I frequent the Chiefland area at least once a year for our vacation/visits to family. This is one of the first restaurants I ever ate at in the area, and I make it a point to visit here at least once every trip. Bill's is a family-owned barbecue restaurant located on the main road in "downtown" Chiefland. It has a private parking lot, and there are multiple entrances/exits both on the main road, and the road that runs behind the building. On this day, we visited for lunch on a Monday in June around noon. There is definitely a regular lunch crowd that eats at this place, so it was lively. However, we had no problem getting a table right away. I have personally never had to wait for a table when dining here. For seating, there are primarily booths with some regular tables. When I visit, I typically get whatever the Daily Special is. These seem to stay the same week-to-week, and since this was a Monday it was the Pork Sandwich with the Salad Bar for $11.25. However, they have a large menu with various lunch specials, salads, sandwiches, and other barbeque items to choose from. There are also family packs and take-out options available. I personally love the Salad Bar here. My favorite lettuce is iceberg, and that is the base they offer. They have most of the typical toppings you would expect to find on a Salad Bar, along with some pasta/broccoli/chicken salad-type offerings. There are several different dressings, along with crackers and chips to pair with your creations. For the Pork Sandwich, you get to choose between a bun or garlic toast. I always opt for the garlic toast, as it seems many other do also. It is not pulled pork, but rather thicker slices piled on the bread. The sandwich does not come with sauce, but on the table there are three different barbeques to choose from - regular, sweet, or hot. As typical, the sandwich was great and the meat was not dry at all. Our server was kind and took great care of us during our lunch. The staff seems to get to know their customers, as it appears they recognize most patrons when they are coming in. I enjoyed this particular visit to Bill's, as I typically do. Especially with the daily and lunch specials, I believe it is a good value for quality food. It has a small town atmosphere that is comforting, making you feel right at home. I would definitely recommend giving Bill's a try if you find yourself in the area, or are looking for a new spot to try. read more

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We happened to get there as the lunch crowd hit, so frankly it was slow. We just loathe large chains and try to frequent the local places when we travel. The wait staff did the best they could to deal, but were a bit overwhelmed. My Rueben was quite good. It's apparently a specialty of theirs. My wife enjoyed her ham with her two sides. Great place to stop on the road, but it won't be ten minutes and you're gone. Once you order, it's really quite quick. read more

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Ask for Briana to wait on you! Smoked Turkey lunch special was a good deal. Plenty of meat, bbq beans, cole slaw and garlic bread. The flavors on everything was distinct. I'm still trying to figure out the Sweet BBQ sauce. I think my bride nailed it when she said it tasted like it has an orange marmalade taste to it. It was so good that I covered my French fries with it. I usually don't eat french fries! read more

Just taking a casual drive with hubby to spend the day together. He asked if I was feeling BBQ for lunch. I said sure. We popped in to Bar-B-Q Bill's. Walked in, greeted and sat right away. The hostess asked what we were drinking and gave our order. Not even a minute later the server stopped by the table and took our food order. I ordered the BBQ beef small sandwich on garlic bread with a side of coleslaw. Hubby ordered a 1/4 slab of ribs with a side of fries, baked beans and fried okra. All of the food was made to perfection. Server stopped by several times to make sure everything was good and if we needed anything. All staff had smiles on their face. Not a frown to be seen. I didn't order this time the salad bar but boy did it ever look so stocked and delicious. This place is open 7 days a week and all tables were full. Great stopping location just to grab a yummy bite. read more

Bar-B-Q Bill's - BBQ beef sandwich with coleslaw and a few fried okra I snagged from hubby. - Barbeque Near Me - Chiefland, Florida

Was on the way back from Tampa and took the "back roads" instead of the interstate. In looking for a lunch spot, we decided on this place. We were not disappointed. Though we had to change our seat (for some reason, the waitress seated us in the back of the restaurant when there were quite a few seats available closer). In any case, our waitress was very pleasant, and quite patient as this was our first visit. We had a hard time figuring out what we wanted to order! In the end, I ordered the grilled shrimp with fried okra, lima beans, and a sweet potato. My friend ordered chicken, fried okra, baked beans, and fries. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal and will certainly make a stop at this place if we happen to take this route again! read more

