This is always a favorite of ours we just don't get there as much as we would like. I stopped by to order some smoked meats to go and decided to have a late lunch alone. Tiffany was my server and she was so friendly and made wonderful recommendations. I was torn between regular fries or okra and Tiffany suggested changing it up and the okra didn't disappoint. Sweet tea is always so delicious here actually sweet. My smoked wings had an amazing crisp snap while juicy inside. Order a side of sauce if you like saucy they don't absorb the sauce like fried wings do. The ranch was excellent as well. Let's talk meat. The smoked chicken. I mean it is perfection. Change up your meal prep and swap dry chicken for this smoked chicken. Tiffany packaged up my to go meats and delivered as I was finishing up. No waiting! Great value, excellent food and kind, attentive service. read more

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Amazing breakfast buffet!! I can't believe I have lived in Woodstock for 8 years and this is the first time I have been here. They have a great variety of meats (chicken, cat fish, turkey, ham, prime rib, and brisket) collard greens, coleslaw, potatoes, etc. on the breakfast side you can get made to order omelets and waffles. For dessert they had apple and pumpkin cobbler , cookies and fruit. Over all everything tasted great and we will return. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

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this was our first time at JD's we had the brisket and the ribs both were amazing and the service was wonderful. New Jersey does nit have smoked food as good as this! read more

There was good customer service and friendly people. But the ribs were $25 for a half a rack and they did not have any smoke flavor. And the brisket was about the same price for a small portion. We will not be going back anytime soon. read more

First time dining in was great! Food was great, atmosphere was great, no wait and good specials. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Specials Menu - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

Megan is the GOAT! Went for Gilmore Girls Trivia. She was an amazing waitress. It was busy but she kept a smile the whole time.

Food is good. Kickin Spicy sauce is better than the sweet. Sides were good too. Definitely will be back. Very hospitable as well. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Brisket, Mac n Cheese, Beans, and Hush Puppies - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

I loved this food or specifically the brisket and the HUSHPUPPIES!!!!!!! They are awesome and you don't get enough!

Our server at JD's was wonderful! So personable and attentive. The food was hot and tasty. There were a couple of disappointments due to shortages of items, but what we wound up having was tasty. The batter they use on the fried chicken tenders is sooooo good. And though I didn't have them this time, the fried pickles are super tasty, too! The Woodstock location has a nice ambience - you can see where they do the smoking right outside the front door. TVs are present but easily avoidable and sound is off - music plays instead, which we prefer. read more

I won't go back. It's weird enough to see catfish and hush puppies on the BBQ menu along with serving martinis with pinball machine, but they can't get a simple burger order right. When customer orders a burger with mayo and lettuce only they don't want tomatoes, ketchup, and mustard on the burger. Their fix was to take off the tomato and scraped off the ketchup. Not the gross mustard though. By the time they doctored it, it was cold. Plus, all sauces were served cold. Not pleasant at all. read more

Kind of disappointed with this restaurant; after waiting to be seated for an hour, our server tells us that the kitchen is behind another hour. read more

This restaurant is just great! We regularly order food or dine in! Today we came for the birthday brunch and it was delicious! My favorite items were the prime rib, the chicken fried steak, the meat loaf, the biscuits and gravy and the sautéed green beans! Our service was great, too! Every time we eat here they make us feel like family! Before you even enter the restaurant you smell the smoked deliciousness of the day! We keep coming back over and over and have yet to be disappointed! read more

