This place is awesome. Help during the week is incredible, weekend not so much. We love the chicken tenders basket. The onion rings are incredible. They are huge, breaded to perfection and taste awesome. Salads are good but tenders are better. Our son loves their bbq sandwich. Best place to eat in area!! read more

Best food in Savannah really good chicken and bbq GOATED service and pies and allat stuff

Good bbq sandwich good lunch plates and buffet. We love Beth and her crew! The neon fries are always a winner.

It was great! The food is excellent, the value and the staff were wonderful. Would definitely recommend this BBQ!

The food here is so great! Service is great, very friendly the atmosphere is fun and easygoing. Looking forward to going again!

This was an awesome bar-b-q place and every item on the menu was awesome, unfortunately it has since burned and was never rebuilt. The lots has been cleared and we can only hope it will return one day. read more

Their Barbecue sandwich is MOUTHWATERING!Bravo to them!!! I totally recommend their fried okra... read more

Hickory Pit - Barbeque Near Me - Savannah, Tennessee

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Fast, Friendly, and great food. Fried cream corn is the bomb. Pulled pork was outstanding and my husband loved the piggy nachos read more

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Currently closed due to fire. But, when it is open, one of the best BBQ spots in Hardin county. Also, save room for dessert!

Stopped in Savannah TN to eat at The Hickory Pit. It used to be our favorite place. We had the worst service, had to get up and leave. Asked for a sweet tea and they said they only had enough to refill the drinks for the people already there. What the heck. Had to find somewhere else for my family to eat. Thanks for ruining our trip!!! read more

Been eating at Fish Hut for years. Love their bar b que. the only thing I wish they still had Brittany as a waitress. She was the BEST!!!

I'm mixed here because this is more a country cooking place than BBQ. I had the jumbo pulled pork sandwich and the meat had no smoke flavor. Most people there were eating the meat and vegetables off the lunch menu. The hot and mild BBQ sauces are both good and the service is great. Just no smoke flavor read more

Hickory Pit - Jumbo pulled pork - Barbeque Near Me - Savannah, Tennessee

I was just in Savannah for one night and found the Hickory Pit. The service was outstanding, and the food was great! I could use a bit more smoky flavor in the meat, but it was tender and moist. I love onion rings, and when I'm told they are hand cut and battered in the store, I always get them. They couldn't substitute them for the fries, and I thought we'd worked out a deal, so I ordered them. They were absolutely the best onion rings I have ever had. When the bill came though, I was charged for a full appetizer price. But the great staff worked it out to charge me half price. I couldn't finish the plate and wishwas i could have sent half of them to another table gratis. I didn't think of it in time! Then others could have enjoyed these excellent onion rings! Honestly, if I was in the area, I would go a bit out of my way to have these again. read more

My understanding is that they're closed due to a fire. If and when they rebuild and reopen, you wanna eat there. Great BBQ and portions.

We love the hickory pit! We live in selmer and it's worth the drive the food is great they have the best onion rings and cheese sticks. Great staff and excellent cook. Mrs. Lillian is just the best this will always be our bbq place read more

This is a great little place for BBQ. It's a small little hole in the wall, but everyone in Savannah loves this place. I happened upon it by asking a client of mine where to go for lunch while in town. The pulled pork was good and the sides were too. Service is excellent with a great little country flair. Check them out. read more

I travel a lot and i always find time for seafood and bbq. I looked up under yelp for some bbq in northern Alabama where i was and the name (Hickory pit) and the number of stars for the reviews drew me- i should've read the reviews! I bought the 1 pound family meal, half rack of ribs (4 bones what a joke), and 1 lb of smoked kielbasa. First off, since i was traveling i asked if there was plastic wear in there for us, she assured me there was- i believed her and didn't check. Secondly, there was not one hint of smoke in the food--- nothing! So disappointing !!! I like my bbq to be smokey - to taste like bark! But that's me. This didnt have nothing on it. Third, the Cole slaw had no dressing it was straight cut cabbage ! Not even water. Fourth, hot sauce was Tabasco sauce mixed with catchup- really ??? Beans were sweet and ok but for 45 bucks - wow. Hickory pit my but ! I would never eat here agian not recommend them. Easy there at own disappointment if u don't read this read more

Very small parking area, when court people are at work you won't get in. Good country food though, but if I wanted to complain some items you order just won't be enough for the price like fried green tomatoes usually get 2-3 little slices fried. But at least it's good read more

We stopped in at The Hickory Pit for dinner while in Savannah a while back because it was recommended as one of the best BBQ places in the area.. If this is the best Tennessee has to offer for BBQ I need to open a restaurant down there. I love ribs. I cook them all the time at home. Juicy, tender, fall off the bone, tasty ribs. These weren't those. I have no issue with a dry rub BBQ, but the rub needs flavor. Lots of flavor. Not much there. They did have sauce in a squeeze bottle that you could use. And since the ribs were terribly dry I thought I'd give it a try. The first was a sweet BBQ sauce. All I could taste was honey and sugar. It was more like a sweet sauce for sweet and sour than a BBQ sauce. So then I tried the hot sauce. Hot sauce should be hot. And have flavor. This was sort of hot, but had almost no flavor worth commenting on. This left me mixing the two sauces trying to come up with something that I liked. On the other hand, the portions were large, the service was great, and the place was small and clean. But I'm not sure that I would go back. read more

