I finally decided to see what all the hype was about at Smokey Bones and it definitely didn't disappoint. I went during lunchtime and even though it wasn't too busy I waited about 10 minutes to be seated. My server was on point she checked in often and always refilled my drink before it got low. I ordered the ribs with fries. The flavor was great though the ribs were a little dry for my taste. Other than that everything hit the spot. The restaurant has a fun sporty vibe and overall I had a really good experience. read more

Smokey Bones - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

My sweetie and I went to Smokey Bones , I ordered smoked turkey the young lady stated we don't have turkey ok how about brisket and bbq chicken and coffee, she stated sorry we don't have any coffee. Okay my sweetie orders ribs, baked beans and slaw it was delicious looking and yes I had to taste those ribs and then my plate arrives with dry looking and tasting brisket , I sent the brisket back and enjoyed the bbq chicken and mash potatoes along with the corn, service was great and the atmosphere as always laidback and chilled read more

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Went here Saturday night around 11 pm. Little amount of people inside and no wait time. Quiet and calm atmosphere. Waiter was friendly. I ordered the Brisket Stuffed Grilled Cheese (9/10) very yummy and flavorful and the sauces already at the table made the sandwich taste even better. I ordered a side of Mac and cheese (7.5/10) kinda small portion in my opinion. Maybe I'm just used to my sides coming in its own separate dish at other places, but I feel like it was a tiny portion. The Mac tasted decent though. Also had the Turkey BLT (8/10) classic sandwich, it was good but nothing crazy. For drinks, we had the Bones Rita off the happy hour menu (9.5/10) it was actually good, would've been cool if they had other flavors for the Rita. I'll def be returning to try their other menu items. My overall rate of experience : 8.6/10 read more

Smokey Bones - Bones Rita - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

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I have only been to Smoky Bones one other time in a different town. It was so long ago I nearly forgot about. So as I always say it was a "Forgettable Moment". Well my recent visit (This will be my last visit to any Smoky Bones) impressed me less. I ordered the signature Baby Back Ribs with baked potato and broccoli. The highlight of my meal was the sides. Broccoli was steamed nicely just el dented and seasoned well. I didn't take a picture of my food because it looked the online. Anyway I don't know what award these ribs won...but my ribs were over cooked and over sauced. Tough to get meat off the bone. My wife got the Smokehouse Mac & Cheese she said onions were too greasy and they looked it. My daughter said her burger was "Just a burger nothing worth talking about". I feel when everyone was just mweh no need to return. read more

This was my first time to visit Smokey Bones. The restaurant was the late afternoon choice of the friend who organized the dinner. The location is in Town Center, sitting on an outparcel of Pembroke Square at the corner of Virginia Beach Boulevard & Independence. Coming from the north, an entrance from Independence & a return exit was easy for the restaurant that fronts to Virginia Beach Boulevard. The ambiance was a mix of chain restaurant seating with barbecue overtones. An ample bar had four televisions overhead, placed for optimal sporting event viewing. This is always a definite plus for me. The booths were comfortable with shorter backs so that the view of the rest of the restaurant wasn't obscured. That I really liked. Due to the time of day, I chose from the Extended Lunch section of the Menu. That was a mistake on my part because the portions were much too small to serve as dinner. I was actually hungry when I left the location, which required me to eat dinner at home in a few hours. I hadn't planned to have to do that. The food itself was good although I had some issues. My choice was the Pulled Pork Platter, which turned out to actually be a plate. The Pulled Pork was good. There was no fat, which ruins a pulled pork entree for me. I ate it as I customarily do, without sauce. The portion was just much too small for the price charged. The Barbecued Baked Beans had a great taste. But the dish had more sauce than beans. It was very soupy. So that, combined with the small portion, left me wishing the dish has the actual feel of eating a bowl of Baked Beans. The Steamed Broccoli was really good. It had the perfect amount of seasoning. The small piece of garlic bread was really good but left me wanting more. My dinner companions all had different chicken iterations. I heard no complaints. But their choices were larger portions, which is a choice I should have made. When I return I'd like to see how the dinner barbecue platter compares to that of the Late Lunch Platter (plate). The second visit should prove a better choice between 3 Stars or 4. read more

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This place was clean and the staff was courtesy. The food wasn't really seasoned that well and the baked beans tasted like they just dumped beans in bbq sauce. We also had the appetizer platter with wings, fried pickle and load nachos ( not pictured) we enjoyed that. read more

