I'm wondering if these 5 star reviewers ate at the same Nick's house of ribs as I did?? I decided to pick up some Nicks as I haven't been there in a while. I ordered takeout and got the onion loaf, half rack of ribs with coleslaw & baked beans. The onion loaf was a burnt brick of barely recognizable onion slices. The ribs were tough, dry with an overly tangy sauce. Coleslaw smelled old .These are not the ribs I remembered...I've had better ones at Friday's.Nicks has always been part of my family's beach trips but the food taste & quality has really declined. I won't be back. read more

Manager/owner charged $6 per kids drink, which wasn't indicated on the kids menu or by the waitress. The response was "the price is on the bill" menu implies drinks are included and is completely misleading. Owner/manager wouldn't even talk to us about it. read more

Nick's - Owner/manager picked an arbitrary price for drinks and added about $20 to our check. Wouldn't discuss it with us at all. - Barbeque Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

Waisted $275 at this restaurant. Food was below average. Party of 6 ordered ribs, salmon, fried shrimp, crab dip & wings. Prices on website are different than on menu when you arrive. Their bar has "open-air" seating-which is basically a wall that goes up like a garage door. This prevents the rest of the this very large restaurant from receiving any air conditioning. Manager is probably the rudest person I've ever met. Buyer Beware!! read more

Meet longtime friends once a year. Needed a place to catch up and converse. We were seated at a corner booth. Food was great. Server, Anastasia (? ) was very helpful and allowed us to visit. Guests were really pleased with the experience. read more

Anastasia was a great waitress. The food was good. The menu is pricey. $9 frozen mixed drinks. The average plate was $20-$30. However, you do get a good bit of food. My meal was the ribs and lobster tail. You get 2 sides with it. The cream of crab soup is delicious!! It is $10 but it is delicious!!! Good place to have a meal with your family and friends. read more

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The food was mostly okay but the service was terrible. We asked our server for wine recommendations and he expressed his lack of knowledge but rather than seeking advice from the bar or another coworker, just shrugged it off and didn't even bother to ask the rest of the table if they wanted to order a drink. They were also out of multiple food and drink options we tried to order. We were served our food without silverware and also had to ask for all the sauces that were supposed to come with our entrees when they came out without them. The serving of fries were very small and cold and the baked potatoes from two of our dishes were spoiled and had to be replaced. Would not recommend read more

great place nice people and well worth the time to stop by for a nice meal.pulled pork egg rolls with horseradish and crab dip were great staters followed by flounder ribs bbq shrimp baked potat6 and salad.. yum great service and tasty meal . read more

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Absolutely disgusted !! Order bbq chicken , steak fries and baked beans. My order came out and in the baked beans was hair!!!!! Not very appetizing!! Waiter sucked and didn't even get a manager to apologize!!!!! read more

Our family has been going to Nicks since they opened. Called in for carry tonight. Order was ready on time. We each got the Flounder Almondine. A large fresh fillet, baked, topped with imperial sauce, I think, and almonds. Delicious. And it makes me so happy that you can get a baked potato for a side. So many restaurants don't offer them anymore. read more

Biggest waste of $115! Such a disappointment! Everything was terrible except our server! Nice kid! Drinks were watered down! Even the soda and lemonade. My Bloody Mary was terrible and watered down, and it was served in a Pizza Tugos glass! Which was also strange The kitchen was unbelievably slow and messed up several tables orders as we waited. When our order finally came out they forgot my sons steak. They sent one back out almost raw!;( definitely was not medium well. My husbands baked potato was cold. After two visits to the bathroom and alerting front end staff of no SOAP in the men's room.. nothing happened! No soap was added in the men's room!;( I would not recommend this place!;( read more

This used to be our favorite rib house when visiting OCMD. They've changed the menu and added some sides that appeared appealing.... until we tasted them. They were too heavily seasoned with salt or pepper. The ribs were fine, as well as the crab cake, but the sides were overly seasoned unless you prefer a LOT of salt or pepper. Our waitress was less than attentive as she would sweep by and disappeared before you had a chance to swallow your food and respond. The onion loaf was overdone and any chef should know that you have to dip the onion in flour first so the batter will stick to the onion. Too greasy and fell apart. The prices also have changed and seem to be overpriced on some items. For example, if you ordered a three-rib appetizer it was $13 while a half rack WITH two sides was $15.99. Seems a bit of an overreach. read more

