Friendly & casual vibe with a counter set-up where you enter, grab a menu or look at well-lit…read morescreens above the action. You walk along counter admiring the selections of sides, deserts. You order at the end, and find a seat. Your name is called and you pick up at the side counter. The dining area has plenty of seating, a private room looks available to reserve? Dining area & restrooms are bright, clean and inviting. My brother ordered fried fish with a chicken wing,, cabbage and sweet potatoes. He loved the fish & chicken- well seasoned without feeling your blood pressure rise as you indulged- LOL. The sides were good. I did the smothered porkchops - WOW, best that I have had - really enjoyed the main entrée and my sides (greens, black-eye peas). Both meals came with cornbread (another option was a biscuit). I have to say the food, the Staff and the establishment has been my best taste of southern cooking in the DMV area. I ordered chicken wings (6) to go for wife & I to enjoy later. Definitely worth a visit, we will be back - The smothered chops are calling me already. Lunch for two with a take home order of wings & 2 deserts plus tip was around $100.

Been to the old location…read more Been to the new location. I don't get the hype. The food is basic at best. The fish (catfish and croaker) always tastes like it's been fried in grease that needs changing. There's no flavor profile in the food which is weird for a soul-food restaurant. The mixed veggies were absolutely disgusting-- gave them back. I paid $65 for fried catfish with two sides, fried croaker with two sides, a cookie and two drinks---and sadly, the only thing that was sort of worth it was the cornbread, but it tastes like it has coconut in it. I hate coconut. The item that was the most flavorful for me was the black eyed peas/hoppin John (minus the big pieces of fatty meat in them).

Hands down, the best BBQ in the city. Unique choices. Including pulled lamb stacked on top of…read morenachos with pickled radish and cilantro is a top tier choice to share. The ribs are the best in the area. Nothing compares. DC can be a tough place even in restaurants if you're not local. The customer service was a 10/10. The lighting and atmosphere is elegant while still being modern and rustic.

Never tasted Ribs this good in a long long time. I think they need to enhance the sides with more…read moreto choose from, but other than that the BBQue is fantastic.

Javier is masterful griller...meats smoked well and I never masquerade taste with BBQ sauce.read more

Ribs good, steak good ,cash only, so bring cash with you no card payments . Got home dip ribs in…read moresauce but didn't need to because it was well seasoned

This place has a great happy hour at the bar if you want to try some of their more popular…read moreappetizer items. Seating at the bar is pretty spacious and has great service; they also expanded their outside seating that is covered. For food, I suggest trying the naked, smoked and flash fried wings. You can always get the sauce on the side. If you like bleu cheese, it's a little different here but I enjoy it even though I've never really liked bleu cheese. Also, you can't go wrong ordering the brisket eggrolls or the brussel sprouts.

Experienced a really great visit at the Hideaway tonight. Spent time with a great friend where we…read morehad some good smoked food. Server was fantastic and friendly. Food was hot, the salmon was delicious and the smoked fried chicken was over the top. Once again, there was another really good visit to the Hideaway.

We tried this place for lunch on a Wednesday since our daughter and son-in -law highly recommended…read moreit. We were simply amazed. We had the beef brisket and meatloaf sandwiches. FANTASTIC. Very fresh and they tasted great. The onion rings were greatly good along with excellent cole slaw and collard greens. All very fresh, tasty and in perfect sized portions. The service was also pretty fast but we were here doing a slow period. I assume on weekends when this place is busy you might wait a while. The minor drawbacks are: 1. The inside dining area is very small so this place must get crowded during busy periods. The outdoor seating area is covered but sort of lame and not very inviting. We dined inside which only seats about 20 or more. It wouldn't be comfortable in 90° plus weather outside 2. They have a gravel parking lot which is kind of awkward. It's also very difficult and dangerous making a left turn out of this place onto Central Avenue. Regardless, we will definitely be going back here because the food is just fantastic. Looking forward to next time.

Cashier wasn't listening, forgot an entire part of the order. Constantly giving my teenage daughter…read moreweird looks and really just wouldn't listen. We had to order a plain burger and it was indeed not plain, sent it back and got an actual plain one. If you have an alternative child i really don't recommend coming here, they will be treated worse then a pedophile actively hitting on children, maybe even worse then someone waving around a conservative flag. Employees are genuine dickheads. Adding on to this - when i ate the burger from takeout, the bread was stale, the meat was hard to chew. The meat tasted like slim jims. If i was to stick a slim jim and start chewing on leather i would. But not everyone wants to go spend their money to go chew on leather and slim jims. that was the worse fucking burger i've ever had in my life and ive had some pretty shitty burgers. and ontop of that your service is fucking horrible and the ambiance is horrible. If you wanna have a good week PLEASE don't go here.

