The Burger Experience

Located in Smokey Bones, 136 Brandon Town Center Dr, Brandon
(813) 655-3400

Recent Reviews

Gusa De La Campa

Awesome, all that I have eaten here is great. I cook so I'm not easily impressed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marlene G.

Fatal experience. Although the waitress was very friendly, the service was very slow, we waited more than an hour and the quality of the food was very poor. One of the entries with the taste of old oil, inedible. The barbecue ribs were old. I don't recommend it, nothing we ate was of quality and the prices were very high.Experiencia fatal. Aunque la mesera era muy amable, el servicio era muy lento, esperamos más de una hora y la calidad de la comida muy mala. Una de las entradas con sabor a aceite viejo, incomible. Las costillas al barbacoa estaban como viejas. No lo recomiendo, nada de lo que comimos era de calidad y los precios muy elevados.

Michael L.

Best late night food available when leaving Tampa and going south on I-75. When Indy is behind the bar, you can guarantee elite service. Kitchen is open until 1:30a which is helpful when you are stuck in the city late. Specials at the bar after 10pm. 5* for sure.

Rebecca P.

Very good food. Very good service even with a few hiccups during our experience. Our reservation was delayed because of previous guests not wanting to leave (that says something, huh?). Then a few of the orders got mixed up but we had 14 people there. We are a family that have restaurant workers/owners/servers so we were calm about the hiccups. Mgr was very solicitous and we shall be back

jonathan Oakleaf

This is now one of my Burger spots. This place is legit, it's pretty good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Doc_ABC

Went for lunch. My wife and I judge professional BBQ competitions, so our standards are high. I had the lunch special Danish back ribs. They were properly cooked, not overdone, mushy, "fall off the bone" which is the hallmark of overdone. We had a conversation with the manager who impressed us as knowing what he was doing. These were the best I have had in this part of Florida. The brisket was tasty, but a bit fatty. The manager apologised and gave us a box of freshly sliced brisket to take home, the sign of competent customer service. We will be back, which is more than I can say for any of the other BBQ we have had in the 4 years since we moved here to the west coast near Tampa.

Jonathan S.

The service was amazing, our server was the hostess, server, bar tender and food runner. And that was also handling at least three other tables. The only thing she didn't do was prepare the food ( at least I think she didn't). All of our orders were correct and they were also very delicious. I personally had the pick three combo with St. Louis ribs, beef brisket and smoked wings. My mac & cheese was delicious and the best I've ever had at a restaurant. And I had some delicious sweet potato fries My mother in-law had the pick two with baby back ribs and smoked chicken with sides of broccoli and slaw. Wifey had the shrimp with fried corn and broccoli and they both said that theirs were very delicious. We all had enough food left to take home and have another meal, not just a snack. Again our server "Rhonda" was amazing and she was very personable and friendly and a joy to have as our server. My only complaint was that poor girl was by herself and that cause our food to come out a little longer than it probably should have. And my banana pudding was just horrible, it was so gross looking and had a bad taste. I was disappointed in that because everything else was really really good. I will return here because of the service and good tasting food.

Beverly H.

My baby back ribs really were fall off the bone tender & delicious, as advertised. My hubby was mildly satisfied with his sliced turkey ( baked not barbecued as he expected.) Luckily the sauce on the table took up the slack. Best part? Our server Charlie, pleasant and attentive. Give that man a raise! For real.Clean bathrooms. Fast service. Easy parking & short waits for seating. No complaints.

Peter M

Lunch. I ordered a brisket. I came in a sundae glass hidden under mashed potatoes and a bunch of corn kernels. Somewhere in there were mushy and barely identifiable fried onions. Further down was a great amount of nasty looking grissel. Did I ever find the actual meat? Yes, by accident under a corn kernel. I know Brisket, Brisket is a friend of mine and this one is no Brisket. It is more closely related to slop or even Solient green than anything aspiring to be called Brisket. However, our charming server Meghan was the sweetest and most compassionate, and she deserves a medal. Aside from all this, the Ice tea actually tasted like ice tea and was refreshing enough to get us back on the road.

Peter M.

This place is going down. Not impressed, their brisket fantasy if about as bad as I have tasted. Served in a big glass as an undescibable amalgam of mashed potatoes, corn kernels,k what I think were fried onions (I think) and some enormous amount of grissel, Did I find a couple of meat morsels? By accident under a corn kernel. Taste? Won't even talk about it.Service? Meghan, our server was terrific and very apologetic. She deserves a bloody medal!!!

Sierra S.

I just ordered some banana pudding and it is disgusting! It's super runny and is not by no means homemade. I have never ate here and have zero plans of attempting to try the bbq. I'm so disappointed

Brian P.

We always stop in for the Ribs And Wings. Great foodThe waitress MADDIE was so sweet and super cute too

pedro neves

Horrible place ,horrible staff ,girl with curly red hair is so rude and disrespectful to my family

sebastian mujica

Didn’t taste good, bacon was the worst part tasted like chemicals everyone else is saying they got food poisoning and I hope that’s not the case with me plus I didn’t even get the water I ordered

Malisa P.

My family and I, we travel OFTEN. We are out typically pretty late after conferences like tonight and we don't have many options for a late late dinner. We ended here and this was the worse experience with the food and the server. I asked her what was in the mac and cheese and she said cheese and mac...extremely unprofessional. She got my order wrong and the food was disgusting, like gross. The pork was on a soggy toast, which I didn't order, I ordered a meat plate... the coleslaw tasted like mayo and was lukewarm. The roasted corn, y'all I don't even know what to say.. It was atrocious. the pork wAs crusty hard and dried out.. i even had my fam try mine and they agreed. Worse experience ever. Never going back. I do not recommend anything from there. Horrendous service and bad food!

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