Emil Villa's Hickory Pit

Jennifer Pizzolla

Very friendly people here! Great food! The bbq is excellent. Everything I have gotten has been really good! Dessert cobbler that comes with vanilla ice cream is $1. So good! Good selection, good prices. If you work at LLNL, you get a discount!

Adam Ansari

Where else can you get a half pound hotdog (loaded) with kraut and a heaping plate of fries for 9 bucks. Definitely the largest portioning in Livermore for the price. The Frank was something else. It's larger than I could have imagined it to be. The soup is good and so was everything else. Friendly servers and good service to top off the meal explains how this place has been open since ever.

M. Boring

The food here is really good & and the service is fast & friendly! They have lots of special on a daily basis. Today, we hook home the Wednesday Summer Cookout special! Burger & fries😋

Elizabeth Mitchell (EM)

Good and delicious all around

I tried both of their chicken and beed Quesadillas, and both of them were quite amazing. Their special country fired chicken entree is also great dish to eat. I will certainly come back for trying more dishes from their menus.

I don’t know why this place isn’t rated higher. The atmosphere is cozy & welcoming, the menu is extensive, & the (comfort) food is delectable every time we visit. Definitely try the triple cheese omelette (maybe add sausage) & a waffle (cooked crispy). It will be enough to share with your “other.” The kids menu also has some bangers for the little, or not so little ones!

Absolutely delicious breakfast and during the weekdays you can build a custom breakfast spread at an incredible value. I haven’t had this good of a homestyle breakfast in a while. Will definitely recommend

A true neighborhood ans neighbor. When they say family thay include you. There now location is a giant leap up. The food is great, the service is, well, family. :-)

Guy Cummins

A true neighborhood ans neighbor. When they say family thay include you. There now location is a giant leap up. The food is great, the service is, well, family. :-)

RadteacherDad

I don’t know why this place isn’t rated higher. The atmosphere is cozy & welcoming, the menu is extensive, & the (comfort) food is delectable every time we visit. Definitely try the triple cheese omelette (maybe add sausage) & a waffle (cooked crispy). It will be enough to share with your “other.” The kids menu also has some bangers for the little, or not so little ones!

Christopher Byrd

Absolutely delicious breakfast and during the weekdays you can build a custom breakfast spread at an incredible value. I haven’t had this good of a homestyle breakfast in a while. Will definitely recommend

First time stopping by on mother's day too. Service was good I got the avocado bites and those were amazing. I got the steak and eggs and my steak was a bit over cooked but still tasty. Lady got Irish eggs Benedict and my mom got it with crab. Really enjoyed the potatoes. I asked if the oj was fresh she told me yea but that's deff not fresh hahaha Overall pretty good will be back to try the BBQ and pie!

Classic diner food and feel. Went for burgers a few days ago, and they were great. This morning, we went for breakfast, and we got the value breakfast(a mix and match that really is a great value), and I got the chicken fried steak and eggs. Enough food for the price that I was able to take half home. Very much plan on becoming a regular.

Raul Piscoya

First time stopping by on mother's day too. Service was good I got the avocado bites and those were amazing. I got the steak and eggs and my steak was a bit over cooked but still tasty. Lady got Irish eggs Benedict and my mom got it with crab. Really enjoyed the potatoes. I asked if the oj was fresh she told me yea but that's deff not fresh hahaha Overall pretty good will be back to try the BBQ and pie!

Shaun Lorimer

Classic diner food and feel. Went for burgers a few days ago, and they were great. This morning, we went for breakfast, and we got the value breakfast(a mix and match that really is a great value), and I got the chicken fried steak and eggs. Enough food for the price that I was able to take half home. Very much plan on becoming a regular.

Gayla McCoy

We have a monthly breakfast here and the menu is HUGE, lots of variety! Our server is very sweet and I don't know how she handles such a large crowd by herself, but she's FANTASTIC!!!

Went with family to the early bird dinner. The menu has many food selections and value pricing for the day. A bit hard to wade through six pages, take your time. The owner and staff were very accommodating and the dinner was very good. A much better experience than previous.

This is a chain diner with a 70's feel. They have a lot of food options, but I am vegetarian and there aren't a lot. Food was ok, nothing particularly outstanding.

Gina Moore

This is a chain diner with a 70's feel. They have a lot of food options, but I am vegetarian and there aren't a lot. Food was ok, nothing particularly outstanding.

MI N

Went with family to the early bird dinner. The menu has many food selections and value pricing for the day. A bit hard to wade through six pages, take your time. The owner and staff were very accommodating and the dinner was very good. A much better experience than previous.

