Simmons Barbecue — Restaurant in Guntersville

I was pretty pleasantly surprised with Simmons! I often find that drive-through only bbq is very hit or miss, but this place is a hit for me.

Like I said, this operation is drive-through only, so all meals are made to-go. I got mine shortly after work for a late lunch. City harbor is a short drive away, so I toodled over there for a view of the water while I ate.

The drive through line moved quickly enough. The menu has bbq, the less fancy bbq sides (beans, slaw, chips), family pack meals for a variety of crowd sizes, as well as loaded potatoes and nachos.

I selected a pork loaded baked potato with a Diet Pepsi (iirc - don't think it was Coke). I think my lunch ~$12, which isn't too bad for the serving sizes. The lady at the drive through was polite and welcoming.

My pork tater was quite large and came with liquidy butter, cheese, and dollops of sour cream and bacon bits on top. The bacon bits, while the pre-packaged salad garnish kind, are a pleasant surprise - you don't often get those on bbq taters without asking. The potato was cooked nicely, still warm and soft. I genuinely enjoyed the Que, enough so that I'd get it on a sandwich or on a plate without the goodness of a potato there as backup, lol. I don't like bbq sauce on my taters but I did dip a small piece of pork in the cup they gave me. It's a more vinegar based sauce, but it had enough sweetness to it that I still enjoyed it.

Thanks for a quick, easy, and...

First time customer. This a simple BBQ joint. No dining room but they do have picnic tables out front. The southern style friendly service is just what I was looking for with a FANTASTIC BBQ sandwich. I had the large sandwich which was piled high of steamy lean smoked porked topped with slaw and pickles and a splash of the vinegar based sauce. They provided a little extra sauce in souffle cup "just in case". Tasting the vinager based sauce it was sweet and smokey with a splash of heat in the finish. Fresh brewed ice tea and lays chips and I was done. I really needed a second sandwich since the first one went so fast. I will be back. So nice to pull up to a drive through and meet a...

Update, review #2, dropping to 3 stars, got a family pack here about a month ago now, ordered a pint of Beans as a side, paid for them, got home 20min away, to find out there were no beans. Food was still good, but upset this establishment has now joined many others in the leaving stuff I ordered and paid for out of my order. Up until about 4 years ago this kind of thing hardly ever happened, now it’s seem be everywhere you go about 50% the time. Review #1, Great BBQ. Wife and I made 3 meals out of one family pack and side beans. Sauce was good. It all was good. I like it better than Moes. We...