The flavors are incredible. Many sauce-styles to choose from but their meats don't even require any if you're a purist. Cole slaw was "meh". Service very nice. Will be back. 2nd visit back. Garlic fries were burnt. Pulled pork rocked. Brisket a tad bit dry but excellent flavor. Very friendly cashier (different person this time) once again. Whoever is hiring for cashier-you're doing a great job these kids working the register are helpful with information and friendly. Sweet Home Chicago Sauce is to my taste but there's a sauce for everyone-Carolina Mustard, GA, TX style and even an AL White BBQ. Tip when dining-in this place is open and drafty. So if you're dining in the winter months be prepared to keep your coat on. We will be back. Great food and experience overall. read more

Southern style BBQ dine very well, Located in the corner unit in a strip mall, The dining room has a nice bright open feeling, Some tables and in southern BBQ tradition picnic tables are also in the dining room. Nice selection of barbecued meats on the menu, including hot links, rare to be offered in this area. Also a nice variety of barbecue sauces to choose from for your meal. There are several canned and bottled beers available as well as iced tea (another must have with southern barbecue ) and fountain drinks. The staff was friendly and helpful. Nice selection of sides are on the menu to complement the main entree. I had the Angus brisket, it was very good nicely smoked and tender. There are several types of buns to choose from with a sandwich. There is a nice children's menu, for those dining or getting carryout meals for younger customers. One televisions was in the dining room, And dining room sound level was nice and easy to have a conversation over dinner. If you are a fan of barbecue this is worth trying out. read more

Firewater BBQ - Angus brisket, hot link and cornbread - Barbeque Near Me - Crest Hill, Illinois

Very nice staff, a little midwestern and stand offish but they have this stoic charm I love. They have the best barbecue. Their chicken wings were better than most taverns I have been to in the past. I recommend the smoked bacon and the baked beans with brisket. They tasted excellent...it made me feel good to pay decent prices for excellent food for once. They are the real deal. Juicy smokey flavorful and just amazing...they are a short order place so I did not see a lot of table service. The service was more like Portillo's. It is informal and relaxing and exactly what one wants after a long week of work. read more

Firewater BBQ - Delicious!!! - Barbeque Near Me - Crest Hill, Illinois

Tried this spot based off reviews. So, I'm a first timer, which I told the young lady taking orders. I ordered three pulled chicken sandwiches, 6 smoked wings, half slab of ribs, Mac and cheese, fries, and cornbread for my family. Pros: The pulled chicken sandwiches, the wings, and the fries all had a good flavor, seasoned! The honey cornbread was good. The ribs were tender too. I can't speak on the flavor because I didn't eat them. However, my son seemed to love it. The sauces are great! Cons: The Mac and cheese is noodles with nacho cheese. Also, I asked was the wings were fall of the bone tender. The young lady taking orders didn't know. She asked the manager (maybe owner). He responded saying they are tender and then turned to an employee and whispered "he's never been asked that before" as if he was offended. I responded to him to let him know I heard him. Well as far as him never being asked that question, I've never ate at their establishment. So, we're even. His next response was pleasant. Although the owner (manager) could use some polishing, he ended the transaction nicely and the food was really good. Therefore, I gave them four stars. read more

Best BBQ in the area and we have tried them all! Generous portions. Delicious sides too. Can't decide if we like the Mac n cheese or onion rings better! Pulled Pork is outstanding! read more

Really good food. Place is not cheap, and suddenly had to pay 10% temporary packaging fee, which was over $5 for 4 styrofoam containers. First time I have ever seen this- it's not right. read more

Variety of tasty sides and sauces to choose from, all very nice, great BBQ for the area

The food is great and the service is even better. Being from MS and enjoying great barbecue, this is an oasis for us.

Can't say enough good about this place. Everything I've eaten here is amazing. Yum. My only suggestion would be to serve the cornbread in slices and not in those aluminum cups. It makes them difficult to eat and dries them out when cooked in smaller portions. read more

My favorite place to get BBQ! Their ribs are amazing and the smoked wings have a unique but delicious taste! Not overpriced and super quick.

