Smokies Craft BBQ Reviews Summary

Category: Barbecue restaurant

Address: 333 Atlantic City Blvd, Bayville, NJ 08721, USA

Phone: +17322818715

Rating: 4.3
based on 104 reviews.

Portion Size

Pros:

  • "The portion sizes fill you up feeling content."

Cons:

  • "Ordered for pick up to receive extremely small portions."
  • "Way way overpriced for such little amount of food! The brisket was cold for what Little was on the roll and the onion rings were so salty almost as if they rolled them in salt."
  • "For $40 the portions were very small."
  • "Way overpriced! They ran out of a lot of food. What we did have was just ok."
  • "The price also seemed a bit steep for the amount of food we received."
  • "For 130 bucks I expect more then three individual meals with fries and corn bread."
  • "Way way overpriced for such little amount of food!"

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "That was the best Pulled Pork sandwich I’ve had in a really long time."
  • "The bbq food here was great! I had the burnt ends and the St. Louis Ribs. Perfectly cooked and tasty."
  • "Everything was outstanding. The brisket was smoky and tender. The ribs were tender and tasty."
  • "All the meat dishes were moist and succulent."
  • "The best wings I've ever had from a restaurant."
  • "Brisket was tender and had great bark, ribs amazing!"
  • "The brisket was tender and delicious and the vinegary heat of the peppers was mouthwatering."

Cons:

  • "The pasta in the Mac n cheese was so overcooked it disintegrated in my mouth immediately."
  • "The brisket unfortunately had a strange (almost metallic?) after-taste to me and was a bit on the fatty side."
  • "Macaroni and cheese noodles were overcooked like a consistency of mashed potatoes but good flavor."
  • "The pulled pork was very salty."
  • "Jerk wings and potato salad were extremely salty we couldn't even eat it."
  • "We found the meat dry, platters were cold and everything overall lacking flavor."
  • "The brisket was tough and flavorless."

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff was awesome, very friendly."
  • "Service was super attentive!"
  • "The service was very nice, polite and warm."
  • "Staff is super friendly and it always looks like they are having fun cooking the food."
  • "Great customer service and even better food!"
  • "With great staff and great food you can’t go wrong!"
  • "The staff was friendly and nice."

Cons:

  • "Don't even bother looking at the online menu or any menu posted related to this place because it is completely inaccurate."
  • "The girl on the phone did not know what she was talking about and neither did the manager."
  • "Waitress may have been a recent hire, but she told me they did not have cream soda."
  • "The person at the counter continued to speak to a salesman trying to get their business for whatever they were pedaling."
  • "It’s gonna be a while before they are able to perform. Went in on Friday after work at 5:30. Nobody to greet you or tell you how to get a table or where to get in line."
  • "Waited in line for over an hour and never got to order because they ran out of food."
  • "Would have been appreciated if they communicated to everybody that they were out of everything before waiting over an hour in line."

Price

Pros:

  • "Prices are on point and the restaurant was spacious and clean."
  • "Price is right about what you would expect for actual BBQ."
  • "Excellent BBQ, fair prices, good portions!"
  • "Price was definitely reasonable."

Cons:

  • "Way way way over priced. This is why restaurants eventually shutter their doors."
  • "It is overpriced for the portions you get."
  • "Way overpriced! They ran out of a lot of food. What we did have was just ok."
  • "The price also seemed a bit steep for the amount of food we received."
  • "The problem was $$$. That's why I gave only 3 stars."
  • "Pricing is very high so you would think the service and food would match."
  • "Way overpriced! They ran out of a lot of food."

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