Ward’s Bar-B-Q
1087 Alice Dr, Sumter, SC, 29150
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Address :
1087 Alice Dr
Sumter, SC, 29150 - Phone (803) 775-0008
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- Good for Kids : Yes
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Waiter Service : No
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Sarah J.
The hash and rice here is my favorite, bar none. Ward's is a favorite of Sumter Natives, and I try to go there every time I'm in town. It's not fancy, so you should know that going in. It's your basic, down home, delicious South Carolina BBQ.
(5)Trisha W.
Dried out chicken every time we went. My sister loved the pork sandwich drenched in their hot sauce. Your food is basically thrown in a styrofoam box, so if you order hash and rice you better hold on to the box and pray for no bumps on the way home or you will have a hot mess. The good: The sauce is perfect for me because I love vinegary, peppery sauces. The banana pudding is fabulous. The potato salad is the best, probably because it seems to also be vinegar based (and peppery) and I like the little cubes of potato rather than big chunks. The employees are very nice. I bought the sauce and my husband grilled chicken. Perfection. Had to only give two stars because the chicken was horribly dry on every occasion.
(2)Pilar G.
Ehhhh...it's not horrible. But the barbecue is not really that great, the place is kind of dirty and run-down. The food was OK, but doesn't live up to the hype. The people that work there are really nice, though.
(2)Tiffany B.
Upon moving to Sumter we heard all about Wards and how great it was... we tried it out twice and it really didnt live up to the hype.. at all. BBQ had too much vinegar.. and it looked like alpo thrown on top of white rice. Restaurant was not clean either visit. We will not be returning.
(2)Mccord K.
Went to Wars barbecue today...horrible establishment. Customer serviced sucked. Food was just slapped on the plate, beverages were in pitchers and was not clean. The definitely do not know who to cook barbecue or the meaning.
(1)Mike G.
This location/chain, sadly, will not be a regular visit for me while I'm here in SC. One, and again this is totally personal, I just don't like the vinegar based bbq(s). Which is going to make finding and getting BBQ I enjoy very difficult here since that is the flavor of choice for everyone... so NO, I do not hold that against places I eat. It's me - not them. So, the quick pros. Their banana pudding is pretty good, and pulled pork is mostly tender and tasty. Although more crumbled(?) then actually pulled/shredded like most that I've had, making it almost mushy. Their sweet tea isn't too bad, and isn't store bought. And their cole slaw (while having a slight KFC flavor) is good, cruchy/fresh, and enjoyable. Now, of course, the cons. The meat is on basically a warming tray in the middle of the kitchen behind the counter. So the majority of their meat ends up being dried out and not to juicy. Especially chicken. If you want their BBQ sauce on anything, prepare to have it droooowned in it. I believe it's an attempt to mask the extreme lack of flavoring in their meats. (I personally get the pulled pork sandwich with NO sauce, then sauce it with tomato based bbq at home - and it's good!) The same lady I've had help me the two times I went in seems short - like she just finished an 8 hour shift at the DMV before coming to work at Ward's. To sum it all up, unfriendly service, meat lacking most taste/flavor, and dried out meat means I'll be looking for other places to eat BBQ dinners here in the area.
(3)Keith P.
Disgusting slime nasty overpriced crud!!!!!! That's it that's all I can say about the food here. Plain and simple stay away do to mcdonalds!!!!!! sorry I gave them a star it made me do it.
(1)Tomi R.
I was traveling from the west coast and needed my BBQ fix. They were about to close so I apologized but the woman and older man treated me like family and loaded up my 2 large dinners to go. I got the pork with some cole slaw, hash, and corn fritters. The 2 dinners were enough to feed 4 for dinner and lunch the next day! I might be use to expensive bay BBQ prices and portions but I'm amazed at the quality and price.
(4)John D.
Ward's is Ward's. Too bad I can't give it 3.5 stars. The pulled pork sandwichs have tender, tender meat. And I find the sauce very tasty. It's been an institution here in Sumter for many years. The pork sandwichs have gotten a little pricy at $4.50, but, again, are tasty with the sauce. One of them is a pretty full meal. Get two, and put one up at home for breakfast. Yes, I focus on takeout; the eating area is "down home", but not unusual for many of these type SC barbecue places! If you're in the mood for SC barbecue, I can recommend them. And, as an extra treat, Baker's Sweets is right across the way in the little strip center they're both in!
(4)Kristen R.
Ward's is pretty good BBQ. We ordered the BBQ platter? It came with shredded pork, hash and rice, cole slaw, potato salad and corn dodgers. Tons of food! Hash is new to me but this is the best hash I've had around town... the pork was average & their BBQ sauce is yummy. My husband loves Ward's so occasionally we order take out from here.
(3)Gary T.
