Dukes BBQ of Blackville

I grew up in a town very close to Blackville. And we would go to Dukes barbecue in Blackville and I remember the food being tremendous. What has happened? I went there today and it was absolutely terrible. If I could rate it lower than a one I would. The place inside and out was filthy and the people working there look like they haven’t bathed in weeks. The food was cold and had no taste. And I should’ve known, not to eat there when I walked in on a Friday at 12:05 and there were no customers inside the building. Something needs to be done because the Dukes name has a very good reputation and it is getting ruined in the town of Blackville. I hope everyone sees this because I paid $15 for four or five bites of terrible food and through the plate and the food in the trash. And in my opinion, it all should be trashed. I’ve never given any type of review this bad for any place I’ve ever been. Somebody do something.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Great family owned buffet! All the food is great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Banana Pudding, Fried Chicken, Squash Casserole

Ok, so let me start by saying that I am a big fan of the Duke’s in Aiken (they get a 10)! But, man this place right in Blackville is DISGUSTING!!! Does not even come remotely close to Aiken’s location!! I don’t know if they use water or grease to water down the food but nothing has flavor AT ALL! YUCK!! Either the food is straight SALT or no flavor at all! I’m a country girl and I love supporting small businesses but something has to be done about this!! CORN NUGGETS - cold, hard, straight trash almost choked because they were so DRY!! Squash Casserole - NO FLAVOR AT ALL, tastes like wet mushy paper, broccoli casserole - straight salt and grease, Fried chicken is greasy, wet droopy skin, and just salt!! I mean how can this even be a BBQ place when the pulled pork has no smoke ring, no grill flavor, and the meat just tasted like bland meat!! YUCK! 🤮 I hate giving bad reviews but I hope the owner sees this because this place needs to do better, you can’t seriously charge for barely edible food! $42 down the drain!! You can tell their food is not fresh - everything tastes at least 2 days OLD!! If you like watered down , greasy food that’s EITHER overly salted (with just salt!) or completely and utterly bland , please come on down to DUKE’S BBQ !!

Service: 1

Parking: Drive through, and parking is easy.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: BBQ Buffet, Macaroni Salad, Banana Pudding, Black Eyed Peas, BBQ Chicken, Potato Salad, Chopped Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Slaw, Ambrosia Salad, Fried Chicken, Gravy, Squash Casserole, Pink Lemonade, Fried BBQ Chicken

great bbq and all the fixing Fried checken to.great people to avery high 10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We ate here for the first time in months on 8/17/24,let me just say this,most of the food was not great at all,No flavor and will most likely be a while before we ever go back

Food: 1

Service: 5

Good Ole BBQ buffet and other cou try cooking. Rice, hash, pulled pork and awesome hush puppies.
I love it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tonight we got fried chicken plates to go. Large pieces of chicken and plentiful sides. Awesome place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: BBQ Buffet, Macaroni Salad, Banana Pudding, BBQ Chicken, Potato Salad, Broccoli Casserole, Slaw, Fried Chicken

BBQ meat was dry, and the rest of tastes like it were lift out all night.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Wasted food on hot bar service line. Used forks all over the floors. All tables were dirty and sticky. Even the salt and pepper shakers were nasty. Floors had not been mopped in over a week. Wasted drippings from garbage on the floor all over the restaurant. Very disappointed. Food not seasoned. Much was not even hot.

We were heading to auction in Blackville and ordered food. Drive thru was moving slow because of big order. Young man brings out our food in the rain so we can head on to auction. Very impressive customer service. Barbecue sandwiches were excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chopped Pork

Definitely my favorite barbecue place in Barnwell county the meat and sauce are my favorite and you couldn’t ask for better hash. And the corn nuggets are ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Parking: Older Town but good for parking

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: BBQ Buffet

Hey ya'll. I've been to all the Dukes BBQ but haven't yet to get any bad chicken until Blackville... it was dry and didn't have a very appealing flavor I did get a pound of pork and as always the Best.

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Chopped Pork, Fried Chicken

Its pretty good buffet for the price. Pork can be little dry but fried chicken is awesome!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: BBQ Buffet, Baked Beans, Rice and Gravy, Hash, Fried Chicken