We've been eating here since they opened a few years ago. Not sure what's changed but the food has steadily been going downhill. Our visit this weekend, we experienced dry brisket, homemade potato chips were burnt, fish and chips was very "fishy" , riblets were so fatty. The service is fast and efficient but very short staffed. read more

Love this place. Way better than the one on Vine St. We ordered the Riblet dinner and a pizza. Both were fantastic as well as the take out service. read more

Short answer - don't bother. I think this BBQ place recently opened. My wife and I tried it - I had the combo (ribs, pulled pork, brisket), she had the ribs. Each dish comes with two sides - I got the baked beans and the green beans. Frankly, everything was kind of bland. The BBQ was cooked fine, but between their rub and their BBQ sauce (they only have one sauce) everything was kind of bland and boring. Same thing with the baked beans; they weren't bad, they just weren't very good. A BBQ place that doesn't have a good BBQ sauce, why bother. read more

We had the best Thanksgiving turkey two years in a row after ordering from Smoke. And we have had dinners from there many times. It never disappoints. And I have never had a turkey that I made myself ever turn out as great as theirs. Order one and save yourself a lot of work! read more

Really good BBQ! Barbeque is an art form, and Smoke does a great job. Everybody has their own view as to what BBQ should be, and in my opinion, Smoke offers a very tasty northern style BBQ. Good smokey flavor, nice rub, and a slightly sweet and tangy sauce. As part of my career, I have traveled all around America, and one of my hobbies is trying BBQ while traveling, so I consider myself an non official expert amateur BBQ sampler. Smoke BBQ ranks in my personal top 10. We live close to this restaurant, and have eaten there at least once a month for the last 2 years. Obviously I like the BBQ at this joint, but what makes a restaurant good is the consistency of the food, of the service, value, and of the cleanliness. Smoke BBQ is consistently good in all of those categories. The menu features a variety of Smoked BBQ meats, ribs, riblets, brisket, etc. which are all smoked in house, by the owner, Jim. The menu also offers surprisingly good pizza, of which they usually offer a rotating gourmet style speciality. The crust tastes homemade and is crispy, and the toppings are fresh and generously applied. Another item that we have tried are are the burgers. Again, freshly made, nicely sized, and delicious. The side dishes are quite generously sized. (I know I keep using generously, but it's true! Try the house made chips, you get a small mountain of them. the french fries with rosemary are the same way!) Another cool thing they do is offer Smoked hams and turkeys for the holidays. We got a smoked ham for Christmas, and it was incredible! They offer a different cut than you get at the grocery store, tender, delicious, and unique. Lastly, service has Been first rate on every visit, friendly and attentive. So to sum things up, Great Q, nice size portions, consistent food quality, and service. Nice variety of non Q offerings on the menu, and an overall good value. Food Giants rating system; 5* = Freakin' Great. 4* = Really Darn Good. 3* = sure, why not, 2*= it's better than starving, 1* = A hungry homeless person, after one bite, wouldn't eat this, even if you gave it to them for free. (Although you should still offer it to them) No Stars = Ptomaine Tillie's foodborne pathogen Diner. (Yes the P is silent in Ptomaine) Food Quality: **** Portion Size: **** Service: **** Menu: **** Uniqueness: *** Atmosphere: ** Cleanliness: **** Value: **** Its great to be able to patronize an independent small business, that offers great food at a good value. Please support these types of businesses. read more

We live local and have eaten here several times. If you are looking for good bbq this is without a doubt your best bet locally. We always get the ribs and 80% of the time they are really good. Although they have on occasion have been dry and tough. The fries are fresh cut and just like fair fries with vinegar and all. My husband loves the baked beans and are usually packed full of yummy chunks of goodness. I have also had the mashed potato pizza which is really good if you are looking for something different. read more

Good food the beef brisket is my favorite along with there bbq sauce its a must try I definitely recommend coming here

So disappointed in our meal on Saturday. I kept thinking about BBQ & picked your restaurant. Have not been there since the new owners took over. Pulled pork sandwich had no - NONE - smoked flavor. My 24 year old son said it was like someone found some meat and threw a little BBQ sauce on it. His words: WORST BBQ I'VE EVER EATEN. Husband has the same dinner - said it was flavorless. My full rib dinner - well the biggest potato I think I've ever seen. Asked for more butter & sour cream which never came. Girl did offer more ice tea several times. I think It was the water - it did not taste right. It wasn't bad - on its way out - but was not right. Am not sure what was wrong with it. The ribs - the meaty part of the bone was tough and did not "fall off the bone" you tugged to get it. Burned top - seemed like they were cooked and BBQ and ready to serve and then through back k on the grill to warm with more sauce. Meal was rushed - sat down; got the tea, served my salad and before I was 1/3 of the way done with the salad the meal was served. I did not say anything that night, Saturday 7 April, 2018 because my son does not like that I do. I have to inform you - perhaps you don't know what's going on in the kitchen. My son won't go back. He said after paying over $60.00 to take us to BBQ - he could have stood in the yard and just burned the money. Same effect. I'm sorry to have to say his words - but that's how it is. THANK YOU. Laura read more

