The brisket was great. Sliced very thin and had good flavor. I especially enjoyed the blazin bbq sauce. It was actually pretty spicy. Most bbq places that have a "spicy" bbq sauce usually aren't as spicy, but I enjoyed the kick! The sides were piping hot. Usually that's half the battle, getting hot food. Great stop! The lady who took our order was patient and the food came out very quickly after we ordered. read more

Food was very good and the service was quick! It was very busy but the food came right out!

This place never disappoints. Tuesday night plates for $7.99 is a hard to beat bargain

The food is decent quality for a chain BBQ place. The prices are higher than others for fast food. Not sure if I will go back but it was better than Mickey D's. read more

My family and I were traveling through Kingston and stopped for lunch at Buddy's Bar-B-Q. We ordered the brisket with sauce on the side. After discovering there was no sauce, we tried to choke down the dry, cold brisket without it. I am writing this review to help hungry travelers by recommending that they spend their money elsewhere. read more

Love the smoked wings . We drove an hour to get there. Well worth the drive . Take home a bottle of the dry rub seasoning while you're there. read more

The smell of smoked barbecue outside is fantastic but that's as far as it goes. I ordered the brisket dinner plate with two sides; hush puppies and fries. The fries were cold and the hush puppies were a little gooey and bland. I didn't even finish one of them. The best part of the meal was the smoky flavor of the brisket. Unfortunately, the ratio of fat to meat wasn't in my favor. If seemed like there was more fat than meat and the meat that was there was tough. My husband got the pulled pork sandwich and he said it was pretty good and just the right size, although a little dry. He thought the potato salad was excellent. It wasn't my favorite. Overall, I was super disappointed. read more

Buddy’s bar-b-q - Brisket dinner plate. - Barbeque Near Me - Kingston, Tennessee

The service was not good. Food was not good. Employees were not pleasant. Have been here several times over the years and quality has been consistently declining and costs going up. read more

Outstanding service! great food at reasonable price! Would recommend them to anyone! Great hospitality

My favorite are the potatoes. But if I do order a meal and ask for no sauce...please don't question me. Your BBQ sauce makes me sick, so I am sure I do not want any. read more

We came here for a wedding and decided to go here for some BBQ. On line it had a 4 star rating. Sadly the food was not very good at all, the service was not good as well. The young girl that was taking our order put her hands all over our cups and you could see that her hands were dirty. When we got our food it was 8:30 and a lady was already sweeping and had basically shut the place down except for 6 booths. The ice maker did not work and we had to ask for ice in our cups. When I was getting our drinks the fountain drink machine had clearly not been cleaned in a long time because there was a lot of crude hanging on it. In my opinion I have no idea how they are open. This place is not even clean, also the girl did not have her hair up. The food just tasted like it came from Sams. Very big disappointment. I would never recommend this place to anyone. read more

Love this Place, every time I in town. Great food, service and good hometown ambiance.

Like football. The west can't figure out BBQ. They figure out dope and coffee and the 29 hour mooch off the government work week. I saw no fewer than 10 restaurants attempt to sell bbq out west and fail. They simply didn't have the $8 pulled pork sammich. They tried to sell $18 brisket and $28 rib plates to skinny jean wearing hipsters. They don't have a bbq culture out west. So for it to succeed it need an affordable option. Of course...just like video killed the radio star the rona kilt any chance of restaurants (family owned) succeeding. You see Covid only hit churches and family owned business. Walmarx and Home Depot had special powers. Good sammich here. Baub and the bham boys stayed home. I pulled an Eric Carmen. All by myself. read more

Small, very clean hometown restaurant with great food for reasonable price. Very nice staff and extremely clean restrooms. We were just passing through and saw this advertised from I40 sign but it was so good. A milkshake to go was awesome as well. read more

I wasn't really impressed with the food or the service here. Everyt was just ok and didn't really bring the wow factor.

Stopped at this place on a whim, about 4 hours into our drive back home from vacation. Everything on their menu seemed reasonably priced. We both got the pulled pork dinner plate, which came with hushpuppies + 2 sides -- all for less than $8 bucks (Not too shabby). Food was great! The pulled pork was super tender & had a nice smoky flavor. All the sides were good. Will definitely have to stop by again next we come through the area! Definitely recommend, especially for the price! read more

Really good BBQ, friendly, helpful staff! Restaurant is cozy and clean. Great place for family read more

Buddy's is by no means the best BBQ I've ever had, but it is a delicious alternative to mcdonalds or hardees if you are staying in the area. They have really good pulled pork and chicken. The ribs were cooked fresh but I've never been a fan of pork ribs so they left a little for me to be desired. The hushpuppies were a little drier than I prefer but I still ate them all so what does that say. I don't think they had a bad side dish from what we tasted and the food came out hot and quick. The girl behind the counter was super friendly and very helpful to noobies to Buddy's and I appreciated her excitement for their food. Their normal bbq sauce was mostly sweet while their hot sauce reminded me of a carolina vinegar sauce. Overall, Buddy's is a great stop for lunch if you are looking to pass on a standard fair fast food chain on your drive down route 40 thru kingston. read more

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Great food great people and friendly atmosphere. Highly recommend both breakfast and lunch

