Food's excellent. You have to get by the corny, country store look of the place and mediocre soft drinks but the real heart of the menu, the BBQ, is great. I had the mild sauce, which was still a bit spicy for me. In fact, that's the only reason they got four stars and not five- I think they rely on heat too much in their sauce recipie. They miss some flavor. But the meat itself, even without sauce is pretty awesomely flavored. The sides and desserts aren't standout but they are tasty. And the whole place is quick and easy to get in and out of if you're in a hurry and just need a sandwhich on the go. read more

This place food is God Awful. Service is good but the food is terrible. The MSc and cheese is all MSc and no cheese. How do you do that?? The brisket is mystery meat, no seasonings at all and drier than a desert. Come on guys this is Mississippi and you're doing this. Everything is just terrible. Start serving chicken fried steaks and eggs because BBQ is not your thing. read more

My family and I have been eating there for very long time. It was my father's favorite place to eat bbq! I stopped in there two weeks ago and went through the drive-in window. I get home it's cold, fries were cold. I had 1 teaspoon of baked beans. I paid $16 for this. I've been asking for two weeks to refund my money because I don't live in that area anymore i have yet to get anyone to get my refund for always say they don't have a manager and Alex is the owner and he's gonna call me and he's gonna refund my money.it is going on three weeks now! zero That's sad that this place which has been a staple is gone down like that.. i will be filing a complaint with BBB just for the sure principle of not refunding my money are even a owner/manager getting in touch with me! read more

The food is great. But guys. Clean it up some. Been coming here for years. But the facility needs help. It's getting where it's uncomfortable read more

I was looking for a good spot for dinner today and the Hickory Pit commercial came on so I decided to go there. It was the wrong decision. The Mac and cheese was scraped from around the pot, I got a pile of lettuce with 4 chopped tomatoes for the salad and a half of slab of ribs that only 3 were edible because 2 on the end were burned. What a waste of $22.00 read more

Hickory Pit - Overcooked Mac and cheese, salad with 4 tomatoes and burnt ribs. - Barbeque Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

Grew up eating here, just moved back after 10 years and this burger is a POS. It is 100% frozen patty. They used to smoke them along with the meats, but now they have the audacity to say it's $8.50 for literally a Bubba Burger patty. What once was a staple in Jackson has fallen severely read more

Hickory Pit - Barbeque Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

To go order tonight was greasy/watery pulled pork. $18 for pork plate and it was not appetizing at all. Even the bbq was so watered down there was no flavor. Do better Hickory Pit. read more

The food was good, the service was incredible! Super friendly people in a cool, country diner atmosphere.

$21 for a burger and two sides. The burgers while it was a fresh patty had no flavor. The macaroni and cheese was too salty and the baked beans tasted like straight out the can with a tomato base versus barbecue. To top it off the man taking my order recommended the beans. Not sure where the hickory pit name came from but it is misleading. I expected strong smoky flavor and there was none. read more

We love this restaurant! Absolutely delicious barbecue! We usually get takeout since it's very close to our house, and never have to wait more than a few minutes, even if we walk in and order to go. We have never had a problem or bad experience and the restaurant is so cute with all the piggy figurines! read more

I love this place! Great BBQ and friendly service! My go to is the brisket sandwich with beans and potato salad!!

The pork sandwich was a reasonable portion for the price, and I tried a bit of the bbq sauce before I committed to it. It had a lot of great smoky flavor with a hint of heat. I appreciated that the young man working the counter mentioned that the sandwich comes with slaw on top, which I asked to have on the side. I'm not typically a fan of slaw, but it did have very fresh veggies and a nice vinegar based dressing, not a creamy one like I usually end up with at bbq places in Northern states. My husband's cheese burger was a good size and served fresh. The lemon pie, was very good, I could tell it was made locally or in house. The atmosphere is very much a hole in the wall, country store vibe, but I often find those to have the best food. I'm not a local, I was just passing through town on a business trip, but I try to find something interesting that isn't fast food since I do travel so much. This definitely hit the spot, with good portions, great flavor, and friendly counter workers. read more

