First, the Cafe portion closed in 2020 or so. But what has replaced it is a huge expansion of the…read morestore area now incorporating a full produce and fruit section, an expansive bakery, and an unbelievably wonderful gift and sundries area that competes with the best of Selfridge's but is all locally crafted goods. This was an incredible discovery as we originally just were planning to stop for a quick breakfast on the way to Liverpool, but instead spent a good 90 minutes just shopping here. Every nook and cranny of the store has wonderful discoveries awaiting like their trademark smoked wild honey, and a complete array of accompaniment sauces, condiments and conserves. Private parking at the access road's end is still plentiful, and they still stock and sell their trademark smoking wood for fireplace and home use. Easily one of Wilmslow's hidden treasures worth the journey just to visit here. And bring lots of shopping bags! The store staff are so courteous and enjoyable to help explore the vast array of items here. They also have gift wrapping available.

Modernity has its price. Sometimes a price we are not aware of until we see a parallel continuum…read morewhere old school has been preserved. Cheshire smokehouse is one such hidden gem. Nestled in the Cheshire countryside just south of Manchester Airport. The Ward family have been using traditional smoking methods to preserve and enhance the delicious flavour of local produce for over a century. You all know I'm a sucker for family run business and this is one such great example. (Current owner Darren Ward is the great, great grandson of JOhn William ward who established the business in 1907) Stepping inside the Cheshire smokehouse, a warm homely feel thou shall be immersed into. A soothing affair enhanced by the fresh foodie aromas of inhouse cooking. Driving through Wilmslow I have often paid a cheeky visit or two just to pick up the infamous Smoked Cashew nuts.. But there's certainly a lot more to this place then that. (There's a shop, there's a Patisserie, a wineshop and a Cafe... short and sweet) The Smokehouse shop caters for all your basic retail needs safe in the knowledge that the products are fresh and locally sourced (No horses were hurt in the making of that statement) ranging from fresh fruits, vegetables, rice and pasta. The in-house Patisserie carries a varied list of delicious artisan breads and cakes and for those looking for some strong dinner table vimtoe, the Smokehouse wine shop carries a healthy selection of over 400 carefully chosen wines and spirits. If all the excitement of so much good food gets too much for you, why not pop upstairs to the smokehouse cafe for a spot of breakfast/lunch/tea depending on your mood/time of day. You'd be pleasantly surprised by the nature of what's on offer at this modest little beauty. A quick recommendation? Try the gourmet sandwiches!!! They might be a tad expensive at around a tenner a pop, but boy was the steak gourmet sandwich I tried worth it! Glancing at the menu if that doesn't tickle your fancy there's a selection of yummy platters served with a warm basket of crustastic bread at around the same price-range and for the not so peckish belly owners may I recommend a lighter load of warm duck salad which is served with roast garlic jam (Yes you heard right) For the die hard food romantics out there the creme de la creme has to be the Ballon D'or of the North West food world, The Cheshire Smokehouse hamper!! Nothing says I love you my food loving comrade more than a voluptuous helping of the Cheshire Smokehouse hamperoffering. Served on a colorful mattress out in the Cheshire country open on a warm-sunfilled-breezy Summer afternoon, few things in this world say picnic opulent greatness better. That's not all my Yelpampered friends, there's a hamper for every occasion. Like a conveyor belt of Louis Vuitton bags the smokehouse continue to churn out new Hamperness every year. Costs range from £35-£150 depending on your disposable incomenss/ specialness of the occasioness (Yes I made up those words, but you get the picture) Par exemple The Smoke house selection hamper will set you back a modest £35 and includes: Smoked Scottish Salmon 100g / Air Dried Ham 115g / Smokehouse Smoked Chicken 150g / Smoked Duck Breast 200g / Dry Cured Sweet Black Bacon 200g / Hickory Smoked Almonds and Cashews 100g /Hickory Smoked Cashews with Black Pepper 100g / Smokehouse Lidded Box. The "Hickory" hamper on the other hand will set you back a few pennies more at £150 but it doeseth cometh with a few drops of juice amongst other treats I tell thee. Namely.... (takes a deep breath) Une bottle of Gusbourne Estate English Sparkling Wine / Brut Reserve Bottle of Niepoort Tawny Dee Port / "Burnt Sugar" Fudge / Choc Affair Fair Trade Chocolate Ba / Chocca Mocca Hot Chocolate Tin / Hickory Smoked Almonds & Cashews (200g) / Fine Cheese Company Parmesan Crackers / "My Cup of Tea" Breakfast Tea / Vallecoppa Pesto / Tracklements Salsa / Guidetti Pasta / Peters Yard Mini Crispbreads / Tracklements Onion Marmalade / Nudo Olive Oil / Thursday Cottage Jam or Curd ....AND.... a Large Lidded Basket!! Thats plenty of decent and indulging oomphh for your buck! To get to the Smokehouse it helps if you have une voiture as it is kinda...no wait... It -IS- in the middle of nowhere... however I'm sure you clever folk can work your way around that right? (Give that internal combustion engine endowed friend a nudge and come along) Please note that the cafe is closed Monday/Sunday, so if you fancy planting yourself there to sample a gourmet sandwich avoid these two UNsmokeHOuseLY days. Cheshire smokehouse is frequented mainly by the not so financially challenged local folk and Foodies from all over the Northwest of England. However the delights of such a magnificent place are there for all to enjoy, so tootle along and try something new. Perhaps even Yelp about something I haven't tried. Who knows...I might let thee tag along on my next voyage .. I'm all Car'd up! Allez

