Adams Bar-B Q

The name would make you think bbq. but don’t it is not the best thing there. They actually have great potatoes and hamburger steaks. Check the special board and try the banana pudding if they have it.

I do not understand why this place is called BBQ. There is no smoke pit and the meat is not BBQued. The food is country canned cooking and tasteless at best. The cole slaw seems to be the only home made food on the menu.
Tried it a couple of times but I won’t a third.

My favorite place in town to get bbq! Sweet tea is super sweet and old fashioned. The crushed ice makes any drink taste better too! My favorite thing to order is a bbq sandwich and fries. They also have a board with daily vegetables/​desserts/​specials on it. Very crowded during lunch time!!!

I don’t understand what the other reviewers are talking about, the ‘cue here is awesome!
This isn’t a 4 star, zagat rated place with white table clothes, cotton napkins or soft tea lights; this is good, country BBQ served by soft spoken Southern women that gently touch your shoulder when you place your order.
Their daily sides are proudly displayed on a board as you walk in the dining room. Several things had already been removed only peeking my interest on what delicious dish I missed out on.
My order was simple, pulled BBQ pork sandwich, slaw and sweet potato fries. The food came out just as fast as I ordered it.
I immediately covered my pulled pork with slaw and took a bite. The creamy slaw paired with the tang of the BBQ sauce and pork was perfect. On my second bite I hit a pickle and reached ‘cue bliss!
The sweet potato fries were crispy on the ends and crunchy in the center, the perfect fry in my book! I haven’t had any kind of French fry in a while and I found myself dodging my friends fingers from attempting to steal one or two!
If you enjoy cheap eats, delicious BBQ and sides made from scratch, Adams BBQ will hit the spot!

The hamburger steak is about the only thing I get. The BBQ and Stew is terrible!

When the Nobel judges fly over from Stockholm to confer the World BBQ medal for Poo I will take off from work to enjoy the ceremony on the steps of the Adams BBQ entrance. When else will I have the opportunity to witness the solemn occasion for lack of achievement in BBQ to be bestowed on a worthy purveyor of poo. Adams is the epitome of crap. Think the worst Betty Crocker easy slow cooker BBQ recipe and let that water your lips. Then sink your teeth in Adams best and think wow… this is the south and it would be embarrassing for New Jersey. Sad BBQ. Pathetic sides and just that taste of crap that even pineapple juice can’t fix. Get the Justified reference. If Boyd Crowder was in town he would blow it up and not be apologetic.

mediocre. its not bbq though. it’s not smoked. its crock pot cooked and has sauce on it. The sides were good. Staff friendly.

Really terrible. Just very, very poor food. If you like soup-​kitchen type of Sysco garbage, then you might like this. I order a smoked turkey sandwich, and I got a thick slice of a chopped and pressed turkey roll that might be served to prisoners. My colleagues ordered pulled ork BBQ, and they got what appeared to be mass-​produced sloppy joes from a can.
Just don’t go.

Great local spot for great food! They have been in Cartersville as long as I can remember. The Sunday menu is awesome — best buttermilk fried chicken breast (no bones :) ever!!! I love all the sides and the BBQ is great — I like to get it with the sauce on the side and add their homemade hot sauce. Banana pudding is to die for — just get there early before they run out! Awesome family atmosphere — you gotta try it!

I gotta agree with Scott L. on this one. When my family first moved to Cartersville in 96, we heard the whole town raving about Adams. We checked it out quite a few times, but purely for convenience when we happened to be driving by, and at that time, few other options in town for BBQ. It’s halfway decent at best, and with other bbq places in town now, I know that I will never be back to Adams.
The pork sandwiches are virtually indistinguishable from a sloppy joe. think storebought ‘manwich’. brunswick stew is pretty solid, and gets the 2^nd star from me. however, the stew at Scott’s Walk-​up BBQ on Tennessee St. is way better. and the pork there is infinitely better.

Wow. I couldn’t wait to review this place. I think the best way to sum this place up is pre-​made. If I had to guess, this place did not make a single thing from scratch, besides maybe the deviled eggs. The pork was like a sloppy joe, where they mix in the BBQ sauce with the pork. It’s obviously not smoked or rubbed in any way. There’s so much sauce mixed in, they don’t even have BBQ sauce on the tables. The roll was straight from the grocery store. There are a few good BBQ options in Cartersville. I am shocked at how crowded this place got for fair-​quality food. But, maybe I noticed it because I cook a lot off BBQ. I’m not impressed with frozen foods heated up. Put some more effort into it and fire your food distributor and do some cooking. It’s obvious that there is no heart or originality.

I am a local and I’ve loved this place for years. This restaurant doesn’t do pit bbq, it’s cooked with sauce in it and you will either like it or you won’t. They have many other good menu items though with lots of good sides and desserts including banana pudding. They also make the best sweet tea in bartow county. Prices are great here, my wife and I can eat here and pay about $ 20 including tip. The service has always been good and around lunch time this place is always busy, definitely a good place to eat at a good price.