Yankee Smokehouse

Our visit was in October 2023 - just remembered I forget to review at the time.

We were a party of ten hungry people having spent our day hiking the white mountains when we decided to stop for some food on our way back to the NH/MA border. The place we would normally choose didn't have space for us so a quick call was made to Yankee Smokehouse to see if they could fit us in. If we could wait thirty-minutes, they told us a table of ten was just leaving and it was ours as soon as they had gone.

I don't think I have ever been more grateful to a party of people than I was to those leaving, for her they not been I would have missed out on one of the best dining experiences I've ever had.
Obviously being from the UK visiting we are always a slight novelty to people and that's fine, we're used it and really quite enjoy the attention. We were with our born-and-bred US family as well who ordered some cornbread. We'd never had it before; we will certainly be eating again, and one of my cousins said it was the best she had ever tasted - praise indeed as she herself is an excellent cook.

One of my cousins and I chatted about whether to share a sampler-for-one before deciding they were for one anyway, and we were hungry. OH MY GOODNESS. I have never seen so much food on one plate, every single piece of it as delicious as the last. I managed to eat about a third of mine whilst there, but you can bet your last $ I took the rest home and ate it for breakfast (and lunch) the following day. I am a real meat lover and every bite of those ribs, the pork, the chicken and brisket was divine.

I am sure between us we had at least one item from the menu and not one of us had a bad word to say about it either.

As for the staff, they were amazing. Friendly, welcoming and warming. Makes me want to travel back to eat it all again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ordered a Reuben Grill, over loaded with meat, some of it was chunky. Didn't enjoy.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Coleslaw

Very good brisket, I had it in the sandwich and it was great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Basic dining room. Good comfort food. Very friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Great place for excellent BBQ.
*Service was excellent. Definitely a great stop for great food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terrific food. Great service, Jen our waitress catered to my wife's food allergies.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place, food, and service. This is a must stop place! Try the smoked chicken salad sandwich!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

People are absolutely sleeping on this place. I always make sure I try any suggested BBQ joints I hear of and this one has slipped through the cracks. Pulled a U turn after seeing it by chance and have to say this is probably the best barbecue I've had in a very long time. Ordered the sampler for 1 and the smoke flavor was 10/10 on everything. Chicken wasn't dry and a good size. Brisket fell apart and wasn't a meatloaf wafer like at most other places. Pulled pork and ribs were both spectacular. Cole saw not too sweet, my favorite.

This is definitely going to be in my rotation of stops when in the granite state for vacation.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First time visit and I made the mistake of getting the sampler for one take out. The ribs are inedible (stringy and dry). As I was traveling, I didn’t know until I reached my destination.

Food: 1

Best BBQ pizza I had probably ever! Wow! I was impressed and now we live closer to the place so new go to❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The best ribs on the planet, my husband and I were there for the first time, everything was very tasty, the service was great, the waitress was very friendly, we will definitely come back, thank you for the delicious food and great mood

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Decided to try Yankee Smokehouse again. Ive heard mixed reviews and I heard it was under new management. Do decided to try for myself.

Clean restaurant. Waitress was friendly. All in party enjoyed their meals. Haddock dinner was good. Brisket and Ribs very good. Cooked perfectly. Mac and cheese very creamy. Corn bread is excellent. Pulled pork, chicken salad sandwich and grilled chicken sandwiches all devoured by the teens. Glad we came back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Walked in to 4 women standing at the counter. Not one greeted us. The one who spoke was rude. She asked us how many people and passed us menus and then said nothing...We had to ask if we should seat ourselves. The whole interaction was uncomfortable and we thought about leaving once we sat down. Serious training is needed on how to greet and seat customers. For a place that was completely dead they should be a little more welcoming when someone walks through the door. Our waitress was pleasant and the food came out fast. Had the sampler platter for 2, smoked wings and onion rings. All of the meat was extremely dry with no seasoning. Worst smoke meat I've ever had. The coleslaw, beans and onion rings we the only things worth eating. Wish we had left after the rude greeting. Do not recommend. Will not go back.

I would rate this place a 6 but there's no room the food was amazing and it was so quick as well, I highly recommend going here if your mom/wife forgot to make dinner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Still 5 outta 5

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5