1/5 stars. Do not recommend.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
it was very dirty.Behind the toilet there was a plate with something on it.Almost out of everything.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 3
Went for ribs, but did not have. Had fish dinner. Was good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Dinner
Good hamburger and good BBQ. Needs a little attention and paint to make it "feel" better.Excellent service with a smile, hush puppy and cake. Good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smokehouse Burger
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Very very dirty. Needs a good cleaning. I can't believe the health department hasn't already told them.
Love this place for fish and tamales!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Dinner
In the grand tradition of all good bbq restraunt the building is falling apart. But the food is great and the service is good. They were out of ribs, but hopefully rhats not a regular
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 4
Best tamales I ever
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gumbo and Tamales
Went there because it was highly rated on TripAdvisor. I don't understand how. This place is a dumpster looking for a match. Should be shut down and closed permanently. Nothing smoked on the menu at all. Dirty doesn't even describe
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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