Absolutely love whole hog and when it comes to BBQ I've always been loyal to this place, I was even once an employee and loved working here. Today I got a 2 meat combo. Chicken and brisket were juicy and perfect. Beans were amazing as always. My ONLY complaint lately is that the rolls have been rock solid. I always make sure to ask them to butter it up. Today my roll was also rock solid. Employee interaction was great as well. Butter them rolls guys, and don't break my tooth! read more

Ordered combo with ribs, pulled pork, brisket and sides for $23 to share between two of us. OMG, this was plentiful and delicious! We had leftovers. Great ambiance for BBQ and excellent service. read more

Food was good....Didn't care for the roll but this was our first time and if you want a bun for you meat you can exchange it. Think I will next time...The meats I selected were good Chicken and Brisket they were yummy... read more

I stopped by here for lunch while on a road trip and it was pretty good but didn't knock my socks off. It's definitely a good option if you're not looking for anything frilly (or are looking for inexpensive comfort food). I got the regular pulled pork plate, which comes with 2 sides and a roll. Alternatively, you can pay a little extra ($0.49) to put the meat on a bun for a sandwich instead of getting the roll. I went for the regular plate and for sides I got fries and a salad. My first reaction was, wow that's a lot of food. Let's just say I didn't finish it all! So this is definitely a good stop if you're starving. The meat was a little dry and didn't have standout flavor, though they have 6 kinds of barbecue sauce at all the tables luckily. Coming from NC, I have high standards for BBQ. The fries were fresh and tasted great (it's hard to mess up fries). The side salad was not just a cup of iceberg -- it was actually mixed baby greens which was a pleasant surprise. The roll was really dense (not in a good way) so I didn't really eat it. Price-wise, this place is a great deal. For all that food it was $7.49 (+tax), plus you can get free coffee and water I believe. read more

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Very good BBQ I loved every bite can't wait till next time I'm going to try the ribs I love me some ribs the sauces are excellent your choice of ( flavors read more

this place is so mean to their workers. i actually enjoyed the service i got and the food was okay, but the manager was cussing and yelling at the employees the whole time. seems like a toxic workplace environment. read more

Really good after church bbq on a Sunday afternoon! Our group of four walked in before a couple dozen Boy Scouts, and the teens at the registers kept their composure. It was my first visit, and I tried the beef brisket sandwich. Meat was flavorful enough to not need the bread--I ill remember that for next time. Loved their non-mustard smashed potato salad and the fudge brownie was super rich. read more

Award winning is a stretch! Probably some of the worst bbq I ha tried. Over priced for the portions received and the sides were as good as elementary cafeteria cooking. First and last visit to this establishment. read more

Had the ribs. Good stuff. 7 different sauces including a volcano one.

Amazing BBQ!! Wonderful staff too!! Great place to eat or to have cater an event. Definitely worth checking out

Order the burnt tips they were all fat and they were way over salted The worst "brisket" I've ever had The pulled pork was not even warm Wanted good bbq this is not the place read more

Potato salad was sour and served directly on tray. I got the "smaller more tender ribs". They were tough and I suspect frozen and reheated. Service (counter) was fine. Repeat visit not necessary. read more

I have been to Whole Hog Cafe several times. Their workers are polite, friendly, and concerned about their customers. The food has always been delicious!! read more

In town visiting my daughter from Virginia so obviously you have to try some local BBQ. I ordered the Ultimate Platter so I could try everything they had, pulled pork, brisket, ribs, chicken, coleslaw, baked beans and a couple rolls. . The pulled pork was decent, ribs were really good, chicken was decent, brisket was really good, beans really good, coleslaw really good and the rolls are addictive. They have some solid bbq sauces on the table ready to go. Probably a sauce for everyone's liking. Worth stopping by if you're in the area. read more

The Mac & cheese was good, I got brisket and chicken with potato salad. Unfortunately I got food poisoning and I will never eat here again if I could give it 0 stars I would. Was not clean I should've known just by that but oh well. read more

Service was good, my order was up very quickly, food was very hot and delicious. Great location.

