One bite and you'll know why Dave is Famous!! I get the 2-meat combo; MORE than one meal for me. Everything is delicious and worth the wait!!! See if this pic makes you hungry: read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Two meats, Wilbur beans, baked potato and cornbread. Yum. - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Very disappointing experience. I ordered BBQ and unfortunately did not enjoy it at all. The BBQ sauce tasted so bad to me that I actually had to wipe most of it off just so I could eat the meat. Even without the sauce, I wasn't impressed with the flavor or quality of the meat. I honestly had to force myself to finish some of it because I had already paid for the meal and needed the protein. The mashed potatoes were okay, but the portion was extremely small for what they cost. Overall, the quality, taste, portions, and price just didn't come together for me. I was very disappointed with the meal and won't be ordering from or visiting this restaurant again. read more

I don't know why I keep coming back here, every time I do it's a total miss. My family used to buy the feast platters back in the day for mothers and Father's Day, but we haven't done it in so long. We decided to try it today for Mother's Day and it was the worst decision ever. I placed my order on the app on Saturday afternoon, for pick up on Sunday at 4:15 PM. I got to the restaurant at exactly pick up time and there was almost a dozen people standing in the waiting area. I finally got up to the counter and gave the girl my name, and she turned around and looked at the table and then said we're working on that. I was very aware that it's a holiday and it was going to be very busy, so I walked in with patience because I knew that I would probably have to wait a little bit. The same couple of people stayed in the waiting area, but there were several that were coming in and out and picking up food as well. It was very confusing. One gal finally walked up and asked for an update on her order, and the girl behind the counter said that they had to fulfill all of their dine in orders first, and they were just now getting started on all of the go orders. I cut in and said, how is that fair to everybody who placed pick up orders for an exact time? Some of us have been waiting here for almost an hour. The girl looked at me and said that they were doing the best that they could, and it's like this every year. If it's like this every year, why aren't you changing and adapting to better suit the needs of the customers who are coming to provide business to you? If it's the same every year, clearly something is not working and there needs to be changed. The girl did not apologize, there was no manager out there to help her at the counter, or reassure the customers that their food was coming. There was zero communication. I finally got my food after about an hour of being there waiting. I was very close to canceling, but it ended up coming out. Mind you, I had a homemade cake in my trunk that was melting. When I finally got to my destination where my family was, we didn't have barbecue sauce, and all of the food was room temperature at best. What a terrible experience and a waste of $100. read more

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Honestly the food was okay, but the presentation could definitely be better, it looked more thrown on the tray than what you see in the pictures. It was busy on a Sunday, unfortunately our server never came back to check on us or offer drink refills. Overall, 3/5 stars. read more

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It has been a while since we have been here. Looked at the recent reviews. Not as good as I remembered. Our experience was very good. We were seated quickly. Our waitress was exceptional helpful. My wife got pulled pork sandwich. This is always a go to for her. She said her sandwich was good. I got a chicken sandwich. It was also very good. The place was clean and they have rearranged the tables some. The only down side was you no longer get two sides with a meal. I thought the extra you pay for the side was high. Yes I will go again. read more

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Actually after watching some spring training went for lunch. Very good specials. St. Louis ribs, burnt ends great. Nice cornbread. Recommend read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Very disappointing service and poor hospitality. I understand restaurant policies, but the server's attitude was rude and condescending throughout the experience. There were issues with my food order, unnecessary questioning, and an inappropriate 'that's what I thought' comment. The situation could have been handled professionally without making customers feel uncomfortable or disrespected read more

We ordered takeout and opted for their baby back ribs with a 2-meat combo. We got to the restaurant minutes after placing our order and were pretty impressed that we didn't have to wait long for the food. I have to say though, that I was disappointed in how dry the ribs were, and the baked potato was a little undercooked imo. Really wanted to enjoy the corn bread but that too, was tough and dry... Bbq chicken 5/5 Jalapeno mac and cheese 4/4 read more

I ordered the family feast it feeds 4-6 people there was plenty of food the brisket was so fatty it was almost inedible I ordered baby backs I think I got St Louis or those were huge babybacks I thought they were way overcooked I hate to fight with ribs to get some meat the chicken and beans were good the corn was frozen just another subpar barbq spot nothing special I wont order from there again read more

Had the lunch meat combos. Brisket is always excellent anf the chopped pork and burnt ends are tasty as well. And the corn muffins always delight! Oh and for dessert lovers the bread pudding is AMAZING. Service a bit slow and the floor was sticky but the food was terrific. read more

