Birthday day dinner in December. I think this is one if the best places for BBQ in wNY. I know this place is overlooked but we have never had a bad meal here Only disappointment was they don't have their roasted turkey as a choice anymore but still have many great options. Side a great and always fresh. Baby back ribs were awesome and so tender fall off the bone. Great ambiance and employees. read more

There was confusion at the host station but we still got seated pretty quickly. We were seated in the bar area, which we did not ask for and the bar tender was working really hard making drinks, taking orders, bringing out requests to all the bar patrons and tables. Greta was like the energizer bunny crossed with a patient saint! Three of us ordered rib specials that came with two sides and one order of smoked wings with a dry rub. The ribs were tasty, but not very meaty... the sides were not generous at all. The cole slaw had very little seasoning in it. The fries were crisp and hot, but there were definitely not enough of them..., the baked beans were OK, nothing special and the steamed broccoli was just about four pieces of broccoli with no seasoning. Corn bread was considered an upgraded side... the meals came with a slice of garlic toast... The smoked wings were a little over cooked, so another plate was brought out to us quickly and kindly by a food runner. The service was friendly and the food was edible... not our favorite, but nothing to really complain about either... the ambience was typical of a BBQ place with a bar area... lots of noise and lots of tv's. read more

Smokey Bones - Smoked wings with dry rub - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

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The waitress was nice and prompt. I had the brisket chili which was great, it was a nice size bowl. It was also quiet in there, I guess because the food was so delicious. read more

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I will be honest- I haven't been here since this place opened and I live 10 minutes away. Had a bad experience then and never went back, and I tend to avoid chain restaurants . That being said.. My friend suggested this for dinner in a Tuesday night. I have to say their berry berry sangria was super good. Not sure if her option (some sort of sampler for $22) looked good to me - but I got the half BBQ chicken that was on special (BOGO)- and it was really good. Took one home. Veggies were good, chicken was tender. Good potatoes and gravy. I will come back again. Waitress was super good - attentive, cheerful. read more

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They are overpriced they're portions are very very small I ordered a ribeye and I wanted a medium rare but I got it hockey puck well done LOL was not happy cuz I also got the ribs those were well done as well I like juicy meat tender meat not meet that it's hard to bite into and it took forever for somebody to get to me every time read more

Overall good food, but Smokey overcharging folks for the SOUTHERN SAMPLER 20.00 for chips, 2 pork belly, 2 slices of bacon cut to 4 pieces and smoked sausage. The green chile "pimento" cheese dip yuck. The chicken wings fried crispy and the garlic Parmesan sauce is good. The drinks were nice and strong read more

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I'm in between 3 and 4 stars. Would give a 3.5 tbh. First time trying them with delivery. Food was pricey for the amount but good. We ordered the baskets with two meats and two sides. One basket has baked bbq, Lemon pepper wings, Caesar salad, and mashed potatoes. This plate was good! The other plate had chicken breast, fries, Mac and cheese, and shrimp. Everything on this plate was great except the breast.. it was way undercooked and tough. We didn't eat it. Overall good food. Would come back to try dine in! read more

Smokey Bones - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

Natalia is the best Tuesday bartender always has a smile on her face extremely nice. Brendan-Joe read more

Extremely disgusted and disappointed. I ordered Crispy Buffalo Chicken sandwiches and I received soggy burnt mystery flavor sandwiche. unreal. read more

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The Service is excellent. the food is delicious. Naomi was excellent waitress. very nice and personable. a lot of fun as a server. Great experience all around. read more

SMACKS!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!! Haven't tried the drinks yet but that's a review for another time! read more

Smokey Bones - The NEW 1 lb. BLT Sandwich ‼ - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

Amazing food and customer service, I rate this 3 Bloons TD6's out of 7 Coca-Cola Zero Sugars

The level of deceit in the staff of this establishment is vile. My son and his friends went to have a couple of drinks and some food. My husband stopped by and ordered some takeout and saw the kids. He decided to give the bartender $100 towards their bill. The bartender pocketed it!!! When we found out the following day my husband went to the restaurant to resolve. We were told my sons credit card would not be charged and were given an additional $30 in cash to equal the $100. We thought it was resolved until my son saw his bill. The thief of a manager charged his credit card! This store and its employees are dishonest! We have the receipts to prove this all! read more

