Outstanding food, great service and charming ambience. All three meals were incredible. See pictures below for more details. read more

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Popular spot for serving BBQ Chicken, Pork, Shrimp, Brunswick Stew. Served in a variety of ways. Sandwiches, platters, dine in or take out. Sides include baked beans, Potato Salad, Cold Slaw. Restaurant is spacious no frills tables and chairs, family oriented. Prices reasonable. read more

The food is great and at an even better price point. The restaurant is super clean and the employees are fantastic. Cheap beach eats that is good as anywhere around. Try it! read more

Kind and informative staff that also cleared table and asked about our food. The NC BBQ Sandwich, with fries and slaw was excellent. Very good value for price. Highly recommend and will return. Well run operation. read more

Waited way too long! Good food need better service in kitchen waiters are nice! Just need Less waiting time!!

Every year we come on vacation, we stop at least 2 times!!! The food tastes great and the service is impeccable! We love the decor and ambiance as well. We love Smithfield! read more

Service was friendly and attentive. Food was hot and delicious. Will come again when we are in NC.

Delicious fried chicken served at the drive-thru window. Baked beans were a pleasant surprise as well with shredded bits of chicken incorporated into the baked beans. My only "con" was the chicken wasn't piping hot. It was actually luke warm. Still delicious, but if served hot to trot, a 5 star rating, no doubt. read more

Must have! Every trip to Cherry Point or surrounding area...Smithfield is the Must Have. They relocated a bit on 70, but a great location and great service remains. Was immediately greeted and expeditiously served with delicious food and engaging attention. Always a pleasure and experience regardless of the location! * Eat local, stay local.* read more

Back to Morehead City and NC BBQ. Ordered the barbecue plate with extra hushpuppies and sister dark chicken platter on line and Door Dash-ed so not hot but okay. Hushpuppies were very sweet but soft and crunchy in the right places and Cole slaw was chopped, definitely unsweet but I liked the crunch. Lots of bbq but cut into clumps that were hard to separate. Tasted fine but not as good as I remembered. Sister's chicken was large thigh and two drumsticks. The breading was crispy but salted so much that we stopped eating. Warmed up next day and ate kind of skimpy meat in drumsticks. We will try again but take out and hope the salt was an error. And the Door Dash bill was $40 with no drinks. Pickup for sure. read more

Totally decent fried chicken, if not super original. Shatteringly crisp skin, juicy chicken, good hushpuppies, excellent fries, very good beans and a drink the size of my first car for $2. The chicken could use a little something, something. Not sure what but a zip to make it all their own and crave-worthy. Maybe a special zingy version for those who want their chicken with a bit of pizzazz. Staff was lovely and conscientious, although most were wearing masks improperly (not covering their noses...come on people, it's not that hard). Hand sanitizer everywhere, all customers required to be masked. We ate out front at the few tables in the parking area, which were empty since most people either did take out or braved it inside. Cheap, and even better reheated the next day and put on a bun. Yum. read more

This is by far my favorite Smithfield's location. They are always fast and friendly. Barry served us tonight and was awesome! He was always smiling and thanked us multiple times for coming in. Now if you only had a location closer to St. Louis! read more

Food was excellent but the service exceeded our every expectation. The food arrived at our table in minutes after we were seated. The cashier continued to check in us throughout the meal providing drink refills before we asked and quickly cleared the table. If you you stop at this restaurant, I hope you will be as lucky as my family and have Barry providing your service! read more

EAT HERE! We're having a socially distanced vacay and went through the drive-thru here. 12 pieces of chicken & an order of Carolina BBQ came with 4 dozen hushpuppies. Pecan pie was a pre-packaged Sara Lee but I'm not mad. (we added the grapes at the hotel). read more

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q - Covid-cation must eat!!! Carolina BBQ & fried chicken on point. Our order came with 4 DOZEN HUSHPUPPIES...yummy. - Barbeque Near Me - Morehead City, North Carolina

food was awesome. the place was very clean and nice. the person name Barry was the most nicest person walking ladies to the car, taking everyone's trash, doing refills, and bringing out folks meals and saying thank you and comeback and God bless you and i never seen this before. he is really making you feel welcome in the food place. thank you read more