Tonight we ordered 3 meals online at around 7:05, the website said the order would be ready for pickup around 7:45. I arrived at the restaurant at 7:52 and still waited over 20 minutes for my order. When i walked in the little blonde girl at the counted said like five words and then walked away and i never saw her again and then i had to ask someone else about my order and she said, without checking, that "we're waiting on bread". waiting on bread for 20 minutes. When the food did arrive the bread wasn't toasted, we didn't get any of the sauces that we ordered and paid for, and there was a HAIR IN MY FOOD. HAIR IN MY FOOD! I am pregnant and they left a hair in my fries. i tried to call the restaurant to maybe get a refund or to just talk to the manager and nobody would answer the phone at 8:15. i called three times and i couldn't even leave a voicemail because the box was full. all in all, shitty service, crappy food, and not at all worth the price. maybe we shouldn't be expanding and adding new locations if we can't consistently provide good service and quality food at our existing establishments. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - one of the hairs in my fries in case you wanted to see - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

We came here on a pilmagridge to my late cousin's adopted town of Woodstock. Walking up to the place you can smell the smokers first good sign of a good bbq joint. The service was friendly which i love the southern hospitality that makes you feel welcomed. The food was delicious for me the brisket cooked perfectly and not dry . My wife enjoyed the ribs and the sauces that came with our meal. And the Brunswick stew was very good also and the best thing about it it wasn't a lima bean soup like some places. I'm only docking a star because the fries were a bit dry and cold that's two days in a row where I've gotten dry fries you would think most Restaurants would know by now how to cook succulent fries. Makes one appreciate McDonald's.Lol that being said, JD's is a good restaurant for barbecue if you're in the Woodstock Canton area. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Lunch - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

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I hope Chip reads these reviews. We went in for lunch today and sat at the bar. The a/c duct was dripping condensate on us. We changed seats. Our server at the bar,Ashlynn, was by far the worst server we've ever had. Totally inattentive to us. I had to ask her several times for napkins and bbq sauce. I asked her to change the tv to a different station and she literally threw the remote to me on the bar and said "here you go"! She was bitching to other servers in front of us for having to work She shouldn't be working the window at a drive thru funeral home!!! read more

Great barbecue! Great location! Always very good prompt service, and top-notch food. I've never left there disappointed.

Brunch buffet excelled at mediocrity- if that. And incredibly overpriced! Had no clue it cost that much til they brought our bill. No one ever showed us a menu w costs, maybe that's our bad, but never dreamed it would be that high! We had only looked up what's included prior and thought we'd give it a shot. Never again. read more

We went on a Sunday evening. My husband's hot dog bun was moldy and stale. My burger bun was stale. For these prices, one would believe an employee could go across the street to Walmart and get fresh buns. Will not return. read more

Barbecue is wonderful, but the cheese sticks really rock! They are large and tasted awesome.

My family and I went into the Woodstock location and was greeted and sat immediately, Megan was our server and let me tell you she was the bomb dot com. Not only did receive amazing service, but the food was as amazing as the service from Megan. We will be recommending her service every time we come and see she is working. read more

The quality of food is inconsistent. Our first experience was great having ordered the burnt ends with collards with mac&cheese. Our second visit we brought more of our family with us suggesting that they try the same as we had before. Very disappointed!! It was luke warm and tasted like leftovers from the previous day. Our third visit was the worst. My wife ordered the chicken sandwich with fries (fried in duck fat) with Parmesan cheese. I ordered a cheese burger with the same side. It was tasteless. The fries tasted like they were either frozen quick fried or again leftovers and they sprinkled the standard off the shelf Parmesan cheese. Our lunch with tip cost $46. Thats with the tip and we drank water. Too expensive when considering we would have a better lunch from Wendy's. We won't be back! read more

So sad their menu was changed and lemon pepper was removed as well as the fried pies !!! No Carolina sauce

Breakfast buffet on Sundays 10 am-3 pm for $35/person. Edit; Got sick before leaving and lasted into the evening at home. Recommendations: bourbon-glazed salmon bites [excellent!], spinach salad [excellent flavor], western egg casserole [better than the scrambled eggs], gravy [but not suitable biscuits to put on], cornbread [per my son], and fresh fruit mixture of watermelon & cantaloupe [watermelon was perfect, but the cantelope was not ripe]. Didn't try: the omelets. Oysters on the half shell, peel and eat shrimp, or cheese grits [cheese grits with some peeled shrimp might be appetizing though for shrimp n grits!] ***Suggestions for Restaurant: a little less mustard or vinegar in the deviled eggs, a little warmer water in the yeast [Yeast rolls were flat as a pancake], use different biscuits or biscuit maker employee cause we live in the South and they taste like Northern biscuits [flat and hard].*** We didn't prefer the prime rib rare, but many do. Note: the very center is 100% raw. They frequently are out of items and we had to wait on the brisket. It is okay, but nothing grand. BBQ is at the table. I would prefer shredded brisket as opposed to slices [just a preference because it is less fatty]. They were out of "pecan pie" and should have told us that at the door before being seated. The waitress really is good for drinks only and didn't offer anything in place of the pecan pie outage. The drink was overfilled with ice, which isn't a huge deal, but when I asked if she could bring a refill without ice so she could pour it over the existing drink, I was left to do it for myself. Atmosphere: I have to be honest, several customers smelled strong of Marijuana, which was a turn off for me. Not sure the Restaurant can do anything about that, but it zapped my appetite and I had a young adult with me who didn't like it either. Overall, I think with some food being subpar, being out of key items, not letting customers know of items being missing [or out of] from the menu they present at the door, I feel like this is worth about $24.95/person, maybe less. Maybe they feel justified charging $35/person for the potheads that come in and eat. For customers reading this review, I am a top online reviewer and people notice when you reek of illicit drugs like Marijuana; while you might not care, the rest of the world around your entitled self does. Smoking and weed is a thing of the past. Please note, not everyone in here smelled of pot, but more than a handful did. Just a heads up. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

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The bbq is good here but the brisket had last night went to this location cause jds on the lake was ridiculous packed and not many workers to cater to all those ppl lol . Yeah jds on town lake sucks ! Never order the brisket! Shit is nasty AF! Small portions and the brisket was like a Balloon! The worst brisket I've ever had in my life and it's 29 bucks it's a scam ! Shit is so nasty ! So next time you think about coming to this shitty restaurant don't get the brisket ! Not even a 1 star restraunt ! Shit wasn't fresh !! City bbq blows this place to pieces ! Jim and nicks bbws and city bbq the new superior bbq ! It's shame they always post on the fb page about the being on tv for best bbq and JDs is a joke ! Small portions , cutting corners , never fresh alwasy a few days old ! Fuck JDsq #JDS sucks #JDS can't cook fucking brisket #noobs #noobbq#theydonthavethemeats read more

Went there around 12:45pm today (Sunday) and not crowded at all. Restaurant looked clean and neat. My wife and I were seated after the hostess wiped a table down for us. Our server was cleaning around the bar area which I'm pretty sure was closed and after about 15 minutes, she finally appeared and took our drink order, the food order for the table next to us, and for a third table who had been seated after us. It was another 15 minutes before she returned to take our food order. Our food showed up about 15-20 minutes later and as you can see in the photo, my chopped pork sandwich was one contiguous piece of meat, chopped but hanging together by a ligament or other tissue. Nasty. Another employee (possibly a shift manager in her 20's passed by while I was still holding it up and apologized, telling me the machine used for chopping was broken and they had to chop by hand. She also mentioned that she didn't have a single employee in the kitchen older than 18 working today because most of their staff were out feeding linemen restoring power somewhere. She offered to get me another sandwich but I refused because I didn't want the same meat chopped again or my food otherwise violated (I know my place in a restaurant, having seen "Waiting" more than once. NEVER complain about the food or send it back). My wife had the NC chopped pork sandwich and while it didn't look like a two-week-old boneless squirrel carcass, hers had a large ball of barely-chopped meat and a couple of chunks of fat. I forgot to mention that when our food arrived by the runner, she asked if we needed anything and I asked for a side of mayo, which she never returned with. The nice supervisory person mentioned above brought it to me right away. Our server came to our table three times total - to take the drink order, then take the food order, then to bring a check. Never asked if we wanted refills or anything and she was tipped accordingly ($3 on a $22 check). Positives? The fries were really good and the one supervisory employee was pleasant and apologetic, but we won't be returning. We live in the area and love BBQ, but we can go to Williamson Brothers, Shane's, or even Big Smokey's if I want to spend more and they're actually open. Also, while admirable to send people to feed linemen, maybe just close a location instead of staffing it with children who were clearly struggling to get food out. I mean, wow. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Chopped? Yes, but... - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