I ordered online on Friday the 3rd at about 1:15 and was quoted it would be ready by 1:45. I got there at 1:40 and called saying I was in Pickup space 5. I called and was put on hold for almost 10 minutes. She said she would bring it out when it was ready which was supposed to be 1:45, but I waited another 20 minutes from when I first called. All in all, I called back to find out where my food was and the woman said it was being brought out now. It was 30 minutes after it was supposed to be ready for pickup. I sat in the parking lot to eat the burger I ordered and it was supposed to be med well and it was like a hockey puck. I specifically said no bacon but there was bacon, see pictures. The bottom bun, more than half of it was rock hard and stale as can be. The fries were maybe like warm. Unacceptable. Most of fries and sandwich was inedible. Very disappointed. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Stale hard as a rock right side of bun - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

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I knew better. The ratings was low however I felt its a chain, how bad could it be? The layout is slightly different than other Famous Daves, very open Ann not a lot of booths. We decided to sit in the bar in a booth since there were two very large groups having dinner in the restaurant. The bar was cool, the waitress was very polite. Everything went smooth with the order until it came out. THE FOOD... How could a barbecue place mess up ribs? Easy, bake them. The ribs were not smoked or cooked on the grill. They were tough and overcooked. The rib tips were cooked properly which was the saving grace of the dinner. The sides were nice, they know how to do Cole Slaw. It was savory and sweet. The Wilbur beans were full of meat. Portions are smaller than I would like however they are within reason. I haven't given up on Famous Daves, it will be my last barbecue choice now. read more

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Placed a pickup order around 11am. My food was ready a little before my estimated time. Everything was packaged well and correct! The lady who gave me my food was kind and reassuring :) the food was hot and fresh! The tomatoes and lettuce could've been better but that wasn't a make or break. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Dave's Favorite Burger* and Chicken Wings - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Service was great. Our server was super friendly and very polite! Food was pretty good over all. Ribs were excellent, Brisket was a bit dry and very salty. All the other fixings were tasty. Pretty laid back atmosphere. read more

Favorite bbq place ribs are delicious all sides are good , daily specials are great. We ordered the all American feast plenty of food for 3-5 ppl corn was cooked perfectly ribs and chicken were fall of the bone. Beans and Cole slaw were delicious read more

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I made a reservation just in case it was busy, I showed up 10mins late but it was ok they didn't ask if I had a reservation. Our server was nice, we took advantage of happy hour from 3-6pm. I ordered a handcrafted margarita which I really enjoyed, it had an elevated taste not your traditional house margarita. Fried pickles were crispy and fries were good. I got the 3 meat combo (Brisket, fried catfish, Bbq chicken) all of which were amazing. The fried catfish was crispy and moist, the brisket comes with a slice of white bread underneath. FYI- Get the banana pudding read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Fried pickles and French fries - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

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We had take out at this restaurant. We had ordered the 2 meat combo plates and the highlight of our dinner was the side salad and corn bread. The barbecued chicken was dry and impossible to eat even dipped in sauce. The corn was mushy and tasteless. The ribs were on the dry side as well. Sadly the salmon on the plank told the same story. Quite a disappointing dinner. read more

I thought the BBQ here was actually pretty good. I enjoyed it. It's not fall off the bone if that's what you're looking for but the flavor was there. Not everybody wants fall off the bone. I ordered pick up to go. I asked for sauce on the side but they didn't give me any until I got home read more

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Plenty of parking and lots of seating. The space was clean, roomy, and surprisingly quiet for a Friday night. I kicked things off with the Wild BBQ Berry Margarita--flavorful and refreshing. We shared the 3-meat plate with pulled pork, brisket, and chicken. Sides were two loaded baked potatoes and an extra cornbread muffin. While everything tasted good overall, the portions felt a bit smaller than I remembered (though it's been a while since my last visit). Compared to other BBQ spots, the pulled pork was a little dry and definitely needed sauce. Brisket leaned fatty but was juicy and tender. The chicken (¼ cut) was flavorful and perfectly cooked. There was a hiccup with our order--only one baked potato arrived. When we asked, the server admitted she had no idea why it was missing, but quickly followed up. Turns out the kitchen was out, and it would've been a wait. She offered to sub in mashed potatoes and even threw in a banana pudding to go for the inconvenience--huge props for the thoughtful recovery. Service was fast, friendly, and made up for the kitchen slip. Food is solid and reasonably priced--I'd go again but might try different menu items next time. read more

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We've always liked Dave's and ate at their Minneapolis location several times. This location maintains the quality and selections we expect at Famous Dave's. read more

Visited last night for dinner. We ordered the All American Feast, a side salad and a side of jalepeno sausage. The salad came out first and I will say it was the saddest $6 side salad I have ever seen. It was fresh but it was so small, I was shocked. The feast came out with a ton of food. The meats all had a really good flavor. The sausage had a perfect blend of spice. We ordered a bread pudding to finish off the night. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Peach Cobbler - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Great Service and good food at a decent price! Food always comes out so quickly!! Will definitely continue to eat here!

