The brunswick stew was good and I like a place that will put rice in the bottom of the stew. But the star of any BBQ place should be the meat and the dry rubbed ribs I had were well named - they were dry, hard and were all bone, very little meat. If I hadn't drowned them in sauce they would have been inedible. We were headed to the Zaxby's next door but saw this place instead - should have stuck with our original plan. read more

The food gave me the runs. There was a roach in my rice and it was hard. Floor was sticky had a bad smell. The Manager is rude and disrespectful. The managers brother lives in the parking lot and she gives him free food. read more

I've been eating here for years and the food and the customer service is always good to me! They chop the pork and chicken up right in front of you and make everything a personal experience. There sides are amazing and the sauces are good as well. read more

Mot's Barbeque - Pulled pork hash and rice baked beans and potatoe salad - Barbeque Near Me - Augusta, Georgia

Honestly many of the barbecue restaurants I've been to were better than this. More choices and better prices. I was very disappointed that they didn't have any barbecue chicken sandwich so I settled for fries instead. Next time I'll be sure to take my business elsewhere. Better luck next time. read more

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Great barbecue, but once again, for the third time, we requested hot barbecue sauce and for the third time, didn't get any. Because of past experience, we asked if they had put the barbecue sauce in the bag, He assured us that he absolutely had. Guess what? He hadn't. Mot's, if you don.t want my business, do this one more time and I promise you it will never happen again. read more

The most amazing service. The bar b Que is fabulous! It is my favorite when I need bar b Que when my husband isn't around to cook. The restaurant is always clean and friendly read more

We got two quarts of hash and rice and it was not eatable. The hash was for a family get-together and we had family coming in from out of town. The hash had a soured taste to it and was could not be eaten by anyone at our gathering. The hash was pickup 30 minutes before lunch and was served at our home and was still hot from restaurant. Did anyone else have this problem Saturday 8/26/2023. This may have been an isolated incident, but with the other bad reviews I think this will be our last time eating their food. read more

What happened to this place? It used to be my favorite BBQ place, but tonight was the worst. While the bbq had a good taste, there were many parts of it that were so hard they were not edible. The hash and rice were good. Now, about the sides ... I have never had worse mac & cheese. The noodles were spiral shape, there was very little cheese, the mixture was dry and tasteless. Awful. Also got the potato salad which was almost as bad. Hard to describe but I'll try. It was a very wet, runny mixture with lumps of mushy potato here and there. Also awful. I've been going there for years with some visits better than others and a general lack of consistency. I will probably try this place one more time to see if tonight was just a fluke, but if I receive another meal like this I will never go there again. read more

What a disappointing lunch today from this place. I asked them could I buy a whole brisket and they told me no I could only buy it by the pound. I guess if I knew how much the full brisket weighed I could've bought the whole thing. Glad I didn't buy the full brisket the 5 pounds I bought 1 pound of it was nothing but grease in the bottom of the pan. I love making my own barbecue but thought it would be nice not to spend all my time at the smoker and send it with my family. If this is your only choice for barbecue I would recommend eating a PB&J!!!! read more

Food is great. Service is great. Friendliness has done a 180 with the new staff. Call first due to staffing issues.

Great BBQ flavor with real hickory smoke. Friday is Catfish day with filets or whole. The sides are fresh and made daily. Nice size portions are almost too much. Local favorite for sure. read more

Went there today; Brisket plate for both of us; very small portion of brisket and somewhere between 1/2 and 13 was fat; Coleslaw/hash/rice/tea/baked beans was ok; french fries-do not believe cooked to order. Will not return. RonG read more

Yuck. Dry Flaky meat, if it wasn't for sauce it would have choked me Slaw was frozen and had ice bits in it. And max n cheese ha absolutely no flavor. read more

Mot's Barbeque - Very bland mac n cheese. Had ice bits in bland coleslaw. (Now wonder if they freeze slaw and defrost for later use). - Barbeque Near Me - Augusta, Georgia