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We had been traveling all day and was in much need of a good dinner. The restaurant was pretty empty for a Friday night. The majority of the patrons were line dancing or drinking at the bar. The 2 star review was mostly food related. The steak was overcooked and not seasoned at all. I had to use some of their table side BBQ sauce to get any flavor out of it. Really disappointing for a "Market Value" steak. The BBQ baked beans were crazy sweet and tasted like BBQ sauce, really sweet. My wife had a baked potato not pictured and it was also covered in BBQ sauce which she could not eat. My daughter in law said the Mac and Cheese had no flavor at all. We were super sad. The staff was very nice but not attentive at all. Once we got our food, we were not visited until the check came. Please ask the chef to SEASON SEASON SEASON. I will more than likely not be going back as I don't live here. Good luck! read more

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look at this! Just ridiculous wasn't even. Busy when we came. Had to order something else. read more

Smokey Bones - They played in my girlfriend food. Very unsatisfied. - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

I ordered a chipotle chicken bowl to go. When I got home, I realized my bowl didn't have any chicken. Seems like someone substituted cucumbers for my chicken. read more

Smokey Bones - A "chicken less" chipotle chicken bowl - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

2.5/5 overall. Weekday lunch at co-worker's request. Walked in and stood at host stand for what felt like an eternity even though there were 2 parties in the place; no greeting, slow to be sat. Menu was easy to navigate with lunch specials; brisket was not a feature item, seemed to be placed as an upsell. Menu prices overall were ok though portions were small. Coworker liked his burger (had pulled pork on it). My chicken breast with broccoli and corn lunch plate was average at best. Server was friendly and asked about the food after it was brought, but failed to provide drink refills. read more

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My family and I decided to spend the last day of our annual trip to Hampton Roads in Virginia Beach, exploring the area and shopping. We all started getting hungry around 2:30 so we decided on an early dinner. After perusing our options on Apple Maps and Yelp, we all settled on trying out Smokey Bones. When we arrived at the building and walked in, we were greeted by a welcoming and clean atmosphere (there was even cleaning supplies left out among guests), but the staff was less than welcoming. We stood at the empty podium for what seemed like a long time. Two employees both looked in our direction then returned to what they were doing, without so much as a verbal greeting. Finally, the bartender approached the podium and asked us how many were in our party. No "hello," "welcome," "sorry for the wait," nothing. She then gathered 5 menus and began to walk away without saying anything else. We assumed that we were meant to follow her, since she didn't verbally ask us to. Halfway between the podium and what would be our table, she stopped escorting us to focus her attention on another person, a door dasher that was there picking up an order. After he got his order and walked out, she returned her focus on us and took us the rest of the way to our table. Once we were seated, the bartender/hostess walked away without saying anything. After the length of time it took for anyone to acknowledge our existence, I decided to start timing things. Despite there only being 3 other parties and a small group of people at the bar in the entire establishment at the time, it took our waitress, Taylor, 10 minutes and 47 seconds to arrive at our table after being seated. To her credit, she was very polite and apologetic for the long wait. Since we had a great deal of time, we were already prepared to order our meals as well as our drinks. I ordered the Bacon Cheeseburger (without tomatoes, onions, or pickles) with ketchup and mustard, french-fries and a coke. After taking our order, Taylor returned 3 minutes and 23 seconds later to bring us our drinks, but that was the last time anything would move relatively quickly. After receiving our drinks, it took the kitchen, and subsequently Taylor, 37 minutes and 12 seconds to cook and serve our meals. Seriously, almost 40 minutes. My burger arrived without the requested condiments, and the bottle of ketchup on our table was empty. After asking Taylor if I could have some ketchup and mustard, she returned shortly afterwards with them. She also returned with my wife's meal. She placed the meal down on the table in front of me, and I informed her that the meal was my wife's, and Taylor didn't respond. Simply just walked away. The only good thing about my meal was that the burger was cooked thoroughly and well-seasoned. The fries, however, were bland and cold (as expected after sitting for 40 minutes before being served). While waiting for Taylor to bring us our check (another very long wait), I needed to use the restroom, however there was no toilet paper in the only stall in the men's room. My family and I will not be returning to this location, and I hope for your sake that you'll consider another location as well. read more

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Was looking forward to a nice dinner after driving 6 hours to get to VA Beach. Upon walking in, noticed 2/3 of tables empty. Then host had promptly sat a couple who walked in ahead of my party of 3. But when she acknowledged us, she said she had to check on a table. 4 minutes later she came back and said they had no clean tables. Mind you we could see large areas with travels waiting to be sat. Meanwhile I looked for other area spots and found Bahama Breeze close by. We left SB and got to Bahama and had a wonderful meal. If the issue was staffing, keep in mind we were paying full price for shite seating and probably worse service. So sad we didn't get to dine there, but if you can do it right. Close the door and let a real professional help. read more

On 02/12/26 I ordered the loaded baked potato, unfortunately I ordered it to go. It was horrible. Small potato with salt on the outside skin . It consists of over microwave potato and cheese. No green onions on it and side of sour cream. No seasoning at all. Tried to call but the phone has a continuous busy signal. Was there a year ago and food was good. The cook should be fired. I am sending a email to the company who I see is filing for bankruptcy. This is the one on Virginia Beach Blvd, in Virginia beach read more