My first post was too offensive, so I don't wanna melt any snowflakes but this place is awful so here we go again. I will give one credit to the place that they have good coleslaw but other than that the crabcake sandwich was subpar and let's talk about ribs. For a place that is supposed to be a renowned rib joint, it was awful. I have had much better results making my own ribs and dousing them in Sweet baby Ray's barbecue sauce. I was so upset after my meal because my ribs were so dry but as we all know the first rule in restaurants is that you just do not return your food ever. I showed the waiter how dry my ribs were and he did agree with me but I refused to send them back. Afterwards, I asked for the manager who turned out to be the owner. This man is absolutely the worst restaurant owner on the planet. He had the audacity to try to tell me that he eats the ribs every day, yeah right. He was the most condescending, egotistical little man I have ever met on the planet. This guy seriously was so rude and condescending. I will never go to this place ever again if I'm down in the area I also suggest to never go there because it was so pitiful. Never again will I give them my money and at $170 tab, you think he would've at least maybe charged me for a half a rack instead of a full rack because they were so pitiful. Do not waste your hard-earned money on this place. read more

Had the Ribs and Crab MAC & Cheese. I'd have to say this is the best restaurant in the area, if you come here you will not be disappointed. Staff is friendly and the place has a very cozy feel to it. read more

It was just okay. I was expecting more. Had training waiter so service was subpar It's average restaurant. Very family oriented read more

Stay away. We went with two families waited an hour to be seated only to be separated for seating. When we asked why Scott told my wife "I have already decided you need to leave or we will see what happens" this was to a women who was just asking not even arguing. And to think this was this guys feedback to someone else. STAY AWAY. MrTUGO, Owner at Nick's Original House of Ribs, responded to this reviewResponded July 8, 2018 Folks, Well I guess it bears repeating " you have to use your outside voice" if there is a problem. We want you to be happy, we want you to be thrilled. We want you to come back. However we are not mind readers read more

So ... last night some friends and I went to dinner at Nick's Ribs in N.Ocean City. Nick's has been an iconic dining destination in OC for many a year. We chose Nick's from past experiences and a craving for some smokey ribs. Unfortunately things did not go well. It seems that wonderful rib joint has gone away for good. Oh, they are open for business but under new ownership and management. We were greeted professionally and seated fairly quickly. Sorry to say ... that was the highlight of the evening. Our server was nice and worked hard for us but it was all for not. After recieving our meals which were out fairly quickly, the two of us that ordered combos were stunned. The ribs were more like a child's portion 3 to 4 ribs and the chicken quarter was lacking to say the least. My buddy ordered the rib / crabcake combo. The crabcake was a little larger than a golf ball and his rib portion consisted of maybe a 4 bone section. ($36 meal). I asked to speak to a manager regarding the portion size. An individual dressed in kitchen attire approached the table and stood a few feet away. He blurted out "you wanted to see me" without introducing himself. I asked if he was the manager and he confirmed that he was. Long story short, he basically dismissed our complaint and claimed that times are tough right now. He responded to our disappointment with a degree of disdain. I agree that times are tough but to offer a fraction of the original portion and serve a dried up version of what made this establishment famous ... over $35 per plate. Our server agreed with our reaction and disapproval . I will never go back. I also suggest you save your time and money by avoiding this establishment. Manager needs training on responding to a customer complaint. I was not looking for $ back. Just thought they should know our disapproval read more

Prices are that of a good steak and ribs place but the food isn't even as good as a Denny's. Don't waste your time and money the food is not good, so overpriced. But I did have really good service! Too bad the server's effort was wasted on that cafeteria food! read more

For tasty fall off the bone ribs and some great crab cakes, go to nicks. Crab cakes were some of the best on the island- delicious crab chunks that requires no sauce. Ribs were very good- recommended the ribs and crab cake entree. Went for dinner and had a great experience. While they have great BBQ, you might be desiring a little more from their sides (baked potato a little bland). But you forgive them when you taste the entree. Recommend staying away from the BBQ shrimp ( tasted ok, but you don't get much in the way of rice) If you're in OC md you should definitely give it a try- very hard not to find something you'll enjoy. read more

Nick's - Barbeque Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

This place is horrible. Been sick ever since I went here. I highly recommend you save yourself and pick another place. Looks like the next 24 hours are ruined. The service was bad too. So unhappy we wasted time and money on this place while on vacation. read more

We came to drink. Drinks were nice. We got the wrong food for my husband then we had to wait for his whole meal to come. His steak was flat and was asked for a new one. After waiting awhile it finally came out nice and we finished our meal. Really left a bad taste in our mouth about the whole place read more

Nick's - Barbeque Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

If you want good food at a fair price, try this place. I had the ribs and green bean with season corn and it was exceptional. Would go back here in a heartbeat. read more

Nick's - Barbeque Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

Delicious!! The wings and ribs were outstanding. Enjoyed the crab toast, soup was delicious. Margarita was perfect. Friendly staff.

