Was intrigued to see a new BBQ place in Mentor especially considering I drive all the way to the west side to eat at Famous Dave's when I'm craving bbq and all the fixins. The dining room seemed super bright with the fluorescent lights overhead (maybe its weird I notice such things) and it didn't really have a great ambiance. It's setup a la chipotle where you make your way through the line ordering your items as you go. My two complaints were 1) the line was soooo slow, as in I waited nearly 20 minutes just to make it to the meat order window and I was only behind about 5/6 people and 2) I am befuddled as to why they wouldn't make the sides visible to the customer. Imagine going through the chipotle line and not being able to see any of the toppings that's how the Dickey's line is setup.
I finally made it to the meat ordering window and choose the meal with 1 meat and 2 sides. Another side note, they smoke their meats which give them a very distinct taste and smell. I ordered the chicken with Mac and cheese and coleslaw and could have cried when I got to the register and asked for cornbread and womp,womp, they only have rolls. How can you serve BBQ and not serve come bread?!
The chicken was alright, a little to dry and smokey tasting for my taste and the Mac and cheese was good. I didn't finish everything so I stuck it in my fridge and my entire kitchen and fridge smelled like fake smoke smell for the next 2 days, so strange.
All in all. I probably wouldn't return as I didn't care for the smokey flavor on the chicken and the sides were underwhelming and I didn't get any beloved corn bread.