Westside Bar-B-Que

Restaurant has been here forever and featured in National publications. Used to have the best BBQ around, but it’s gone way downhill in recent years. Rib sauce is awesome, but pulled meat is slimy and ribs flavorless. Still have the best cakes around.
If you’re a BBQ fan and you have to eat here, get the ribs and make sure you stick to the rib sauce — or just get one of the other sandwiches — burger, chicken, philly, etc. They are usually pretty well done and a much better experience.

Wish I’d read the reviews on here. (Would’ve saved me $ 50!) I love BBQ. I mean, genuinely love it. But as several have said on here, the BBQ is just all wrong here. It’s… slimy, and there’s just no taste to it. The BBQ sauce is unrecognizable as BBQ sauce. It’s watery, and more like something you might put on a lunchroom taco. We’ve been here 3 times now, (with about a year between the visits), and each time we have been so disappointed. The people seem like «nice folks,» but I feel like I need to warn those who are craving BBQ to just keep on driving.

Westside BBQ has been in New Albany for a long time. Last September I finally had a chance to get take-​out over labor day weekend and was sadly disappointed. The ribs and pork just weren’t that good. The place is very clean and staff friendly. You can eat in or take out. They have beautiful and delicious home made pies and cakes.

Been here 2 or 3 times. Best word to describe the barbecue… mediocre. I’d actually give the bbq 2 stars but this place gets 3 stars from me because of the cakes and pies… those are very good.

We visited Westside BBQ on July 31 of 2008. I think I may have been more interested in the interior decorations with model trains running near the ceiling than the food itself. I know we were fully satisfied without dessert. We learned that their cakes were probably a good money-​maker for them that so much so, they were supplying them to a restaurant in Jacikson, MS.

Wow, I’m a New Albany transplant and visited this place twice thinking maybe I went on a bad night given all the recommendations, but I’ve come to the conclusion that New Albanyites are just starved for any restaurants (thanks for nothing dry county voters) or are voting for the desserts.
The BBQ was near inedible. Coincidence that I NEVER see the smoker going? Do they really slow smoke the ribs, pulled pork, etc. The texture is all wrong, kind of «slimy» like it has been oven cooked. Absolutely no smoke ring, and little flavor outside of the sauce, which was decent. I LOVE good BBQ and if it was worth going to it sure would save me driving to Tupelo or Memphis.
Desserts are great… wish they put the time into the BBQ but with people going back time and again I guess they don’t think they need to. Had some friends from Bama go against my warning and they thought the same thing.

The best ribs on the planet.