Good food, large portions and good service. Had to get help on how to order from counter. Later realized we should have ordered kids meal size... lol read more

Tried Whole Hog while visiting Little Rock just this week. Food was really quite good. Had ribs and the rub is good--nice and tenderly cooked. Family had brisket and pulled chicken, all of which is good. Nice variety of sauces if you want them. The sweet is too sweet for me but my wife liked it--I had the spicy and it was good and not crazy spicy either. Oh and try the corn if you go--that stuff is delicious! read more

While most of my meal was enjoyable I had a very large bone in my pulled pork. I do understand that these things happen I would expect the manager would be at least a little apologetic about a clearly bad experience. The manager was present as I was voicing this issue, she looked said nothing and then continued to nonverbally dismiss my complaint. The only thing that kept this experience from being worse is the EMPLOYEE that took our order was apologizing to me. I give the manager on duty two thumbs down, because she said nothing and then turned her back on me as if my complaint was nothing. The other employees there apologized for the negative experience. I would expect the manager to have handled this better. I would strongly advise Whole Hog to train this manger in how to handle customers better. I know we all have bad days but, that does not make it ok to just dismiss my complaint. I even said as the employees were apologizing to me, "I mostly just wanted the manager to be aware." And even then the manager said nothing except nod at me. Whole hog can contact me directly to correct this, because this is a concern to me as a consumer. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - This is the bone in question. - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

This is one of my favorite barbecue joints in Little Rock! The meat is always flavorful and you feel satisfied when you're done. Staff is friendly and helps when you don't know what to get. Only sad thing is the portions seem to get smaller every time I visit but I get the economy is bad. Sitting inside is great, great ambiance, but taking it home is my favorite. Great place!! read more

The BBQ and baked potato were very good. Counter service was ok. I did notice that customers were having to clean off the table before they sat. The men's rest room needs to have a light in there. Hard to be private with the door open to see where you are aiming. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - Pulled pork plate - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

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I'll be honest, BBQ has become one of my favorite dinner. I stopped by for dinner and was glad I did. We ordered two pulled pork sandwiches which were $8 each, it's a great deal! Tons of meat and was more than filling. We also got the smoked chicken Caesar salad. I loved this salad, it was more than enough for 2 people to share and be busting at the seams. I honestly could not find any fault with our food. During a work event later that week I choose to use Whole Hog to cater. I didn't see a catering size salad on the menu but when I called the woman was more than happy to assist by letting me place the order online. I even bought a T-shirt on my way out because supporting a local business is the ideal outcome when you're traveling. Check this place out if you haven't had a chance to! read more

Don't sleep on Little Rock when it comes to Q! This place was slammin! The only reason they're getting 4stars instead of 5 is because they were out of mac n cheese when we ordered. My wife is a mac n cheese fanatic, so this was naturally what she was looking forward to. Despite that, their Q was delicious, so don't let that detract you from giving this spot a whirl. Also, pro tip-it is extremely loud inside, so if you're looking to eat in a calmer environment, I suggest going right outside to their park benches. Delicious food and very courteous staff. Great job Whole Hog Cafe! read more

Whole Hog Cafe - Outside front-it's a must for representation:) - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

0 stars, wouldn't give me what I wanted at the register where I tried to spend $20 but wanted to make me spend $40 for absolute no reason. Absolute terrible people work at this place and want to take advantage of you. I hope this place goes out of business. I'll be telling every single person I know to stay away from this location. read more

This is a nice Little Rock restaurant. They have some very good "Q". All the awards they received are well deserved. Parking here is very easy. They have a huge parking lot that they share with the other businesses in the strip mall it is located. The restaurant has a huge 2 section dining area. I had a group of 8 and we did not have an issue finding a table. I found a lot of items that caught my eye on the menu. I narrowed it down to the burnt ends and jalapeno sausage. They were able to put those two together in a meal for me with a side of baked beans and potato salad, which I greatly appreciated. It took about 8 minutes for me to get my food and it was fresh and hot. The sausage and burnt ends lived up to my expectations and did not disappoint. I highly recommend them. The potato salad and baked beans were pretty good too. The baked beans had a bunch of meat in it that just enhanced the flavor. The staff there was very nice and friendly. I must admit, they were awesome. The restaurant was very clean, especially for a barbecue joint. I was glad that my friends recommended this joint to me. My experience was awesome I highly recommend checking out this place. read more

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Delicious. Affordable. Quick. Meats are incredible in and of themselves. 6 sauces to choose from are icing on the cake. Sides (potato salad and bbq beans) were incredible. read more

Awesome customer service Food is hot and fresh My Server name was Jessica she was awesome and patient and she look tired only hey she work on the 4th of July So when I walk in I notice the smell is amazing and wonderful today was cheat day for me so let Cheat at the best BBQ place in the world is Whole Hog Cafe on West Markham My Review is for People Don't get upset for Whole hog on the 4th of July of 2024 Next year order a head stop thinking that because the other competitor are close you think I'm a come and walk in whole hog and I'm a get in and out ~ wrong Whole hog I love y'all and I will come back Great Place and Great Food Stay Up and Expanding and Stay Bless read more

Whole Hog Cafe - Outside of whole hog cafe - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

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Great Food and Service Easy to find and friendly folks that greeted us. Will visit again !!!!!

