Buddy's Bar-B-Q — Restaurant in Lenoir City

Generally speaking I LOVE Buddys and I still do, this isnt a quality complaint, its a quantity complaint !

I stopped in on a Tuesday last week for some supper, they have those Tuesday supper special ya know, and if you don't you should try it. But I digress. I got my moms a 1/4 chicken dinner with the beans and slaw and I got myself the pulled chicken dinner as I don't much care to eat the skins or pull any chicken off bones and I like the beans as well but opted for the tater salad even though it costs about a dollar more.

Below I have posted a picture(my cam is not the best but you can actually see the bottom where there should be chicken imho) of both dinners and it seems to me that the pulled box has WAY less chicken and I understand it takes more time to pull it and all but you charged me a dollar extra for that, already! In much simpler terms, that's double dippin' ain't it?

Anyway, we love buddys so I'm still gonna go 3 stars which is one star lower than previous reviews. I take one because I don't like how they are joined to a gas station and it is sometimes harder to get at and now I remove another for this quantity issue.

I don't want anything free to make up for it either bc that de-values my reviews. I just don't think it's right and it will be interesting to see if management agrees or nil. Any thoughts of discounts or free stuff would entirely taint the process in my humble opinion. I just won't order your pulled chicken anymore. I just wanted to let others know about this difference or if it was a mistake, bring it to the manager's attention. When I worked at Applebees we actually had a little scale for quick measuring to be certain we were not too far over OR under...but to each his own I guess.

So thanks for reading and absolutely go get some buddys if you havent already, just watch that pulled chicken supper folks !

UPDATE- ordered extra bbq sauce, got home with the latest pic. Not only didnt i get my extra but they didnt even put ANY !

This might be it with me and the LC Buddys. The farragut store is technically closer anyhow. Sorry Buddy ! I still love you but its time i seek a new Buddy 🥹. Also please dont even bother to offer a replacement or anything free because i cant accept gifts AND give honest reviews but thanks...

We almost missed out on one of the best BBQ joints because it was attached to a gas station and gave us iffy feelings but we were starving and not wanting to make a ton of stops so we gave it a roll of the dice.

We stopped for gas during a 15 hour trip from Ohio to Florida and grabbed some food here. We were blown away with how delicious the pulled pork and green beans were! Seriously, you could taste the wood smoked pork and the green beans are, hands down, the best I've ever had; the girlfriend agreed. This was our first time.

Today, a week later, we made sure to stop on our way back and had the same experience. Blown away with quality and price.

They even have a lobby hostess to take care of everyone and ensure quality! She brought around a basket of hush puppies and gave us a few free ones to try out.

Highly recommend this place... so much so that I've saved it to my Google Maps Favorites list and will, 100%, make sure we stop here every single time we are coming up or down I-75. This place is meow a staple for my traveling and gas stops.

Gonna cross my fingers I can make it on a Saturday for their All You Can Eat Ribs!

Next time I'm going to be smart and grab a ton of pork and green beans (they have bulk offerings I saw on the menu).

To top it off, both stops here the staff were all the definition of southern hospitality to the dot! Management knows what they're doing here and it's obvious with how well run the operation is going.

Kudos to the higher ups for putting emphasis on quality and even more kudos to the workers for making that...

On August 30th, I went to Buddy's BBQ drive thru in Lenoir City, TN, and got wings and fries as I absolutely love their fries. I got home and found that the 2 large fries I ordered were only half full. I checked the receipt, and I paid full price for them. A few days later, I went into the same Buddy's again and showed the manager a picture of the boxes of fries half full. He apologized. On October 1st, I again went thru the drive thru at Buddy's in Lenoir City, TN. Got home to find the exact same thing. Again, I verified on my receipt that no one was only charging me half price for half an order of fries. Today, I was there again ordering wings and fries. Instead of going through the drive thru, I went in so I could verify my order in front of them. When the lady handed me my bag, I opened it and verified that the fry boxes were full. The lady stood and watched me do this, so I began to explain to her that I needed to verify my order and why. The lady with a lot of blonde and hair and a lot of tattoos explained, " I feel ya" and thanked me. She never once apologized for shorting my order, she never stated that she would keep an eye on the employees in an effort to prevent future shortages. She appeared to not care at all. So, if you go to the Buddy's BBQ in Lenoir City, Tn. Be sure to check your order. Don't trust the drive thru and don't trust the blonde lady with the tattoos because they don't care how hard you work for your money, they're willing to beat you out of it by charging you full price and giving you half of what...