Great food and service. Not so clean bathrooms. A little overpriced, but what isn't these days.

Delicious food that you can always count on. Nothing fancy just a casual place with great country music.

Been waiting over 25mins with 7 other customers this is unacceptable all the doordash pick up orders ready but no one elses order is ready. read more

Firewater BBQ - Dining room - Barbeque Near Me - Crest Hill, Illinois

Definitely the best place to go with the family and enjoy a delicious ribs with those mac and cheese YUMMY!!!!! read more

Firewater BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Crest Hill, Illinois

I love this place. The food is amazing. However, as we were waiting for our food, an employee was spraying bleach cleaner on to unoccupied tables. The spray cleaner is was saturating the paper towels intended on each tables use for patrons. This is toxic, and dangerous. I am in no means to post a bad review, but the laziness of a single employee can literally kill someone. Please up your game. read more

I've been here a number of times. Their brisket and their tips are incredibly tender and tasty. Love that they have different bbq sauce options available as you eat. Fries are great too. Highly recommend for a good local BBQ stop. read more

I was literally drawn into the restaurant because the smell of the barbecue from the outside literally made my mouth water, and I couldn't wait to try it. I ordered a platter for my girlfriend and I. We ordered brisket, baked beans, ribs, macaroni, and cornbread. The food looked pretty good, but was cold. The cornbread was dry and crumbly. I don't care how good your food is, I prefer my food hot. So I asked if my food could be warmed up. A lady in the kitchen said "this is the second time today!" She informed the other two guys in the kitchen and they were looking around dumbfounded acting as if they didn't know what to do. Then I was told they didn't have a way to warm up my food... Umm say what?!? They told me that the brisket sits in a warmer all day, the corn bread is ordered from a different place, basically nothing gets cooked there.... But they will try to warm it up. They brought us or our food.... Still cold. Huge appetite spoiler! I looked around and said to myself, "is this how y'all like your barbecue?" My friend finished most of it, trying to not throw all the food away. I left really disappointed. Unfortunately, I won't be returning. To me this place is a fraud, making it seem as if they are actually cooking the food there. Ha! read more

We went here for our wedding anniversary, which may seem like a weird choice considering the style restaurant but we had BBQ at our barn wedding in Wisco so we wanted to relive... We haven't though found good BBQ locally here where we live and we have tried a lot of places, until now! I was blown away by their ribs, which I feel like I'm pretty particular on how I like my ribs. They were both properly seasoned, and sauced, they weren't dry. They came off the bone with ease, but also didn't fall off either, just perfectly cooked. My husband had in addition to ribs the brisket, onion rings, and mac'n'cheese all of which were good (I couldn't help but try his too, all the reviews saying the mac was bad were wrong lol). He said if he had to choose ribs were better, but only slightly, both were good. He is a chef and cooks for a living, so to get his approval means something. I had with my ribs the potato chive and corn bread. Both my sides were good, nothing to write home about, but paired nicely with the food. Next time I think I probably would try fried pickles instead of corn bread. Atmosphere is cute, the smell so good and woody. Definitely coming back! read more

Firewater BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Crest Hill, Illinois

Them pulled pork fries are something to talk about. Service is good. Place is clean & smells like meat.

There were 12-people in our party to help celebrate our son's birthday. The food and STAFF were awesome!!!! Thank you to all that made our first trip to this establishment a great experience. read more

Prices go up a dollar and you get to wait half an hour because the door dasher orders come first very disappointed. I will have to find a different bbq spot. Have to edit the review. Husband goes to the counter after half a hour and finds out our dinner was sitting there for 10 minutes. Rude staff doesn't say sorry basically shoves the bag at him. read more

BBQ is on point! Had the rib tips. Sauces are good. Meat is tender. fugetaboutit !!!!