Before dropping my son off at UCA a coworker looked up places I should try on my way back home to Dallas. We saw Whole Hog had great reviews and claimed award winning ribs. Let's just say, I was not disappointed!!!!! The ribs were AWESOME! My son tried the #3 BBQ at the table ('spicy') and said mom you gotta try it and he was right! The baked beans were great. Loved the red potato salad! The ONLY thing I that was missing was cornbread instead of that dry roll. Even good ol plain bread would have been better. I saved my last 2 ribs to eat at home the next day with cornbread. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - 4 rib and that roll I didn't care for lol - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

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This is probably the best in Little Rock, the best around that's a different story. Ribs were really good, St. Louis cut so more fat easier to brown along with Jalapeno sausage were the two winners of the bunch. Brisket was less impressive, not overly dry but not juicy either, missing smoke ring should've set me off. Cole slaw was decent and potato salad wasn't bad either. Place is clean and food came out quick, eat and go, was just what I wanted to do. Self serve sauce and nothing drenched in sugar paste let the meat stand out. 2 thumbs up for Whole Hog! read more

Excellent customer service and excellent food. come on down to Whole Hog Cafe and get your BBQ on.

The meat isn't worth a flip. Only thing good at Whole Hog is the potato Salad. Will absolutely not go back. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - Terrible Pulled Pork Plate - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

Pretty damn good. Got 10 BBQ Wings. Loved this place when they were in Hot Springs, Aransas. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - Chicken Wings. - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

A great place to eat. Not a fancy place by any means, but definitely a place to go when you're hungry for bbq. My wife and I both very much enjoyed our meals. We really liked the variety of bbq sauces on the table. My wife and I have much different tastes when it comes to the bbq sauce. My burnt ends were fork tender and very flavorful. My wife said her sandwich was very good as well. Neither one of us left hungry! We'll be back. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - Smoked Chicken sandwich with Mac-n-cheese - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

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Ordered a brisket plate with beans and slaw. Brisket was cold and beans and slaw were fair. Might have been a different story if the beans and brisket would have been at least warm. I'll probably never know. For the price I expected much more! read more

Acceptable BBQ-- not great. Ordered take out. By the time we got it to the house 10 minutes later it was cool. Pulled pork was dry, very little smoke taste, even before we warmed it up. The baby back ribs were good, although slathered in a sweet sauce, so its hard to know how they prepared them. (boiling first?). The smoked sausage was the crowd favorite. Restaurant got our sauce selections totally wrong. The beans are very sweet - if you like that. Just too sweet for me. Slaw was probably the best thing we got. I eat a lot of BBQ and have been educated by some of the best chefs around and while Whole Hog Cafe's BBQ is acceptable, i is certainly not exceptional. read more

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Sauces are good. Chicken was dry, not over cooked dry but like out too long dry. Coleslaw was warm. Brisket was good. Ribs were a tad chewy but flavor was legit. Service excellent. read more

Good food, baby back ribs, just the way I like them, many sauce options. Really good potato salad. Have dined in, and take away, either way delicious. This is one of those places that take away travels well, by the time I make the 2 hr. trip home. 20 minutes in a low oven and ribs are amazing. A basic dining room with counter order, self serve drinks, and many tables. My last visit counter person was, disinterested, not at all engaging. But the food was great as always. read more

Wow, ribs were truly amazing 5/5 No smell. You know sometimes if the ribs aren't fresh, you can smell it? Not here. They weren't burned and were tender. brisket 5/5 It was tender. Good presentation (I've seen BBQ places use worse plates). It's just like others say here, the ribs and brisket were cold. They could have worked on the maintaining the heat. Sauce 5/5 They have selections of 6 sauces!!! tell me which other BBQ places have this many sauce types? Sides 5/5 They have got so many diff selections to choose from. Cheesy corn - checked Mc and cheese - checked. Great Cole slaw - checked. Not to watery, it was great. Beans - checked. Not to sweet, it was great. read more

Food tasted like it was prepared a day or 2 before serving. Brisket was dry, even adding sauce didn't help much. If it had been fresh, might be a different rating. I recommend being consistent or you'll lose patrons like me. BTW, we arrived shortly after opening, so it should be the best of the best. read more

Food is top notch... we had the sampler platter, a side of sausage and a few beers. Great taste on all the meats and the various sauces are amazing to try. Low frills order and seat yourself but top notch BBQ in a casual setting. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - BBQ Heaven - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas

