Food and service is always great. We love the employees there. Great atmosphere there.read more

CLOSED!!! looks like they are renovating under a new name. Would have been nice to have known…read morebefore driving there.

BBQ of legends! The best brisket, ribs, pork, and chicken around. There are only good options here…read more Sides of green beans, mixed veggies, baked beans, and mac and cheese pair perfectly with the meals. Authentic brewed sweet tea completes the meal for me. Although this place resides within a gas station, once you're inside it feels more like a restaurant with a convenience store. There are tables, chairs with back support, and warm hospitality. I usually take my meal to go, but I've also comfortably eaten inside.

This is a hidden gem…read more This BBQ joint is in a gas station, and its almost perfect! We ordered their pork and their beef plates, which came with 2 sides. The beef was incredible and so delicious! Lots of little carmelized bits of fat. The mac and cheese was so good, as it was near the end of the pan and had lots of really good crusty cheese! I will be back?!

Katie O. Was our server and she was a real ray of sunshine. A very pleasant personality and very…read moreattentive. Our chicken, sliced beef and hamburger steaks were delicious as always. The atmosphere is always welcoming and festive here. We travel to hawthorn frequently and we always enjoy dining at Dianne's.

If you r looking for down home true Sonnys barbecue and not the franchise sonnys barbecue, well…read morelook no further. Here it is right here in Hawthorne. When I want to go back in time when I lived in Palatka going to sonnys barbecue I come to Dianne's its good. It tastes like sonnys, looks likes sonnys and just makes me feel good. Check it out.

Amazing bbq, great service and very spacious. Have had a few things from here and it has been some…read moreof the best bbq. We eat here often and are always pleased. Prices are great and the quantity of food you get for the price is very good. Highly recommended trying this one.

Food and s always awesome and the portions are very generous. Super nice people. They have specials…read moreevery day.

I've been wanting to check out Captains BBQ for a while now. Any BBQ spot that serves St Louis…read morestyle ribs is always a move, but I read amazing reviews of their Cuban sandwich. The perfect ratio pulled pork, ham and cheese was elite. This sandwich was perfection. Screw going to Tampa or Miami. This one is LEGIT. Their spicy collard greens had great flavor as well. I enjoyed their spicy hot bbq sauce and their ribs had the perfect bite and texture. This place is seriously a vibe. You can dine inside at one of six tables or outside on their massive patio with views of the Matanzas River. 10/10. Great staff. Great food. You've got to go. #foodtrip #bbq #topdown

A solid 3.5 since we can only give full stars…read more Good sized parking lot. Ordered burnt ends $16.99 and brisket plate $15.99. Pretty quick service - they call out when your order is ready. We wanted to really like this place and had high hopes due to the other reviews but brisket was a little on the dry side and the burnt ends were a bit hard and fatty. The best thing was the tangy mustard sauce. Big open screened are in back overlooking the water. Noise level not too bad. We were hoping for better but glad we stopped to try it.

This is, by far, the best BBQ in the area. It's a tiny little hole-in-the-wall, but dang, their…read morefood is good. Ribs are tender melt-in-your-mouth, fall off the bone good. Their brisket is smoky, juicy, tender. I love starting out with a moink, which is a flavorful meatball wrapped in bacon and BBQ sauce. All of the sides I've tried (baked beans, mac 'n cheese, corn casserole, potato salad) have been incredible too. Go early if you can, so they don't run out of stuff before you get there

Yet another over the top delicious meal was had at Artman's. This time, I introduced my middle…read moresister to how delicious this restaurant is! I went all out to give her a true taste of their delicious offerings. 2 Moinks, an entire order of fried green tomatoes and fried banana peppers. The moinks lasted about 2 seconds with the both of us rolling our eyes heavenward while savoring each bite. My sister got the house salad with brisket and I got the pulled pork plate with cornbread and two sides (yes, thank you Jesus for those TWO sides!) which consisted of their corn casserole and broccoli rice casserole. Service was surprisingly fast. Refills, fast service, the nicest waitress on the planet too! Jennifer was her name. We remembered easily because my sister's name is also Jennifer! Everything was so good that my sister says she's bringing her husband to try them because what country boy doesn't like good home cooking and smoked meat? I'm taking most of the fried banana peppers and fried green tomatoes and surprising my husband with them. He'll either thank me or be jealous of where we went! If you haven't at least tried Artman's yet, you are doing yourself a huge injustice!!

Waited 2 weeks to get down here to try Mojo's...Absolutely Perfect!! Pulled pork 10! Ribs 10!…read more Service 10! This will be the place we bring visitors....

