I ordered the BBQ chicken tacos and a batch of buffalo chicken wings. The tacos had that slow-smoked flavor you can't fake -- the chicken was tender with a slightly charred edge, tucked into warm tortillas and topped with just enough sauce to bring everything together without making it messy. Each bite had a nice mix of smoky and tangy. The buffalo wings came out hot with a crisp outer layer that held onto the sauce really well. The heat level was just right -- enough to notice, but still easy to enjoy without reaching for water every second. You could tell they were made fresh, not sitting around. What stood out was the consistency between both items. Nothing felt rushed or thrown together. The setup itself is simple, but the focus is clearly on getting the food right. Alpha Pit Smokers delivers bold, satisfying barbecue with a straightforward approach that works. It's the kind of place you'd return to when you're craving something with real flavor behind it. read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

Looking for something new for a Sunday Dinner, we gave Alpha Pitt Smokers a try. Note: Some of the items listed in the menu may not be available. I kinda understand why, but then again, if you're gonna have a business like this) I kinda don't. Ribs and jalapeños smoked sausage were not available. I was told that for ribs, you should contact them 24 hours in advance. This was a deal-breaker almost, 'cause we really wanted to do the ribs, and there was no indication that some items might not be available. The food and appetizers came out at the same time, so our table was loaded, and we could not eat fast enough before it got cold. I shared my displeasure with my server, but she just gave me the "deer in the headlights." look. The drinks were weak and expensive. There are a few arcade games and plenty of space. Service is ok, but not great. The food was ok; some items were dry. The fries were hot, and nothing special about the service. Cool place to hang out, watch games, and drink beer, but it's just ok. Happy Yelpingl read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Game room area. - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

3 pick 3 platters (brisket, chicken thighs and pulled pork). One thing I really dislike about any bbq spot is bathing my food in sauce, the first thing that comes to mind is either your food lacks flavor or it's dry. The flavor was okay, nothing to rave about I think the pulled pork had the most flavor out of all three (seasoning and smoke). Half of the brisket I received was nothing but fat the other 1/4 was burned and at $32 a platter I'd expect to get better portions. On top of that the cold sides are plated with hot food. Probably the worst idea ever. I'll more than likely just wait until u get my smoker before eating bbq again read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - 3 pick 3 platters (brisket, chicken thighs and pulled pork). - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

Although still the best brisket around, service and side items have not been up to the standards I have experienced for the 6 years I have been coming. Could have been an off night. Service was very slow. Brisket dinner supposed to come with yeast roll, didn't. Mac and cheese wasn't as creamy as usual. Rootbeer baked Beans was lacking the root beer flavor. The pecan salad didn't have the blue Cheese, and the music bingo wasn't appreciated by myself. Hope next time is back to normal. read more

Great ambiance, amazing food. I've never had anything bad here, and they make a mean smoked Old Fashion.

I was famished and googled barbecue places near Williamsburg and this place surfaced. The food in the pictures looked scrumptious. The restaurant is located at the end of the Food Lion strip mall. Upon arrival, I was not greeted, the young man seemed a bit overwhelmed. I wanted the wings but they were out so I tried the brisket, beans, and macaroni and cheese. The brisket was a healthy portion but lacked flavor and was a little tough. Barbecue sauce was placed on the brisket to go with the flavor. The macaroni and cheese was really bland, it tasted like macaroni with wine cheese sprinkled on it. The beans tasted just like root beer. I couldn't not finish the platter because the food was not good. read more

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This place has great food, hot deals, and sometimes great shows. Service is always awesome! They had a comedy show tonight that was absolutely worth it - I hope they do more of these events! Th read more

Oh my gosh, the barbecue here is to literally die for. I came here on a date on Valentine's Fay and the service was amazing. The waitress checked on us constantly and refilled our water constantly. I ordered the sausage platter and IT WAS SO GOOD! I got the pulled pork to go with the potatoes salad for my mom and the potatoes salad was BOMB! I need to come back here to get the entire menu. I like the ambiance and the arcade area was so cute! read more

Hands down a great BBQ down here. The came out quick and it was great. The service was amazing. It was nice place where you can come have a few drinks and enjoy a meal. Great selection in happy hour. read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