Mother's Day Brunch was a joke. They were out of everything by the time we showed up with a reservation for 10 at 1:00. Had to negotiate $5 off per person and it was still not worth it. I'm so pissed off at these thieves. The mothers in my life deserve so much better than this place. These are bad people. read more

I could not leave Georgia without having barbecue. I was referred to a few places that the locals swear by but they seem to be closed on Mondays and Tuesday's. I don't know what's up with that but no matter. A quick Google search for top bbq in Woodstock, Ga and I found JD's. Thinking that this place would fall short because all the "good" places, well, referred places were closed, I was pleasantly surprised. They hostess and server boasted that same sweet Georgia charm and hospitality I've become accustomed to in this state, I felt wanted and welcomed. I looked at the menu and placed my order in this bright ambianced restaurant, this very large restaurant. Looks like this place could seat over 100 people. As the server was bringing my Diet Coke, she dropped it. Poor thing. Those of us in the restaurant pretended like we didn't notice. As she went to get another, "I guess I won't be having soda" I joked with the table next to me. "Not that one." They replied. Mind you that we were not having joviality at her expense. We were just acknowledging that we get that it happens and it was no big deal. The food was amazing. Brisket tender but a bit dry. Nothing lots of sauce couldn't fix. The ribs were perfect consistency. A little more salt than required and worked against the smoky flavor but really good. The spicy collards were also good but the star of the plate were the baked beans and hush puppies. Both of these were superb. I think $28 was very inexpensive for the amount of food I got but I'm from San Diego. This was a $60 plate. Their bbq sauce is OMG good. Knocked it out of the park with the sauce. I very highly recommend this restaurant. I really enjoyed it. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Brisket and Baby Back Ribs w/baked beans, spicy collards and hush puppies. - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

There was a gust of wind when I walked through the parking lot that carrier the smell of the smokers at work. It was wonderful! As I walked in JD's there was also a haze from the smokers in the air. It reminded me of the times I had a bonfire in the yard (I absolutely love that smell). I ordered the bbq pork sandwich with a side of macaroni. The macaroni came as shells which I wasn't expecting and had somewhat of a creamy Alfredo sauce with an earthy herb taste. The pork sandwich was like most pork sandwiches you get, but in my opinion it definitely needed some sauce to I have the taste. I ordered sauce on the side to add an amount to my liking. The sweet sauce at the table was excellent. I couldn't get enough. I finished my meal off with a banana pudding, which was my favorite part of the whole meal. The staff was super friendly and made sure I was doing well on multiple occasions. Definitely worth a visit. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Chopped Pork Sandwich with Mac n cheese. - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

Just enjoyed a delicious prime rib cheesesteak! Always enjoy eating here! Great food, friendly service! read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Prime Rib Cheesesteak and Cole Slaw - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

Please, listen to the most recent reviews for this place. I ate inside, ordered ribs, and they were very pink/red and cold. They were also quite difficult to get off the bone. The brisket was hard and rubbery. I do really love the mac and cheese though, and the sweet waitress did a great job refilling my sweet tea. The sweet tea is very fresh. read more

Great food and delightful service. I also like the reward system. The veggies are great also!

