Cold, dry brisket Place is very cold at lunch time. Good server/service This chain is nowhere near where it used to be. Too bad Dave hasn't been involved for years read more

Lunch menu is moderately priced. Placed 4 orders, 3 co-workers and I. We all ordered either the 1 meat lunch combo or the 2 meat. Pick-up time was 12:35 from the online register. Arrived at 12:39, and there was a slight line. Waited ~5 minutes for my turn. Order had yet to be prepared. Did not walk out until 12:52. Sounds crazy that I am splitting hairs, but with a short lunch clock, this becomes a huge issue. Returned with the food. Decent. The brisket had good flavor but was approximately 60\40:meat\fat. (Not quality) Pulled pork was standard with ok flavor, nothing spectacular. The side (everyone got the jalp Mac) was good. Side note, asked for 2 regular sauce packets and 2 hot; received 5 regular... Overall: Food was ok, timing was way off, and priced moderately. Will be back, but not often. read more

We've been coming to this location for awhile now. Bbq is good. Kids love it. But I'll share the difference maker for every visit. Server name steve or stephen. Very enthusiast about his work. Makes dinner alive. Whether he is our server or not the way he approach his customers are always genuine. So passionate with his job. Good work to you sir. Keep it up. read more

My dad loves this place and, honestly, it's just an easy choice when you have a large group. We'll usually order 1-2 All-American Feasts which include pretty much everything you need... ribs, chicken, brisket, corn on the cob, fries, beans, coleslaw, & corn bread (I feel like I'm missing something). You can also substitute the sides with others if you'd prefer. This feast comes served on a garbage can lid as a tray which we find pretty amusing. I would say that each feast easily feeds about five people. Personally, I like the fact that you can try a little bit of everything and not have to settle on one choice. Our service at this location has been pretty good. They are usually pretty attentive and fairly quick. Once they see you slowing down, they happily bring several containers so that you can wrap up whatever you want to take home. Oh... and despite the fact that this is a get-messy bbq ribs type of place, our table and chairs were nice and clean... no sticky residue left behind. That's a big plus! read more

I've been waiting an hour which they said I would wait for my party of 6 and people who walked in were told 30-40 mins we sat in 10. The people that walked in were parties of 4 and 5. I then asked the host why so many people who walked in after us were seated. He blamed the manager. I didn't care who was to blame and then he still said we'll seat you when we can no eta or anything. He blamed the manager and then the patrons for being slow. I've heard famous Dave's is good but this food better be spectacular. And as of now almost 1hr and 15 mins we are not seated. Disappointed before I even sit down. read more

I work in Elk Grove Village and my boss catered lunch from this location for a company picnic on July 3rd. The brisket and pulled pork were fantastic. Loved their garlic red-skin mashed potatoes and wilbur beans. Some of the best bread pudding I've ever had. read more

Ordered catering for Fathers Day. Ordered a pkg for 8 people. Twelve people ended up coming over and we're still eating leftovers. The portions are huge and it all tasted outstanding. We had the BBQ Chicken, Pulled Pork, and the Brisket. read more

I asked for no sauce on my ribs and they were full of bbq sauce, broccoli was mushy. I would give rib order 5 out of ten and catfish 6 out of ten read more

I'm fully aware that I can be a food snob but sometimes you're willing to settle for below your standards. In my defense my rating isn't exactly a firm 3 stars. Years ago we had a Famous Dave's 5 minutes away but they disappeared and this location 20 minutes south is the closed one. Most places within that radius only have 1 or 2 BBQ items and typically it's for diversity rather than their signature dish. All it takes is a BBQ show on TV to get you craving brisket, burnt ends, and rib tips. Since driving an hour to the city for worthy BBQ at not-so-cheap prices isn't always an option it makes sense to slum it occasionally. A couple friends and I made it here and lucked out with outdoor seating away from the families and annoying kiddies. This place has definitely changed, the food isn't as good as I remember. The burnt ends are new and since nowhere around offers them I was all over them. Not what you expect them to be, not that they were inedible. Our server was great and brought out a small order of their chips and I thought they were good with the sauce. No more drunken apples??? Lame. The entree was a brisket and chopped pork combo, which was ok. The good thing about this place is you can squirt on one of their hot BBQ sauces and forget about the meat not being juicy or flavorful enough. If I could command my family to bust out our grills and smokers for some excellent 8-12hr smoked Q whenever I want, then I would. For simplicity's sake I'll rely on Dave's or another spot when in a pinch. read more

