Decided to try this local bbq place for dinner tonight. The ribs were large and meaty and tasted really good. The green beans were delicious and the deviled eggs made a nice addition. Got a piece of chocolate pie for the road. It was good. Very friendly staff. Worth checking out. read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Chocolate pie - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

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Ribs! Ribs! Ribs! Wife and I really love the Ribs! Nice folks! Have eaten here twice! Tried the brisket and hamburger steak! Enjoyed both! Try the chicken wings! read more

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Service was very friendly and fast. Food was good, not the best BBQ I've er had but definitely hit the spot. Will return when I'm back in Jackson. The fried Okra was perfect, very good red beans and rice. When I saw the ribs I was a bit skeptical but they were fall off the bone tender and good flavor. read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

Really good barbecue is hard to find.. It definitely hits the mark here.. Swung by and had lunch.. everything was juicy and tender.. This is the second time to order 1/2 slab of ribs to go.. Ate on that for 3 days.. Really good food.. Baked beans were great.. Fresh lightly fried okra.. yum.. update..last order of ribs were overcooked and dry.. hummm read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Order up - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

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This place just has simple, good food, old-fashioned, and every way and enjoyable because of it

Very slow service. Pulled pork was slimy and not good. Red beans and rice side were hard and had little taste. read more

Decided to give Little Willie's a try after reading various positive reviews. It is a small dine in or take out restaurant located in Pearl. I ordered a half slab of ribs, baked beans and fried okra. The ribs were well seasoned,tender but a little salty. The fried okra was delicious; however, the baked beans tasted like they came straight out of a can. The cashier who took our order was also very sweet and helpful. Overall decent experience. I am interested to go back and try their fried corn. read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

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Just saw the sign off the freeway and we were driving through and made it right at opening. They were so sweet and rhe food was so hot and delicious! Thanks for the nourishment for our remaining 6 hour drive! read more

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This place is outstanding ! The food was excellent and the service was even better !! I highly recommend this place! The atmosphere was good also ; They have cute pictures everywhere! I got a chance to talk with the owner Ms Synthia and she was a very sweet person. read more

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We were not expecting much and were pleasantly surprised. My daughter wanted a sausage and cheese plate and they are one of the few places that offers one. The sausage was delicious. It was juicy and full of flavor. We loved the seasoning. My husband got the rib plate with baked beans and slaw. The meat was falling off the bone! The beans were hot and flavorful. My family is picky about coleslaw. But they loved this one! The service was fast and the employees are very nice. The place looks like a locally owned bbq joint and had just the right atmosphere! We had to laugh about going up and down stairs to get in. We lived in the area years ago and know it will flood at the first drop of rain. The retaining wall is a great touch. I know anyone that had lived in Pearl understands. We will be visiting again soon. read more

Great place to eat! We are very glad we picked this off the map while on a trip! Huge portions and huge menu! My husband is in love with the BBQ sauces on the tables! read more

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My son took me here as I am from out of town and wanted some good BBQ. The service was friendly and looks to be family run. The food we got was fabulous! I had brisket and pulled pork and my son had the pulled pork sandwich. The pulled pork was the star on taste and great for not having lots of chunks of fat in int. The brisket was sliced and tender - very tasty as well. Mac and Cheese was good - red beans and rice was good. I saw someone else with onion rings that looked really good and same with the deviled eggs and another guy swore by the green beans - guess I will have to fly out and try those next time. The portions were huge compared to so many places that give you just a few slivers of brisket and prices were fair too! They were out of beer, which would have made the meal complete. But we had sodas and did just fine. We will be back. read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - For the price the portions of brisket and pulled pork were great and tasty too! - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

Awesome ribs; tender Asked for moist/fatty brisket...didn't get that but had good flavor read more

I went to lunch today Aug. '23 to little willies having heard it was a good place for BBQ. There were a lot of customers in the restaurant, but it wasn't full so that wasn't an excuse. I ordered Pulled Pork, baked beans and potato salad. It too approximately 30 minutes to get my food. The service overall was ok, it wasn't bad service but nothing exceptional. The food..baked beans were hot. Potato salad was room temperature. The pulled pork was also slightly above room temperature. Taste.. Everything was mediocre at the very best. A slight squirt of bbq sauce on the pulled pork other than than it lacked any real flavor. Potato salad and baked beans were nothing to write home to mom about either. Quantity of food was a decent portion, and a styrofoam cup of sweet tea cost $15.97. Will I go back? I'm a solid NO! From my view at my table straight back to the kitchen, it appeared everything was all prepared and simply boxed or maybe?heated up to order. Not my idea of a quality meal for $16.00. read more

BBQ had excellent flavor, would highly recommend, only downfall was service was a little slow but not bad. Still very worth checking out!

I ate at Little Willie's in Pearl this past Friday and it was delicious !!! The pulled pork plate, corn on the cob and cole slaw were all some of the best I've had. The employees were very helpful and it was an overall pleasant experience. I would make one suggestion: a wheelbarrow should be available to roll me out to my car. I was so full that I didn't think I'd be able to get up from the table. Great experience !!! read more

Better BBQ than find in most MS places. Good amount of seasoning and spice, loved the deviled eggs. Everything was served up fresh and hot.