Dave's Bar B Que is a place for a well balanced meal. Their wide variety of barbecue selection was a pleasant taste to my taste buds. Their famous cornbread met the hype and was phenomenal. Their brisket melted in my mouth. Very kind servers and complied with requests. Shoutout to Jules for being our server. She was very kind and helpful. Great area and is walking distance from the nearby hotels. The whole restaurant is old fashioned theme and is very pretty. Their baked potato lacked many ingredients, but they didn't mind bringing out the extra ingredients. Also, my Shirley temple lacked flavor and did not meet my expectations. Not to forget their great barbecue sauces. My parents were very pleased with the great selection of beers. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - There wide variety of barbecue Sauce Bottles. - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

Sunday dinner we were seated right away. The place ambiance was quite. Hostess are quite but helpful and they do greet you. The waitress did not greet us and was a little harsh when serving drinks and plates but was not mean. She was not on a rush because there were only a couple of tables to take care of. The food took a little longer than it would in a similar chain restaurant, I wouldn't mind the extra wait if the food was fresh but the Mac & Cheese seemed old like it was preheated, same thing with the mashed potatoes. I got the burnt ends and I was not impressed. The were diced chunks of meat. The flavor was okay but I just don't like the dice cut, a strip would have been better, and less if the sauce. The corn bread muffins was excellent and specially because I was not expecting it with my meal. The bread pudding was delicious I could come here just for it. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Burnt Ends - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

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When entering they were very polite and kind , but when our server came up to us she kinda ignored my boyfriend it was alittle rude.. the food seemed old and we honestly did not enjoy it. The beef brisket tasted weird.. the ribs were full of just fat. And the corn and nooo seasoning at all.the beans were alright.. but still not a great experience unfortunately. read more

My husband and I went to eat here last week. They didn't adequately plan for the volume of customers that came in and I learned that the restaurant had food brought in from the Mesa location. With all the graduation celebrations happening at this time of year, same as every year, they should've of been better prepared. That's poor planning. Our order of St Louis style ribs were dry, crusty and chewy; our broccoli was not steamed, tasted raw. We did not enjoy our meal at all. I wrote a letter to their GM about my concerns in a detailed and respectful manner. She wrote me back in a very dismissive and defensive manner, NO apology. She wrote that if I felt our food wasn't "famous" she would give me a refund. I didn't take the time to write her a letter for the sole purpose of getting a refund. I expected a customer focused response considering the wide choices of restaurants available in the area. Instead she just blew me off. I've given this particular FD's restaurant several chances but each time in the past year, they disappoint. read more

It's not what it used to be. I thought these ribs were going to be juicy until I bit into them. Luckily, I don't have dentures. They were so hard and so stale that when the waiter amends over, I beat on them with a knife and it sounded like wood. They did take it off of our bill, however, I ended up having to go and get food somewhere else after we left there but I couldn't even eat it, I felt sick to my stomach all night from the few bites that I had. This ran had to be no less than about 4 days old. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Baby Back Ribs - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

We're regular customers and they advertise Thanksgiving dinners, so we made the order weeks ahead of time and called a week before to verify our family order was ok.. was told yes.. I get there today at my 2ish arranged time to pick up our family Thanksgiving dinner and they have no turkey.. no apple pie and no green beans we had in our order.. not just us.. everyone waiting in same situation.. some had driven an hour for their dinner.. unacceptable and horribly poor planning on their part.. people in line were saying that others were showing up earlier without prepaid orders and getting dinners.. explaining where ours went.. read more

Location; Large restaurant located south of 83rd ave and Bell, near the Arrowhead area. Food; Came for a Holiday event and ordered two large platters for the table, all the meats were good, I really enjoyed the brisket. The sides were tasty, mac and cheese and let not forget the cornbread. Server; Service was superior, half our party got delayed and our server was so patient. read more

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Together we had 9 bones each St. Louis ribs. Both orders were tough and not edible. We have eaten here before and never had such bad food. No meat bones. What little meat was there was tough. They need to dig out the sharp knives if they're going to keep making this garbage. Never going read more

The wife and I have been to famous Dave's easily 30 times always liked it we are life time customers.