I like the food and as I was passing by I decided to stop and get something to go. Helpful staff directed me to the take out counter as I came in the main entrance. note to self.... there is a take out entrance. It was not busy as I came in off rush time. This is where things went down hill. The order taker did not know if they had mountain dew when i asked for it and I was looking right at it in the cooler. come on now people, get a brain. When i was handed my change he said $1.52, I looked into my hand and saw 1 quarter and 2 pennies. I asked about the other quarter and got a deer in the headlight look. Then part my fault, when I got to my destination I sat down to eat and no drink in the bag...... I like the food this chain puts out but they need to work on hiring educated employees. Dave I hope you read this and take note. read more

Stopped here the other day to meet a friend for lunch. Now I have been here quite a few times over the years both for lunch and dinner. Famous Dave's does a pretty good job for straight up barbecue in my opinion. Particularly in this neck of the woods. This time here, we both ordered the rib tips appetizer for our lunches. You get a pound of tips on a mound of fries. These tips were pretty tasty. The portion size was large but I still ate them all. My friend did exactly the same. They have a new sauce here in their collection called Wilbur's Revenge. It was pretty hot. Not deadly hot, but it definitely is the hottest of the bunch. Service was OK. Not a bad place to stop for some Q if you are out that way. Cheers to All. read more

I was semi-rushed when making a decision here but I settled with the Two Meat Platter and Combo Special. This wasn't the fault of the waitress. I just happened to be with a group who knew what they wanted before they walked in. I chose the Georgia Chopped Pork and the Texas Beef Brisket. With this I also had the mashed potatoes and the corn bread. Everything was good and I tried a few of the varietal sauces that are available on the table. read more

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que - Georgia Chopped Pork and Texas Beef Brisket with a side of mashed potatoes and corn bread. - Barbeque Near Me - Addison, Illinois

First time here.. My babe took me here dinner Iam gonna see how they stack up.. I have had a lot of ribs in a lot of places all claiming to be the best... I will be the judge of that read more

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que - Barbeque Near Me - Addison, Illinois

My boyfriend and I ordered food here from the first time the other day. We both shared a platter of ribs with a side of fries and banana pudding. It tasted okay, definitely wasn't worth the price but it was still edible. We both wake up the next morning with horrible food poisoning, and this is the only thing different that we had eaten in the last week. Will not be going here ever again. read more

Had a to go order from this place: 1) lunch combo - spareribs + macncheese $6.99 2) lunch combo - rib tips + chicken wings + macncheese $7.99 Food smells good but tasteless. **I would not recommend this restaurant to my friends, I would pick portillos ribs over famous dave definitely!** read more

I went for lunch and was seated immediately. I ordered off of the lunch menu and had two meats - sausage and rib tips. The food was served within a reasonable amount of time and tasted good. There were no issues with the server. I have had barbecue in restaurants all over the country and Famous Dave's is a great barbecue place for a big chain restaurant. read more

Slowest pickup service ever! Been waiting 15 min for food! This was the worst service ever. What's the point of doing curbside pick up if it takes 15 minutes Pemican I get there to pick it up on time! read more

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que - Barbeque Near Me - Addison, Illinois

Wow. This was bad. Usually Famous Dave's as a chain can be counted on but the carry-out we got from here was really awful. My Texas Brisket was 90% fat and gristle, and all our baked potatoes were undercooked and cold. At least the cornbread tasted OK. Definitely not counting on this place again. read more

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que - I already ate the edible parts of the order and this is how much was left. - Barbeque Near Me - Addison, Illinois

Had a pleasent experience at this restaurant. The service was great as the bartender / waitress was very attentive and provided recommendations. She even brought a sample dish out for one of her recommendations. Food was good as well as the Sam Adams. read more

Wonderful time with the family. Server was attentive to the kids while we celebrated our family party. Definitely will be back!! Cajun Chicken Sandwich was my favorite! read more

I think what one should consider is this: Famous Daves is a BBQ chain restaurant and the one in this review is located in a suburb of Chicago. This isn't the south, this isn't Texas. It is what it is. It is a Midwest located, decent quality chain restaurant, that serves meat, slathered in heartburn-inducing bottled sauce and you know what? I like it. When I want BBQ, I go here since Memphis, St. Louis, Florida and Texas are too far. Plus, the people are exceptional. I haven't met an idiot yet. Lauren is an awesome bartender and treats her customers right. I am never disappointed when I pull up a chair and Lauren is working (Jennifer was great too but she left). Plus they have a good selection of draft beers which is a star in itself. After a few visits, I started finding what I like and what I don't (which isn't much) and I am always happy I went, even if I do require a Pepcid later. read more

Came here last week, and tried the feast for 2. Spare ribs, chicken, brisket, corn on the cob, fries, cole slaw, baked beans and corn bread. Was way more food than I was expecting. We ate til we were stuffed and still had a lot of food to take home. Our server was friendly and on top of everything. The food was great and I can't wait to go back. read more

