Morris Barbeque - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Loved it. Great spot, staff were kind and attentive, the portions are generous, and the tea is probably the best I've had anywhere. BBQ was top notch as well.

Good food. Good people. Treated like family no matter who you are. My favorite slaw, bbq, hush puppies and service.

It’s FANTASTIC BBQ, great sweet tea, and some of the best hushpuppies out there, but one glaring problem and a couple other smaller ones are more than worth taking back a star or two. The glaring problem is that this is the smallest BBQ sandwich you’ve ever seen. As in, smaller than the palm of your hand! I didn’t even know there was a company out there that made buns this small, so the folks at Morris BBQ must’ve specifically gone looking for “how to make the world’s smallest BBQ sandwich” on purpose. The portion size is honestly insulting. It’s so small it would still be insulting even if the price was cut in half. A slightly smaller issue is the tipping screen at the takeout window if you use a credit card. What part of handing a bag through a door could possibly entitle someone with the audacity to ask for a tip? The smallest issue is that the televisions detract from the vibe of the place - folks come here to eat BBQ at a shack on the side of the road that’s been around since the early 30s… and absolutely nothing about that says “television, please”. Overall it’s great BBQ and great people, but it’s simply not worth making an effort to come back unless the portion sizes triple or more at the VERY least. The way that it is now, a toddler with an Easy Bake Oven could make you a better meal - it doesn’t matter how good the food is or how nice the people that make it are if you’ve traveled all the way out here just to get fed 3 half-bites that you carry out yourself after being asked for a tip. …and for the record, I’m only a normal guy just over 6’ tall that weighs well under 200lbs. A fat person with an appetite would probably throw a fit if they saw the cupcake-size sandwiches at Morris.

What a great find we made today! Morris Barbeque just outside Hookerton in Greene County isn't a place you'll just drive past on your way somewhere else. Maybe a friend will tell you about it, or you'll hear of it and look it up online. Whichever way you get there on a Saturday -- the only day they are open -- you're in for a great barbeque experience. This three-generations family business cooks some of the best whole pork barbeque you will find, even in a barbeque restaurant-rich area like Eastern North Carolina. The chopped 'que is very clean, with a flavor that's distinctive yet understated. Paired with a mild slaw and simple, delicious hushpuppies, this is as authentic as it gets. An added highlight is the "bone plate," a healthy portion of the "cracklin" pieces from the outside of the hog, crispy and flavorful and excellent when dipped into Morris's sauce -- a clear vinegar and spices product that the restaurant proudly touts by saying, "if you can't see through it, it's ketchup." The restaurant also offers rib plates -- better call ahead by Wednesday, for the Saturday serving -- to place an order so the limited supply won't sell out (as it always does) before you arrive. Homemade desserts round out the menu with sweet notes to finish off the flavorful barbecue and slaw. Morris's is not to be missed if you are a fan of Eastern North Carolina style whole hog, chopped pork barbeque! Come to dine in (the space is small), take out, or eat outside at picnic tables under shelters. Prices are very affordable -- in fact, they're a notable value for the quality of food produced. Come prepared to relax, chat with the other folks ordering and waiting for their paper sacks full of Morris's best, and then leave with a satisfied appetite and an appreciation for the artistry of this place.

Man, I love this bbq. Those skins are a must-have. You all have to call earlier in the week to reserve food cause they sell out fast. Trust me! I promise you'll be back after eating here. Small town foo, but Big love shown.

Took a jeep ride to check them out first time and it did not disappoint . everything was great bbq moist slaw awesome and hush puppies had to go back for more . We will be back

Morris BBQ is simply amazing! Some of the BEST BBQ you'll ever eat. Do yourself a favor and stop by one Saturday and try it!

Morris BBQ never disappoints. I had a BBQ small plate special which includes cake. Server gave I choose or he chooses." I let it be Server's choice. Creamy lemon cake. Hush puppies were hot, and slaw was very good. Of course, the BBQ itself was just what I wanted.

Maybe the best BBQ in the state. Definitely top 5

Simple BBQ. Worth the trip. The small plate special was the perfect amount of food and the double chocolate cake was exceptional. If you want ribs call ahead and put an order in. Rick was awesome.

