I came to Smokey Bones mostly because of how much Ryback talks about it on his podcast "Conversations with the big guy" and I honestly never thought I would be giving this place a 5 star rating. Tuesday was my birthday and for some reason this is where I decided to go for dinner. The place is massive inside and full of some pretty cool decorations and a bunch of big screen televisions. The menu here is pretty impressive and boosts a large variety of BBQ meats, appetizers, chicken dishes, huge looking burgers, and even some desserts for the side. I ended up ordering a platter which consisted of chicken strips, bourbon glazed chicken breasts, and chipotle wings with mashed potatoes and gravy, toast, and corn on the side. I was blown away by how good the food here actually was. The chicken wings were huge, the chicken was juicy, and the chicken strips were fried just right. Overall, this is a place I can definitely see myself coming to in the future and I even look forward to it! read more

Smokey Bones Cheektowaga - Now this is some good eats. - Barbeque Near Me - Cheektowaga, New York

Wow this place is awful. Came to eat after Jurassic Park show and were told the wait would be 30 mins after an hour and 20 mins we were finally seated after asking a few times what the hold up was, we were sat in an area that was empty from the time we got there. We got sat down and they gave us no menus and finally a manager just came over and stood staring at us never apologized or nothing finally after another 10 mins the waiter came and we got menus. If I could give it no stars I totally would but I guess the food is alright so I'll give it one for that. Also once you order the waiter will never come back to fill your drinks so drink sparingly read more

It was Saturday night and we decided to head here for a bite because they could seat us right away, that should have said something. We ordered some drinks and fried pickles to start off, the drinks were alright and the pickles were solid that's why I have given it 2 star instead of 1. That's where everything ends, we received out main meals my ribs were all fat which wasn't the best, the pulled pork was soaking wet which is not because it's tender but because it was sitting and had a weird musk about it. The smoke wings were good until I got a piece of a "mat" or something that they had been cooking on. The sides fell short as well, the coleslaw was old tasting and the Mac and cheese was microwaved. I know that it is a chain and some things are just done that way but the combination of things really put a hurting to my overall enjoyment. I probably will not be back again, unless other people have already made the decision on going. read more

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Service was excellent. It was a little less busy than other restaurants in the area. If you are a meat eater here is the place to go. Lots of great meat options. Very close to the Galleria Mall. Food was a bit salty but otherwise very good. The food came quickly. I liked the mix n match combo where you can pick 2 meats and 2 sides. read more

Always a great experience! the food was amazing i got the pulled pork mac and cheese with brisket and it was fire we sat at the bar and Lexi was our server and anything we needed she was on point!! great experience will definitely be back!! read more

It's difficult to tell in the photo, but the knife was dirty. There was food stuck to one side and the other was greasy. Two of our four knives were like this. read more

Smokey Bones Cheektowaga - Dirty knife - Barbeque Near Me - Cheektowaga, New York

We ordered an hour before they closed through doordash. Phenomenal food even so close to closing highly recommended smokehouse macaroni and cheese. Highly recommended seven layer chocolate cake. And any of their cocktails are phenomenal. Great service great management. read more

Stopped by for a late night meal and ordered the "bone fire" for two. Served on a smoking grill with hot charcoals it was a great visual effect. It came with ribs, brisket, sliced chicken, sausage, chicken wings and potato wedges and a side of fire BBQ sauce. We ordered a couple of sides to go with it and it was a nice selection that we enjoyed. read more

Terrible Service.... We decided to try this chain due to the fact that the original planned destination was closed due to the 4th of July.... We walk in and no hostess was present to seat us....5 other servers made eye contact with us and made no effort to seat us or even greet us... Finally the hostess comes out of the back room....no smile, no greeting, not friendly at all...annoyed we were there....takes her 5 minutes to seat us.... We get to our booth and no server came to take our drink order for another 5 minutes.... It was not crowded... no excuses for this lack of service. Management of this location is pathetic. No leadership is obvious. We will NOT be back. read more

I was actually pleasantly surprised by Smokey Bones. The menu had a fair selection of things, all of which I wanted to eat. I struggled to narrow down what to eat. I went with a combo which you pick two meats and two sides. I went with one of their types of chicken and pulled pork, obviously. It was actually pretty good! Much better than I had anticipated which is always delightful. read more

Smokey Bones Cheektowaga - Time to feast - Barbeque Near Me - Cheektowaga, New York