I used to eat here all of the time but things happened...It has been five years since I last ate here. I was confused why the menu only had St. Louis style ribs. I was assured that is the only ribs they ever had...well, I knew right away the taste was off and not what I used to order. Just not the same. Not sure I will be back. read more

I tried this place for the first time and last. It wasn't my favorite and I wasn't impressed to go back. I had higher expectations for the environment and the food quality. We got the 3 meat platter and it was literally a "sample" of 3 meats chosen. The brisket meat was tender and the chicken was very crispy. read more

We always come to this place, ordered the same food every time. But this Sunday's lunch was very disappointing. Baby back ribs used to be very soft, almost coming off of the bone, tasty and moist but this time- moist means raw, meat flesh was shiny and pink. ! The meat was hard and difficult to even cut! Chicken was ok. It didn't taste the same anymore, lacking the lemony flavor. Fries used to be really good but has changed too. You have to dig in to the nachos to find your meat. The only good thing about our experience was ANNA our server, very sweet. The lady that talked to us about our complain was very defensive and did not even hear us FIRST but went on about the meat being smoked for four hours and that it is definitely cooked... blah blah blah! Will never come back, used to be our favorite bbq place. read more

I was disappointed. I went with 2 other friends. Out of the 3 of us, 2 ordered the ultimate burger cooked medium and 1 ordered a chicken ceaser salad. The salad was great. Came out as expected. Both of the burgers were cooked just right and tasted very good. However later in the evening both of us who had the ultimate burger became ill with food poisoning. Service was alright, but nothing to write home about. After hearing good things about the Famous Dave's chain I was very disappointed my first time there. Wouldn't go again. read more

It's not the best I've ever had but it's near me and it's damn good. You can't go wrong if you're looking to feast! Staff is very cool, very good service read more

I can always count on this Famous Dave's to to serve the best of Bar B Que at reasonable prices. Love their varieties of Bar B Que sauces . Five buck cocktails are great . read more

Had an amazing dinner here tonight!! Betty, our server, was great! She went over all of their sauces and had great recommendations. The restaurant was clean and inviting. Restrooms were also clean. The food came out fast and was absolutely delicious! We had the BBQ Nachos to start - we chose to have them with brisket. The nachos were a nice portion and my family ate ALL of it! Even my 18 month old loved the brisket! The beers were cold and Betty was on top of our drinks and water refills. We had the Family Dinner for 2 with roasted chicken, sausage and ribs. It also came with beans, coleslaw, french fries, cornbread and corn on the cob. Picture included! The ribs were fall off the bone juicy and delicious! My daughter loved the ribs, chicken, french fries and corn bread. The corn bread was heavenly!! All three adults and my daughter had plenty to eat plus we took a little leftovers home! The manager stopped by our table to check on us too! Great service, nice atmosphere and amazing food and drinks! Really good value for your money too - highly recommend it! read more

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que - Barbeque Near Me - Addison, Illinois

Just ordered from famous Dave's meat was raw could not eat i just spent 64.00 for raw meat i can't believe this

HORRIBLE HANDLING OF TAKE OUT ORDERS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. Order was placed the day before and when we arrived for pick up, parking lot was packed and there were at least 50 people in line out the door waiting for orders! Orders for 4 pm were given to prior customers as they realized they had run out of ribs!!! No phone call or email to contact us that they knew they were out of food and could not serve us. No social distancing inside the store to be able to check on our order. All phone calls were straight to voicemail. No employees outside telling customers the situation. Absolutely TERRIBLE customer service and will never been giving them our business again, at the restaurant nor at the grocery store. read more

Had date night with my grown kids and arrived Friday evening. Was seated immediately, but sat at the table for over 15 minutes until I got up to ask the host where our server was. Several other servers noticed us but did not attempt to ask if we had been helped. The host and server were unapologetic.To top it off, food was not good. Ribs were fatty and brisket was so dry. Completely overpriced bad food. Will not be coming back. read more