This was easily the most horrible BBQ experience that I have ever had. The BBQ here was so bad that it ruined the credibility of the entire state of South Carolina as far as BBQ is concerned in my opinion. I think the best overall way to describe the BBQ here is "unseasoned beef jerky with Spaghetti-O sauce dumped over it. Let's see, where do I start.....the service. I had a bad feeling as soon as we walked in here, the woman behind the counter had a very surly attitude, she acted like she was doing us a favor by waiting on us. This person looked like they had just rolled out of bed in the trailer park and had come in to work after letting their dog play with their clothes for a few minutes. She was very unhelpful and did a horrible job of explaining the menu....which was very limited but the way that it was set up didn't make any sense to me...it was difficult to read. After you put in your order she kind of shuffles over to these pots they have set out and dumps out some of the side dishes. They have this stuff they call "hash", which I suspect is really the ribs they couldn't sell the day before chopped up and put over rice. The ribs though almost defy description. To begin with, the sign outside says "pit" BBQ.....they may have been cooked over a pit, but it was a pit with a gas burner at the bottom of it. No way these ribs were cooked over wood, or even charcoal for that matter. The quality of the meat itself was what I would expect to find should I ever find myself in a Siberian prison labor camp. This was some cheap-ass meat and apparently it was too much trouble to serve it warm, what kind of restaurant can't even be bothered to keep their food warm? The sauce was equally horrible, it basically had no taste whatsoever although if I did have to describe it, I would say that it tastes like they opened a can of Spaghetti-O's, threw the pasta in the garbage and dumped the sauce over their meat. If you are ever in the area, do yourself a favor and avoid this place, you will have better BBQ if you go to McDonald's and get a McRib. I would give this place 0 stars if that was an option, 1 star is being too kind.
(1)sarah p.
Wards BBQ is okay but not the best, especially in Sumter. The pork itself doesn't have much flavor, it really needs the sauce. BBQ is such a personal preference, personally I prefer more flavor in the meat itself. The sauce is pretty good and rather spicy. You can buy the sauce in a squirt bottle to go which makes it easy to put on at home. The hush puppies, or as they call them corn doggers were pretty weak, again not much flavor. The service was really lacking. I would only go back here if the other BBQ places in Sumter were closed and I really wanted BBQ. It is easy to find better BBQ and better service some place else.
(2)Sandvich C.
When you near the entrance, you notice the tint on the door is in disrepair. Entering the establishment you find the service counter is right there, about four feet from the door. One of the haggard ladies in the open kitchen walks up to the counter and dully takes your order. You look up at the letter board menu behind the counter, that is attached to the ceiling - the selection is limited and boring. You order the small, chicken dinner with white meat. The lady walks over to the island food warmer and slaps some rice with some sort of shredded, barbecue chicken on top; a small dab of potato salad and coleslaw; two oval-shaped corndodgers; and finally fishes out a piece of barbecue chicken from a warmer to the left of the island. She walks back up to the counter and places the styrofoam plate on the counter and asks if you want anything to drink. You select the lemonade, pay for your food and walk into the dining area to find a seat. The tables are mix-matched along with the chairs, some are in need of cleaning and/or repair. As you find a table to sit at, you hear a high-pitched, electronic screeching - there is a phone sitting on a service window. There isn't much to look at as the blinds on the two windows are closed. The place feels a bit chilly. As you look up at the slowly rotating ceiling fans, you notice the filth and grim clinging to the tiles. You finally take a bite out of your chicken breast; the flavor is alright, but the inside is dry. You take a sip of your lemonade and it is almost unbearably sweet. The shredded, barbecue chicken topping is too strong and smothers the rice. You sample the rest of your plate and find them to be alright as well, you might have been expecting a piece of hotdog in the corndodgers, but they are apparently hush puppies. All in all the food wasn't bad, but it wasn't satisfying. If you order a sandwich from them, they put the shredded barbecue chicken in a hamburger bun(Like the BBQ sandwich from "KFC."). So there is no telling that the chicken is possibly leftovers from the previous day(s).(Not that I'm extremely picky about old food or anything, but I figure I'd leave that up to you.) Gentlemen...
(2)Robert S.
I got there pork dinner meal and it was ok but they over do it with the sauce I guess to make up for the ribs themselves not having much flaver. It tasted ok but less sauce and more flaver from the meat would have been better. I did get a large portion of food that was good.
(3)Greg W.
Decent BBQ for an area that seems to have no apparent knowledge of good BBQ. The sweet tea and hush puppies are good, too. Ward's is one of those establishments where the hash is minced pig brains (not uncommon but not everyone makes it that way), just so you're aware.
(4)Jason N.
Wards has a few locations across town and I have been considering going to the one on McCrays Mill Rd. but haven't as of yet. The BBQ here is, for what I have tried, definately one of my favorites in town and around the region. Now BBQ is like fine wine or cigars, everyone's palet(tastes) is different from the next person, so with that being said, If you have a well rounded palet, who likes things to be more on the Tangy side, spicy-sweet side... then I think you will like Wards. its shredded pork is cooked well and their sauce is definately on the slightly spicy side, they serve Hash, which to some is not something that they would see eating, but to others its tasty...as for me I find it fairly tasty when put over rice... they make a version of hush puppies which are really good, as they are kind of sweet which goes with the spicy BBQ sauce very well... now on the down side, they have not had a course in making good coleslaw...its highly generic, overminced, and drowned in waterry mayo... there is no flavor to it what so ever... which is why I feel a 3.5 out of four stars is deserved here even though there is no selection... the tea is pretty good on most days... so for all of 8bucks, you get what you pay for in amount and the BBQ and hash with rice is tasty along with their hush puppies( I think they have a different name for them there)... limit your quantity of the cole slaw and you should have a pretty decent experience here
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