Lakeside Pit Viper BBQ is owned and operated by Tam and Tom Tilly! Grab n Go, or eat at our picnic tables. Drive up, or Boat In! Pulled Pork, Wicked Beans, Creole Slaw….you know you want some! Give us a call and we will meet you at the dock!
Award Winning:
Georgia BBQ
2020 and 2021 State Champion
KCBS Awards:
2022 First in Ribs, Third in Chicken
2021 Eighth in Ribs, 12th in Chicken, Perfect 180 in Pork
2021 World Junior BBQ Champion
Tom is always creating new sauces and we hope you’re dying for a bite!
Based on 15 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.9 stars. Price
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
73 Ack Powell Rd, Hartwell, GA 30643
Phone: (706) 988-8887
Website:
Hours
| Sunday |
11 AM–5 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
|
Closed |
| Tuesday |
Closed |
| Wednesday |
Closed |
| Thursday |
Closed |
| Friday |
Closed |
| Saturday |
11 AM–8 PM |
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Reviews
Land & Lake
Very impressed! What a cool place on the lake for lunch or dinner. The food was fantastic. Lots of sauce options for every taste, but the ribs and pork are good w/o the sauce as well. The sides are a refreshing difference from the usuals. The baked beans were my favorite. Shaded tables with a lake view. Can’t wait to go back.
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Debbie Deb
BEST BBQ my husband and I have ever ate! I’ve never eaten bbq that I didn’t have to add sauce, well here it is! We ate a bbq plate with beans and homemade mac n cheese, all delicious. Very impressed and we will be back!!
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Tom Presten
Had the brisket sandwich and Cajun coleslaw and it was fantastic. Meat was not greasy and it was cooked to perfection. About 7 sauces to choose from. Coke was served in a great plastic keeper cup with a keeper lid and large volume straw! Homemade black cherry ice cream for dessert. Perfect place to have a meal on the lake with a drive up dock.
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Mike Abrahamson
Delicious, fall-off-the-bone pork ribs and perfectly tender pulled pork. The smoked mac and cheese is a winner, and the baked beans are slightly sweet and very unctuous.
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Kayla Edwards
Cute place and glad to have another place to go to that’s accessible by boat! The sauces were really good, even better when we mixed them. Great pulled pork! The meal would’ve been the best meal I’ve had in a while but I didn’t touch the Mac n cheese after the first bite. I know it’s “Smokey Mac n Cheese” but not everyone likes that “smoked” flavor and I can tell the Mac n cheese would’ve been FIRE if it wasn’t Smokey flavored! Please oh please make a regular Mac n cheese!!! I’ll come back on and change my review to five stars if you add that to the menu
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Irene Kim
Food is delicious however , small portions, overpriced and not much selections to choose from. Unless portion is bigger we will most likely not return. There are better BBQ places here in Hartwell with larger portion and good food.
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Dillon Nicholson
My dad and I drove over 1 hour to eat here! This is one of the top places to eat on the lake. We both had a pulled pork sandwich, and shared the ribs! They were both amazing. Also you can tell, THEY do care about their customers. If you’re driving through Heart County, or on the lake you have to try this place!
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Douglas Perkins
The setting is excellent; three tiered decks overlooking the lake.
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Tom Kennerly
Great pulled pork sandwich, wide selection of sauces and out of sight baked beans. Can’t wait to go back and try the ribs.
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Andrey Valkov Vidal
Great place totally worth it if you want to get some premium bbq on the weekends
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