I ordered through GrubHub, when I received my burgers I had received somebody else's order. I contacted Smokey Bones directly since GrubHub's wait time was so terribly long, and they were fantastic. They had me come down, they fixed and remade my burgers, and this super friendly woman who did the curbside included a piece of cake for my husband and I. Not only did we then get our delicious amazing juicy tasty burgers, but we had amazing customer service. When things reopen I know where I'm taking my family for dinners. Don't change you're amazing, and I highly recommend them, staff fantastic and nice food delicious. read more

Ordered online for pick up at a specific time. Upon arrival food was not ready, honestly I don't it was even started at this point. Waited 25 minutes for order, out of requested cheese for burger and out of to go silverware. Will say that the food was tasty and prepared correctly once I got it. Haven't crossed the place off my list entirely but it won't be a go to. read more

So let me start by saying I will never order food through GrubHub nor will I ever order fish and fries from Smokey Bones again. GrubHub cancelled my order almost 3 hours after I ordered it..I had to reorder through a phone order with smoky Bones they say the order will take 20 min but when I get there within the 20min the food had been sitting there waiting for at least 5 minutrs so the food isn't hot. Once I get the dinner home and open it up to further inspect it I have a better picture of what my money paid for. The amount of fries in my dinner was scant to say the least the coleslaw didn't fill the small container it came in and as I hope you can see from the photos the fish is supper greasy and you can taste the wet, squishy batter that the fish seems to disappear in. I ate one (because at this point I was starving) I tried to force myself to finish the rest but...my stomach hurt from all the grease. I have never done a review of any kind let alone one pertaining to food. I guess I had high, high hopes for this fish dinner. So disappointed. I gave it two stars because I'd never eaten food from Smokey Bones before and I want to believe that the can do much better. C. W. read more

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After Ordering my Food Through Yelp for 73 Dollars and some change I STRONGLY SUGGEST People NOT Use Grub Hub especially in Buffalo, NY The Driver Robert text me twice I text him back he never answered me I left him a voice message he said he called me back but I saw no return call. I thing this Robert Guy stole my food and made no effort to deliver it. I was at the front desk talking to an employee Robert didn't show up or answer me my guess is Robert took my food and made minimal effort to get it to me instead he more then likely at my order. HE YELP I WANT MY MONEY BACK. read more

Foods decent, waitstaff is kind and helpful. Looking forward to future meals. Many restaurants have struggled through the pandemic, but this hasn't effected the hospitality here. read more

So I ordered this behemoth as a last meal before beginning my diet tomorrow and it definitely lived up to the hype 3 half pound patties topped with pulled pork onion rings and enough cheese to keep Wisconsin in business. AMAZING, but now I cannot move but that was definitely to be expected read more

Smokey Bones Cheektowaga - The Triple stack, = carnivores heaven - Barbeque Near Me - Cheektowaga, New York

If you're looking for a nice meaty meal this the place. Good steaks, burgers, ect. Good service.

It was ok. That's the best I can say. It was typical BBQ. The portions were really small for the price. I came, I saw, I conquered. Probably won't be back. There's better BBQ options. The bathroom sink was stained. A good scrubbing would handle that. Bathroom was otherwise clean. The waitress was very nice. read more

The ribs were not good ( Memphis St. Louis ribs) the broccoli was cold coleslaw was okay though. Music was loud and obnoxious. Service was good. Prices were okay. read more

Just right! The food was flavorful, but not over spicy. We had the "Bone Fire Grill" and it was delicious. This selection comes with an assortment of meats including tender steak, juicy ribs, BBQ wings, a sweet and spicy chicken breast, sausage, potato wedges, and a few grilled vegetables. It came out all hot and Smokey. We arrived at 6:00pm on a Monday and were seated immediately. Service was friendly and prompt. It's been a while since we've eaten there, but we'll go back again soon. read more

Smokey Bones Cheektowaga - Barbeque Near Me - Cheektowaga, New York

This place used to be my go to for loaded nachos. Came by today and they were burnt, hardly any toppings, cheese melted to 2 chips and the rest bare. Couldn't be worse. My fiancée also noticed the portion size of her meal was less than half what is was last time we came. Service is still great but the food quality and quantity has gone so far down hill. Won't be back and it's a shame. read more