Where do I begin? I have tried all of the barbecue places in Rankin County and this was the best by far. The staff was so friendly and could not have been more accommodating. I like my barbecue sauce extremely hot so they mixed some sauce just for me that was perfect. The meat was cooked to perfection. I had the best blooming onion that I have ever had and the dipping sauce was out of this world. They will see us often. read more

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Stopped in for lunch on my way through town! Had the pulled pork and tried their Crawfish Pie! Everything was very good and priced well! I would recommend this place! People were friendly and food was good! read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Crawfish Pie - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

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Mississippi-style BBQ: a not-so-good blend of different styles. The brisket was chopped instead of sliced (usually a way to hide that it's not tender), and the smoke flavor on the dry rub spare rib was almost undetectable. Deviled eggs were good. Sausage was somewhat unique; it tasted more like breakfast sausage (fennel seed maybe?). They offer both vinegar-based and sweet BBQ sauces. Overall, my BBQ is way better read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

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Ribs were tender with a slight Smokey flavor but the grizzle was terrible. Both the pulled pork and brisket were dry and bland. The smoked sausage was good. The fried pickles were good. The sweet bbq sauce is pretty darn good. But the Carolina is an absolute no go. The bad part was I paid almost $19 for one pulled pork slider, one brisket slider, one single rib, one smoked sausage link, and fried pickles. Totally not worth it. Not even worth $9 honestly. I definitely won't be back. I heard since the owners changed the consistency of the food has been off. I gave it a try despite the reviews. I really hope they get it together. read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

Picked this restaurant because it was around the corner from where we were. Fast, friendly service for takeout order. The ribs, baked beans and deviled eggs were tasty! A Natchitoches meat pie was my favorite. Looking forward to stopping by again to sample additional items. read more

fast service, great bbq, and such friendly service! just a great local place to visit if you're up for some bbq. so many options too! will definitely be a return guest. read more

Little Willie's Barbeque - Southern Near Me - Pearl, Mississippi

Myself, and a couple of buddies, stopped by here to eat lunch yesterday. Bad move! It was absolutely the worst BBQ ribs I've ever attempted to eat. Way over cooked! You pick the rib up and the bone would fall out and the meat would shred in your hands. The sad part is, is that they had to have known this when putting it in the containers, and served it anyway! Well, 2 of us got rib plates and one a chicken plate. We all agreed the best part of the lunch was the sweet tea. Just terrible! read more

My favorite Barbeque place in Pearl! The ribs are just yum! You ain't leaving here hungry. Very conservative. Pro 2A . Motorcycle friendly.

This place is a true BBQ Pit Restaurant. Must be the best in the State. I recommend you try it! They have been doing BBQ now for some 30 years or better. The food is great and so are all the employees. Portions are huge and cooked perfectly. They are family owned with two locations. This one in Pearl and another in Brandon at the Ross Barnett Reservoir. Ok now to the food...... My favorites are the Steak & Sausage Shish Kebabs. They have very tender steak, sausage, bell peppers & onions and best of all they are smoked. Next would have to be their huge smoked bacon cheeseburger. This is the largest best tasting burger I have ever eaten. The meat is ground with their own rub mixed in with it and then smoked on hickory wood and then fully dressed. Folk's I'm telling you if you want to get full get this bacon cheeseburger. Next would have to be the Ribs. They use spare ribs that are huge and packed with meat. They must cook the a long time because the meat just falls off the bones. I always get with the rib plate their baked beans & potato salad. All of their sides are good and they are all homemade. Next would have to be the brisket. Brisket is a hard one to cook but they do it right. Melts in your mouth! They told me they smoke it for 13 hours to a achieve the proper tenderness and taste. Next are the smoked pork chops. Man these are unreal. They give you two hand cut chops with two homemade sides and a roll on a plate. Their rub really makes the pork chops a must try while you are there. They will also do you a pork chop sandwich which is awesome as well. They also carry unique sauces to sell along with their famous rub. You can also get the hard to find Hoover Sauce at both of their locations. Oh I forgot to mention their smoked sausage. Wow some of the leanest best tasting sausage you will ever find. They will do this as a plate, sandwich or Po-boy. They also cater any size party or event and will cook for you on site. I'm even talking a whole hog! Now for their homemade sides. I mean homemade nothing dipped out of a can. They offer baked beans, green beans, potato salad, pasta salad, cole slaw, fried okra, French fries, baked potato, baked sweet potato (which by the way are smoked!) mac-n-cheese, red beans & rice and I'm sure I probably forgetting something. Folks to sum up this is some of the best barbecue I have ever eaten from some of the nicest people I have ever met in a nice clean well kept and run restaurant. Go see them you will not be disappointed! read more

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This was my second time coming and both times my meat was dry and not warm (Tad bit salty) Highly disappointed .

