A little more expensive than other local BBQ places here, but I really think they do a great job on all their menu items. The turkey is my favorite! read more

Just tried 306 for the first time as takeout when my brother brought it home. The mac & cheese was some of the best I've ever had. Everything was delicious!! read more

Food was good. Chicken was very good. Ribs were a little dry, but very tender. Overall good food. Not bad for price. Fast and friendly service. Very clean location. read more

The menu is complicated. Personally I prefer brisket and they only serve it on certain nights. How am I suppose to remember the menus of restrictions throughout north Alabama?? Want catfish? Again, only on certain nights. Chicken tenders are awful, you could do a lot better. And.. Who puts sugar in green beans? All of those bones, you could actually serve very good and seasoned beans. The Mac and cheese must be Velvetta. Love the wings and baked beans. read more

Food is great! Now to get an even better deal...on game days order a to go order to feed even more folks, for some reason you get more food. Order the potato salad, my favorite, BBQ is good and service is always great. read more

Great bbq! Awesome sides! Wish I could get the brisket any day of the week and not just certain days.

We had a pretty large group, booked in advance. We found the food only fair and the wait staff was unprepared and surly. Can not recommend.

The pulled pork and brisket sandwiches are consistently excellent. I can only comment on these two items because I haven't tried anything else. It's worth the drive from Huntsville. read more

Good food. Wish they wouldn't run out of the good stuff like Mac and Cheese and ribs constantly.

Great food and atmosphere! The ribs are very tender and good. I also enjoy the squash casserole, its addictive! It isn't anything fancy, and I don't mind at all! Stop by and check them out, you'll enjoy it! read more

Good bbq turkey and pork. The squash casserole is usually good. Don't miss the banana pudding. It's not like mama made, but it's definitely delicious. Friendly and fast service. read more

Really good BBQ restaurant with great choices on the menu. Prices are fair for the portion sizes you receive. It's not fast food so don't expect a "value menu" when you go. Food is worth the price. read more

This is for the Greenbriar location In the past I have eaten ribs at the Athens location and really enjoyed them. Today ( 06-30-16 ) I stopped at the Greenbriar location and had a jumbo pork sandwich and it was basically flavorless. I did not get any smoky flavor at all. It tasted like it was cooked on a gas or electric smoker. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, but that's how it tasted. I had to drowned it in sauce to have any flavor. I doubt that I'll ever stop there again. Might try the ribs at the Athens location again unless I find out that they're using gas or electric, and if that's the case then I'm done with them. read more

Best wings in town!!!!!! We go almost every Wednesday! Great service every time we go!

Every time I go I promise I'm going to try something different but then I walk in and can't get past the ribs on the menu. Some of the best I've ever tasted, consistently. Wife says the smoked chicken is also delicious, but I may never know. read more

Stopped in Sunday for lunch while on the road from Birmingham to Nashville, and really glad we did! The place was clean, attractive and just right. The food was awesome! I had the wings, and my husband had the pulled pork sandwich. Both were flavorful and juicy - perfect! We also had mac and cheese and potato salad, and both were great as well. Will absolutely stop again when we come by here (we live in Nashville, and travel to Birmingham to see family often). In fact, we intend to plan our trips so that we will be hungry as we pass Athens! Thanks! read more

This is one of those local places that people love. It was very good and this was the second time I have been here. Both times I have been pleased. I will return. The place is always busy. I have noticed that some people have stated that this place does not have much for vegans. So to help that person and anyone else who might be thinking of eating here I want to offer some helpful hints on whether a vegan should eat here or not. First off the sign has not only the 306 but it all includes barbecue. They could have put in there tofu, green stuff, or any other thing that does not involve a animal dying, but barbecue is sorta of a give away. Second while we are close to Huntsville, a very different Alabama city, we are still In the country at 306 and inside of Alabama. So that all you vegan's know, Alabama is not a vegan state. We will eat nearly everything outside of humans and armadillos. We just have one rule for most southern foods add butter. 3rd going to a BBQ place and wondering about vegan foods is like going to a vegan shop and wanting to know about the meat they serve, crazy. Wings are good here, BBQ sauce is good, Mac and cheese looked great. Eat lots of meat at 306!!! read more