This is now just average BBQ at ridiculously high prices in a ho hum and very dated atmosphere. Hear me out - the former owner worked tirelessly to make HP a metro area institution. Good food at a good price. The new owners have not been able to replicate Ginger's secret sauce. A sandwich plate, drink and dessert plus tip will now set you back almost thirty dollars. HP is good, but it is not thirty dollars worth of good. Sad to see. read more

We love the Hickory pit! Taco Tuesday is our favorite - the brisket quesadilla never dissapoints. BUT every other day is just as good! great atmosphere and super friendly staff. read more

Great BBQ, but the BEST hamburger in the city! Order takeout, dine in accommodations are not great.

I was sent to Hickory Pit for the Ham and Cheese sammich while I was looking for the best non-burger sammiches in Jackson. This is not anything I would normally order at a BBQ place. I like the pulled pork, but my lead came from a good friend so I bit the bullet and grabbed the Ham and Cheese...described as the "Hickory Pit's Signature Sandwich" The bread is HP's awesome buttered thick white bread that comes with BBQ plates and a monster flat-top grilled piece of ham and with American cheese dripping out. Yep. It's good. Damn good. Makes me look at Hickory Pit in a different light. I am not a huge fan of MS BBQ so this gives me a reason to go in there again. I recommend it. Highly. read more

Hickory Pit - Signature Ham and Cheese - Barbeque Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

I convinced my coworkers to try this place based on the reviews on here. I was very excited to have some good southern BBQ! I was not super hungry so I got a pulled chicken sandwich and a slice of the Hershey's Pie. With a name like Hickory Pit, I was expecting a lot of smoked hickory flavor. My chicken had no smoked flavor what so ever. It tasted just like cooked chicken. The slaw was good on the sandwich and I mixed the hot and normal sauce to get something I liked. The Texas Toast was nicely done. My coworkers said the baked beans and slaw were good. I really enjoyed the Hershey's Pie. It was delicious! One of my coworkers got the Pecan Pie and let me try a bite. It was underwhelming. Way too many pecans and hardly any sauce. If this is the best BBQ in Mississippi as the sign inside the door states, then I am very disappointed in Mississippi BBQ. read more

Always some of the best BBQ in the Metro. Seems like their portions are larger than others and prices are still great.

Going through the drive through, the lady was very pleasant. She provided us a menu and waited while we ordered. We ordered the pulled pork sandwich platter with fries and baked beans. The fries were okay. They lacked a bit of salt. The pulled pork was okay. It came with no sauce on it which was fine but the pork had no flavor by itself. The baked beans were extremely tomato based and had no smoke to them. They were very Red In color. I ended up pouring some of the bbq sauce from the pulled pork into the beans. The food was overall is okay. read more

Hickory Pit - a hand holding a piece of bread with beans and coleslaw in a styrofoam container - Barbeque Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

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I've been eating at Hickory Pit for more than 20 years, eating there every couple of weeks. I have always enjoyed their food and unique taste. Not a franchised BBQ joint. Today I purchased two pulled chicken salads. The salads were not fresh tasting and very bland. I had purchased one for a first time person. They were not impressed at all. The absurd thing is that each salad cost just under seventeen dollars. I understand we are in the COVID Enviroment but I can still do fine dining for a quality salad elsewhere. Unfortunately, I was and am very disappointed. read more

Their food and customer service is fantastic! I got the pulled pork plate with hot BBQ sauce, baked beans and potato salad. Those beans are second to none. The lady who took my order said it would take 10 minutes, but it was ready in 6!! Thank y'all for a great experience! read more

I've come here a couple of times when visiting family, and I know this place is considered an institution around Jackson, but I recommend getting BBQ somewhere else. The service is friendly and the people are nice enough, but BBQ here is mediocre, at best. The portions are pretty small, especially considering the prices they charge. If you do decide to come here, definitely skip the baked beans - unless you like your baked beans to have a heavy tomato and vinegar flavor with very few beans. read more

the food is okay my problem was how the cashiers were arguing (a older white man) being hostile towards the younger black guy in front of the customers! very unprofessional and will not be returning read more