Dining room is getting dated. Chair ai was sitting in was on its last leg. Sides were okay just not fresh or hot. Beans were tough. Potato salad was a 6 in my opinion. Pulled pork was tender and very lean meaty. Brisket was some of the worst I have ever had. Tough, grainy, and not seasoned at all. Cleaning staff just stood around and was drinking sodas he kept refilling. When he asked how was everything. I told him straight like I saw it. And he just laughed. read more

Everything is AWESOME!!! Best BBQ Ever! Friendly, and Family friendly!! Recommend to Everyone!! read more

My first time having bbq in Arkansas and it was delicious. Service was very nice and friendly. I'll be back a couple more times in the next month or so. read more

If you've read my reviews on bbq then you know I take Q way too serious. We arrived around 6:30 roughly but we're waiting for some family so we didn't order to around 7 pm. The sign for burnt ends said "available" so I had my order so I thought. Ordered a pound of burnt ends - they said they only had about enough for a plate. Well technically they were available but that's a failure. Anyway I ordered the burnt ends plate with beans & slaw. My wife and son split a rack of ribs. My burnt ends definitely tasted like they were all that was left. They were tough and salty. The flavor was ok but not a fan. In fact I would be hard pressed to try these again. The beans & slaw were ordinary. The ribs were overcooked but tasty. The sauce/glaze was good but again just fell apart. When I say fell apart you couldn't eat a rib - you needed a fork. - way overcooked My daughter came in a little after me. I tried her sausage. This was actually really good and worth buying. Honestly it was the best of the meal. What I did enjoy were the 6 different sauces. I always like different sauces. These were really decent and worth experimenting with. The staff was very nice. Overall it was ok and worth a try. read more

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Lunch Fri. 8/25/23 - Wonderful! Must have hit it just right - Very fresh! Better than several lunches we've over the last year or two. Moist pulled pork (last couple plates there, pork dried out), delicious sausage w/jalapeño and cheese, tasty juicy ribs (last ones we got seemed dry). Love the potato salad and the slaw is right on (picky on slaw)! Rows were fresh & soft. Service great, friendly helpful staff. Laid back atmosphere. Not crowded - worked great for senior citizen in walker after knee surgery. Lots of tables, not just booths important for the challenged. Parking lot can be packed, especially now with David's Burgers open. read more

Food is always delicious Good parking and lots of sauce choices I like the variety on the menu

2 delicious meals! One had 4 bones and one had 1/2 chicken platter. Stop here if you want great BBQ!

Great customer service. The potato salad is my favorite. Nachos are delicious. They are a great catering option

Dependably great. friendly staff and the potato salad is top notch along with the tasty bbq

Here from Texas and I look forward to coming here. The food is so. Good. I've never had bad experience with staff or the food. I appreciate the variety of BBQ sauces read more

We visited Whole Hog on Markham after Disney on Ice on a Sunday at 5:30pm with a family party of 8. They were efficient in their ordering process while not making us feel rushed, quick to get food out, and allowed us to sit in the party room with our small children. They had people spaced out for seating and were quick to get orders out to keep traffic minimum at the register. In our party, we had brisket, pulled pork, smoked chicken, baked beans, potato salad, French fries, and Mac and cheese. Not a single complaint from anyone! Plus, there was plenty of food left over to take home! 100% recommend! read more

WHOLE FAMILY AGREED! Best BBQ we've ever had. We're from Texas and we have to say that this place is the bomb. Everything from the main meats to the sides are exactly the way we'd cook em if we could. Perfect briquet, sausage was amazing, ribs, chicken Mac n cheese and the ridiculous cheese corn. Come on! If you are within 20 miles of this place, go out of your way to stop and eat. The portions are plenty too so I'm not sure what some of these other reviews were expecting. Really good food and a bunch of tv's for the game. read more

great food! great service! If you want great bbq! Great people!! Price great! Clean environment!! Don't miss this experience!!

My wife and I had an early lunch here yesterday. Pulled into the strip mall parking lot thinking - can good BBQ be found in a strip mall restaurant? Answer = yes! Ambience clean, plenty of seating & the blues playing just loud enough to improve a mood but quiet enough to have a casual conversation. Service - greeted with perfect courtesy and a very friendly smile. Our order was ready soon after we were set (drinks & flatware). Food - we shared the Hog Platter. Ribs fall of the bone tender and flavor had us gnawing the bone. Brisket was a little dry but still tender - same with the pulled Pork. Very good slaw and we really like the Potato Salad. Fair price for the portions. We split the platter and still left feeling too full. Would've given 5 stars had the Brisket and Pork been a little more moist but given the chance to eat here again - will definitely go back! read more

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First, I have to say that their portions are huge. I got the two meat combo with ribs as extra. I was a little disappointed with their brisket and ribs. Both meats felt rubbery. I really like their sausage though. I also enjoyed their chili and cheesy corn sides. read more

Whole Hog Cafe - a tray of pulled pork, macaroni, and cheese - Barbeque Near Me - Little Rock, Arkansas