Zambia Smokehouse

10165 McKinley Dr, Tampa
(813) 884-4386

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Dean Goldbarry

If you had the chance to change either the food or service to better a restaurant which one would you choose?

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

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Thanks to the vip tour I was able to grab anything I wanted here and did my face with all that i could handle.

I was satisfied and yes I over did it, as after lunch I felt a bit uneasy and unsure if I should ride any more Rollercoaster. I did ride more without issue. And yes if I went back to the park under the same circumstances is probably make the same mistake again.

We sat outdoors and could see and hear coasters near by.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Miguel Loubriel Reyes

Great food choices but mine were cold or just warm. Had the brisket and mac and cheese

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Texas Style Brisket, Mac \u0026 Cheese

Jorge Martinez

DO NOT ORDER HERE. Huge health violations. Everything is contaminated and flies are landing on every food, beer, salads literally every food on the shelves. Long lines and by the time you get to pay the food is already cold.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Smoked Chicken

Amy Allegretti

We came here at 7:30 and it closes at 7:30. We were one minute late and they turned us away. and it’s raining and it’s nowhere to eat.

Service: 1

lily wu

I really wanted to try the bbq here after watching youtube videos and the food looked good. The videos I saw were from 2024 and things had changed since. Brisket and platter are no longer included in the All Day Dining. They no longer come with Texas toast instead a dinner roll. I don't believe there's any sides besides the fries which were pretty flavorful. The smoked flavor is there on everything I tried: brisket, chicken leg, ribs etc. They were good but I don't find myself craving for more. The lines are generally long if the weather is good or very bad. My disappointment was the discontinuation of the Texas toast since the photo is still displayed near the restaurant. I feel the line cook and servers did their best with the crowd hence a bit of delay from time to time.... not sure how it could or might change. It rained the first time I visited and there were no place to sit. I ended up finishing my meal standing at a closed register. Thank God for a spot, lol.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Jeff Pelurie

I was shocked..... our food (Brisket) was perfect as were our sides. Service was a little slow but I survived.

Nicola McLeod

The chicken was really delicious!! I must say it was some of the best chicken I've had.

The rest was OK, I really enjoyed the beans, though. The beans had great flavour and consistency.

The service was okay and not too friendly, but not the worst. It's not the slowest but also not the fastest.

The vibes are very cafeteria like and food-court like. But it did the job, and we had our meal and were able to carry on with our day and roller coasters!

Getting the all-day dining is definitely worth it, I feel like you save money, and it makes the quality of meal you are getting make sense.

Ricardo Saldana

When you feel like an inconvenience to the staff this is when you run away.
Unfortunately we had the dining pass and our options for lunch were limited. The food was mediocre with lukewarm warm fries and the server spilled half of my daughter’s chicken nuggets and could not care less.
Your staff needs to be replaced, it’s unacceptable.
But I guess if you weight 600 lbs and come to the park to eat every 90 minutes you don’t care much.

Jake

So slow, the line is super long and barely moves. They have 2 cashier's for 1 person checking out every 5 minutes.

Update: They seemed to have moved a cashier to serving so the line is moving faster! Nice work making changes.

taylor elizabeth

the ribs tasted like a leather shoe. worst food ever

Athena Mingo

I was there on 4/10/25 for a very large company event, the food was really good, but the the guy behind the serving line, serving the food, was very very rude. I will also be contacting his manager, because his rudeness was unacceptable, especially when you have people coming there spending their hard earned money and to get rude service. UNACCEPTABLE!

Joy

Worst food we ever ate in a park. Drinks were with chloride taste and the meat was super cold. Service was soooooo bad. Dont go here.

Isabel Spiwak

Had some delicious 😋 ribs. Definitely the best food at Bush Gardens.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: BBQ Ribs

Edward Linsmier

Imagine if you will, waiting in an excessively long line to overpay for dry, bland food. We had to “return” our chicken platter because it was basically jerky and inedible. The replacements weren’t much better. This place is awful and should be shamed into better performance. Absolutely awful experience.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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