We stopped here for dinner during a road trip as we avoid fast food whenever possible. Brisket, beans and pulled pork were all flavorful and tender. The variety of sauces complimented the sandwiches and Portion sizes were great for the price. The biscuits and apple butter would have been plenty for my kids, but they enjoyed the burgers and fries too. Our server Tim was fantastic, explained everything and anticipated our needs. We will definitely stop by again next time we drive through town. read more

Good location. Pulled pork was good, but fatty. Should have used fat in smoked sausage, which was too dry to eat. Fried pickle appetizer was tasty and large enough to share.Service was good, but waitress had too many tables. read more

We were in town for a basketball tournament and ate here. Food was fabulous! Service was great too! I had the pulled pork sandwich and my husband had the chili and smoked chicken. He said it was some of the best chicken he has ever had. Highly recommend! read more

Nice road trip for bbq. This is a very good joint in Lebanon Indiana. To start with some great cheddar biscuits and apple butter. The brisket and pulled pork are awesome. I had the corn pudding or also known as corn casserole. The Mac and cheese is very good too. The wait staff is very friendly and helpful. read more

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Good service, good food, and good price. Stopped in on a road trip and am very satisfied. The wings were good also suggest the seasoned fries and the lunch menu was fire. read more

Generally good place. Nice folks. BBQ didn't seem to have been smoked a long time. It's was fine. Just not great. Place was friendly read more

Friendly staff, fast service, amazing food. This is me and my husbands favorite spot to eat. I love the dim lighting it makes you feel more relaxed. The green beans btw are AMAZING! read more

Food was delicious! Smoked chicken wings were good and crispy, their sides are awesome.

My husband loved the catfish sandwich. It was hot and flavorful the entire time. He said the tarter sauce was different with a little kick. He had loaded fries with it. I enjoyed the beef brisket sandwich (was disappointed that it wasn't served on toast like the pic online showed.). The outer crust was nice and dark with a nice fatty layer that tastes amazing. I had the Mac and cheese with it. read more

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Great food, service was amazing, clean atmosphere, and the menu has a lot to choose from. I will definately go back. The catfish and slaw are very good. Ashton was our server and did a great job! read more

Alexis was our waitress and she was wonderful. The barbecue was really good. No sauce required. Hickory smoked. Somebody's mama really was a good southern cook and the corn bread pudding is to die for. read more

Backroads BBQ - Southern Near Me - Lebanon, Indiana

The atmosphere is pretty loud & a bit dark The food is better than average & fresh The wait staff is friendly, attentive & knowledgeable The prices are reasonable.....mostly One of my kids got the bacon cheese fries appetizer as his meal. For $10, this was very basic. Fries,elated cheese, salt & pepper. I would have liked to have seen some sour cream & chives, but nope. My other kid got pulled pork dinner with green beans & fried potatoes for his meal. The potatoes were consistently soft & not over done. The green beans were very tasty & the pulled pork was plentiful, juicy & very tasty. My wife got the pulled pork sandwich with cole slaw. The slaw was crisp,creamy & sweet with just a hint of vinegar. The pork on the sandwich had some sort of sauce already in it and it was a different consistency than the pulled pork on the dinner platter. Overall, she enjoyed it. Their tabletop BBQ sauces are Honey sweet and Bold & spicy. The sweet has quite a bite of vinegar albeit a sweet sauce. The bike & spicy left a subtle hint of heat as it coats your throat. It wasn't overly spicy, though. I enjoyed one of their signature cocktails, the Maker's Manhattan. It had a generous pour of Maker's Mark Bourbon with a slightly sweet mixer. I had the smoked salmon, green beans & their homemade applesauce. The salmon had a nice smoke to it, but it was a little dry. A wonderful lemon-caper sauce accompanied I'm the salmon and it was very good. It's definitely countered the dryness of the fish and when put on a thin portion of the salmon, the sauce overpowered it. The applesauce was thick, sweet and had great spice to it. Our server, Crystal, equated it to more like apple pie filling than applesauce and she's not wrong. The cheddar herb biscuits & apple butter that each table is served seemed like an odd combination but it works. The apple butter has a strong clove presence but it was good. (I don't care for clove). We were seated pretty quickly for a Friday night. Our food, once ordered, was in front of us in about 10 minutes. We'll make our way back here. read more