Great tiny family owned restaurant. Worth the trip from ANYwhere.

The best place ever, delicious barbecue yummy , hush puppies awesome , super clean and neat, really friendly staff, from now on my favorite place to eat ❤️

I ordered ahead and picked up the order. Owner was very professional and friendly. I ordered spare ribs and chopped Bar-b-cue meal. With Cole slaw and hussy puppies, skin's. Food was good. The total cost was a little bit pricey. I will recommend this store.

Food and service were excellent. Well with the drive to get great food

Phenomenal q. Some of the best I've had in a while. Tender and juice, sauce was great. Slaw was amazing. Will definitely be back next time I'm in the area

I enjoyed the food it was delicious. I had ribs and barbeque with coleslaw.

The BBQ is delicious but its a little pricey so I can only get to treat myself every now and again. Plus they're only open on Saturdays

Amazing restaurant. I used to know Pop. We were drafted in world war 2 and he saved me from my kidney stones by pulling them out for me. He also helped my mom when she broke her knees in the Walmart parking lot.

Really enjoyed.old fashion bbq.can buy skin and rib right off the pig. Amazimg

Food here is always good. If we are traveling near here on a Saturday this is where we eat lunch.

Rode with the New Bern Harley Riders to Morris BBQ today. We all had a great time! I had the BBQ sandwich with coleslaw. I would say this is award winning BBQ! The dining room is open and a fun place to visit. Nice place to bring children. Get there early for the ribs.

Great bbq and a great staff. Next time we know to call and order ribs ahead of time. Chopped bbq was delicious and got a pint to bring home.

Best Barbecue out there, friendly staff, reasonable prices!

Best BBQ around, wonderful friendly staff

Absolutely the best BBQ around only open on Sat and they always sale out so definitely worth calling ahead around Tuesdays for ribs on sat

I travel all over Eastern North Carolina trying all the barbecue I can Morris barbecue is in my top 5. The pork was very clean and delicious season just perfectly. The slaw and hush puppies were also some of the best I have eaten. I was lucky enough to get the only Box of skins they had left for sale at 9:00 a.m. I would recommend you pre order the week before you come since they are only open on Saturday but it is worth the drive from anywhere to try this institution. I cannot wait to come back and sample their ribs. Great job Morris barbecue you have a winner.

Best BBQ anywhere! If you haven't tried them out I say you'll find your favorite BBQ restaurant!! ❤❤

Great barbecue excellent customer service!

Service was great! Very friendly staff. Very clean property. Food was really good! BBQ sandwich with slaw or BBQ plate with slaw & hushpuppies!!!. Just really good food!. I recommend to anyone wanting some good BBQ and slaw!!

If you are ever in hookerton nc, go by this bbq spot... if you are looking for good food with a decent price you need to morris bbq, I guarantee you will be happy you did.

Great food nice outing during all the crazy stuff going on. Friendly staff.

Good BBQ always pass here when I have a chance.

Very friendly people at a off the beaten , open only on Saturday , place. My buddies and I heard of the place so we took off for Hookerton. RIBS , PULLED PORK , SLAW , HUSHPUPPIES, AND PINEAPPLE CAKE for BREAKFAST! The meat was tender , but greasy and had very little if no smoke taste . Found out they cook on gas pits with wood chips .. used to be all wood until probably the 70's The slaw is good , hushpuppies sweet and warm .. rib dinner came with the aforementioned items , include tea , dersert (homemade) and side order of skins and it pushed the total up to $22 per person, a tad on the high side . We watched them clean the bones , chop the que right in front of us .. sort of felt like being at Grandparents house during a family reunion.. QUE , SLAW , HUSHPUPPIES, DESERTS.. that's the menu ... looking for anything else you'll be disappointed.

The BEST BBQ. You must put this place on your list for BBQ in NC. The family is super nice and they go above and beyond every single Saturday.

This place is such a hidden Jewel! It's only open on Saturdays from like 10 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon. The family has carried on the tradition for years and the recipes have been handed down since then. Everything is delicious, everybody is local and knows each other and greets you as if you're an old friend. Just a great place to go and have a great meal. The food is outstanding, the prices could not be better.