Ah ha!!! I figured out how to give 0 or less stars...hold my beer... I give this place one star and deduct 2...Mike drop!!!! I went here on the recommendation of the front desk and I swear I wanted to puke when my food arrived!!! I ordered the barbecue chicken and this dried out fried piece of (inheritors best sailors word here) complete with feathers sticking out of the pseudo barbecue sauce. I swear, that chicken must have been either anorexic or was pulled from its shell before hatching First off that's not bbq, its fried chicken! Second, that's not bbq sauce, its wing sauce from walmart!!! I ordered an unsweetened tea...I got a sweet tea. I went to the counter and the girl wanted to argue about it. I have never in my life asked for sweet tea!!! Get over it lady, don't argue, just give me the tea and be done with it!!! So, all in all...it was a pretty vial dinner...try the homeless shelter...it may be better... read more

Clean, friendly staff and great food! So nice that I let the manager (and his boss) know how wonderful the experience was.

So I'll start by saying that I don't know what start the disagreement or what happened after I left but around 7:30 ish I was in the drive thru and I was shook to see the cashier who was very nice and professional was being bullied by the Manager in a white shirt ( younger white male ) and another older female coworker( red shirt). The manager had yell at the young lady while the window was open and there were other customers in the lobby which I find very unacceptable. The young lady unfortunately walked away visibly upset/ embarrassed so I couldn't get her name. I was given my food before she came back if she came back but regardless I hope that is not how you treat your employees regularly and if so please do better. If that was my kin I would have been upset someone treated them like that especially in front of CUSTOMERS read more

Visiting N.C. I always have it on my agenda to have barbecue. This time I decide to try between the two big barbecue chains. My conclusion is that I enjoyed Smithfield's the most. Smithfield's has the delicious vinegar sauce I so enjoy in N.C. where the the competition only has a vinegar based barbecue sauce. I also enjoy the Brunswick Stew here as well. It had more vegetables including green beans that I didn't notice in the other and the portion size was much larger. Overall it was a great experience. The one think I did prefer with the competition was they provided sauce on the table and also took the time to wipe down each table with a sign indicating whether the table was cleaned or not where Smithfield's was cleaning tables but no indication if the table was clean or not. Finally, the banana pudding is equally good. It is the same pudding but Smithfield's sprinkles vanilla wafer crumbles on top along with the three whole ones where the competition provides whipped cream which I do prefer over the crumbles. Give them both a try and do a comparison. read more

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q - ws a burger and a side of coleslaw - Barbeque Near Me - Morehead City, North Carolina

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Worth the trip from CA! Let me tell y'all, I love me some Smithfields! I was solo today, and of course over ordered...but I just have to have a bbq sando (WITH SLAW), ckn wings & pups! Kelsey & Ryan absolutely made my day. And if you're in town visiting or lucky enough to live here, check out their tailgate package!! Whenever we're here with a crowd dinner is on them at least a couple of nights during our stay. Sure wish we had you guys in CA! read more

I think Moores is better, but this isn't bad. Can't say I've ever had a bad meal here. Worth the trip.

Excellent food. Chicken sandwich was huge. Loved the Carolina style bbq sandwich. Shout out on the fries. We are picky!

I had a great supper experience here. The pulled pork was delicious (and tender), as were the sides of stew and slaw. The hush puppies were perfect. The dining area is spotless with a relaxed feel and very interesting images displayed. The welcome at the counter was warm and cheerful. The wait was brief and pleasant. Families also there were obviously enjoying their experience, too. I recommend ordering some cold pack pulled pork and slaw to for your cooler if you are on your way home from visiting the area. read more

Great Eastern Carolina Barbecue. Done with a smile. Restaurant nice and clean. We always return!

I ordered a shrimp snack, it came with 1cup of tiny shrimp 3 French fries and 3 hush puppies, I also ordered a chicken plate it came with coleslaw and chicken and that's it! Too me not worth the $9 for each. Kelsey & Wallace were very helpful! read more

We've eaten here a lot on our summer vacations over the past 10+ years. I was disappointed today with their barbeque which is normally good. It was quite tatseless and my husband agreed. Our kids ate hotdogs, my husband had the chicken breast and wing, potato salad and coleslaw. They said that their food was pretty good. read more

I don't understand the hype about this place. It must be a North Carolina thing. I wanted to taste a bit of everything, so I decided on the combination plate with dark meat. It came with chicken, pulled pork, cole slaw, potato salad and hush puppies. Now, I get their pulled pork is "Carolina-style", meaning it's got the vinegar taste...but no...it was not good at all. The chicken was bland. I wasn't a fan of the coleslaw or the potato salad either. The hush puppies were decent- but who can really mess up a hush puppy??? It's the second time I've given this chain a shot. (The first was in 2013.). And now I remember why I didn't give it a second shot before. I didn't even come close to finishing my food. Not by a long shot. I know for certain I won't be back here again. Inmates get better food than this. Thanks Smithfield's, but no thanks. read more

