We went to Famous Dave's for dinner after reading reviews. We arrived at 6:30 on a week day and did not have to wait. We noticed they have a large waiting area so it may get crowded on summer weekends. We settled into a large table for 6 in a rustic log dining room with lots of space. The table service was quick and friendly. They brought an appetizer tray quickly so we could munch on various meats while waiting for our main dinners. Drinks were also served quickly. I had their beef brisket. It was so tender it fell off my fork. My friends also enjoyed their choices. My only complaint was when I asked for a Caesar salad as a side instead of their usual sides. The kitchen couldn't handle that change so I was served a separate Caesar salad (a menu item) instead of as a side. Their food is served on tin trays rather than large plates. I ended up with 2 of their tin trays, one for the salad. But my table did not really have room for 2 of their trays so I had to set the salad away while eating the brisket. As for quality, I won't bore you with details but lets say that Famous Dave is a meat place, not a salad place. Don't order their Caesar salad. Get all their meat items and their usual sides. We had a good time and their BBQ meats were perfection. Service was friendly and fast. Famous Dave's is a great place for anyone on a low carb diet. I'm not sure if a vegetarian should go there. This place was barefoot friendly. read more

As usual ....the best BBQ in the area. What it has going for it: - nice big tables - plenty of parking - good location - food was consistent with other Famous Dave's - food was out relatively quick - no line to get a seat (Thursday during lunch hour) What it has going against it: - prices are inching up So we have been to other Famous Dave's on the east coast. Every time a new BBQ joint opens up and after we try their food I always compare what I just ate to what I get at Famous Dave's. It's the benchmark for me. All the food is never dry or overcooked consistently every time we eat there. The only negative I could find is the pricing has increased for the full slab of ribs.... but they are still worth it to me. Looking for good BBQ, this is the place. Definitely would go there again. read more

We had good service but the food for lunch was disappointing. I asked for the lunch salad instead of the dinner salad. Dave's BBQ salad with pork. As you can see the bowl wasn't even full. It had one handful of lettuce with mostly lettuce ends. $10! My friend had the shrimp and fries. It was bland and the not a good meal. $6.50 for the tall beer and $5.25 for a pint. Way overpriced for the area. We paid $40 for the 2 of us and left unsatisfied. I left a $10 tip knowing it wasn't the servers fault. $50 to leave unhappy, bummer. read more

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It was 100 degrees in Kalispell MT when we were there. No air conditioning! St Louis style spareribs and Burnt Ends were dry and difficult to eat. Will not be going back. NO AIR? Are you kidding me. Don't like to sweat when I eat. read more

Charge for a refill on ice tea!! Really. Got two refills and it was $14.00. Food just ok not the best. Not sure i would go back. read more

This should have a better rating in general. Famous Dave's has some great BBQ choices! I love the sausage links and the Texas Brisket as the meal or even just the sandwich. The fries are great, almost like potato wedges, and so are their corn bread muffins. Maybe the only problem I have with them is the Mac and cheese... I have never understood the use of corn although the jalapeño is pretty good. read more

We ate here last night. I would love to give them an outstanding review but I don't want everyone to know how awesome they were. We walked in and were promptly seated near the fire where my wife requested. We were served by happy friendly servers. Our meal was outstanding. It was nice to know that we could still find a restaurant like this. I recommend the bread pudding. It will make you slap your grandma. read more

Although we like dining in at Dave's in Kalispell, we often like to order a take-out. Today, we wanted to do this for our guests and just relax at home. I called 4 times and the phone was picked up and laid down each time. No one ever picked up the phone to take my order--ever! I could hear people yelling , yes, yelling, in the background. We had a pretty big order but finally gave up. I don't care if you are short handed, or can't find the people. This is called customer service, NOT ignoring customers. read more

I did a BONE HEAD thing today.....I ordered a LARGE ($140+) to-go order. Mackenzie Bolster took my call, answered my multiple questions, reviewed the order for accuracy and was overall very knowledgeable and super friendly. When I went to pick up the order.....the folks behind the counter seemed puzzled. I live in MISSOULA and called this KALISPELL store!!! I thought my phone and Google search would default to the nearest location, but clearly it did NOT. Nor did I bother to check the address, shame on me. The Missoula location quickly re-fired my order, but then I had to call this store to apologize. I offered to pay in full, but they refused to take my funds. I talked to Mackenzie again who did NOT make me feel stupid and was more than gracious and understanding. I will go out of my way to visit this store in the future and give them a solid 10 in terms of customer service. BRAVO!!! And of course, the grub was excellent. Kudos all around. THANK YOU!!! read more