I was visiting Blackburn from across the pond on business and decided to try a good British steak…read more When scrolling through the local offerings, I noted that the Hudson Smokehouse offered a stone cooked steak. Since I had never had one prepared that way, I thought I'd give it a try. I enjoyed the experience. The perfect size rib eye steak was brought out with beautiful grill marks, sizzling on a hot stone for me to finish the cooking to my preferred state of doneness (medium rare of course). I sprinkle on a little salt & pepper, flipped it over twice until it had a nice sear & was ready to go. The flavor of the meat was great, it was a perfect medium rare. The experience was worth it. If I had a choice though, I'd have preferred an option for a side other than 'chips' - mashed or baked would have been preferred. I give the Hudson Smokehouse a hearty thumbs up.

First visit to the Hudson smokehouse last night, this place is huge!…read more Brilliant if there is a group of you wanting an affordable meaty feast! I absolutely love the decor in this place it's very rustic. They have live music every Saturday night, there service was excellent all staff are extremely friendly and helpful - thank-you to the lady who looked after us last night, unfortunately I do not know your name. I had the "bourbon" burger last night and my partner had the "Bull & boar" we halved them so we could try both....both really nice (coleslaw and chunky chips delish too) they have a decent choice on the menu from chicken, pulled pork, burgers, ribs, and steaks, it's defiantly a mans meaty American style dream. Its a perfect place if you just fancy a lunch/tea with your family or friends that's not pricey and a drink or two after with some live music, without dressing up "to the nines" the cocktails sounded really nice but we didn't have any as we were driving, a sparkling water was as exciting as it got ha! And the milkshakes looked ace but the portions of our main were so generous we couldn't stomach anything else.

Great and fantastic food very filling amazing staff really helpful overall 10/10 great atmosphere…read morelove the style of the restaurant MOVIES!!

OMG never in my life have I seen so much meat on my plate!!! A super nice environment greeted us…read morewith pleasant staff and a bustley fun restaurant! After my Pornstar Martini and shot of champagne i had the full house burger which consisted of every meat imaginable ! A definate place to visit! If you find out what makes the dirty BBQ sauce dirty then please let me know

Ordered delivery from here (via Deliveroo) and it was my first experience with the restaurant. I…read moremolders the salmon fishcakes and the blackened salmon supreme. I have to say that both dishes were really good, considering they were delivered. The fishcakes were decent, and the salsa that came with them was really good. I imagine this dish would be even better when served at the restaurant, as the breeding would've been nice and crispy. The blackened salmon dish came with a piece of salmon that was roughly 5 ounces (~140g) in my estimation, but it was cooked perfectly (not overdone and dry). It came with far too many mashed potatoes and a decent amount of vegetables (zucchini/courgette, and some greens). Again, this probably would've been much better in the restaurant as I imagine the salmon skin would've still been crispy. Overall it was a good experience and I would consider eating here in person, or for delivery!

I was there with a friend. We had a very enjoiable evening. Good beer and a very tasty hamburger,…read morewell-cooked . The dessert was AMAZING, i cry everytime i re-think at that cake!

Food is top quality. Love the choices for sauces when eating in. Service is quick enoughread more

From the owner: Red's True Barbecue is an authentic american smokehouse serving glorious meats, craft beer and…read morecocktails. Like a bolt from heaven, it struck Red. The people knew nothing of True Barbecue. Of meat smoked low n slow, infused with joy. Of glazes and rubs so glorious that angels wept. Let there be meat! Let there be Red's. A place to worship the truth. Believe in True Barbecue, all is forgiven.