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I had a phenomenal experience. The staff were super friendly and personable. The food was 10/10 they also had a reasonable prices for the drink menu. I could definitely see this place becoming my regular. read more

I love a great BBQ place and this place hit all the marks with yummy food, great service and a great atmosphere inside! It was our first time here and decided to go all out and try a bunch of the different food items they offered. Had plenty of leftovers which was not a bad thing with the yummy quality of food. Food: Complimentary rolls with honey butter! Let's just say you had me at Honey Butter! The rolls were also soft and moist. Meats: sausage, chicken, brisket chicken wings and pulled pork, and to be honest all the meats were good! My top 3 were the chicken, pulled pork and wings. Love all the sauces too! Particularly liked the one that came on the chicken and pulled pork. Sides: Baked beans -good flavor Green beans-nice spice Jalapeño Mac and cheese-so good and not spicy just flavorful Potato salad- also very good! We also started with the chili and gumbo and both were delicious. Gumbo reminded me of gumbo from down in Louisiana! We got a chocolate chip cookie to go and they are homemade and delicious. Our server was extremely friendly and made sure we had refills and answered all of our questions. Inside there isn't too much seating but there is also a bar area with seats. I love the dim lighting instead of bright lighting. Can't wait to go back! . read more

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our server was a young man and was beyond kind and the brisket was super tender and flavorful and the citrus coleslaw was so good with the brisket sandwich!! overall 10/10 will deff come back read more

The service was excellent. We were attended to and the waitress was very kind and nice. The food was good and the portion sizes were reasonable. The potato salad was a bit bland. It was advertised as sour cream and onion but we didn't get those flavors. The meats were good. The Mac n cheese was very good but the shredded cheese on top was unnecessary and should have been breadcrumbs. Also I wish there was cornbread on the menu. The coleslaw was really good and I don't normally like coleslaw. We bought cookies to go and are looking forward to trying them. We had a good experience and would come back again. read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

We've lived here six years and have never been disappointed in the food or the service. Now they have expanded with a bigger dining area and even arcade games for the kid's. Plus We've jist discovered their brunch which was amazing. This is one of the best local dinning experiences! read more

What on earth happened?? Have always had fantastic food at Alpha's but today's meal was terrible! Brisket was like chewy jelly, sausage was like hard rubber. At the prices charged I'm not taking any chances anymore. Too bad! read more

Food and service A1. It's a little small, but I favor hole in the wall restaurants over overcrowded spots. read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Seared shrimp taco and heat green beans - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

So on the peninsula is there any barbecue place the is better? No. No there isn't. Full disclosure I am a barbecue snob, I grew up in the Midwest with lost of great barbecue and have made and eaten lots of great barbecue. It's not a fair review to compare barbecue places in this area with places in my memories. So I have to change my review. The addition of the stars is based on the following. 1. There is nothing they did wrong and everything they did they is well seasoned and presented in a clean nice place with nice people working. 2. My wife and I have been back here multiple times and have not gone to any other barbecue place in the area. 3. The menu always seems to have items that both sound interesting, taste delicious, and aren't found on other barbecue menus. 4. They stay in their lane and keep reimagining dishes related to barbecue without trying to make the menu be everything to everyone. read more

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Friend hyped these guys up saying they were it. They brought me some while I was at work and it wasnt bad. I stopped in after work one day a few weeks later. Not it. Average at best. must be the cook was different that day or something. My Star Rating System, since there cant be a 0 stars, I rank my decisions to eat somewhere again as: 1 star - if someone else buys it I won't eat it, I would rather go hungry. 2 star - if I'm hungry, no other options are open and someone buys it - I would consider eating it 3 star - I'm ok with eating it as long as someone else pays 4 star - I will eat again and pay for it and be a semi-regular customer 5 star - I will travel for good food and pay good money and be back on a regular basis and maybe even pay for yours just so we can go read more

My wife and I love this place, by far they have some of the best wings you'll ever eat! Staff is very friendly, we always have a great experience here read more