Where do I begin. Everything I have ever ate at this place was great, the turkey, ribs, wings, and pork. They change the sides regularly, all which are delicious. Desserts are good also. Never had a complaint and everyone I have taken or suggested it to loves it as much if not more. read more

I was on a work-travel trip, heard a few people rave about how good the BBQ is here, So I decided to roll the dice, I tried the naked, smoked wings and the ribs. First let me say, I may be the pickiest eater on the Planet, but whoever is the pitmaster at this place needs a raise!!! The wings maybe the best I've ever had and the white sauce was equally as good. The Ribs, Oh My the Ribs ! 306 BBQ has a new life-long fan. If you are anywhere near Athens,AL do yourself a favor and stop by !! read more

Sadly, we were really unimpressed with 306 BBQ. It wasn't bad, per se, but it wasn't spectacular. With Nashville an hour North, Big Bob Gibsons award winning BBQ just 15 minutes down the road, and a Whitt's BBQ (also award winning) anywhere you look, it's hard to imagine 306 being mediocre. But, it was just that: mediocre. The restaurant itself is nicely decorated, except several lights were blown in our section and while we sat for over 2 hours, no one cared to fix them or apologize for how dark it was. The food wasn't earth shattering or overly impressive. Just run-of-the-mill BBQ, but really over priced for small-ish portions. Additionally, at 7pm they were "sold out" of several food items without any intention of making more, limiting our menu items. The meat wasn't terrible, but the sides tasted and looked store bought, or as if they came from a can. And the staff was distracted, talking to each other, gossiping about some trivial thing some girl did at one of their schools. Their teenage gossip isn't our concern, but they were so uninvolved with us they MADE it our concern/business. I know more about their feelings on this girl's behavior than I ever learned about whether or not they value their customers. Note to the owner: Invest in more older staff, or encourage your managers to nip juvenile gossip in the bud, especially in the presence of customers. I'm not saying we'll never go back, but with all the other BBQ options in the area, I don't see 306 as being a very competitive option for us. read more

Had driven by a few times and saw the crowds - had been meaning to stop in. My husband and I eat BBQ pretty often and this is among the best I have had. The BBQ is tender and tasty and the sides are awesome as well. You need to eat here! read more

I love this place soooo much. The owners and employees are as wonderful as the food! I can't get enough of it! I promise you will want to come back no matter where you live. I think I'll go there now. ;) read more

WOW! Great barbecue. We traveled from South Dakota to Athens and headed straight for 306 Barbecue based on reviews we had read. We loved it - I don't know which was better - the food or the staff. Ok it was the food, but the staff made us feel at home. 6 beers on tap - 4 national, 1 regional, 1 local. Get the banana pudding as a side and you won't be disappointed. read more

best food around! squash ala bam is great as is everything else served here!!!!! high reccomend

The best BBQ in Athens. Love the BBQ pork sandwich and all the amazing side items such as sweet potato casserole, fried okra, French fries, apple casserole, beans, and more. read more

I stopped in today for lunch. Decided to get a vegetable plate. Ordered brown sugar green beans, squash casserole and creamed corn. The green beans were right out of can with brown sugar on then. The squash casserole had a very thick layer of cheese on them. The creamed corn was served in a cup, more like corn soup and it was very salty. I threw most of the food away. I know it's a BBQ place but they make a big deal about their vegetables. Won't do that again. read more

Wow! Feels like I just got of the sauna with these meat sweats because of how hard I was working to get every last bit of the meat on my ribs...thank God for the Banana Pudding - a necessity for curing the eminent meat sweats. Let me tell you one rule here: NO VEGANS! If you're planning on walking in here as a vegan, it better be only to use the bathroom and I hope you even forgo that mission and haul yourself back to California. Carnivores only 'round this place. Some advice...1. Ribs, best in all of the southeast. Trust me on this one. 2. Combo platter, combo platter, combo platter. Get your bang for you buck and get as many different meats as possible (hope you've stopped reading this by now Vegans) 3. Sides. Mac & Cheese is delicious and, although it sounds a little crazy and, God forbid sort of Vegan, definitely try the Brown Sugar Green Beans. Lastly, service is better than even Crimson Tide football. Your food will be out before you even have time to wash your hands. read more

