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.
Jason Ritchie
Good local food
Dietary restrictions: Great place to eat!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pork BBQ, Wings
Shawn Carter
Always a good choice. Portions are large, so you will have lunch for the next day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Combo, Fries, Hush Puppies
Mark Simpson
Excellent customer service here! It's always a super clean and positive environment and the food is great! Employees are always smiling and helpful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Corn on the Cob, Hush Puppies, Potato Salad
Zach Ragland
Great place love everything about this location.
Vegetarian options: Great choice
Parking: Kingston pike
Wheelchair accessibility: Plenty of space
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Hush Puppies, Potato Salad
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Hawgback Pork Fries, Pulled Chicken, Wings, Beef Brisket, Hush Puppies
Shelly Nyiri
You can pretty much depend on a delicious meal with quick service at a good value when you come in @ usual meal times. Tonight the mac & cheese was not hot enough but not cold either.
Parking: Excellent
Wheelchair accessibility: Ample room for wheelchairs
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.
Good local food
Dietary restrictions: Great place to eat!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pork BBQ, Wings
Always a good choice. Portions are large, so you will have lunch for the next day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Combo, Fries, Hush Puppies
Excellent customer service here! It's always a super clean and positive environment and the food is great! Employees are always smiling and helpful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Corn on the Cob, Hush Puppies, Potato Salad
Great place love everything about this location.
Vegetarian options: Great choice
Parking: Kingston pike
Wheelchair accessibility: Plenty of space
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Hush Puppies, Potato Salad
Always fast l, friendly and delicious
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Combo, Pork BBQ, Wings, Hush Puppies
Always fresh food and so clean.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Hawgback Pork Fries, Pulled Chicken, Wings, Beef Brisket, Hush Puppies
You can pretty much depend on a delicious meal with quick service at a good value when you come in @ usual meal times. Tonight the mac & cheese was not hot enough but not cold either.
Parking: Excellent
Wheelchair accessibility: Ample room for wheelchairs
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Half Chicken, BBQ Sauce, Hush Puppies
In the Knoxville location and realizing I'm next to the Catering side. This place is over the top for Catering needs
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Buddy’s never disappoints!! Best BBQ in Knoxville…get the Hot Fudge Cake!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Good hot food served quickly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good service and food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is so delicious and the staff is very friendly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Fries, Pork BBQ, Pork Sandwich, Hush Puppies
Always rely on Buddys for good food! Been a customer for over 25 years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork BBQ, Wings
It’s Buddys. It’s good stuff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jr Hot Fudge Cake, Hawgback Pork Fries, Pulled Chicken, Pork BBQ, Beef Brisket
Loading...