Canned sides. Mac and Cheese over cooked. Meat was just ok. Great staff. Just expected a more traditional bbq place than a fast food bbq place. read more

Aunt Beas is a good, hometown staple. But it's like any quirky small business. You have to know (or find) what you like and sometimes that takes a little trial and error here. Somethings are amazing...the French fries and potato wedges and most of the vegetables. Vegetable beef soup, cornbread, beef stew. The BBQ is a vinegar style, so be prepared if you are thinking tomato based sauce or a dry rub. They have a large ice cream selection and a really delicious hot fudge cake. Somethings are great one day and not quite as great the next. You just take it as it comes and roll with it. Maybe it's an acquired local taste, but you'll always find the place busy and if you play your cards right, you'll leave having had a good meal. read more

Aunt Bea's BBQ - Chicken tender tray with wedges and corn bread. - Barbeque Near Me - Hillsville, Virginia

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I've been eating here since this was a Hardee's. Excellent food and service until about 2 years ago. My last encounter, I ordered a Chuck wagon. I had to wait for the cook to finish his lunch, while the other employees stood around behind the counter talking and laughing. There were no other customers in the restaurant. Cook finished eating,went behind the counter talking and joking with the other 3 employees. He finally started my order, scratching his face and rubbing his nose, while he continued to converse with the other employees. I Finally got my chuck wagon and the meat was burnt to a Crisp and the bun was black. I asked for My money back and the four employees went into a huddle. I never got a refund and will never return! read more

Local place where friends meet up for food & coffee. Breakfast s always good! Friendly service. Prices are average. Great pancakes!!

About 4 years ago, Aunt Bee's was a great place to eat, either inside or drive through. They had good food. Now, beginning with about 2018, the prices are too high, and the amount of food you get has been cut in half. For example, you now only get about 1 heaping tablespoon of food for a side dish. It's not enough for the money. You would have to buy 3 plates of food to have enough to eat. I don't go there anymore. read more

I would leave a 1 star just for the food but I'm giving 2 stars because the staff was really nice. I ordered a chicken biscuit expecting a homemade style piece of chicken on a flakey biscuit... I received something like a hockey puck with a deep fried processed chicken. It reminds me more of a low quality vending machine than home style cooking. The soda fountain had a good selection and properly fizzy. I've heard the BBQ at various locations is really good but with so many other options, not sure I'll return to Aunt Beas. read more

Average food. I would've expected more from a place called Aubt Beas in the town that inspired Mayberry. Friendly service.

Aunt Beas is a lackluster chain as it is, but when you add bad service to that, it's a mess. Can't say I've ever had a good experience at this establishment. read more

Would not recommend it. We ate there last night. All my vegetables were cold (broccoli, carrots and potatoes) all cold! Chicken was dried out and cold. It was catfish night and it seems everyone was eating they, I assume it was hot. Next time we are traveling through there we will stop at Stoney's. read more

I stopped at a gas station to fill up and asked the attendant for a dinner recommendation. After running through the usual litany of fast food options, she said, "oh yeah, and Aunt Bea's is 2 miles down the road. It's named for the character from The Andy Griffith Show." Say. No. More. I had to try it. It's a decent spot, was clearly built as some other chain restaurant (a chicken place or Wendy's perhaps)? The set up is a hot bar where you choose entree, 2 sides, and a bread for $5.99. I had the stewed beef, mac n cheese, and green beans. The beans were basic canned, unassuming things. The Mac was better. The beef was quite tasty. I wished that rice or boiled potatoes had been options to soak up the saucy good stuff. The meal was served a bit slowly and on a standard styrofoam plate that wasn't visually appealing, but for the same price as a drive thru burger meal I was quite happy with my random stop. read more

Good, home cooked food, very reasonably priced. Plate specials have wide variety of choices in view for customer to choose.

Mayberry lives. Minimal atmosphere, decent Q. Nice folks.

Not sure if Aunt Bea was in today. Staff was quiet but welcoming. Food was called out quickly, they don't serve it. BBQ tasted good, but somewhat watery. House spicy tangy bbq sauce and cornbread mopped it up well. Good country sides, tasty, portions smallish. Sweet tea served as the house wine was plentiful and sweet. Waffle cone with hand dipped ice cream a great finish. Worth the trip off of i77, on business 58 east. read more

The food was nothing exceptional . Inexpensive . The portions could be somewhat larger. No table service available . More like a cafeteria. Could use an updated interior. Was open for Sunday afternoon. Easy access off the interstate. read more

Good Food and Good prices. Don't forget that they have an ice cream bar and the peach pie w/vanilla ice cream is AWESOME

This place is a dump. Looks like it was a good place to eat 20 years ago, but is run down and outdated. Chicken looked like it had been out for days and tasted about the same. The ice cream that everyone has commended is just store bought ice cream, nothing special. Just as expensive as a good sit down restaurant. Do not waste your time here. read more

Over the last several weeks, we have eaten at this Aunt Bea's several times, all with reasonably good success. Tonight (a Monday) we entered, were greeted, and then ignored. We waited several minutes for either of the two order-takers to acknowledge us, but neither did. We left. Surely can't recommend them, at least not on Monday. read more

Had breakfast the other day. Bacon great, but overall, meh! Didn't like the young manager chastising an older woman for spending too much time cleaning the tables( I appreciated it)...and..learn to reprimand away from customers! read more

Restaurant is similar to a cafeteria, all sides are on a steam table. Not impressed at all with staff, I had ordered green beans as one of my sides and when my order was called I went up to counter to get and found that collard greens had been put on the plate instead. When I told them I ordered green beans the staff just preceded to scrape the collards back into the container on the steam table and then put the beans on the plate where the collards had been. Veggies were very watery and BBQ was somewhat watery. Will not waste my time exiting I77 for this place again. read more

Have usually eaten at Aunt Bea's when in Hillsville - a family favorite. After recent experience, I'll never go back. Bought BBQ plate: soupy meat, soupy green beans, soupy slaw. Evidently they don't use a slotted spoon. Didn't want bread but girls kept pushing, so ordered a biscuit. Tasty, but when I found a long black hair with 2 pieces of it hanging out where I'd just bitten, I carried the offensive biscuit half back to the counter. "Not us! No one working now has black hair!" they defended. Offered to heat a new biscuit, but I said no, asking instead for hush puppies. Apparently, this was not allowed, so there was no replacement or offer of money back. I'd have settled for free ice cream. read more