Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q

Always great service and some of the best barbecue around. Worth a trip for any occasion.

It’s Been 30 mins and all we have is our drinks and the waitress only came once to check on us and take our order I’m about to walk out I’m hungry! No appetizers this place sucks!

I gave this five stars because Jim n Nick’s meets and exceeds expectations for what it is supposed to be. This is a BBQ. place, not a fancy dinner place. That said, the food is excellent– every time. The service is lively and entertaining (I always sit at the bar with friends), expedient and proactive. Love the BBQ, the smoked chicken (excellent on a salad), fried catfish (don’t recommend the grilled), stuffed potatoes and of course the delicious warm cheese muffins they give you as soon as you get there. Decent beer selection, enviable bourbon/​whiskey selection. Bar is too small and it’s loud like a BBQ place should be. Patio is nice in the spring and fall.
Now I’m hungry, may have to visit the drive through (oh yeah, they have a window… Did your waist just find it too convenient to grow?. Good stuff.

Waste of money. Bad food bad service. Owner Troy is a complete asshole. Do not eat here. You will regret it.

This place rocks. I drove by Jim and Nicks maybe 5 times while visiting family before stopping in for some more NC BBQ. Back home (CT), barbecue joints aren’t nearly as ubiquitous so I sampled wherever/​whenever I could on this vacation. Pulling into the parking lot and seeing smoke pouring out the stacks is a welcome sign. The vibe was awesome here. Somehow j felt at home as me and my family say for dinner. The ambience was laid back and the wait staff was very welcoming. I ordered the pulled chicken and smoked turkey with a side of mac n cheese. I have a habit of swaying my opinion of an establishment’s food in general by how good the mac is. I was impressed here. It was great. So good I was back the next day just for a side of it. The smoked turkey and pulled chicken was also very good. Lean, no fat, tasty, and the sauce complimented it well. No complaints at all. However, I will say that I think their cheese biscuits are overrated. The combination of both sweet and savory (that usually works for me with other things) didn’t quite click here. I tried to like it but ended up with the «meh» reaction. Overall this place was great. The prices are right and everyone else that ate with me enjoyed also. Will be back

Great bbq cooked right in a their custom smoker! Excellent service!

We live in Steele creek/​Lake Wylie area so this is close and convenient. Food is good. Portions are good. No problem with service and never had to wait.

Living close to this restaurant is going to be a problem for any intention to eat healthy in the New Year. I have been to events that they catered but had no idea how great their food on site would be!
My college roommate requested one last Southern meal before he returned up North. Since it had been a whirl wind weekend we went with the close option and had a great meal.
The cheesy biscuits came out warm and were delicious. Hands down the best cheesy biscuits I have had a restaurant. We raved about them in our little group and the waitress was kind enough to bring out another round on the house (not sure if that is standard practice or if she overheard us and decided to be generous).
I ordered the brisket plate with mac & cheese and baked beans. The mac and cheese is super creamy and smothered in a plentiful cheese sauce. The baked beans were mildly spicy and a generous portion. The brisket was a little fatty for my taste but was tender and paired with a great sauce. The surprise star of the meal was the smoked turkey breast that the boyfriend got. Super juicy and delicious.
I will definitely go back soon and may have to roll home after the huge portion sizes!

Excellent Service. The pulled pork was amazing, and the cheese biscuits as well. When I told them it was my first time eating there they gave me and my companions free samples.

Good to have classic Carolina Vinegar-​based barbecue! Got the pulled pork and it was delicious. Didn’t even need sauce it was so flavorful although the sauce was very good too. Side of Mac & cheese was also excellent. Start corn muffins were fluffy and addicting. Price was a little steep for BBQ but well worth it. Will return when I’m in the Carolinas!

Had a taste for some Bbq so I stopped in. Ordered a combo with Brisket and Smoked Turkey. They offer lots of side but I went with the macaroni and cheese because of the waiters suggestion. Also had a sweet tea to wash it all down. Overall this place has lots of potential but it’s just not there yet. The turkey was juicy and delicious. The brisket tasted like I came from 2 different pieces of meat because some pieces were dry and other weren’t. The macaroni taste like an experiment. You know those people that decide they’re gonna cook thanksgiving dinner for the first time… Well that same person made this macaroni!!! Finally… The tea! The tea was made by someone’s grandmother. It had just the right amount a diabetes!!!

