Bubbalous Bodacious BBQ

BBQ is always satisfying, I give it 4 stars, the only problem I have is when I’m in a rush I go through the drive thru it always takes way to long and the waitress is not very attentive, i ask for garlic toast, they give me a bun, I go to Sonny’s iam in and out thru the drive thru fast. I give the drive thru a 2 star.

Never again! Sure, I’ll get my own menus and drinks. 3 servers stand around chatting in an empty restaurant. Order was wrong and the cornbread was very rock like.

Don’t plan on a Sunday half of bbq chicken dinner when at five pm they have no dark meat nor any sweet potatoes. Who orders for this place?

Tried before and have never been wow’d by the food but went again recently and couldn’t believe how in appealing the food was. Service was ok but food needs improvement– used to be good

Service was mediocre and the food was cold. It took a half an hour to get our food. The kitchen was backed up with a large party of 12 people but there was no one else in the restaurant. Our waitress Gabby was nice and doing the best she could.

Our experience with this place was a non experience. We decided on a Sunday morning which I guess is a busy time for them. We were the only couple waiting to be seated in a half empty restaurant. It took about 5 minutes to be seated. Once we got to the table we waited for 12 mintues and left.

My husband and I had our rehearsal dinner at Bubbalous in December. We wanted something casual and Bubbalous was the perfect fit. The weather was beautiful that night and they were able to raise the doors so we had an open patio for our party. The food was good, the bar was good but the atmosphere was perfect. The private room is adorable and when the weather is good you can’t beat the patio. My mom and sister made all the arrangements with the staff and said that they were really great to work with as well.

I can’t believe people eat here! Went to the drive through once and ordered brisket. Omg, the worst! Had the texture of jerky… just disgusting! Never again!

Ugh. Never again. What an awful experience.
My last dinner at Bubbalou’s Apopka was pretty lousy. In a nutshell, we waited 55 minutes for food. When I asked for a manager, I was told he was too busy. They reduced the check by 25% and apologized, and the food was good, so I decided to try them again tonight.
Party of 5, including Wife, children and Buddy. Sign said to wait to be seated but we were told to seat ourselves. A waitress appeared, 5 minutes later, with menus. I ordered corn nuggets and we ordered drinks.
Drinks come out, then waitress comes to take meal order.
I settled on the pulled pork basket with fries and beans; kiddos shared a chicken strip basket; Wife choose pulled pork with fries and mac; Buddy choose smoked sausage with beans and mac. Appetizer showed up while ordering. They were delicious. We gobbled them up.
After talking for a while. We noticed about 20 minutes had passed, which is odd for pulled pork. Well, in my opinion, anyhow, as pulled pork isn’t a single serving preparation. I looked for our server but she was in the weeds.
Another 15 or 20 minutes pass before or food comes. No utensils, just food. I touch the pork, and is barely room temperature. Brands are the same. I flag down a waitress and tell her to just return my food, as everyone else will be done by the time a new basket comes out. She offers no apology, nor a manager, but does take the food. Our waitress comes, and Wife says her fries are cold and pork is too. Still no utensils, so Buddy is just sitting and waiting. Still no food for the children either.
Five minutes later, all three dishes come out hot, but no manager and no utensils. I’m too angry, at this point, so I decline my meal. Wife and children take their meals.
Buddy gets up and finds utensils at this point. The fellow that I suspect as the manager, is bussing a couple of tables. I say, loud enough to be heard, «I wonder why the manager hasn’t come to the table,» but to no avail.
Waitress offers an apology, and I apologize for being angry. I say «it’s frustrating that the fid took forever and came out cold,» and she responds with «yea, Fridays are crazy». I state my dissatisfaction that the manager never came, and she explains that he’s all over the place and points to him bussing another table, followed by getting himself a drink at the tea station right next to the table!
On a side note, I observed 24 tables in the main dining room and the servers. That’s 8 tables to a station. The manager seemed to primarily be a bus boy. My advice, after two very lousy visits: staff your restaurant accordingly. Food shouldn’t come out cold. Pulled pork shouldn’t ever take 20 minutes to serve, let alone 40. If a table asks, repeatedly, for a manager, the manager needs to come to the table!
No pictures tonight, as I didn’t get to eat anything.
I can’t imagine returning to this establishment.
Want good BBQ? Drive the three miles to Porkies Apopka, and skip Bubbalou’s. My mistake was not going to Porkies, clearly.