Not impressed. The ribs seemed like they were boiled in water instead of smoked, not much flavor and the sides were nothing special but the tea was good. They have plenty of other options on the menu you can try but personally I don't recommend the ribs. read more

They have great ribs, sausage, baked beans and BBQ sauce here. I'm here this week for a class and I have eaten here 2 days in a row if that says anything!! read more

We went by Monday and grabbed 4 Rib plates Togo. Let me tell you if you want ribs that fall off the bone this is the place to go!!!! Can't beat the price or quality of food you get here!!!! Will be back again!!! read more

Not the best BBQ joint I've ever been too. Personally, I thought the meat was a little dry and my pulled pork was served cold. Also, a little expensive for the amount you get. Saying that, they do have an extensive menu and I'd give it at least one more try before I completely take it off of my list of places to come. read more

I would love to give you an accurate review. But I sadly couldn't even make it through the doors due to the fact you all closed early and didn't make any adjustments to your open hours online. Won't be coming back! read more

Horrible. When I showed up at prime time for supper and the restaurant was empty I knew I had probably made a mistake in calling in my order to this place. Food was not ready when I got there at the time stayed it would be even though they had no customers. Hamburger was flavorful but cold. Fries were cold and soggy. Won't be eating here again. read more

What should people do when visiting the south? Have Southern bbq, if course Atmosphere: A stand alone building with a private parking lot, easy access from the road. The dining room is large, may be able to seat 30 people. It has a comfortable and casual feel, tables and chairs around the room, a large TV at the front, and blue and white checked flooring. The room itself is quite bright. There is no hostess station, just walk in, walk through the dining room, straight to the back to the register. There is a menu on the wall to your left, and plenty of signage of specials and offerings all around the register. A drink station is set up to the right of the register. There is a small bench right by the wall menu, it's ideal for anyone who has a takeout order. Next to the bench is a door, which may lead to a patio (I'll investigate the next time I'm here). Food: The portions are huge. I had ordered a rib plate, including four ribs, two sides, a roll, and a large (30oz, maybe?) drink. The ribs were very tender, and not dry at all. I did not need much of the bbq sauce that was provided with my meal. One side, red beans and rice, was not my ideal. Both the beans and rice were a little hard, not a creamy dish. However, the red and green peppers, along with spices, made this side dish very tasty. The other side item I had ordered was the coleslaw. It was a standard coleslaw, but it was a good accompaniment with the ribs. We noticed something that was offered that we had never encountered before. We ordered three crawfish etouffée empanadas (or meat pies). Those were advertised to be produced in Nachitoches (Nah-Kih-Dish?). The empanadas were very flavourful, it really did taste like crawfish etouffée that is encased in a flaky crust. Excellent, unpretentious food. Service: The gentleman at the register was patient, and quickly let you know what the special of the day is. He was friendly, and courteous. Instead of just taking our order, he did warn us about a small wait time on the empanadas, in case we were in rush, thanks for letting us know! There was a woman who was running our orders from the kitchen. Although she looked flustered from being so busy, she smiled at each patron she was facing, and was very courteous as well. This place left a great impression, we will return! read more

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Lunch rush, no wait, no problem. Luke warm fries and bland pulled pork sandwich, problem. Just OK, sauce is boring, Carolina sauce swings and misses badly. Honestly, it's a notch below Dicky's or Rudy's. Plain, no frill BBQ that is not representative of a true southern smokehouse. Best to try elsewhere and definitely not worth $11.20 for sandwich, barely warm fries, and weak sweet tea. read more

Ordered the gizzards for lunch from the Flowood store. They were terrible. Too big, not cooked thoroughly, couldn't chew them. What a waste of money!!! Ordered the chicken livers for supper with small order of onion rings. The total was over $14. Livers overcooked, and not very many of them. Onion rings were good, but not worth the $6.99 price. Way too much for the quantity. I won't be back!!!!! read more

I would give them more than 5 stars if I could. We eat here at least once a week which should lend some credibility to my review. The food is amazing, good size portions at a reasonable price, friendly staff and the owner really cares about his customers. If you're looking for great bbq, look no further because this is the place to go! read more

I was in the vicinity of their Pearl location last month due to conducting some shopping on Hwy 80. The number and size of the ribs in the Rib Plate is impressive. I was COMPLETELY stuffed after eating the entire order of ribs, 2 sides, and roll. Love the flavor of the ribs, and the BBQ sauce in the squirt bottle at the table was also quite tasty. Finally tried the Red Beans & Rice side on the last visit; it was a nice alternative to the traditional BBQ beans or potato salad. So, worthy selection of different Sides available. One rib was overly dry but I really enjoyed the meal. Already returned for a 2nd lunch in August. This place and Pig & Pint are my favorite two BBQ places in the Jackson area. read more

In town on business and taking a BBQ safari while I'm here. Went to Little Willie's around 6pm. No wait. Cashier was friendly, owner walked around and visited with guests. Very personable and friendly. Ordered the pulled pork with baked beans and fries. The fries were hot & fresh. The beans were excellent. The pork was very tender, consistent overall smokey flavor, hot and very tasty. Good portion size, too. The sauce on the table was great. I really enjoyed this restaurant. Nice atmosphere. If you're in the Pearl, MS area and are looking for good BBQ, give Little Willie's a try. read more

It says smoke house flavor. The ribs had O flavor. They were served to me cold at room temperature. GROSS.