The interior and exterior was typical of a BBQ joint that has tried to add on over time. It was clean. When we arrived it was very busy and we waited about 10 minutes. The other customers seemed to see the rush and didn't linger at their tables like they normally would've. In that respect the customers seemed to be working together for mutual benefit. Because we sensed the rush we didn't mind that the waitress took our order within a minute of sitting down. Everyone was in a hurry and and hungry worked together to make lunch happen. Everyone in my group ordered the meat and three for only $5.50. Not one single complaint!!! Yum!!! I table watched what other people ordered and it looked equally yummy. I'd like to drive the hour to savannah again just to eat here and try those fries!!! read more

This was the 1st place that I've gone to for barbecue in Savannah Tennessee in or have to say they did a great job with The barbecue and sides. The sweet tea was huge! And the desserts were delicious is well. The hot sauce was not hot at all but it still tasted delicious read more

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Longtime Savannah resident and absolutely love Hickory Pit. Neon cheese fries are awesome and never a disappointment. Lunch buffet is always great and it's at a great price. read more

It's a little pricey but the food is very good. I enjoy that they have a drive thru and plenty of parking space. Really good customer service and they must doing right being around a long time where other places have shut down. Whether you're local or out of town you'll enjoy a good meal there. If you're a diabetic the sauces and bake beans are so sweet that you'll spike but sweet enough that you'll enjoy the taste. Kudos on the perfect balance. read more

Great traditional Southern BBQ. Fast and Friendly. Decent prices, right in the middle of town. read more

Best Barbecue in Savannah! Great atmosphere with some of the best servers. Make sure you get a piece of their caramel pie.

Blech. The ribs ($17.99) are fatty and tasteless and full of gristle. The neon fries were limp and also tasteless. We went to The Hickory Pitt because of the reviews, but it was a real letdown. read more

Since this is a BBQ restaurant I must rate it on the Q but the neon fries are delicious and a must. This is more of a competition BBQ with no smoke flavor. Very over priced. Great wait staff, which is why it gets 2 stars. read more

I've been going here my entire life, it never gets old. I love the BBQ they serve here, the delicious homemade sides and deserts. really can't go wrong! Every time I visit home I have to make a trip to the Hickory Pit otherwise it's just not the same. read more

Split a rack of "fall off the bone ribs", hard to beat. Small, packed place with fast service. You won't go wrong here.

Loved this whole in the wall. Lots of food. Friendly folks, both outgoing and informative about the food and the local attractions. BBQ sauce is very sweet, if you like sweet. Too much to eat! So good!!!! read more

This place was awesome!!! Not to pricey, ribs fell off the bone, beans were wonderful and the pulled pork was great. Would definitely go back if I come to Tennessee again! Service was also great. I know bar b que and this was good!! read more

The food was great and the service is excellent. I would totally recommend this to anyone passing through Savannah TN. My 66 year old parents, 2 year old daughter and I were passing through on the way back from Shiloh and decided to give this a try. No regrets. The only reason this isn't 5 stars is because the bathrooms are bit too small. I had the meat plate (smoked sausage) and three "veggies" (fried okra, fried green tomatoes and baked beans). Everything tasted great and the BBQ sauce was excellent (my picky father l, who never likes anything, even liked this sauce). 2 year old loved the chicken strips. The cornbread isn't what I expected. I like my cornbread a bit sweet and this wasn't . If you're in the area check it out. It's with your time. read more

I'm not a rib conniseur (sp?) but this was good stuff, very small place, friendly waitresses, the hot sauce is hot, very Southern (at least to my California eyes). read more

On a business trip to Savannah, TN. Coworkers had been craving BBQ so we stopped here for lunch. Just a run of the mill BBQ place in a small town. Nothing special. The place looks kind of like it's falling apart but it was packed. We barely sat down before we were asked if we were ready to order 3 times by 3 different waitresses... Seemed a little rushed. The staff was very friendly but we had to sit right in front of the door when it was 30 degrees outside so every time someone went in and out our foods temperature significantly lowered. I ordered the pulled chicken sandwich plate, one coworker ordered pulled pork sandwich, and the other coworker ordered chicken strips. We all had seasoned fries and beans. Meat was tender but under seasoned. Beans were sub-par and fries although fresh off the grease you could tell had been previously frozen. If you're dying for food to get you through it doesn't hurt to stop but don't expect much. read more

I've been to many BBQ joints around the country and this one by far is one of my favs. The BBQ pork sandwich is soooo good, I'm addicted!

The Jumbo BBQ basket is awesome! Sweet tea is always perfect and the fried green tomatoes are amazing!

We stopped in during a trip from Ohio to visit our daughter in MS. The restaurant is close to the Shiloh Battlefield for history buffs. The food was great & service excellent. Prices were reasonable. The hostess went above & beyond to make us feel welcome. The facilities not as nice as a major chain, but definitely worth the stop. read more