Reviews for Joe Bessinger's Barbeque in Summerville, SC
Live down the road... decent food but idk why they even ask u what u wanna order. It's like playing Russian roulette. Order a... BBQ plate. Get a burger with fries. Order a burger with fries. End up with a BBQ sandwich and onion rings. And it's like thisconsistently. Last not 1... not 2... but 3 times I've been here... Read more
I've been trying to get here for a year. The hours are strange, but I finally made it. This is the first BBQ place I've been to... that has a drive through. That was a total surprise. The service was great and fast. The food good too! It must be becausethere was a line at the drive through. The drive through is open even in driving rain. Read more
Good BBQ. I had the little Joe, but it was more than enough. Nice and friendly people.
Love this place! Huge servings of delicious barbecue; very tasty onion rings (the batter is almost like sweet, doughy bread on... the inside -- unusual but I love it); great baked beans; and the best hash and rice. Service is lightning fast, too. We'll keepcoming back. Read more
SMH! $20 and the only item on the plate that was good was the baked beans.
Decent price. Love the servers. Parking was fine as well! However, I would agree with the other reviewer here. The barbecue... wasn?t really the best. Not the worst either. I mean for the price, it was just justified. Thats why it gets the 4 star. Thehash and rice was very good though! Also, finding this place would be tricky. You would not know that you already passed it ifyou rely on google maps. Lol Read more
Three stars, 1 Because the prices are reasonable, 2, the people were SO nice, 3, Good heavens that onion ring was good. My... smoker broke down on me yesterday and I was all fired up for some ribs, so I decided to try this place since they're so highlyregarded. Sadly I was disappointed. I normally don't get upset about people's opinions of "good bbq" because bbq is sosubjective, but this stuff is just not good. I was greeted by multiple smiling faces which was so good to see, prices seemedgreat, service was quick, and I got really excited because it looked like I was given a donut for dessert (more on thatlater). I make the 10 minute drive to my home drooling the whole way because it smells amazing only to get home and open the boxto see 2 rib bones sticking out of "rice and hash" and covered in pulled pork. I wasn't pleased with the presentation but Iunderstand that I'm a little particular about my food touching and most people wouldn't mind, but when I started to pulleverything apart it got worse. My 2 ribs were soggy and almost flavorless but worst of all they still had the membrane on thebacks of the bones. I know it's a pain but you have to pull that thing off. The pulled pork was inedible, it tasted as if ithad been frozen then microwaved. The rice tasted like nothing which must be why they cover it in "hash" which is surprisinglyflavorful, but not in a good way. I couldn't finish my plate so I decided to treat myself with the "donut" but when I bit intoit I was FLOORED because it was an onion ring, but not just any onion ring; one of the best I've ever had the pleasure ofeating. As with any review I write, I plan to go back and I hope that I not only eat the bbq that everyone is raving about, but that I also eat crow because i was wrong and this was just an off day. I promise, if it's better I will remove this reviewand replace it with a more deserving one, but for now I'll say this isn't the worst bbq I've ever had, but definitely t Read more
I didn't mind to the 40 minute wait in the Drive-Thru, but the fries and onion ring tasted like fish. They need to use separate... fryers or clean their oil. Read more