Dark and Wonderful We love this local spot lots of good craft beer choices, hard working bar tenders that not just tends bar but serve tables. We went in for a couple beers and some wings and stayed for hours. Wings were great, cooked and dressed properly. We met a lot of nice people. I guess this place gets rowdy later in the night, we were out by 7pm. A must stop if you are in the area. Thanks read more

Smokey O'gradys - New American Near Me - East Lyme, Connecticut

Horrible!! Ordered takeout, no meat on the steak and cheese, the salad was wilted and dry, and I ordered VEGETARIAN potato skins, and the arrived with BACON!! Someone is clearly dropping the ball on this place and not paying attention and supervising what leaves this restaurant or just doesn't care!! No wonder why the parking lot is always empty... Lesson learned... Don't waste your money here!! read more

Amazing home bar. Great ambiance and even better food at an affordable price. The service was fantastic and they're super friendly.

Great service and great food! Our first time but not the last!! We ended up here because the Shack closed at 1:00PM. No regrets. We had a Reuben, a burger, and a salad plus the buffalo wings. read more

Excellent service, food was great and so fast! Family friendly- we went with our two year old and felt very comfortable. Very pleasant experience read more

Some very good wings if you come here. There were 20+ flavors options to choose from, i got a buffalo hot and Lemmon pepper Parmesan. Wings were good sized,crispy, and juicy. Service was very good given only two waiters. The only down side was it's very "divey ", tables and floors were quite sticky. But excluding that the food was phenomenal. I would definitely come back just for the wings. 7.0/10 read more

Smokey O'gradys - chicken wings and carrots - New American Near Me - East Lyme, Connecticut

Heck yeah! A bar lunch. Sometimes I'm in the mood and got the time! . They've got pool going on mid-afternoon. Hard to find a bar stool--full here. Good hot food. Chili just right spicy. Philly Steak and onion rings yummy. Great service from very busy beautiful waitress. Wow the selection of beer!! read more

Smokey O'gradys - Philly Steak sandwich. - New American Near Me - East Lyme, Connecticut

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This was a pretty good place! Service was great, very nice waitress. There is a large seating area and pool tables on one side of the bar. The wings were great and the fries too (not pictured)! I tried the Honey BBQ and the flavor was great, the wings tasted fresh. I also really liked the ranch they used. The fries were thin and perfectly crispy. If I wanted wings and was in the area, I would definitely stop here! Price was also reasonable. read more

Smokey O'gradys - Honey BBQ Bone In Wings - New American Near Me - East Lyme, Connecticut

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Would of gave 5 stars if management got back to me! This is only based on my experience. We were out of towners headed back home, looked this place up. It was definitely my kind of place. Sports on tv, bar, cheap & many choices on menu. Yes a Sunday at 1pm is busy, but waitress did her best. If I wasn't paying attention to my chicken quesdillas I would of ate the long hair in it!!!! Called the waitress over immediately, she did take it off the menu, but I asked if cook had a hair net on? A baseball cap is Irrelavant! Went on Facebook to message owner, NO RESPONSE. Good place but no excuse for health code violations, and NO ONE getting back to me. read more

Great food, cool people and amazing ambiance, typical American food, excellent beer selection! read more

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Smokey's truly has the best boneless wings in the East Lyme/ Niantic area. They have dozens of flavors. Great spot all around; a must visit if you're in the area. read more

Came here for my first time the other day. Bartender Katie and Jenna were amazing. The owner, Scott, was cool too. Food and drinks are top notch. Highly recommend. 5-Star dive bar. read more

Dive bar atmosphere but great food and the boneless wings are epic. Hot tip call in your order instead of putting it in online you'll save a bunch of $$! read more

My very first time to Smoky O'Grady's and for sure my last. When you enter a business establishment you should be greeted. That did not happen: Strike One. If you have your business hours listed online until 1:00p you should not close early at 12:20p: Strike Two. When you have called last call and are no longer serving you should not ignore the new customer that comes in and keep walking past them. Many bartenders have big bars to clean and start early putting up stools, but are still serving. This place was big so I assumed I would get a smile and either a "What will you have?" or a "Sorry, hun, I already called last call". I just got walked pass and ignored. Rude: Strike Three YOU'RE OUT! read more

A bunch of us wanted to go to bar hang out and shoot some pool, we stopped here. For me it's a nice little bar to hang out have a few drinks and get a little crazy, perfect place. Service was fast drinks were good. Friendly people all around. Didn't try the food. I'd go back and hang out for more laughs. read more

Smokey O'gradys - Group friends having a lot of laughs! - New American Near Me - East Lyme, Connecticut

What a great local bar. Great drinks and food. Scott, Abigail, Paddy, Danielle, Katie and Jenna are top notch bartenders. And the kitchen staff knows how to cook. A large bar, pool tables and outdoor eating area are bonuses. I highly recommend checking it out. read more

