Big Nick's BBQ - Fort Myers, FL — Restaurant in Florida

We love good BBQ so we decided to check out Big Nick’s in Fort Myers for lunch the other day. There is no interior seating but you can drive through or walk up to the window to order. The lack of interior seating may be the only knock on this place.

We know if we’re reviewing a place, we should each get something different, however as JD put it, “a BBQ restaurant should be able to do pulled pork correctly.” With that in mind, we both ended up with the same thing. Pulled pork platter with baked beans and their brisket mac and cheese and a sweet tea. We would consider the serving size to be ample, especially when coupled with the sides and the small dinner roll.

The dry rubbed pork comes unsauced with your choice of sauce on the side. Options include Memphis Sweet, Western Carolina, and a South Carolina sauce. We I went with the sweet. The pork has a nice, pink smoke ring and good moisture. Sometimes pork can either be too dry or too wet, and this was right where it needed to be. There was a great depth of flavor with the pork, which is sometimes hard to achieve in BBQ, explaining why sauce is sometimes needed at other restaurants. But that’s not the case at Big Nick’s. The pork could very easily be enjoyed with no sauce.

The baked beans were a nice blend of various beans in a sweet (but not overly sweet) sauce and infused with some smoked meat deliciousness and onions. When eating the beans, we both commented on how Big Nick’s does not lack flavor. They don’t shy away from making sure you’re getting a flavorful punch in every bite! For our money, We’d much rather have more flavor than less. We don’t want boring food and there’s no chance of that here.

The white cheddar brisket mac and cheese definitely has a lot of flavor, but it might go a bit overboard on the pepper. While we enjoyed the creaminess of the mac and cheese blended with the smokiness of the brisket, we couldn’t help but think that many will find the pepper overwhelming to the other fantastic flavors. Of course, some of that will come down to personal preference as we still found it to be delicious.

As we were packing up our trash after having eaten under the tailgate of JD’s car, one of the staff came out to take the trash for us and asked us how everything was. We told him it was great and our only regret was not getting a piece of peanut butter pie to try. A moment later, he came out with a slice for us to try. If you like chocolate & peanut butter, this is a must! With the Oreo crumb crust, whipped peanut butter mousse-like filling, and topped with thick chocolate, it may be a reason to stop in all on its own.

The mid-week lunch with tip was a little pricey when compared to fast food. Keep in mind the BBQ industry is getting slammed with meat prices, so go expecting to pay a little more if you’re eating lunch. But, in our opinion, it’s definitely worth it and we’ll...

This was my first time back in a while. My server at the window as always greeted with a great smile said I haven’t seen you in a while. First of all it’s nice when they recognize you and notice. She asked if everything was ok. I told her I felt they was going through a rough patch and we talked a few details but she was reassuring and told me they was on track. It’s a difficult place to go to anyways because it’s usually only drive through and walk up and the drive through has been down for months. I told her i was going to get turkey which usually is on point. She said I just had some and you will love it. I’m not going into detail about they other food because she said the made a few hard changes and are back on track so I will reserve that for another review when I eat the other food again. I did get the turkey and a side of Brisket Mac. By the way I will drive from another town to get their Brisket Mac. It’s insanely good. The turkey wasn’t quite the top 100 like it usually is but it was still good. But that friendly smile and care that I’m always greeted with makes such a huge difference. Let me say all contact I’ve had with any of them since they been there has been positive. Even when it was a constructive conversation. So hats off to Big Nicks for listening when they need to. I will drop more reviews as I explore the menu over the next couple of months. I will try something different every time to review.

Updated review Back at Big Nicks and trying the pulled pork for the first time. It presented well. Had half pound of pork and waffle fries. Over all not bad. The pork was a little bit dry but great smoke flavor. It definitely needed the sauce to get through it and the bit of seasoning they added to the top definitely helped with the flavor. Think there is a little work needed on over all flavor IMO but over all I’d get it again. As always they are always so polite. Between scooping the pork up with the fries and adding the sauce it was a...

First the place is very small and has no seating or indoors. No problem if the food is outstanding. Ordered two of the two meat plates. My wife and I ordered the ribs and brisket with brisket Mac and cheese and fried okra. My daughter got the single smash burger with bacon. Before we even got out of the tiny parking lot my daughter noticed no bacon on the burger so back around we went. They offered to remake the entire burger but I just wanted the bacon so they did that. They were apologetic and friendly about everything so no big deal. When we finally were able to park somewhere in some shade and eat I was able to see that the portions are EXTREMELY small in the plates. Two very small ribs with very little meat on them and two thin slices of brisket. And like others have said the Mac and cheese comes in a small condiment cup. Food tasted great but portions are very very small for the price paid. I could have bought two full racks of eibs at a local legend rib shack in the downtown fort Myers area for what I paid for this. 🫣I've wanted to try this place since they opened and finally have. The tiny portions won't be bringing us back. Too expensive. No real value when you get such micro portions and almost no meat. Big Nick's take note . You gotta do better. We come to a BBQ for the meat and when we don't get much we are disappointed. No return customers here. And I unfortunately don't recommend due to the micro portions. Like I said for tasted great ,sauces were very good but the micro portions are a total deal...