Set up - small but nice bar set up with select draft beers and cocktails. Service was good and quick! BBQ brisket was good, not Texas or Kansas City good but pretty good for this part of the country. The burger was nothing to write home about but full acknowledge that I was at a BBQ place. Now the bad: it was freezing in the restaurant like ice box cold. They had no fries (out of stock). There lumpia is more a a southwest egg roll. Overall a good place to eat bbq and grab a beer! read more

The food is consistently great and well-seasoned everything I've tried has been excellent. The wings had a bit more sauce than I prefer, but that's just a personal preference read more

We drive 30 minutes past many other BBQ restaurants to eat here................ wonderful food and great bar

Came in with my wife for the Thursday special, the smash burger. It was my first time and I had the cheeseburger with a side of the root beer beans; wife had the cowboy burger with potato salad. OMG! It's a bit of a drive from our house but this is going to be a new favorite place to go! Service was also excellent, and I appreciated the look of the place on the inside. read more

DELICIOUS! Must try, pulled pork is so tender, fries, potato salad, and root beer baked beans are amazing!

The food was fantastic. Great service and atmosphere. My first time here and I will be returning.

My husband and I decided to try somewhere new and we were not disappointed. The atmosphere is quiet and small, great selection of drinks, the food selection was not your typical for a BBQ place but amazing. There smoked wings were top notch and the wrapped jalapeno poppers with balsamic glaze the best combination. We would 100% recommend. read more

I dropped in late one Saturday night for dinner. Ordered the 2 entree platter. I had bbq chicken, bbq brisket, green beans and bbq baked beans. The meal came with a roll, and a little side of Cole slaw. I make it my business to get the brisket at every bbq joint that I visit. Their brisket was very tender. But I couldn't get the real taste of the meat because it was covered in bbq sauce. I'm actually used to saucing my own meat from a variety of bbq sauce flavors on the table like you get from mission bbq and county grill. The same went for the chicken. Now the entree descriptions had bbq in it, so I can't be mad about it. However, it would have been better to have had the option to select from a variety of sauces or to at least have a sauce on the table. The green beans had sweet, heat and bacon in the name. They were bland. I ate them and was wanting more for my toast buds. The root beer baked beans were okay. They were sweet and that was it. The baked beans had no onion, no green pepper, no jalapeño, no bacon, no beef, just beans and a sauce. All of this is fine, but the overall flavor profile for the beans was one dimensional. They don't cheat you on the portions, i received a healthy bowl of green beans and bbq baked beans. The chicken was good. Again, I wish I had asked for my sauce on the side. I was able to taste the flavor in the chicken despite the presence of the sauce. Alpha Pitt does a pretty good job with their meats. I'll definitely come back to sample their other protein options. I'll do the same with their sides. read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - 2 entree plate with bbq brisket, bbq chicken, root beer baked beans and green beans. - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

Good food and plenty of it. The pulled pork and the brisket are melt in your mouth tender. Decent sized menu with lots of options. Service is prompt and courteous without being overly attentive. Dining area is modern and clean. Would definitely recommend read more

-- takeout edition: the mac & cheese was a little different, it was made with penne but it was still good! be careful to those lactose intolerant folks that still love to eat dairy because there is a lot of cheese. this was my first time having brisket so i wasn't sure what to expect but it was good (a little more fat than i would like; but again, this was my first time so i wasn't sure what i was getting) the tenders were delicious! overall, i will definitely try this restaurant again! my motto is; "you have to try something twice before you can say you don't like it". read more

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The service was amazing, really quick. The food was amazing, the bowl was sweet and savory- the bbq sauce had a tang to it. The location was nice, you can either place a take out order or dine in. 10/10 recommend. Daydreaming about the bowl currently. read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Loaded Mac Bowl - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

I ordered the buffalo chicken wings with blue cheese dressing and cheese curds with ranch dressing. I did not expect the wings to look like this! There was barely any sauce on it and the wings were salty. When the cheese curds arrived, the outside was still crispy, but the cheese hardened on the way home so I had to microwave it to make the cheese gooey again. I also had to bake the wings to make them crispier. The meal was okay but I was not satisfied. Especially being that the curds were $12.35 and the wings were $13. read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Buffalo chicken wings and cheese curds - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