I will only hesitate on the last star for a rating, because it took a little while for the food to come out and the place wasn't all that busy at the time that we were there; and the BLT I ordered was rather flaccid and difficult to handle. I asked that the sandwich be toasted, and they decided to grill-toast it, and I have learned from experience that grill toasting a BLT means that it's not going to be as firm and therefore it's a little more difficult to handle. My wife ordered the "Taco Wrap," and she told me that it was "so full of meat that it was a lot of sandwich to eat," but that's not necessarily a negative. There were about a dozen people in the bar, and maybe two tables with parties of three or four, and the waitress herself told us that there are other times when it is "way worse" in terms of the number of people that are desiring service. She was the only one behind the bar, but the bar was clean and the bar area was clean. There was quite a selection of beers (although I asked for a Coors extra gold and they didn't have that). There were two different Irish beers at least, available (Which seems appropriate since it's an Irish bar and the permittee is "O'Reilly.") Anyway the onion rings were good and it was interesting to see sweet potato fries on the menu. read more

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The pulled pork was a delicious and large portion for the price, and the staff was very attentive.

Good sized boneless chicken. Always try to support local businesses so was glad to see this place nearby. The flavors were good but not great. It lacked a bit of "pop" in the flavors that we had (honey BBQ and buffalo) but otherwise tasted fresh. Small place in a strip mall that's easy to miss if you're not looking for it and nice folks had the order ready for pickup when I arrived. read more

The boneless chicken wings are BIG! I accidentally ordered 8 of them with a side of Cole slaw for dinner & I realized 3-4 would've been plenty. I ordered the Garlic Parmesan & Thai Chili flavors. I could only finish 1.5 of each plus 4-5 bites of Cole slaw & I was completely FULL. The flavors were both great. The Thai chili had a sweet hot flavor to it. The Garlic Parmesan was heavily dusted with most Parmesan. The side order of Cole slaw is a full pint and was fresh, creamy & delicious. I definitely want to try their Burgers based on the rave reviews here. The staff was friendly, pleasant, helpful & very efficient. The bartender took my phone order & as soon as I walked in, went over to the counter to bring them over to me with the receipt. The inside is a typical darkly lit bar with lots of high top tables, a pool table, neon signs, and I think a juke box. The music is audible but not too loud to drown out conversation. They have lots of flat screen TVs showing the latest sports teams playing. It's a bit of a time machine: very much an 80's style bar. But it clearly works based on the great reviews here. It's an very informal bar to come with a few friends & grab a beer & a burger. ENJOY! read more

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We were a large group. That was not a problem. Our food came out at the same time and was delicious. Drinks were served in a timely fashion. The staff was very accommodating and friendly. Priced appropriately. read more

Great food and drinks. Bartenders and servers are always happy and will make you feel like you've been going there forever. Pork ribs are amazing! Any wings my favorite are the teradactyle. BLT. Snack wrap with ranch. Fun atmosphere with pool tables and good music read more

There is not a better place than Smokey's. I go here about every week to two weeks and love it every single time. The food is so delicious, the prices are good, servers are hilarious, and the atmosphere is so good literally I could go on and on about it. My family was in town for the Christmas holiday and I knew without a doubt we'd be going here and my family loved it just as much as I do. read more

Great prices! Good food! I got a side of Mac and cheese which was great. I also got garlic and blue cheese wings & horseradish sour cream wings, both were good but barely any sauce on them, when I go back I will get extra sauce on them & extra sauce on the side because you could barely taste any. But I took my leftovers to go and got extra sauce on the side to take home & the sauce was SO good on the leftovers I really wish I would have gotten extra while I was there! But everything was great! The food & drinks are cheap too. Cocktails are only 5-6$ & beer is like 3-4$ I will be back! And wings were I think 4.95$ for 6 wings. The bartender was super nice!! The only thing I noticed when I was there was that 3 people walked in, the server asked for there ID's, one of them wasn't 21, they said they were only there to get food & she said sorry we can't allow anyone under 21 in here. I totally understand that there's licenses like that BUT you need to advertise that! Hang it up on the door no one under 21 allowed, put it on your website, let people know before they take the drive to get there! It's confusing when you pull in you go to a parking lot out back, there is a door but I didn't know if I could go in it or if it was to the kitchen or something. There's no sign on the door, it didn't say the hours, "open", nothing at all. So I walked around the the front & once I was inside I saw people coming in from the back door. But there should definitely be something on the back door that lets us know you can come in the way. There was also a huge outdoor seating area that looked super cool for nice days!! And tons of tvs inside! This is a great place! read more

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Love this spot. One of my favorite places to eat ribs... hands down...in the southeast region of CT.

In East Lyme, a place with great drinks and food. Plenty of bar seating, juke box and some interesting locals. We enjoyed the boneless wings and chicken salad. Nice hazy IPA selection. read more

Great food prices are not bad. Known for their wings. Good place to have a beer, large bar.