Okay this is humorous. After a disaster attempt to order at another famous Atlantic Beach Restaurant for pickup without success we decided for a quick pickup at Smithfields. At drive through we heard "sir we have run out of BBQ and Chicken tenders" Not meant for us to eat tonight. read more

Fresh delicious fried chicken, juicy w/crisp crust. Also love their Brunswick Stew. Fast, accurate service. One of the cleanest restaurants around. A surprisingly great choice for fast food. read more

Some of the best chicken tenders you can get. Real chicken breast that is not over battered. Banana pudding is good. Very good fast food.

I think that the chicken itself was fine. It could have been a tad more seasoned for my liking. Their hush puppies were normal - coleslaw was average. Lastly, I was not a fan of their banana pudding... this could also be because I have been spoiled with some homemade banana pudding - and nothing could compare to that. read more

Yuck yuck yuck. First of all these mofos tried to give me a BBQ sandwich without BBQ sauce. Maybe that's how they do it in NC, but that ain't how I do it. Don't try to force me to eat no dry ass sammich. What the hell I look like? Sigh....anyway the sandwich was just ok. The BBQ sauce taste like an off brand Arby's sauce. Speaking of Arby's...what ever happened to that glove that used to be on the commercial? LMAO I also got a 4 piece chicken box. Fried chicken. What was I thinking? This tasted like oppression. It tasted like the land where my fathers died? It was breaded too much. It wasn't fried well...like it had a soggy undercrust like they took it out the fryer too quick. I took one bite and trashed it. I only gave two stars because the sweet tea was awesome. Would I go back here? Only if I was coming with the health department to shut this place down. Straight trash... read more

Always good chicken and BBQ but the customer service at the Morehead restaurant is outstanding. Very friendly and attentive staff.

Rios was guy at the drive-thru window who took my order, such a nice guy! I was confused about serving sizes and he was so kind about my questions and corrected my order with no complaint. Food was delicious, fried chicken not hot or cooked crisp enough to my liking, but still good. read more

Talk about some Carolina BBQ!!!! Place was excellent, the people were very nice, brought the food out and it was quick and a decent price. I ordered the BBQ Platter which came with pulled pork, French fries, potato salad, and Hush puppies which were amazing. Their vinegar BBQ was like crack, couldn't get enough of it (no I don't have a drug problem lol). Great place to check out, even their sweet tea was very sweet kind of like McDonald's haha! overall terrific read more

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q - BBQ Platter - Barbeque Near Me - Morehead City, North Carolina

This place has mastered the art of quick service Carolina BBQ. It's tastes to good to be compared to a fast food joint.

Went in yesterday and my total was 23.66. When i got home my transaction showed 5 more dollars than it should have.. Check your cards. Called the location and managers basically told me my card charges to swipe. Wtf thats never happened.. Called corporate no answer.. Never Again Will i go to Smithfields. Very bad customer service. Havelock location. read more

Stopped by on way back from Atlantic Beach with my brother and wife. My wife got a barbecue sandwich with fries, my brother got chicken tenders plate and I got the barbecue platter. We dined in. The barbecue is good and the sauce is very tasty. Fries are shoestring style and done perfectly. The chicken tenders are huge and juicy. We also had potato salad, baked beans and hush puppies. All very tasty. The restaurant is fast food style and immaculately well kept. Bathrooms were spotless too. read more

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q - Barbeque Near Me - Morehead City, North Carolina

I'm a local and was just getting off work, they close at 10 and I didn't get off until about 9:45 I called and spoke to the manger I told her I had just gotten off and was dying for a bbq sandwich. She told me she would stay open just for me because she knows how hard it is to get off and have no where to grab a bite to eat. I'm not sure what her name was but she had brown hair and was the sweetest person I think I have ever met. read more

I'm in love! Never been to North Carolina so I'd never been to Smithfield's, but I'd like to bring it home to Indiana with me! I must admit that I've only been here a week and I've gone THREE times. Eek! And I really need to try the chicken and bar-b-q but I've had the shrimp plate each time. I don't even like hush puppies, but these are the best! So, go! read more