Last night I had dinner here with about 20 other members of my organization prior to our meeting. We were sat in the back part of the restaurant that had a little private area which was nice. I sat down at a table of 4 and reviewed the menu since it's been a long time since I've been to Famous Dave's. The half slab ribs were on special for $14. So that's what I ordered. I decided to go wash my hands to get ready to eat some grub as I went to get up from the chair I was stuck. My chair was covered in barbecue sauce and my pants stuck to the chair. Remember I said my group was there to have dinner prior to our meeting at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Bloomingdale. I was wearing light khaki colored dress pants. I was not happy at all. When I addressed the matter with the manager you would think other than apologizing and offering to pay for my cleaning bill on my pants that she would have discounted something on my bill. I was truly floored that she did not do that, me personally working for a company where we are criticized and held accountable for a customer's experience was just taken back that not even a discount was offered off my bill knowing that I was going to a meeting, knowing that you can see my pants are fully stained. The only thing you offered was I'll pay your cleaning bill. Mind you I ordered two dinners of the rib specials one for dinner and one to take home. So it was not like they did not make any money off me. So here I am with my stained pants too late for me to turn around and go all the way home in the men's bathroom trying to scrub out as much as I possibly can. Just this experience alone has turned me off to ever never visit again. It goes back to the old saying a small gesture would have gone a long way. If she would have discounted something off my bill along with the cleaning bill I think I would have been happy.. let's be honest I am not going back there with my cleaning bill I live miles away.. It will not be worth my time to take them a $3 bill but knowing that my concern was addressed right then and there with a discount off my bill would have been more impactful in a positive manner. She should've put herself in my position and realize how she would have been feeling and what would have made her satisfactory with the situation and take it from there. I sometimes think should I have raised hell like some other customers do but that's not my style I feel that if a company is in the wrong they need to address it ..there's no reason for me to make a scene in order to get properly taken care of especially when you know you were wrong. Someone was lazy and did not bother wiping down the chairs this should be a common practice after every sitting the chair should be fully wipe down because instances like this. read more

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Love this place! The food and service are always amazing. I love their ribs, salmon and baked beans along with all of their barbecue sauces. The Addison location is the best when it comes to friendly and fast service. read more

Last week I stopped here for lunch around 11:30am with a coworker and was pleasantly surprised. I'm typically not much of a fan of chain restaurants but I decided to take the plunge as I don't eat much in the way of barbecue. We were both greeted just inside the doorway upon entering and shown to our table outside. The waiter came over and demonstrated the different types of bbq sauces available and took our orders. I had a Georgia Chopped Pork Sandwich and my coworker ordered a salad of some kind. Both came out well within ten minutes even though the place had a reasonably busy lunch crowd at the time. After the crowd started to thin out the general manager came over to our table and introduced herself and offered a plate of smoked ribs (on the house) that I guess the kitchen sends out daily to make sure they are cooked appropriately. Granted this was one visit but I really cannot fault the service and even though I'm technically not a fan of barbecue to begin with I would definitely return here. read more

I've apparently lived my life never experiencing this so-called Dave whom is famous. It was recommended to me: "You love meat! You'll love this!" and long story short, the same person said after my experience: "I'm sorry. They used to be better." I enjoyed the service when I went. Then again, I'm not writing this to judge the service. What I feel the need to explain is why am I wasting my money here? Sure, the BBQ selections are great. But wait, I actually had my party get up and grab jars of sauce off a bookshelf. Another apology from my companion: "They used to have their BBQ selection sitting on the table." And maybe this was the server's fault. Maybe she should have explained that there are other options available for taste. Whatever. I enjoyed the taste of my ribs' default BBQ sauce. What I didn't enjoy? Tiny plates. $15+ meals on tiny plates. Ice cream scoop sizes of sides. But even worse, and this I feel is the most important part, ribs that don't fall off the bone. When did this become acceptable? And it wasn't just the half slab of ribs but it was also the brisket my companion ordered that I was so fortunate enough to sample: Their meat tasted like how cat food smells. Biting into any meat I tasted turned out to be dry. Is this really what consumers like to eat? Dry meat, greedily slathered in a decent sauce? I'm sorry that I write this review on the location I went to. From what I assume, I don't think this is just a location problem. It looks like this is a company problem. And I guess everyone's okay with this dry meat. I guess with the many locations this chain has to offer, they don't really need to try anymore now, do they? read more

The food was great as always and the service was even better! If you walk out hungry, its your own fault. The bread pudding is the best I've ever had! You guys rock!!! read more

If you are looking for Bar-B-Que this is not the place to go. Ordered the feast for 4 to try several different items, way over priced. The brisket had too much fat, the chicken was extremely salty, ribs ok not great. Sides coleslaw and beans not much better. Cornbread was sweet. Staff was friendly and restaurant clean. Would not recommend if you want true smoked meat. read more

Ehhhhhh............ Disappointing. The restaurant is decent and the service was fine but the food is not great. The taste of the food is average at best and the portion sizes are small. The prices seemed reasonable but after I saw what they gave me and the small portion sizes I realized I was over paying. They don't even bring you any bread or anything to eat while you're waiting for your food. That along with the small portion sizes tells me they are cheap. It's not even like Real BBQ. But here in Chicago we don't know what real barbecue food is so we accept it as if it's okay but it's not. It's an okay place to go like once. But I won't be going back. read more

Sean and Dana provided our party with phenomenal service. They accommodated our party to dine in comfortably. We are beyond appreciative for their patience and kindness. The food exceeded our standards as well as their impeccable service. read more