Fat Boys' BBQ & Oyster Bar

What happened to you guys? When you reopened you had great food and service. Now the place is dead and after eating here I now understand why. The food is reheated and not fresh. My ribs were dry and hard. I didn't even finish them. The pulled pork was OK, but tasted like water was added to them to moisten back up. The brisket, oh my, it was bad. It was chewy, dry, and just plain bad. The spouses chicken was super dry.As far as sides, wow. They were terrible! Beans tasted like they came from a can. The fries were so heavily salted they take the taste buds away, but they were fresh. Too bad they were the only thing fresh.The service was mediocre at best. We ordered peel and eat shrimp and had nowhere to put the shells after peeled. We ended up using napkins. The drinks were not refilled the entire visit.We looked forward to this place because our last visit 3 months ago was great. This one was so bad that we won't return. It is like a different place with how terrible it was.I mentioned it to the guy sitting outside on the bench that the food had changed for the worse and he said he can't afford to cook new every day with the few customers that come in. Well, maybe the reason you have so few customers is because you reheat all your food. It's like the old restaurant problems all over again. You changed the name, but do the same tactics that took the old restaurant down the drain. Maybe a new owner is needed...For a BBQ place, you all should be ashamed. You make bbq look bad with how bad this was and it's hard to mess it up, yet you did.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Great atmosphere but seriously even my kids can give me better smoked food. Not worth the money. Oysters had to be steamed 3 times to be considered lighty steamed. Can we please get a good restaurant in Longwood ......someone who cares about what they are serving to a nice tight community would be great.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Had a great meal of steamed oysters and fried okra starter. Brandi was attentive and so pleasant. Recommend the BBQ too as we have had it several times and always delicious!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our last stop before heading to airport to go home. So glad we stopped here! Our super nice waitress/bar tender moved us to the bar area, so we could do the bucket of raw oysters. She shucked them right in front of us. Very good oysters and the grilled gator is a MUST! Best gator we had the whole trip. Ice cold beer and very clean inside.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bucket of Raw Oysters

I picked it because they served brisket. It was the worst brisket I ever ate and I’ve eaten it all over the country. It was very thin sliced and cooked to death, more than a roast even. Very dry! Have to say I’d never go back.The staff was very nice and service was good, just don’t get the brisket.

Parking: It’s in a shopping center and there’s plenty of parking.

Wheelchair accessibility: The center has tables you could use a wheelchair at.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Greek Salad

I believe it's all under new management and staff. The food is excellent and the service is just as great. Definitely recommend if you're hungry for ribs or seafood.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was delicious .We had an amazing server with awesome staff ,and management and made sure we were well taken care of.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We stopped by for a quick dinner.We ordered a beef brisket sandwich and shrimp and grits which came with hush puppies.The beef sandwich was nice and the beef was soft.The shrimp and grits was awful......for nearly £20 you get a massive amount of plain grits and 6 shrimp that was over cooked!!!!! No sauce no butter just 6 small shrimp and a huge amount of plain boilt grits! Maybe if they were steamed with some seasoning it may not have been over cooked!!!!U get half pound of peel & eat shrimp for $10.99 and I got 6 for nearly $20!!!!!! Something does not add up!!!!! Are there just 6 shrimp in half a pound of peel and eat????The hush puppies OMG, they were awful.....there was no flavour, no taste just deep fried oil taste and it tasted like old oil! They were hot, straight from the fryer but even the tiny bit of butter they put on 2 of them did not melt away! I guess the hush puppies were so full of oil that even the butter could not penetrate the balls!!!!!Not worth driving to eat what we ordered!!!! It was really overpriced for what we got with the shrimp and grits!!!!!!?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

We sat inside due to rain, but I will be back to sit and eat outside. the deck area is one of the nicest in the inlet that I have seen so far. So relaxing and peaceful. THe food was great and the prices good. The service was incredible

This is without a doubt the worst bbq I have ever eaten. I ordered the 3 meat sampler on a Friday evening. The chicken quarter was served cold and dry (dark meat), the skin was was black, the meat was an odd color from being overcooked. The ribs were also blackened, overcooked, cold and dry. The pulled pork would have been OK if not also served cold. The sides were a little better than the meat. The one positive was the corn fritters which were fresh, warm, and tasty. I am thouroughly unimpressed and doubt I will ever go back. It's that bad.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Place looks good, and it has potencial , its a shame theres no one leading the servers on the right direction, oysters were decent, I had a brisket that was 70 percent fat and my wife had a sirloin tip with shrimp. Plates looked like it came out a high schools cafeteria. The dishes you see on google photos have nothing to do with what they have available.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

Good food & great service! Tammy made sure we were taken care of and seemed to actually enjoy what she was doing. We will definitely be back as great service is hard to find these days. Thank you Tammy!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

To start some of the other reviews are correct. The place feels as if it was rushed into a new concept? They absolutely have a fly problem. Aesthetic looks kind of thrown together. I went for lunch and got the pulled pork platter. Prices are fair for the amount of food you get. The seasoning and smoke is good on the food. However the meat was very dry. It had the feel and taste that it was prepared the day before and reheated. The restaurant could have promise if done right. Right now it needs desperate help to fix some major issues. If the place changes I would come back. But right now don't go out of your way to visit.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

If I could give it zero stars I would. This was the absolute worst BBQ I’ve ever had & the price was way too high for the value of the food given had it tasted well. My husband & I got take-out for lunch. He ordered the sliced pork sandwich & I did the 1/2 lb spare ribs. His sandwich had no taste. My ribs were super smoky & rubbery. Not to mention that a 1/2 lb ribs equates to 2 ribs for a price of $16. Definitely would not recommend this restaurant. On top of this there was not a current menu able to be found online. I found one menu on Facebook but when I called it apparently was old. Unfortunate since this restaurant replaced Victorio’s, which we used to eat quite frequently. Wish we could get Victorios back or have Bubbalous move in here for some good BBQ.

Food: 1

A few of us from work went for lunch. I had the pulled chicken platter with grits, baked beans and cornbread. One friend had the brisket sandwich and other had a pulled pork platter. They had great options on their menu (currently out of gator). It wasn't the best I have ever had but was definitely good. I will be back again in the near future.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5