I love the location but I'm just not a fan of theirs. It's pricy and I don't enjoy the BBQ. I do however love their okra and sides! A sandwich occasionally is good. The inside is nice clean and the service is great. Nice people. Go try them out bc you may just like it! BBQ is very subjective so I don't want to deter anyone from giving it a shot! read more

First time at this location and still was a good time with some great bbq. The drink/bbq bar situation was a little confusing but eventually we understood that a waitress was going to get all that for us. Our food came out at a decent time and both the ribs and brisket were divine! One thing that I was missing was some good cornbread. read more

Swadley's Bar-B-Q - 2/2026 Rib and brisket plate with spicy beans and Mac and cheese - American Near Me - Bethany, Oklahoma

I finally caught wind to swadleys breakfast, I walked in around 9:55 am I wasn't aware breakfast ended at 10am. I felt so bad, the cashier Jayden was so pleasant he was like don't worry. If the menu is up you can still order. It wasn't too busy, very quiet music playing low. Mostly just staff cleaning and preparing for lunch and dinner. These breakfast tacos are so good! The salsa on the side is the perfect combination. I tried both salsas, I can't even say I like one more than the other. They are both good! Don't judge me I also tried the nanner puddin for breakfast. I needed that sugar rush to start my morning. I enjoyed my entire breakfast! read more

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The Oklahoma sampler is always my go-to! You have to try the okra, green beans and Mexican street corn! Very friendly staff! read more

We got here at 12:30 pm on a Thursday afternoon and they were busy. We were in the mood for a chicken fried steak. We of course got the okra and we decided to try the mac n cheese. The chicken fry was delicious. Lightly battered, thin and no gristle. The okra is hot and plentiful. We weren't crazy about the mac n cheese. Noodles were slightly overcooked and needed more salt. It was creamy. We met Lucky who was in mgmt and had a great conversation. We hope to see him again. We enjoy going into places and seeing the same employees. Feels like seeing family in a good way. Ice cream was good. Restaurant was clean. read more

Swadley's Bar-B-Q - 1/2lb Chicken Fried Steak - American Near Me - Bethany, Oklahoma

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Very good food, great selection something for everyone Friendly service, trained well on menu item questions, food served in time and hot or cold depending on your order Plenty of seating, hidden nooks for a little privacy. Decor is casual country and clean read more

Food is great. Banana pudding is really good. Service at this one is outstanding. Ambiance at the Bethany restaurant is fun service is fast and continuous. Highly recommend this restaurant if you have a chance. Haven't eaten at all the others. read more

$13.00 for this small portion. Mind you this just potatoes even asked if they could give a few more the answer was no. Over priced.. Rockwell location I wont be returning to. DONT RECOMMEND 2 thumbs DOWN Theyd rather refund $13.00 than to lose 5¢ for giving me a few more. Ill just stick to Braums. Better price cleaner meal. If there was a 0 star option, I'd choose it. read more

Swadley's Bar-B-Q - Side Hashbrown Bites - American Near Me - Bethany, Oklahoma

Was overcharged... ordered 3... one meat dinners was charged for 2 meat dinners ..waitress acted like she was not happy about being at work and cashier was not paying attention had to ask her 3 times for a to go menu...and to top all that off you should not post political views all over your store..keep that at home ...I will never be back and niether will my friends or family......83.73 not worth it should of went to caddlemans for that price read more

Swadley's Bar-B-Q - Price..time..location - American Near Me - Bethany, Oklahoma

The customer service is top tier for being a regular restaurant!!! Family friendly and the vibes is homey also everyone's having conversations and good times. The setting is clean and very well taken care of. Now the food is good for a bbq spot. We enjoyed ourselves very much belly, welly, jelly read more

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Who made the sides today? Really REALLY off! Potato salad was pretty much mayo and undercooked potatoes. Sweet beans had WAY too much Liquid Smoke. Most people don't eat just meat no matter how good it is. The sides sucked enough to make the dry and tough brisket look good. Way too many better options.... read more