Hubby ordered their chopped pork which came out dry and crunchy to the point that he pulled off half the meat. I ordered a baked potato with barbecue chicken, I got less than a tablespoon of chicken that was crunchy and hard and cold. Told him I wasn't going to pay the extra dollars for having a protein put on it when you couldn't find it there was less than a bite. Won't be going back. However, giving this two stars because our waitress was fantastic even though the food was crap read more

We arrived after flying all day from Portland and were really hungry. It was just after 8:00 pm and all the outside lights were off so I went up to the door to check their hours. Yelp and the sign on the door both said open until 10:00 pm. The door was open so I checked with the hostess and she said they were open. I told her their lights were off and went to tell my wife to come in. When we walked back in the door the hostess informed us that they just told her they were closed but didn't tell her why. There were still people in the restaurant and bar. I can't believe a restaurant that has advertised hours would close two hours early and not give us an explanation. We are here for a week and will not be coming back! read more

We sat at the bar. Staff was friendly we ordered a Guinness. Came from Co2 not nitro in a warm glass because their refrigerator doesnt work to chill the glasses. The qr code sticker on the bar says not accepted in this country!!!! It was to save $3..00 on first use. The bar staff said they don't know why the stickers are still there since they don't work. The food was okay but the temperature was not hot. Will never go back again read more

Service was mediocre. It took about 45 minutes to get our food, and when we did finally get it, it was dry, cold, and looked like it had been sitting a while. My daughter got the Mac and cheese and it looked like it had been made earlier in the day. It was dry and all clumped together. Needless to say, we were very disappointed. I was craving good BBQ and this wasn't it. From the looks of the other reviews on this location, there are some issues that clearly need to be addressed. This was a one and done. Definitely won't be coming back. read more

We had takeout twice at this restaurant in a little over two weeks. On the first experience we ordered sandwiches with pork and the other chicken which we really enjoyed. We went back to try some different barbecue and ordered a mix of items and various sides really looking forward to some good brisket. The beef brisket was fatty, tough and inedible. We threw it in the garbage. Pretty tough to ever consider returning to this restaurant. read more

Service sucks.. Racist staff... Excuses why we were not allowed to be seated in open tables... tried to seat you in the bar area with a toddler.. would not recommend for a family to have a meal.. read more

Wow everything was miniature and the service wasn't good. it used to be a really good, friendly place to go. I can't image next summer what it'll be like when they get slammed with tourists. read more

Famous Dave's is a nice family spot that gives you this hoedown feel. Our waiter Lance was very professional which is strange to me cause I know him personally and he's a weird fella. The pull pork was a little dry but I sauced it like Lil Uzi Vert with Dave's "special sauce". Besides hearing how's it going cowboy when people enter the vibes were amazing. The Mac and cheese was creamier than my poops after Taco Bell. Corn bread was dry and gritty like talking to a girl that obviously doesn't like you. Overall this was an amazing place to eat 10/10 would hoedown again. read more

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Today was my first time to this place because well...I'm not a Montanan, and my brother-in-law wanted to take me here to try this place out. The staff is friendly but the service can be a bit slow. From what my sis and BIL said, we pretty much placed the order right when the waiter came to avoid waiting over 20 minutes to see a server and getting our food. We ordered the combo platter for two that consists of grilled chicken, half a rack of ribs, potato wedges, corn, cornbread, beef brisket, beans, a slice of bread, and coleslaw. Because there were four of us, we ordered an extra full rack of baby back ribs that came with garlic mashed potatoes and Mac & cheese. The coleslaw and corn were pretty good in addition to the brisket. I can't say the same about the rest. -Slice of bread -soggy -Beans-can't say since I don't like eating beans, but my BIL likes it. -Corn-can't go wrong with corn...then again I like grilled corn -Ribs (2 types)- hard and dry. If you want off the bone ribs, this is not the place for you. You will need to work a bit to get those meat off the bones. I love the places in Cali better; however, I love the restaurant in Columbia Falls way better!! They have good ribs and awesome fried bread. I rather take that 15-20 minutes drive to Columbia Falls just to pick the ribs up, which I do every time I come here to visit my sister. -Garlic mashed potatoes- hmm it's so bland that you can't even taste the garlic! -Mac & cheese - blah that's all I can say. My niece and nephew pretty much refused to eat it. -corn bread- a bit too dry -chicken- it's...okay. If it's a little bit more moist than it would be better. I guess you can say I am not a fan. Will not come back. I'm a bit sad because I love ribs and this is a disappointment. read more