Franchise business only as good as owner/manager make it; not so good tonite...Nachos without meat not worth $11.99! Slow, inattentive service even though restaurant wasn't busy! Fire grilled shrimp way too salty and likely soaking in salted butter marinade for a while; this meal apparently comes in a plastic bag from distributors and just heated up at restaurant! Management constantly flirting with bartender. Kitchen Staff making all kinds of unprofessional noises, sounds and utterances with management on site joining in! Management and Staff observed giving each other "the finger!" Men's room disgustingly dirty with urine on floor and graffiti on walls over urinal; gross!! The local 7-Eleven gas station bathrooms likely cleaner!! Won't be coming back here! read more

Highlights of this review: service was great, and trivia was fun. The food? You'll have to read the rest of the review. Restaurants of this size have only one main mission: it's to serve mass quantities of food and keep people coming. If you want to mass consume meat with unauthentic BBQ Sauce, then this place is for you. The chicken wings were under cooked, but very chewy. I don't know how that's even possible. The ribs were very fatty and gristly. There was a hint of smokiness to them, but I think that was a chemical flavor an not a result of long hours in a smoker. The entire time I was being served a nice cold beer (Fat Tire) by a server with a great personality. We sat a little longer because trivia night was engaging and our waitress was funny. Otherwise I would not have stayed. read more

Smokey Bones - BBQ combos all over! - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

I enjoyed the food, don't get me wrong, but one of the waitresses were berating a new employee. She was the waitress for the section next to us and her name was Keila and the new woman Alisha ( Alicia?) and she was complaining loud enough for us to hear how " Stupid white girls are holding me up from making any money" and the poor kid looked nearly in tears. Our server was fine, though she looked genuinely nervous anytime Keila came near her as did the rest of the staff. I get that it's a busy, tense, time and effort intensive job but maybe don't rip your coworkers so close to the patrons that we can hear you? read more

Food used to be great but just like chili's you became the next applebees. You're not bbq. Your bad burnt and questionable. Only thing good was your drinks. You need to get a real cook. read more

I had a to go order for myself tonight and I walked in and waited for someone who worked there to serve/help me but it took maybe 6 different employees to look and walk past me to be helped. Then after an hour of waiting for my food I was told they can't make it bc they were out of what I ordered. Waited over an hour just to be told I can't get a refund and my food isn't coming out. read more

Come here usually after football for my son. Not bad if your looking for a quick bite that are sure to fill you! Try the pulled pork tacos yumm! read more

Smokey Bones - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

7:8:23 Saturday lunchtime, 6 people in the restaurant, received drinks approximately 5 minutes after seated, Placed order when drinks arrived, for appetizers and meal, never received either after 30 minutes. Checked out, paid for drinks, was told order was place 9 minutes ago. Went across the street to Longhorns and received drinks, appetizers and meal in 20 minutes. Not sure what is going on there, but needs some major reorganization read more

the food was great with fast friendly service. the portion were the perfect amount to satisfy my hunger without stuffing me.

My wife and I were travelling back from Maine yesterday and picked up 2 full 12 rack of rib dinners. It was over 66 bucks and we're absolutely terrible. They were extremely hard, similar to beef jerky! I never complain but for that kind of money, they should be at least edible. Really unfortunate. read more

We went to watch preseason football cuz we don't have NFL network. The hostess was super nice and sat so we could see the TV it was a little too far to make out the numbers on the jerseys but she tried. Sat down and a manager came over and said we don't get that game. I told him that I called ahead and they said yes on the phone. He went back and checked and they did have it. So far not so bad. Then two waitress came over, a trainee and a trainer. The trainee was nice but the trainer was a total jerk. I asked the trainee if I could make a substitution and have baked beans instead of garlic bread and the trainer jumped in and said we don't make substitutions we can not bring the bread or charge you for the beans. We waited forever and then the trainee came and said can I get you another water, they're backed up in the kitchen. I said yes but the water never came and waited even longer to see anyone come check on us. Food was good but the service sucked! read more

Went to dinner this past week and the food was good! The service was even better. Our waitress Danae was on point! She made sure we had everything we needed throughout the entire dinner. I would def go back as long as she works there! read more

