Very impressed with this bbq joint! I had the baby back ribs and they were delicious, so good! Their house sweet barbecue sauce was great as well! My wife and grown daughter had meals off the junior options and had plenty as well! Very good sized portions I had fries and beans left over just because there was so much food. The service was great, the lady that waited on us was very nice and had a good sense of humor. Very attentive as well! And the price? Really affordable for what we got! Definitely recommend if you're in the area! read more

Love the smell of smoked meat and this place didn't disappoint. Clean well lit area with a very friendly , attentive staff added to the dining experience. The pulled pork was melt in your mouth tender with just the perfect amount of smoke and a good size serving, potato salad was really good and the pit beans were fabulous, beans with a nice amount of meat and a tasty sauce and smoky flavor. If you're craving some good BBQ and don't want to do all the work stop by here and you won't be disappointed. read more

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Had a lovely lunch here. Food came out fast. Waitress was really knowledgeable about the menu. Loved how affordable this place was. I can't believe we had all this food for $25!! Only complaint if I had to have one is how quiet it is. Felt like everyone was ease dropping and hearing my grandma call me an old maid for not being married at 28. read more

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Food and service are excellent! Been there several times never disappointed. We will be back!

The food was delicious and reasonably priced. The staff was friendly, and our meals arrived quickly. We came with a large group, and they took great care of us. The place feels warm and has a family-owned vibe. read more

In town for work. Tired, hungry. Looked at yelp for ideas and saw this place. Came here based off the reviews. Also tried the burnt end sandwich based off the reviews. Amazing! If you haven't tried this place- DO! Very nice, good service and great food! BTW- I never leave reviews... read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - Burnt end sandwich - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

We are long term loyal customers of the establishment, but had a BAD experience last evening. We went thru drive thru to get burnt ends. Were told we could not buy just burnt ends. (Not customer friendly!) We Had to buy dinners we did not want to get the meat. Well, glad we did because the burnt ends were so tough and dry, they ended up in the trash and we had potatoe salad and baked beans for dinner. Two black marks for half sauced. Plus the lady that Took our order was not very nice! read more

The food here is the shittest low quality BBQ that's filled with flies and the worse staff ever for a restaurant on the lake . Also the drinks here are past there expiration's dates . Overall don't eat here read more

Fantastic BBQ! They have the best ribs and burnt ends at the lake. Every side we've tried has been delicious, and the portions are huge,!you'll definitely have leftovers. Highly recommend! read more

We found on Google map and decided to try. It's was well worth the stop. Service was great. Food was amazing. We'll be back. Definitely a place to try if you haven't. read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - 2 meat combo with fries and pit beans - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

Food was awesome! Highly recommend the pulled pork. Huge servings, delicious food. My husband got the sampler and said everything was amazing. We also got the baked beans which were probably the smokiest most unique beans I've ever had. read more

Better than Wobbly Boots. Spoon bread was amazing as were the beans. Great smoke flavor. Pulled pork was extremely tender.

We have used Half Sauced for catering our parish fishing tournaments for the last six years. They always show up on time with setup and delicious meals. We have tried other options in the past and this is by far our best option. We set a date and give a preliminary number and adjust the night before. I only wish my tournament results were as good as their food and service. read more

I almost gave it 5 stars but the brisket fat was just a little too much for me and I waited almost an hour to be served but that was a staffing issue in the kitchen. This was the best bbq I had at the lake and I would absolutely recommend it. read more

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When i walked in the groups in the restaurant at 11:30 on a Friday were a K-9 unit and a group of construction workers in high viz orange -- an excellent sign. The service was quick, the portions were large, and everything was incredibly tasty. The brisket is more of the thick-sliced, dryer kind than the shaved fatty kind, which is prefer. Very reasonable prices as well. A great lunch stop driving through the lake, I'll go back and you should too read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - Frozen beer glasses - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

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The food was excellent!! We had brisket and burnt ends, vinegar and oil slaw, pit beans and home fries. I am gluten-free and our server Annabelle was very accommodating and made sure to let me know to leave the ramen off of the slaw. We will definitely be returning here next year, when we are back in the Ozarks for our summer vacation:) read more

Love this restaurant! We are regulars and have never had a bad meal. Heading there now,lol! Last weeks lunch was amazing! We've gone to other bbq restaurants and this is hands down the best! Super nice staff and great food! read more

A great, casual BBQ restaurant. We thoroughly enjoyed everything we got except for the baked beans. We were looking forward to them, but they were SO oversmoked that they were inedible to us. I am sure some people like them that way so, to each his/her own. We got the sampler platter of meats, a pork steak, spoonbread, fries, and coleslaw. We also got the mayo-based coleslaw, which was good but we didn't notice the spice mentioned in the menu. The service was great and the waitress was really accommodating when we had a sort of last-minute request. We got to experience some foods that are not common in our area and enjoyed the overall experience. If we are back in the area, we would not hesitate to go back. read more

passing through the area and found this little gem. You MUST try the brunt ends nachos!! Generous portions and friendly staff. Would return again and again if we lived in the area. read more

