Sooey's BBQ & Rib Shack

DO NOT EAT HERE! The food was bad and the slaw tasted like bleach.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

Incredible BBQ and the Fried Chicken was top shelf. Definitely grab an order of cornbread!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was excellent. Nice portions. Meat was tender. Great flavor. Highly recommend.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nothing special just decent food

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

Been coming here for years, delicious! And service always great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We decided to try a new BBQ place, just to expand our choices. We made a great choice with Sooey's. We got ribs, brisket, pulled pork, and chicken with mac and cheese sides and a cole slaw. Ribs were seasoned well, on a sweet/salt side for a flavor profile, pulled right off the bone. Brisket was tender and juicy. Pulled pork was good with their Carolina sauce already in it. The chicken was really good, I liked the tender pieces with charred BBQ sauce on them. Mac and Cheese was classic, and cole slaw was good. The hush puppy's were on the sweeter side, and very good. Overall, great BBQ!

**update summer 2025**
Sooeys still rocks!!! Boys now old enough to drive themselves, and went there 4 times during the week we were there. Favorite was the pulled pork. Baked beans excellent as well as the Mac and Cheese. It gets busy for sure, but most OBX restaurants are during peak times. We will keep going back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Please Don't!!! Ordered online, it took over a half an hour after the time it stated online that it would be ready (almost an hour total). The place was packed with just people waiting for their food. They had banana pudding on their sign out front, but had none. Now to the food, NO! Nothing about this is smoked or legit in anyway. The ribs were dry, covered in nasty sauce, and TINY! The brisket could not have been smoked, I will never believe that, no smoke ring in sight. The chicken is at least edible, although not good, just better than the worst. The pulled pork ewwwww I shudder!! I couldn't eat it, spit it out and my dog wouldn't eat it. The baked beans are sour gross, coleslaw had no seasoning at all, ewwwww. The only piece I liked was the hush puppies, and those are just run of the mill, but at least edible. Oh and lastly, I ordered pork grinds and they did not have that either, wanted to swap it out for something else, no, refund please! Huffy cashier then proceeded to do other things then eventually came and gave me my refund. All around such a bad experience, food was disgusting! Heed my warning, go somewhere else, and business owner, please do quality control all around.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Simple BBQ is good BBQ. Ribs and brisket were very tender. Chicken was flavorful and rich. Good hush puppies too. Service was excellent. Our server checked on us often and was very nice. We left full and happy.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I had to have NC BBQ, this place did the job.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

No better bbq ! Always our first stop in OBX!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

What a great place to stop on our road trip! Traditional NC BBQ. We really enjoyed this one. Brisket was the favourite, then ribs, pulled pork and chicken. Great food, great service, easy to get to with parking. Thank you 🙏

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Perfect bbq in a relaxed environment. Locals come here for the taste and the value. No pretenses. Friendly service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great pork and brisket.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

The beef brisket was overcooked, and the sandwich buns were of noticeably low quality. The mac and cheese was especially disappointing—worse than store-bought. Overall, the food didn’t justify the high prices. That said, the staff was friendly and provided good service.

Great attentive service from Karina. Potato salad was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5