The "FirePit" meal was EXCELLENT! This meal is better than than other local barbecue places in this area. The service was great as well. read more

Smokey Bones - FirePit - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

The bbq's is very good here, they have a lot selection of draft beers & different kind of bbq's sauces. I was sad they didn't have beef brisket Overall is very good food read more

Smokey Bones - Smokey wings - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

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This is a chain restaraunt that is pretty much hit or miss. I have eaten at quite a few of their different locations. I would say that this one was okay, a near miss. The location was clean and brightly lit, and I was seated quickly. The place was almost empty, 7pm on a Tuesday night. Service was prompt, had a waitress in training along with the regular waitress. I started my meal with a garden salad that consisted of a nice mix of field greens, red onions, roma tomatoes and croutons. Served chilled with the dressing on the side, it was quite good. For the main course I had the build your own combo with smoked turkey, smoked chicken wings and spicy BBQ sausage. For my side I chose the roasted corn. I'll start with the side dish. Served in a separate bowl, it was prepared well, done just right with s slight smokey flavor The entrees were just so so. I know that coming this late on a weeknight is almost always a mistake at most chain BBQ places, and that's why I didn't order the ribs. The smoked wings had good flavor, but the outside was just a little too done, and they were a little dry on the inside. The turkey was moist, but had very little smoke taste. I very rarely use the table sauce, but had too in this case to get any flavor. The spicy sausage was well cooked and had good flavor, but was definitely not spicy. Again, used the mustard sauce at the table to flavor it up. An okay meal, fairly inexpensive and served quickly. Never saw the waitresses again once I paid the bill, even though I eras sitting here another 20 minutes writing this review. I hate seeing the bottom of my drink glass! read more

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Tonight me and my husband ordered take out from Smokey bones. He ordered the pulled pork tacos and loaded fries. I ordered the steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli. We ordered it to pick up for 5. I got to Smokey bones at 4:58 and went to the pick up area. A woman told me it would still be a few minutes asked for the make and model of my car and asked me to wait outside and it would be brought out. At 5:30 I called and asked if it was ready at this point. The phone hung up. A couple minutes later someone brought food out. Once getting home and opening it up all of the food is cold, like the butter in the broccoli was hardening. The steak that I ordered medium bled all over the other food and was rare and inedible for me. The tacos were also cold and soggy. The loaded fries were pretty good. We will NEVER order there again. read more

So this one never usually pops up to mind when thinking of places to go out to eat. But enjoyed it this time around great burger and great appetizer. To keep it short this time, 3 stars because of service and menu is WAY to extensive! Hard to choose but food was good for a chain! read more

Smokey Bones - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

So, to preface, we wouldn't have gone here if there were any other more desirable options in Taunton at 8pm on a Monday. But we were meeting friends in the area at 8 and this looked the most promising. I'm glad I didn't have high expectations. First of all, the lights over the booths are... aggressive. Like interrogation lights-- me and my bf were literally squinting and trying to back away but there's not much escape. It did look like there were less aggressive lights on the other side of the restaurant but no one was seated up there. The music was also aggressively loud, I thought. My bf didn't mind the music. Moving onto the food, all I wanted was chicken wings but I am avoiding gluten as much as possible and apparently all the wings are "breaded and floured", and they "come that way." So, no freshly made stuff here. I then decided on BBQ chicken... except they were out of it, of course. So I went with a BBQ platter (I think) where I had to choose 2 proteins and 2 sides so that I could get the bourbon BBQ chicken breast, and then picked pulled chicken for my second option. I got steamed broccoli and sweet potato fries for my sides. My bf got a burger. The food took a long time to come out considering we were the only table that seemed to be ordering food-- there were some people at the bar, some playing pool, and the only other table had already received their food. When we got our order, my bf was happy with his burger and said it was cooked right. My plate came out hot but the food was barely warm. The broccoli was complete mush, just disgusting. The sweet potato waffle fries were cold but at least still crispy, except for the ones that were soggy from the watery broccoli. The pulled chicken was dry. I put a couple of the many sauce options on the table and those were ok, but I didn't like that there weren't ingredients listed. The BBQ chicken was OK-- I added different sauce on top. Our server was nice and really tried to be helpful since I obviously had trouble trying to find something to even order. Service was pretty slow tho from the ordering to the receiving, again considering there was barely anyone else there. I didn't bother telling her the food was not good. We just wanted to leave. Sooooo yeah. read more

Kaitlin was a great waitress and made sure I had my glass of ginger-ale. The food was good .