I used to love the Nashville hot sandwich, I've ordered two within the past three days and was very disappointed both times.

Excellent food options (wings are amazing) and huge beer menu. They even have Alchemist, which is very hard to find around here. Friendly staff. read more

I stopped by with my cousins in hopes to watch the Celtics playoff game and was greeted very aggressively asking for my ID. I handed it over and the waitress took it behind the bar for examination. I'm 27 and waited 10 minutes feeling very uncomfortable about the greeting and when the waitress came back she said didn't scan the IDs but still felt uncomfortable serving us because my ID was from Pennsylvania. I happily handed over other identification and explained to her that my family has a house in colchester and we were born in CT and she still refused to serve us. I've never had this interaction at any other bar before. Never coming back here read more

Love this place! Been coming here ever since I turned 21. Scott is fantastic and so are the bartenders. I've been to many crowded bars where it's difficult for the staff to move around with trays and drinks. I've never seen bartenders hustle like they do at Smokes. They usually only have 3 staff working the bar but you wouldn't know it. I rarely have to ask for a refill because they are on top of the game. I usually don't eat here but when I do I chow down on onion rings and Cajun fries. The chicken wings, tenders and popcorn chicken are great! Smokeys have done a great job keeping customers safe during covid. read more

Sat at the bar for 15 minutes and got no service. Flagged down the bartender and ordered a drink. She said she didn't have the ingredients. I said I'll have a beer. Before I finished my sentence she walked away and never came back. I left read more

Disappointed that our adult children and their adult cousins wanted to enjoy the restaurant but were turned away due to an out of state drivers license. They did not scan the licenses and assumed they were not of age. Won't ever go back. read more

I've only been here for take out. I had a hankering for chicken rings and Hot Rods/New London was a hike so I decided to call for takeout one Saturday night. We ordered a 20 piece bone-in wings; half was done with a dry rub of garlic pepper parm and Thai chili. And, like a pp said, their fries are freshly cut and made there so we ordered an order for fries. The bar was packed; it was Saturday after all. It's full of locals both young and old. It's a dive with a large wraparound bar. On to the food, wings came in two separate boxes with sauces (ranch and blue cheese) and the carrots/celery sticks. I'm bummed the fries were soggy but it's understandable - it's fresh, unadulterated potatoes(no crispy batter) so it got soggy faster. It also has the russet appeal to them because the sugars in the potato gave it a brown coloring. I just tossed them in the toaster oven to crisp them and they were tasty again. The wings for both was still crispy and perfectly fried. No complaints. We'd probably do takeout again. read more

HUGE boneless wings with a lot of seasoning options. Parking is tricky. We have only ordered take out on several occasions and the food has always been good. I will add photos next time we order out. The menu shows a lot of awesome sandwich options but I want to stick with the excellent wings. I love the Cajun rub and the extra hot buffalo sauce. read more

The best sports bar in East Lyme, wings are great as is all the other bar food. Drinks are always good and beer selection is substantial. Staff is hard working and friendly even when the place is packed. Excellent home town bar. read more

Great place to come and relax, have a few drinks while your waiting for the ABSOLUTE BEST chicken wings and Burgers on this damn PLANET !! ..... PLUS MORE GOURMET FOOD..an ABSOLUTE Must for everyone and of course "Us Locals" .. hahaha we already know it's mouth watering goodness come give it a try and you'll keep coming back for MORE ! read more

Last night we were looking for a fun place to eat, so we headed out with this place on our radar. When we pulled up, it didn't appear to be busy, but once inside, it was a different story. We made our way to a table in back & 1 of the 2 barmaid/waitresses appeared. We ordered drinks, which Jenna made perfectly, then wings for appetizers and finally dinner. We watched the whole operation while we ate, listened to great music and sipped our drinks. These two very capable ladies didn't miss a beat. It's a well run machine. Whoever the boss is lucked out! We'll definitely go back there next time we're in that area. BTW, the ribs were da bomb! read more

Had ribs and mashed potatoes. The ribs were incredibly tough, barely warm, and the potatoes were like sawdust. Threw it away.

This review is ONLY for two things, the wings and the fries. The wings, which we always order extra crispy, are phenomenal. I only give them 4 stars because they can be a little inconsistent, but when they get them right (usually when less busy) they are the best wings I've ever had. My wife and I love to get 4 different styles and share. 20 wings and one order of fries is a perfect dive bar night out for us. My favorite styles are Jerk, Spicy Buffalo, Soy Wasabi and Horseradish Sour Cream. The fries are hand cut, which is getting rarer and rarer in most bars, and usually perfectly done. Beer selection is pretty darn good. They usually have at least two IPAs on tap. The place is pretty divy and the service is, well, variable. Don't forget I'm only reviewing the wings and fries. read more