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It was my first visit at BBQ Bill's . The Building and restaurant has a nice country style setting. The service was attentive and fast . I ordered a sliced pork sandwich with beans and coleslaw. The pork had a great smoky flavor and the meat was very tender . Overall a good experience. read more

Bar-B-Q Bill's - Sliced pork sandwich - Barbeque Near Me - Chiefland, Florida

Great Florida style bbq! The parking lot was full when we drove by and, after eating there, it makes sense. The server was very friendly and checked on us frequently. The place was casual and not overly loud even though they were quite busy. The food was all very good. If you are traveling through, I would recommend giving it a try. read more

Californian here. Driving from Tampa to Montgomery, Alabama. Pulled over on a whim for carry out. Ordered the pulled pork sandwich, which was ready in about 6 minutes. I was expecting the shreddy kind of meat smothered in sauce. What they served was a pile of sliced, light meat pork on a toasted bun, piping hot, with sweet BBQ sauce on the side. (They had other sauce options, I chose the sweet.) I looked at the sliced pork and thought it would be the dry, tough kind of sliced pork, but it was the most tender, juicy, delicious pork I ever tasted! The sauce was not that different from other BBQ sauce I've had, but it was very tasty. The pork was the star of the show. read more

Cute little town. Stopped in to use the restroom and I got a coffee and pancakes to go Staff was nice Space was clean Would like to stop in and have a full meal next time read more

I'm eating breakfast here right now! Great food and service. By far the best breakfast sausage patties ever!

The place was packed, and I had high hopes. I ordered the combo platter with 4 meats, 2 sides, and on potato choice. My son ordered just a krabby cake sandwich. $21.99 and $7.99, respectively. My son said his krabby cake tasted like it was all bread. My plate, the fries were lava hot and good. The roast beef was ice cold, and the chicken was cold and looked like ham. The chicken was Luke warm and still quite undercooked. The ribs had a super hard jerky-like bark and tender that was a bit better. My coleslaw was average, and the bbq baked beans reminded me of dog food. The service was good. read more

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My hamburger steak was so overcooked i could not chew it. My waitress was nice, salad bar was good, cole slaw and sweet tater was good. 2 times not happy. Ill go elswhere read more

Well we have been stopping there almost everyday time we pass thru. So I feel like we were put in far left corner booth and were forgotten about. When we needed something had to ask for our waitress. My Grandson's hamburger was charcoal on the bottom. The other Grandson ordered a baked potato with his hamburger, there was cold French fries on there plates. And the broccoli salad made my daughter ill. There was some sort of Birthday Party at the other corner booth and our waitress was there playing with a Baby and we were trying to get her attention. Bessie P Stalvey read more

Drove an hour out of Perry, Florida to stop and grab a takeout order here for the family. Not worth it, meat was just tough and flavorless and the mild sauce was MID at best. Also ordered a side of fried pickles and for that price the portions don't seem to add up, the pickles I got were cold and the ranch was somehow warm? Pickles were also flavorless even though it looked like the breading was seasoned also? Just got a bad order or something I guess, and that's order we got after calling an hour ahead of time. Saving my $50 and eating somewhere else next time. It's a cute place though, and the ladies at the counter were very friendly and fast with their service, you can tell that they're hard workers. The bathrooms were also cleanly and neat so I call that a plus if you're stopping here. read more

Bar-B-Q Bill's - Barbecue Ribs with Mild sauce on the side. - Barbeque Near Me - Chiefland, Florida

Service was good, food not so much. Pretty bland, not sure this is a part of the country that does BBQ well. Looks like a golden coral read more

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A traditional souther style restaurant. As you would expect "in the south" the service was friendly and fast. Definitely more than BBQ on the menu. The traditional home style offerings is sure please everyone from adults-kids. read more

Great made to order breakfast. Week day breakfast special was a great value. Our coffee was kept full. read more

Bar-B-Q Bill's - Breakfast menu - Barbeque Near Me - Chiefland, Florida

Always a lunch stop on our way to Tallahassee. Great food and friendly service. Excellent salad bar.

