An excellent diner. Very dog friendly (outside under cover seating in porch or in a large shed area. Heaters when cold.) Good selection of doggy treats, beds, water bowls etc when you take you four legged friend. Food choices are good with lots of options on the menu. Reasonably priced. Nice IPA beer on the menu.

1st time at a Hickory's and first impressions were very good venue looked new and stylish and we were instantly greeted by friendly attentive staff. After being seated our waitress introduced herself and took our order promptly. Drinks arrived quickly and our food order was taken i got one of the milkshakes as i was driving which was really nice but very very sweet . Unfortunately this is when it fell down a little, there were 6 of us and 2 of us ordered starters and mains and the other 4 just ordered mains, we waited almost 50 minutes for our 2 starters to arrive which were only nachos and corn dogs. I was told the corn dogs were OK but nothing special and I wasn't a fan of the nachos as they somehow seemed to be soft rather than crunchy which I suspect they had been left on the side somewhere whilst we were waiting. We were literally about half way through our starters and the mains started to arrive, we thought they may just be bringing the other peoples mains who didn't order starters but then our mains were brought out when we were still halfway through out starters which isn't good but tbh I wasn't that impressed with the starter so just pushed it to the side for the mains to be placed down. The staff did see we were still eating our starter when they brought out the mains and wasn't sure what to really do but as we had all now been waiting so long i said it was ok and just put them down. Now I must admit the mains really "pulled" 😉 it back for them as it was amazing i got the big smoke house platter and there was a lot. The sausage was absolutely amazing possibly best I have had, the pulled pork with pitted beans was very tasty although quite sweet but I really liked it. The baby back ribs were nice but nothing amazing but the beef rib was really nice and just fell apart. Chicken wings were quite large and nice and the sauce on them was lovely. The coleslaw tasted like it was made with sour cream rather than mayonnaise and wasnt really to our liking but the pickles were lovely. But the star of the show was the brisket which was fantastic, it just pulled apart with no effort and the rub that was on it was amazing. Everyone else said their mains were really good it was just a shame that the starters wasn't really up to scratch and took so long to arrive. We had also just had a big celebration and the staff went all out and brought us a lovely treat that was really nice and much appreciated. All in all I will deffo go again as the staff were friendly, the mains were very good, venue was nice clean and looked quite trendy. Deffo not the cheapest place to eat but you get what you pay for.