Gumlog Bar B Que & Fish Lodge

It’s a good country cafe just like you would expect. Staff were very pleasant. Salad was good Texas toast great. Ribeye was decent I just prefer gas or charcoal grill vs flat top but it was really big esp for the price tag. Will go back again soon.

Server was nice! Food was disgusting! Beans straight from the can and off brand... Pork was cold, catfish was fried to death and tasted like they drug it through the parking lot! Ribs were dry as the desert... cheese sticks were great and the hush puppies but that's about it! Smitty's Family Restaurant up the road is waaaaaaay better and they use quality ingredients!!! 1st and last time here🤢

If you love to eat local while traveling DO NOT pass by this place!! Food and service excellent! Great portions for amazing prices also. Hubby got the catfish and shrimp and I tried the brisket. All was delicious. Be prepared for a bit of a wait if you arrive with the after church crowd but SO WORTH IT!! Thank you to the friendly, attentive staff.

Excellent service, delicious food. Brunswick stew was very good but was like a pureed version. Very different from whole lime beans, corn etc. you get in Brunswick GA. Really great restaurant and very generous portions.

Visited from Florida in Feburary! Great food at a great price. The staff were friendly and very attentive to us. Brisket was so tender it was falling apart. I'd definitely go out of my way to stop by again on my next visit to GA!

We love to go to Gumlog. They have the best catfish around. Steaks are great, they are so tender that they just melt in your mouth. Waitress's are so friendly they make you want to come back. All around it is one of the best places around to eat

Met an old friend for lunch. We both selected the catfish and shrimp. Instead of fries, I ordered onion rings, which is extra. We both though the catfish was excellent, but the shrimp was a packaged food service product. Although the shrimp was good, fresh would have been much better. The onion rings were excellent. The sweet tea was almost as good as GrandMa's. The service was excellent, those ladies know how to take care of their diners. Next time we are looking forward to trying the BBQ and Brunswick stew!

Very friendly people. Good food. I never had hush puppies like that. Very good. They are only open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I was in the Highway and looking for a place to eat. This looked awesome and I was already in SC but I turned around and it was worth the trip. I really needed a break from driving.

Clean and great service. Food is great too. Pulled pork sandwich is good. Catfish yummy.

Tea was good. Catfish, what they're known for, was also good. Fries tasty. However, my tilapia was a little tough (perhaps not fried fresh?) and my butterfly shrimp were cold. We were not given white bread which I believe is the norm. Since we were towards the end of the night, there was a pressure to get out which I understand, but fair warning to not go an hour before closing if you want to finish your meal without the rush.

Very good seafood. Generous portions. Waited in car while our table was ready. They will call. Can be very crowded and a bit noisy during peak hours.

Gumlog BBQ is really awesome. I highly recommend the rack of BBQ Ribs, but I can't say the same for their stew which is nasty and should be avoided. We asked for a refund and were told "Sorry, not our policy". This made us scratch our heads. This policy is the only reason for the 4 stars because everything else was good.

We usually do takeout. It was excellent this time. They had it hot and ready when I went in to get it. We love their catfish filets.

Picked up 8 racks of ribs for a family get-together. Ribs were fall-off-the-bone delicious! The order was all ready to go when we arrived for pick up.

Checked out Gumlog on the recommendation of a local friend while camping nearby at Tugaloo State Park. The food we got was not great although my ribs, while nothing to write home about, were fine. Portions and prices overall are ok. The Brunswick stew looked like a puréed cat food and only tasted slightly better. My friend's order of pulled pork was super dry and only just edible. Most of our orders came with white bread that looked like they had randomly packaged the wonder bread straight from the supermarket in little plastic baggies. Another friend had the friend catfish and said it wasn't bad and another said the same about their brisket sandwich. No one really enjoyed their food. My sides of fries and hush puppies were both disappointing and again, only just edible because I was hungry. Dining in would have been a better option as I think part of the appeal is the local ambience. The server was friendly and food came out in about 20 min.

Food was great but it took forever for the girl with nose ring to quit talking to a guy and let us pay. Customer service is a thing of the past at Gumlog checkout counter!