I went there for lunch and had the pulled pork platter with collard and garlic mashed potatoes. Great meal and funny server. I added them to my favorites list

I should start by prefacing that I’m a stickler about BBQ and BBQ restaurants. I had lunch here today and it was very disappointing, mainly the food. Right off the bat you don’t get any sweet smell of meats being smoked outside or inside of the resturant. That’s usually a red flag that this might not be the real deal.
So, I check out the lunch menu and it doesn’t look pleasing, so I ordered the combo plate off the main menu. Brisket, Turkey breast, baked beans, and coleslaw. Here are the Pros and Cons cons:
Cons: 1. The Brisket – This is my main issue. This along with the turkey breast came on the plate with sauce on it! – cardinal sin. I asked the waitress to include some burnt ends – non existent. The brisket was served in one big lump, no slices. It had the consistency and taste of a beef roast-​not even close to how brisket is suppose to be prepared. On top of that, it tasted like it was boiled and then maybe, maybe smoked for an hour afterward.
2. No hint of any rub being used.
3. Very little smoke flavor.
4. $ 22 lunch w/​tea and small portions.
Pros: 1. Turkey was moist.
2. Sides were decent.
3. Staff has friendly

My family and I had a terrible experience here. First, our waitress kept forgetting to either ask or bring items to our table. My mother in law was never asked if she wanted a drink, my father in law didn’t receive his soup until food started coming out and our food took forever to come out. I ordered the fried chicken tacos. They came out cold and tasting of cigarettes. A manager kept looking over and I got his attention. He thought he smelled cigarette smoke and that’s why he kept looking at me. Literally, the chicken tasted and smelled of cigarettes.
My mother requested to not have onions and mustard on her burger and guests what? The burger came out with everything she didn’t want. When my mother brought this to the attention of Jamie our waitress, she was ignored. She had to get the attention of the manager and he took it back and got her a new one. My mother in law requested no pecans in our salad and no surprise here… got pecans in her salad. Another waitress overheard and was willing to take it back. Our waitress stood there and did nothing.
When the cook arrived with my replacement food, he gave a backhanded apology stating the taste wasn’t for everyone. I know what smoked food tastes like. No one likes the taste of cigarettes in their food. I requested a medium well burger and received something that was burned on the sides and barely cooked in the middle. The burger just fell apart as I ate it. Same thing happened with my mother’s replacement food.
When the check came out, the tacos were still on the ticket! They were trying to charge us for food I didn’t eat. The waitress gave a half apology and got it removed. My family and I will never come back here. I suggest everyone else do the same.

Such a delicious brisket and pulled pork served here. Nice hickory style setting interior and beautiful BBQ served here. Friendly staffs and nice vibe. Carolina pulled port was amazing. I I’ll come back again

Lunch on Sep 16
No matter what I order or the people I am with order, it comes out Ridiculously GOOD! Not even good, its INCREDIBLE!
New Favorite Food there: Hamburger with Pimento Cheese — NOT on the menu, but ask for it, they will do it for you. WOW what a burger!
Next new Favorite Food there: Chicken sandwich with Morgan County White Sauce! Who needs tomato based barbecue sauce when you got Alabama style white sauce!
I have NEVER had a bad meal here!

