This is the flagship Bucks in my eyes. Rustic, roomy decor with plenty of parking and right off the Freeport exit. The bar is the place to eat here. A nice roomy bar, with nice wood work and plenty of good drafts. I have written reviews on each of the other Bucks....so the food is well known as is the menu. I find their menu expansive....with plenty to offer for those that are bbq nuts....and an equal number of selections for those that want options. Service has always been solid for me here, and the staff is always friendly. Today....a quick lunch where I just had a bowl of gumbo...it was good, with grilled shrimp, sausage, and a rich sauce that was temp hot and nicely spiced. I love the burnt ends....the brisket is moist and tender.....and they have plenty of great sandwich options. A good spot.....3 1/2 stars....solid good and good value. read more

We stumbled across Bucks by sheer happenstance, being an avid BBQ freak, we had to stop in. First impression, was great, the place was clean and smelled great! We were seated promptly & greeted right away for drink orders. We ordered Fried pickles, Chili Cheese Fries and the Smoked Wings for appetizers and Shipyard Pumpkinhead, the tall ones, as they were the first of the season for us. The apps came out & looked great, the smoked wings are a must get!! the fried pickles and chili cheese fries were very good & well cooked. Here is where it turns!! The Pumpkinhead was flat! no head at all, no bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. We brought this to the waiters attention and he said "Yeah, I thought it looked a little off when I was pouring them, I tried to get a head on it, but it just wouldn't do it." I'm sorry, you 'thought' something was off, but still chose to serve us flat beer? To his defense, he did offer to take them back & replace with something else from their somewhat limited beer selection outside of mainstream choices. OK, beer disaster somewhat resolved..... The main dish comes. Two of us ordered the St. Louis ribs, a half rack. Menu stated: 'Thick cut, marbled and juicy, served up with a dry rub', I agree, there was a dry rub on the ribs and this is exactly as far as the description resembled what we received. You should be able to separate the ribs with a little pressure using a fork, I had to literally pick the ribs up & forcibly rip them apart. They were not juicy at all and very tough to eat. Adding sauce really didn't help much either. ABSOLUTELY the worst St. Louis Ribs I've ever experienced. The side of baked beans were great, if you like Bush's baked beans from a can, because this is exactly what they tasted like and the cole slaw must have been from a can as well. I am very surprised they have three locations still operating with the garbage they served us. Maybe the other locations are better, but I will never know as I will not return, 100% guarantee. Go in for a drink & Apps if there are no other choices near by... and stick to bottles for the beer. read more

First time here. Have to say, we were impressed. The food is very good. Our server was polite. Though the place was busy and she never checked in on us, but I put that to how busy it was. She was able to handle the couple of small issues we had quickly. Fair warning, the Big Buck Combo is definitely more than a 1 person dinner. The only negative for me was the chicken. It was very dry, either from being under a warmer too long or cooked too long. I lean towards the latter because food was flying out of the kitchen too fast for anything to be sitting around. Brisket and pulled pork were great and the smoked sausage was awesome. We will definitely return when next we are in the area. read more

We went here for my husband's birthday and waited for a half hour to be seated and then waited forever to order. Once we finally did we order d ribs and the waitress came back like 15 minutes later to tell us they were out. We decided to leave because we really only came for ribs and she acted very put out that we weren't staying. The appetizer we had was great but our servers attitude and attentiveness were not. read more

I am truly upset that I stopped here. I ordered the 1/2 rack of the "Famious" ribs. They were over cooked and very dry. Not juicy at all. I'll try them again but ... they got strike one from me. read more

