L.A. Barbeque

Come down from Indiana to Gulf Shores every other year and this is the best BBQ food I’ve ever had the meat is tender and the chicken salad is amazing. There’s nothing like this place at all. Good pricing for the amount of food you get as well. Can’t wait to come back wish they had more locations closer to Indiana

Treated my cousin to lunch here for helping me get a front end loader added to my tractor. This is one of his favorite places to dine. The grilled chicken wrap I ordered came in a tortilla wrap that was very good. I thought that they would have only pork on the menu but was surprised to see a variety of selections. I hope to stop by again to find a few treasures. Forgot to take photos. Sorry.

Ordered a ton of food for my family of 8 and every bite was delicious. The girl up front asked if I needed help carrying my 5 bags out lol Super hospital, affordable and absolutely delicious. The only thing i can say that went wrong was they were out of ribs but the pulled pork was so good I forgot I even wanted ribs to begin with. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wonderful people work there and the morale is great. Really appreciate this place being here for me and my daughter to come after a really hard day of life. Makes you feel like family.

I use drive thru. People are very friendly. Food is always delicious! Im closer to new bbq in Foley but prefer driving just a short distance to LA bbq!

Wow! Great lunch spot…Had the sliced brisket, slaw and potato salad with a slice of white bread. Delicious and fast. Ate it all and cannot wait to come back. Tangy BBQ sauce was spot on! (Edit was for a misspelling)

I'm really sad. We've been eating at LA BBQ for many years and it has been in the top 3 of our favorite restaurants. We travel over to that area from time to time and LA has been our go-to place to eat everytime we go. All of the their BBQ is great. I usually get their chicken but their pork, brisket, and ribs are outstanding also. We live in Fort Walton Beach and usually take some brisket and pork home to eat later. Additionally, one of the big reasons we loved LA is because their side dishes were homemade and really good. That to me separates a great BBQ place from a good place. All of their normal and daily special sides were always very good. However, we went to LA a couple of weeks ago and my sides were not homemade. I had coleslaw and BBQ beans. Both were very poor quality. Tasted like they came from Walmart or Publix. I also got an order of black eyed peas from their daily specials. They also didn't taste good at all and I think came out of a can. It was very disappointing. We always look forward to going there but this time we left not sure if we will be returning. We are hoping that something might have been going on and they will be returning to homemade sides soon.

I decided to try this bbq location and was disappointed with staff. First of all price was higher then it should been at 60 for 2 people. Then after spending 60 I asked to sample some tangy sauce and first thing they say is we have to charge you for it. Then I get home and some how they gave me broccoli when I asked for stew. I dont think I'll go back.

Just love the food here! It is tasty, fresh, at a good price with friendly service. I actually drive out of my way to go here. The restaurant is always clean, and the menu options gives something for everyone to enjoy.

This is the BEST Bbq in Baldwin County hands down! Frazier has perfected the smoking process in the small town of Summerdale, AL. You are always greeted with a smile and hello at the counter or drive up window and they are always willing to answer your questions, AND THEY HAVE THE BEST SWEET TEA AND ICE!!!! So whether you are on the way to the beach, on the way home or needing lunch or dinner make sure you stop by today, you will not be disappointed!

Yummy good food and no annoying TV's or music just a relaxing atmosphere Not overpriced will definitely return

I have been eating here for a few years on my way back and forth to Gulf Shores and they have a nice variety of BBQ meat options and some nice sides. They offer a really nice selection of BBQ sauce but on the tables they only have two so make sure to look over to a side table across from the order counter where they have the rest of the selection stashed. The brisket is decent and it has a really nice smoke ring on it. The slaw and potato salad are good while the mac 'n cheese and sweet potato casserole are fantastic. Overall this is a nice spot to grab some BBQ in the area. My video review of LA Barbeque is here: https://youtu.be/suEgQ9sL_Cg

I been from one end of this country to the other and I've eaten a lot of strange barbecue. This is how it should be done. Smoked meats. Great sauces. Beans without onions or peppers. Sweet Tea. This is The Way

We went Friday and it was awful lots of fat ,meat was cold probably want be going back

Fast Friendly and truly Lower Alabama. Pork and Brisket are excellent. The chicken was a touch dry for my taste but there was plenty of it in plates around me disappearing pretty quickly. The cobbler dessert I took home, put a scoop of ice cream on it, it was great!

