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| - Smoque N Bones is the tastiest barbecue house I've had in Toronto.
I had a hard time rating this restaurant. The food's really good, but my experience had some glaring holes. At the end, I settled for 3 stars but I still recommend others to try it for themselves.
As a first-timer, we figured that ordering from their sampler would cover all our bases. From reading Yelp, we figured the sampler isn't very big so we decided to order an extra order of sausage and beef brisket. (Total overkill but we were pretty hungry haha)
We ordered:
Beef Brisket- Wasn't very big in portion. We got like 3 slices for 1/4 lb... do you know what this strongly reminded me of? The beef brisket you get at pho restaurants. It wasn't very good... I'm not sure why everyone talked about this on Yelp. 2/5
House Sausage- This meat was okay. Wasn't spicy. Wasn't amazing. I've had better from M&M meatshops to be honest. 2.5/5
Ribs- Okay this is where Smoque n bones shines. Their ribs are AMAZING. If you're going to come here, you must get the ribs. Get these. 5/5
Chicken- We figured that it would just be regular rotisserie chicken. Well... we weren't wrong lol. It was just chicken, but to be fair, they did do it very well. I'll have to recommend this if you just order the sampler. It's easily the most filling meat and without this, I can easily see why people leave here hungry. 3/5.
Pulled Pork- Delicious! Pulled pork is great from here! I've had their pulled pork sandwiches off UberEats before, and this was exactly like it. 4.5/5.
Mac n Cheese - Best Mac n Cheese I've ever had. Ever. Cheese is flavourful without being heavy. Not sure how they did it. 4.5/5.
Onion rings - BEST onion rings I've ever had. Thin. Huge portions. DELICIOUS. Get these! 5/5.
Sweet potato waffle fries - Delicious waffle fries! I'm not the biggest fan of sweet potato but even I loved these ones. 4.5/5.
Like other people have said, Smoque n Bone's sides really are better than their meats. It's not a knock on their meats... it's just that their sides are THAT GOOD.
My biggest gripe against this place is the service. I had some huge problems with their service when we went.
1) My server disappeared for an hour. We had no idea where he went. Upstairs? Not sure. We were originally missing the beef brisket from our order. It took us over an hour for us to inform him to complete our order. Didn't check up on us once for our entire stay.
2) What's with their number of delivery orders? I understand that it's a big part of your business, but really slowed down your ability to serve your guests. We were really hungry when we sat down, and it was really painful to see all the food they were preparing in front of us to be boxed up in Foodora packages. We waited 30 mins to get our first item.
3) The seating at the bar is nice, but can get really uncomfortable with all the smoke coming up and hitting your faces. We were quite a distance away, and I was still bothered by the amount of smoke coming from the grill. This is a problem similar to KBBQ. Sit away from the bar if you don't like the smells.
It's not a date environment. Come with friends. I would likely not come back for anything else but the ribs and the onion rings. It's great for a guys night out, but it's not friendly enough for any groups bigger than 6. I was happy with dinner, but has lots of room for improvement.
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