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Reviewed February 8, 2024 via mobile

They just re-opened in the last few weeks after a long recovery from devastating fire. 4 for good food, food selection, buffet, and price. 5 for ambience and fried chicken. Not many things to say bad… maybe go a little late after lunch if you...don’t want to wait in line. Great sides… too bad they don’t have brisket yet. The chopped pork is fry and you add your own sauce… two kinds of okra! Too many sides to list. Soft serve ice cream and banana pudding for dessert. Also cobbler! Maybe we can change to 5 if we can get a really good example of BBQ. Easily worth the money. Come hungry. Someone needs to add more current photos of new buffet and dining areas.More

Date of visit: February 2024
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Reviewed February 3, 2024 via mobile

When our Yankee family visits from Pennsylvania, we head to Dukes barbecue to let them experience true Southern barbecue at its finest. The food is delicious, abundant, fresh, and with lots of variety. We love the addition of their salad bar and live music on...Thursday nights. Keep up the good work, Dukes. We will be back again and again.More

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed December 30, 2023

So disappointed because we drove all the way out there, only to find out that they had not re-opened! We sure look forward to when they finally start serving again. ❤️

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed July 14, 2022

Feels like you are walking into a Southern Family feast from the time you open the door. The staff is kind, the table set up allowing you to join locals for a meal is a unique experience and the food is excellent.

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed April 17, 2022

Dukes is a brilliant place. They do a system where you just go through line a full your plate up - it’s all good - all of it The vegetables are outstanding, the ribs are excellent, the pork is good, and I had two helpings...of banana pudding They even have pork rinds There is plenty of free parking It gets full so early and enjoyMore

Date of visit: March 2022
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Reviewed February 26, 2022 via mobile

I guess we didn't read much about Duke's before we stopped there for lunch. We initially didn't realize it was an all you can eat place. That's okay we're going to try what they have and it was great. The veggies and sides were tremendous....The chicken was good but the pork was better. Good southern cooking. We left there quite fullMore

Date of visit: February 2022
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Reviewed April 8, 2021

We ordered a large plate to share. We got enough food for two people and the price was excellent though not quite as low as what is listed on the menu here. It is certainly more fun to experience the buffet but we felt a...lot safer taking the food back to the hotel with us.More

Date of visit: March 2021
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Reviewed October 4, 2020 via mobile

Visit when in town , reasonable prices and very tasty food . Most patrons practice the mask mask rule but had several male customers who refused to wear a face mask. Cashier and waitress told them to pit on their mask but they did not...comply . Plastic gloves were provided . Again good variety of buffet entrees all were hot and tastyMore

Date of visit: October 2020
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Reviewed September 13, 2020

I called to place an order to go for BBQ and coleslaw. The young woman who took my order said it was her first day and that was not familiar with the sauces. I asked several times for mustard based sauce and Crosby Sauce. She...kept asking if I wanted mild sauce. I said I did not want hot sauce but I wanted the mustard sauce. She said the mild was yellow but not mustard. I again said I just want the mustard sauce. The meat could not have been better; however, we got the Crosby sauce and a dark sauce rather than the mustard sauce. We shared a meal with friends and none of us cared for the dark sauce. It was definitely not the mustard sauce requested. The BBQ was excellent and the slaw was good. Our order was ready upon arrival.More

Date of visit: September 2020
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Reviewed September 4, 2019 via mobile

The ribs were a hit. The pulled pork was fine. Green beans tasted like canned but the other sides (mashed potatoes, baked apples, etc) were great. Got our food quickly as it is buffet style, and had to bus our own table...makes for better prices!

Date of visit: September 2019
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Reviewed September 3, 2019

We go there at least once a week and the food is always consistently good . Lots of veggies, and great fried chicken . The food is always fresh and well stocked . Prices are reasonable and they even give a senior discount.

Date of visit: August 2019
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Reviewed July 29, 2019

The locals will tell you that you must choose: It's either Duke's or Carolina BBQ. They're just down the road from one another. We've been to Carolina BBQ, and I posted a review. But now we've been to Duke's as well. The pork shoulder is...good but not great. The fried chicken was just okay, but the smoked chicken was quite tasty, though the skin pulled off instead of snapping. Sides were the standards -- good fried okra, really good mac-n-cheese, run-of-the-mill greens and green beans. Sauces were mediocre. But two items really stood out. First of all, these are legitimately delicious pork ribs. A properly done rib should be tender with no tug, but without falling off the bone. Duke's nails it. And the banana pudding is some of the best I've had. It's a classic dessert, and Duke's gets it right. So I would pick Carolina BBQ over Duke's. But I would have no complaints about going back to Duke's, especially when ribs are on the buffet.More

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed May 7, 2019

Nice buffet with good selection!! I've eaten at 7 Dukes bbq's around the state. This is a very good one. If you don't know the history, read & learn. I especially love the squash casserole and home made slaw. The pork bbq is great and...my husband loves the fried chicken. There's something for everyone! Just don't eat too much!!More

Date of visit: March 2019
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Reviewed March 17, 2019 via mobile

Absolutely everything here is delicious!!! Eat till you hurt at the buffet filled with all the home cooking and desserts! Fantastic prices and food served by friendly folks!

Date of visit: March 2019
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Reviewed February 27, 2019 via mobile

Huge buffet dominated by pork bbq, hash n rice, fried chicken, squash casserole, Devine fried okra, field peas and according to my resident collard expert wonderfully seasoned collard greens. The peach cobble is a work of art and worthy of a bust by itself. Folks...are friendly here. Staff is glad to see you, cordial and all but that lady taking up the money don’t take no guff off of anybody. It’s the kind of place that makes you linger at the table after eating. Daddy called is dawdling, but most folks shoot the breeze after lunch, maybe get another drumstick or bowl of cobbler. I like that.More

Date of visit: December 2018
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