Reviews for Billy Sims Barbecue in Emporia, KS
Went there before noon on a Saturday. We have had a few decent meals there in the past. Last time we were there it was kind... of...Meh. We expected to see improvement this time but were disappointed that the quality has dropped even more. After waitingoutside in the drive through to order for 5 minutes we decided to go in. (Drive through speaker has been broken for a year. The only way to drive-through order is to wait until the car at the window has ordered, paid, waited, and received theirfood.) There was only one table occupied. That should have been a hint. We ordered sandwich combos and extra ribs. Therewere disappointingly few fries in the order and the meat on the sandwiches were not moist or juicy. If not for sauce to moistenthem we would not have finished the dry sandwiches. The ribs were worse. They were overcooked to the point that the bones werecrumbling and all the fat and moisture was cooked out. We threw nearly $15 of ribs in the trash! The only good thing was thatwe were glad we hadn?t ordered a full-slab. This is not the Billy Sims BBQ we are used to and after experiencingdisappointments at other stores we were sure that we could, at least go back to Emporia and get good food. Boy, were we wrong! Where is the owner/manager at noon on Saturday?!?! I know thatBilly Sims meat is cooked ahead of time. But I have made enoughtrips around the Sun that I know you can?t keep re-refrigerating and re-heating meat. These ribs were beyond just leftovers! Ifelt robbed. I informed the girl on duty and asked her to pass on my concerns. We are probably DONE with the Billy Sims chain. It?s a shame that we seem to be seeing the quality going downhill in all of the stores we have visited. You can?t keep cuttingcorners on quality or you will eventually drive all of your potential customers away. If you wouldn?t be happy paying for itAND eating it... DON?T SERVE IT! Read more
They were out of chicken wings, so I ordered a chicken sandwich. The sliced breast meat was very dry. The spicy barbecue sauce... was good, but it didn?t help the dryness of the chicken. Read more
Went in to have lunch. Ordered a two meat combo and wife got single meat combo, meat was dry and some was overcooked, food was... at best warm.. Was charged 2.99 to chop the meat per meal, charged 2.99 for a medium drink, cost for my wife and I was 47.00plus tax. Restaurant floor has film of oil or grease on it. Employee we delt with was nice. Did not make a touchdown for us. Read more
The food was ok! Very few fries with our orders! Went to use the restroom and it was filthy. I'm not sure how long it has... been seen the toilet had been cleaned or the the floors cleaned as they were sticky! I went and asked one of the workers ifthey had cleaned the restrooms recently and the response was "Only when our manager tells us too". I said really and then askedher if she ever uses the restroom and she responded by saying that she does not and then I told her that the restroom neededsome serious attention! She just turned and went on working. No gosh...let me go get them cleaned! Read more
The pulled pork was decent. The BBQ sauces were good. Everything else was just so so. Nothing really impressive. I guess it's... alright for it's location, but there is much better BBQ out there. It's nice that it has a drive thru. Overall not bad. Just notup to my BBQ standards. Here in Kansas there's a LOT of competition when it comes to BBQ and Billy Sims wouldn't win any prizes.??????? #NatsJourneys #KCFoodie #CulinaryAdventures #ExploreYourCity #EmporiaKS Read more
First time here & wont ever return. Got food to go. Was very disappointed!!! Got home & there was no BBQ sauce to go with the... food. They barely put any meat on the nachos. May as well have called them bagged chips with a drizzle of sauce and a coupleTablespoons of meat on top. They use margarine instead of butter on the baked potato. Meat really needed some BBQ sauce. Read more
Very clean restaurant. The food wasn't anything special, but it was delicious. We had the baked potatoes with brisket. Billy... Sims reminded me of City BBQ in Indiana. Good food, polite staff, and lots of football. Read more
Very disappointing. Our pulled pork sandwich?s were lukewarm and my sons 1/2 slab of ribs was very dry an not edible. They did... replace the ribs with some fresh ones but they should never have served them that way to begin with. Absolutely the one of theworst experiences I have ever had at a restaurant. Read more