The Relic Smokehouse and Pub

Great place to grab some BBQ in Coure d' Alene, great service from entire staff, cold brew and great atmosphere. The ribs were great, the Reuben was also outstanding. Relaxed atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best most authentic bbq in Northern Idaho. Staff is super friendly and the restaurant has the small town atmosphere. I highly recommend it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was an accident that we wound up here, but so glad for the happenstance. Sydney was delightful, made the whole experience. She was kind and engaging. We got the brisket basket, corn (x 2) beans and side salad. Taking some home. Thank you for the time, Sydney, you were good for our souls. The Shermans from Georgia.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My wife and I each got the combo plate, and wow, I am impressed! The brisket was absolute perfection, and the ribs were pretty amazing too! I had collard greens, which tasted like straight from the south! The smoked baked potato was great, even the smoked sweet potato. We will definitely be going back! Friendly service, quick, and attentive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Ribs and Brisket, Sauce

The Relic Smokehouse is a nice friendly environment will you will lkiely find locals. Off the beaten path with limited parking, but the food is worth it and the prices very reasonable. Staff is friendly and prompt, but not suffocating. Seek Relic out and you won't be disappointed.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

This place is truly a gem for locals and normally we love choosing this as our monthly date night, but last sunday unfortunately the service was the worst i’ve seen it, at least from our server, a new gentleman i had never seen before. Was told their was no more original potatoes or mac and cheese, we get our food and i see someone sat down after us with mac and cheese? okay annoying but whatever, we were then there for an hour, ate and not once did our server check on us, offer us more drinks, ask how everything was. My Fiancee had to go to the bar for more water and drinks, as well as a missing side, and our check because it obviously wasn’t coming. Love them, will be back, but probably not for a couple months.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

If you're in the area, this is a must-have! We had the prime rib, and it was delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place for some really good BBQ and the place smells amazing when you walk in the door. I can’t wait to go back and try some of the other items on their menu. The service was also great and our waiter was attentive and made sure to check on us if we needed more drinks or more of their sauces they provided with our meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Burger wasn’t season well tasted like they smoked it for 10 mins. One of them was burnt & the other wasn’t cooked all the way. Tea was terrible. The only thing that was good was the soda.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Great BBQ and I mean great ribs!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place has some really great barbecue and sides. It’s in a cool Quonset hut building that has a little bit of history behind it from when the Navy had a base a bit North of Coeur d’Alene. But back to the food, generous portions and really good taste love everything. You can’t recommend it enough!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stopped in for a beer and starters on a hot day. Warm and welcoming. I would go again.

We got in at 625 on a Thursday and were seated pretty quick. It was about 10 minutes before anyone even came to the table to ask about drinks. We ordered drinks and an appetizer, which came out very fast. We ordered our meals when she came with the appetizer and then waited 35 minutes for the two meals. We could see clearly they were making orders in the kitchen, but repeatedly made CARRYOUT orders that our waitress would spend easy 5-10 minutes at a time 100% focused on. We visibly watched the entire dining room wait a long time for their food. My food came and it was ice cold, after sitting in the window for 10 minutes waiting t for the waitress do carry outs. She was very nice when I explained it was cold and sent it back to get reheated in a timely fashion. We finished eating and waited 10 minutes for her to come and finish up with us. She did not, she was assembling carry out orders again. We never saw her again face to face. I went to the bar and asked for my check from another server and returned to my table, she never brought it. SHE ALSO WAS TAKING PHONE CARRY OUT ORDERS! I went to the bar and asked a different server if he could help me, I explained I WANT TO PAY AND LEAVE.
Finally I got the bill and paid.

Clearly management needs to teach the kitchen the dynamic of keeping tables happy and extending a realistic pick up time for carry out orders. They also need to get in the kitchen/restaurant and not set these servers up for failure. There was absolutely no way our server was going to be able to handle her tables and worry about take out orders. Very poor staffing by management.
After all of that, the food was decent. The experience was not the best. I always like to support local spots, but we wont be back to this one.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1

Got the brisket and the ribs. The brisket was nice and tender, but the ribs were chewy and bland. Service was disappointing.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

So this is just my review but I was with a group of people. I had the most dry disgusting tasting ribs and my son had the same and he said the same thing dry and bad tasting. Now other people at the table really like the food the waitress was awesome.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5