The area is very limited on authentic bbq. Firewater is pretty much hit or miss and they're a little more pricey than they need to be but it is what it is. The owner is not friendly, not even a little, it almost seems like having customers is an inconvenience for him. It must be an inconvenience to clean the tables or fill the sauces at the table because they're always sticky and you're usually missing a couple flavors at any given table. All the sides are pretty good, except for the cornbread feel free to skip that one. The chicken pork and ribs are usually top notch but the brisket is a coin flip. I've had brisket with absolutely 0 smoke ring and some done to perfection. Sometimes it has a lot of fat on it and I know it's a fatty cut of meat but there's a line to be drawn somewhere. Over all they're good. I'm not dishing out 5 stars because theres a lot of room for improvement. Maybe keep the owner in the back or he can clean tables instead. read more

Today I felt the cravings for some BBQ. I decided on firewater BBQ in crest Hill. Service was average also dining area is roomy large enough for large groups when they have the bar doors open. I ordered the brisket with fries & onion rings aka. Bucktown speciality drink . $12.31 w/tax. A bit on the steep side for cost. To my brisket sandwich.... um, dry is the first thing I noticed then I looked further and to my surprise no smoke ring at all!!! No smoke Ring!! Dope!! I also noticed way to much fat on this serving. In short it was like one of those roasts you over cook in the crockpot cause you forgot about it unbelievable! Fries were warm not fresh and onion rings were the only fresh item on my plate aside from the ice. Lol. At this point I was a bit disappointed on top of this one of the lady workers yelling back to her co-workers I would have to say something about the new changes on the menu. Ok, a bit much but hopefully mgnt. Can make sure when they charge $12.31 it's for fresh hot well cooked food. Will I be back ????? maybe. Oh, BBQ sauce selection was good. read more

This restaurant has great food and is in a good location. Wait staff is always very friendly and knowledgeable, never had a bad experience yet! read more

Firewater is not good BBQ. They do there best and have some decent items on the menu, but if people in the area want better quality BBQ the best spot is baby back blues in shore wood. Firewater does have good sauces and the right atmosphere, but being from NC it is a not a good example of good southern BBQ. read more

Cool looking place!! I love the food here ... I believe if you dine in they also have beer.

Well I'm not from here....rough scene. I guess people like it. Meat was ok. Fries ok. Mac and cheese inedible. Slow service. Leaky roof. Watery sauce. read more

International Relations. What? So here we are, all twelve of us after doing a project for a major corporation. Included with the twelve of us are four associates from Thailand that couldn't speak an entire sentence of English if they tried. Apparently BBQ translates well regardless of the language spoken, because our Thai guests couldn't eat another bite. Not because it was bad... Far from it, but more-so because their smaller physical size doesn't allow as much meat to be consumed like us hearty "Merrrrcans". It's no surprise that the greater Chicago area isn't known for barbecue, but this place can easily do so in one fell swoop. The meats all of us consumed were tender, flavored just right, and in giant quantities that made even this chubby guy filled to the brim. I sampled off just about everyone's various plates from the brisket, to the chicken, to the sausages (you have to say it like George Wendt from the SNL skit), but the real killer were the pulled pork cheese fries. Good lord this is sinful! No one person should consume this tray of meat, tater, cheese, and saucy overkill, but your ability to share is entirely up to you. If you can eat all the fries, then you are more man than I, and I salute your manliness. Our Thai friends thoroughly enjoyed their visit to this place, and the service was excellent. In the South, we have plenty of BBQ places, but on this island of thick pizzas, beef sammiches, and haht dags, this place is a pearl. Keep doing what you're doing. If (and only if), we have to come back, I am definitely stopping here again. read more

Was complete shocked on how everything tasted. One of the best BBQ places I have been too. You must check this place out. Great food even better people!!! read more

Love the food. If you love barbecue then this is a causal place you will love. You will need lots of napkins and a bib. Saucy and delicious read more