Go early to miss the crowd. Nothing better than the boneless catfish, fries, coleslaw and sweet hush puppies! You can always do takeout but call in your order.

We go to this restaurant at least once or twice a month. The food and service is always very good and the waitress' 2! amazed!-------

Great service. Great food. Had the boiled shrimp, and the pick three seafood. Everything was delicious and cooked well.

Best food ever! Childhood memories and all. Matt was my buddy!! Gonna have to come see yall soon

This was our last meal in the Atlanta area before heading back to Philly. Must say it was the best meal of our 4-day trip. Don't miss this one if you want really good BBQ!

The food is extremely fresh. Breading is absolutely minimal on the catfish and shrimp. The sides are definitely not the star of the show, adequate at best, but oh my goodness! The fish is incredible! Servers are friendly and efficient. The ambiance is real country and honest country.

The food is always great. We love the hamburger steak, flounder and cheeseburgers. They have a great salad. The hush puppies are our FAVORITE!! The servers are always smiling and friendly. We have been driving from Anderson, SC for over 20 years to eat here.

An out of the way place with the best catfish you will ever eat. Good service, good price. Worth the drive.

Great spot, we found while driving. It was completely Southern hospitality from entering to finishing our meal. It was endless sweet tea, no matter what waitress it was, they filled yours up immediately b4 the cup was empty. Of course I tried the Brunswick stew, this time it came with 2 slices of white bread and it was still tomato based but more like a dip. It was mouth watering to look at and to put it on the bread and eat it was even better. I wanted more, but with the coleslaw and the fried flounder, tilapia, shrimp, ff, and hush puppies, I was stuffed and still am hours later. Better yet the homemade tarter sauce, with the homemade bbq sauce and a hush puppy that fell apart bcuz it was so soft, made me literally want to run around the restaurant screaming how good everything was. You pull up on gravel, park anywhere and at the door will be a bus boy waiting with a menu. You choose your seat and immediately the amazing food fest begins. Plus make sure you feed the loud kitty cat that yelps at you from a distance for some fresh fried fish. This place is off the road, but a must stop.

Amazing catfish and I can't wait to wade through the barbecue. Decent salad and typical hush puppies. Long for Rio Vista hush puppies that had onions. Can't wait to return!

First time at Gumlog BBQ and Fish-camp. Many of our neighbors had told us about Gumlog telling us the catfish was amazing. When we arrived we were greeted warmly and immediately seated. Our waitress arrived within moments and was a very sweet and caring young lady. She continually checked on us and kept our sweet tea full throughout our dinner. We ordered the catfish and fried shrimp platter as well as the ribeye steak platter. When the catfish arrived instead of the boneless fillet we ordered we were served the full catfish with bones. Our waitress immediately recognized the mistake, apologized profusely, and sent it back to the kitchen. Within minutes we were served a fresh order of the boneless catfish fillets. The shrimp, hush puppies and catfish fillet's were prepared exceptionally. The hush puppies were some of the best we have ever had and their homemade tartar sauce is delicious. The hush puppies and catfish both had a cornmeal breading which was light and not greasy at all. We also ordered a ribeye which was good. It was perfectly cooked to order and was a decent cut. We were somewhat disappointed in the lack of seasoning on the steak but a little additional salt and pepper and the steak was very good. All in all we had an excellent experience; we loved our waitress and the food was so so enjoyable. Some neighbors as well as the waitress also recommended the brisket saying it was the best around. We will definitely be back and the brisket will be one of our next choices.

Love eating here in Lavonia, GA. Always busy so go early if you don't want to wait forever. Open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I think I saw where they are open these days on Thursday as well, but please check before going. Everything here is nicely prepared and service is very good. These people have it down about how to get great food out to a bunch of hungry people. Very impressive menu with lots of choices. Try the fried catfish for sure. Word is a former moonshiner opened this place in this Gumlog area and if he was half as good at making moonshine as he is at frying catfish, that's saying something!

Very tasty ribs, "fall off the bone". It is a wet bbq sauce (I prefer a dry rub) but their sauce is really good. One of the best bbq restaurant's in the area, really good food at a reasonable price.

It was decent barbecue but there are better places for barbecue in the area. Did not offer seconds like many other bbq places do.