I'm a long time customer but not sure I'll go back. Staff is always nice. I'm wasn't inside but it appears clean. I don't like it when they put the small containers inside with my food. I know those things get dropped once in awhile. I ordered the one meat meal through the drive through and was very disappointed when I opened it at home. I ordered sliced brisket, okra, and potato salad. Portion size has gotten smaller again. Potato salad was thin colored mash potatoes. Heavy on mayo. The best thing was the okra. I guess they quit giving rolls or at least I didn't get one. The barbecue sauce had a funny twang to it so I wasn't too upset that I was given just one. Really disappointed and for the cost of the meal I'll go somewhere else. read more

I'm born and raised in Kansas City. I bleed BBQ sauce. I'm now living in Louisiana which is a BBQ desert. . Last night I had Swadleys ribs...OMG! Juicy, tender, DELICIOUS!! I haven't had ribs like these in years. I highly recommend! The fried okra & onion straws were terrific as well & the BBQ sauce was perfect. read more

Swadleys is pretty good. It's a go to for out of towners. I'm not sure it's the best in Oklahoma, but worth trying out if you want a taste of barbecue in the south. read more

Just flew into town and had to grab me some dinner. I made a great choice here. Love the full service they offer. Food was amazingly good loved the ribs nice and sticky good. Eggs in the potato salad with paprika dusted on top was fantastic. The corn was fantastic too. Sausage was good too. I tried two of the bbq sauces. Honey sweet and Spicy Both definitely need to be tried. I definitely suggest adding this place to the must visit locations to eat. read more

Swadley's Bar-B-Q - Ribs, Sausage, Potato Salad, and Jalapeño Sweet Corn. - American Near Me - Bethany, Oklahoma

Up charges of $3 for slicing and another up charge for chopping the meat on a $17 two meat dinner... Left and will never be back!! read more

Overpriced bbq. No clue why this place has a 4 rating. Before Covid we would come here with my grandad and it was better. The onion & pickle bar was self serve as well as the bbq. Now a server brings you everything one tablespoon of bbq sauce at a time. The ribs were tough and chewy, the pulled pork has no flavor at all, the brisket was dry as a bone. The okra is so overcooked to "crispy" that they look like shriveled up belly buttons and there's zero actual okra left inside. To top it off, NOTHING was even warm. Their beans are decent but not anything special nor worth coming back for. There were 4 of us in our party and it was almost $100. Highway robbery! I've had better bbq off a random food truck. read more

I am so disappointed! The food was NOT fresh at all and the fish barely had any taste. I spend close to $50 for inedible food. The chicken fried steak made my daughter literally sick. Never again read more

3.5 I'll preface, BBQ is not in my top ten fav cuisines so take with a grain of salt. I ordered the 2 meat plate with brisket, great, and chicken, dry. Jalapeño corn was my favorite part of the meal, was delicious. Also had the Mac, standard, and had a bite of the hot links, good and HOT, for me. Service was outstanding, super helpful and attentive, above and beyond. From Seattle so would say I witnessed some of that southern hospitality. read more

Solid bbq and great sides. We had a really nice server. Kind of a county cooking feel. Good size portions.

Love this place!! Any time we come to OKC, we stop at Swadley's in Bethany. Service is outstanding and BBQ is great. I had a chopped brisket sandwich and my husband had pulled pork and sausage. Perfect! We always buy bottles of their terrific, mild and sweet sauce to take home. Thank you for a restaurant that has a positive environment and family atmosphere along with great food! Well done! read more

I love getting their breakfast plenty of goodness. Then the dinner is awesome too. There is never a rush. It's just family oriented.

