I purchased gift cards from Costco for others and I kept one for myself. It's a good deal 4 $25 gift cards for $80 (I can't remember the exact amount, but a good deal). There was a few minutes to be seated. You could tell just by looking around not very many people were working vs the number of patrons dining in. I know it's been hard for businesses to keep employees..So I patiently waited. Someone came to seat me. I said I wanted to sit at the bar. He said I could seat myself, which I assumed, but didn't want to be rude if that wasn't the case. I was there by myself and sat at the bar. The "bubbly" bartender "E" was so kind, attentive, and did her best with being short staffed. I asked how are you doing today? She told me people have been rude to her all day and I was the first person to be nice to her. That totally caught me off guard, because I thought I was just being "normal." Kindness and patience these days goes a long way. Everyone is doing the best they can. They're trying to accommodate everyone without having the full staff they need. Ok back to the food, I haven't been here in years, but the food is still awesome! I had the 1/3 ribs and the smoked wings (Memphis dry rub), with broccoli, and a baked potato! The food was soooo good!! Just like I remember. The ribs fell off the bone and I love the Memphis BBQ sauce! I had an adult beverage which was a strawberry lemonade I believe...all I know is that it was good and sweet like I like my drinks, which "E" recommend. In closing, it doesn't cost anything to be a good human. This place has really good food and it's worth the wait. Sit at the bar, so you can be entertained by the numerous TV's, if you aren't that engaged with the people or person you're with. read more

Stopped in for lunch. We ordered lunch plate of pulled pork. Food was not hot. Flavor was OK. Wife had chicken salad. The chicken was shredded and cold. (Note: salad has chopped tomatoes that are not listed as part of salad. Wife doesn't eat tomatoes. Service was slow. Place not particularly busy. 4 tables needing to be bussed during the entire time we were there. The booths and walls need to be scrubbed. read more

Let me start by say food tasted great. Neat was juicy and had great flavor. Why I gave this a 3 star is because first I paid over 20 bucks for a 2 meat combo, they gave me 4 wings and 2 and a half pieces of brisket. SMALL 2 and a half pieces. Second I paid the extra 2 dollars for all flats for my wings. They gave me 2 drumsticks and 2 flats. For just 4 measly wings you'd think they could have gotten that right. Disappointed in the price I paid. Iver priced bbq for the amount of food you get. read more

they say us down then told us to get up and go back to the door and wait for context we had reservations since Valentine's Day for 45 they Got us up and sat other people in the section that we were in and made us wait 20+ mminutes then they sat us apart from each other and a server lied on us and said we cussed her out when the party was full of children and church folk we don't do that and then they came back around and tried to force us to pay for food we didn't get to eat along with them saying we were rude for asking and complaining about being moved twice my father then went to talk to the GM and he tried to make him seem like the angry black man but he simply wanted to know the reason we were kicked out and when we asked they mentioned another party that came AFTER US the whole situation was riddled with anti black macroaggressions. If you want to have a good time try something more local. read more

Waitress (Elizabeth had to be tracked down 3 times. Mangaer Jake didn't seem to care. Dinner took us 2 1/2 hours. I'm though with them

It was ok. First I had it ordered for delivery through Grub Hub and 15 minutes later they cancelled. So then I called the restaurant and placed the order for pick up and headed there. The Buffalo wings were good but the smoked wings were way over done and dry. My husband is the one that ate them so I'm just repeating. He said they were left on about a half hour to long. Anyway, probably won't order anything smoked from here for him again. read more

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Went there to night to get a table for 2 was told it 15 to 20 minutes wait.when they a least 4 open tables when I ask why with all the open table was told they were closed. read more

I feel this place is more specialized for drinks! Didn't feel like the food was that great. I honestly wasn't impressed with the tacos But for drinks it's perfect place to hang. read more