Three of us had lunch here. The waitress, Heather, was very friendly and provided excellent service. My Cuban sandwich was very good - the roll was crispy on the outside and soft in the middle with nice pulled pork, Swiss cheese, pickle. The sweet potato waffle fries with the brown sugar dipping sauce are to die for! My wife and daughter both took half their meals home. My daughter asked the waitress to give her as much of the brown sugar sauce as she was allowed to and the young lady gave her a good cupful of it - wow! That's why this is one of my daughter's favorite restaurants. All in all, a great experience and we will be back. read more

I try to avoid chain restaurants, but I can't resist a good coupon! And $10 off a $20 purchase is pretty damn good. We've been here a few times in the past with good experiences. However, this time just plain sucked. The Brunswick Stew was good, as always, but other than that? Ick. 2 stars only because the stew & burger were pretty good. It was bad enough that I honestly don't think we'll go back again - coupon or not. I had the mixed platter, with turkey & pulled pork. The turkey was dry, the pork was oily & they only gave me 12 french fries (yes, I counted them.) My husband had a burger & paid $1 extra for fries - he liked the burger but got a grand total of....9 fries. WTH? We love fries - LOVE - so to get so few was sad. I was actually going to request more, but the poor waitress got bumped into by a drunk at the bar & spilled a whole tray of pop on the table behind us; I didn't have the heart to complain to her. Side note: the place was damn near empty, so why did the hostess seat our family (including a 2 year old) directly NEXT TO the bar when there were 3 clearly inebriated patrons there? I didn't catch this until after we had ordered or I would have asked to be moved. From now on if we are in the mood for BBQ, we'll head to Kentucky Greg's. read more

Great staff...but the food is garbage...atleast the special platter that we ordered were they bring the char coal grill to the table Ribs had barley any meat, i paid $32 +tax and tip for 4 ribs (no meat) sorry excuse piece of chicken, a small steak and about 5 potatos. I will not be returning...again wait staff was polite and friendly but the food was...embarrassing read more

Had weird experience here within two minutes of walking in this place. Saw at least ten people waiting to be seated. It didnt look like this place was going to be so packed. Being really hungry and not wanting to wait least 30 minutes, wife and I thought we would sit at the bar. When we walked in we see that there were so many empty tables. So why were all those people waiting? We wanted to ask the bartendar. Before, I could even get a sentence out the second I mentioned sitting at the table. She rudely snapped back that we cant sit at those tables, can only sit at the bar. Doesn't make sense wen all those empty tables could be used. Everytime, I kept trying to ask she wouldn't let me finish my question. I got fed up and went to ask another waitress. While,I was away she apologized and explain to my wife that apparently each waitress only ways on 4 to 5 tables. There weren't short staffed but that's just their policy. Weird! She did apologized to me directly once I came back to the bar. Anyway, we shared a double stacked angus burger and it was great! Lot of meat and very flavorful. They have really good choices for build our own burger. Overall, food was ok and bartender was giving better service after her snotty attitude. read more

I left a google review weeks ago and smokey bones replied for me to email them to resolve the issues and still weeks later haven't gotten any reply. That restaurant is a joke the staff don't care and they will have you waiting for over a hour to tell you it's going to be another hour and then proceed to say that can't serve us due to needing to get dishes washed that's so pathetic they shouldn't even be in business if they can't run the restaurant like every other restaurant runs and has respectful employees. read more

Took two hours to get our food. Mediocre as well. Spent $80 just to be disappointed and brushed off by staff.

I've been here several times over the years. For a chain BBQ restaurant, it's almost as good as it gets. The pulled pork sandwich I had could have been a tad bigger, and the Carolina sauce tastier, but otherwise I thought everything tasted delicious. Try the Buffalo Chicken dip, it's not 100% authentic, but it comes close! read more

This place had it issues with my take out order quickly fixed the problem. Great s services food was great.i recommend trying the ribs

Our appetizers were delicious. I also got street tacos which were phenomenal & a brisket sandwich that was very dry. My Wife got a combo of bbq chicken, smoked wings & smoked sausage. The sausage was real burnt & the wings were way over cooked & looked horrible. So the manager made her new wings & sausage & they were on point. Our waitress was mediocre. She was also the bar tender so she was not as tentative as I would have liked. Overall I am disappointed & won't be going back. read more

Came here with my two friends from fort drum. Ordered the 10 oz sirloin steak and it was literally the best steak I have ever had. It was juicy and exploded with flavor. Great service and great food definitely going to come back. read more