To me, it's a little overhyped. Had: Baked beans Potato salad Bacon pasta salad Brisket Chicken sandwich If you read my other reviews on barbecue restaurants, I feel like a barbecue restaurant shows their talent with their sides. Generally, the bbq is good wherever you go. Just different preparation/styles of cooking. The baked beans for highly excited, but they seem just average to me, nothing special or unique. The potato salad was above average they seem to put some thought into it. It does have a sour like after taste so that it may be off-putting to some (probably made with sour cream) . But I enjoyed the potato-salad. The bacon pasta was a seasonal item, and it was good too--fresh/light. The brisket was ordered sliced but received chopped. It was just okay to me. It was dry, and they only gave you one small sauce container with the to-go order. The chicken sandwich was reported as being good. They would share a bite with me. To me, the best bbq in this area is Moe's... Hard to beat them.

LA BBQ is the best bbq in Baldwin county! Everyone is always so friendly. The potato salad is my favorite thing on the menu

Clearly outstanding old school southern BBQ place. Clean, nothing fancy dining room. Great BBQ and sides, desserts. Definitely gives places like Arthur Bryant's a run for the title. Definitely the best in LA.

Been going since they opened. That was mine and my mom Saturday yard sale eating place. Then it became our favorite rib place with the fixings and had to get home before Alabama and Auburn played! And she passed so now it's still my favorite place for its spuds and fixing for me and my husband. Thank y'all for all you do

I love the look and feel of this place! It's exactly what I think of when I think of a BBQ restaurant, only cleaner. After reading about it in a few recent articles on BBQ, Marcus H and I were eager to check this place out. We ordered and paid at the counter, poured our own drinks (they have "the good ice"), picked our sauces and our table, and they brought out our food when it was ready. We decided to split a large pork sandwich and a half slab of ribs. We ordered mac and cheese, potato salad and beans for sides. The pulled pork was fantastic. The ribs were a definite nope for us... Keep in mind, we have a very specific idea in our minds of what constitutes flawless ribs, and there's only one place on the Alabama coast that meets our expectations. I will say they had a perfect smoke ring and the weren't served with sauce on them. They honestly needed sauce though and I didn't care for the cut of meat. The place does have several sauces to choose from and all three that I tasted were flavorful and complimented the smoked meat. The sides were excellent, especially that creamy, homemade mac and cheese. It was possibly the best mac and cheese to ever grace my tastebuds. The prices were about average. I think we spent around $30 for our food. We will definitely go back when we're in that area and craving BBQ.

I went here because of the ratings. I was very disappointed. The brisket was brownish gray through out. The ribs were crispy, chewy, dry and had a lot cartilage in it. The pulled pork had very little color to it. It was not that warm and no flavor to it. So I added a lot of BBQ sauce to it. The best part of my dinner was the canned green beans with a garlic flavor. I have traveled this country and have gone to many BBQ places and this by far has been the worst.

Potato salad had an overpowering taste of sour cream, whether it actually contained sour cream or not, it was inedible. Other side was tomatoes and cucumbers, also inedible. Had an awful-tasting vinaigrette dressing. Ribs had a musty taste that barbecue sauce couldn't hide...ate 3 ribs out of a half rack and threw the rest away. A very disappointing experience, given the reviews online. Won't patronize this place again, and don't recommend it!!​

Good Food great service we always we always hit this place when we RV in the area Nice

After doing some antique shopping in the area we decided to grab a bite to eat before heading back to the Gulf Shore, after seeing this place on the way down we were drawn in even though it was mid-afternoon. This is a beautiful restaurant and I agree with Ashley H. this place looks like a bbq restaurant. The parking was mostly empty but then again it was in between lunch and dinner service, not ideal in my opinion even though I know it's doubtful any bbq place is pulling meat from the pit to order. There were two women eating on the right side of the restaurant and an employee occupying a table against the left wall interacting with the employee behind the counter - I was about ten seconds into reading the menu board when she asked us what we wanted, I hesitated and wanted to back her down a little but she was persistent about it like it was a customer service 101 rule and I needed to place my order before they ran out of meat or something. We quickly places our order and found a seat after getting our drink and plastic wear. The food arrived scary quick I was far enough away from the kitchen I wasn't able to tell if there was a ding of a microwave I don't know maybe there's a steam table back there or a pot of beans simmering on the stove kinda doubt it though. I'm gonna start with the sides - great pickles - so,I'd slaw, I really liked the baked beans they are really special, the sweet potato soufflé melted into the plate it seems, it just disappeared like the beans so we can all agree the sides are pretty awesome or at least the ones we tried - I could do without the white bread. The pulled pork was the best of the three meats, a great smoke flavor the perfect fat to lean ratio served on a soft fresh bun - add your sauce of choice but I thought it was fine without any. Pork Rib meh I promise they were just okay leaning towards disappointing at least they come sauceless, Smoked Chicken very moist and tender and it definitely had all the characteristics of good smoked chicken but a little bland something you can't fix with sauce. I'd say it's worth a try especially if you put it in the right perspective ya'll ain't in Texas and this ain't Kansas City but I'd bet it's some of the best around these parts...