Pit smoked pork bbq with a splendid hash recipe I could eat with a shovel in both hands. My resident collard green expert raced about the greens. I don't eat collards. Pork has a good outside bark and a thick smoke ring. My sandwich took two hands to eat. The place is clean enough to eat inside and not have to run through the drive thru. Folks are friendly on both sides of the counter. The folks working here seem as happy to be here as we did and that made the bbq taste all that much better. A rib plate walked by and looked really good. We cannot wait to return. The potato salad was delicious, home made I am sure by somebody's momma who had made it before and knew how. There weren't any of those green olives in it that confused true bobbycue fans. Sometimes you've got to bare down on the meat and ease off the potato salad. They have it both ways here. read more

Sadly, once again, Augusta area BBQ misses. I stopped by for a chopped pork plate with sides and a sweet tea... you know, the standard BBQ meal. The sides were actually pretty good, so that's a win. The tea tasted fresh and not too sweet... another win. But the Q was lacking in flavor. Served dry, chopped finely, it was entirely too dry, not even moist pork. The spicy sauce was ok, but it did not marry well with the natural smoked pork flavor since there wasn't any natural smoked port flavor. I will keep looking. read more

Please read my shane's bar b que yelp for July the 4th. You guys could really use some upgrades. My ribs were dry. The hash was watery. I waited 25 minutes in a drive thru for this. Then my order was wrong. So I decided to go to shanes. I was so disappointed with you all. read more

Mot's Barbeque - Shane's out stood you. You all offer discounts on drinks in uniform. Shane's require ID for 10% discount. - Barbeque Near Me - Augusta, Georgia

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They have best tasting spare ribs I have eaten in a BBQ place. The flavor of the wood is so good that I didn't want to cover it with sauce. They were juicy and cooked to perfection. The macaroni and cheese was not as cheesy as I like it and the potato salad was just ok but for those ribs, I'm going back. Most likely tonight! read more

I love BBQ. I did not love, or even like Mots BBQ. The fact that you couldn't smell the open pit BBQ pulling in, or even inside the restaurant should have been the first indication. The Hash and Rice was very odd, it was like they put the left over BBQ and tomato sauce in a blender, and I'm not sure it was supposed to be served cold. The chopped pork had no flavor at all (or should I say good flavor). My plate had a puddle of water from the meat, water- like dish water,not juice. I give 2 stars for the sweet tea and macaroni & cheese which were all I ended up having. read more

Maybe should've thought fully about salads before adding them to the menu. Received out of date salad dressing. Called and all I got was a I'm sorry. After I poured it all over my salad. Also didn't receive cucumbers or tomatoes in the salad either, only lettuce mix and chicken. read more

My favorite spot for bbq great place for a good lunch everyone is super nice and portions are great read more

Mot's Barbeque - Best bbq in town! Stag is great and the owner is super friendly! - Barbeque Near Me - Augusta, Georgia

I'm not from this area or from this state. So I made an assumption. My assumption was since this was a BBQ place, the chicken on the menu was BBQ chicken. It was not. It was a boneless chicken breast fillet that had absolutely no seasoning or flavor to it. The Mac & cheese was the usual Mac & cheese in this area--noodles that have some type of globby cheese on it. It tasted how I thought it looked--not good. The French fries were hot but I was confused why a few were stuffed in a small fry bag that was placed on a plate. And the "hot" sauce on the chicken sandwich was not hot & tasted as bland as the chicken. My boyfriend said the hash & Rice was good but I thought the rice looked dry & hard. He ate it & brought some to bring home. read more

