[4] The Business Insider rated the one in Tuscaloosa, number 13 out of 365 contestants in 48 different states on its "America's 25 best barbecue restaurants"[5] The University of Georgia's athletic department tweeted "a tasty Crimson Tide tradition".

[6] The restaurants have received much attention from other local and national media outlets as well, Southern Living listed Dreamland as number 4, in their slide show of "The South's Best BBQ Joints 2019".

[7][8] Wendell Brock, a writer from AJC in his tour of food quotes "“Ain’t nothing like ‘em nowhere.”"[9] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in 2006, listed Dreamland at #3 of "the best eateries around the SEC.

"[10] In May 2008, Details Magazine listed Dreamland as the best barbecue by mail order[11] and when Dreamland opened up their first Florida location, the Tallahassee Democrat spoke fame of their "hickory-grilled ribs, tender pork, chicken and sides" not forgetting to remind their readers to bring a lot of napkins in the beginning of the Democrats' article.

[citation needed] In 2019, Dreamland Bar-B-Que founder "Big Daddy" John Bishop was posthumously inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame.