Traveling through and made a special effort to stop in. The food, as always, was amazing. The added bonus was the service. Anita was friendly and efficient getting us our order. She made the experience like visiting old friends. It is refreshing to get great customer service! Thank you! read more

The fried chicken is fair. Also I prefer homemade ranch dressing, just makes everything taste better and the sauces were not made from scratch. The restaurant was very clean and the service was good though. read more

I grew up in Smithfield and when I return to visit family, I always need to get my bbq fix. On a Saturday night (a little after 9 PM), I could not find anywhere open and I was so happy to find this Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q open until 11! I went in and while I enjoyed the food (bbq and hushpuppies are heaven's food), but the people were even nicer. I really enjoyed Kendrick and Anita. They were friendly and kind and made my bbq taste even better. Thanks for helping this southern boy get his bbq fix on!!! read more

I love Smithfield food but the young lady Trinity at the drive thru window provided excellent customer service. I was having a rough day but her friendly smile and accuracy made just that moment a little better. Thank you to Trinity for your kindness and Smithfield for hiring an amazing employee! read more

These wonderful people are at the truck stop handing us truckers free lunch while we deal with this crisis. On behalf of my brothers out here I want to thank you. It means alot to me and I'm sure I'm not alone. I'm looking forward to visiting them when I'm off of work to sit and have a mean cause lunch was delicious. Thank you. read more

Awesome chicken and pork bbq !! Always fresh and always good !! I miss it terribly since we moved back to Louisiana.

Very friendly workers but wouldn't recommend the bar-b-q. Place has some decent fried chicken but in all honesty stick with popeyes if your looking for fast food fried chicken. read more

To start off with I was greeted from across the room from a young man saying welcome to Smithfield's. Apparently his parents did not raise him appropriately by telling him not to holler across a dining room filled with patrons The pricing has become somewhat ridiculous. A barbecue sandwich and a glass of tea was around seven dollars. They would not finance it. Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered. I will refrain from doing business with Smithfield. read more

I love this eatery and the servers are nice. I go there for BBQ sandwich and I love their BBQ sandwich value deal that they have. So good!

Love the food there. Dislike that you have to wait for your order to be made on drive thru. I waited 40 minutes!!! I'm not exaggerating. Might as well go inside and order it from there. I could tell by the look of the employees that they were tired and dispirited which gives a bad image of the business. Love the fries and tenders. I would suggest adding white gravy to the menu to accompany the tenders. read more

I'm not a fan of any of the Carolina "bbq" I've had, so I ordered their fried chicken with 2 sided and hushpuppies with a sweet tea. Fried chicken - 3/5 (chicken tastes fresh, good seasonings, properly cooked, but I feel as though something is missing) Potato salad - 3/5 (too tangy, too sweet, lacks too much of the required for me, but it is edible) Baked beans - 1/5 (extremely too sweet, I didn't order a bean dessert....pass!) Hush puppies - 1/5 (where I'm from we do more with our hush puppies. Yes, I know it is adkinsons, but if that is their best, I don't want to see their worst) Sweet tea- 4/5 read more

Stopped on a road trip, and were pretty pleased. The decor is clean, the staff was all friendly. (Kudos to the cashier for being patient with us staring at the menu going "Hmm" a lot!) All the food was plentiful (we took away a doggie box!) and the sweet tea was oh-so-sweet and kept coming. In no particular order, the food... BBQ is one of those things that varies way too much, and Smithfield's falls pretty solidly in the vinegar-based camp. Not my favorite variety, but theirs was decent, with a nice undertone of spicy to complement the vinegar bite. My husband (also not a fan of vinegar) was quite happy with his platter. Hush puppies were plentiful and delicious. Fried chicken tenders were large, and the breading had a great kick to complement the wonderfully crispy texture. Daughter loved her fried shrimp snack. Didn't like the fact I kept sneaking shrimp off her plate, but moving on... French fries, cole slaw, and potato salad were good. (Potato salad is on the sweet side.) Next time I want to try their Brunswick stew. If we're heading up or down 95 again, we'll stop by Smithfield's! read more

Disappointed. Stoped by for some food to go, what kind of BBQ place doesn't give you any bbq sauce with bbq platter?

Sure, it's a chain, but they serve quality NC barbecue at a fair price, the employees are friendly, and the restaurant is clean. It was certainly an oasis in the I-95 food desert between the DC area and South Carolina. Highly recommended. read more

Clean restaurant and very attentive staff. Chicken tenders are full of tender meat and easy to eat. Hush puppies always come out hot and fresh. I have learned to order the Brunswick stew on the side so I get a bigger portion of it. read more

Now, I might have mentioned it once or twice, but I know BBQ pretty well. One might call me a connoisseur. So when I was driving from Savannah to DC, I wanted to find a good Eastern NC BBQ place. It being Sunday, many of the independent places were closed, so we settled on Smithfield, which a believe is a regional chain. I was pleasantly surprised. The pulled pork was tender and the spicy vinegar sauce was perfect. I usually prefer western NC BBQ, which is sweet, over the eastern with its vinegar base, but this place won me over. Balancing out the vinegar, the sides of potato salad and coleslaw both had a sweet taste- the potato salad was sort of like German potato salad. All the platters come with a half dozen absolutely delicious, perfectly cooked hush puppies. Forgetting where I was, I naively ordered a large drink. To me, that would be 20oz. To them, it is approximately 685oz. This cup was ridiculously, comically large. I drank it for 6 hours after we left the restaurant. So unless you are looking to fill your swimming pool with soda, I would advise ordering a medium drink. Decor is nothing special- basically a fast food restaurant interior. You order at the counter and they bring it to your table. Solid 3.5 stars. read more

I saw like 3 roaches roaming around the place so I bet their food is contaminated with something. Their food is too salty, at least their meat is. Some workers are rude too. read more

We wanted decent NC BBQ. A friend, who's written a book on the subject, suggested this place given our travel route. I ordered the BBQ platter with slaw and Brunswick Stew. the pork was good, but very dry: not the juicy, moist bBQ I remembered and craved. Slaw was just ok. B'Stew was very good, but the portion was more like a Sam's Club sample than a Side. Hushpuppies were cooked in too-cool grease: the oil had penetrated into the pup. i wish I'd just gotten a bowl of the stew instead. He has the shrimp, which was heavily breaded mini shrimp. She ordered the chicken, and was shocked to see it was FRIED, not bbq'd. she said it was good, just wish they'd put the word Fired in front of it on the menu. while I would eat here again, I would not bring someone here to show off NC BBQ read more

When I don't put anything on the bbq, I know it is awesome! Good hush puppies and potato salad. Banana pudding a bonus. If they add fried okra....it would be awfully hard to beat! read more

My favorite "chain" Carolina style BBQ! Pulled pork is always on point and they have the best fried chicken! Love it! read more

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q - Barbeque Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

Good food, clean, nicely decorated family spot. In town to visit the Ava Gardner Museum (sadly closed Sunday morning) this place was a nice consolation prize. In fact the decor was all Hollywood photos and posters from the Ava Gardner era. Although not an expert on fried chicken, all I can say is this was delicious! Don't know how it could have been better. My husband had the four piece box that came with tasty hushpuppies. I had the "snack" size white meat offering that came with a huge breast and a wing. Plenty for me. The coleslaw that came with my order was tasty too, with a unusual mustardy note, but still quite good. The kids had "snack" size tenders and fries, which my daughter pronounced excellent. There was so much food we had to get a doggy bag for a bunch of fries and one of the tenders. The staff could not have been nicer. Bathrooms very clean. We fed two adults and two kids for $29. I highly recommend this place! read more

This place has really kept a small town, quaint feel. From the old signs on the outside of the building, to a hand washing sink when you walk in and the old style bathroom doors remind me of how restaurants used to be. We love the food - bbq, fried chicken, Brunswick stew, the best hush puppies (I don't like hush puppies anywhere else, but these are so good and crispy with just the right amount of sweetness). We have been traveling for 10 days eating out and this in one of the cheapest meals our family has bought. Buy one pint of stew, get one for $1 and buy a gallon of ice tea and they give cups with ice really helps families save money - thank you! Their kids meals were good too - our kids got a hot dog, fries, hush puppies, teddy grahams and a drink a not the healthiest but a lot to eat for the $. read more

First time that we have eaten here, delicious food, great service and the place was clean. I love Southern bbq. Good choice for a fast, inexpensive meal. read more

The service was the worst I have had in the 53 years of my life. I ordered the bbq plate and they did not even ask me for a side once the meal arrived the meat was so dry and I got coleslaw an salad and I did not even order that. Also all the food was together they did not even separate the food. I would not recommend this restaurant at all read more

I give 4 stars for the chicken but if you are from the south do not order the bbq. Definitely no smoked flavor, more like baked Boston butt. The chicken was delicious. Crispy and moist. Can't go wrong there. Sides were ok, sweet pickles in tater salad and slaw. Hush puppies were good read more

On the way up 95, the Mrs and I had a craving for some BBQ so we stopped in here when we saw the signs. We were not disappointed. The place is spotless. The people were super friendly. And the food was just what I needed to satisfy my BBQ fix for the both of us for about twenty bucks. read more

First I want to say that I am very displeased with my visit at this chain restaurant that normally pleases me. I wanted to grab a quick bite to eat on my lunch break. I ordered my food, when I got to the window I paid for my food. After I paid for my food the lady at the window said "we are just waiting on your fries, if you can just pull around to the side and we will bring it to you." My question is why is there not any fries ready at lunch? There was a customer behind us that had a bigger order than me and still got theirs first. When I finally got my food, the employee who brought out my food didn't even apologize for the wait. My food was cold! I was expecting hot fries since I had to wait for them but they were cold and my sandwich was cold and soggy. I am very dissatisfied with my visit today. I will not come back. I also do not recommend this fast food chain to anyone! read more