Clean restaurant, fast service and great food. I stopped in with my boyfriend for lunch. We got a couple sandwiches. The pork butt the other was beef brisket. We also enjoyed the pulled pork egg rolls and they were terrific. The server put a bottle of BBQ sauce on our table and we used it with everything. Sandwiches, fries and egg rolls. Try this place, you'll be glad you did!! read more

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Wife and I just tried Smoke for the first time. It was rwally good. The Brisket had an awesome smoke taste. We tried the Brisket appetizer and it was simply the best i ever had. Worth the visit by itself. They need to add it onto the menu. The only reason im not giving it a 5 is...The ribs are pretty bad. Im a BBQ professional. Lol ok close but the ribs are not worthy to be sold here. Its time to change them up. Take pride in your ribs. They are simply bad. EVERYTHING else is spot on..give Smoke a try. P.S. if you cannot make a really good rib take them off the menu. Real rib lovers will NOT like these. Try the BRISKET...AMAZING. read more

Wonderful establishment. Their menu, service, ambiance and food are amazing. We go here regularly and every time it is perfect. I recommend the mash potato pizza as an appetizer, the pulled pork burrito is an amazing dinner. The owner greets everyone and spends hours smoking the meats. It is a wonderful place for lunch, dinner and takeout. read more

To each his own i guess...disappointment...pulled pork lacked smoke flavor, bbq sauce taste like open pit. Nothing special, bacon Mac n cheese is the worthless...didn't even bother taking a third bite...only thing they had going for them was the server did a good job. read more

Great customer service, with even better food! Can't wait to see then at the Painesville Party in the Park next week!

Everybody Rocks, Wow it reminds me of Breakwall BBQ in Conneaut, OH and Famous Dave's in Tennessee absolutely Delicious. Thank you read more

Used to be better BBQ and the menu rarely changes. The place is getting a little run down since it opened. Think they need to do a major clean, update and revamp menu. read more

Great food! Great service! My favorite is the Big Butt sandwich! Always leave this place stuffed full and satisfied! Never yet a bad experience! Nice place for lunch, or to take the family for dinner. Reasonably priced. Yum! read more

Best cake! Lemon berry marscapone​ cake. Bacon wrapped Burnt ends are a go to every time. Pulled pork egg rolls are also really good.. but the cake is good. read more

I have tried the beef brisket a few times and everytime - both with the sandwich and the dinner plate - the meat is very very fatty. Good service and staff, but food is below average. read more

I would say this is the best bbq around, of course I've only been here once. The brisket is so tender and sliced thin. Atmosphere not to write home about but, hey, it's a bbq place. read more

This was a great restaurant until the new owners took over. Last meal I had was a chicken sandwich with fries. The mushrooms on the chicken were from a can and not fresh. No lettuce re tomato as requested and the fries were re-fried and not freshly made! This was a to go order. Will not return here. read more

If you love smoked meat this is the place to go. Wide variety of meats and sides. Great service

Always good service....we go here about every 2 weeks. Get the riblet dinner....the service and food was iffy at the startup...but it is fine now, and a favorite of the community... read more

Meat was just ok. I had the combo dinner. It had pulled pork (about a cup), 3 ribs and brisket (good amount) for $18.00. All the meats were way over cooked and ribs were burnt. I like a good bark but these were way past that point. Also tried the mac-n-cheese with bacon sounds great right? Yeah not so much noodles were over boiled and still had water inside them. Had the coleslaw that was definitely store bought. And the baked beans were really dry. Good flavor but dry. Sweet tea was out of a bag in box and for a "BBQ" place sweet tea should be made fresh everyday. We paid for four people and it was $92.00. A bit steep I think and I don't mind at all paying that for food if it's actually good. Wife had a pork sandwich, friend had combo dinner and his wife had riblets they had sodas with their meals. Bbq sauce was ok, wish they had more options. Comments from friends were that it was just ok. I think they definitely could improve and have the potential to do so. I don't mean for this to be a bad review, I just want people to be aware and if the owner or workers read this to not give up but to work harder at it. Good luck. read more

This place does need some attention to detail. The food was a little bland and not the greatest. I was more disappointed in the service. It took a while to get our drinks even with 4 workers standing around doing nothing. They def. need to work on the service and spice it up a notch on the food. We may try this place again in a few months and give them another shot. read more

Eat at smokes take out Beef Brisket was good but as usual they put hardly any sauce on it. Had onion rings deer god could not eat them they had so much salt in the batter.. and I like salt. Had coleslaw had no flavor.. and a salad salad was straight from the bag and horrible read more