Absolutely best hog roast and burgers I've ever tasted…read more Service was brilliant and all food fresh right In front of you. Burgers were cooked to how my guests wanted them as they were steak- I had my medium - so tasty! We also hired the hog roast - all I can say is that you made our party even better. They are already booked for our next Thank you.

From the owner: Here at Pinkys we supply and deliver succulent hog roasts, gourmet burgers and BBQ's straight to…read moreyour event at fantastic prices.

I like this place it has a proper American feel and fun decor. I went with my girl just for a…read morechange from the norm. We both got the Sirloin steak (with blue cheese sauce ...Nice!), it came done as we asked, no probs good friendly service. Also got brisket nachos they were very good. My favourite thing was the drinks though.....Sam Adams on draught and my girl got cherry bramble cocktail which she loved, would definitely go again, next time I will try the wings and the burgers I think (seen some come out and was proper jel ha). Thumbs up BLT.

We stopped in for a late dinner after a very long two travel days coming to Chester from New…read moreOrleans, Louisiana. I'm very well used to being disappointed by lack of flavor in "Louisiana" or "American Southern" food outside of the actual American South. My entire family and I were extremely pleasantly surprised at just how good and genuinely authentic this food was. I got the "louisiana hot" chicken burger, which actually was spicy, and well seasoned, and delicious. The regular fried chicken basket was some of the best seasoned chicken my brother has had in a while. Veggie burger, cobb salad, and brisket sandwhich all got positive reviews. The only thing my brother noted is the "georgia sweet tea" is nowhere near as sweet as we make it back home! But that's totally negligible, because the delicious meal and welcoming environment was wonderful. Highly recommend.

The food was amazing! As an American these were spot on!!! The brisket was melt in your mouth…read moretenderness!!! The burgers were lovely and the chips were hot and crispy with fluffy interior! The service was wonderful and lovely our server was on top of things and took great care of us. I definitely would go again! Great for a date or a nice family dinner. Or Saturday night!

Absolutely love this place ... I've been twice now and had 2 different burgers and they were both…read moreas amazing as each other. This visit I had the sloppy joe. This was a burger patty (with lettuce, tomato and onion), topped with brisket chilli, cheese and soured cream with chives. I didn't want to embarrass myself by picking it up and it being all sloppy so I ate the chilli first and OMG it was one of the best chilli I have ever had. I wanted more. The burger was wonderfully juicy and perfect. There was a selection of sauces at hand on the table from tomato sauce, bbq sauce, a horseradish style bbq sauce and French's mustard. I think I also saw some baconaise on a bar type table. I upgraded my fries to sweet potato fries and they tasted amazing. From the looks of them they were fresh and not frozen ones ... made that day it seems. On the side I had a pot of links which was a tin pot with a couple of cut up spicy sausages ... they had a nice kick to them and they were very nice. I went around 6pmish on a Friday night and it was very quiet ... I hope it picks up later as I would hate for this place to close as I love it. The server was absolutely lovely and the whole place was nice and clean, had a good feel and look to it and is just top notch.

So it was date night and I asked what cuisine he fancied.. smoked meat was the…read moreresponse...automatically I said Reds but then thought hmm where else is there.. This place popped up..looking at the menu online the Big Smoke sounded like a winner. Pulled pork..brisket ..burnt ends..sausage..chicken..corn on cob and fries for £40 ..nom nom nom. It was the first time I had walked into a restaurant knowing what I wanted. What was a pleasant surprise was seeing a sign advertising 50% food Monday. This was quite a large place with bare floorboards and metal tables. It took awhile to be served which the kind waitress apologised. Instantly we ordered with a Very Berry Tale cocktail and a flat white. The cocktail arrived first. It was very well made but I guess for £8.50 I was expecting that. The food arrived on a metal platter which cooled downed the food significantly due to it being placed on a cold metal table..a wooden matt would have remedied that. Now the food itself..if i had paid full price I would have been unhappy. All the meat was dry and tasted like left overs. The meat I enjoyed was the burnt ends and sausage. The beans didn't taste like they had been cooked in the sauce for very long and the condiments tasted watered down prebought products. We had to remind staff about the coffee at the end and we fed back to the waiter our observations. Would we come back? No is my answer unfortunately it felt like a lesser quality Reds True BBQ. Staff were nice when you could get hold of one though.

Delicious grub, fabulous, friendly but professional service…read more Highly recommend. Definitely the best hog roast and Southern BBQ that I've tasted!

Bubba's provided a Hog Roast for my 40th Birthday party. The pork sandwiches and crunchy crackling…read morewere amazing. The service was friendly, professional and efficient and all of my friends loved the party and went back for seconds. Definitely recommend Bubba's Smokin' Hog Rost.