I never used to be a huge fan of this place. It was just ok BBQ to me. Well the last two times i've been here now it has been fantastic. I had pulled pork and beef brisket  Both of them were delicious. My group of five loved it.  The waiter was friendly and the owner or manager came by to make sure everything was ok but he didn't linger like they sometimes do.
All in all a good dining experience and I'll be back for sure.
Side salad: lettuce was brown and wilted
Dinner plate: so hot it had to be carried with a towel; edges smeared with grease
Broccoli florets: steamed to the point of disintegration and lukewarm
Pulled pork: looked like my dog's vomit; barely above room temperature - fat was beginning to congeal
Manager: didn't charge - hence the single star
First time to this chain and I found it pretty good, considering I'm anti-chain restaurants. Â The BBQ was great-- my wife and I shared the pulled pork and the smoked wings. Â I'm a big wing fan, and these were amazing. Â I thought I was going to be disappointed since they were not "hot" wings, but I could tell they were slow-cooked and they were nothing short of mouth-watering. Â They provide a trio of sauces at the table so we were able to experiment with different sauces on the same dish. Â Cornbread as a side was great as well. Â If you are in the mood for good BBQ, this place will not disappoint.
Review Source:Mmmm. I went in after a long day on a business trip and I can say I'm impressed. I had the Rib Combo with the BBQ wings. The ribs were on the average side but the smoky wings were spectacular! I highly recommend. The kettle fries were very thick and very crispy on the outside. The fire stix aren't very spicy if you're a spicy lover, but my opinion is slightly skewed in this respect.
They have a full bar and they have a very good selection of in tap beers. Give Smokey Bones a go, you won't be disappointed.
Well as Springfield is looking more and more like a rundown town, the chain restaurants on Dirksen parkway are fast becoming your best bet for a solid meal in a decent environment and Smokey bones fits the bill. Nice welcoming wood interior with a fireplace and a bar in the middle with a few TVs with games on make the environment relaxing. The service is not the most efficient: slow at getting orders, not necessarily checking on you but it's adequate. The food is not out if this world but the BBQ items such as pulled pork and the sides are solid. A few regulars are hanging out at the bars and families are occupying the booths and enjoying their meals.
Review Source:This is a decent chain type BBQ place. Decent selection and reasonably priced. Really tough to try and mimic classic KC, St. Louis, Memphis BBQ but they give it a good try. Nothing like the experience of KC BBQ in KC or Memphis BBQ in Memphis but if you are in the mood for Q, Smokey Bones is pretty good.
Review Source:I hadn't been to Smokey Bones in quite some time, and although I thought it was okay before, I was pleasantly surprised by the changes they made since my last visit. Â Besides their updated logo, they improved the atmosphere as well as the menu. Â The bar is now sectioned off from the dining area and there are no more speakers for the TV at each table, so you feel like you are in a real restaurant and not a bar that also happens to serve food. Â Also, the selection of food has greatly improved - it actually took me some time to figure out what I wanted to order, where before it was just a matter of deciding between a burger and chicken strips. Â I ended up getting a salad and loaded baked potato, and enjoyed both.
HUGE bonus: The dining area as well as the bathroom was clean, and that is (sadly) hard to come by in most of the restaurants in this area that are right off the highway!
I've been here twice on business dinners and each time have had a much better time than, apparently, the other reviewers. That's a shame, maybe they've changed managers since then, who knows? On the most recent visit, we had a group of 8, which was a little difficult for the place to accommodate given it's mostly booths that seat 4-6 people. We actually got two of these adjoining booths and they have removable dividers to make it possible to communicate.
The food is good; I really enjoyed the St. Louis rib combo, which lets you get one other meat (I ran with the brisket) to go along with about 4-5 bones of St. Louis ribs. You get to choose two of their sides, which are pretty good as well, and a choice of how you want your ribs sauced. Usually a fan of variety, both times I went with the memphis dry rub, which is excellent. The brisket is highly flavorful and moist, but the fact that it's thinly sliced makes it seem more like roast beef than brisket. Whatever, it's good.
I have been to the Smokey Bones in Fairview Heights a bunch of times. I always like it there. When I visited the Springfield one I was incredibly dissappointed. We came in late...like 9 pm on a friday night. it wasn't all that busy but they had a HUGE party of teenagers that they sat us right next to. Thanks. Our service was wretched. Our food was cold. The only reason we went here was because I knew that we could watch the Cubs game. BUT everything else was so distracting I would have rather just went home and made a grilled cheese.
Review Source:I really wanted to go to Clay's Popeye's BBQ but as the GPS led us closer and closer, we noticed the looming decay, the police cars, the broken windows. With two laptops and all our luggage in the car, we opted for the safer but ucky chain. Â
The food looked and smelled great but the sauce left a lot to be desired...too much chile powder. If I want chile powder, I'll eat a bowl of chili. There was also a mustard sauce which was ok, but not what I wanted, which was a smokey, sweet KC style sauce. Ribs and chicken were slightly chewy and dried out. The baked beans were hard. Tasty. Very tasty, but hard little turds. I want my beans tender, almost mushy, not crunchy.
My mother-in-law's soup never came, nor did her pink lemonade. I hope she wasn't charged for it. I wish we had stopped at Steak n' Shake instead and just gotten our food to go.
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