Average bbq at best. They have a few tables and a bar area for people to sit down. Our server was new, but he was nice and informative about the menu. I probably won't be back again. read more

We tried this place over the weekend for brunch and got ignored for about 12 minutes. I walked up to the front and spoke up and immediately started getting service...some type of training of new employees was the excuse. Food on the brunch buffet was good...but then we got an almost $60 bill and had no booze...just two brunches and an iced tea...way too much to pay for a simple brunch and will not be going back...employees were friendly and food good, but not at those prices.... read more

The food is top tier and I mean everything on the menu. I'm a huge smoked wing fan so I will always suggest those! However, we have tried everything from the smash burgers to the bowls and have never been disappointed. The staff works hard to provide a good quality and it shows! read more

We go here at least once a month. Food is great, I go for the brisket, #1 in this area. Service was ok, although I didn't recognize any servers new crew? Menu was changed recently just a couple tweaks. They have added a weekend brunch. Their smoked old fashioned is also VG. Would be nice if they had an outside area for when the weather gets good. read more

We ordered DoorDash from Alpha Pitt Smokers and our cheese curds were missing and also the blue cheese for the 1 lb of wings we ordered , order was $100, I called the restaurant to talk to a manager, was told they were out so I asked for the kitchen manager, he wasn't in, so I said no one is in charge? He hung up on me! So I called back , he answered but never said hello, but I heard him call me names, used the term for a female dog and a dumb one at that, he stated to a women voice ( I always hang up on people) don't waste your money, go to another place to spend your money!! Could have just given me to talk to someone! Don't think they care , and to have someone talk about a caller, which at this time he had no idea what I was calling about!! They couldn't even care about me as a caller!! I would give them no stars if it would have let me, have no idea how what did come taste, won't eat it now! read more

This was my first time here, I ordered the Pick 2 Sampler Platter . I ordered the chicken tenders and brisket for extra $3 and I picked the alpha mac n cheese and citrus coleslaw as my sides. For the $30+ price the portions were small especially the brisket since I had paid extra money to have it. However the brisket was very good, it was seasoned well and very tender. I not sure if they ran out of the chicken tenders because I got the bbq chicken thigh instead. The thigh was very good, it was cooked and seasoned well but I was in the mood for something breaded and deep fried lol. The mac cheese was mid - it had pickled jalapeños added to it and the citrus cole slaw was decent . read more

Rapidly becoming my favorite barbecue place on the Peninsula! They piled the pork so high I had to eat some off the top to make room for the slaw, pickled onions, pickles and jalapeños. The sour cream potato salad is also quite good. In the past I've tried the burger and fries... both exceptional. Service has been prompt and friendly. If you haven't tried it yet, make sure you do! read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Classic barbecue sandwich with sour cream potato salad - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

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These homemade whoopie pies are so addictive! I've tried the maple and pumpkin They Also have chocolate, chocolate and peanut butter, and PBJ read more

Alpha Pitt Smokers - Exterior - Barbeque Near Me - Yorktown, Virginia

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Decided to give this place a shot, since we so often default to Mission BBQ (which, let's be honest, reigns as the best bbq around). The storefront is a pretty generic strip mall. I was really hoping that that was going to indicate an "undiscovered gem". The inside has a distinct "bachelor pad" vibe: military surplus meets ikea. We arrived at lunchtime on a Sunday. There are only about six tables inside, which is probably for the best, as there was only one kid working the front. He was nice enough, but devoid of personality and made no attempt to be helpful. After sitting around for about 20 minutes, he finally took our order. Another 20 minutes later, he found someone to pour the beer that I had ordered, which arrived at the table about 2/3 full and with waaaaay too much head. The glass was also too cold, which doesn't help with the excessive head issue. It tells me that these guys really don't know what they are doing. About another fifteen minutes later, the food finally arrived. It wasn't bad. The pulled pork was actually pretty good, but they only have two sauces, which are very heavy on vinegar. The brisket was not bad, but not super flavorful. The fries were tasty, but arrived cold. All in all, the food wasn't bad. I probably would have given the place three stars for the food, but the experience was just terrible. read more

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