Carrol Lou's Smokehouse

2612 N Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Decatur
(217) 542-7275

Recent Reviews

Angie C.

I'm a big fan of hamburgers, and this place not only didn't disappoint, it was super impressive. The Pulled Pork sandwich was fantastic and Ribs Banjo were Tasty. I was here on business and my hotel was close by, but I also ate here twice. Super good and I'll be back again!

Amani O.

good food but there never open. Every time I go, there closed for catering or already sold out for the day.

Jennifer cook

first time eating here today will say the food was pretty decent the beans was good the burnt ends was alittle dry but not horrible the coleslaw wasnt the best we ate in and it wasnt very clean there were dirty tables and the floor was so slippery from grease i almost slipped but the guy who took our order tonight was friendly so over all it was a good visit but needs to clean up inside

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

shey p.colmac

the cashier was so unfriendly, he didn't greet us. we got brisket which was so dried out and they don't offer BBQ sauce with it. didn't worth the money.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kim Bennett

Staff is incredibly friendly and super sweet!

Jon Furtado

Got 1/3lb of ham, 1/3lb of brisket, 6 wings, a side of fries and a large drink for around $30. The brisket was good, both moist and tender! The ham was pretty average. Wings were not that great, got the teriyaki sauce and I wouldn’t recommend it. Fries were awesome! Atmosphere was cool and service was good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Leroy OSteen

Great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

john w

Highly

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sandwich

Todd Martin

Delicious smoke

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Smoked Beef Brisket, Brisket Sandwich, BBQ Sauce

Michael Ladd

Very delicious food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brisket Sandwich, Sauce, Pretzel Q, Sandwich

Mauricio Méndez

Very good ribs and brisket sandwich.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brisket Sandwich

Amy Y.

This place has some of the best Nashville Hot Dry Rub wings I have ever had in the country. I have been everywhere and they are perfect. I want them every day.

Janette C.

Best BBQ in the area. So good it sells out (they are good about posting this on their Facebook page). I eat lunch here often and have even gotten it catered for an event. Lunch time is very busy for them. They have an order over the phone option which can be helpful. They have an awesome menu that makes it hard to choose from. I've never gotten anything bad here. I like to order and take my meals to go because there is not a lot of seating inside. They also have a tight parking lot. 1000% recommend anyone who comes to Decatur to try this.

WoodFam2020

The food we got was delicious but we ordered burnt ends and did not receive that, we got big chunks of delicious meat. What they are serving as burnt ends is tasty but definitely not burnt ends. We will be trying again because the quality of the food we did receive was great.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Stephen R. Bradd

The food was very good, but the overall experience was not.We live in Clinton and met some friends from Taylorville for dinner on a Monday night. We thought we’d try something new and meet in Decatur, and this place was well reviewed.We order at the counter about 5:40 PM. We sit down to wait. Food comes out by 5:50 and we were immediately told by a young woman: “You’re eating here? We close in 10 minutes.”I explained on our way out the door that their Google Maps listing says they are open til 8 PM. Even the front door has remnant decals indicating they are open til 8 PM.So far as customer service goes, they should’ve locked the door to prevent new customers fromEntering and then let us stay until we finished eating. That would’ve been the right move for their oversight. There was no obvious place listed in the entire restaurant indicating they closed at 6. Had we known, we wouldn’t have bothered going there at all.So we drove to the only public place we could think of to eat & visit when it was below 40F outside: the mall food court in Forsyth. Not ideal, but no one told us to leave.Clearly, they’ve got good food, but it takes more than good food to run a restaurant successfully and encourage people to return.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

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