I've found the food and service quality are in direct correlation to when ownership is in house. Otherwise, I've seen disinterested and rude younger staff and food quality take a step down. Just sayn...... read more

Anyone that smokes their own pulled pork has pretty high standards and feels offended when they get some pork that was obviously cooked in the oven. This place is the opposite of that. You can smell the woodsmoke from the parking lot. They nail the pork. Great hickory flavor and lots of tasty bark mixed throughout. I like their mild sauce more than the hot because it's more vinegar less tomato based. Fries are hand cut and good. Great slaw. But most importantly I know I can count on their pork to be clean and smoky. This is a real Q spot. read more

Their pulled pork is great but they put some secret sauce in their baked beans. I love their bbq. Very flavorful and locally owned. Probably the best in town that I have tried. Much better bbq than Pig and Pint, hands down. read more

Delicious barbecue!!! Fast, friendly, folksy service; they ask you how it was and really *care* about the answer. The pulled pork is my favorite, and I can vouch for both the sandwich and the platter. I like their beans, and they also have excellent sweet potato fries and big, fat beer battered onion rings. They have three sauce choices on every table: Hot (my fave: bright red with pepper flakes and cumin), Mild (very smoky and good), and the Sweet (very thin, almost maple-y tasting); all are good, but my fiance' actually said today, "This meat is so good that you don't even *need* sauce." Also try the Hot on the onion rings; it's delectable. They also have great ice. I know it's weird to cite this as a "pro"; but I'm an ice fiend, and these are the great crumbly pellets of ice. It's not fancy (paper plates, paper napkins, bus-your-own-table), but I like it that way. It is really, really good barbecue. read more

Every time we come it's incredible. Ginger and her team do a great job! Ribs, pork, chicken, sides...can't go wrong at the Hickory Pit! read more

Hickory Pit - Barbeque Near Me - Jackson, Mississippi

Stopped here on my way to New Orleans as it was conveniently located right off 55. Based on reviews I ordered the ham and cheese sandwich platter with a side salad with comeback sauce and tater salad. The ham was moist and flavorful and properly messy as the sandwich fell apart while I was eating it. I love comeback sauce so that was great for a Midwesterner like myself. The tater salad was more like mashed potatoes but tasted like potato salad, I thought the flavor was a little off. My bf got the pulled pork sandwich platter with baked beans and home fries. The beans were delicious, they had big chunks of ham and a zing to them. The home fries were boring, but the reason for the lower rating was that the pulled pork was extremely underwhelming, which was disappointing for a place claiming to be "voted the best BBQ in ms." It was dry and lacked flavor. The available sauces (mild, spicy & sweet) were lackluster, but sweet was the best to add some moisture to the pork. The other people who came in and out (and through the drive thru) all seemed to be regulars though so maybe I missed the secret menu. All in all ok, convenient for a traveller, but may not be the best option around. read more

I've had Hickory Pit cater to a couple of my companies/agencies before and I've tried them on more than one ocassion on my own free will and accord. With saying all that, they just do not hit me in the wow category. I feel BBQ should be comforting, down home type cuisine and not commercial and Hickory Pit just has this commercial flavor to it. Their portions speak to that commercial, bottom line - one scoop here, a few slices on the scale there. The Hickory Pit is in a nice neighborhood and they have Fox news playing for the southern conservative and it just doesn't speak to me. If you want commercial BBQ - then the Hickory Pit is just for you! read more