Can't go wrong with a burger, they're pretty exceptional for a commercial restaurant. The fries are good, both regular and sweet potato. Cocktail selection is awesome, a wide variety of various cocktails. Something for everybody. Also...reach for the Mustard-BBQ Sauce (The one in the Yellow bottle) it will make the gum under the table taste heavenly. read more

Not bad, We were in Buffalo with some friends, and they are regulars at Famous Dave's, but agreed to try something different. I ordered a combo plate, to try the wing that won some competition (not worth wasting your time) and turkey (which I really liked). The food was pretty good, plus there was an assortment of hot sauces on each table. The problem came after we ordered, it took a ridiculous amount of time for our food to come out of the kitchen (over 40 minutes) and the server never said a word about the wait. I ordered the bag of donuts to end the meal, they were great, and came very quickly. I'd like to go back, the food was good, but service was too slow, so I'd do take out. read more

Only reason for two stars is that the place was clean and our server was great..the food on the other hand hit and miss. The pulled pork was mush and bland the 1/4 chicken was the size of a pigeon, and the brisket is a joke, it was more like pot roast I'd be embarrassed to call any of this bbq... the coleslaw was decent, it's sad that a side was the best part of the meal. Definitely won't recommend to anybody who enjoys bbq read more

If I could give zero stars I would! I have never ever wrote a negative review but todays experience was so awful I just felt like I needed too! While we were in the area me and my family decided to stop in and give this place a try. We have never been here before and it looked and sounded so good we were excited to give it a try but unfortunately we weren't even able to try any food!!The service was honestly the worse I have ever experienced and we go out to eat a couple times a week! When we walked in we were told it was about a 15-20 minute wait, which we were totally ok with. It seemed like they were relatively busy and perhaps it seemed like slightly understaffed, which unfortunately you see at many places now and I understand but why keep taking costumers to tables if you can't give them service???? So we ended up waiting more like 30 minutes to be seated which was ok we understand but the kicker was after we were sat at a table we waited for another 35-40 minutes and still not a single waitress to even acknowledge us, say I will be right with you, or to even take our drink order while 3 tables that came in after us had gotten service! At this point we were already there for over a hour and didn't even get a ounce of service! I have never experienced this ever and it was so infuriating we just got up and walked away and still got ZERO acknowledgment! This is by far the worst service I have/ never got in any restaurant ever!!!!!! Would never recommend to anyone!!!!! read more

Hailey busted her tail tonight making everyone happy. Great waitress. Other staff and mgt equally attentive. It really is great to see folks enjoy waiting tables. Ambience is quiet enough to enjoy your meal without earplugs needed at most chains. Menu is robust. I started with a Pinot noir which was decent and only $7. Prices overall very reasonable. I then had 1/3 rack dry rub ribs. Tasted ok but they were slathered in a sweet sauce so why call it dry rub? They were out if baked potatoes so I settled for fries and some butter drowned broccoli. Right size portions at 4 ribs and generous veggies.finished with the bag of donuts. 4 hot with cinnamon but coating was too much and chocolate sauce was cold and bleh. Raspberry sauce ok. Good place for solid predictable. read more

I ordered curb side to go. I ordered early in the afternoon and scheduled a dinner time pick up. When I got there I waited about 15 minutes and no one came out so I went in. I was told my food was not ready and they would bring it out. 25 minutes later they brought out my food. No apology or reason it was now 45 minutes late. I got home and unpacked the food and it was all cold. It's about a 10 minute drive home. They have a great online ordering platform, but the worst service. read more

We waited for a seat then waited for 30 minutes for food, then went up to the bar to see what was taking so long. This lady cook was cursing and yelling at people. Then she said oh ubwant fires on that plate with bear hands started to through fries on all the plates in the window.. we pretty much said mmm can we pay for our drinks and go... sad because there was 7 of us.. that's a lot of money and food wasted/missed... I used to like smokey bones.. will never go back to this location pretty much trash now sadly read more

The decor had a nice BBQ picnic theme to it. The food was alright. Well paced service. What gave it 3 stars in my book was the price for its quality and quantity. read more

Smokey Bones Cheektowaga - They put a baggy in the middle for trash? First time ive seen that in a restaurant lol - Barbeque Near Me - Cheektowaga, New York

Seated right away in the bar area where I could view 3 sporting events simultaneously (guys are happy when they can see TV's). Server suggested two different types of beers. I had both and were awesome. Appetizer and our main courses were very good as well. I can't wait to go back here. In a nutshell: service, my beers, girlfriends summer cocktail and our food deserve a 5 STAR rating! See you soon! read more