The waitress was not very attentive. Didn't check on us or bring our dessert that we pre-paid for, we had to go ask another waitress.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Hush Puppies, Fried Okra, Pulled Chicken, Mac &Cheese
Doreen Bunton
As part of e-bike tasting tour with The Flying Bike company it was a delicious inclusion! Greatly enjoyed the sampling platter of pulled pork, BBQ beans, chicken, tempeh, coleslaw, mac n cheese and hush puppies!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Big Boy's Blue Ribbon BBQ Sampler
Darlene Rolf
Was with a big group of 14 us. Most of them were in wheelchairs which we were able to choose to sit. Most of us sat out on the covered patio and the others sat inside. We all had a wonderful time and enjoyed the quick service. Thanks for the great service!!Wheelchair accessibility: Patio seating was the best area for those in wheelchairs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Mark Garver
Soggiest fries I’ve ever eaten, and the cheddar cheese was as bland as it gets.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Mark Wilson
Excellent pork and the sauces were great!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chopped Pork, Kids Mac 'N Hoop Cheese NC
Don Burcham
We both had a combo tray, ribs and brisket. Ribs were St Louis style, dry rub with a bbq sauce on the side. The basket and ribs were great. The brisket slice could have been ticker, but was juicy. I had okara and collared greens both were excellent. Mac & cheese and baked beans were fair. You ordered when you walked in, sat down at a table and within minutes your food was there. Friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Mary Griggs
Second visit. First time had a yummy chopped pork sandwich and smoked wings. Great flavor and delicious sauces. This visit I had the lunch special sandwich with brisket, chopped pork, bacon and slaw with a BBQ mayo. So delicious.
Vegan options available. Vegetarian meals are delicious. The tempeh is amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cherry Cherry
Typical overpriced Asheville food :( very disappointed and my guests were disappointed as well. Spent $50 on two meals and two drinks.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Carrie Lane Ammons
My fiancé was craving BBQ so we checked the reviews and they all seemed pretty good. I ordered the pulled chicken with fried okra and fries, he ordered the brisket with Mac and cheese as well as loaded fries. My chicken was super juicy, but had absolutely no flavor at all, the fries were dripping with grease and the okra was cold. My fiancés brisket was wayyy over cooked, his Mac and cheese was flavorless. He said the loaded fries were really good, the only reason I’m giving this two stars. The serving sizes were very small considering what we had to pay for this highly overrated cafeteria food, which came out to $52. The sauces were extremely watered down and just plain awful. I would highly recommend going anywhere but here.
Food: 2
Richard Elwyn
Update: Luella's manager reached out to me and promised to fix the food quality problem, so let's see if things improve.Original post: Ordered takeout wings and 1lb bulk brisket. The wings were pretty good. The brisket was DISGUSTING. Photos tell the story. There were 3 pieces in the 1lb. More than half fat. One photo shows the best piece of the 3. The fat from the other 2 pieces is in the second photo. Even the meat (excluding the fat) was grossly veined with fat. I have NEVER had such bad BBQ. Luella's should be embarrassed to sell this. It was $28 plus tax and tip for the brisket and I got less than 1/2 lb. I have been to Luella's many times, starting from when they were in South Asheville 20 years ago. I will never go again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Dirty Mike & The Boys
Mom and Pop kind of place. The food was good. Prices inflated as everywhere else. No waiting to sit, ordered as soon as we came in. A couple of different people checked on us and the food a few times. Potato salad was great, brisket good. My only complaint is that they advertise burnt ends. But what ends up on the plate is cubed meat. Anyone who has ever eaten true burnt ends will be disappointed. Everything else was as expected.
Bonn Mac and cheese with burnt ends
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Scrumptious barbeque with lovely outside seating
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The waitress was not very attentive. Didn't check on us or bring our dessert that we pre-paid for, we had to go ask another waitress.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Hush Puppies, Fried Okra, Pulled Chicken, Mac &Cheese
As part of e-bike tasting tour with The Flying Bike company it was a delicious inclusion! Greatly enjoyed the sampling platter of pulled pork, BBQ beans, chicken, tempeh, coleslaw, mac n cheese and hush puppies!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Big Boy's Blue Ribbon BBQ Sampler
Was with a big group of 14 us. Most of them were in wheelchairs which we were able to choose to sit. Most of us sat out on the covered patio and the others sat inside. We all had a wonderful time and enjoyed the quick service. Thanks for the great service!!Wheelchair accessibility: Patio seating was the best area for those in wheelchairs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Soggiest fries I’ve ever eaten, and the cheddar cheese was as bland as it gets.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Excellent pork and the sauces were great!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chopped Pork, Kids Mac 'N Hoop Cheese NC
We both had a combo tray, ribs and brisket. Ribs were St Louis style, dry rub with a bbq sauce on the side. The basket and ribs were great. The brisket slice could have been ticker, but was juicy. I had okara and collared greens both were excellent. Mac & cheese and baked beans were fair. You ordered when you walked in, sat down at a table and within minutes your food was there. Friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Second visit. First time had a yummy chopped pork sandwich and smoked wings. Great flavor and delicious sauces. This visit I had the lunch special sandwich with brisket, chopped pork, bacon and slaw with a BBQ mayo. So delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mac &Cheese
Very dreadful
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
Vegan options available. Vegetarian meals are delicious. The tempeh is amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Typical overpriced Asheville food :( very disappointed and my guests were disappointed as well. Spent $50 on two meals and two drinks.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
My fiancé was craving BBQ so we checked the reviews and they all seemed pretty good. I ordered the pulled chicken with fried okra and fries, he ordered the brisket with Mac and cheese as well as loaded fries. My chicken was super juicy, but had absolutely no flavor at all, the fries were dripping with grease and the okra was cold. My fiancés brisket was wayyy over cooked, his Mac and cheese was flavorless. He said the loaded fries were really good, the only reason I’m giving this two stars. The serving sizes were very small considering what we had to pay for this highly overrated cafeteria food, which came out to $52. The sauces were extremely watered down and just plain awful. I would highly recommend going anywhere but here.
Food: 2
Update: Luella's manager reached out to me and promised to fix the food quality problem, so let's see if things improve.Original post: Ordered takeout wings and 1lb bulk brisket. The wings were pretty good. The brisket was DISGUSTING. Photos tell the story. There were 3 pieces in the 1lb. More than half fat. One photo shows the best piece of the 3. The fat from the other 2 pieces is in the second photo. Even the meat (excluding the fat) was grossly veined with fat. I have NEVER had such bad BBQ. Luella's should be embarrassed to sell this. It was $28 plus tax and tip for the brisket and I got less than 1/2 lb. I have been to Luella's many times, starting from when they were in South Asheville 20 years ago. I will never go again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mom and Pop kind of place. The food was good. Prices inflated as everywhere else. No waiting to sit, ordered as soon as we came in. A couple of different people checked on us and the food a few times. Potato salad was great, brisket good. My only complaint is that they advertise burnt ends. But what ends up on the plate is cubed meat. Anyone who has ever eaten true burnt ends will be disappointed. Everything else was as expected.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Luella's Smoked Wings, Hush Puppies, Texas Potato NC, Potato Salad