I knew what 'Naked Barbecue ' was going to be...dry rybbed smoked barbecue without all the gooey sauce that is sickish sweet and nasty..just the sweet flavor of smoked meat... Acoustics are horrible, they have those stupid flat screen televisions , its dark and hard to see at times. The prices are high. and at 1:00 pm there was more traffic at the bar then in the restaurant...not a good sign Which is why a Combination Platter was split between my Girlfriend and myself. A sausage, which was mealy and on dry side. a small bowl of 'braised greens' which means they are overcooked pan boiled Collards in chicken broth...tasted like canned...no salt pork or other grease or spices and a slice of dry mealy sausage thrown in to 'flavor ' it. Corn bread...almost right, if they laid off on the oil...it was heavy and slightly mealy. Pulled pork...meh...have had lots better at Whole Foods of all places... a smoked chicken leg...I believe they brined it..not alot of smoke or spice on it..regular grilled chicken.. the place has only been here for 2 years or so and the bathrooms are showing signs of serious wear and neglect. my girlfriend treated me as she said her friends from Texas that she brought here raved about it...either their not Texans or they were being Proper texans and lying through their teeth to be polite I won't eat here ever again...I may not have a smoker...but hell I can grill better food than this.... I have no idea the history of the so called pit master if there is one...but I highly doubt he ever trained under a real pit master The place came off as a couple of white guys who decided to open a barbecue joint because there weren't many others to compete with..... make your own read more

My favorite go to rainy day comfort food here is a bowl of smoked chicken corn chowder. Great flavor but chef needs to put more chicken and corn less potato in it! Hope he reads this. Above was written 2018. 5/26/2019 Just ate there, the chef did not read my post!!! read more

Amazing BBQ! Great atmosophere in a cathedral ceiling post and beam building. Very laid back and fun place to enjoy a night out either for two or with a whole group. The food portions are GIGANTIC so bring your appetite! And don't let BBQ scare the vegitarians! There are plenty of options for all types of eaters! Don't miss out on this! read more

Buck's Naked BBQ is a great place to eat! The food is good for the most part but one thing I wish they would have is hush-puppies!! If you have to ask what that is , move on! Anyway the price is right and the food will stay with you for hours!! Enjoy!! read more

I frequent Bucks, often getting a rack of ribs to go on the way home. They have both St Loius and baby back, I prefer the real thing, slow cooked St Louis! Lots of great sides. Nice beer selection as well! read more

Just OK. We ordered to go. The twice fried fries were soggy and easily a few hours old... had the previously cold potato flavor and feel... the exact opposite of twice fried fries. They also forgot pickles with both meals. The pulled Pork and The Brazilian were both pretty good though. Not an awful place if you're stopping for the night and really hungry. read more

Food had great flavor and service was excellent. Problem is that my wife and I both got 2 meats and all the meat was overcooked. Great flavor but overcooked. The pork and brisket fell apart into mush and the chicken was dry. If they can get the timing down they would be awesome. read more

Dropped in for dinner and really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. They had a pretty big menu and we all got BBQ sandwiches. Their house sauces were delicious and we ended up cutting our sandwiches into quarters so we could enjoy them all. The only downside to the meals is that fries are not a standard side and you have to pay extra. Oh well. No big deal! read more

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Great bbq with very friendly service and a nice kids play area so adults with families can catch a breather. Try the fried okra, burnt ends--the fatty ends of brisket caramelized to melt-in-your-mouth perfection and any of the wings. Everything else is probably great as well but those are the favorites we have tried. Have eaten here with our three kids about 8-10 times and have not had a bad dish yet. Great food, beer and comfortable environment. read more

This food is AMAZING! I love barbecue food, and it's hard to find around here. It is a little pricey if you can't afford it, but well worth it for the amount of food you get. The quality is perfect. Best comfort food! You know when you're so happy and love your food, that you notice you're dancing a little when you eat it? That's what I do when I eat this food!! read more

The only reason I give two stars was because of the service, which was good. The food....Not. Good. At. All...greasy pulled pork, dry brisket, very dry chicken, and dry cornbread to the point of almost all inedible. Avoid using this "BBQ" place for eating any decent bbq. read more

Bucks Naked BBQ - Little kids area....sweet - Barbeque Near Me - Freeport, Maine

The dinners are overpriced and the side dish portions are tiny. We all had the ribs and agreed that they were average.