This is the greatest little Barbeque place anywhere! It's so good do popular so busy and their drive through is so convenient. I buy it by the pound dressed Pork as well as Chicken because it's so helpful to have at home. And so good! I love their Potatoe salad and their Slaw and the baked beans! I also buy the holiday Turkey order ahead and pick it up the day before. It's amazing Smoked Turkey. We love it. We eat out there pretty often also! They are so nice and ready to help with catering your get together of any kind. It's a great food for family place. Brisket, Chicken, Pork Ribs Chicken Salad large loaded baked potatoes and thick toast to go with meals. They have Macaroni and cheese also! and Brunswick Stew, whole Boston Butt, whole Chicken or whole briskets! So much more!

Being from Texas, I know good bbq. Being a food traveler, I also know when the local fare is quality. We stopped at this little place while searching for something near the Alligator Alley. We were all starved and L.A. BBQ didn't disappoint. Wife had the BBQ Spud. It was smoky goodness covered in cheese. Boys all had bbq brisket sandies. I had the double meat plate with Pulled Pork and sausage with the devil-egg salad and potato salad. There were several types of bbq sauces including Texas Tangy (obviously my favorite), sweet southern, and white bbq sauce. All were great. Prices were good for bbq. I just can't bring myself to give them 5 stars for this fare. The sausage was good, but not as good as we have in Texas. Plus, they didn't have hot links. Maybe that's a Texas thing. Good, but not great. Certainly worthy of stopping if you haven't had lunch.

I can occasionally deal with hot food that's barely warm. Reheating meat sealed in plastic bags takes time and never gets through to the center. I can pretend to overlook unmasked staff, tables not situated for six foot social distancing and failure to disinfect any surfaces (counters, beverage dispensers, chairs, tables, door push plates, etc). But I do not accept the sudden appearance of a staff member who pulls up a chair, leans in when we're trying to eat and says proudly 'I had three positive tests for COVID a few weeks back.' And I do not accept ridicule for wearing masks during mandated periods. 'Oh, like you know even ONE person actually sick with it.' -You mean not counting an uncle and a baby who died. Want to see the death certificates? Yes, I left a voice mail for either owner to call so we could talk about it. No response. So disappointing. You have to ask yourself, do you feel lucky? Or your child or your grandmother or anyone else you care about. Hey, you may not have symptoms either. Congrats.

Best brisket I've ever put in my mouth. Always consistently great. Awesome mac & cheese and baked beans. My favorite BBQ joint on the coast.

If you are a BBQ fan and I mean BBQ done the right way this is the spot for you. It is not fancy and it is not a place to go for the decor, but if you want BBQ done right stop by. Everything on the menu is exactly how you would want it to turn out if you did it at home. You get what you pay for. One of the most tender and flavorful BBQ place I have been. Go for the tangy or spicy BBQ sauce. The other are a little sweet for my taste but all homemade and worth giving a shot.

Quaint place with awesome food and wait staff! Love the different flavors of sauce they offer. The potato salad is sour cream based and was amazing! Can't wait to go back!

We always get the pulled pork and baked beans here and it's always gone within 2 days lol, love the food here and they have some of the best BBQ sauce.

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT The service and staff went out of their way to make us feel at home. During our meal the owner sent done brisket over to try and to say the least we were fighting over the last piece. LOL All the food melted in your mouth and was the best barbecue we have ever eaten. Should we ever pass that way again, it will be our first stop!

Dang their Mac n Cheese is fabulous! The brisket is very good slaw is tasty and I love the tangy sauce! Please stop by and eat with these friendly folks! It is fantastic!

Best BarBQ in the area for us. I love the barbque salad with pulled pork. And my hubby gets either the pulled pork sandwich or ribs. You can't go wrong if you are craving good barbque!

Our favorite local bbq spot! Everything is good but the chopped chicken sandwich is unbelievable!!

Tired as we drove back from Orlando this eve. Decided to grab barbecue on way home. Quick and always great bbq!