Pork barbecue was tasteless and cold. Stew was pureed and just plopped on a divided plate. Fries and onion rings were hot and tasty.

Excellent brisket! Great folks. They are very friendly and everything tasted great. We love going here.

Great food and great service. Whole catfish are the best. Best sweet tea next to Peach Pit in Winterville.

Terrible, the fish must have been from the day before and recooked all there was was crust the fish was fried away. There was six of us in a party 4 of us had terrible meal! I won't be back! $20 a plate it definitely wasn't worth it!

BBQ is good, catfish is good, the Brunswick stew is not my favorite. Friendly staff and easy take out

I rarely give poor reviews but considering how far off the beaten path this place was and how our food was I'm not sure I could do more than two stars. Not wanting to eat at the cluster of fast food places off the interstate my daughter consulted Yelp and saw this place had almost 5 stars. We were hoping to dine in but the place was packed. Some booths were closed but all the tables on the floor were not socially distanced and jammed with people. The servers and staff wore masks but we didn't see anyone else with masks in even when they were not eating. We decided to place a to go order. The young man taking our order and escorting the maskless patrons inside was very nice although he was only wearing a gaiter not a real mask. After we ordered another man came and sat behind the table but began coughing so violently he had to leave and walked around the side of the building. The younger man, perhaps he noticed our alarm, asked us if we wanted to wait in our car. After 20 minutes they called and we went to get our food. They neglected to include any set ups or napkins. My daughter ordered a small BBQ pork plate. Small meant about 1/2 cup chopped pork in a tomato based sauce that she described as having an odd texture. It came with "Brunswick stew" but it was hard to recognize it as such because it was so puréed. My daughter compared it to vomit . In its defense, it didn't taste that bad but definitely not what I expected. I got butterflied shrimp and flounder. The shrimp was the minced and formed kind that Mrs. Paul catches and you can get in the freezer case at IGA. The flounder was chewy. On the good side my mom liked her bone-in catfish fillets. The cold slaw was mediocre and the hush puppies were strangely coated with corn meal. The fries were okay but frozen too. I can't comment on the staff but my daughter insisted I make it clear that the young man at the door was friendly and polite and deserves recognition. For all the rave reviews we just expected so much more.

Always good food for good prices. Stick with the catfish. Best catfish. I try it every time I come home.

Amazing !!! Catfish & butterfly shrimp hush puppies and baked potatoes. Hot & delicious ! Thank you !!! Y'all still got it !

Friendly neighborhood BBQ and Fish restaurant. Good value, prices are fair and the food is great.

We ordered Sunday supper takeout! We had catfish and shrimp with baked potatoes and slaw. Delicious! Timely. Efficient and really courteous takeout service provided by a seasoned pro!

The food and service were exceptionally good. Four of us had dinner and tried different foods. All very good and reasonably priced. The restaurant was clean; however it was very cold - too cold to really have the best experience. We will go again, but will take warm jackets.

I always get the Filet Catfish with his puppies & coleslaw. I look forward to it when visiting friends here. At this time with COVID-19 they have a great set up for take out meals.

Really nice people and good food. The place was almost full at 3:00 pm on a Sunday afternoon and the server told us this was the slow time for them. We were driving from NC to Birmingham and didn't want fast food so when my wife searched on Google this came up. It was a few miles off of the interstate but well worth the trip. Doesn't look like much on the outside but inside is nice.

We were staying at the nearby State Park and called The Establishment to find out what the wait time was. We were quoted 5 to 10 minutes. We arrived 10 minutes later, and there were easily 20 people ahead of us with a 40 minute wait time. It gets better. We left, called them back five minutes later, and we're told there was no wait time. In my opinion, it seems like they quote you a short wait time to get you into the restaurant hoping once you get there you will stay regardless of the true wait time. Once I would call an accident. Two, intentional.

Absolutely great food and service. Only bad thing is the wait sometimes. But that reflects the good food and service. If it wasn't that good, you wouldn't have to wait. Catfish, flounder and shrimp are my go to foods.