I’m new to the Charlotte area and this place is my first review as a resident of this wonderful city. My husband and I decided to patronize this neighborhood spot after searching Unilocal,of course. We were promptly seated and had a wonderful and very attentive waitress who genuinely seemed to enjoy her job. While my husband went to the restroom, I ordered our appetizers and some ice water and they were delivered to our table in a timely manner. We had the nachos topped with beef brisket and the hot, smoked buffalo wings with a side of bleu cheese dressing. I was a bit leery because the nachos looked like there was hardly any brisket but I was pleased to find that it was just buried under a bunch of lettuce! They were very delicious and I would order them again. I had to ask for additional jalapenos because there was just a few very small slices on it and next time I would ask for more than just a drizzle of the sour cream. But like I said, they were delicious. The wings were piping hot and after a few minutes of cooling they were perfect. Nicely seasoned with a hint of smoke.
Main course was the 2 meat combo and we got it with baby back ribs, sausage, collards and mac and cheese. Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, mmmm finger licking good. Hubby who isn’t a mac and cheese fan really like their version of it and the greens, after adding a dash of tabasco, were quite good. Ribs, devoured. Sausage with the side of pimento cheese was nice. I wish it was a bit more spicy but give me a hot dog bun and I could do some great culinary things with it. And the cheddar biscuits, how could I forget to mention them first. They came out while we were waiting for our apps and they were the bomb dot com. I’m so glad I didn’t have any butter to add to this gluttony session. We ended up with 12 of them! Yes, 12! And we just had to bring a few home to the kiddos to experience. So light and fluffy!
The sauces on the table are really good on any of the meats. They have a drive through if you don’t feel like eating in. Yes, I said a drive thru! Incredible! They have TV’s to watch the game too. So, really you have no reason not to give this place a try. We left happy, full and looking forward to the next visit, and with tax, this great meal only cost us 39 bucks and change! What a great welcome to Charlotte and my new hood!

Yes I’ve had better. Here in NC. Even at BBQ joints in the strip mall. Its my second time dining here. The first wasn’t very good at all and here we are three months later for our second shot. And just like last time I left most of my food on the plate, no Togo box needed. Tonight I tried the three meat combo with two sides. Classic pulled pork, smoked chicken and smoked turkey. Mac n cheese and coleslaw for the sides. I liked the Mac n cheese. The rest I did not like. At all. The meats were cold. The pork was bland with a lil too much fat. And I’ll eat fat if it’s tasty. The chicken had something off about the texture. It was dry as was the turkey. Both white meat. The coleslaw has too much pepper and not enough crème. The house BBQ sauce I did not care for. Too spicy but without the sweetness that spicy sauce should have.
Now being a northerner I can see where you’d dismiss my review as he don’t know no better. But I do. I like Hillbilly’s off 85 in McFadden and I like Lakeview BBQ in the strip mall on highway 16 in Denver NC. I know good BBQ. I can’t say it was here at Jim n nicks.
Shame too cuz the layout n décor here is great. My server tonight was 4 stars as was his manager. They even took my meal off the bill when they saw how much I was leaving on the plate. But I gotta review the food honestly. Right?

Those nachos… Are pretty awesome. Peach Sweet Tea? Yes, please. I heard there was this great BBQ spot, and I decided to try it out! And the verdict? Tasty. Especially for a chain. I mean, come on… where can you find Peach Sweet Tea? That’s virtually unheard of unless you’re drinking it out of a can.
We ordered the nachos and I ate off other people’s plate because, well I was already stuffed when coming here. I still got a taste of what flavors Jim ‘N Nick’s was offering. What I found was that it wasn’t bad at all. It was tasty and tender.
Overall verdict, definitely a place to try out. Especially if you feel more safe as far as going to a chain. Next time I will be sure to order more and definitely get a Peach Sweet Tea to go!

This review is a little overdue by a month or so. Anyways, I’m not exactly sure what all the hype is about here. I would say Jim N Nick’s is pretty good had I not had other places to compare it to, but it is just in between 2 – 3 stars for me.
We came here on a Saturday afternoon with not many people there, so the service was great. However, we had called to see if they would have a certain game on and we were told yes. Once we got there and started to order, we asked for the channel to be changed to the game we wanted to see. They did not get it… so much for that.
The food is just okay, we got a platter with classic barbeque and ribs. Both were okay, nothing special. We also got it with a side of mac and cheese and bbq chips. I am a huge mac and cheese lover, but these just did not do it for me. I loved the creamy consistency, but the choice of cheese and flavor of cheese was just not right. The bbq chips were also nothing special, just like your standard bbq chips. I will say I did like the complementary cheese biscuits.
I could see us coming back here once in a blue moon if we are craving bbq and want something close, but really, the best place to go in Charlotte is Midwood Smokehouse. Not exactly convenient or close, but it is well worth the drive to that one over Jim N Nicks and others for good quality bbq.