Sassy's Red House

As a visitor from New York City, I was anxious to get some good classic southern BBQ. Unfortunately, I didn't get that experience here. First, the good: Sassy's has a nice atmosphere and friendly staff. The pulled pork was VERY tender and melted in your mouth. Unfortunately - that's about all the good I experienced on this visit. Now, the bad: The meat was lukewarm at best, and some parts of the portion were downright cool. The "Fresh cut" french fries were VERY hard and chewy, and tasted as if they were yesterday's fries that had been heated in the microwave, or left under a heat lamp for a LONG time. Finally, the macaroni and cheese was downright terrible. I am not sure if it is supposed to be "Smoked" mac and cheese, but it had a horrible burned wood flavor throughout. One of my dinner partners who lives locally and frequents Sassy's said that 'no, it is not supposed to be 'smoked' and something is definitely wrong with it.' It almost tasted as if a chunk of burned wood from the smoker fell into the mac-and-cheese pot and was just stirred in. It was bad, and I could only eat a few bites and had to leave the rest on the plate. The most confusing part, was that Sassy's was VERY busy when we came in, and the food did not take long to come after we ordered.. so they HAD to have been doing a ton of volume. So how we ended up with cold meat, yesterday-tasting french fries and seriously fouled mac and cheese- is beyond me. I would have been able to rationalize it better if they were dead, and not turning over much food volume. Overall, I was seriously disappointed in Sassy's.

Sassy's has been dishing up great BBQ, cold beer, and bar food for a long time! Staff is always friendly and I've never had a bad meal there! Good ribs! They proudly support the Razorbacks as well! Their patio is a GREAT place to hang out on a nice day too! Don't miss out on the Irish Nachos, the sausage and cheese plate appetizer, and their pulled pork has always been very good! They also have HUGE salads that can be customized with your choice of proteins and you can get a honey barbecue salad dressing as well as the standards orbyou can just use the barbecue sauce. It's one of the "need to visit" spots in Fayetteville for sure and their management and staff go out of their way to keep it that way.