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    City Barbeque

    3.1 (74 reviews)
    Open 10:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    Doug G.

    City Barbecue is a fairly new addition to the Acworth food scene and is a fast-casual bbq spot slinging all the classic meat forward dishes, southern sides and tasty desserts. The space is in good shape, features a nice dining room with a mix of seating plus a covered patio. There is a drink/pickle/sauce station that has all the goods once you get your food from the front counter. I went with a two meat plate featuring sliced brisket and sausage sided with macaroni & cheese and their house corn pudding, and of course a toasted slice of Texas toast. For the positives, the sides were tasty. The macaroni & cheese was good, cheesy and had the right amount of bite. Speaking of bite, the corn pudding was my favorite bite of the meal. It was delish! While the meats were not bad, they were mediocre at best. The brisket was a tad dry and the sausage, while it had a good snap, was just okay. I was a bit sad that they don't have a white sauce available. The other house sauces were decent, definitely needed with the brisket. Outside of the food, the sweet tea was excellent! Classic southern sweet tea done right. Service was okay. Not bad, but also not super friendly. It was my first time there, so I asked for recommendations and was met with a "not sure what you like, but most everything is good". I mean, that is good to know, but not exactly what I was after. Time from order to name call was just a few minutes, so nothing crazy with wait time. The only other issue was relating to my buddies order, which had non-salted fries per request. While he was watching the kitchen, he noticed the cook salt the fries and then whisper "no one will know". To which another kitchen staff pushed back and made him drop new fries. My buddy is just watching his sodium, so it would not have been the end of the world, but definitely in poor taste for that cook. Overall, an okay experience. I am in Acworth monthly, and am fairly confident that I won't be rushing back to City Barbecue knowing the other BBQ offerings in the area. Solid 2.5 rounded to a 3.

    Queen F.

    Plastic in the pulled pork was very disappointing. The service was okay but the cashier had an attitude. I assume he was having a bad day and overwhelmed with the workload. The restaurant was clean restroom needed serious attention. But I won't return because this is a serious choking hazard and my grandchildren could have choked.

    Dawn B.

    This place is usually on the ball, not today, Oder the Nashville chicken sandwich, got 2 chicken tenders on a bun. Not cool.

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    Andrew L.

    The quality of the food is poor and it is very salty it was hard to eat but Mac and cheese was

    Pulled pork, corn pudding & Cole slaw. Pre-opening night.
    John K.

    We went on the pre-opening "free dinner" night a week or two back. It was packed & we had to wait 2 or 3 minutes for a table to open after ordering. Not bad since it was packed. Friendly workers circulated giving out rib & dessert samples but suspect that was just for this night! It's a fast food style layout. Bright & open; nothing fancy. Food was good & plentiful - at least on that test run. Pulled pork tasty. I'm not a big sauce guy but they have a number to pick from. Corn casserole was fair to good. At least it's a different sort of choice. Wife rated Mac & cheese not up to Jim 'n Nicks standards but certainly edible. Cole slaw was pretty good. It was especially good being free. Haha. We'll probably go again as paying customers.

    LaDreena W.

    Everything we ate was really good! We went through the drive thru and our order was correct, which was great given how crowded the place was and that it's still fairly new. I plan to come back until I've tried their entire menu!

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    Kristi D.

    I dunno. Maybe I feel like this is a lame amount of meat for $22.00. Sides were fine.

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    23 days ago

    Great service, good environment, very clean. And the staff answers all my questions very nicely! food is immaculate definitely recommend

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    13 days ago

    Yeah it was pretty good. Prepackaged packs of bbq sauce. Really more of a fast food bbq joint than a local bbq restaurant

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    24 days ago

    Conveniently located with great food and nice atmosphere. Good addition to the Acworth area, however a little pricey.

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    4 months ago

    I had an amazing time at City BBQ, my guy Ian was able to take care of me and make me feel right at home and the food was amazing!!!

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    4 months ago

    The food is always great and my favorite are the smoke wings and banana pudding. Service is usually fast as you can expect for BBq.

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    7 months ago

    Take out and eat in both were great. "Not a sloppy Joe" sandwich was so good. Best green beans around. Pork and brisket great too

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    4 months ago

    Good food, good meat, good place to eat. But I don't understand how they can run out pulled pork at a place like this?

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    Food was really good, very friendly service, nice warm atmosphere, and food came out very fast!!

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    7 months ago

    Salty nachos with minimal meat. Literally a vege plate. Even the salad had salty meat.

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    4 months ago

    Amazing food! My go to bbq in the area. If you haven't tried it please do! Great service and food

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    Good and speedy service. the food was good. The server Hadley was kind, helpful, and very invested with the customers.

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    Very great food and Customer Service. Always great service and on Tuesday they have great ribs

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