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Met a friend here while daughter at social. Came in and took seat at bar rail. After a few min, I was asked if I was eating there and given a menu. Requested drink menu and ordered the Shipwreck. It did take time getting it but once received the presentation was beautiful! And drink was tasty. Really liked it. My friend ordered watermelon margarita. The Presentation to that was also pretty but did not taste that good. In fact, it was never drank. We decided to order the appetizer sampler tray. This is your little bit of everything but they have that they have there. Fried pickles (yum), Smokey wings, cheesy fries, and chips with shredded pork. All were great. Presentation presentation was nice and the food was tasty. However it took a while to get our next drinks and nobody asked why the watermelon margarita was not drank. The worst part was I was still waiting on my drink and she came by and took our sampler platter away and we were not done with it. We both looked at each other like what the heck. So as far as the food it's good it's your basic restaurant. You can bring family here it's not good for couples it's good for friends what does service need some tweaking that's for sure. read more

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To start let me say that the time we went was a Monday evening and the place was not that busy. That being said let us begin. We were seated in a section that contained initially no one but a group celebrating a birthday and some people who were already eating. The server introduced himself and asked if we wanted something to drink. I asked for water and my partner did the same. And this person disappeared for ten to fifteen minutes. As we looked through the menu we waited for him to show and we settled on various items. And we waited.. and waited. Eventually a second waiter delivered our food and at this point we were eating and I was out of water at this point. My partner got a beer and he drained that and was looking for another beer. No one came. I was eating my meal and craving something cool to drink and no one came to help us. We tried to flag people down however, our original waiter would be here one minute and gone for ten to fifteen. At the end of the meal he gave us the bill and slapped it down disrespectfully and was like "Sorry. we were busy all night " with no empathy and with a bit of snark in his voice. I. was. livid. I got up and walked to the front of the house and put the bill down and said "I want to pay this here.. because I am NOT giving that person another second of my time." She looked horrified as I told them what happened and the crappy experience we had. $77 poorer with a crappy experience , mediocre food and rude staff later.. I even went to tell the experience to someone in the parking lot stating if they wanted crappy service by all means eat at this place. Otherwise if you want great staff and better food with a BETTER atmosphere eat at Lucille's . THAT place is worth it. Pass on Smokey Bones.. I wish I did. read more

Awesome bbq joint! Seated in a timely manner. Server was great. Cocktails and food arrived quick. What was hot was hot and what was cold was cold. read more

Smokey Bones Fort Wayne - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

We really appreciate Smokey Bones Fort Wayne for how it served us during the pandemic. Tonight we ordered a pick up order as a last minute option for dinner. I was disappointed in the online options. I could not order from the complete menu - only the "featured" options. We wanted a steak, not ribs and the only option offered now is an18 oz. sweetly coated option. We didn't really need that big of a steak, nor did we want a sweet bourbon flavor. But I ordered anyway because of our past good experiences. Big mistake. The steak was sickening sweet for our taste. My biggest complaint is that the entire menu is not offered for online ordering so that's why only 3 stars. The steak was cooked as we wanted (medium rare), and the sides were perfect, the food was ready when I got there for pick up. But, unfortunately, I doubt we will order pick up again since our options are so limited. read more

I added a review a while back where I explained how my mom and I came in and were ignored and treated badly for the entirety of our time here. The manager gave me his email address to discuss and he never got back with me. This was three months ago. Not understanding the point of giving me his email address if he was just going to ignore the email. Seems like everyone here just ignores their customers lol read more

Slow, too slow, short staff and not organized. Went over Christmas break, a weekday night. Wait 10 minutes to be seated 30 to get the order in, 35 to get out. And I brought a gift card at the bar that took 15 minutes. Went in today, half busy, waited 10 to be seated, turn around and left. read more

My wife and I have ate at this particular Smokey Bones a few times in the past. This time our service was amazing. Our waitress Nateasha was phenomenal. She was very attentive and made sure our drinks stayed filled and our food was correct and piping hot. If you go here, ask for Nateasha. She will make sure that your service is spectacular! read more

