Mike's BBQ

Well this hurts...When Mike's opened the food is what kept me coming back. I used to live close by and I would come at least twice a month. The last two times I have came here the food has been average, nothing special. It seems like they have changed a lot of the recipes and cuts of meat, and the food does not come out the same every time. It looks like the kitchen needs to go back to the basics and figure out why Mikes became so popular in the first place. Other than the food...the atmosphere is killer, they have a great bar and a bunch of TVs to watch different sports.

I really like the bar at Mike's.  I've had the pleasure of eating and drinking here twice now, and both times I was really impressed with the facility, the selection of booze, and the food.

Located in a strip mall, you wouldn't expect too much of Mike's.  However, when you walk in, there is a large bar section with a huge selection of large, flat screened TVs positioned around the bar area, and then there's also a good sized restaurant to the side of the bar area.

The bar is large, and comfortable enough to eat at.  The bartenders are very friendly (although service can be a bit slow), and they're willing to put on a show and surprise you with a fun mixed drink if you ask.  

The barbecue tastes great, as does the mac n cheese.  There are plenty of beers on tap, and even more by the bottle, so don't be afraid to ask for the local brews.  The place is on the pricey side, but it's not terribly atrocious for a full night of sports filled entertainment with friends.

Run, don't walk from this horrendous establishment!

I went here for my first time last week. Normally I wait to leave such a negative review until I have tried a place a couple times but this experience was so bad that I don't feel any guilt what so ever for this review. This place had some of the worst customer service I have ever seen, and the food was terrible too.

When we walked into the lounge I thought hey this place looks awesome! Big tvs everywhere and HUGE beer selection. I was a little worried because the place was empty on a Satuday at like 4pm. Thats prime weekend happy hour time, why is it dead? Now I know why...

One not particularly friendly woman took our drink order. Since they had such a large beer list I asked if they had any Dogfish Head?, she looked at me like I was from another planet. A second even grouchier looking woman with a stink on her face and gigantic fake breasts delivered our beers, dropped them and that was that. Then a third woman came to take our order. My husband ordered pulled pork sandwich and I ordered a hamburger. I made sure to ask the server for a side of ranch with my fries (I was a server for years, I know its a pain to have to go back for ranch so I always ask before). Quite some time later, more then the standard 15 minutes, our food came. This is where it got really bad...

An overweight blonde woman brought our food, again...grouchy! She literally slammed the plates on the table and started to haul a** away from the table and I said "excuse me, side of ranch?" I kept it short because she was moving so quickly. She turned around and gave me the dirtiest look. Like how dare I ask her for something. She turned and didn't say ok, or just a minute, she just walked away. Within 30 seconds I see something fly over my shoulder and I hear a man say "Ranch!". A very tall slender bar back tossed a plastic covered ranch cup over my shoulder onto the table!!! I could not believe how incredibly rude!

Finally the food was terrible, we were starving so we ate it (most of it). My order came out wrong. My husband even said his food was awful and he never complains. The service, I was fuming. We had 5 different people at our table, only one was slightly helpful. We will never be back. We left laughing thinking well, you don't know if you don't try. We tried, and that was that. It was expensive too for such a horrible experience.

Last but not least there are little laminated signs on each table affixed with zip ties that say "if you are not happy, please let us know before leaving a negative yelp comment!" Yes, complete with exclamation mark to add insult to injury. Obviously they get a lot of negative feed back. Instead of condescending to your customers with silly signs, why don't you invest your time in training your DREADFUL staff!