Pulled pork was good. Had it on a spud, which, although served in a hot skillet, was just warm. We also had wings with lemon pepper dry rub. They were just a hair over cooked, and, not very spiced. Hush puppies were pretty dense and served with yummy honey butter. Service was outstanding, which always goes a long way! Restaurant is very new with spacious seating, and a nice country vibe. read more

Called in order that was ready for pick up within 10 minutes ! Good food , service and fair pricing make repeat customers !

We were regulars at the old JDs and need to get over to Towne Lake more for the current. Just always so consistent from the meat to the sides to the service. We'll be back very soon. read more

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I don't know what has happened to JD's. It always used to be an amazing barbecue place to eat, but now they're barbecue basically tasteless menu has changed substantially. The tables were dirty and sticky, and we sat and when we asked for the table to be clean, the waitress seem to be annoyed, I can't say much about that anymore. This will be our last visit. read more

I came here while my oil change was being done at Chloe's. My server was great (forgot her name!). She was very attentive . It was pretty quiet since I came in at 4:15 before the dinner rush. Food was good and came out fairly quick. I got the cowboy skillet- if you order it I recommend going heavy on their sauces because it can be a little dry. Also recommend getting ranch to go with it. The waitress recommended that and it went well with the food. read more

Jd's Bar B Que - Cowboy Skillet - Barbeque Near Me - Woodstock, Georgia

May be the best Bar-B-Q I have had. Large portion size, also items on the lighter side for people wating their weight. Understand when you say 'crispy fries'. Staff very aware of their customers. Provides military discount!! Would definitely recommend! read more

This is oh delish! We had the beef brisket, collard greens , Mac n cheese, okra , and banana pudding for dessert! OMG they were scrumptious! The building has so much character being an old schoolhouse ! Will be back very very soon .... You will not be disappointed!! read more

Second time coming here, and when I move to a new area, I have to find my spot for BBQ. The smoky goodness hits you in the parking lot, and the inside screams BBQ! Lots of room for large parties. This place has ALMOST made it to 1st place in the area for BBQ as far as I'm concerned.I judge BBQ by the brisket. While the flavors were incredible, the meat had a little more chew than I am used to. Still fantastic though. My wife's chopped pork was excellent, both plates had HUGE portions. Loved the fact that you had many choices for sides and bread. I had fries and some of the best coleslaw I have had anywhere. My wife had baked beans and Mac and cheese which she said was a little runny but tasty! Our desserts where just ok. The banana pudding was good, but the bananas were just not ripe enough. It was missing the sweetness from riper bananas which would have given it more of a banana punch of flavor. I had the mixed berry cobbler with vanilla ice cream which was a little dry. It was more like a bread pudding to me. The service was really good, and everything came out quickly, and our drinks stayed full! Had several table visits from the manager which is definitely rare and nice! There was one thing that was truly impactful, and that was the ICE COLD beer. I came on a night where they featured Georgia beer for $4. That beer was so cold and much colder than I can remember any place serving and I just had to mention it. Great selection to choose from. Really liked this spot and plan to come in often! There is plenty on this menu that I want to make my way through for sure! read more

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As far as bbq restaurants go, this one smells the best. With walls of different smoking woods and the smoker nearby, it hits you like a homey campfire. The woodwork and decor is cozy and on theme, not cluttered or over-styled, just nice and comfortable. The service is pretty good most of the time. The prices are a bit higher than I like, but the portions are very generous! The wings are good, and the cowboy fries are super indulgent, though they'd be much better with hand-cut fries. The pork and chicken is delicious, and I like to douse mine with sweet sauce. The collard greens are super spicy. I like the sweet Brussels spouts and the creamy mac&cheese. The fried pickles have a nice, light cornmeal batter but aren't crispy. I like them like this! The ranch dressing dip is good too! You may find better bbq if you're a connoisseur, but you won't find a better-smelling or nicer vibe (no picnic tables or pig decor here). To-go orders are popular here, but I want the full scent-sory experience! read more

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