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My husband and I came to Smokey Bones to try a new BBQ place, seeing that it had good reviews. The food was alright, but my one star is not because of the food here; it is the service. The waiter came by about two mins after we sit down like he was expecting us to be ready to order. Told him we wanted a few more mins and put in our drink orders two glasses of water for my husband and myself. Did not see the waiter again for about 15 mins. Placed our orders and ordered a beer on Tap. The order was delivered to our table by another server and not even our waiter. He was not in sight then seen him take an order from another table. By this time, our water glasses are about empty and I wanted to order another beer. After he took the order from another table, he vanished and did not see him again until we were almost done with our meal. Just spoke in passing "How is everything, did not even make eye contact and was gone again and completely out of sight for another 10 -15 mins. So we had to flag down a completely different server to get our water refilled at the end of the meal. We actually asked a different server to please get our bill, as we were feeling completely disrespected by Smokey Bones by this point. So they actually lost money as I wanted to order a second beer and both of us wanted dessert. Then we finally see our server show up and he just slams the check on the table saying that he is busy. The restaurant was not busy at all and was maybe 1/5 full of other people. First time I left no tip in many, many years. read more

Great food and even better service from Victoria this past Wednesday for my group of 5.

Amazing food every single time. The staff has always been kind, and helpful. The only issue we've run into is that they have no idea what a reservation means. You won't have a table ready for you. You'll have a "spot in line." The manager helped remedy the problem, and clearly it wasn't done maliciously. read more

terrible terrible. we sat for 17 minutes and not one hello, welcome or anything. I work restaurant industry and this is unacceptable. many servers passed us and not one acknowledged us. the sad part is this isn't the first time. i gave them a second chance. step it up smokey bones, you're soon to be applebees. read more

This place is TERRIBLE. I went there with my wife, my friend and his wife, and a couple more friends. The building was understaffed despite the fact they had a large party of people come in and plan a trip there.(20+) This obviously dictated they should have started more workers. They were out of one of the drinks my wife wanted. I'm talking a bubble lemonade not a liquor drink. They were out of rootbeer?? My friend had a baby and when we asked for milk at first the waitress seemed upset we asked her to get milk. She came back with the milk for our drink order ten minutes later.... Drinks finally came ten minutes after that. She finally came to ask for orders. My wife wanted a particular dish that they were out of. I also ordered brisket. Out. Seriously? a BBQ place out of brisket? The waitress said oh well that's shaved. We don't have the sandwich one. So I asked for brisket tacos. With attitude she said that's the same brisket like I'm supposed to know. Like what brisket is on the menu then? I don't know enough about cuts to know which dishes I'm allowed to order. The waitress was a HUGE pain and showed no care for the fact we had a large party and a baby. From the moment we showed it was a buzzkill. Anyway the restaurant was out of several items. When we finally got our orders done it took over an hour to get our food...... seriously. Some of us were starving and cranky but the rest of the party was nicer than myself. They wouldn't go to the effort to help negative things. Finally our food came and it was terrible. I ended up ordering pulled pork tacos. Terrible. Cold. All the meat at our table was cooked differently than we ordered. Either too raw or too cooked. I'll attach a photo on the tacos. Seriously....they were soaked. Like there was several ounces of water(maybe from scooping the pork) on each taco. Picking them up resulted in a small waterfall. They were tiny. Chewy. My wife's steak sucked. Everything......EVERYTHING about this place was terrible. I regret the entire place. If I could give a 0 I would. two soft drinks, my wife's steak, and abysmal tacos was $40. Not worth it. read more

Smokey Bones Fort Wayne - Wet, soggy, flavorless without a bunch of their watered down BBQ sauce. This isn't good enough for someone after a night of drinking. - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Staff was pleasant and the manager very accommodating. Just disappointed in the price of the food. $20.97 for a burger, fries and coke. Way over priced. $12.00 for a BLT. First visit but the food is overpriced. read more

First time customer sat at the bar for over 10 minutes and no one ever acknowledged me. The bartender was talking to someone else at the bar. Wasn't busy so I just left read more

Food and service went way downhill. It use to have great bbq and unique drinks and now it's overpriced and dry in there.