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Total crap. We got takeout and after a few bites it went in the trash. My kids wouldn't even eat it- Didn't look appealing, Small portions - a good thing in this case.The only good thing was we used a giftcard- read more

We ate here during a recent trip from Georgia. The service was AMAZING! If you go, ask to have Suzy as your waitress. She was fast, happy, and incredibly polite! The BBQ was good, but the sides weren't my favorite. Order extra corn muffins though! I could have eaten so many of those! read more

We came here with friends to have dinner. The party before us had more than 6 in their party and they turned them away because they were short staffed. This restaurant had no AC and all the wait staff were hot and sweaty. We ended up leaving for fear our food would also be compromised. Close your business for the day if you cannot treat your customers and staff better! For the record the gals working there were very nice and apologized. Felt sorry for them. read more

Food was great, Service not so good! Bar girl was screwing off with boy friend behind bar and not caring about customers in bar .... Poor !!! read more

My daughter's birthday was on Wednesday. She and her husband ordered take out. When they got their food it was cold and items were missing. I had recommended Famous Daves because on my recent visit my food was excellent, needless to say her birthday dinner was a bust. read more

Last time I was here it was a year ago and food was way better than I had in Washington. I got more in my portion than normal. My family always gets the family feast for 2-3. (It was more like 3-4) This trip to Dave's not impressed not a lot of people in the restaurant and Later it filled in. I had a hole in my glass dumping water everywhere. Asked a server to exchange it and she just looked, gave me an okay and proceeded to walk back to the front to seat another group. Then finally brought out an empty glass for me to poor my water into it. Logic tells me if it has a hole maybe glass is inside the water. Do I really want to drink it? Food came out as expect. Good food way better than de Soto's not sure the hype of that place. But All in all Kalispell customer service has a lot to learn. read more

Liked the service and was disappointed that they could not get whitefish - like Catfish- guess lots of supply problems all over the Flathead county. The food was okay but we were a bit disappointed in the amount of dust accumulated everywhere -cobwebs were a put off. Dust looked accumulated from years! read more

After trailing miles and miles, we were looking for some real food. That's when we found Famous Dave on Yelp. The food was so fresh and very delicious. It tasted homemade. The corn bread was good. We tried pineapple habanero chicken wings, they were yummm. We live on west coast and this was our first visit to Montana. Hope to come down here again, sometime soon. Thanks guys. read more

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que - Pineapple habanero wings, roasted chicken and bbq'd chicken sandwich with Mac n cheese, mashed potato. - Barbeque Near Me - Kalispell, Montana

Once again I gave Famous Daves a shot and nothing has changed the beans and pulled pork were barely warm the fires were hot. Apparently they were waiting on the fries as my plate of food turned colder. I give up read more

Manager sucks, isn't very nice and wasn't a pleasant experience. Wanted to sit outside with my dog but said she wouldn't allow it.

The service was quick and friendly. They brought out our food fast and my drink glass never was empty. The waitress and hostes were both very friendly and helpful. We went on a week day and it was quiet and relaxing. The price is not bad for the quality and quantity of food we got. I ordered the bbq tips and they were delicious!! read more

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So disappointed. Wait time 40 minutes. Actually 60 minutes after they let several in in front of us. Not organized at all. Wouldn't let us go to bar to get drinks but let others. Always excuses. We got food two hours later and breed brisket was actually burnt ends or shredded beef. $12 for a few pieces of burnt ends and flavorless Mac and cheese. Only thing good was the potato wedges. They wanted to apologize to get tips but not take feedback. I won't go back to a place that doesn't care about repeat business. I am extremely forgiving but should have walked out. read more

