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| - If you are an elderly person who can only eat bland food, or if you lost all of your taste buds in a freak accident, or if you are sheltered and prefer to stick with the comfort of chain restaurants, then Old Carolina is for you!
If you care at all about putting tasty flavorful food in your mouth then I have to recommend you go elsewhere for your BBQ needs. There are a ton of local places you can patronize like Proper Pig, Woodstock, Mabel's, Barabicu Smokehouse, Oak & Embers... heck you could even check out Mission BBQ if you want to stick with a chain.
Okay, here is my experience:
I think I went to Old Carolina once maybe ten years ago so when they opened up a location close to me I decided to give them a try. I stopped in on a Saturday evening and the place was pretty steady with customers. The young man at the register was friendly and helpful. My to-go order wait was not too long. I went with The Ultimate Sampler Combo which is a tasting of 5 meats, two sides, and one cornbread for $19.99, I also added two extra sides for $3.69. Not a bad price it seemed. I was looking forward to my meal and hoping it would be good so I could be lazy and not drive far the next time I wanted BBQ.
But then I started eating the food and things took a turn for the disappointing. They were out of the brisket so I got extra ribs, no big deal it was late in the evening I understand stuff runs out. But the ribs were so dry! It was like they had been sitting in a warming tray for hours. Lots of dried up meat and hard bark that went in the trash. For sides, oh man, just everything was mediocre. Mac & cheese was bland, same with the boring mashed potatoes. The baked beans had flavor, but like eating a cup of chili with a ton of chili seasoning. Was not expecting that compared with everything else. The small cornbread muffin was nothing to write home about.
Now I did like the variety of sauces, and the creamy coleslaw was standard but it did it's job. The pulled pork and pulled chicken were good if you ate them right away, just not that moist so when reheated they dried up. No complaints about the chicken wings.
Nothing was terrible, but it was lackluster. I seriously contemplated throwing out my leftovers because the food was so meh it wasn't worth eating. But I thought I might have been too harsh so I had it all again the next day. Still mediocre.
I don't know, everyone is different so maybe you will love this place, but I honestly think if you have ever experienced great BBQ you will be just as disappointed as me with Old Carolina.
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