These Yankees wanted to stop and get some souber BBQ before heading home. The staff was so friendly and great with answering our questions. We got the BBQ plate and thought it was a Very big portion for a lunch plate. The chicken tenders are huge!! I asked about the Brunswick Stew and they gave me a serving so I could try it. I love the combo of veggies. If you're somewhere in NC it's a good choice for lunch. read more

While I think Smithfield's Chicken & Barbeque has great food, the customer service at the location on Brightleaf Blvd in Smithfield leaves a lot to be desired. I ordered dinner online, and noted that I would pick it up. I received a text confirmation stating what time it would be ready. It was raining when I got there so I got in the drive thru line to pick it up. When I got to the microphone, I told the person I was there to pick up an online order, and was told I had to come inside for that. I went inside and told the person at the window I was there to pick up an online order. She asked if it was door dash, and I advised her that I hadn't used door dash. She went and got her supervisor who came to the window and told me they didn't do online orders. I told her I had just gone online 30 minutes ago and ordered it. She then said, "you must be at the wrong location as we don't do online orders here". I confirmed with her that I ordered it for pickup at the Brightleaf Blvd location and that I'd received a text confirmation for the order. She then said "you must have used door dash". I informed her I had not used door dash. She then asked me what I had ordered. After I told her, she picked up a bag with delivery stickers on it and rudely said "we'll it came to us as door dash". She shoved the bag at me, told another employee to get my tea that comes with the order and walked away. If that wasn't enough, when we opened the bag after getting home, I hadn't received the all white meat that I'd paid an extra $4 for and had all of the wrong sauces. I'll continue to eat at Smithfield's but not at this location! read more

Delicious BBQ! Staff was wonderful- friendly & helpful. Slaw and baked beans were perfect sides and the hush puppies were the best we've had. So glad this place was recommended to us! read more

Stopped here on our way home from Myrtle Beach. First thing I noticed was how clean the inside was and it smelled great. The woman working the register was very nice. Two of us got the chicken tenders and they were huge and delicious. The BBQ sauce is vinegar based and we loved it. My son got the pulled pork sandwich and he says that it was also very good. You definitely get your money's worth at this place. We left full and ready for a few more hours on the road. read more

I miss the south. I really do. I miss real bbq and real ice tea. I've said it once and I'll say it again. The tea in california tastes like piss. I don't know if it's the water or the fact you guys put rasberry flavoring in your tea. I'm sorry but fruit flavoring and real tea do not go together. That's like saying Jack Daniels and Milk go together. Ooh gross!!! Ok I digress. This place has some of the best barbeque I've ever tasted. It's always hot, fresh, and delicious. Just like I like my man. Their hushpuppies are to die for. I don't know what I miss more, my family or those damn hushpuppies. And this place has real tea. If you ever find yourself in eastern north carolina check it out. read more

Good food, service, and clean. Good for groups and those who are hungry. Quick and easy access from I-95, too. Had high expectations for BBQ in NC; so won't write home about this one but glad I stopped by. read more

The food was fantastic, the service was just as good. Plenty on the plate & tea is the perfect southern sweet.

Food is also exceptional. Service is always great as well. Not very happy with BBQ chicken plates...never any extra sauce. Tonight I asked for extra BBQ sauce with my take out. When I got home they had given me two prepackaged containers of Vinegar. Not the sauce on the chicken. I'm an old time customer when the plates overflowed with the BBQ sauce. read more

Admittedly, I'm not a fan of Carolina BBQ but I do have to say it isn't too bad and my husband seems to like it for the most part. The Fried Chicken is excellent. Hushpuppies are good. I do suggest caution purchasing the Fried Shrimp - last time I ordered the Fried Shrimp, I was seriously sick! read more

A really nice surprise and a short drive from the exit (worth it!) Food was great and you can't beat the prices. We had the combo platter (fried chicken and BBQ) which came with hush puppies (very good) and two sides. My Brunswick Stew (a local favorite) and potato salad (nice sweet pickle and mustard flavor) were great. My husband said his cole slaw and baked beans were really good. Nice savory BBQ sauce. Plenty of food on each plate (I couldn't finish it all). Marcus, the cashier, was incredibly polite and helpful with recommendations, soda refills and clean-up. Total bill for two was $23. 50's themed music and decor. Don't miss the Stella Stevens autographed movie poster by the bathrooms. read more

Execellent NC Style BBQ Sandwiches. One of the best I have ever had! They do Fried Chicken too and it look pretty delicious. Service was fast and polite. The restaurant was really clean with employees constantly cleaning. Overall great experience! read more

Great food, great service. The guys were very attentive and served us with a genuine smile. The BBQue was pulled and seasoned to perfection. The hush puppies were lightly fried. My picky eater loved the fried chicken. read more

Standard fast food chain. The place was clean and the staff was friendly but the food just didn't stand out. My wife did not like the chicken and it wasn't cooked all the way through. The prices were what you'd expect from a chain. Also, you may just want to share an order of fries as they are fairly large. Bottomline, we will not be stopping here again. read more