This place has really good barbecue! My husband and I stopped in on our way to Florida for a quick lunch with our 5 and 3 year old. We shared the hog platter, subbed mac and cheese for potato salad and added burnt ends. Super moist and delicious meat! We loved the barbecue sauces on the table and our favorites was #4 spicy vinegar but their mustard sauce was also very good. The coleslaw was really good but the portion was small for the 4 of us so we ended up buying an additional side of it that my husband and I shared. The kids loved the pickle chips off the condiment section. All 4 of us ate for $24.50, we had water to drink. A great meal! The bathrooms were clean and the staff was kind and helpful also if we ever are back in Conway we will for sure stop in to eat here again! read more

Excellent!!! Chicken and beef are wonderful! The sauce is good but the meat doesn't need sauce! Potato salad was so smooth and creamy!!! We were in town for a swim meet and they made up 32 lbs and all the sides so fast!!! We were able to take it to ur hotel and feed a hungry swim team!!! read more

Worst BBQ that I have ever eaten. Ribs were as dry a the bones. Brisket had no flavor. The potato salad was decent as were the beans. Roll was hard and cold read more

After living in the Pacific Northwest for 3 years I was really excited to get back to the south for good BBQ and properly made sweet tea (not iced with sugar packets). My husbands Commander pointed us in this direction and said it was the best BBQ around so we went in for lunch today. The young man working the counter was very nice. He had a great attitude and greated each customer as they entered and wished them well as they left, which I havent seen a lot of in the 12 days we have been here. It was a nice touch. The tea is soooo good, but that was as far as my enjoyment went. The sliced brisket sandwich was 3/4 fat and even though the flavor is in the fat I do not enjoy a fatty sandwich. I tried 5 of the 6 sauces that were on the table and none of them impressed me. Two had so much vinegar in them I feel I could've dyed eggs with it. The potato salad isnt potato salad but more like chunky loaded ranch mashed potatoes. I was born and raised in Texas and I am sorry but ranch anything doesnt belong on a BBQ plate. My husband quite enjoyed this place but I will not return. read more

I was the least bit impressed I mean..it wasn't bad, but it was no Jim Neely's Interstate BBQ. That's for sure. Sauce was just a regular ole sauce. I ordered pulled ..looked like chopped.. read more

Beef Brisket tasted a little on the old side and was room temperature. Beans were good. Coleslaw was room temperature, round have been better cold. Most likely use Sister Schubert's rolls which are delicious. Good choice of bbq sauces on the table, most with to much vinegar but I found a couple I like. Important thing is I did not get sick from MSG! I'll try it again. read more

Been here twice the first time it was very good. The second the meat was horribly dry. Both times the service was great. I may try it again but there are better choices in Conway. It helps if you do your best every time especially if someone is spending $40-$50 for dinner. read more

We love Whole Hog Cafe. Best brisket you can get anywhere. The burnt ends are delicious. #3 sauce is amazing. The potato salad is one of a kind and a family favorite. Highly recommend. read more

Great BBQ. I love the whole hog platter (brisket, ribs and pulled pork). Baked beans are good, but the killer item is the potato salad. It's so good. They have a great choice of signature sauces that you can use individually or mix them together. read more

Ribs were 4-star. Pulled pork was eh. Brisket was more like pot roast than bbq. Someone cares deeply about the potato salad, so it gets 4-stars. The beans were fine. The three-meat platter was $12.99. read more

My favorite place in AR to eat BBQ. Their ribs (with oh-so-tasty sweet rib glaze) is my favorite go-to item. I also like that they offer the 4 Rib plate as a smaller option. The wife and kids love their pulled pork. The sides leave you wanting a bit more - coleslaw just ok although the beans are good. Fries not available. That's a shame as it would be a nice option to add to any gluttonous meal. Service is fast and usually friendly. Definitely a place to go if you're lookin for good BBQ. read more

Just average BBQ. Since the closing of The Smokehouse in Conway, we were told to try out Whole Hog. Although they had several different flavors of sauce, all seemed various shades of sweet. Not to my taste. Meat was juicy and they give you plenty of it. read more

Hands down the worst place I have ate at. Never ever will they see my money again. Staff was lazy and more worried about personal problems than work. I the tea was nasty and the coke machine was not working right,tasted like carbonated water. June 30 at 3:07 pm chk9189. And people wonder why they dont get a good tip. read more