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Had heard about the new place in Lebanon to get some BBQ and decided to try it after getting the tree. This location has a nice setup and plenty of TVs to watch some sports. The food has a usual BBQ price point that you see around central Indiana. The kids catfish was good, the rolls they give you and corn bread style pudding were also good. The pulled pork, ribs were average and the brisket looked more like pulled pork on my plate but when I walked out someone had brisket that looked different. The food comes out pretty fast and I would try it again to see if eating at 4pm was just the reason. read more

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First and last time coming to this place . The decor is better then the food . Food was barely warm ,and the brisket was very fatty . Maybe work less on the decor and more on the taste of the food read more

Food is great. Reasonable price. The service is "Outstanding". Employees are the best around.

Tried a BBQ place that has brisket. No smoke flavor and greasy. The pulled pork want to bad, just a lack of flavor. The green beans had nothing. My wife got the chicken sandwich, but they don't have a honey mustard for it. The fries were nothing but salt. We waited for our waitress, needed refills. Our other side of corn pudding was burnt on the bottom. We'll try this again. As once in a while there are mistakes or Off Days, so quitting on somewhere because of one day isn't right. read more

I went here with high expectations, only to be let down with all the food, had rib tips that were over cooked and some of the toughest things I've ever ate. Baked beans had no flavor whatsoever. Seasoned fries were about the only thing that couldn't be messed up. BBQ sauces are some of the worst I've had, they All taste the same. The only good thing I have to say about this place is the service is good and friendly. read more

Great BBQ place, friendly staff and our table of 5 was very satisfied with their food and service time was not a issue at all. Looking forward to going back again when we are in Lebanon. read more

The service was excellent and the food and drinks were really good!!! Something for everyone

So much more than BBQ! Though, the bbq was top notch! I had the catfish, corn pudding and coleslaw and I have to say it's probably the best fried catfish I've ever eaten! My wife had the pulled pork, potato salad, and southern style green beans. All really good! We sampled off of each other's plates, so we're got to taste everything. We were too full for dessert.... but we went ahead and ordered the butter cake(topped with ice Cream)... Ridiculously good!! Backroads will become a regular thing for us! Can't wait to try everything on the menu! read more

The staff was very friendly and helpful. I thought it was strange that my server recommended essentially all the *non* BBQ options, but tried the BLT and mac and cheese on her recommendation. The BLT was worse than average - good thick bacon, but wimpy lettuce and tomatoes and bread. The mac and cheese was bad, unless you're looking for Kraft. I liked the cheddar muffins as a starter. So I don't know how this reflects on the place overall... if I go back, I'll try the BBQ. read more

Very good chili. Fried catfish is my favorite. Roasted chicken is delightfully spicy, not overpowering. Ranch potato salad is our favorite side. Wish they still made fried chicken. I recommend read more

The service is great and all the appetizers are good. The ribs fall right off the bone which is perfect, but it's too salty. The atmosphere is comfortable and there's good spacing between tables. read more

Very good! Opened a few months ago I believe and we found it pretty easy to get off and on the highway for a quick bite to eat here. Seemed like they were still working out some kinks but overall good food and atmosphere. I would definitely go back and recommend it to all. Definitely swing by if you're a local and if you're just passing by, hit it on the way to and fro Try the sampler pick your 2 meats and sides. Brisket and sausage was purdy yummy read more

Sorry to say I was disappointed at this restaurant. I had wanted to go since they opened. The front end staff was doing everything from seating, greeting, serving and busing tables and lunch time was busy! The atmosphere was warm, friendly and inviting. Hannah was our server and she was great! The biscuits were an interesting combination cheddar herb served with apple butter. I ordered the pulled pork lunch with a side of cold slaw. The pork was fine although I would have liked a lesson on the flavors of the different sauces. The bun that the pork was on was hat and stale. The slaw I tried but didn't eat. It had vinegar and mayo in it and too much vinegar. I'm sorry to say I will not be returning. read more