We have been eating Swadleys for years. I love their chicken. There have been times it has not been a good chicken, as something was off with that serving. The sides are good. Love the salad bar, but try not to eat it unless we are first at the restaurant, due to Covid. The service is always good, they always stop by and check on the table. They have changed their hours to close at 8:00 recently. read more

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We went through the swadley's drive thru Saturday and I got home with a completely different order by accident ..... I called and he gave me two $20 vouchers to collect at the store at my convenience. So tonight we went back they were soooo sweet and efficient. He gave us our meals plus free drinks & then at the end brought over some cobbler with ice cream on top. The whole staff was just so kind and friendly to my family on top of a great experience. 10/10 recommending the swadley's on 39th! read more

First let me say I can only review this location, haven't tried the others and I'm handicapped and have to use a walker so I always place orders to-go. I'm not sure what happened but this location used to be pretty consistent, not so much anymore. Stay away from the burgers, steak and meat loaf. They don't know how to cook them. Always have the consistency of charred hockey pucks. The other meats are pretty much hit or miss, sometimes really good but more often than not they are undercooked. On the plus side, the service is outstanding. read more

Ordered sweet beans, was sent spicy beans that I couldn't eat. One dinner was missing a dinner roll. Chicken Fried Steak dinner overcooked and nearly burned. Totally gross flavor and texture. Same with the okra. Gravy recipe seems to have changed to a bland, peppery flour mix that is thicker and gelatinous. Stay away from the fried items! We paid a lot of money for a bunch of inedible food. Soooo disappointed and mad! Won't be ordering from there or visiting in store anymore. read more

Used to be decent but lately the foods been pretty bad, undercooked, poor cuts, mostly scrap fat and very little actual meat, all in all can't advise anyone waste money on these guys anymore read more

I got the pork ribs and I can honestly say they where some of the worst ribs I have ever had. The ribs where covered in fat, there was so much fat it effectively glued the very small amount of meat to the bone. The ribs honestly didn't have any flavor, I had to cover it in BBQ sauce. My knife had something stuck to the side of it. The cloth "napkins" where very ineffective at getting food off your hands and mouth. read more

Great service. Great food. Clean atmosphere and ambiance. We will definitely be back.

My wife and I love us so Swadley's BBQ! I always get the sliced brisket sandwich, with some beans and Mac and cheese. Don't forget the sweet tea as well! The dining experience is cool, and the pickle bar is even cooler! Service has always been spot on with great customer service and staff that is always accommodating. I've been there more recently than I'd like to admit. Even the lady at the to-go counter knows my name and face . Thank you Swadleys for some great BBQ! read more

Poor quality food served out the window at 437 pm. Food looked like it was all left over from lunch buffet. Dried out okra, over seasoned & overcooked "Ranch potatoes", mashed potatoes tasted like n overbaked potatatoe mashed up with package gravy, old creamy corn, rolls were puny and undercooked. Brisket was fatty. Turkey was dry. Horrible grand total was 46.00 for garbage. I will not be going back to this chain. read more

Easy to use online ordering system - definitely took a bit longer than the time but the food was fresh and hot and packaged well!

Always a great experience when we come in, great service and friendly wait staff. Highly recommend the double stack cheeseburger but everything they have is wonderful! read more

We ordered the Smokehouse Club Sandwich. The fries and okra were not hot and the mgr quickly replaced with hot fries and okra. Yelp needs to update the pricing that you have for Swadley's. Their prices have increased for these sandwiches by $6/sandwich. read more

This is a hard review. We love Swadley's. We are here at least 3 times a month. But this time we ordered to go. Got home and the ribs were tough hard to chew. Almost burnt and very dry. The ribs were like left over scraps. The ends of the rack. Was not satisfying at all. read more

Traveling from Colorado and always stop there for great BBQ. Can't go wrong. Sides are amazing!!

Everyone's eaten at this Oklahoma favorite right??? It's been a good while for me but my daughter requested this. She had the lite one meat dinner and I had the loaded spud. She got strawberry cake and I got the chocolate cake. I got the spud with brisket, butter and cheese. It was bite for bite delicious. Both cakes were a little dry but good. So yummy! :)) read more

Pleasantly surprised. I had the Ultimate sandwich which was quite good. I think there was 3 meats including bacon. Love bacon!! This orange sauce they served with it had just the right amount of heat and flavor. The location was clean and well kept. A little pricey IMO, but otherwise a good spot. read more

Very good bbq. Service could use improvement. They offer three types of bbq sauce...all good.

Fried okra! Chicken fried steak! Reliable. Classic. Big unsweetened iced tea. Always go there when you're in OKC. read more