Reviews for SMOAKIE KITCHEN BBQ in Laveen Village, AZ
Immediately loses a star for not having WiFi. It's 2022, not 2002. Went for dinner, dine in. Had brisket sandwich. Meat was... tender & juicy. Mac & cheese was creamy. I had the Smoakie beans, I didn't like it, but that's me, not the food. BBQ sauce wasokay. Water cups are small and I had to get up twice for refills. Restaurant and restroom was clean. I happened to be in thearea when I decided to try Smoakies, I rarely visit this neighborhood and Iive far away. I doubt I will eat here again Read more
All I can say is WOW ???? I have been working across from this spot for almost 2 months and today was the day I tried it. Great... job guys I ordered the pulled pork sandwich, bread was soft and fresh BBQ sauce there were 2 kind both delicious Mac n cheesewas cheesey. I will co.e back Read more
NEVER EVER EAT HERE!!! Owner and staff only care about money, NOT THE CUSTOMER!!! Received order from them, NO BBQ sauce!! ... None!! Owner and staff didn’t care, come back and get some but that’s all we can do. Really!!! How do you eat BBQ withno sauce! And no compensation, no “we are sorry”, “hey we apologize for having you drive back, here is a complimentarydesert”. NOTHING!! Terrible business, after tasting the food, eh, maybe a 2 outta 10. Danky’s BBQ is by far a betterchoice. Maybe we get lucky and this place goes outta business soon!! Read more
We have been meaning to stop by for a while and are very glad we did. The meat was fantastic, the corn bread was spectacular,... the beans were super, and the spicy bbq sauce was out of this world. You most certainly need to try Smoakie's! Read more
I would normally open this with a statement that maybe this was just an off day, but I'm seeing other people post pictures of... dry meat saying "good BBQ!", so I'm thinking that Phoenix residents just don't know good BBQ. Ordered two meals: brisket andrib tips, chicken and rib tips. Sides: potato salad, corn on the cob, smoakie beans. Brisket: hands down, the worst brisketI've ever had from a restaurant. Tough, dry, overcooked, and looked like it was reheated from days ago. Rib tips: Surprisinglygood relative to everything else, but the rub on them tasted like any other rub you've had. Chicken: hands down, the worstchicken my wife has ever had from a restaurant. She couldn't even finish it. I've never had chicken quite that overcooked; wasturning to mush at such a level that it was like it had been in a crock pot for hours before. Potato salad: food service potatosalad. Was better with salt, but you've had it anywhere else. Corn on the cob: somehow they managed not to ruin this, but it'salso not particularly interesting either. Smoakie beans: you'd think something with a bunch of smoked meat and a bunch ofvegetables in it would have flavor. It does not. We got cheesecakes for dessert, and that took the cake (pun intended): $5.99each for tiny frozen manufactured slices, they must laugh to themselves every time they're boxing them up. All in all, comehere if you're looking for reheated of Famous Dave's or Dickey's, paired with sides and dessert from Costco. Read more
Good BBQ and sides. We had the two meat and two side platters. Collard greens and Mac n cheese were on point. Not spicy, so if... you like heat ask for more chili peppers of hot sauce. Their smoakie beans were the star side for us! We loved the pulled porkand fatty beef brisket slices. The lamb was a little dry but when you add the sauce from the large bottle on the table it wasperfect! We will be back. Read more
First, if someone can tell me what this dessert is below I'll give you the $230.00 I wasted ordering food from this place. It's... peach cobbler that was nearly black due to over seasoning and excessive nasty. That should have been thrown away along with theflavorless potato salad, greens beans and overcooked macaroni and cheese. The meat was mediocre at best. The worst thing isthat we ordered sides here before and the food was great but it's a killer when you can't get consistency. Then they forgotmost of our sides and answered the phone " yeah" when we called to rectify it, then tried to lock the doors when going back toget them. Customer service needs to be improved and the food needs consistancy. But I won't be the one to tell you if this everimproves because I'll never go back. A great owner and cook will care about customers experience. I work hard for my money likeyou do as well and I don't appreciate wasting it. Please take this feedback and know what you have you could be great but youremployees need to care more. Read more
Wow! The owner and staff at this restaurant are very kind and friendly. The BBQ is to die for! I tried the ribs and they were... very delicious. The house sauces they have are very good! My favorite thing out of everything was their CORNBREAD! Definitelywill be coming back. Read more