Ooooh weeeeeeeeeeee, Buck's is one hell of a place. Like most BBQ joints, Bucks is equipped with booths and picnic style tables. Our party of 5 were seated one of the large picnic tables, pretty roomy. Our friends were raving that this place was the bomb and that their bloody mary comes with a rib in it! Hmm, piqued my curiosity and driving back from Acadia, this was a much need pit stop. There weren't many folks in the restaurants dining, so service was quick and prompt. I ordered a Jah Irie to start off with which is their take on a dark n stormy. This drink was weak. I could hardly taste the rum. It did come with a rib! But not in the drink, more like on the side. The BBQ sauces are ok, nothing that really wowed me. I ordered the take 2 plate and got the cowboy sausage and pulled pork. The pulled pork was melt in your mouth delicious. The sausage was good too, nice and crispy on the outside and went really well with their house mustard sauce. Other people ordered the ribs, the brisket, the sloppy buck which looked incredibly good and totally sloppy to eat. Everything looked good and tasted good for what its worth. I wouldn't say this was the best BBQ I had but its decent. A cool place to stop if you are in the area. read more

Not impressed at all. The name is catchy, but that's about it. They have a very odd menu, not your typical bbq options. BBQ is available and much more such as a cuban sandwich or thai shrimp. Our waitress was not familiar with the happy hour specials or microbrews and not very helpful overall. Price was okay, but wouldn't recommend this place. read more

We make regular trips (year round) from central Mass to the Boothbay Maine area. One of our mandatory stops, sometimes both ways, is Buck's Naked BBQ. Being an uprooted Texan, we love this place. To find good collard greens is a gem. Although the cornbread is sweet Yankee cornbread, we won't hold that against them. read more

Nice touch with sweet potato fires. Buck's Naked BBQ has it own charm in New England area. This location has a unique kids play area that make BBQ experience more easier for family. Among all the dishes, the spicy lime beef ribs are the most special item in the menu. With a hint of spice, the tender beef ribs were covered with one nice layer of lime that you can not find anywhere else. read more

Bucks Naked BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Freeport, Maine

Came on a busy Friday night around 6pm. Seated within given timeframe by hostess. Quickly seen by excellent server who was attentive to needs of us and our kids. One huge plus as parents was the kids play area. Everything we ordered was fresh and tasty (pulled pork sandwich, nice creamy coleslaw, tastiest crispy fried pickles, combo half rack & brisket, kids Mac & cheese). Only downside was that it was loud, but that's to be expected given the nature of the restaurant. We didn't have room left to try dessert. Would definitely go back again. **update - we went back today & had another great experience. We tried the pulled chicken poutine appetizer and it was really good! Very nice service and all food was tasty. read more

Mango chicken salad (pulled chicken, mango, avocado, on a bed of salad greens & veggies). More of a coupling of items than a salad. It was a good change of pace, but really just a pile of chicken (very tender), mango, avocado, veges and a little greens. I really should try some actual bbq next time. read more

Best New York strip I've had in a long time (and I've eat a few steaks in South Dakota and Montana) Cooked to perfect Medium with an amazing char. The loaded potato and side salad made for an amazing meal. read more

We needed a place to stop for lunch quickly on the way back from the outlets and Bucks fit the bill. The food was pretty good, but the portions could definitely have been larger. We left NOTHING on the table and we are, by no means, pigs. The table felt sticky and filthy, even though it had already been cleaned. There were quite a few staff members just hanging around at the door when we walked in and almost seemed surprised and out of sorts when we walked in the door-like they didn't know what to do. Our waitress was fantastic. I just wish I could remember her name so I could mention her. I wouldn't go in expecting a cheap lunch special because it's not going to happen. The food is decent and they're definitely not shy about charging for it. We would stop there again. read more

Ruben was delicious. Not a wide variety of sides to go along with it but nonetheless it was cut very thick as it should be on beautiful marble rye toast. Highly recommend if you are in town to try them out. read more

Food is ok, overall the bar area feels a bit dirty like they forget to really wish the bar and tables after a good rob feed. Everything had a sticky feel to it. I've had very good meals and ok meals, consistency is an issue. They do have very good smoked habanero wings if you're into spicy. read more