You want to eat barbecue?
This is the place you want to go to.
Welcoming staff, nice interior and BBQ is all they do. Try anything, the classics or some things you usually don’t eat. It’s all great.
It’s all hands and baskets, not fancy, but good. Quality is excellent and that’s what counts.

Pretty decent food for very fair price. So much and more you’d expect from a local barbecue joint. Employees are helpful and friendly, all there sides are good!

Bubbalou’s has been around for over two decades and that says a lot for their food. I know they aren’t perfect but they have a core of menu items which are constantly the same and haven’t changed in decades. I really like their St. Louis ribs, their beans and their sweet BBQ sauce. There are other items on the menu I like but the ribs are my favorite. The prices are all very fair and usually you can visit with out having much of a wait time. The last time I visited they told us 15 minutes but we only ended up waiting for 7 minutes. Definitely worth a visit to check their other items out if you don’t like ribs.

Good quality food and reasonably priced. The service is decent and they have good drink specials. I will continue to go there. During football season they have good game day specials as well. I haven’t used it, but they also have a drive-​thru for take out.

Lousy service and a manager who doesn’t care. Ordered take out, got all the way home and found out that they didn’t even complete the sandwiches. Had to drive all the way back to get the rest. The waitress went in the back and spoke to the manager who looked liked she was being inconvenienced and only gave part of what was missing. The waitress had to go back a second time to get the rest and the manager really looked like I was bothering her that I wanted the food I paid for. I asked to speak to her and was given an excuse that they do it that way since it was takeout. How a restaurant does it is NOT the customers concern. It is the responsibility of the restaurant to give the customer the complete order. When I said I was not happy about wasting my time to go back and then going back home to cold food for my family, she said she apologized and would write my name down. That really did me a lot of good and showed how much she didn’t care.
As for the food the fries tasted like they were sitting for awhile before we picked them up and my wife bit into a large piece of cartilage in her sandwich.

I generally come here for lunch, although I have been here in the evening as well. You will find solid barbecue here, great prices, service and an atmosphere to match– your typical barbecue joint.
I have had almost everything on the menu, whatever you order, you can’t really go wrong. The sandwiches are all good, and the ribs– well, the ribs are divine.
Sides are all good, especially the Green Beans and Collards. Texas Toast is pretty awesome as well.
Waitresses are all nice and seem honestly happy to see you.
All in all, a great choice if you want a simple barbecue meal.

Thank you, Bubba Lou ’ s for accepting us as customers tonight after being turned away at another Apopka restaurant for not having a reservation. The food was good and even though our server was new she was attentive and nice. We’ll be back. :)

WAS my favorite breakfast joint, but two weeks in a row now going downhill. Servers don’t like getting up early on Sunday morning I guess because the attitudes suck!!! Last week was really busy so I kind of understand some of the food being undercooked, but today we came early and there are only a few people here. No reason for the food not being perfect. We had the pancake for the first time and it really doesn’t taste good. Keep asking for onions in the potatoes and every time they come with no onions. Maybe they have a new cook and he doesn’t know what over medium means. I don’t know. I’m baffled. They need to turn it around or it will be my ex-​favorite breakfast place.

Very good baby back ribs, the best I had for a long time.
Service is excellent. Will definitely come back. We came in close to closing time but never felt rushed.
Draft beer selection is ok.

Walked in an hour before closing. Waitress was very nice and didn’t make us feel rushed. I’m hesitant going to places like this because they never feel clean, but going in so late for a meal I got to see the effort taken in cleaning the dining room. I just hope the same can be said about the kitchen.
This place is cheap, tacky, and unhealthy, but you sign up for this well before opening up the menu. The BBQ is well done here, though I am not sure such a thing as BAD BBQ exists considering its accepted «no rules» methods. I particularly enjoyed the sides that come with your meals and the spicy/​hot BBQ is just right.

It may not be the best BBQ in the world, but if you’re in the area, you could do a lot worse than Bubbalous.
If you’re hungry, you won’t be for long. Their sandwiches don’t lack for size, and they come with plenty of fries. The pulled pork is pretty good, and they keep the sweet tea coming, so I can’t complain.
There’s lots of seating inside, a bar, and cornhole, pretty good bar fare.
They do take out too, so if you’ve gotta run, it’s not a bad option.