Decent place, would go back. Good ribs - favorite in Fort Wayne so far; they are pre-made and full of preservatives, but quite good. High drink prices. Paying happens through a little at-the-table machine, so no waiting for the bill, which is nice if you're eating before a movie. Very convenient! Tables can be pushed together to accommodate a large group, and the pay-machine handles this with no problem too. Both times I have been here staff was very friendly and helpful. read more

Smokey Bones Fort Wayne - Ribs and mashed potatoes with gravy - Barbeque Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Dinner is done. Excellent portion sizes wonderful fall off the bone ribs & great pulled pork. And of course the donuts!!!! Yum. Service outstanding!!!! read more

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Yeah, so my girlfriend and I were seated and were basically ignored by all the servers for 25 minutes after being seated. There were maybe 2 other customers besides us when we got seated and they already had their food. What made me frustrated and angry was the fact that 3 more tables got seated around us about 10 minutes after we were seated and they immediately were attended to the moment they sat down. After waiting close to 30 minutes I finally had to heavily wave down a server. When I wave down to server, she saw me and then looked away and tried to blatantly ignore me afterwards. They only finally walked up to our table when I said out loud that this was stupid and that we were going to leave. Then the server that ignored me said that she didn't think that I was trying to wave her down. She then stated that we weren't in her section, and she only offered to take our order when I said we've been waiting 30 minutes and have been ignored and we were leaving. After sitting here for a collective amount of 45 minutes of frustrations and offensive, we still haven't gotten our food or even water. read more

Food was great service was awesome our waitress Elizabeth was delightful and very helpful we had small kids and she was going out of her way to get them every thing that they needed great place and great customer service read more

We just went to celebrate my son's birthday and I was so dissatisfied that I will never return even if it was free. They no longer carry avocado Turkey burgers and they don't even carry avocados. I asked for medium well hamburger and it was well done. Our fried pickles were so over cooked. My friend order mahi mahi sandwich and got a bun with a small slice of over cooked fish with no condiments or lettuce & tomato. They served all of us except my husband and when I questioned it the waiter was not even aware. My husband got a cold meal. The waiter was new and had no concerns over the quality of our meals. read more

Always a disappointment, always a long wait when the restaurant is mostly empty. Food and price aren't worth the bad service, plenty other restaurants in Jefferson point offer much better read more

We travel an hour to dine at this establishment. I cannot say enough good things about the smoked wings. They are to die for. My boyfriend always loves the spicy sausage. Of the six times we've been there, only once, it just felt like the food wasn't very hot and fresh. We just went again yesterday, they did not disappoint. Our waitress was super nice as well. I have never had bad customer service there. Did I mention how much I love the smoked wings? They're the best wings I've ever had, and I really like wings. read more

Ordered wings for the first/ last time from Smokey Bones this evening. I gave 2 stars for the following: 1. Curbside pick up. 2. On time. Brought them right out. I took away 3 stars for the following: 1. The wings were so dry it was literally like chewing on leather. I'm guessing cooked then recooked. 1/4 of them were little more than bones with skin. 2. 4 completely different sauce flavors and 3 tasted the same ( and not good at that). 3. One tiny half full 2 oz container of Ranch to dip the dry wings in. ( I asked for enough for 32 wings). Out of 32 wings we ate 4 or 5 then gave them to the dogs. They were so dry one of the dogs got choked so we threw the rest away. Was happy with my last two smokey bones meals but these wings were horrible. read more

Smoked Wings were the best I've had. Ranked right up there with Dalton's in Roxboro, NC. Even the broccoli was perfect! I will be back. read more

Food was great!Just SUPER slow for some reason! But the biggest problem was the d!ickhead behind the register idk if he was manager or not younger guy just super super rude! The waitresses were great as well read more

Gave them 4 stars cause not only the food came really well packaged but everything actually tasted decent I ordered the pulled pork/brisket/grilled shrimp with loaded mash potatoes and loaded baked potato now the baked potato was a lil bit hard but it happens I didn't eat it right there and then it was delivery so I know food sometimes looks/feels ways better when you eat at the restaurant but the mash was so good. They give you x2 bread cute tasty and even thou portion wise it didn't look like omg it's huge!!! it really fills you up like do not be deceive by amount yo see. good food for sure you will be full by the time your done eating.and being able to taste x3 different protein was pretty nice a little bit of everything sorts speak I was very satisfy for a bbq place they did great will def be trying out new things from them pretty soon. read more

