Jimbo's Brickhouse BBQ — Restaurant in Byhalia

I truly don’t understand how this place has 4.8 stars on Google.

Was looking for a BBQ restaurant outside of the hustle and bustle of Memphis and came across this place on Google Maps. Trusting the reviews I read quickly, headed that way.

We got there (around 2 pm on a Monday) and were the only people besides on four-top who left before we got our food—just trying to point out that I don’t feel like this was a “cut them some slack, they were busy!” type of deal.

Let them know we wanted to sit outside but would be dining in. Had we realized that we would be checked on 4x in the first five minutes of sitting down to hurry up and order off of a menu we’d never seen but then never be checked on again? We would have just ordered food “to-go” but sat outside to eat.

I ordered a chopped pork baked potato. Now maybe it’s different here than anywhere else I’ve ever eaten a BBQ baked potato, but I generally expected something akin to a loaded baked potato with pork on it. Not a still-firm-in-some-places potato, meat slapped on it, smothered in queso and BBQ sauce. HUGE disappointment. I couldn’t even tell you if the meat was any good. I couldn’t taste it.

My partner ordered the BBQ spaghetti because we’d never heard of such a thing and as such expected something novel and potentially strange. It was. The fried okra was alright, the macaroni and cheese lacked flavor.

Our waitress didn’t come back for the duration of our meal and almost ten minutes past when we had finished eating. Yes, I always try and give the benefit of the doubt here—difficult customer on the phone, urgent bathroom trip, who knows, right? But it’s still worth mentioning because then we were hit with, “okay well then you can come inside and pay at the counter.” Again, not a HUGE deal, except I could have done that in the beginning, when I came inside, and wouldn’t then be expected to tip you as a waitress, for subpar service and underwhelming food.

Skip this place. I wish we would have grabbed fast food and continued...

At first we pulled in we thought the place was small looking for how packed it was with customers. Thinking it was too full up for lunch, we almost went to try another place in Byhalia. We quickly found ourselves glad we stopped in here.

It reminds us of home, where we have so many barbecue restaurants that each year the town has its own Barbecue Festival. I’ve had lots of barbecue throughout my life. This place is as good as any, but also more decorated inside than we would normally see. Not overly decorated. It has some charm to it.

There was plenty of seating even though it looked busy/packed from the parking lot. When we ordered our food the server read a list of cakes and pies they had available. The longest list of cakes and pies I’ve ever heard. The BBQ nachos and the pie were both excellent. And now we know of a local place to get good...

I can NOT praise this place enough! It's smaller inside but does have a private party room and a huge outdoor covered patio! It's super clean and my service was on point! Its mostly BBQ style but they do have burgers and nuggets for kids. The portions here are very generous. You will NOT leave hungry or disappointed. Try the fried pickles for an appetizer! Best around! Their smoked brisket and ribs were tender and done perfectly! Next round I will be trying their loaded Brisket Baked Potato! If I could have given more stars I would. Oh yeah, another bonus, my ticket was on the house! The owners were surprising everyone, giving their tickets back with a $0 balance as a Merry Christmas to their patrons today! SHOCKED to say the least! This place is an...