I was witness to the owner having an attitude with a customer. Customer asked for all brisket (not asking for a freebie or anything) instead of 2 meats. Owner was very rude. Note: If you don't want a customer to do that, explain why. Don't get upset. People don't know what you're thinking. Explain another way of ordering what customer wants. Communicate with the person! Made me nervous I'd be treated like this. Like I said, rib tips and brisket are very good, but people can go lots of places nowadays. It'd be sad to see people make choices based on customer service. read more

My wife and I were in town for the race. We looked up bbq and found Firewater Bbq. The ribs were fantastic. Perfect smoke, with great rub. I hardly used any sauce since the ribs were so great. The baked beans were simply wonderful. My wife ordered the brisket sandwich and she loved it. If we're ever back in the area we will definitely be back at Firewater BBQ. read more

Consistently good bar-b-que !! So many options and such friendly staff! Must get the pork sandwich with the corn bread ... sooo good!

This place is cool. We've been here a few times and finally honed down our favorite foods. I'm not a huge pork bbq girl but I love the grill master burger. It's a burger topped with Gouda, pulled pork and bacon. It's ridiculously good. Definitely something to enjoy just every once in awhile. I pair it with the sweet potato fries which are sprinkled with some kind of cinnamon sugar. Mmm My husband likes to get the two meat combo with pork and brisket, he gets potato salad which he raves about and always adds an extra bun. The place is always clean, sports are usually on and the staff says hi and bye as you enter and leave the restaurant read more

Ugh. Some of the most disappointing brisket in my life. I ordered one of the 2 meat combos: sliced brisket & rib tips with beans and a side of garlic fries. The brisket came out in extremely thin cut grayed out strips that were completely overcooked and as dry as possible. Knew there might be a problem when the order taker didn't bother to ask for moist or dry cuts. I prefer moist, but have readily eaten and enjoyed dry brisket in the past. There was absolutely no discernible smoke ring to the thin slices merely they were grayed out in consistency. Thankfully Firewater provides 6 different sauces to drown your meat in which made the brisket slightly edible. This was my first time ordering rib tips ever. I usually shied away from them as the cartilage wasn't something I was up for dealing with but overall they were pretty tasty. No dipping sauces were necessary with only a small effort with the cartilage. If returning, I would probably stick with the pork based BBQ as they easily strike out with the beef brisket. The side of fries were okay though I really could not pick up much garlic seasoning on them. They give you a boat load so be forewarned that two people can handle them and then some. Other patrons seemed to get off on the pulled pork fries. Though a dish like that does not make a true BBQ joint. I was not impressed much with the length of time needed to wait for my single order of food. At 30 mins and people ordering behind me getting their food way ahead of my simple 2 meat plate seemed to make my order feel unappreciated... maybe they spent all that extra time over cooking my thin strips of brisket? read more

Absolutely wonderful restaurant I've tried multiple combos from the rib tips to their smoked wings and their pulled pork fries everything has been a hit read more

Stopped by on our way to Warrior Dash (IL). My husband, in-laws and toddler accompanied me! We're big BBQ fans so we decided to try this place out. We ordered pork, brisket, salad and Mac & cheese. The place was not super busy, but staff was somewhat rude when we asked for more condiments. It was like we were inconveniencing them. We eventually were given more ranch for our salad after asking a few times. The pulled pork was ok. Salad was delicious, and according to my hubby, the brisket was "the best he's ever had. Next time we may try out another bbq place so we can compare. read more

This is the best BBQ that I've ever had! And that says a lot! I do have a smoker at home, and I smoke about 10/15 times a year. So I think I know my BBQ! If you are in the mood for BBQ, you have to go here. You'll love it!! read more

Food is amazing if you like bbq and service is pretty good. There are two rooms and it is like a country vibe. Take out and dine in. It can be a little pricey depending on what you get. Getting in can be a little tricky if you don't know the area well. There are a limited options, there are a couple different things that you can get, but basically every single thing that you would get there is barbecue there is literally nothing else. Would recommend but not if you have very tiny kids or you are a picky eater. read more