My head is spinning that the reviews of this place aren't better than they are. Just reading through a smattering of them I see people mention they vacation in Carolina a lot and feel the food is subpar/inauthentic, or they don't feel the decor is truly "southern". I guess people are entitled to an opinion.
I was born and raised in the North Carolina Sandhills (recent transplant to NEO) and to me, old Carolina represents the closest thing to what I grew up eating (the best bbq on this earth) and the decor looks exactly like a new construction joint anywhere in the piedmont/coast of NC.
Do yourself a favor and get the pulled pork/slaw/piedmont#5 with an extra dose of coastal Carolina vinegar.