Worst baby back ribs ever I could barely pry them off the bone with a fork and the baked potato was no better it was my first and last time there and the prices where more then Longhorn and Roadhouse if I could give them a negative 5 star rating I would !!!!!! read more

We went on a Monday and the food tasted like it was from the week before. A couple of times it was quite good, but once, the server gave me my drink, in a broken glass & she did not offer me a free drink ,just another glass to pour it into, i passed on the drink. I told someone else but no big deal!! So we are NOT going there any more read more

I have been to Smoke many times and it is always amazing. Today was the absolute best though. This place is always clean and the smoke smell when you walk in is so appetizing. Our server, Lisa, was attentive and suggested a great appetizer! We haven't tried the bacon wrapped burnt ends before but they were phenomenal! I got the smoked brisket sandwich. The brisket itself was cooked to perfection. So juicy and tender. The BBQ sauce they make is also the perfect complement. This is the only place I can never finish my plate as they give you a pound of fries that are so tasty. Great job! read more

Very disappointed. Have not had Smoke in a long time. The worst bbq I have ever had. Used to be good don't know what happened. The brisket was fatty and greasy. Did not seem to be smoked in any way. read more

Hour and a half and still waiting to get a seat. Come to find out there was 21+ ppl who sat before us even though we got there before them. Service is slow and can't clear a table. What a waste of time. I'll fire up my grill instead. I don't like giving bad reviews but this one is deserved. Had a great birthday and awesome 1st time at Smoke. Glad I drove three hours for this. read more

I have to agree with some of the previous reviews that the place isn't as good as it was. Been here quite a few times and it was always good. Today, was a different story. Took forever to get drinks. I chalked that up to it being very busy, which I thought was a good sign. The pulled pork egg rolls we ordered as appetizers were really bad. The few pieces of pulled pork that were inside tasted like they've been around for a few weeks. And the rolls themselves were chewy and greasy. The coleslaw that came with it as garnish tasted like it came out of a cooler that lost its power a while back. The dish was so bad we decided to call it a day right there. What a shame. This used to be one of my favorite barbecue places read more

Love the BBQ food here and the Long Island drinks are great. Super friendly staff and laid back atmosphere. Fast service and great for pick up to go! read more

The family and I went to this place over the weekend. It was fantastic. I got the brisket plate... it came with a large portion of brisket with BBQ sauce, and 2 sides. Brisket had a good smokey flavor, tender, and delicious. We also ordered the homemade potato chips as a appetizer. It came out on a giant platter and were awesome. They had a touch of rosemary and salt on them. The place is small and we arrived just before the dinner rush. When we left there was a line out the door. read more

Stopped in for lunch with my girlfriend. We each got something and shared it as we usually do. We had the pulled pork egg rolls for an appetizer and I highly recommend you try these. We ordered the Brisket and pork butt sandwiches with fries. The fries were seasoned with rosemary and sea salt. Everything was delicious. We will be back to try more of their menu. read more

Heard about this place from friends in the area and had been making plans for an evening out. This is exactly what I want / expect when I get BBQ. Simple, straightforward, and well-priced. This is now our #1 BBQ restaurant in the Mentor / Painesville area and we'll absolutely be coming back often. I had the "Big Butt" sandwich with no coleslaw and added onion straws with a side of fries. It was fantastic and I cleared my plate. My wife got a Brisket dinner and cleared her plate as well. The BBQ sauce is perfect with everything. Our two little ones (4 & 2) loved the food as well. The four year old loved her mac & cheese w/ bacon, and two year old loved his little pulled pork sandwich w/ fries. read more

I am writing this review after I noticed this restaurant has so few and those written were not favorable. I went there last fall with a group of 6-7 people. Everyone loved the food. The interior was very clean and the decor was simple but welcoming. Service was good but it was not very busy. I would love to go back there again but it is quite a drive from my house and some of my other family members do not like BBQ as much as I do. It is a locally owned and operated small business that serves good food at a reasonable price. I think it is definitely worth checking out!! read more

Love the homemade chips with rosemary. I've enjoyed the pulled pork as well as the brisket. Everything I hsve tried has been delicious. I also like their pulled pork pizza. We try to make it here at les st once every month or so. read more

Eaten at Smoke Painesville, and Eastlake numerous times. We have never been disappointed. The food and the service has always been great. We will return. read more

Very good bbq....had the combo plate and Mac n cheese....ribs and brisket were excellent! Sauce was good and meat not swimming in it! Pulled pork was good but I got a small bone in my pork...not a huge issue, but not a good thing...cautiously ate the remaining pork. It was good but a tad bit dry...good flavor though. I will definitely go back and will recommend this place to friends....price point was really good... read more

I know its a BBQ place, but their pizza is amazing! I love their loaded mashed potato pizza, my only complaint about it is that its so good that I accidentally eat the whole thing. I've yet to try any of their actual BBQ stuff, but as a pizza place they're 5 star ***** read more