Very mediocre after reading the hyped up yelpers reviews here. Crappy coleslaw which should be pretty basic. Supposedly good potato salad like eating a mouthful of fat with each bite. Didn't taste like potatoes at all. Raves here about the tomato salad which had mostly vinegar dressing. Pulled pork nothing special and their "best sauce" was so so. Our to go order was handed over with the dressing from the salad dripped throughout the container. Maybe since we live in Georgia and have access to good bbq we expect better. We left a nice tip at the window which I regretted when I opened the styrofoam box with vinegar dripping out all over our laps.

We stopped passing by ,saw place was busy. I got chicken plate . It's a joke just one tiny leg . Food was cold . Very small portion. Bread could have been at least toasted. Should have go 7.99$ lunch in longhorn.

Food: I can actually feel the mayonnaise as I chew on the potato salad, but dang it is good! This is actually the second time I have been to LA BBQ and I had such a craving for it, I drove 6 miles out of the way just to get it! Brisket is delicious and they have so many different sauces to try. I'll have to come back at least a dozen or so more times. The white sauce is awesome, tangy but not too spicy. I have not been disappointed by the food at all! Service: The lady at the counter was nice and helpful, even though they were really busy. And my food was ready before I was finished paying! They have a drive through also??? Awesome! Atmosphere: It's like a log cabin inside, very rustic but it fits perfectly. Didn't get a chance to check out the bathrooms, which I would also assume are pretty rustic. Price: They don't have a dollar menu, that's for sure. But the price is fair for the portions. Only thing I do not really like is having to pay for extra condiments. I understand it, doesn't mean I have to like it... Overall: I am going to hit this place up every time I am back in Foley for sure. This is my new favorite place. Wanna kick it up the last notch? Make some fresh bread to go with the bomb brisket and delicious sauces, that would be the icing on the cake. Well done, Louisiana! Well done indeed.

Was not what I expected. Read how great it was. Picked it up and brought it home. Very dry. Even sauce didn't help to moisten it up. Sauce was the best part. Beans were ok but nothing spectacular and potato salad had no taste. Having just moved here and grill not available this was an option for today. Now I know and I will continue my search for good BBQ.

Prepare to lick your fingers for hours after going there because you won't be able to stop. Chopped pork, sliced brisket, chicken and omg their potato salad!!! Everything we had was delicious and you get to pick your own specialty sauces to dip your meat in! If we ever drive by Summerdale again we will definitely be stopping at LA BBQ before we do anything else.

That's where you can get the good stuff! I stop in occasionally more as an after thought. When I'm passing and think to my self, I'm hungry and oh there's LA BBQ! That's about when the salivating begins.

Awful service from lead cashier. Rude, loud, disrespectful. Will never tip before getting my food there ever again. Don't ever add anything to your oreder. They make you go to the back of the line and treat you like garbage!

The bbq potato is always a treat. The drive thru makes it super convenient on busy nights. Their potato salad is different and very good. A great little place to stop by!

This is a great place to have good BBQ , ribs, brisket!!! You will receive great service, great size portions, and be greeted by friendly people!! The BBQ is moist and flavorful. Great sides to add to the platter. You will leave satisfied and full!! I knew this was going to be a great place when I saw all the police officers cars there at lunch time!!! Have gone back many times

"Grilled chicken fingers" were more like the cheap lunchroom fajita meat. I can't stand that. Brisket was ok I guess. Wouldn't come back.

Went there yesterday around 6pm. Told the smoker was down . So no ribs or chicken. So went with the brisket that was a bad Choice . It was so tough and dry . I know this may not be the norm for them. But when you cut brisket you know it it tough and dry. Not a very good meal for the price.

Solid choice for BBQ. Great choice of sauces. Each are delicious. Quick, efficient service.

I tried their catering over the weekend at a party. The pulled pork was tender, and all of the sauces were good. Sides were also enjoyable especially the hot wings. I actually can't stop thinking about them. I'm going to make a point to visit them and try the ribs.

The sandwiches are okay. Sauces could be better. The main problem I have with this place is that they brine the meat, which to me makes it not real barbeque. Also their baked beans are from giant food service cans, which can be seen in the shack next to their drive thru.

Another great local establishment. We love this joint for picking up food when we have company or just whatever. Get one of the troughs and you get a little of all of it. Ribs, chicken and pulled pork. They've got more. Make sure you get their potato salad. Lawd have mercy. That stuff is good.