We used to love Whole Hog but this Conway location was terrible. The pulled pork and brisket was incredibly dry and tasted more like cheap meat than the award winning barbecue this place used to be. They certainly wouldn't have won any awards with the meat they are serving from this location. Stay away from this location and thank me later. read more

We loved ordering this take out bbq! My DH and I both had the jumbo pulled pork sandwich plate with slaw and potato salad. The slaw was kind of meh. I liked it ok, but DH thought it was too peppery. The potato salad on the other had was fantastic- like a sour cream loaded style salad. Yum! The sandwiches were huge and had slaw on them. The plate came with two bbq sauces- we ordered #3 spicy and #5 sweet. Both were delicious. The bill was $18. The food was good, the service was accurate and fast, and there was a drive through window so I didn't have to even go in. We will definitely eat here again! read more

The food was very good as usual but, as we entered we were told to put on a mask. So before people start dogging me for the whole mask issue, several cooks were wearing their mask on their beards not their face another had it covering his mouth not his nose. The skinny dark headed guy who is either an owner or manager was wearing his mask with his nose exposed. So I guess what I am saying is practice what you preach! read more

I don't know why this place is still in business. I guess people around here haven't really experienced real barbecue. This isn't really barbecue. They just cook meat and give you squeeze bottles with BBQ sauce. Real barbecue is cooked and basted while cooking with barbecue sauce. The potato salad is just strange. They put sour cream or something in it. Not sure what part of the world this is common to, but I was born and raised in the South and I never ran across sour cream in potato salad. The last complaint I have is about their service. When I went there, I ordered my meals to go, about $30 for two basic combos. Instead of just standing there by the counter (because I know the wait is long sometimes in BBQ places), I decided to wait in my car, which was parked right in front of a plate glass window facing straight at their counter. I told the cashier I would wait in my car and pointed at it through the window and asked if she'd just wave when my order was ready and she refused. Never went back. read more

Just waited 45 min for an online order, for them to tell me that They didn't have 3/4 of the items. The girl told me that they declined the order a few minutes in, but "totally forgot" to call and tell us. They were very slow tonight, so that was very confusing. They still made us pay full price for the one item they had, and that still took another 10 min. They seemed very casual about the whole thing considering they made me wait a whole hour. Just very disappointed, and probably won't ever be using them for any online orders in the future. Considering we are so deeply into this COVID deal, that's a majority of their business. read more

I have been slow cooking and smoking ribs for 42 years. I can't make them this good. I no longer do ribs on my own. Their ribs are amazing. The potato salad is also wonderful. read more

BBQ is hit and miss. Was great when they first opened the Conway location and the owners were around. They are out of different meats all the time. WTH read more

I just picked up a 1/2 slab of baby back ribs/dry. Darned good meat!! Just wish they'd figure out how to make their sides as good. Price was right, ready when I arrived and no service probs. Just that cole slaw ...dry as a West Texas playa lake in June!! Hate to say this but KFC still has best coleslaw ever!! Potato salad was ok, nothing to hold up as anything I'd want much of again. I'll be back though... damn those ribs were good!!!I recently revisited for those wonderful ribs. As before ordered cole slaw and potato salad as sides. I must say they read my review from before!!! Excellent. Slaw was creamy and tasty.. potato salad was about as good as you can get this side of my grannies house!! As usual the ribs were amazing.. no.3 sauce just right and made already great meat taste better... if possible. I def will return gor a third time!!! read more

No ribs on a Saturday night???? How could a BBQ place run out of ribs? At least there are other choices now in Conway which I will be going to instead. read more

Came here with a group of coworkers on our way to a meeting in Little Rock. It was late, and the place was mostly empty, but the staff was very friendly, and the interior is very, very clean. I had the half rack of ribs, and they were exceptional. Very good barbecue! read more

Very good BBQ, and though everyone raved about the ribs, I opted for the pork platter. It may not have been the most fantastic BBQ I have ever had, but it was definitely very good. The pork was moist with good smoke flavor to it. The coleslaw was crisp and tasty without being overly sweet. Unfortunately the beans tasted as if they had come out of a can. Overall a very good meal, and would definitely go here again and have ribs the next time. read more