The Fishin' Pig — Restaurant in Poplar Bluff

Let's start with the food... Cole slaw: Looked like KFC slaw. And, not the nasty stuff they serve today but the good KFC slaw from back in the 80's. It tasted just as good. Could have eaten just that for a meal and been happy. Do NOT pass up on this should you decide to eat there.

Potato salad: Looked at first glance like it was store bought from walmart. Tasted like nothing walmart has ever come close to producing. Was absolutely fantastic. Again, would have made a whole meal.

Cucumber salad: Not the world's best, but far above average. Needed a bit more tomato, but was otherwise a fine side dish.

Fried fish: While I prefer a more "fishy" tasting fried fish, there was nothing at all wrong with this. A solid offering cooked to perfection. And the tartar sauce was second to none. If it wasn't home made, they're fooling me pretty well. If they're not selling to-go jars of their tartar sauce, they're missing out on a new revenue stream

Hush Puppies: Here's where things start to go off the rails. The first one was over-cooked. Instead of a nice crisp outter shell with a soft tasty inside, it was almost 3/4 of the way crisp and all the flavor was inside a tiny little ball of fluff in the inside. The second puppie was completely burned through. Even a generous helping of the fantastic tartar sauce couldn't redeem it.

Pulled pork: The single item by which I judge all barbecue joints. They did not fare well here. While there were already 3 sauces to choose from on the table, for some reason they served the pulled pork pre-sauced. Who does that? And, of course, they chose to pre-sauce with their spicy sauce, which can't be overcome by a more fitting sauce from the selection on the table. You're stuck with it. I was able to pull out a little bit of meat without sauce on it to test. The flavor was actually fantastic. Sadly, the meat was completely dried out. Now we know why they had to sauce it before serving.

Lastly, the coconut cake: This was listed as the special dessert of the day on the board at the front door and I'd been looking forward to trying it during my entire meal. As I ate, I overheard the servers asking every other table if they were ready for dessert and I couldn't wait for my turn. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to try it. Instead of being offered dessert, my bill was unceremoniously dropped on my table even before I had finished my meal. I can offer no review of what I had no chance at all to even order, much less taste.

And, that's the biggest reason for the low score. I felt as if I was being pushed out the door. It wasn't like anyone was waiting for a table. I can forgive the crunchy hushpuppies. And the dried pulled pork can be chalked up to a bad batch. The weird need to pre-sauce might just be something that's done in that particular rural tiny town along the highway. But, I can't forgive being made to feel like it was time for me to go while everyone around me was being...

During my recent visit, I ordered the Triple Pig Po Boy Sandwich for the first time and really enjoyed it. However, there was an issue with the billing that I'd like to bring to your attention.

The sandwich comes with French Fries, and premium sides are available for a two-dollar upcharge. I wanted to have the included fries along with an extra side of Mac n Cheese. However, on the receipt, I noticed that I was charged $2.00 for the fries and another $2.00 for the Mac n Cheese. This seemed odd to me because the fries were supposed to be included, while the Mac n Cheese, as an additional side, should have cost $3.79.

When I brought this to the attention of our server, there was some confusion. Despite my explanation, the server insisted that I was mistaken. Even after the receipt was corrected, the server continued to defend the decision to charge $2.00 for each item rather than the regular price of $3.79 for the Mac n Cheese alone. It was frustrating because the fries were supposed to be included, and there shouldn't have been an extra charge for them. The server even claimed that she was trying to save me money by not charging the full price for the Mac n Cheese.

In the end, I gave up trying to explain, but it was disappointing that the server remained convinced that she was right, even though the evidence...

I rarely post reviews unless it is a really good one, but I had to on this one. The atmosphere is nice. It all went down hill after that. It was not busy with only about 8 tables that had people at them and it took almost 10 minutes for them them to get order for drinks (we almost left). It took so long that we ordered our food at the same time once they did come. Our food came pretty quick and I was not impressed at all. The slaw and beans were good along with their pulled pork. However, my baked potato was so cold the butter wouldn’t even melt and the ribs were tough, fatty and little flavor. Not once did a server come over to ask us how things were until the very end when we were ready for the check. I did let the sever about the potato and she said that they would get another and I said no because were already done.

Also, their fried shrimp tasted old or frozen.

Their service was not friendly and wasn’t inviting. They don’t greet you at the door very nice.

Gave them a 2 only because their beans, slaw, bbq sauce and pulled pork were decent. Other than that I would have gave them a 1.

This was around 3;00 pm on Saturday 12 February when we...