Great service from Ryan. Delicious Prime Rib and Thursday chicken and rib special was insane. Ribs were great. Perfect place for dinner and open later than most places in the area. Excellent place to watch game in the bar area. This was our 2nd trip with Ryan bartending. Super friendly and attentive. Great martini and also nice wine and beer selection. We will be back soon. read more

Great food. The salmon was quite tasty. But unfortunately poor service with Anastasia.

Definitely overpriced! Went there for dinner . Food was good, the sides were awful. I would of given it 3 stars if I wouldn't have gotten red bumps all over my chest, back and neck not long after I left the restaurant (I've never been allergic to anything, so I don't know what happened there) and 4 stars if I wouldn't have found a long black hair in my side broccoli salad and I would of given it 5 stars if the prices were normal and not so overpriced for relatively good-mediocre food. It wasn't something "WOW". The appetizer was good, we had crab dip with chips. Ribs were ok (Longhorn Steakhouse has 10 times better ribs), the BBQ Chicken was really good (but I think that's what caused the red bumps on my body) and crab dip was ok, my personal preference is that Green Turtle crab dip is better, but this one was ok. The chips tho were hard and so oily and hard to eat - the 3 colored chips aren't that great. The cocktail I had was good! Service was ok, overall 2 stars out of 5. I was thinking about trying it again, but I'm afraid of getting food poisoning or something else. The atmosphere and the restaurant was nice, probably because it was pretty empty on the Sunday we went, but overall it's ok. Bill was 100$ not including tip. read more

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Food is OK. Service is terrible! Ordered take out with promising delivery about 30 minutes. We ended waiting for almost an hour and half! Not recommended if you have other choices. read more

Ate Father's Day dinner there last night. The ribs and sweet potatoes were excellent. However the restaurant was freezing. We asked for the ceiling fans to be turned off. We were told no. There were teenagers sitting with hoodies on with the hood up on their head because it was so cold. Most people had jackets on. Yet the restaurant refused to turn the fans off. read more

Macaroni and cheese was good but my family's ribs were cold and not that good but nice waiter . read more

Excellent food, great service-we especially appreciate that this restaurant is mask optional-go and show your support, patriots

Food is just ok. Our service was great and dining was nice but being a house of ribs I had higher expectations for the ribs themselves. The four cheese Mac and cheese should be called four butter Mac and cheese. There was no cheese as pictured, just wet noodles. To conclude- would not go back for the price. read more

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We've been going to Nick's for years and have always enjoyed their ribs. We went for lunch this time and didn't enjoy it as much. First, the place was deserted. We went on a Saturday around 12:30 and there was only one other table. When the waitress brought the menus it was clear what the problem was: they don't have a lunch menu. We didn't want dinner sized portions or prices. Me wife and daughter both ordered kid sized portions of ribs. I ordered a Caesar salad that had three times the amount of salad dressing it should have. Wife and daughter's ribs were good, but we'll probably be looking around for a new spot for ribs. read more

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!!!! I ordered a bunch of food for takeout because of COVID and when I drove 25 minutes home they were missing a bunch of food items. I called and they didn't answer for 15 minutes so I started driving back, they REFUSED to give me the food that was missing. The manager was very rude to me and wouldn't give me the missing food and no apology whatsoever. I will NOT be going back and they will not be getting my business ever again..... read more

Horrible! Placed an order for pickup, showed up on time. My friends order was ready but wrong. I was told 5 minutes for fries but waited 25 before the manager made the excuse the computer was down, which I suppose controls the fries??? Every order coming out was checked by front lobby staff before leaving and their was a problem with every one while we waited. Then I take the 3 minute drive back and everything was cold, cold ribs, cold crab cakes, undercooked fries.... all that for $76! read more