Fantastic BBQ, even better people! Family owned and run... very hospitable!

Great service and hospitality. Food delicious.

An out of the way place with out of this world barbeque and fixings. Mouth watering. That includes the home made down home deserts. Food so good they only open one day of the week. So make sure you get up early on Saturday. See you there. I'll be in line in front of you.

We visited with kids and friends on groundhog day. BBQ sandwiches were amazing and the hush puppies were the best I've ever had. We sat outside and ate our lunch, talked with the owners and overall received 100% great service.

Great place, Great food, and Great Service

Good pork skin.pull right from the hog.

I love this place! The owner and staff are just wonderful people. They will certainly make you feel welcome and the food is great!

We love this Saturday gem! Best BBQ that you will ever find if you are looking for true Eastern North Carolina style BBQ.

We have been in the area a few times but never timed it quite right to catch Morris BBQ when they were open. But we recently did and it was as good as we hoped it would be. Friendly people, and a tasty plate of food.

Always enjoy Morris Bbq. We go every Saturday , my daughter, husband, father-in-law and i. Folks are always friendly and the foods always good.

Oodb food, friendly people. Saturday fun.

Its been, hands down, the best for the 30 some years ive been eating there. Perhaps the fact that they are only open one day per week gives them the ability to put more love into the food, at any rate its just simply the best eastern style bbq you can get.

Best BBQ plates I have ever tasted.... I love the skins, bones, and cake! Everything is seasoned prefectly. The skins and bones take the pig!

Vale la pena el viaje desde Kentucky. Hicimos la excursión de níquel y apreciamos cada minuto. La comida es genial. Nosotros compramos suficiente para la semana última. Tienes que llamar con antelación para reservar algunas de las pieles. Son maravillosos. Recuerde que sólo abren los sábados y cuando se haya ido, que haya ido. Barbacoa de Carolina del Norte en su mejor momento. Te hacen sentir como en familia antes de salir. Decir Hola.

Continuando mi recorrido personal de barbacoa Oriental NC. Un amigo de mi hijo le avisó sobre Morris barbacoa y nos acompañó en un viaje el sábado por la mañana. Lo bueno nunca... me pareció lo contrario. Pero, ah, era la pena. Este es un verdadero, estilo Oriental NC... familiar conjunta (hace 85 años), la manera de cocinar cerdo todavía a la vieja usanza. No es nada pretencioso, simplemente genial aquí comida, gran servicio y gran ambiente. Unos precauciones: sólo están abiertos los sábados, y llegar muy temprano (llegamos a las 8:30 de la mañana y ya estábamos fuera de cerdo) si pieles La Q es genial, perfectamente limpia con picadas, GREAT SMOKY, vinegary sabor. Genial y muy buena hushpuppies repollo, también. Aunque perdimos las pieles de cerdo, estábamos en tiempo de costillas; no te pierdas los; que trajeron recuerdos de las costillas que utilizamos para llegar cuando estaba creciendo en el este de NC hace 60 años. He oído que los postres son fabulosos, y parecía increíble, pero estábamos demasiado lleno de Q y las costillas para probar el chocolate o limón pasteles de pacana; quizás la próxima vez. Amigo de mi hijo dijo se puede decir de los implementos de una verdadera barbacoa porque es uno comiendo barbacoa para el desayuno a las 8:30 de la mañana del sábado; creo que calificar, pero Morris' es sin duda vale la pena.

Best eastern style bbq you'll find

We were on a BBQ tour of the area and this was our 3rd stop in early afternoon. We each got a plate and sat at a picnic table nearby to enjoy. Good BBQ. Not the best of the day, but the folks running the place are very friendly and talked to us for awhile when they found out were were from the Raleigh area and were on a tour for the day. I really liked the slaw here. Best of the day. The hush puppies were good too, but not the best. And the pork was good, but almost no smoke flavor. I'd come back, but it wasn't the best of the day.

