J & J BBQ & Catering

208 N Main St, Nelson
(715) 673-4717

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Sarah Latham

Yummy yummy in my tummy

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terry Johans

Unsuspecting place to find. Multiple buildings connected to each other. Back bar has 460 varieties of bourbon.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Half Rack of Ribs with Fries and Cole Slaw

Joe Klafke

Best food for miles around. Award winning!
Never disappointed

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Half Rack of Ribs with Fries and Cole Slaw, Brisket Burger, Macaroni and Cheese, Broasted Chicken with a Side of Fries, Brisket Dinner

Jeremy Robinson

Good barbecue, had the brisket and ribs. Fun place to stop for a bite on your River road tour.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Donna Myers

Worth every mile, so the TV commercials say and it's true! The ribs are tender, smoky, lean and overall delicious. The sweet, rich BBQ sauce is a perfect partner, so good. Mustard sauce is also available for those who prefer it. The baked beans are very good and coleslaw, cold, crisp with a tangy creamy dressing, two sides that deserve mention alongside the ribs. You order and pay at the counter inside the entrance and within minutes of sitting down the food arrives, piping hot. Self seating is available across multiple dining rooms, the bar and offer booths, small and large, clean tables. Staff regularly check with patrons to ensure all needs are met. This is a no-frills restaurant with plenty of character and great service, worth the trip.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alysia Pierce

Was a very interesting place to see so glad we stopped for this place! Would recommend the mac and cheese!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gary Myers

First off, when you enter you need to order and pay for your order and they will bring it out to you when it is ready. For us, our 2 meals were ready in 10 minutes. I had the ribs and brisket combo. For sides I went with with slaw and BBQ beans. My wife had the ribs and shrimp. Everything is excellent. The ribs are smoked to perfection with a nice bark. The ribs are served without sauce but the table has both a tomato based sauce and a mustard based sauce. The tomato based sauce is very good. I was going to buy some on the way out but there was a line forming.

I highly recommend J&J BBQ.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Heather

This place was so cool! Had an amazing experience eating there for lunch. Will go back if I'm ever in the area. So cute!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Ribs and Brisket with Baked Beans and Coleslaw

Ridge Runner

Window ordering and Serve yourself. BBQ food beef and chicken were excellent.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Ribs and Brisket with Baked Beans and Coleslaw, Philly Cheese Brisket Sandwich, Pulled Chicken Wrap, Pulled Pork Wrap with Potato Salad

Kayla Regenscheid

I'm not a huge bbq fan but I was hands down so impressed that I would drive hours just to eat there again!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Russ Tell

We had the brisket sandwich with beans, fries, and onion rings. All were delicious and the sauces first rate. J & J ranks with the best BBq we’ve had. We’re going to eat there again when we travel through the area.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nina B

We recently had the ribs at J & J BBQ, and they were fantastic!
Service was outstanding; they are friendly folks, who truly care about the quality of the food they are serving.
Most of the menu is gluten free as well, so if you have celiac, they will take good care of your gluten free needs.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jeramey Brown

Discovered J&J’s catered in to a funeral Celebration of Life enjoyed the catering in food ..
Decided to travel to the Restaurant & Bar in Nelson today
Traveled from Chippewa Falls to eat in-house

The paper menu prices I was handed were not the same price as on the order board behind the order counter. . so I was made to study the unfamiliar order board over the counter w/ people waiting to pay their bills from sit down restaurant and pressured to make a quick decision without being able to explore different options

out of broasted Chicken to go
Asked to substitute smoked chicken would not do ..

two dinners were $70.00

2 fountain sodas

1/2 rack w/ brisket 2 small sides

Brisket Handful of fries small cup of Mac n Cheese one piece of Cornbread

Felt like we were being pushed out being 7pm and closing at 8pm we were handed to go containers packed up our dinners and left

Not impressed
did not order extra to go orders

Went to Kwik Trip to pick up Broasted Chicken

Stopped at Wendy’s in Eau Claire to sit and enjoy a burger dinner

Major Let down on expectations and experience felt really rushed out and pushed to make a decision w/o being able to explore menu kinda pushy
prices were raised substantially

Other People mentioned the experience was too expensive and the chicken and ribs can be too dry I ignored the warning
And showed up today anyway

I really liked the Catering
In house experience needs work ..

We will keep closer to home in the future
Thanks You

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Lucas Newcomb

Amazing BBQ and a unique hidden little gem of a restaurant

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Paul Blake

Had the best pulled pork nachos ever! Amazing food great service. I will definately be back again. Stop in and enjoy!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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