Went for lunch. Food and service were both fantastic and the value was good. I had the burnt ends and potato salad - delicious. My lunchmate had the baked potato that looked amazing! read more

First timers and almost drove away. The building is lacking alot specially if you drive around it. Trees growing out of the gutters. My thinking is you cant take care of the outside whats going on in the inside. Against better judgement went ahead and ate. 1 ordered the half chicken. Great spice but only on the skin chicken didnt have much flavor but was cooked perfect. 2 pulled pork was in large quantities and cooked great So the food was great. Fries ... please dont put fries in a nonfry container I had soggy fries that are placed in Styrofoam the moister off the heat just drops back down on the fries and its not fun. To the owner I know you dont like soggy fries neither does your customers. the sauce -- tasted good and had a horrible after taste. now here is why the low marks. EVERYONE in are group complained of stomach issues and everyone had the same thing that night we all shared. two of us were up all night in fact and had a busy day the next day. we cant figure out what happened or what it was... we will return and try the ribs. though and see what happens we all suspect the sauce though... read more

Food is very good. Place is very clean. Service is quick and professional. And prices are the BEST at the Lake. Heartily recommend you go and eat there. read more

Best thing in this plate was the burnt ends and baked beans. Baked beans had a nice smokey flavor to them. Burnt ends - first time eating them but it was very tasty and with with a little bit of spicy bbq sauce hit it just right. Brisket was a nice cut of piece but a little dry like the pulled pork. Those both needed the sauce. The pork ribs were meaty, not too smokey but didn't quite fall off the bone read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - Sampler plate - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

Ordered ahead for a Memorial Day lunch at home. For a group of 6 we ordered 3 full slabs of ribs and 2 pounds of brisket. We didn't order any sides as we had all that at home. However, I saw their steak fries and they looked good! Their salad also looked good but seemed like a basic garden salad. Both the ribs and brisket were very tasty! My only complaint is that I arrived when I said I would, but I was still made to wait about 10 minutes. The staff was nice. The restaurant is clean with comfortable decor. read more

Ok, so I've only done the drive thru so I can't speak to the ambience. However, I have returned to the drive thru twice! Service is great! Respectful, kind, helpful... just remember it's not fast food so you have to wait. But not long at all! The food is AMAZING! I absolutely love their smoky beans. We tried the sampler which included three types of meat. Between the two of us. We tried burnt ends, brisket, ham, and ribs. Every single one was tasty! They provided all the sauce we wanted and they were all great as well. Overall, great place that we will be visiting again and again. read more

What a great find during our first visit to Osage Beach. They have a great menu to choose from with traditional sides. I tried the burnt end sandwich and my wife had the pulled pork sandwich. My sandwich was one of the best I've had. Great sauce that did not take away from the taste of the meat. It was a perfect portion with no fat! What topped it off was the quality of the bun. It stayed intact through till the end. I chose not to add any additional sauce but the have three more to choose from. Our waitress was very attentive and gave us a good lowdown on where to go in Lake Ozarks. Great prices, great food and friendly staff make it a home run for me! read more

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We were looking for something we hadn't tried before and saw this on yelp. I can't believe we have not been here in the years we've been coming to the lake! Excellent. As you walk in the bbq trophies and ribbons let you know that this is the real deal!! I had the HUGE pork chop and plenty to share and next day lunch. Very tender and perfectly cooked. Husband had the burnt end sandwich. Again very good! Slaw was a nice break from the richness of the meat and the onion rings which came with a really nice horseradish aioli kind of sauce. Will definitely be back!! read more

We got takeout. Great barbecue pulled pork and chicken. Motivated and friendly service. Check it out, bring your appetite you won't be disappointed. read more

Don't miss eating at Half Sauced! What a fantastic BBQ restaurant!! Most bbq places have one thing they do exceptionally well and the other items are just good. Half Sauced has it ALL down from all of their meats we tried to the perfect picnic potato salad (my fave) to the beans to the potato sausage soup. Seriously .... even if you need a quick meal, use the drive thru! Yep! A BBQ joint with a drive thru! And the atmosphere is quintessential bbq. Wish I had room for dessert. I imagine it's delicious Next time. read more

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The place is in the corner of the block which makes it easy to find, and there's 2 entrances to the parking lot. We came into the place and it looked nice. But we were never greeted (not that it matters to us) but all the people that worked there saw us and made eye contact, but we didn't get seated. We waited about 15 on the benches waiting, because they had a sign stating " please wait to be seated". We were being civil and following the signs, but again we waited 15 minutes before someone asked if we've been help. 15 minutes is a long time when your hungry. To be honest we were about to leave because we were about to get hangry. The food was ok, but the price for the quantity was awesome. read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - Sign. - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

