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    Smokey Bones Cheektowaga

    2.9 (244 reviews)
    ModerateBarbeque

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    SMOKEY BONES CHEEKTOWAGA ATMOSPHERE

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Happy hour specials
    Good for groups

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    The donuts!
    Joy S.

    Both my boyfriend and I have not been here in years and don't typically do chain restaurants. But we were in the area and were thrilled with our experience! Our waitress was. Fantastic and those donuts! I wasn't even hungry, but we decided to order the Nones Fire, which is a meat lovers paradise. It comes out on a charcoal grill, which was super fun. Everything on it was fantastic. We were super impressed and nothing needed additional sauce, even though there were four types on the table. We were intrigued by the bag of donuts and decided to order some to go. Foolishly; we tied one at the table before we left and ended up eating all five. They come with chocolate and raspberry dipping sauce and the raspberry sauces was amazing. Not that they needed anything ! The only negative is that we left feeling way too full because everything was so good! We will be back!

    Chicken wings, garlic toast, baked beans
    Dab L.

    There was confusion at the host station but we still got seated pretty quickly. We were seated in the bar area, which we did not ask for and the bar tender was working really hard making drinks, taking orders, bringing out requests to all the bar patrons and tables. Greta was like the energizer bunny crossed with a patient saint! Three of us ordered rib specials that came with two sides and one order of smoked wings with a dry rub. The ribs were tasty, but not very meaty... the sides were not generous at all. The cole slaw had very little seasoning in it. The fries were crisp and hot, but there were definitely not enough of them..., the baked beans were OK, nothing special and the steamed broccoli was just about four pieces of broccoli with no seasoning. Corn bread was considered an upgraded side... the meals came with a slice of garlic toast... The smoked wings were a little over cooked, so another plate was brought out to us quickly and kindly by a food runner. The service was friendly and the food was edible... not our favorite, but nothing to really complain about either... the ambience was typical of a BBQ place with a bar area... lots of noise and lots of tv's.

    Ribs
    Fred R.

    Got together with the family for dinner at Smokey Bones. They have a large menu. We ordered Bone fire, smokehouse mac and cheese, and barbecue ribs. All food was delicious and hot. Dessert we had chocolate cake and ice cream. Wait staff is excellent.

    Plenty of BBQ Sauces to choose from!
    Gary Z.

    Not on the menu but ask for it! $14.99 for a full rack of baby back ribs with 2 sides and garlic bread! Enough for 2 meals. Delicious and tender and fast, friendly service?

    Ribs, sweet potato fries, butter toast
    Nancie A.

    We got takeout from smokeybones bbq last night, the mashed potatoes and pulled pork were so good. The sweet potato fries were alright, it tasted like they were alittle overcooked so they could have been better. The toast, excellent! And the ribs could have been cooked alittle longer, I like my ribs alittle more tender for sure. My husband picked up the food but he said he like the service, they were nice.

    Fire roasted corn
    Michele M.

    My review hasn't changed. Good food. This time we pre ordered a take out to take to a party. The online ordering was very easy. The order was ready at the requested pick up time. Food was packaged well.

    Drink menu
    Angelita G.

    Finally, I decided to try this place. The food and service were good. The mango habanero wings were absolutely delicious. I would definitely come again.

    Brisket mac and cheese is a rip off. Small portion for $35. No flavor. Two pieces of brisket and didn't give any bbq sauce. This place sucks.

    Savannah B.

    I came here for a nice dinner with friends before going to the mall, and I think we found a new favorite spot! The restaurant was packed when we got there, but we only waited a short while before our party of three was seated. The restaurant smelled absolutely delicious, so we could not wait to order. I ordered the any two favorites platter, which is a choice of two of their signature meats, served with two sides and garlic bread. For my two meats, I ordered the BBQ chicken, which is marinated and basted in a sweet BBQ glaze, then slow-roasted, and the smoked sausage. For my sides, I ordered the BBQ-backed beans, which are house-made BBQ-baked beans with pulled pork and brisket, and then the potatoes with gravy, which are mashed red potatoes served with brown gravy. The meats themselves were delicious, enhanced by the delicious sauces on the table! Our whole party was satisfied with the food. Our waitress was very nice, but she was also overwhelmed by the number of tables she had as the restaurant was busy. So my only complaint is that I wish the service was a bit faster, but I cannot complain too much as she was very kind. Overall, we cannot wait to come back again!