The first time I went, I had the fried shrimp. My wife had fried catfish, and everything was delicious and the waitress was great. However, the second time I went just recently my wife had catfish again I had a half chicken with slaw and applesauce. The chicken was very tough and chewy and difficult to eat. The slaw was generic, and the applesauce came right out of the jar. I was very disappointed, but will go back for the fried shrimp eventually.

Everyone in the Hartwell and Lavonia area raves about Gumlog. So we came in with high expectations. Unfortunately those expectations were not met almost anywhere. The majority of the food is fried if you do not get BBQ. And what is fried is very clearly frozen bulk seafood. On top of that they have vintage Coca-Cola signs all over the restaurant but serve Pepsi. I do not see how any Georgia based restaurant gets away trying to serve Pepsi. At the end of the day, the food was very bland and overpriced. Coming from some of the great back country BBQ places in Northeast GA, this staple of Hartwell was disappointing.

We've been eating at Gumlog for 20 years and always enjoyed our meals...it was our go to place to bring friends or treat our family to good barbecue...but sadly, over the past couple of years, the quality of the food has really dropped. The ribs are not only smaller but often dry, with a ton of sause thrown on, almost as a cover up. The fried fish is great sometimes and other times lukewarm and dry. After many,many disappointing meals, we are giving up on our old favorite barbecue place.

I got a brisket sandwich and fries for less than $10 and they were delicious. I tried the fried shrimp and would definitely like to order them next time! The hush puppies were a little too greasy, fries were good. I'm giving it 4 stars simply because they didn't have fountain drinks only tea and water had free refills but the tea was really good. I would like to come here again. Expect a wait.

Don't know what the attraction to this place is as is in the middle of nowhere, grease is the word here. Will not return. Locals like it as only dining close to them I guess

I had bbq pork which was great, my husband had fish which he said was the best he had in 20 years, just like his dad used to make.

We just waited in line in the rain for 40 minutes and inside at a table for 1hour 20 minutes. People that sat down after us were getting their food before us. We were assured that we were in line to get our food but their was so many takeout orders that they had to fill first...WTF? WE HAVE BEEN AT YOUR RESTAURANT SINCE 530...JUST LEFT AT 733...THIS IS RIDICULOUS! The bbq wasn't even good. I got about half a cup of bbq and ordered extra stew instead of slaw...the rest of my plate had liquidy stew allover my plate, with 2 pieces of loaf bread for 11.00 bucks. I wont be back.

This place absolutely has their act together! The only reason for 4 stars vs 5, is that "chocolate" pie was on the menu, but "chocolate ice cream" pie was the pie available... Anyway, the catfish and shrimp were PERFECT. Crispy coating that didn't get soggy. We had noticed bbq on the menu, even though their rep is for the catfish... I don't typically order bbq, from a fish joint. But since the fish was SO damn good, we asked for some samples. The ribs were cooked perfectly juicy as well as the pulled pork, which was not dry. Dessert was killer, even though I still wanted the chocolate really bad. Killed two bad restaurant fears, with one stone. This place is my go to, for both styles of food in one location when I'm in town...

Down home southern catfish and bbq in Lavonia. The atmosphere is nice, casual, relaxed. Sweet tea pitcher on every table. Big screen tvs for viewing the games. Bbq was "okay." Not anything to write home about. Their desserts are not homemade, they're quick to tell you. Pepsi products. No Vegetables. Stew is very puréed. Use your GPS because it's not easy to find. Only open Friday Saturday and Sunday.

Perfect fish camp in a just enough out of the way location. Coming back down I-85 it's just a short ride off the highway. We've been talking about their catfish for months. Definitely worth a detour. Enjoy. We'll be back!

Loooots of food. I'd definitely recommend the catfish since it's sourced more freshly than the other fish and it tastes divine! My husband had the catfish and I had the tilapia--but gosh I knew I should have gone with the catfish. Expect large portions and possible waiting time if you arrive past 5:30pm since it fills up pretty fast.

It's called Gumlog BBQ and Fish! I go for the ribeye steak, French fries, and salad with a side of BBQ to split with the wife. She gets the fried catfish which she says is the best! We live in NC and drive an hour and a half just to eat here! We have been eating here over the past 25 years and it is a must try for anyone who wants to eat excellent food. The steak is definitely not the biggest and best, but it is very tasty and and the people are very nice.