Split Tree Barbeque

My family and I stopped here for lunch on Father’s Day. The place is a nice establishment, clean and well kept very family oriented. My husband and I ordered the rib dinner and the chicken dinner that we split between our 2 toddler girls. The ribs were bland, no seasoning and had a lot of gristle. Our girls chicken also was flavorless, almost seemed like it was boiled (just from texture) both meats were tolerable when a little sauce was added to them, but not by much. We had Coleslaw, baked beans and potato salad as our sides. None of which were awesome. The coleslaw was very tart and more vinegar tasting than anything. The baked beans tasted strongly of pineapple and the potatoes seemed a little undercooked to my liking but were the best of the 3 sides.
The meals came with corn cakes which I thought were great! Ultimately, we were very disappointed with the food especially with paying $ 50 for the lackluster meal that not even our daughters would eat. I walked away dissatisfied and still hungry (not because the portions were too small, but because my taste buds wouldn’t allow me to eat)
The staff was friendly and helpful and décor wasn’t cheesy, so def plus there! Def not my pick for good or even decent BBQ.

We were visiting last week from New Jersey, and had dinner here. I am originally from Kansas City and a big barbecue fan. We had the sliced pork which I guess was like pulled pork. It was very good not fatty at all and cooked nicely. The sauce was good sweet and tangy. The coleslaw was very good and the potato salad was just OK, a little heavy on the mayonnaise. A very good value for a family meal. We also bought a piece of cobbler to take home and it was good/​average.

Good chicken bbq and potato salad. Family run and welcoming. They are very nice about explaining the different options. It is a very clean and well lit restaurant, and great for larger groups.

Would be a great location for a bbq restaurant. Over cooked undersmoked and underseaoned. Very few options on the menu and still cant get em.right. if you are expecting bbq drive on past this place. As a matter of fact skip bowling green completely for bbq

Split tree is a local family owned, laid back BBQ restaurant with a delicious homemade menu! The meats are cooked to perfection, their house BBQ sauce is unique and to die for. Oh, and you can’t forget the cobbler and pie for dessert! Mr. Wilson, the owner, is often at the restaurant working and is always a delight to talk to. Dine in or get take-​out, no matter where you eat it, you will love it!

So — got a recommendation from a co-​worker to check this place out after kvetching about BBQ spots on BG’s main drags.
And it was exactly what I was looking for: simple, family run, without a lot of cheesy neon, misogynistic, or «fat piggy» overtones.
The potato salad and the cole slaw sides were definitely above average; although some of the potatoes had an oddly meally texture (I’m assuming they were undercooked), the overall flavor was tart, moist, and unique. The cole slaw also had an understated, tart, yet somehow creamy flavor, without tasting at all like mayo (I think it’s mayo-​less, but only had a small serving, so don’t quote me).
The chicken looked and smelled A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G! But the leg (dark meat, obvs.) was far, far more tasty than the breast meat. Both had distictive flavors — and it’s not that the breast was dry (it wasn’t) — but the smoke used seemed to pair better with the fattier dark meat and taste a bit misplaced on the light meat.
The pork was fine. There was absolutely no gristle, dry, burnt or fatty bits in either meal we got. I do understand exactly what another reviewer mentioned, though: there is something about the smoke flavor in the pork that makes a perfectly cooked mouth full of moist BBQ taste a little dry. No joke! If we were talking wines, I’d say it was tannins, but I don’t know enough about smoking to know what the flavor is derived from. Either way, it’s unique. I’m sure that lots of people crave and adore it. Me, not so much. But again, to emphasize, the pork was perfectly BBQ’d, tender and flavorful; I suspect that I’m just not a fan of the wood mix that they’re using. Not their fault: they’re putting great BBQ out!
The BBQ sauce was yummy — a bit more kick that what comes as standard at most BBQ places. I’m not sure what style BBQ I’d describe the sauce as, though, in terms of the big three — a little vinegar, a (very) little unidentified zing, a lot of flavor /​spice mix, not much sweetness. IMHO, it’s unique! And yummy.
Service was friendly, task-​oriented, and quick, but my visit was during off-​hours, so I can’t say what the place is like during high traffic periods.

I dunno what’s terrible about baked beans with BBQ in them and awesome potato salad but I really enjoyed my food here. I have family from NC and SC and I have been to KY a few times and I have to say this BBQ is the real deal. Smokey flavor soft texture and served with sweet tea. It looks like they renovated recently and there’s plenty of game on the walls and a new feel to everything. I would easily fly back just to get those beans though… those were really amazing. The menu is small but I don’t expect much from a place that serves BBQ and keeps it simple.