Breakfast deal is pretty decent for the price. Food was alright.The gravy seemed to be a bit gelatinous. Eggs, hashbrowns, pancakes,, and French toast were good.. Service was very slow and we found ourselves waiting a short while to be seated, get our order taken, and to get refills. Drink prices are too high @ $3.49, even for coffee. Id say its worth going if you have time to kill but it's not quite a place to desire to eat at.

Tobesmash

Breakfast deal is pretty decent for the price. Food was alright.The gravy seemed to be a bit gelatinous. Eggs, hashbrowns, pancakes,, and French toast were good.. Service was very slow and we found ourselves waiting a short while to be seated, get our order taken, and to get refills. Drink prices are too high @ $3.49, even for coffee. Id say its worth going if you have time to kill but it's not quite a place to desire to eat at.

Clean, bright atmosphere. Service was fantastic! Very attentive. Food just kinda, meh. The BLT bacon was delicious, bread was WAY overly toasted. Dry. No mayo! Difficult to eat. Fish & Chips also, meh. Maui IPA on tap though 💯! We will be back to try breakfast.

R Alvarez

Clean, bright atmosphere. Service was fantastic! Very attentive. Food just kinda, meh. The BLT bacon was delicious, bread was WAY overly toasted. Dry. No mayo! Difficult to eat. Fish & Chips also, meh. Maui IPA on tap though 💯! We will be back to try breakfast.

I started with asking for a tuna melt with no tomatoes with a side salad. Orders came to table and immediately notice I had tomatoes on my sandwich. Server immediately returned and brought it back. Then after finished my salad, noticed it wasn't a tuna melt but a turkey melt. Server never returned to our table so I had to walk to the counter to let them know. They then fixed the sandwich. Then when I got the bill, added an ice tea on my order, that I didn't order. Simple stuff that wasn't a difficult order. The atmosphere is cheesy with plastic flowers everywhere and a quite large religious corner not appropriate for a restaurant. Definitely not a BBQ vibe. It was empty but also my first visit since the move. Personally, not a good choice for bbq and the vibe isn't what it should be.

Stacie Heinz

I started with asking for a tuna melt with no tomatoes with a side salad. Orders came to table and immediately notice I had tomatoes on my sandwich. Server immediately returned and brought it back. Then after finished my salad, noticed it wasn't a tuna melt but a turkey melt. Server never returned to our table so I had to walk to the counter to let them know. They then fixed the sandwich. Then when I got the bill, added an ice tea on my order, that I didn't order. Simple stuff that wasn't a difficult order. The atmosphere is cheesy with plastic flowers everywhere and a quite large religious corner not appropriate for a restaurant. Definitely not a BBQ vibe. It was empty but also my first visit since the move. Personally, not a good choice for bbq and the vibe isn't what it should be.

This place is absolutely terrible. The meat is incredibly dry and not seasoned well. It's wayyyyyy to expensive to be this bad. The customer service was short of mediocre. The place feels very run down in appearance and isn't very inviting. The place doesn't have an identity. If you want an amazing BBQ place try CANYONS BBQ IN CASTOR VALLEY. It beats this play any day of the year! I wouldn't say sauce is an amazing BBQ place either, but it's better than this place. Canyons BBQ beats them both, hands down. Amazing, amazing place with awesome food for a reasonable price.

Disappointing is an understatement. The service was the only thing that lived up to expectations. The food has zero smokey flavor like you would expect from a barbeque place. It was cold, under seasoned and honestly an unpleasant attack on my palate. The price was exceedingly high for something that tasted likr it was opened from a premade package. I have gotten more flavor going to Dickies. The atomosphere feels like 3 children sharing one room with different desires to decorate. Nothing in the world would convince me to return.

Michael Phipps

Disappointing is an understatement. The service was the only thing that lived up to expectations. The food has zero smokey flavor like you would expect from a barbeque place. It was cold, under seasoned and honestly an unpleasant attack on my palate. The price was exceedingly high for something that tasted likr it was opened from a premade package. I have gotten more flavor going to Dickies. The atomosphere feels like 3 children sharing one room with different desires to decorate. Nothing in the world would convince me to return.

Jeremy ODonnell

First off, I understand this is a newly opened location. The servers and hostess were great. The kitchen and management staff are obviously new, looking at the ingredients on the menu. I ordered a lunch special. I promptly got my salad, but my main course was not out after more than 30 minutes. Customers sat 20 minutes after me had their food when I decided to leave due to being over my time allotted for lunch. The server did ask repeatedly for my order, again great job. The inexperience, or understaffed kitchen staff was the issue. I could not tell you if the food was good or bad, but ownership may want to bring in some veteran staff to not only teack5new staff, but account for the excitement of the new opening.