Leatha's Barbeque 1225 Mississippi 42, Petal, MS 39465

"Today my husband and I went here for lunch for the first time. I’ve always heard good things about Leatha’s so we were kinda excited. We pull to the drive though and waited but no one ever came on the speaker. So we went inside. Walking into this building it’s like the outside don’t match the inside. The outside is very Modern and updated however the inside is very outdated. The walls, tables and chairs look like an 80’s movie scene and it had this very odd old smell inside. We were kinda reluctant on ordering because there was no smell of food what so ever! Normally at a BBQ restaurant you will smell the smoke even if it’s outside! There was no good smell at all. I had a rib plate and my husband had a chicken plate. This meat was not smoked! It tasted as if it was simply baked and drenched in bbq sauce! And I hate sauce on my grilled food! Here I guess you don’t have a choice! The sauce was very watery and made the plate a complete mess! I have not been this disappointed in a bbq restaurant in a long time! Needless to say we will never return here! The food was a solid 2 out of 10!"

"Always Enjoy us some Leatha's and love running into people who actually have met her and the stories. Great BBQ in the state and one you have to try. And the new menu they are working on sounds amazing featuring and promoting local businesses."

"The pulled pork was dry and in flavorful and the ribs were over cooked and sopping wet they didn’t even pull the membrane off the back of the ribs before cooking them and they are way over priced!"

"I ordered 2 of the "smoked" half chickens. I got 4 thigh and leg quarters. Technically 2 quarters do make a half, but 2 thighs dont make an actual half chicken cut especially if you are looking for the light and dark meat. The chicken was dry, overcooked, and beyond drenched in sauce. This is likely meant to cover the fact that the chicken is baked, or atleast tastes like it, with no actual flavor especially considering the sauce overkill. The sauce itself, that I ordered extra of to try and did not get, taste like ketchup and sugar with no spice, acids, or herbs whatsoever. I have had better everything out of gas stations or my own kitchen by far. I had never eaten at Leatha's BBQ and likely never will again. My experience stands only for what I ordered, but what I ordered is what I use to judge BBQ by. Barbeque needs to be removed from the name and replaced by CLOSED. There is no pitt master here."

"5.30.22 My wife and I went there about 11:30. There was no one in the place, but there were a couple of drive through vehicles. The place was neat and clean. The service was good. Order at the counter and it was served at the table in Styrofoam boxes with plastic forks. I wanted cole slaw as one of my sides, but there was none. When it is the beginning of the day for a restaurant with few sides on the menu, they should all be there to be ordered. None were that exotic. The potato salad was as good as I ever had anywhere in a restaurant. Most of the time it is not worth eating. This was uniquely excellent. The fries were various sizes. The larger pieces were under cooked. Overall, the fries were poor. The ribs were very good. The ribs were as good as I have had, but not really better than the best in my experience. My favorite drink, Coke Zero, was not available there, only Diet Coke and a few other sugar based choices. We took water. It was a generally good experience, except for the fries and soft drink selection."