Was in for dinner over the 4th of July holiday. Most other places were closed down already so this was more of a default stop but we were still happy. The decor is different, the staff pleasant and the prices decent. I got a steak and it was good but i didn't get anything special like bbq or anything. My friend got the quesadilla and according to her it was the best she has ever had. She was eating the leftovers happily the next day as well. read more

Freeport location Service was very good. Seated outside the dirty kitchen, so noisy I could not hear my Daughter who sat directly across from me. "The Rueben" Soggy greasy, Hardly any pastrami, too much Swiss cheese, kinda like a greasy grilled cheese with a slice of mystery meat, way too much Russian dressing,it was almost sent back but it was my kids birthday so we didn't want to make a scene. Honestly I have made hundreds of these sandwiches, how do you mess that up? "Comes with 1 side" Hmmm how about Coleslaw (thinking this is a safe choice). There is the "Slaw" it looks like a soggy tired mess, possibly had been on a few plates prior to it's debut on ours. The Coleslaw reminded me of my favorite show"The Walking Dead", kinda like a Zombie Coleslaw....should have been buried days ago but there it is on the plate looking like it could turn any unsuspecting victim evening into a creature of the night, spent hugging the bowl all night in extreme agony, the Zombie Coleslaw is warm, not like the healthy fresh coleslaw that is cold and crunchy, cabbage is the cheapest raw ingredient, but Buc Naked BBq is into saving a dollar despite what we learned in our food safety course about Mayonaise and prolonged exposure to warm temperatures, there it is A sort of Bio-weaponized cabbage. Poor woman, told me she ate a fork full and then prayed that she would not become ill. What a great dining experience but it gets better. "Thai Chile Wings and Half Order of Saint Louis Ribs" The jumbo wings ...well, I guess Jumbo is relative to what your expectations are.if your a midget possibly, these were small and rubbery, factory farm wings, you know the ones in the 10% broth of chemicals which I can't pronounce. Nicely stacked up like a small pile of wood, smothered in a red gooey slightly tart and fake lime flavoring, something reminiscent of the crappy high fructose Chile/Lime sauce they sell at SAMs Club. The blue cheese dressing was as warm as it was in the room plus 5 degrees, did not dare dunk my "Rubba" Wings in dat mess..nope not that brave these days. Saint Louis Ribs, ok, they are in fact very uniform looking, they remind me of an attractive looking girl, that when she smiles has rotten brown teeth. Again, this is the type of pork that would be happy to live it's last days in a McRib sandwich, at least it would make some poor slob smile, but alas, it sucked just like everything from the dirty noisy kitchen I sat across from. Buck, I raise pigs, their pens are cleaner than your kitchen, really I am not kidding. And the biggest disappointment was seeing my daughters Hamburger, this is a patty from my days in public school, somehow all the bad things I did to the lunch lady have been cosmically reincarnated into this con curve, plastic looking, almost ageless piece of " Farm Raised Angus" my word, I would love to meet the farmer that "raised that hamburger" and insert my foot in his.......ok PG 13. The bun was too small very shiny and looked silly, the whole mess had a large tooth pick through it, why it has this wood inserted in it, I don't know, but you could see that the wood was very disgusted as well as it felt like it had been sacrificed in vain for this abomination. The Sweet Potato fries that came with the "hockey puck" were soggy half cooked, greasy, and had some kind of brown sugar concoction on top, like if you were tripping on LSD and thought it would be genius to mix brown sugar and salt together. My daughter used the piece of wood (from the burger) to scrap the brown sugar/ salt mess off of her fries, as she winced in discomfort as she tried one. She did like the two small pickle circles on her plate. Her desert was Blueberry cheesecake, Buck you and I both know it was not made there, but she liked it, even a broken clock is on time twice a day, right? 63 bucks plus 10 for the waitress, she was nice, hell, I know it's a tough job waiting on the public, service was good, food was just terrible. Aftermath, we all felt very nauseous on the ride home, my woman ( whom I love dearly) had the same MSG after taste and pain under her ears as I did, very strange, there must have been a boatload of MSG in this food! I hope I do not get ill tonight, I forced my daughter to drink some baking soda and water with me, it did help my upset stomach but smelling the burps had made me feel very ill, t read more