Trying to locate one place, instead I stumbled upon Mot's. It was July 4th and they were serving cafeteria style rather than the usual counter service. For city barbeque, this wasn't bad. Not great or fantastic, but again, for being in a city it was nice. They serve ribs and chicken but I went for my usual pulled pork and stew. Being so close to South Carolina, they prepare things differently around these parts. And while it wasn't mustard based like you can find in Carolina, they didn't offer me Brunswick Stew like we do in much of Georgia. Instead they had hash (looks like Brunswick Stew, but doesn't have all the ingredients of the stew) and serve it over rice, just plain weird to those of us who would never associate rice with our stew. Mine was perfectly fine, but I prefer the way I grew up, Brunswick Stew and not with rice. The pulled pork was decent. It could have been fresher, but perhaps it was due to the fact they were serving in bulk for the holiday crowd. It definitely needed spicing up with any of their 3 sauces (mild, hot, sweet) and I ended up covering mine with sauce -- unusual for me as I normally only use a little. The meat, without the sauce, was just about as close to tasteless as it could get for fresh meat. My potato salad and peas were good sides. The tea was fine. I would not go out of my way for Mot's, but like I said, for a joint like this to be in the city scores points. read more

I'm so disappointed! I saw the stars on Google but instead I should've looked on Yelp! We ordered the brisket sandwich meal and rib meal. The brisket doesn't rant taste like much... not sure how they cooked it. The ribs were the same. Mac and cheese was not good at all and the baked beans tasted funny. The bun for the sandwich tasted old. I'm just so disappointed But for what it's worth the cashier was super nice. read more

Don't be turned off by the way it looks. Food is pretty good. read more

Mot's Barbeque - Barbeque Near Me - Augusta, Georgia

Eating out is definitely a treat for my family while I enjoy eating out it is an expense that we are getting to enjoy less and less, especially with restaurants adding on an additional expense of 3.5 percent if you pay with a credit card (wonder if that includes tip), I realize business owners can charge what they want at their place of business, I just don't think It's fair customers have to pay their credit card fees as that is the cost of doing business. If you don't want to take credit cards then you should be a cash only business! That would definitely put a hole in their customer traffic. As I while always pay with cash when I do go to the eateries they sometimes forget to ask and I am charged the fee anyway, I guess it's just getting that money anyway h they can! Always ask for a receipt, and check prices of items order to make you haven't been taken advantage of, a lot of 3.5 percents can add up overtime! read more

I went through the drive-through and got a Barbecue sandwich plate. It was the driest, most tastless barbecue this southerner has ever had. I can't believe they sold it to me. Once and done! Save your money. read more

Went in yesterday to try it out, been along time since I eat there last and now I remember why. It took about 20 attempts to pay with my card to find out she was trying to do credit, first try with debit and it went through. The pork was dry and had no flavor, chicken was dry, mac and cheese was dry and I couldn't try out the green beans because the girl gave me baked beans. Was gonna just walk but decided to stay, eat enough to wish I would have walked out. Went in hungry and left hungry and mad!! read more

Pull pork was bland. Ribs... I've had better ribs at an Army Dining Facility in Afghanistan... and that was made by local nationals. I took two bites and was like "nope". Baked beans and mac and cheese were ok. Friendly staff. read more

I will start it this way. We went in hungry for good barbecue and left still hungry for good barbecue. My wife had shredded pork with greens and mac n cheese. I had the half pound of ribs with greens and broccoli salad. The pork had no flavor, no smoke, nothing. The ribs, while falling off the bones tender, again, had no flavor, no smoke, nothing. The mac n cheese was dry as card board with, again, no flavor. The greens were tooth melting sweet. The only good part was the broccoli salad. read more