Cute little spot in the old city. Our kids meals were great (better than ours). We split the three…read moremeat combo, but it wasn't our fav. Staff was wonderful :)

Whisky Bar & BBQ -- what more could you ask for? Came for dinner w some Texas friends after a…read moredrubbing at The Swamp. The great food, hospitality and meal-hall ambiance cheered our spirits and delighted our bellies. PRO TIP: Wiskey pours are large, wings and anything fried was excellent (pickles, onion rings), The Hungry Hog will be a great smiling of BBQ to feed a table of 4 w another 2 apps (mashed potatoes). MISS: chicken nachos and beans Hook'em!

Stopped in for lunch while in town. Ample seating and cool modern/rustic vibe. Full liquor bar and…read moreservice was great! We started with an order of the smoked wings, 3/5. I wasn't a huge fan, they tasted like hotdogs and were fried as well. I ordered "The Smitty" which was a brisket sandwich with sliced sausage,cheese, pickles and onions. The portion was huge! I ate some meat before I could actually eat the sandwich-a good thing. They have various sauces on the table and my favorite was by far the mojo. The collard greens were just okay. The pulled pork had a decent flavor, but it was more like pork chunks instead of that nice pulled texture.

The best green beers I've ever had! I could have this as a main course!!! by the way, the pulled…read morepork sandwich and ribs are good too!

It's an outdoor BBQ restaurant in Pierson. The bbq is awesome! Ribs are great, sliced pork, bbq…read morechicken. Everything is good! Family owned. I definitely recommend trying M and E if you haven't been yet.

Good stuff. I liked it. The ribs were not over smoked where the first bite is great and then done…read moreafter one, not greasy just good eating ribs where you can probe eat that half rack and not bite you back. Beans are fantastic. Slaw can use something... I like slaw but it's missing something. Beef, pork and chicken are well done as well. Mike

So I am adjusting my review of this fast food joint, due to the "owners" snooty, uncalled for and…read moreviolently unhinged response to my review on Google. Wow, I must have really struck a nerve! It's ALWAYS the lackluster places, that don't take constructive criticism very well. You have no idea how much I can smoke, and I will smoke circles around you. How many competitions have you been in again? No need to act all snooty, because your food sucks and you don't know how to carve a tri-tip, nor do you know how to smoke a brisket. And your "professional pitmaster" Can't even smoke a pork butt for pulled pork, but in such a hurry to crank out an inferior product, can only make sliced. What is that, 6 hours on a smoker? Hahaha!!! In my no holds barred review, I actually complimented you on MULTIPLE facets. And since you want to act the way that you're acting and throw a fit because you're serving an inferior product and bragging about speed over quality, I'm going to knock you down to one star! How do you like that? REAL pitmasters smoke brisket (AND PULLED pork) And the last I checked, it's not on YOUR menu. ::shrug:: Your food actually sucks, and I was trying to be positive and give you guys a higher rating, by someone who actually KNOWS BBQ, but since you went and did what you did, I'll just come out & say it! "One" rack of ribs XD. My ribs are Johnny Trigg style, and take 6 hours from beginning to end with another 12 going into prep, and I can smoke WAY more than one rack at a time, dummy. Do you even know what kind of smoker I have? Did you bother to look? Ditch the attitude. Because the only thing you're really got going on for you right now, is that you don't use a pellet oven. How about this, I'll come back through, and take over your operation for a week, free of charge, and show you how it's REALLY done, and get your ratings up a little bit higher, and make sure that not just the locals are leaving your reviews? We'll see who the amateur is then. You have no idea what I've smoked in my life, or the smokers that I've used. You also have zero idea about my culinary past. Rage emotion much? Yeah, that's a telltale sign of insecurity. How about this, I'll bring an offset reverse flow trailer smoker, park it in Circle k, and take all of your business while you're in a scurry "wrapping" your "87 pounds of beef" or whatever it is to a demographic that doesn't know true barbecue, But are just happy to have something other than Mexican and Cuban food. You probably serve "Award winning 'fall of the bone' ribs", which in a competition, you would be disqualified for. Because all you got to do is steam those puppies and then throw them in your traeger (sp?) and slap on your pungent, lame, whack sauce that you emphatically offer, to cover up the inferiority of your barbecue. You should have kept your mouth shut. I compliment you, and you take a dump on me? Y'all better hope a REAL smokehouse doesn't open up in your demographic, because you'll go belly up. As a matter of fact, I've actually been looking for a new location for a new restaurant. Hmmmm.... Yeah... Smokin "D's" is RIGHT HAHAHAHA! Smokin D's, and takin L's! ***DISCLAIMER*** This pure, uncut, honest review is federally protected under Federal Law by way of Bill #EO14149. Removal or alteration of this review by Yelp and/or their affiliates without Expressed consent by it's author is strictly prohibited by FEDERAL law. VIolators will be prosecuted, and litigation imminent.