Take this review with a grain of salt, since I'm an out-of-towner here for a month. As for my barbeque memories, there is The Rib Shack from my hometown in Illinois, and Lil' Porgy's where I went to medical school, and really nothing else in my gastronomic history worth mentioning. I happened to find Hickory Pit randomly looking for dinner on a rainy Monday night. The decor is rustic, with antique soda ads, and wooden knick-knacks. A small TV with FOX News playing softly in the background adds authenticity to me. There is only one table occupied Service is excellent and friendly, but I only had takeout, so can't comment in detail. I had the full slab of ribs, with cole slaw, fries, potato salad, baked beans. The meat was flavorful, but not quite tender enough, and the sauce was sugary smooth but lacked heat. I prefer thicker, saltier fries, but I liked the bits of pork and pepper in the baked beans. The other reviews talked about the sandwiches, and not the ribs, so I'll definitely be back. Also, I didn't see sweet potato fries on the menu... read more

I have ordered "to go" many, many times and never had the problem "Tony M" mentions below. They take my order immediately and it is usually ready when I get there or within a couple minutes. I love the BBQ pork with slaw on the sandwich and the sweet sauce is "to die for." For a special treat try their LEMON ICEBOX PIE, which might be a little over priced, but well worth it in my book. read more

For me BBQ is in a food group all its own.... you know, like ice cream is also its own food group. That being said, "the Pit" is the mother's milk of BBQ, the standard to which others must compare. Maybe I am biased..... it is the BBQ joint I grew up with, but for great Q, terrific service (Ginger and Raul are one of a kind) and DELICIOUS desserts, Hickory Pit is the spot! It is worth a try..... and the Brunswick stew, BBQ nachos and Ham andCheese sandwich also rock! read more

The food is awesome really!! The beef & pork is very tender & has lots of flavor. Ms. Ginger is one of the kindest people you'll ever meet.

I have ate a lot of BBQ and I will say I won't be going back to Hickory Pit, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good. I got the pulled pork sandwich, potato salad, and baked beans. The beans were really good, and that's about it. The potato salad was the worst I have ever had and tasted like it was out of a container at Walmart. The pulled pork was dry, so I loaded it up with sauce. The sauce was alright. The bun however was a cheap, generic, nothing great bun. My husband had the same feeling as I did. I'd rather go to Sonny's or make my own BBQ in the crockpot then spend $25 for two meals and sweet tea. The sweet tea was terrible too, it's definitely not "southern fresh brewed sweet tea." read more

The food is exactly what you would expect, southern bbq. I had the half cluck and fries. I could tell that the chicken was smoked, and overall it had a great flavor. I'd order it again. The place has various homeade pies as well, each of these looked better than the next. But honestly, the reason for the 3 stars? The atmosphere of the place is just bad. It's really small, almost uncomfortable. Good food, bad atmosphere. 3 stars. read more

This place has always had great BBQ period. I highly recommend all of their sandwiches, yes all, and do yourself a favor get extra sweet sauce, it is most excellent. Everytime you will be satisifed when finished eating. read more

I have to give Hickory Pit the Best BBQ in Jackson as well. Been in business forever, always have had good bbq. Locally owned/operated family style place. Relatively easy to access off I-55, and several small unique shops to visit after lunch right behind them. Voted Best BBQ several times in Jackson Free Press. I like my ribs falling off the bone in big meaty chunks, and theirs requires a bit more effort to get off bone, but they aren't bad. I much prefer the pulled pork and chicken plates and sandwiches. I get the pulled pork plate most of the time. I love the baked beans! Oh and noone has mentioned the Hershey Bar pie, which has always been their "trademark" dessert. As long as you are ok with nuts, you simply have to get a piece of the pie. regulars tip--mix the bbq sauces read more

I went here for lunch today and here is my input on this restaurant. When we were ordering our food, the waiter had no idea what we were sayin. Luckily, our order was correct. I was looking through the window into the kitchen, and the cleanliness of the kitchen was appalling. The decorations in the dining area are creepy. The food was great, though. read more

i actually worked here when i was a young fellow. And i must say, a lot of hard work and love goes into the cue' here . i do not know if ginger still owns the place but she fired me for no reason and i still miss the food. i always stop by when i am in town. read more