This place is just not good. I'll never judge a BBQ place based on appearances. You'll never find a good place if you do. That being said, this place looks like it might be good from the outside. A fairly neglected and run-down exterior and interior led me to believe that the folks here focus all of their effort on the food. Sadly, that's simply not the case here at Mot's. I visited for lunch on a weekday around 11. I actually attempted to go to the Korean BBQ place next door but I found out at their door that it has terrible evening-only hours. So, I went to the next closest restaurant. A quick look around inside and it seated a handful of your typical blue collar types sitting around dinged up tables adorned with paper towel rolls. The place looked clean and had the common Luzianne tea dispensers next to a Pespsi soda fountain. On a small table next to that was a collection of barbecue sauces, hot sauces and plasticware. The menu has chicken, pork and ribs along with a bunch of fixed sides and a board with rotational sides and specials. I decided on the chicken and pork dinner combo plate. It seems the main part of the menu BBQ sandwiches. The plate comes with 2 sides and something called hash over rice. Oddly, the young man who prepared the meat whacked away at something I couldn't see. Shortly after my plate was completed I saw what all the chopping was for: they chop their offerings up into little bits before plating. You're asked if you want sauce and since I wasn't sure what anything tasted like, I asked for mild. For sides I had collards and coleslaw and the whole thing is served with a hamburger bun cut in half. From the looks of the other patrons, the sandwiches are served on the same buns. I grabbed some pepper vinegar sauce and filled my ice cup with sweet tea and sat down to dig in. The pork I had had no fat or bark on it. Not much smoke and not much flavor either. The chicken was a little better but not by much and the sauce didn't lend much of anything discernible, either. Hash, in this place anyway, is like scraps of meat pureed with sauce and the whole thing tastes like a semi-sweet Chef Boyardee ravioli mush dumped on Uncle Ben's instant rice. The collards were old, thick greens that were undercooked and tough but the flavor was pretty spot on. The sad part? The tea, coleslaw and hamburger bun were the highlight of the meal. Obviously, I'll never go back. When I told everyone at work about my experience, none had even heard of the place. The search for decent barbecue in Augusta continues since I compare all BBQ to the Circle M in Eastland, TX which served the best 'cue I've ever had in my life. One thing that I observed while people watching for the hour I lingered and choked down the grub was that not a single non-white person entered the premises. I don't know if that means anything and it didn't influence my review one way or the other but I did find it interesting. Long story short, don't bother. read more

Best Bar-b-que in the Augusta Area!!

Meat is tasty (though I'm not convinced it's "pit cooked") on its own and better with any of the 3 sauces they offer. I like that they have hash & rice instead of Brunswick stew - I think that's a regional thing?? - they have a variety of sides which are all pretty good, the fries can sometimes be a little undercooked, but if you ask them for "well done" fries they are happy to oblige. Nothing fancy about the inside, but it's clean and that's really more important to me! We've been regulars since they opened and even though we've tried the newcomers, we keep coming back to what we consider the best bbq in Augusta! read more

People are friendly here. The mac and cheese and baked beans are always good. For a small barbecue joint it has nice seating, rushed for time and it's easy to eat and go. This is georgia not South Carolina so it's georgia bbq where we do prefer hash and rice over Brunswick stew. They do offer both options though. Banana pudding was great! My bbq had flavor so if your in a hurry they have a drive through where you can get in and out. read more

Nothing worth remembering. Staff was polite. Macaroni and cheese was bland. Chopped pork sandwich was cold. Baked beans were not that great either. I was looking forward to some sweet tea and even that was almost tasteless. Definitely a lot of room for improvement is the best way to describe my experience. read more

To be quite honest, not the best bbq I've ever had. The meat was dry and chopped. I don't know why places chop their meat versus pulling. Chopping the meat causes all of the juices to run out thus made this particular pork dry and seemingly tasteless. The atmosphere was good and the folks who were working seemed very friendly. read more

The only reason I'm giving it a 4 star rating is because the pork was dry, but it's flavor was really good. I liked their bbq sauce and asked for extra (I like to mix my sauces). Sweet tea and banana pudding was on point! We will go here again! read more

the workers are very sweet but the boss is rude and unkind to her employees. the boss gives off a rude personality and is not enjoyable to be around, but all that aside the food taste very well and the place has a very home grown, country feel in the atmosphere!! read more

Juicy meat (chopped, not pulled). Sauces on the bland side. Prices slightly high for the quantity of food.

Get the pork sandwich with Texas Pete. It is so good. The Mac and cheese is TO DIE FOR. Banana pudding is so yummy. Sweet tea is very sweet. Staff is so nice and polite read more

We always enjoy the food at Mott's. The potato salad, Cole slaw, collard greens and barbecue were very good. Price is reasonable.