Had a friend reccomed this place and after going I promised to counsel this friend on good bbq. (NOTE: After said "counseling" our friend agreed our bbq out did 306 hands down) The bbq was not good (maybe I'm just spoiled on blue ribbon bbq?) and the desert was horrendous! My husband acurately described their desert as a yankee tried to make a cobbler and took Paula Deans advice to just keep adding butter till it's good. But it never got good. If it wasn't for the solid masses that looked like apples and vaugely tasted of apples I would've sworn somebody had made a butter cobbler cause that's all I could taste! Whitts is much better and that's sad because Whitts is not even the best around. read more

I must agree with the rest of the reviews here. Very friendly staff, great BBQ, and the grits were awesome!

Great bbq! The staff was very friendly and the food was decently priced. They even toasted the bun for the pulled pork sandwich! Only downside was that they only have brisket a few days a week. read more

On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, they serve brisket!!! Everything was very good.

I have lived in Kansas City for the last few years, and have had my share of BBQ. This was definitely ranked toward the top of any I have had! Pulled pork was great, mac and cheese was the perfect compliment, and the brown sugar green beans were superb. Only drawback was a not-as-friendly staff member. read more

Yum Yum Yum...we ate here on our way back to Indiana from Florida. We just loved this place; the BBQ is so fabulous and the sides are delicious. We got the pulled pork, ribs (a ++), french fries, slaw, baked beans and potato salad. Besides the food being so great, ordering was a breeze and we took a 2 and 5 year old. They could even watch tv. We will definitely be back next year when we stay in Athens overnight. read more

We drove down from TN to Athens for a meeting and decided to get some local BBQ. 306 BBQ had excellent ratings, so we decided to give it a try My first impressions weren't great. I saw they had brown sugar green beans as a side dish. As I had never heard of these, I asked what they were. The cashier said she had never tried them and didn't know what they were. She said they might be like baked beans. After ordering I went to get my drink and found they were out of both ice and sweet tea. A remark to the manager had both refilled quickly. Our order consisted on half rack of ribs, pork plate and chicken wings. Sides were mac and cheese and coleslaw. The mac and cheese were excellent, very creamy. The coleslaw is a vinegar slaw with just the right balance of sweet and sour. Very good. The wings were ordered with Zinger sauce. That is some great sauce! We all shared our plates, but for some reason the person who ordered the wings didn't want to share more than one wing. Something about "Eat your own food, this is mine!" Now for the not so great. The pulled pork is moist and very flavorful-pork flavor. There was NO indication of a rub and no sign, visual or taste, that it had been smoked. It was more like a baked pork roast. I had high hopes for the ribs as they were very thick and meaty. But the texture and flavor were not good. The meat will indeed fall off the bone, but unfortunately the texture is very, very soft. It just falls apart. At first I thought they had been in a pressure cooker, but even a pressure cooker leaves actual meat fibers. The flavor was also not good. I've had ribs from all over the US; Kansas, Memphis, Carolinas, and I've never tasted ribs like these. I only ate 2 of them and boxed the rest. On the drive home, it finally hit me- They tasted exactly liked BBQ flavored Vienna sausages. I'll eat vienna sausages when camping, but sure don't want to spend $13 on ribs that taste like that. So, in conclusion a couple of hits but a couple of major misses. read more

The food was OK, but doesn't compare to the hype it receives. If in the area, I will not stop again.

WHERES THE BBQ ????? I may not be from Alabama but I do know that this place would not make it in Texas. What bbq joint doesn't sell brisket on daily basis and since when is it okay to do your bbq in an oven. BBQ is meant to be done in a pit . The secret apparently hasn't made it up here. The SECRET .......... slow and low with smoke. They served brisket today but charged extra and no smoke ring. Sides are a joke. Anyone can buy their sides at any grocery store but to pass it off as your own. Again NOT in Texas. Prices ARE ridiculous. $15 for two meat plate because I wanted double brisket. YA'LL need to visit Texas. read more

Staying town tonight and didn't want to eat at a chain restaurant. The hotel clerk suggested this place. Glad we asked!

I love the turkey sandwich. It is stacked with thick slices of turkey, slaw, pickle, and bbq sauce. I get it every trip to 306.