This place is under new ownership, the prices are higher and the food is not as good. After 10 consecutive years of eating here on vacation, the streak is over next year. Time to find a better place. Disappointed someone could ruin a fabulous restaurant in less than 3 months. read more

Just ate there tonite, something different-menu looks different with not so many choices, also price increased. I wanted a burger after arriving today but not on menu. Our food came out maybe 1-2 minutes from when we ordered -way too quick if u ask me. My wife went to the ladies room after ordering and my guess is she didn't even get there yet and the food was on the table...My full rack looked like it had a dry layer of sauce & was reheated, definitely not like the years before...they were ok but not "to die for" like I remember. Crab cakes good, Cole slaw to mayonaisey for my tastes. Bake potato was 1/2 the size as last year. Bread good (I didn't need a second basket). Expect to spend 30 bucks a plate. I don't know if ice tea was free or the waiter forgot to charge... 3 stars diwn from 5 last year... read more

We have been coming here for over 40 years. I read the ownership recently changed. Menu is the same, ribs still your best best. I still love the broccoli salad. Prices have risen slightly and the menu itself looks different. However the most annoying change is that they now charge for bread refills! Yes people, you read that right: 95 cents per roll!!! Each person gets two. If you want more even when you order a full rack and have leftovers you must pay. I have eaten at some of the most expensive, exclusive restaurants in DC, NY, Miami, LA, Chicago, and all over the world. Places that specialize in bread and whose bread basket is often their speciality. Never have I ever been charged for a refill of bread placed on the table as part of our meal. Now yes, some charge for an initial bread basket when it is their speciality; in that case it's my choice. However never ever for a refill of what is considered complementary and placed as part of your meal when you receive your beverage. Makes you wonder: if I am actively practicing my 'no carb' diet and say 'no bread' am I credited my almost $2 for the rolls I didn't eat?? We asked the manager about it, who offered the response 'well everyone gets 2.' An annoyance and honestly something that needs to go back to the way it was. You get 3 stars from me because of this 'new' practice of charging for bread refills. Sorry......NOT sorry. read more

First time in OC, and our family decided to come here for our first night based on the positive average reviews. I should have dug a little deeper to find out that this restaurant recently came under new ownership and has a steep drop in standards. I can understand why... We ordered the crab toast, which was quite tasty as an appetizer. Our main courses were the ribs and broiled chicken. The chicken was about as dry as a piece of cardboard. The ribs were simply awful. I have no basis to compare how they used to be at Nicks, but comparing them to the many dozens of BBQ places I've been, this one would rate in the top 5 worst I've ever eaten. It's a shame. I wasn't expecting anything amazing, but looking forward to some at least decent bbq. The appetizer was good, but that's really it. Oh, and if you want extra bread rolls, it's $0.95 per roll. That's a first for me! We declined the extra rolls. read more

Prime Rib is scrumptious! I recommend ordering from the bar. The staff is awesome, and the food is too. Came here for my 12 year anniversary with my boo. The specialty is the BBQ, and I think the cole slaw is the best I ever had in my life! There is something about Ocean City's air that makes everything taste so good. Nick's has been a favorite of this town for years. It's a destination for sure! read more

We ordered carryout barbeque chicken and pulled pork. I paid extra for white meat. The breasts looked like turkey breasts they were so big which made me wonder about hormones. Also they were not cooked through as well as they should have been. I hesitated giving this to my small grandkids. They didn't put ANY barbeque sauce in the packaging and no butter and sour cream for the baked potatoes. I paid a total of 87.29 for 3 chicken breast dinners and 1 pulled pork sandwich. Never again....They should refund my money. read more

Just came back from Nicks and McDonald's would have been better . Nicks sadly is under new ownership. The owner of Pizza Tugos owns nicks now and it sucks. Pizza Tugo sucks and don't be surprised to find hair and trash in your pizza and then not have anything done about it. We went in and it was a ghost town. We were seated right away ordered ribs. And they literally came out 5 mins later. I kid you not. We have ate here three times before and we always had to wait for them to be cooked. These were dry and lukewarm and obviously reheated. We were so hungry through we could of eaten a cow still mooing. Should of said something right away or gotten up and left. My boyfriend asked the waiter, how long ago were these ribs cooked and the waiter was dumbfounded. STAY AWAY FROM NICKS. Their customer service sucks. The new owners customer service that is. The food sucks big time. NOT worth the money!! read more