I am going to give it 3 stars because it was a mix of good and bad. The soup was not good at all very bland, Lima beans, fries, baked beans and garlic bread very good. The meant was mediocre at best. The service was good and she refilled our drinks on a regular basis. The restaurant is dated and could do with a little clean and update. So overall not Fantastic and not awful kinda okay! read more

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Had an awesome breakfast this morning. They have the best homemade sausage patties. If you are hungry for some breakfast this is the place for you. Our server was prefect. When I needed something she brought it right out. AWESOME read more

The service is great. No complaints. Great staff. The food... Well, not so great. The bbq is fine (not great but ok) but how can you mess up bbq beans? Well, they did. They were mush and resembled Mexican refried beans. I'm guessing they are using canned bbq beans and constantly have them heated so they turn into a mush. The waitress recommended the banana cream pie for dessert, so we tried it. It was a slice of store bought industrially produced pie -- not even a good grocery store pie. It looked and tasted like they bought it at the Dollar store. Disgusting and they had the nerve to charge $5 a slice! It was my second visit there and I'll never go back. read more

We decided to go to BBQ Bill's in Chiefland, today after church. We had to wait approximately 10 minutes for a seat, which is unusual. Dawn and I both had the salad bar, and split a 1/2 smoked chicken. The salad bar is pretty well stocked and there is normally a decent variety of veggies and fixings. It appears everyone wanted the salad bar today and it was getting hit hard. Everything was fresh and the staff stayed busy trying to keep it clean and maintained. Our chicken was pretty good, well cooked,nice smokey flavor and moist. I think for possibly the second time ever in several visits, the waitress kept our glasses full of our favorite beverage. (Christina) was prompt, professional and stayed on top the service, despite being very busy. The placed was packed, but the staff worked hard to maintain a great friendly atmosphere. The overall ambiance was okay considering how busy it was. Once again I Forgot the pictures, but the food was pretty good today. read more

Service was fine. My husband's sandwich was ok. The baked beans tastes like what I would imagine dog food taste like. My baby back ribs were tough. They had a hunk of meat on top. I'm not sure what cut of meat they really were. I got the salad bar for $5.50 extra. Well they refunded me for the ribs but charged me $10 for the one plate of salad I got. read more

We eat here about two to three times a week, the breakfast is really good and averages about 10$ per person. They have lunch and dinner specials every day, it's a casual BBQ restaurant with a country feel. The service is always top notch and very responsive. They are known for their very nice salad bar as well as good BBQ. read more

Food was great. Waitress was attentive and professional. Good location for a smaller town.

Place was crowded. Didn't take no time to get a table. I got salad bar with pulled pork sandwich. Very good!!! I husband got pulled pork platter with fries and slaw and baked beans. Excellent!! We came from Spring Hill passing by to go to Panama City beach. We plan on going again!! read more

We've been there several times and each time it gets worse. The waiter took our food order but never asked us about drinks. As he was walking away, we mentioned he hadn't taken our drink order. We both ordered the salad bar. Waiter also forgot to bring the salad plates so we asked another waitress who was walking since our waiter was no where around. She never said a word, just walked away. She can back with two plates which she put down on our table very loudly. All I wanted to do at this point was to leave. The lettuce was rusted and pink like it had been out a while and you had to move it around to find the fresh stuff. The person who was filling the salad bar as we were getting our salads and never attempted to move aside while filled our plates, just took her time while we waited. By this time, we were ready to leave. We will never be going back here again. read more

The good: Service was excellent. Sweet tea was fresh brewed and excellent. Salad bar was well stocked and clean. The bad: Pulled pork had no seasoning or flavor. Ribs were tough and unseasoned. Turkey sandwich tastes more like deli meat than pit smoked and was thin sliced more like deli meat. read more

service was horrible and a solicitor came in and approached our table trying to sell us American flag stickers; evidently there was no manager there because finally a waitress had to tell the solicitor to leave read more