Service was foremost on the What's- great-about-this place list! We got greetings as soon as we entered, seemingly every 10 minute checkin from our waitress. Greetings when we left. Love it that we could use our coupons, my friends each got $10 off $25 meal, what a great offer! Check out your flyer in the mail. Food was great. My friends ordered the pork belly pops appetizer, wings, steak and Mac n cheese side. I didn't order anything since I just had a large lunch but my friends shared bag o' donuts - the donuts were warm, the raspberry sauce was too sweet though. The restaurant is large with multiple sections like the bar, multiple main seating areas. read more

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Look what we found in the blue cheese with our wings. I do not recommend this place. read more

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I ordered smoked wings, doughnuts, and Korean pork belly Food is great, friendly staff read more

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I paid $10 for this ketchup cup of banana pudding in a delivery. I'm sure they don't do this while you're dining in but they certainly don't mind giving you this when there's nothing you can do about it. read more

Smokey Bones - Banana pudding in ketchup cup for $10 in delivery order. - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

This has nothing to do with staff in the restaurant but the website . Do not place a to go order through their website . Card was declined for a "system error " and then declined again for insufficient funds . So I checked my account and they took out the money but it said pending . The restaurant had no record of my order so nothing they could do and my bank said oh give me it a few days and it'll come back . Like cool great but not everybody has extra money to wait. Definitely a very annoying glitch in system ! Don't take money out of peoples accounts unless the order goes through ...... read more

The staff was absolutely wonderful; however, the Resturant was freezing. It was at the most 60 degrees inside and everyone was eating with coats/jackets on. There is either a draft or air coming from the vent. In addition OMG, the food is so salty; way too salty! The shrimp was extremely salty and the lemon pepper wings were salty as well. read more

It was great not sure why anyone would not absolutely love it here. The food was great my server was amazing when I left my purse she kept it safe for me read more

We got the bone fire for two sampler set, and it was underwhelming. The sampler was around $40 and was definitely not enough for two. The chicken and sirloin were dry, and every thing else did not make up for it. The service was minimal. The only nice thing was their side of Mac and cheese. read more

This was one of the most juiciest most tender rack of ribs I've ever had the ribs are the best part the BBQ baked beans are perfect.the service was great and really nice to me and my dad. The ambience was so nice and the environment was great. read more

Smokey Bones - Ribs and beans and garlic bread with potato wedges - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

Our our waitress was very sweet. The food was cold. We waited over an hour to get our food. There was hardly anybody in the restaurant. The manager came over at one point didn't say anything you just stood there. Asked if we had any problems then they brought our food out. That nobody ate their food. The hamburgers tasted funny. My whole meal was cold. I asked them to reheat it. It took them 25 minutes to reheat it. I ended up having it to go so we got there at 6 o'clock. We didn't leave till 7:45. There was maybe four tables in the whole restaurant half the tables weren't bust never going back. read more

I door dashed this because I had little ones, I'm so happy they work with DoorDash!!! Their food was also amazing better than the more expensive ones on oceanfront! We got the salmon and pretzel bites they were good read more

The decor reflects the mood. The staff was spot on and attentive. Ordered serf and turf with Mac cheese and it was yummy! Can't go wrong with surf and turf. Not impressed with the doughnut dessert. read more

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I usually love ordering take out but today I got inedible cornbread and they finally gave me the butter to go with it which I mistaken for the steakhouse butter I requested and I put it in my loaded mashed potatoes smh! Steak was good and tender. Beans always good. read more

Smokey Bones - Squeezing the extra hard cornbread - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

Had a great happy hour at the bar with Veda. Best $7 burger and friendly service. Check it out!

Went to have lunch and usually it's a very good place-today was not that day. I got an email about a wing special all day long -we were told there was no such special but BUY ONE GET ONE BRISKET PLATTER for $27.99!? To me that's paying for 2 platters-where is the special????? Anyway-no service with a smile today -Lauren says her kids were giving her a hard time-sorry to hear that but it should not carry on to how you treat your customers. We met some very nice people who were visiting from Israel and wanted to give them a coupon for their meal but they were told it was too late their ticket was just rung up and it could not be done-I am sure it could have been canceled and done to accommodate them but so be it. They were gracious and thanked us for the offer. We are regular customers there but it seems like we may take a break. Today the food was not as good as it used to be and the service took it even further down the totem pole. It really does not cost anything to treat people well. I did leave a tip-but not as much as I usually would have had the service been up to par. I am an extremely generous tipper -just today was not that kind of day-like our service and food wasn't. read more

