Reviews for Southern Smokehouse BBQ in Smithfield, NC

Most of the food was not good. They were out of many things. The smoked turkey and corn muffins were okay. The beans were just... like Bush's; nothing special. The potato salad tasted like it was from the grocery store deli. Most of the meat was tough anddry. The butter on the corn was way too salty. There were flies flying around everywhere. It cost $52 for 2 people and we leftthere still hungry. Never again. Read more

Dirty! We have been here before and it was great. Couldn't wait to be in the area and try it again. Disgustingly dirty. ... Tables left unclean, the floor behind the counter was unbelievably littered with trash. I'm talking to the point the employeeswere shuffling as to not slip on it all. The portion of the counter where they pass the food was just nasty. I could go andon. All this while the girls behind the counter on their phones. We really left the place feeling like we should have walkedout. Now we are considering do we really eat our $40 take home family meal. We came in on 8/27 if management wants to know. Will not be back. It's a shame it was great the first time. Read more

The staff was far more concerned with a group of people sitting in the corner whom I can only assume were the owners since they... were coming and going freely out of the kitchen area. The hot dog bun for my daughter was stale. The sausage was dried and burntalong with the pulled pork being dry. Like in other reviews, the only redeeming factor was the baked beans and the cole slaw. Read more

If I?d not committed to this exit, I would have turned around when I saw the Traeger rug out front and neon on the wall. The... exhaust hood has lettering saying, ?if you don?t smell smoked it ain?t real BBQ!? Well you can smell it, but the pulled porkdidn?t have an iota of smoke ring. No pink to be found. If you tried really hard you could faintly taste smoke. The pork wasincredibly dry and tough. The bun was cold. I also wasn?t expecting the sauce to be on the sandwich already. Tomatoes on a BBQsandwich in ENC is a no go for me. It would have been better to let me sauce my sandwich instead of trying to drown it in sauce.Perhaps this was to cover up the dryness of the pork. The slaw was the only redeeming aspect to the sandwich. TheJalapeño-Bacon wasn?t at all what I was expecting. Perhaps that is on me, but throwing a a few slices of raw jalapeños on Macand cheese isn?t standard for jalapeño Mac and cheese anywhere else I?ve ever been. The staff was friendly and the slaw wasredeeming. This is why I give this review 2 stars rather than 1. Read more

Only gave it 1 star, really should get 0. The St. Louis ribs were undercooked and had no char(bark). Could not eat them. Ice... tea was no better. Tasted like water. BBQ sauce was better left alone. BEWARE and stay away. Worst place I've ever been to. Read more

In Carolina Premium Outlets, definitely worth checking out. Tender, moist, spiced just right/not too salty, Great smoke Ring and... the smoke flavor is present yet not overpowering, overall high quality and impressed. I had both the pork barbecue and thebrisket. Their cornbread is excellent too, they make it in the form of a large cupcake or a medium sized muffin. To theowners: Keep up the great work and we'll be in there regularly Read more

My wife and I started a dinner thing on Wednesday. ?Where we going Wednesday? We should have visited during the day. The staff... were great, very helpful and friendly. We ordered ?The Smokehouse Sampler? sides Sunday Style Potato Salad and Jalapeno BaconMac & Cheese. The sides were good, not great. Potato Salad and Mac & Cheese were delicious. The Sausage and pulled pork from theSampler tasted like they may have been out all day since lunch, they were very dry and not much taste. The Turkey was the best.It was very moist and tasty. Brisket came in second behind the turkey. Probably will not go back. Side note?if you use Waze as aGPS it will take you to the back door behind the mall. Follow the signs on the road instead. Read more

Good BBQ, Service was good. Owner came out to check on customer satisfaction. It was a little pricey, but, so is everything... else nowadays Read more