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This is ok bbq! Definitely not Texas amazing bbq. This restaurant is hard to give a rating too! We loved the service! Our waitress was great. My wife and I came here on a Wednesday in the early evening around 4pm. At the suggestion of our waitress we split a 2 meat platter. The platter includes 2 sides. We ordered 2 side salads with French dressing to start our meal. The salads were extra and not included in the platter. The salad was iceberg lettuce, shredded cheese, 2 slices of red onion, 1 slice of cucumber. The salad was ok and we were not impressed with the dressing. We think it could of been bottled Catalina. We chose pulled pork and pulled chicken for the meats. Our sides we chose pit beans and creamy coleslaw. Shortly after ordering our waitress let us know they were out of coleslaw and the owners make the coleslaw. They also ran out of carrots for the cole slaw. We replaced the coleslaw with homemade onion rings which is a 2 dollar up-charge. We also got an order of spoon bread (corn bread with cream corn). The spoon bread was a pleasant surprise with a sweet cornbread taste and very moist. We also liked the onion rings a lot! The rings had nice sweet thick onions. The batter was crisp and had a good flavor. The rings were hot in temperature too and fresh! The disappointment was the flavor, portion, and taste of the meat. Where's the smoke? This is the big reason for the 3 star review! The pulled pork was really fatty and didn't have a lot of good meat pieces. The pulled pork was dry and didn't have a good smoke flavor. The pulled chicken was ok but covered in sauce and a bit dry even with the sauce. We liked the chicken better than the pork. I'm thinking the meats we were served maybe were not fresh but I don't know. The meats are served on toasted bread. We didn't try the bread. The pit beans were ok but definitely not packed with flavor or heat like they are in Texas at other bbq restaurants. Also, pit beans come free in Texas at a lot of good Texas bbq restaurants. The waitress let us try a few pieces of jalapeño sausage and it was ok. A highlight of our meal was the sweet tea ! Great sweet tea here! We got a couple glasses of tea to go! Overall our rating goes like this: 5 stars for the service 5 stars for sweet tea 4 stars for onion rings 4 stars for spoon bread 3 stars for side salads 3 stars for pit beans 3 stars for pulled chicken 2 stars for pulled pork We may give this restaurant another chance someday when we are back in the area at the lake of the Ozarks. read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - Side salad - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

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Good food, service, and cleanliness. The menu has something for everybody, including children

Parents took me out to Half Sauced for the first time.  My side salad came out first 1 tub of ranch, the waitress went MIA and I needed more ranch. She was not to be found. Had to stop another waitress to get me more ranch and remind her we are missing our appetizer. Random waitress said ok and went back to tell our table waitress. Table waitress comes with the ranch and says we just got a bunch of to-go orders so they are still making it. No apology but telling it straight. You can't expect us to be happy when you disappear and it's part of your job to communicate with your guests. Yes you are busy today but you should treat your table with just as much respect as you would your team and boss.  Ordered cheese fries an appetizer took them 30 mins to bring it out the fries were great! Had cheese pull that I never seen on fries.  Half slab of ribs and fries: ate nearly the full slab until I dropped a rib on the floor. It was meaty too so I was pretty sad about that.  Food makes up for the service. Communication is all that is needed. Once they got the to-go orders out she was much better about checking in on us. I definitely would be back mosy during the week. Saturdays are busy! read more

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Atmosphere was eh...servers are efficient & friendly. We got the combo,ribs were good,brisket was dry. Burnt Ends were sensational! Potato salad was awesome. Green beans were watery. I would go back and eat a Bucket of those burnt ends. read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - Happy from eating Burnt Ends - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

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It's ok. If you are a BBQ lover whose looking for the best you may want to keep driving. We try places everywhere we visit and this is not great. read more

Only table in the place, everyone else had checked out and was leaving they took our order quickly, 2 brisket sandwiches after 20 mins of our waitress not coming back to the table, we checked on our order at the front and were told it would be right out. 5 minutes later the manager came to tell us there had been a "mix-up" and our ticket was never put in. She offered us each a free dessert but we decided to leave, and as we left she told the kitchen to "not make it" So it wasn't even being made 25 mins after being ordered. Hopefully it's delicious Half an hour for a chopped brisket sandwich isn't worthwhile read more

Terrible service. Food subpar. Environmental not the best. Hostess lacked customer service & not a bit personal

This place is one of the best kept secrets around. Everything is smoked the day of. I have been there a couple of times and was blown away both times. The smoked wings appetizer is to die for. The best smoked pork steak I have ever put in my face. Service is great. The place looks and feels clean. Not a bar atmosphere. Just good smoked meats and hearty sides. On my top 10 list for sure. read more

HalfSauced Barbeque - 24oz smoked Pork Steak -that I couldn't finish! - Barbeque Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

Owner seems nice but needs to hire better staff. Overwhelmed server was slamming things on the counter, slamming the drive through window closed and acting like he was pissed I was there. Won't be back. read more

I guess you can say this BBQ is decent. Some dishes shine compared to others. I had the Burnt Ends and Onion Rings. Plenty to eat and very tasty! I had other dishes but wasn't really impressed. Wings are good to... Brisket, Pulled Pork satisfying but standard fare. read more