The ribs here is not exactly fall off the bone, but it comes off easily and the sauce on it is delicious. The ribs weren't dry and tough. It was juicy and tender. Very happy about that. My husband got the brisket grilled cheese. He devoured that and ordered boneless chicken to which he also devoured. Our waitress was on time and didn't make us wait. And the drinks were good but as a bartender, I feel the alcohol was a bit on the very light side and as for the wine, I feel that was over priced for cheap wine. But the food, really good. Will come back for the food. read more

Smokey Bones - Rack O Backs Ribfeast - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Ordered delivery to my room through Grubhub just to receive food spilled everywhere, meat barely cooked and missing many items. Wouldn't recommend eating here to my worse enemy. On top of it all having to wait an hour for the food to arrive and get shitty food. Yeah never again. read more

Smokey Bones - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

I love going here. And right now for the rib special for their 25th anniversary? You can't beat it. Server I had last time was dope and helped me with everything including a survey that got me some free dessert, and the place was a nice volume so my mother and father were able to watch the game while also enjoying a nice evening out and still talk to each other. Go if you love some ribs, chicken wings, or just some good smoked meats at a pretty reasonable price. read more

The food here is SO DELICIOUS I got the Brisket Grilled Cheese with the tomato bisque and it was heavenly! Absolutely recommend for any brisket OR grilled cheese connoisseur. The service was a bit of a wait, but any good restaurant is. Rhiannon was very nice and very punctual! The ambiance was very eclectic, reminiscent of a pub. The bar is playing golf, baseball and hockey. Overall a 11/10 for anyone who likes to eat good food and have a great time! read more

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Called ahead to check wait time and was told 10-15 mins, came in and was 10-20 mins wait, but actual time was more than that. Other customers had ordered take-out and they waited over an hour and ended up asking for refunds since it still wasn't ready. The host was slow and didn't even apologize when we checked back and was told it would be another 15-20 min wait. That's when another person told me they had been waiting over an hour for a pick-up order they called in! This was not the experience we had when they first opened years ago. Ended up eating somewhere else. read more

First The only positive thing I can say about this place is the food was good, the cook was on point!! The only reason I gave this place two stars.. We came in from Florida to visit my sister and her family and they suggested this place. The ambiance was good nothing noteworthy. The place wasn't busy seemed to be two waitresses working. We waited 30 minutes to get our drinks and order taken. My brother in-law and I had ordered Spicy bloody Mary's. Which the waitress said was $3.00 Well drinks on that day. Which we waited a couple extra minutes for. The waitress said I made them a bit strong. We ended up ordering one more a piece. When the food came out half was missing had to ask her to bring them out. At the end of the meal I go to pay the check and we were charged 6.95 a piece for the $3.00 well drinks!!! So I go and talk to the waitress she says well I did make them strong!! No one had asked her to make them strong!!! And I know exactly what she was doing padding her tip. I still tipped I didn't want my family feeling any worse for suggesting this place, but I decided to write this review which I've never wrote a bad review before. But my family had bragged about this restaurant then they kept on apologizing for the lack of service. They could have been having an off day which I understand that. But their waitress stealing from customers is unacceptable! So watch your dollars at this restaurant!!! read more

Smokey Bones - Spicy Bloody Mary which was also missing stuff - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

Food was great and our server LaTeisha was awesome. We will definitely be back. My picky kids even loved everything they ordered.

We came in during the peak time on Saturday. The restaurant was well kept and clean. Always a great sign of a manager on point. It took us just under 30-minutes to get seated. Our server (Kristie) came by shortly after and took our order. She was very personable and nice. We all enjoyed our dinner. I didn't think the price was too bad. Highly recommended. read more

Smokey Bones - Receipt - Barbeque Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

5/10/21: Unfortunately, I have to update my review on this restaurant. Their quality of food has gone downhill. We ordered via DoorDash to a hotel we were staying at directly across the street. The food was cold. My burger, which should have just been burger/bacon/bread had tomato and lettuce soaked bread. Absolutely UNACCEPTABLE!!! It's like they forgot not to add it, added it by mistake, let it sit there for awhile, and then took it off. Sandwich ruined. The pork belly bites were disgusting. The rest of the food was ok. They forgot to send my son's chocolate milk with his kids meal too. I usually don't use DoorDash, but it was late (after 10 pm), and we really didn't feel like going out. Now, I wish we would've. It was a bad experience. Period. read more

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Lauren B literally worked after her normal hours to make sure we were good! She had the best recommendations and service!

Hey y'all, Lauren B was the most amazing bartender at Smokey bones. We were so thrilled with her service and the quality of her drinks that we will be coming back and bringing our friends hi Miss Lauren.B OK, OK read more

The servers aren't rude, but they get our food order wrong the first time every SINGLE time. When you ask for the correction to be made they give you a feeling as if you are being inconvenient to them. The wings are pretty good most of the time. Inside of the restaurant was highly cleans but the floors are super sticky read more