Excellent! My husband and I stopped for lunch on the way home. Great atmosphere, quick, friendly…read moreservice, food was prompt and hot. Creamed corn, REAL mashed potatoes, purple Hull peas, turnip greens, cornbread and a multitude of pies, cakes, cobbler. Caramel cake was luscious. Highly tecommend. ​​​

Mr. Virgil started a very good restaurant. The food is very tasty. The service is wonderful. The…read moreambience is very nice. Five stars.

CURLY S IS CLOSED FOR GOOD. it was a good place to buy Wings. Tasty. Also, he served up…read moreCheesesteak on a Roll that was awesome. But, Curly is no more.

Good food - fair price - friendly family business - Locals have found it you should tooread more

Helen's came in #15 in Southern Living's 2019 ranking of the top 50 southern BBQ restaurants. The…read morefirst thing to be said is that the price point here is phenomenal. $18.80 purchased a St. Louis style rib platter (3 ribs) with required sides of baked beans, coleslaw and potato salad, and a regular pork sandwich "Memphis style." The pork and its mild sauce worked well with the coleslaw, and the ribs and their hot sauce were tasty while separating cleanly at the bite. The mashed potato salad complemented the ribs well, but not so the baked beans, which tasted like they had come straight out of a can. Since the sides are mandatory, a little more effort here would be welcome. In sum, we judged this to be decent but not awesome BBQ, especially given the limited scale of the menu.

Helen's BBQ has been featured in Southern Living and Garden & Gun magazines. There's a reason why:…read more simple pulled pork smoked onsite with charcoal also prepared by Ms. Helen. BBQ is a labor of love and you can taste the love at this renowned smoke shack.

First time customer. I drove 50 miles specifically to try their BBQ. It was worth every mile. This…read morewhole hog BBQ is the stuff of my dreams. Since I no longer live in the south, I miss this amazing taste, skill, and experience. It reminds me of my childhood when whole hog BBQ was prevalent. Scott's is the top of the class! The food is superb. The service is great. They even take orders over the phone. I absolutely love the ambience. It gives the feeling of an old timey BBQ joint. My compliments to the pit masters. They are clearly masters of the craft.

Such a disappointment... Its tasty roast pork but real bbq has a taste of smoke and some seasoned…read morebark. This has neither...

They have a simple menu but everything is delicious. The owner even has gluten free buns for…read moreburgers!!! Not easy to find these days! Great service, great food. Support local small business!!!

It's a small mom and pop country store. They also sell worms for fishing. My 16 year old daughter…read morewas hesitant when we pulled up because it doesn't look like a restaurant. It's cozy. There are only 4 or 5 small tables inside. Menu is written on a chalkboard. They also have a meat counter where customers can get meat sliced to order or sandwiches made. Home made pies too. Don't let the looks throw you. Do not pass this place up! The owners are super friendly and the food is FANTASTIC! The last six health inspections scored a perfect 100 - can't do better than that. My daughter had the cheese burger, I had the BBQ. We both had fries and sweet tea. Within a few bites my daughter decided we would be coming back! In short, the burger was excellent. The fries were quite possibly the best I have ever had. No salt or ketchup needed. The BBQ was wonderful - as good as any from Memphis BBQ legends. Even the sweet tea was just right - sweet but not too sweet. Desert was still warm fudge pie topped with pecans. Delicious. We ended up sampling BBQ ham and turkey from the meat counter and took home a pound of each for sandwiches. It's going fast! We left feeling like we had made new friends, and definitely will be returning for the food. Delicious.