We had the pleasure of eating at this restaurant several times about 15 to 20 years ago and happened to be driving through the area tonight and we were pleased to find out it was still open. It was as good as we remembered and then some! The food was absolutely delicious. We had bbq chicken and charbroiled chicken. Both were very moist and flavorful. The corn nuggets are not to be missed. (Had that as an appetizer). Our server, Janine, gave service with a smile and had such a friendly attitude. We greatly enjoyed talking with her! Our only negative is that the food did come out a little bit slow, but the place was quite busy. Also, we were traveling so we didn't mind getting out of the car for a while. We highly recommend it, and will definitely return if we're ever in the area again!!! read more

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Stopped for lunch traveling through. Got there right before the Mother's Day rush. I opted for salad bar with the small pork sandwich. Hubby had the large pork sandwich. The salad bar was good. Would have like mixed greens but there were lots of extras to add. I'm not a sliced pork fan and it wasn't stellar. Hubby does like sliced pork and he liked his. But there wasn't much difference in portions between the small and large serving. Bbq sauce was just ok, we tried all of them. The ice tea was good! We debated dessert and asked the waitress if it was excellent and she was honest. We opted not to get it. Glad she helped make that decision. She was very sweet. read more

Bar-B-Q Bill's is our go-to lunch spot when passing through the area. In fact, we plan our trip around eating here. The food is always hot and delicious, service is great, and the prices are very reasonable. Everything we've tried has been delicious and the meats are tender and moist. This includes the pork, turkey, half chickens, and ribs. They have parking for oversized vehicles (we're usually towing a boat or camping trailer) behind the produce stand next door. read more

The waitress was really good and made great recommendations. The food was outstanding. We really enjoyed our meal!

The food is really good. The beans were mushy and cold and it really does need a good cleaning. It was a lot of dust and the windows were grimy and the floors were gross. read more

We were camping so we looked for a local spot to have a n early dinner, this place was advertised as being great home style food with a large salad bar. With us being a mixed couple (vegetarian and not) it sounded like we could both be happy. Wrong! My husband had one of their Bbq dinners, everything was lukewarm. Coleslaw must have come out of a bag and was pretty tasteless, mashed potatoes were instant and pretty awful. The salad bar was straight out of the 70's. Huge bags of shredded lettuce (I saw them restock it) phony eggs that were just a huge clump in the container ( I don't eat them but I saw another person struggling to get some on their salad) then your typical stuff, peas, black olives, onions, mushrooms, macaroni salad, coleslaw, pickled beets, corn, something that looked like pudding??? , green peppers... everything was pretty bland and the dressings that were offered were the thick French, thousand island, blue cheese without any chunks and something else that I couldn't identify. Because I try to avoid sugar I passed on any dressing. We should have stayed at our camper and made a sandwich. read more

We, a table of six, had to wait about 50 minutes from ordering to being served. All of our food was just over room temperature so trying to evaluate food that is not at a decent temperature is an exercise in frustration but it seemed OK. It apparently sat around a while before being brought to our table, after one of our party inquired about our order. As an aside, I never send food back to get "corrected". Too many nefarious things can happen to it. read more

I would not recommend this BBQ joint. The meat had no seasoning , our food was cold. Salad bar was ok but most of it had no seasoning. Pasta salad had zero flavoring. The baked beans could not be identified as baked beans, I think they were having an identity crisis. Everyone working looked miserable. The only thing we liked was the lollipop we got at checkout. The decor was nice. read more

Not really BBQ. No brisket, no smoked meat. My husband and I smoke meat on our Big Green Egg all the time and if you know what smoked BBQ is you're not going to get smoked BBQ here. Even if you think it's going to be grilled BBQ, it's certainly doesn't seem like it. All very, very bland food. read more

Terrible lousy barbecue ribs are full of grease. The chicken I was served was actually rotten and tasted like fish guts never go back. We are local and used to go there all the time, but the food is not even trustworthy. If I could write it less than one star I would it's actually zero stars or -5. read more

dude I think this food was the nastiest food my family has ever ate. the pork was not done. it didn't even look like pork IT WAS TURKEY and it was pink. hello?? everything was terrible but the service. read more

Bar-B-Q Bill's - Barbeque Near Me - Chiefland, Florida