Never had a better experience with hospitality at a restaurant in the south like this in a long time. The waitresses were awesome on Tuesday’s with free hush puppies! I will be coming back again!
B Jolly
Buddy’s was 💯 today. Broadway at Whittle Springs location. Cindy in the dining area was nice and friendly, attentive to the dining room. Another young woman was friendly and helpful as well as she refilled the tea dispensers. Food was fresh and hot.
Amy
Wonderful food and very clean atmosphere! Thank you for our Fourth of July dinner!
Kevin Shelby
Love it my favorite place to eat again never disappointed
Lisa Roach
Always good. Great workers. Hot dogs are Great!
Walter Repass
I have nothing but praise for Buddy's.
Kevin Staton
I ate at the Lenoir City location earlier today for lunch. I had the pork dinner and everything was good except the French fries. They were severely under cooked. They should encourage the staff to use a timer for the fryer and even test them before serving them. Today was disappointing.
Randy Thornhill
Greatest Hushpuppies made the Pork Nachos are next level
Matt Powers
My wife and I decided to try Buddy’s for the first time ever at the Bristol location. We ordered our food online so we could be thorough and take time to look at the whole menu and decide what we wanted. My wife got the rib trio with beans and potato salad I believe. I went with a classic hot dog and fries and also got some hush puppies. Went thru the drive thru to pick up the order and that’s when it all started as a horrible mistake. I pulled up to the window to get our food and not even 1 person said we are almost done with your order, or we are working on it, or even said hello or anything to me at all; didn’t even give us our drinks at least when we pulled up. The manager looked like he was one of the biggest bums ever just because of the way he was dressed, very unprofessional. When we finally got our food the ONLY thing said to me was, HERE YOU GO. There was no hi how are you or have a good day or anything. Very rude customer service for starters. I grabbed the food and went to park in a parking lot to eat. We opened up our food and my wife’s dinner looked like it was just swished around like it was man handled. The beans were all in the potato salad and the ribs just even looked like they were dry as could be. She said the taste was horrible and she couldn’t even tell what one of the meats were. She said it tasted like chicken but if it was, then it wasn’t even done. She could have dipped it in bbq sauce, but oh yeah they forgot that. So she was eating dry awful meat with no sauce to even make it moist whatsoever. When I dug into my food, it just went downhill from there. The bun was just falling apart and would not stay together for starters. The chili tasted like it was seriously from a can, and if it was, I’ve had better can chili than that before. The fries wasn’t even close to being cooked all the way, and the hush puppies wasn’t even crispy, tasted more like rubber. So when you have someone like me who doesn’t take the time to write reviews about food, to actually take the time to write this review, well it was just so horrible that I actually had to say something. So if you’re looking to have some good bbq, don’t go to the Bristol location. It’s safe to say that I will probably never eat at buddy’s ever again.
Rich Nixon
I ordered the pulled chicken dinner and received it the chicken only filled half the to go box the sides were fries and baked beans and half an empty box. Yes I have a photo of it.
Based on our last visit, I am rating this Buddy's down in Whittle Springs A 3 star. We stopped to get drive-thru food yesterday on the way to our daughter's house. The lady that took her order in the Drive-Thru was super short with us. When we got our food home it was put in the bag sideways so everything was completely mixed up and leaking. It was ridiculous, they weren't even busy.
Food: 3
Service: 1
mitch lester
Great people. Great service. Great food.super new hot sauce.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ribs, Wings
Robert Mathine
This place is awesome so good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ribs, Wings
Richard Beauchamp
So far, the best BBQ I've sampled in Knoxville. It's not award winning IMHO but decent enough for a return trip. Pork bbq had good flavor and sauce was halfway between an NC vinegar style and KC style. Beans were passable but clearly their own small take on Van Camps Baked Beans recipe (I should know as it's the recipe I use at home). Hushpuppies were dang respectable though!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Sandwich, Baked Beans
Brittni Quisenberry
I never have a complaint about this location. The food is always hot and fresh. It’s always so clean. The tables are all neat and the paper towels folded. The sauce topped up. Cindy is very helpful and will get you anything you need!