I went here on a recommendation from a friend who spends time in the Oxford area on business and…read moreloves BBQ. She had never been herself, mind you. She just said that she heard about "a shack in the middle of nowhere with great ribs." I had to kill half my phone's battery to find a mention of the place that had an address. As for the business hours and phone number? Forget about it. But the lure was enticing - a small family-run grocery with no seating and raved-about smoked meats. And the name itself (supposedly the Mom's name of the Mom and Pop proprietors) was enough for me to go in search of it. When and if you go on this quest and your GPS directs you to get on Old Oxford Road off of 7 *NORTH OF* the 310 junction, ignore it and get on Old Oxford Road where it joins 7 below 310. Because if you do that, my friends, it's the very first property you come across. And if you do what I did and put your faith in your smart phone, you will end up on a very long roundabout which is only partially paved and you car's paint job and suspension will thank me if you don't do that. And if you are looking at the map right next to this review and not understanding how that can be, that's because THE MAP IS LYING TO YOU. I told Yelp where to put the red-star marker thingy and they are ignoring me. It should be waaaaay below where it is, at the other point where 7 and 310 meet. However you get there, when you get there the grocery is really just that by appearances. Most of the other customers (and there were a few) were there for beer. There's room for about a dozen cars to park, but there would be more if the rusted out car cemetery was cleared out of the backyard. There is a table inside the space but it looks like it's set up for a private late-night poker game or the family's on-site meals and meetings. In other words, it doesn't look like it's there for you. Even though there was no sign anywhere indicating that they had hot food and the lunch meats behind the deli counter looked like they didn't see much action, when I asked the nice gentleman behind the counter if he had any BBQ, he did indeed. Ribs and pulled pork. We got one of each. Ribs turned out to be a pork rack with a container of sauce on the side. The sauce was closer to sweet and sour sauce in taste and consistency. The ribs had decent flavor to them but were not fall-off-the-bone tender. They didn't fight too hard to get off the bone either, though. The pulled pork ended up being a sandwich. The pork was tasty but there wasn't enough of it compared to the large and partially stale bun. The coleslaw was creamy and fresh but I'm also fairly certain it wasn't homemade. I can't fault them too much for the food. As the draw to them comes from the fact that they are in the middle of nowhere, the problem with being in the middle of nowhere is you don't get many customers. It's not like the smoker was on (or even in view). I can't fault them for the supply/demand logistics of sporadic customers for a product that takes hours to prepare. But I can fault them for the price. We paid too much, in my opinion. A rack of ribs, one underwhelming sandwich, and a bottle of soda came to $23. I don't know what cost what since there's no itemized receipt. But the draw for you, I'd imagine, if you've read all of this, is saying that you drove to the middle of nowhere Mississippi, to a shack called Betty Davis, for some BBQ. And that's a worthy quest, no matter what I thought of my meal. Go for it.

This is my favorite bbq in Mississippi, and that's saying a lot!…read moreAs a Mississippi local raised on some of the best bbq in the area, I can easily say Betty Davis is the best. The ribs are straightforward because they don't need much adornment. They are cooked perfectly and served with a delicious, tangy/slightly spicy sauce. Betty Davis forever!!!!

Great local spot with very kind people. The brisket was extremely soft and very good. The baked…read morebeans were also great! The salad bar was a nice touch as well. I've never seen one at a bbq spot and it was actually a solid selection! Great American establishment, if I ever pass by I'll have it again.

Bar B que was burnt. Could not eat it. Got it to go. On the road all the time. Decided to stop to…read moresee if the Que was at least tasty. What little I could eat was good but very burnt. For that kind of money I expected better. I am sending picture to see what I am complaining about

Has great barbecue! Meat platters with chicken, bologna, ribs & pulled pork are great for a family…read moremeal where everyone wants something different. Does a great ribeye too. Only criticism is the piece of loaf bread in the box with a meal. Would like at least Ed a piece of Texas toast or a roll. We pick up from there often. COVID-19 protocols in place are adequate.

Stopped in today on the way through Bolivar. Looking for BBQ- it is a small shack, but lots of…read morepeople going in and out. I could smell the smoke rolling when we got out of the truck. After a short wait to get inside to order (only 4 people will fit inside) we chose the pulled pork sandwich platter- comes with 2 sides, since slaw was in the sandwich I chose, baked beans and fries. My husband got the same with sides of slaw and beans. The man working was busy, but didn't rush us, was really pleasant and when my husband asked for sweet tea, he explained they didn't have it, but gave us lemonade ( pink lemonade that was really good) and took our phone number and we waited in the truck for our order- after 15 minutes or so they called. I went and got the order, and the fun began. The bun was jumbo and toasted, the pork was hot,pulled and perfectly portioned, had a great mix of "bark"in it, nice sauce and great crunchy slaw- the sauce and slaw complimented the meat, but did not overpower it, the smoky pork was the star of the show! The beans were hot and had hamburger meat and BBQ in them, the slaw had an apple taste which was very nice, rough chopped with great crunch! Fries were overdone, but I was there for the BBQ. We are both KCBS certified judges and my husband cooked competition BBQ for years. We have eaten lots of BBQ and let me tell you- you want to eat here!!!!!! Drive to Bolivar and get your fix- you won't regret it!

The Bbq was really really good. We had the pulled pork…read moresandwich dinner and ribs! Going back. Service was fast attentive and very friendly. This is a quiet place to eat.

There was a review over 10 years ago by a Jonathan S. I read his review after getting and consuming…read morea rack of ribs with beans, I am happy to say, ditto. (Scroll down to read his review.) But, in contrast to his review, I think the beans are unique. Sure, they may be canned beans, but the hearty addition of pulled pork makes them pretty fine. And the simplicity of the food's delivery (packaging) makes Manning's BBQ authentic. A slab of ribs foiled wrapped and placed in a plastic bag with the addition of a styrofoam cup of beans? Nice!

Great food. Great owner. Great staff. It has been here many years, because it is such a good…read morerestaurant. Five stars. Nice ambience.

Best catfish around!!! Be sure to get there early…read more Friendly and professional staff Yummy desserts Plenty of parking Nice patio Large, well lit atmosphere