Reasonable , cheap bbq... from the north, you can't get this tasty and dinner plate size bbq. Hush puppies are great. Rib dinner with hush puppies and 2 sides for just under $9 read more

Buddy’s bar-b-q - a plate of food - Barbeque Near Me - Kingston, Tennessee

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Horrible experience today at Kingston location. Server at drive thru was a very rude brunette. We ordered loaded baked potatoes which turned out to be raw!! Very disappointed!! read more

Love their barbecue chicken with a bun. I get their bake beans with potato salad. Most of the time. Sometimes if eating in a good dessert!

i absolutely love Buddy's Bar B Que. its the best around here for sure!! I'm not a big fan of the prices on some items, but it's still the best around here. read more

When you want something different it's a good choice, but not the best BBQ in the south or by a Buddy's by any stretch. Other Buddy's seem to taste better and feel more authentic this one just feels like a ready made BBQ instead of a place that actually takes the time to smoke their stuff every day. If you have the time.chexknoit The Smokehouse, but if you want some quick BBQ and a change from the regular stuff then by all means, it's not bad at all. read more

Today we came back through Buddy's for lunch and the young lady working the drive thru was so nice and made sure our order was exact. Her name was Amanda. Thanks for being so sweet. read more

Buddy's BBQ in Kingston is just as good as most of the double in price BBQ joints in East Tennessee. The Chicken Wings with Mild sauce, beans and tater salad was a filling lunch. Four meaty wings were $3.29....a good lunch portion. Beans and tater salad was OK....but they are heavy handed on the mustard in the salad. I like "white" tater salad. The pork plate with fries and slaw are great....and I love their slaw. Nice light hush puppies too. Usually they have a server bring around extra hush puppies, but not today. read more

Buddy’s bar-b-q - Pork Dinner with Fries and Slaw/Hush Puppies - Barbeque Near Me - Kingston, Tennessee

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A bright sunny pit stop on a dreary Tennessee roadtrip. A tasty healthy shredded chicken sandwich with a spicy BBQ sauce...in the middle of no where. Very happy stop...complete with chili cheese dog. read more

Buddy’s bar-b-q - two cups of beer - Barbeque Near Me - Kingston, Tennessee

Like a wendy's but BBQ. Serves pork chick and beef sandwiches, meat by the pound, whole or half chickens. No table service. Adequate fast food road stop. Clean. read more

Being frin North Carolina, I have high expectations for BBQ, but Buddy's was pretty good. First, I was pleasantly surprised it was chopped and not pulled. They put toi much sauce on top of it so I would say put it on the side next time and add it myself. Hushpuppies were very good. A BBQ plate dinner was jut 6.49 and you got a lot of pork, 4 hushpuppies, slaw(just ok) and french fries. One last thing is was a little too smokey tasting, but that is alright. If you're traveling through Knoxville, TN, try them out. read more

Buddy’s bar-b-q - BBQ plate for 6.49 - Barbeque Near Me - Kingston, Tennessee

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Great pulled pork and ribs. Good sized plates at fair prices, nice pulled pork sandwich kids meals that our kids enjoyed for $3. Super friendly staff, clean, great stop off the highway. read more

The ribs were ok but not great. Thought a little dry for what we paid The sauce was ok I guess just expected better for the cost

I'll start with the good things.. clean restaurant, good prices, food came out fast and I enjoyed the potato salad. The baked beans and green beans weren't bad. The actual barbecue left A LOT to be desired. The pulled pork was very fatty and flavorless, but that could be because they put such a minuscule amount of pork on the giant and stale bun that I could barely taste it. Seriously, if you're going to short the portions of pork for your sandwiches, fine I understand you're trying to save money. Just get a smaller bun for goodness sake. The pork did not cover half the bun. I should have taken photos. The "hot" barbecue sauce basically tasted like Texas Pete. And the other sauce didn't have much flavor either. Someone else in our party tasted the beef brisket and did not enjoy it at all. Not sure why this has almost 5 stars. I guess because there's nothing else in the town. read more

This place is horrible from the second you walk in it smells bad, the service sucks and they aren't even real BBQ... They have ribs... That's it! Worst experience ever... Never going back! The only reason it even got 1 star is because I had no choice... Ide rather eat Mc. Donald's! read more

2 stars because I love the food however tonight we got hot fudge cakes because we love them, but these were cold, hard cakes with a teaspoon of fudge. at least the ice cream was good because that's all we could eat. :/ hopefully next time won't be as disappointing read more

Better than McDonald's but not by much. Dry hush puppies. Sides and desserts are just mass produced stuff that they thaw and serve.

Easily one of the worst places I have ever eaten. The food is completely tasteless, covered in grease... I would rather eat cardboard.

I was really surprised. We got the ribs and they actually tasted smoked. It was my first rangle with a hushpuppie and needless to say they were good....the ribs were better. read more

Good alternative to other options(mostly fast good) off this exit. Pulled pork sandwiches were tasty. Plain hamburger buns were a bit dry. options for sauce were mild and hot BBQ. Hubby liked the BBQ beans. Potato salad was tasty. Friendly service as well. read more

Extremely friendly service from a lovely young waitress (who's name I really wish I could recall just now). The barbeque was very generous and serviceably tasty, though not phenomenal. read more

Great pork. Great sauce. Add hush puppies and pickles to make an excellent combination.