Never had a better experience with hospitality at a restaurant in the south like this in a long time. The waitresses were awesome on Tuesday’s with free hush puppies! I will be coming back again!
Buddy’s was 💯 today. Broadway at Whittle Springs location. Cindy in the dining area was nice and friendly, attentive to the dining room. Another young woman was friendly and helpful as well as she refilled the tea dispensers. Food was fresh and hot.
Wonderful food and very clean atmosphere! Thank you for our Fourth of July dinner!
Love it my favorite place to eat again never disappointed
Always good. Great workers. Hot dogs are Great!
I have nothing but praise for Buddy's.
I ate at the Lenoir City location earlier today for lunch. I had the pork dinner and everything was good except the French fries. They were severely under cooked. They should encourage the staff to use a timer for the fryer and even test them before serving them. Today was disappointing.
Greatest Hushpuppies made the Pork Nachos are next level
My wife and I decided to try Buddy’s for the first time ever at the Bristol location. We ordered our food online so we could be thorough and take time to look at the whole menu and decide what we wanted. My wife got the rib trio with beans and potato salad I believe. I went with a classic hot dog and fries and also got some hush puppies. Went thru the drive thru to pick up the order and that’s when it all started as a horrible mistake. I pulled up to the window to get our food and not even 1 person said we are almost done with your order, or we are working on it, or even said hello or anything to me at all; didn’t even give us our drinks at least when we pulled up. The manager looked like he was one of the biggest bums ever just because of the way he was dressed, very unprofessional. When we finally got our food the ONLY thing said to me was, HERE YOU GO. There was no hi how are you or have a good day or anything. Very rude customer service for starters. I grabbed the food and went to park in a parking lot to eat. We opened up our food and my wife’s dinner looked like it was just swished around like it was man handled. The beans were all in the potato salad and the ribs just even looked like they were dry as could be. She said the taste was horrible and she couldn’t even tell what one of the meats were. She said it tasted like chicken but if it was, then it wasn’t even done. She could have dipped it in bbq sauce, but oh yeah they forgot that. So she was eating dry awful meat with no sauce to even make it moist whatsoever. When I dug into my food, it just went downhill from there. The bun was just falling apart and would not stay together for starters. The chili tasted like it was seriously from a can, and if it was, I’ve had better can chili than that before. The fries wasn’t even close to being cooked all the way, and the hush puppies wasn’t even crispy, tasted more like rubber. So when you have someone like me who doesn’t take the time to write reviews about food, to actually take the time to write this review, well it was just so horrible that I actually had to say something. So if you’re looking to have some good bbq, don’t go to the Bristol location. It’s safe to say that I will probably never eat at buddy’s ever again.
I ordered the pulled chicken dinner and received it the chicken only filled half the to go box the sides were fries and baked beans and half an empty box. Yes I have a photo of it.
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Based on our last visit, I am rating this Buddy's down in Whittle Springs A 3 star. We stopped to get drive-thru food yesterday on the way to our daughter's house. The lady that took her order in the Drive-Thru was super short with us. When we got our food home it was put in the bag sideways so everything was completely mixed up and leaking. It was ridiculous, they weren't even busy.
Food: 3
Service: 1
Great people. Great service. Great food.super new hot sauce.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ribs, Wings
This place is awesome so good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ribs, Wings
So far, the best BBQ I've sampled in Knoxville. It's not award winning IMHO but decent enough for a return trip. Pork bbq had good flavor and sauce was halfway between an NC vinegar style and KC style. Beans were passable but clearly their own small take on Van Camps Baked Beans recipe (I should know as it's the recipe I use at home). Hushpuppies were dang respectable though!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Sandwich, Baked Beans
I never have a complaint about this location. The food is always hot and fresh. It’s always so clean. The tables are all neat and the paper towels folded. The sauce topped up. Cindy is very helpful and will get you anything you need!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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