Great dinner tonight! The beef brisket dinner & sandwich were awesome! The Brussels sprouts with pecans were very good.Sides of cole slaw & potatoes salad also tasted great! The corn muffin was delicious! Highly recommend eating here! read more

We ordered carry out from Famous Dave's last night as we're in a hotel here in Kalispell. I ordered the loaded baked potato. The potato itself was fine with a nice buttered and salted skin, but the "loaded" part was pathetic! I asked for no bacon. The 1/2 cup plastic container had butter, grated cheddar and about a tablespoon of sour cream. It was enough to barely "load" half of the potato. Plus they were out of their muffins which are always a favorite. No attempt was made to offer me another side or to reduce the cost of the meal. The coleslaw was delicious as usual, but the container was half full, not filled as it had been on other visits. My husband LOVES their burnt ends appetizer so my 3 rating reflects that and the deliciousness of the nonexistent corn muffin and the flavor of the skimpy coleslaw. I know it's hard to find workers these days, and new people need to be well-trained to have good customer service.. read more

Usually this restaurant is on point. The food melts in your mouth. BUT, today, we ordered rib tips that were cold all the way through. Tougher to eat than over smoked jerky. Had to throw the whole order away. This place would usually make my mouth water. Today was by far not that day. read more

We enjoyed a great dinner at Famous Dave's in Kalispell, Mt tonight. We've eaten at several Famous Dave's in different states and this one was the best! The service was prompt and friendly. We thought we knew to expect good food, but the food at this Famous Dave's was great! We had the roasted chicken and St. Louis ribs, beans and potato salad. Absolutely delicious!! read more

Of course I know this is not the corner BBQ stand ran by family, but sometimes you find yourself here. My husband had a BBQ jones on and he is the last person I thought would come in here. Service was fine and the food seemed a little off compared to what I have experienced at Dave's. Some of it was on the cooler side and I just was not feeling it. We split the giant garbage can lid for two, and boxed more than half of that. I am not sure why they gave us a compartment box for slaw and beans that were going to run loose the minute we closed the lid on them. I told my husband to ask for a small container for his BBQ sauce, but he just didn't and by the time that hot mess got back to the room it was like BBQ Armageddon. I was not touching it again or planning a trip back to Dave's any time soon. read more

First, let me state that , I'm from the South, so I know 1st hand how BBQ is supposed to taste. With that in mind, you can take with a grain of salt my statement of, this is not how BBQ tastes back home in the Great State of Louisiana. However, we are not in The Great State of Louisiana, we are in Montana and Montana restaurants have a bad habit of "dumbing" food down to suite the taste of Montanans. That taste being that of bland. Fortunately for all of us, it hasn't dumbed down too much, like most flavorful food, because I have to say it isn't half bad. I've ordered quite a few things off the menu, and while it isn't Louisiana good, it's pretty darn good...good enough to keep me going back. As to the setting, it's wonderful; it has a warm, rustic, lodge feel to it. Actually, it's kind of what I assumed all restaurants in Montana would look like, but rarely do. read more

The food was excellent but the wait was very long. We were inside for an hour and 15 mins. It took almost 30mins just to get our appetizer. At first I thought there wasn't enough wait staff but after looking around it looked like plenty. Maybe in the kitchen? Since we have such a long drive to Kalispell not sure we will go We would like to thank Rikki for encouraging us to give FD another try. Food was very good. Service was FAST and very pleasant. Everyone very accommodating! Will be a "go to" place when we are in Kalispell. read more

Service was good, however food was dry and didn't taste fresh. The brisket was a disaster and the ribs weren't great.

My mother and I stopped in on a Monday night for a light meal and sat in the bar area hoping for quick service. We both ordered baked potatoes and my mom also ordered the soup. The service was very slow and when our food finally arrived at our table, the potatoes were cold. When we told our server, she took the potatoes and said she would get two new ones. They were just as cold as the first two. I've had a couple of bad experiences at this location now and won't be back. read more

Food is good, however the management clearly does not know how to staff. We have come be twice now, nobody waiting tons of available tables but 20 minute wait. They may want to consider canceling to go orders if they can't manage the inside portion. read more