Mixed review. We got a takeout order: a combo of ribs and pulled pork, a chicken sandwich, and a "bowl" of Brunswick stew. The first two were very good but the styrofoam "bowl" of stew was literally half full and not because of spillage. Yes, it rolled around in the bag on the way home but it was sealed with very strong tape on all sides so not a drop escaped the container. Very disappointing to pay $6 for a couple spoonfuls of stew. I will say that it tasted very good, there just wasn't enough of it. I'm hungry and mad. read more

Smokey Bones - Half filled "bowl" of Homemade Brunswick Stew - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

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Great service here was seated right away even while busy. Waitress was very friendly, burgers were cooked perfecAlso very pleased with the BBQ sauce selection. read more

Smokey Bones - Barbeque Near Me - cheektowaga, New York

Good food. Had the pulled pork sandwich. Used the takeout service and was pleased with price and quality,

Kaitlin was a great server today! She made sure we had everything we needed and very efficient. Our food was awesome! Definitely coming back again read more

My girls took there dad out to eat they were too shy to tell the waiter it's there dads birthday so I called and talked to some girl Samantha and I explained it she said she would bring a cheese cake and sing but they never did THANKS ALOT I TOLD THEM DONT TIP read more

If you live baby back ribs, burgers and loaded nachos then come on down to smokey bones because you will not leave hungry # Leave with a smile on your face and happy belly. read more

I'm not a huge chain person but throughout the summer we have hosted a few parties and tried out the bbq pack- let me tell you... it's an amazing deal and we have had fantastic service! It's like $55 for 6 lbs of meat and 2 sides. Today, we wanted to host for friends and when we called...the manager said they weren't open during the day but they would be happy to do an order for us anyways. Such amazing service!!! She went out of the way to ensure our party would be great and even gave us her personal cellphone number in case we encountered any issues. Will definitely return! read more

National chain restaurants pretty much dominate Taunton's roster of places to grab a bite. That said, Smokey Bones offers a welcome change from the usual TGIFs or Ruby Tuesdays, etc. of the area. Whilst I realize many foodies look down on the chains, they exist to serve a purpose (decent food at a decent price) and Smokeys fills this role wonderfully. The bf and I thoroughly enjoyed our meal here last night. The St. Louis ribs were average as far as the meat itself goes but the brown sugar rub was delicious. The pulled pork was excellent and the quality of that meat showed...no 'bad' parts like gristly pieces or chunks of fat thrown in. The baked beans were sweet and flavourful. They have a basket of 4 different BBQ sauces on the table and of course I tried all of them. The Carolina mustard based one (yellow cap) was great on the pulled pork. The sweet one (green cap) and the vinegar based (blue cap) were both perfect on the fries. The Chipotle (red cap) was not my favourite even though I generally like spicy things...it just didn't quite taste right. The portions here are huge...$13.99 for the 1/3 rack and pulled pork combo including baked beans and fries and garlic toast? WHAT?!? I could almost feel my pants button popping by the time my dinner was over. They also have individual speakers on the table so you can turn the volume up (or off) for whatever one of the numbered TVs along the bar catches your eye. This seems to be a typical "guy's guy" type of joint with sports on TV and pool tables in the dining area, so that crowd would probably give it 5 stars; However, even this East meets West gay couple with urbane tastes felt comfortable here and enjoyed a decent meal for a great price. read more

Mixed bag. We've been here twice now, first time for lunch and then for dinner. Lunchtime food was really good, so much so we got one of their Club cards because we were sure we'd be coming back often. Then we came for dinner and it was just meh. Food not so warm, fries seemed like bits of whatever was left, same Cuban sandwich my wife had so enjoyed last time, cold and unappealing. I suppose we'll return one more time to see if it's more like visit #1 or visit #2, but we won't be rushing quite so much. read more