I have to say I have no complaints. I've been here a few times and everytime has been great. This time Victoria was our waitress and she did a fantastic job serving us! She was hilarious, she was sarcastic and sweet! Our drinks were prompt and our food came out expected time and was delicious. I don't usually leave reviews but when I am truly satisfied with the food, drinks AND the service, then let it be known! read more

I, unfortunately, do not have anything fantastic or magical to say about this place. In line with what many others have already said, this place is just 'OK'. The service is always nice and the staff is always pleasant. The food is subpar and very much hit-or-miss. The pulled pork is generally pretty good, but most of the other items I have tried have simply come up short. Not to mention, the prices are pretty high for the overall quality of what you are getting. I can usually go to any other steakhouse location and get more quality and quantity for a much lower price. I typcially leave with the impression that I probably should have gone somplace elese. The sangrias are really good though and the staff has always been friendly and attentive. read more

This place is unfortunately very hit or miss. More "miss" recently. The smoked wings are delicious but the rest of the food is mediocre and the service has steadily gone downhill and has been absolutely terrible the last two or three times I have gone. I went with some friends to watch a football game and we asked the bartender and eventually the manager several times to put it on just one of the TVs, they were not very busy, and when they eventually got around to putting the game on it was halftime. Being as they are a sports bar, that was very disappointing. We came to watch the game and it's not like there were other games on that people were watching that we were asking them to turn off. Service was slow and other than the smoked wings the food was not that good. What made me stop going here is the last time I went in, we were sat at a table and waited a good ten or fifteen minutes with waitress after waitress walking by us and not a single person stopping to say anything. It was a Sunday afternoon in the summer and they were not busy AT ALL. Eventually, given my past experiences here, we got up and left thinking the service was not going to improve throughout the meal. On the way out, we let the hostess know we had not been helped since being sat and she offered to get us a new table. We declined and walked out and have not returned since. Not even their delicious smoked wings are worth the terrible service we have experienced! read more

I have been here about once every one to two months for the last three years. My first experience, wasn't good when ordering a steak and my experience yesterday when ordering the Hawaiian Ribeye was OK. I was disappointed with the price of it ($29) compared to my expectations. The menu said that it was soaked in pineapple juice for something like 24 hours, but the steak just tasted like a good steak. I didn't get any Hawaiian flavors from it. It didn't taste like it should cost $29 though! So, just go somewhere else if you want a steak. Also don't get a baked potato if you like to eat the skin. The skin is hard. I think they keep baked potatoes sitting around for awhile. On to the good... They have excellent sausage. Get the pick two or three meal and make sure the sausage is one of your picks. Heck pick it twice. Their smoke wings are delicious; the smoked flavor is present. I usually get the a sliced meat so that I can use their BBQ sauces that are one the table; they have about five sauces to pick from. The BBQ chicken was OK, but I wouldn't get it again; its not better than the other picks and it already has BBQ on it which makes using their table sauces pointless. They also have good burgers. Their Bones Brew beer is a good beer that is cheap enough. The waitress told me that it was Killians Red. I would say that is accurate. Make sure to get their loyalty rewards card. We eat their once a month and after about three visits we have earned a $10 credit towards our bill. They also have $10 off $25 coupons that come in the mail and the coupon and the loyalty reward credit can be combined together. read more

Meh. Sunday 1pm. Only 10 minute wait for a table, but 35 minute wait for food. Smoked wings were waaaaay over cooked and dried out. Pulled chicken was good but a very a small portion swimming in some kind of watery "juices" that I had to drain before adding the bbq sauce. Not worth the wait. Bill arrived incorrect. read more

We love to come here to eat and prefer to sit in the bar area The food is really great, but our waitress was a little over bearing. She means well but needs to think before she speaks. Flippant comments can be taken in a multitude of ways. I can tell she's a hard worker and tries to please, maybe taking it down a notch would make a good meal out and excellent one. read more