Blue's Smokehouse Bracknell Reviews Summary

Category: American restaurant Bracknell

Address: High St, Bracknell, RG12 1DS, United Kingdom

Phone: +441344867575

Rating: 4.2
based on 262 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "New breakfast menu is VERY good. Nice choice of indulgent American style options."
  • "Amazing food - really good and authentic American food."
  • "Food was really tasty, brisket was amazingly tender."
  • "Food was amazing - the guy serving was super friendly and nice."
  • "Food was delicious and enjoyed by adults and kids alike."
  • "Food was freshly made and very tasty."
  • "The food was great and came out really quickly. Everything was cooked really well and the bacon was nice and crispy."

Cons:

  • "The majority of our meat platter was a combination of well done, overcooked, charred and dry."
  • "Food… brisket was dry and tough, doused in sauce which redeemed it a little."
  • "Absolutely disgusted with the food and drinks today. My daughter's chicken was bleeding, my partner had frozen corndogs."
  • "The burgers were okay (nothing special and can't complain), but the briskets and beef ends were a let down."
  • "The food, wasn't amazing. Portions are massive, but the quality was way off."
  • "The pulled pork was dry, the brisket might of been rubber, and the Mac and cheese tasted as if it was made with water."
  • "The food itself isn't the best BBQ we've had and is very expensive for what it is."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service is the best in this place. Staff is really relaxed and friendly."
  • "I have to say the customer service was outstanding."
  • "Staff are always on top form and are friendly."
  • "Our waiter was great! She was helpful and friendly."
  • "We were served by Jade who was so helpful. She couldn’t of been better, from the moment we arrived to when we left."
  • "The staff is very friendly, they have made sure we have everything we need."
  • "Every staff member is great - all fully engaged and friendly."

Cons:

  • "The restaurant had plenty of empty tables, but the overall experience was marred by the inadequate staffing, lack of management presence, and issues with service."
  • "Shocking service. Below average food. We were sat for 20 minutes and hadn't even been asked for our drinks order yet."
  • "The service wasn't great, got the starter and was still waiting for drinks to arrive."
  • "Staff were a bit complacent tbh.. despite lack of customers."
  • "Service was very bare asked for drinks/dips and never turned up, no one around to ask for things and when did ask nothing came."
  • "Service was really slow today. We must have waited about an hour for the main."
  • "Service could be a little better and the menu we found a little confusing."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

  • "Great atmosphere, we went at a quiet time, apparently they had been busy over Bank Holiday."
  • "The interior is a mix of metals and woods with some very American decorations here and there."
  • "The atmosphere is spot on. (I lived in Texas 15 yrs and have had plenty of bbq/smokehouse food) Blues is as good as any I've tried."
  • "The ambiance was very chilled and the decor & music matched brilliantly the style the restaurant goes with."
  • "This is a really nice place for a meal with friends or family. The restaurant is really nicely decorated inside with an outback American feel."
  • "The ambiance is fab. The music, cool."
  • "They play country music and it was not loud. Just perfect to enjoy my time there."

Cons:

  • "The toilet was also in a very bad state, the floor was covered in newspaper and other towels obviously there had been a leak and repairs were due."
  • "The place was almost empty."
  • "The place is also overcrowded with too little space and terrible floor planning and every surface is sticky."
  • "Dropping a star as the seats are uncomfortable and tables didn’t feel particularly clean."
  • "Most other things were just covered in BBQ sauce and all tasted too similar."
  • "The restaurant was severely understaffed, with only two employees working due to others not showing up for work."
  • "Unfortunately the drinks we ordered and paid for never arrived."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "It's really worth every penny."
  • "Well worth the visit if you are in the area. Blues smokehouse, you need to shout about your discount a bit more - a great dinner for 2 for under £30 is brilliant!"
  • "When getting the bill we realised a promotion discount had been applied that we hadn't known about which was a nice surprise."
  • "Good value for money (£110 for seven of us, no alcohol as driving, but did include soft drinks)."
  • "Great food and service and the surprise that when we got the bill there was 50% off our mains on the day we visited was amazing."

Cons:

  • "Not particularly good and overpriced."
  • "Beer at 7.50 for 440ml whilst very tasty is overpriced."
  • "It is still expensive to eat here, but unjustifiably so."
  • "All in all 2 of us paid £55 for average food that we wouldn't come back for at all... We didn't necessarily regret going there however weren't fond of spending that much money for that average food, sorry..."
  • "Very tasty food, but I feel a bit overpriced in areas. It was a very expensive meal out for a quite frankly is a BBQ, portions were not massive either."
  • "For a bill of over £110 for 3 people not worth it."
  • "Had the vegan platter £38 was a bit pricey I would of priced at maybe £15-18."

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