When a friend, who grew up in the Kinston area, heard we were planning a trip there, he gave us this tip: go to Morris Barbeque on Saturday and have the ribs. Fortunately, I followed his advice after getting directions from Google Maps, which is about the only way to find this place. After 20 minutes of Farm Rd. this and Farm Rd. that, we drove to the top of a hill, and there below us was what looked to be an old country store with 20 or 30 cars parked around it and a line of people standing at a window. Bingo! Since I had called ahead with our order, we were able to go inside to pick it up. As we entered, the open kitchen to our right, was a beehive of activity, to our left, a few tables with some very focused eaters. Because we had just had a HUGE breakfast, the rest of my party wanted to take the food for later consumption. As I looked longingly at the large slices of layer cake in their plastic wrap lined up on the window sill, I had to agree, as much as I wanted to sit down and watch the great show. We crawled back into the car with our bags of Q and hush puppies and headed for the coast, the smells torturing us, teasing us. We finally arrived at our hotel, and they kindly allowed us to spread out our treasures in their empty dining room. The white boxes opened to reveal huge, meaty ribs, so perfectly cooked the meat barely clung to the bones... but wait! there's more....a pile of pulled pork underneath the ribs! The fresh coleslaw (some of the best I have ever eaten) was the perfect counterpoint to the rich protein and then there were the grease soaked bags of hush puppies and of course containers of sauce. We were in Q heaven!

Found via maps when we had other business in Snow Hill on a Saturday. Only open 8-2 on Saturdays; else, order the pork from their website and they'll ship it to you. Friendly, good food; plenty of it.

5 stars... It is consistently great week after week.

Oh wow! This was well worth the trip here. I've been wanting to try Morris' for a while. If you didn't know it was there you would never find it. But I promise you. Go look for it. It's off the beaten path. But worth every bit to eat. The Que was delicious, sauce tasty, I ended up ordering 2 sandwiches and some skins. That was mouth watering and finger lickin. Take a bit on Saturday and get you some morris bbq!

Have lived in NC for 20 years and have eaten at several bbq places with awards but Morris is one of my top 2 favorites ever. Staff is made up of family members. After 2-3 visits they will know you by name. Only open on Saturdays. It's worth a drive if not local.

I moved to Eastern NC a little over 4 years ago now, and when I got here the Eastern NC style barbeque (pulled pork in a vinegar based sauce) was completely new to me. Based off of some internet searching, my boyfriend and I did a tour over several months of all of the best Eastern NC style barbeque joints within a few hours driving distance. Morris' is - HANDS DOWN - the best!! A standard plate at Morris' includes pork, slaw, and hushpuppies. The Pork is out of this world - their sauce is the perfect blend of vinegar bite, bit of spice from the pepper flakes, and a depth of flavor that is savory and wonderful. The meat is moist, tender, and so flavorful - i can't get enough. More sauce is available if you like it coated more, and of course hot sauce is on the tables if you like more spice. Their slaw is divine - its simple, but so delicious and perfectly dressed with a slightly sweet note that, when combined on the fork with the pork, makes the perfect bite. The hushpuppies are house made and literally right out of the fryer every time - you can tell by their shape that the batter was spooned right into the frier, and they are the perfect consistency and sweetness. Eating in-house gets you unlimited slaw and hushpuppy refils as well - all for between 7-8 bucks depending on the plate size. We found in our tour of other Eastern NC barbeque restaurants that there was always something we didn't like about the other places - the meat being too sour, too dry, too vinegary, or the corn bread product being too dense, too bland, too salty, too dry, coming from a frozen package, or the slaw being too sour, too tart, not dressed enough, or dressed with plain vinegar instead of a mayo based sauce. Morris', however, has none of these problems - it truly is the most perfect plate. The location is a bit off the beaten path - but you can tell that it is a family operated location managed with lots of love. The staff and owners could not be nicer, and the service could not be better or warmer, and we've returned time after time bringing different friends, and are always welcomed back and recognized. Morris' is only open on Saturdays between 8 am and 2 pm - but is WELL WORTH the drive. Get some to-go on your way out and freeze it for a later meal. Its just so good! I can't recommend this place enough!