It's probably mine and my husbands favorite place to eat!! We love the burnt Brisket ends and I really enjoy the pulled pork sandwich!! We have always had a good experience eating here! read more

We had a pretty good meal here. I'd give it a 3.5 stars if I could. We had a sampler dish...the chicken was really good, the ribs were decent, the pulled pork was good although what we received was inconsistent with some of the pork being moist, some dry, some fatty. The brisket was overcooked and very dry. The portions are very large, although the prices for the bbq meals are high. I'd rather pay a bit less and get a bit less food. 4 of us with 3 meals, one appetizer and only 2 drinks was about $100. Also, the music was very loud and we had trouble conversing. The service was friendly and the booth was comfortable. I also liked the blueberry bbq sauce, which was a surprise. read more

Buck's Naked has great atmosphere & great music. The pulled pork with the mix of the red BBQ sauce and red with black stripe are the best. The cornbread is mm mm good. Even the potato salad & sweet tea are fine. Don't get the French dip. The roast beef is dry and made me remember it all night if you know what I mean and the au jus sauce was just brown water-don't do it. It's like my brother and hot pockets-just don't do it. read more

This was my first time eating here; came with my parents and siblings. My parents loved it so much when they came a couple weeks ago they brought us back with them. The Brazilian beef sandwich has quickly risen to be my dad's number one favorite sandwich. All the food was great, we tried all of the sauces and they were all wonderful and unique. The restaurant has a great atmosphere and the wait staff is friendly and efficient. Erica was our server and we loved her -- she was fun, and excellent at her job, and her suggestion to mix BBQ sauces for different flavors was much appreciated! read more

This was probably the best BBQ spot I've been to in southern Maine. A few buddies and myself stopped by on a busy Friday night and only had about a 15 minute wait for a table of 6... I ordered the full rack of St. Louis ribs with fries and Mac&Cheese. These ribs were absolutely fantastic. I'm not usually a dry-rub kind of guy but I am now! The Mac&Cheese was to die for as well. I will definitely be coming back here very often, especially family and friends visit in town. read more

Great wings and good BBQ. I have had great BBQ so this place is just okay. However this place has the best wings I have ever had. I could eat a ton of them. read more

The staff makes the sauce so sweet. Be careful if you ask for a little sugar you may get it (sweetly) on your cheek. No kidding the only thing that can make the BBQ any better is the great wait staff at Buck's. We were in for a quick lunch. The food? Well it is great and seems to be getting better with every visit. Creative, tasty and hot is hot and cold is cold. All the best. You just got to have the ribs as it is a rib joint but there is so much to choose from you will love it. read more

I have not eaten here in a few years so I thought I would give it a try. The place is pretty large and has a nice BBQ type decor. Lots of beer on tap and a full bar it also has large kids play area which had a bunch of kids playing in. Service was very good and efficient, food was served quickly we had the smoked wings for and appetizer that were OK not great. Both of us had ribs that I thought were pretty good but not great kinda fatty on outside and a little dry in middle. Also had the beef brisket that was good and had a nice smoky flavor. All in all a little disappointed with things read more

The second time we visited, I tried the fried catfish with sweet potato fries and baked beans. Again, the lemonade was delicious as were the beans. This meal was preferred over my first (the ribs). The catfish was tender and cooked perfectly. Despite being fried, the fish didn't taste oily or greasy. I would have preferred without the sweet potato fries but overall, I would order this meal again. read more

Delicious and tender meats, and good side dishes. Make sure to try the fied pickles. Bucks is very casual, and a good place to take the kids. read more

Best bbq in the area. Fun environment and great service. I love the Wicked Good Chicken Burger. Variety of bbq sauces at your table? Yes please. Good wifi, if that is your fancy. Fun drinks that come with meat (not my thing but that's pretty cool.) overall good time. read more