Ok not sure where to start but the waitress screwed up our 2 orders out of 3. We orded brisket diner plat plus 1/2 rack of ribs and only ribs came out and bisket no where to be found. Order 12 wings and only 6 wings came out ! One waitress told us it's in the counter and she will bring it right over but of course not. Our attend waitress came and i told her the missing orders and she gave me attitude! May be she's having a bad day but i don't think i deserved an attitude and hence wrote the review. The brisket was very tasty but rest are ok. read more

Perfect stop off the highway for a high quality and quick service meal. I'd stop here again anytime. Try the corn pudding, you won't regret it. read more

Fantastic restaurant! The service was very fast and great. Food was out in a flash! The food was also amazing. I had pulled pork and it was very good. They also have other things like blts and tenderloins that aren't BBQ which makes it great for people that don't love BBQ. I would definitely recommend leaving Parky's in Lebanon behind and going here! read more

Stopped here on our way home from IL. Cute/hometown BBQ place. All 4 of us got different menu items and all of us were pleased. The Mac and Cheese was a big hit. Portions were good sized too. read more

We came here after an absolute goose fart of a day. Portions are plentiful and I really liked the sauce. I'm a bbq snob and am very particular about my sauce. Good biscuits, great sauce, good pulled pork, good Mac n cheese that my daughter lived, good onion rings. My husband tore up his ribs. Cheap prices too, good service. You won't be disappointed! Go for it! It really hit the spot after a very long day, read more

Service was amazing bathrooms were clean smokers out front fresh bbq not shipped in food was amazing and sauces were good as well overall a good experience for my first time here read more

one of our faves. just the french fries alone are worth going back for! the drinks have all been really good especially the mules. burgers are so good as well. my husband enjoys the smoked turkey club. also tim has been our server the last couple times and he is absolutely great and so worth mentioning. highly recommend. read more

I ordered the brisket and smoke sausage. Sausage. The smoked sausage was so dry I couldn't eat it. I did return it and the new ones, same thing, dry. The brisket was okay, but half was fat. The best part was the fries. The service was good thats the reason for 2 stars. read more

Great brisket and ribs, their sausage is too good. their prices are commiserate with City BBQ but lots friendlier. You will be delighted.

Food was delicious, especially the catfish, which were enormous filets. Service was great as well as beer selection. Next time I'm trying the BBQ brisket. read more

Food can be hit or miss of whether it is out of the ballpark or subpar. Always a good place to grab a cold one with family and catch up. Service is always good. Environment is clean but lighting is dim. If you have bad eyes- not great. read more

Our waitress was super. Food just mediocre. I had the pulled pork sandwich with chips - not a lot of flavor. My husband ordered the 1/2 rack of ribs. Not appealing, cold and not good tasting. Our waitress removed from our bill and offered another menu option - he chose pulled pork. My four star rating is for service. When our waitress brought our bill she gave each of us a bottle of sauce - no charge. If I was just rating the food I would probably give that a 3. read more

Nice little spot in Lebanon. Great barbecue and the little biscuits they start you off with are fantastic!

This is a typical smokehouse. Nothing fancy, but great bbq! They also have a full bar and some tv's if you're wanting some ballgame to enjoy with the food. read more

Took family to backroads tonight for the first time. The place was nice on the inside. What you would consider normal for a BBQ spot. We had to wait about 10 minutes to sit down. They came to our table and gave us very good rolls with exceptional apple butter. Seriously the apple butter was fantastic. We wanted to try a little of all the meats so I got a pick two and so did my wife. We ordered different things because there were four choices. My daughter got the ribs. My son got the chicken tenders. All the food came out and it looked great. I got smoked turkey and Texas sausage and my wife got beef brisket and pulled pork. We split it up and tried everything. The food needed a little salt but tasted very good. Probably the thing we liked the least was the smoked turkey but it still had a good flavor. But there is only so much you can do to turkey so I expected that. I had cole slaw and ranch potato salad and they were both excellent. My wife had Mac and cheese and it was very good. My daughter's ribs were good. Their two bbq sauces were good. It just depends on what you like. We ordered their butter cake with cinnamon ice cream. Wow it was very good. Prices are what I would consider average for a place like this. All the food was great and we took some home with us as well. We will definitely return to this place again and again. Only negative we had was the food comes out on a metal platter lined with a wax paper lining. The lining broke apart after a while and we had to watch we didn't pick up paper with our food. This place is very much worth the drive to check it out. read more