    Bare Bones Burger - Single
    Kevin M.

    I met my team from work at Smokey Bones for lunch recently and it was an enjoyable experience. Everyone enjoyed their meals and the menu had several healthier items to choose from to make everybody happy. The restaurant was not too busy for lunch that day so we were able to get a nice large booth to sit at. The service was quick and friendly and our server kept chronicling on us throughout lunch. I had the hand pulled chicken platter with some healthy broccoli and a not so healthy loaded baked potato..... very delicious! My coworkers had a burger. a salad and the salmon which were all good. We all splurged and shared their delicious donuts for dessert!!!

    Butter was the best part of the meal.
    Heather R.

    Unfortunately, my first experience at Smokey Bones was less than to be desired. Upon arrival we were met at the door with a large crowd waiting to be seated- I tend to think that's always a good sign at a bbq place when there's a waiting line...but after about 7-10 minutes of waiting to put our name on the waiting list with the others and there were multiple open tables available became clear that the either they were understaffed or management wasn't in place. I will say however, once we were finally greeted, staff members were kind, welcoming and friendly. Food: My company had the full rack of ribs which he really enjoyed. I had the 2 meat platter with pulled pork and brisket- sides were baked potato and coleslaw. Pulled pork was ok, but the brisket was inedible-ALL fat! And believe me, I have eaten brisket many, many times and I've never seen anything like this- gross (photo doesn't even show to the degree). Waitress was surprised and said she hadn't noticed when bringing it out but agreed and did her best after SEVERAL minutes to go back to the kitchen and get replacement meat.The brisket (my favorite smoked me) was just of (if that). Pretty disappointing. We did hear about the smoked wings for an appetizer and thought we give them a try too - not smoked, but good sauce. One part of the meal that was delicious was the cornbread and butter- should have stuck with that for my meal. Overall, pretty disheartening when the bill was over $100 (no alcohol) for two meals, one order of 6 wings, and cornbread.

    Cool logo
    Syed K.

    Was recommended by the locals to try it, but wasn't impressed at all. The place is actually huge with plenty of parking and is in a nice area surrounded by other restaurants. When we entered the place there was a couple waiting to be seated and even though the restaurant was pretty much empty it took about 5 minutes before a hostess showed up. After having seated them she asked if we wanted to be seated or make an order to go. After having witnessed the wait time just to be seated we decided that we wanted to make it to go. Only to find out there is another lady who is the To Go hostess and that she would soon arrive to take our order. After waiting for another 10 minutes with no activity we decided to place an online order instead of waiting any further. The original hostess arrived after 15 minutes and apologized for no one coming over to take our order at which point we shared we had already placed an order online. She was sweet though and offered drinks on the house for the inconvenience but we politely declined. The food finally arrived after another 25 minutes and I would say our opinion about the food was mixed. My chicken sandwich was extremely dry that I could not eat even half of it, however my daughters order of the quarter chicken was decent. Overall this would not be a place I would return to , not just for the slow service but for the fact that the food wasn't up to our liking. They do have a cool logo though.

    Potatoe

    Server completely ignored us the whole time. Took us 1.5 hr to get our food which came out cold & they ignored special request for no sour cream on the potato. instead of preparing a new potato they scraped off the spur cream and tried to hide it with a glop of butter. Very disappointed

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    The BBQ Mac-n-Cheese was delicious. Hoping to go back and sample the lovely specialty drinks with the ribs. Service was fast and friendly.

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