Big Reggie's BBQ has done our corporate picnics for the last 9 years. Every year the portions are…read moregenerous the food is out of this world. His Pulled Pork is addictive and his Ribs are the best Ribs I've ever had in my life. If you want real BBQ. YOU WANT REAL BBQ. YOU WANT BIG REGGIE'S.

We were headed to Jug Bay for an evening event with county parks and recs. GPS said want a shorter…read moreway? Sure. Except we bypassed every food place possible. This was literally the only place around. We were hungry. It's a hole in the wall little strip of shops on the service road. But you walk in and it's clean and bright and smells like fried chicken and BBq. A steady flow of people coming in. My only regret is not getting the cobbler. So what did we get? I got tenders and fries and both were fresh. Loved the wedge fries. Kiddo got pulled pork sandwich which he loved. Hubby got 3 piece fried chicken and wedges. Chicken was fresh out the fryer. Delicious. Also got a side of Mac and cheese. Cheesy goodness. I want more! Rest of the menu offerings were legit too. Good portion sizes and prices. So if you are randomly in the area...go here.

The 1/2 slab of wet short ribs were sooo good. I wish I had know about them sooner. Really…read moredelicious like traditional short ribs are. The sauce is a perfect blend of sweet-n-spicy, nice zip.

I went to mission bbq on Saturday and had a beyond awesome experience. It was armed forces day and…read moreeven though I am not involved with the military my server addison still made me feel so welcomed and made sure everything was ok with my meal at several points throughout the evening. The food was absolutely delicious I would give this place and my server 10 stars if I could!

Oh, man! What a wonderful experience!! We came for Mothers Day, and there were 8 of us. We were…read morewaiting for a few of our party to arrive and looking over the menu. The manager came out from behind the counter to explain the menu and process to us. He seemed genuinely excited to tell sus about their food and that there are no freezers or microwaves there. Everything was made fresh. Everything was made quickly and it was delicious! There are multiple sauce options and all were tasty. We are from Texas, so we are a little judgey about BBQ... The atmosphere was laid back, and it was easy for us to have a conversation even with 8 of us at the table. There was plenty of room for us, too. Our server, Asia, came out to check on us regularly. She was attentive and friendly and clearly wanted to be sure everything was perfect for us! And before we left, they brought out two trays of brownies and several cards for a free sandwich! We are super impressed!

At last, after years of seeing them place in the local top places to eat, I finally paid them a…read morevisit. They're usually closed the days that I'm in the Upper Marlboro area, but not this time! It's in the same Plaza as the Amish market, so there's plenty of parking. I stepped inside and there were a couple of chairs for waiting along the window. Otherwise, it's a small open space and there are desserts on display, I'm in you to read, and very polite staff behind the counter. I decided to get the blackened salmon and shrimp entree with collard greens and mac and cheese. I got their salts at caramel banana pudding for dessert. I decided to use my insulated bag and wait until I got to my friend's house to eat. I love the shrimp and the salmon. They were seasoned well, but not to a point of tasting too salty, which can happen at a lot of soul food restaurants for me. Unfortunately, despite the good flavor, this was the case with the collard greens, whew. Also, there is turkey in there, so don't get it as a vegetarian option! The mac and cheese was good... Not sure where I would put it in my rankings, but I enjoyed it. That banana pudding.... Whoa. It was the perfect dessert, and I would happily get it again. The salted caramel and banana balance surprisingly well. Their top rankings are well deserved, and I am looking forward to trying their wings and other items next time!

Spent this afternoon at one of the local wineries and was in the mood for some fried fish…read moreafterwards and stopped here on my way home. The fish was seasoned very well...my fried shrimp were tooooo salty...the mashed sweet potatoes were ok...greens bland, Mac & cheese-eehhh & the potato salad disgusting. Smh...this place has definitely fallen off since I remember...WHAT HAPPENED?! lol Isn't the saying: "things get better with time" ??? Not in this case... Oh & my hush puppies were ok...& that caramel banana pudding was tooooo freaking sweet for me... I was disappointed... was rooting for this spot! I remember when the owners were first beginning... not too many good local soul food spots that have good potato around here... & the customer service needs help! Happy Yelping!

2026 Smokey Bones review in the books, check!…read more At this point I'm not sure of how many reviews I've done for Smokey. I love love love this place! This night in particular I had the spicy-garlic wings (pictured) that Jennifer at the bar recommended, and this just might be my new favorite! Jennifer was also one of the best bartenders I can remember. Per usual, I will indeeeeed be back for more!

Smokey Bones seemed to have a bit of an update! We've gone twice recently and Jelani took care of…read moreus on both occasions. He is awesome! Always has a smile, patient and quick turnaround! Our food always comes out correct and hot! He checks in on us and even offers suggestions of other things to try! He let us know about more deals they have during the week and we look forward to trying out some other things on the menu! We will continue to request him! Chill setting, sports bar!