Felt like being Independence Day besides hot dogs and hamburgers nothing is more American than barbecue food. So I decided to check out Famous Dave's as they are known around the valley is one of the good barbecue establishments. This was kind of a mixed bag for me. I got a barbecue roasted chicken and it was really good except it had 20 g of sugar in it and I have no clue except for the seasoning maybe they put on the chicken skin but that really blew my mind. The Spareribs were pretty good except that they were a little bit fatty. I got the beans which were probably the best part of the meals they had a lot of heat and really a nice sweet flavor to them without a whole lot of sugar and steam broccoli which kind of came out lukewarm. The service was fine and the food came out fast enough. Got to be careful what you order here and make sure you check the carbs in the sugar content on the meats and the sides. It was okay for the bariatric side as there wasn't a whole lot of stuff that really screwed me up but But the carbs and the sugar did kind of surprise me. Next time I go to barbecue get stuff a little bit more plain and right off the smoker. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - St. Louis-Style Spareribs Corn Bread Muffin Roasted Chicken Wilbur beans. Steamed broccoli - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

This is the first time Ever having bad food and bad service at this location Rib Tips were dry and tough, chicken strips over cooked, fried sweet pickles? Who does that?? Server taught if she take the ice tea off my bill that would make me happy, and I would overlook the dry tough rib tips (" Not So ") I Did Not come to eat Ice Tea!!! Manager unprofessional, but at least he took the disgusting meal off my bill. My stomach will NOT allow me to go back there no time soon, I'll continue to cook my own.... read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Dry over cooked Rib Tips!! - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

We gave up on the chain when we lived back in IL, but have found redemption here in AZ. Food: Unless someone tells me otherwise, this is the BEST place in the valley for baby back ribs! For some odd reason, every BBQ place here seems to only serve spare ribs. Salads and other proteins are ok for the rest of the fam, but I come here for the full slab. The portion is not that big, but I still manage to have a few bones left over to eat them cold for breakfast the next day. Service: OK, nothing great, on par with most other similar establishments. read more

They shouldn't serve barbecue, especially baby back ribs which were super tough. Service was fine.

Our waitress was amazing. She was a sweet older lady and our food was the worst food we've ever had. We ordered so much of the barbecues and we chose to leave 80% of it on our plate. read more

Yesterday was our third time visiting Famous Dave's in Peoria. We had the 2 for Tues Feast which says it serves 2-3 but there were a lot of leftovers so could've probably easily served 4. We had our choice of pulled pork or brisket and I chose brisket, having had it before on a sandwich. This time it was not as good. It was very fatty and had a weird smoky flavor but not like smoke from the BBQ, like they used too much liquid smoke. The ribs had a good flavor but there was not much meat on them. I liked the chicken the best but it was a very small portion. The drumstick was tiny! I liked the beans and the coleslaw the best and I'd give them each a 9 out of 10. Maybe even a 10/10, lol! They gave us a lot of fries. I don't usually like steak fries but these were very good since they were crispy. The corn muffins were a little sweet but they were OK. There was also corn on the cob, which I did not try, but my husband liked it. Overall, I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10 but the brisket only gets a 2 out of 10. If we try it again, I'll get the pulled pork! By the way, the service was wonderful! read more

Came here with friends and we got the feast and it was big to share. It was 3 of us but more could have shared with us. The Mac and cheese is delicious! read more

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In the past, we have only order to go from here for family gatherings. My husband wanted BBQ for his birthday and it was just the two of us, so we dined in. The food was much better than I remember it being. The Tuesday deal for the feast for 2 is a steal. The ribs were tender and the brisket was amazing. Love the French fries. It wasn't busy at all and our server who was also the bartender was great. The only negative thing I will say is that it smelled like dirty mop water throughout the restaurant and that was not appealing. We will be back though, especially with the good weekday deals they have now. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - Feast For 2 - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona

It's been a couple of years since I went to Famous Dave's , thought I would give them a try again ... wish I hadn't. Ordered the 1 meat combo for $21, the portion size was ridiculously small and the chopped pork had a lot of burnt pieces in it. The amount of meat was so little , I think the pork sandwich would have had more. Other BBQ places for that price would have had double the amount of meat and much higher quality. I won't be coming back. read more

Famous Dave's Bar B Que - $21 BBQ combo plate - Barbeque Near Me - Peoria, Arizona