The brisket is delicious. I was surprised at all of the different sauce choices. We were the only people in the restaurant and received excellent service. We thought they weren't busy, but a lot of the locals seem to swing by on their way home and pick up dinner to go. They only offer a few of the sauces to go, though, not all of them (as far as I understood).

We travel fulltime in our motorhome and are currently staying in Summerdale. We've always liked barbeque and get it when we can. L.A. Barbeque is one of the best we've found in the country. The flavor of the chopped pork, sliced brisket, and fire sauce were perfect. Service was excellent and the staff was friendly and helpful. Glad we stopped.

We shared an order ribs and a brisket plate. The brisket was decent, but the ribs underwhelmed and seemed quite fatty. The tangy sauce was very enjoyable.

Best BBQ in the area. One of the top 2 spots for lunch in the area. I tried another local BBQ joint last week and it was good, this one is better. Today a co-worker and I ventured over as we hadn't yet tried this spot. Around noon the parking lot was absolutely full. We had to park in front of the separate catering building. It appears smaller from the exterior than it is on the inside. There were a few available tables upon our arrival. You order from a large chalkboard menu behind the cashier, give them your name and someone brings your food. Beverages are self service. My coworker went with the dinner portion pulled pork plate with broccoli and a side salad. I asked the cashier for recommendations. She said the pulled pork is the most popular, but the brisket is her absolute favorite. Brisket not always being an option at small town BBQ joints lead me to order the Brisket lunch plate with broccoli and potato salad. The prices are reasonable. The lunch plate is maybe a quarter lb of meat and the dinner is the half lb. Our food came out in a reasonable time frame. My plate came out with beans and broccoli. I don't like beans, made the lady that brought my meal aware of the mistake, she gave me the plate and brought me a side of potato salad. I didn't try the beans but they were thick sweet baked beans. The broccoli was steamed, not to death. It sill had crunch and texture, which I like. The potato salad was sliced potatoes with a sour cream and chive base compared to Mustard. I asked about sweet pickles before I ordered and was assured nasty sweet pickles wouldn't be in my potato salad, so I went for it. It was like a baked potato, potato salad. It was quite good. The brisket was very good. It had a dark bark but it remained soft and juicy. Very well done by someone that knows how to cook brisket. It's sliced thick vs thin. It didn't need any sauce. Although there are roughly 6 sauces to choose from. I sampled most of them with exception to the ones that had sweet in the title. The mustard was better than the other traditional sauces and the white was good. I could do without the others. The Texas wasn't bad.... the 4 alarm fire wasn't hot at all very mild heat. The jezebel may not have been actual BBQ sauce. It was super sweet like a sweet and sour sauce made from apple jelly. That is a mistake I won't make again. My co-worker agreed this spot is superior to the other local BBQ joint in town and we discussed possibly having lunch here again tomorrow before we hit the road toward home.

August 24th. Ordered half pound of pulled pork and half pound of beef brisket to go The ladies were pleasant and suggested "tangy" for one sauce and "sweet" for the other - separate containers. This is excellent bbq. I noticed the Togo order before mine; the lady opened the container to check for accuracy. Did the same inspection for my order. That is attention to detail. Very good bbq and service.

Wondering about lower Alabama, I found LA BBQ with a 5 star rating so I had to try it. First of all, it is a very clean, kind of homy place. I went with the 3 meat with ribs, pork, and brisket and beans, slaw, and potato salad. For the amount of food I received, it was a good price. The ribs had an excellent seasoning to them. They were big and meaty spare ribs but surprise, very tender meat. Perfect for ribs! The pork itself was a little bit on the dry side but it had some kind of seasoning I have never had before. Brisket was pretty good, but nowhere near as good as the ribs and pork. I had a hard time with the sauces because there were soooo many of them. Allow me to save you the trouble because some of them were not very good. The white sauce tasted too mayonaisey compared to other white sauces I've had across the state. The mustard and carolina sauces were truly lacking in something. So the 3 sauces that made the cut were the Texas, Sweet, and 4 Alarm. The texas had a mild flavor to it. The Sweet was the best of them all as maple syrup was a key ingredient. The 4 Alarm was more like the sweet than Texas and it was one of the kinds that doesn't taste hot at first, but after the 2nd bite, it had a pretty substantial heat to it. The beans were sweet and thick. The slaw was a spicy mayo base and potato salad was sour cream, baked potato base. The sweet tea was pretty good. LA BBQ should be a must try in the state of Alabama. I had to give it a 4 because 3 of their sauces were disappointing. But other than that, really great stuff especially the ribs and pork.