Food was cold when it arrived and brisket appeared and tasted like it was sitting around for a while. Place fell off.
Mona I.
My son said "Blue Smoke has the best brisket in NYC and maybe even TX too" I agree with him. The seasoning is perfect, the meat is super tender and moist, it just melts in your mouth, and we loved their homemade tortilla chips. It was our first time trying it. We started making bites with layers of mac n cheese, mashed potatoes, a piece of brisket w/their delicious sauce on top of their homemade tortilla chip, and to top it off, we would add a calbee hokkaido butter chip so both sides would be crunchy with savory gooey perfection in between. It's difficult to find a better bite and now we want to order it again now.
ERWAN CORBIERE
Great restaurant, great service really friendly and attentive staff, great ribs, excellent mac n cheese, we recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joseph H.
Service and food was great!!! Came here for a company lunch and service was fast and food was great. We also got the white Alabama wings (not exactly what sauce it is) but it was absolutely amazing. We also had the deviled eggs but I liked the wings a lot. We also had the so I sausage links and that was amazing as well. I only had a pic of my main which is the brisket meal with mac and cheese. Mac and cheese was very hearty and I was surprisingly full after this meal when I thought I wouldn't be. It was very spacious inside and I would definitely come back!
Herb Kim
Giving it a 5 due to..- Alabama white wings- Chicken sandwich- Fried chickenwhich were all amongst the best chicken dishes we've ever eaten.However, the BBQ was actually pretty disappointing and we'd never order that again. We had ribs (very dry) and brisket (underwhelming).Decor, service, wine were all solid too.It was the chicken, however, that truly made Blue Smoke memorable for us.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Alabama White Sauce, Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Alabama Wings, Alabama White Wings, Erma Jean's Fried Chicken Meal
Md Ashadul
Feel good ?Vegetarian options: Awesome ??
Recommended dishes: Blue Smoke Burger
Guy Gutman
Very good graded smoked meat, just loved it. Sides portion can be larger.
If you love fried chicken, look no more than the FiDi! Came with my family and ordered the 3 piece dinner and it did not disappoint. When my meal arrived, the breading looked a little on the dark side. But it might be their spice blend because when I broke into the fried chicken it was cooked to perfection and nice and juicy. Collards were very vinegary tasting but still delicious. I could not finish all 3 pieces and the third piece was excellent for breakfast the next morning along with the biscuit. Yummo! We had a little episode with the barbecue sauce bottle which exploded mostly on daughter's favorite stussy sweater but also got my husband. Manager Seth immediately came over and handed the situation like a true professional. Had both sweaters dry cleaned and daughter a shirt and hat to wear home. Next time I'm in town, I'll def be back for more blue smoke fried chicken!
Isaiah Abreu
Went for Valentine’s Day because I come to this location often. They took about an hour and a half getting my food out while the entire time looking at my girlfriend and I waiting for the food. They gave us an undercooked (FRIES WERE RAW) and cold food as well as a sorry and made us pay full price. Meant to write this a few weeks ago honestly loved this restaurant was my number one pick and I’ve been going here for years. Won’t be going back! Avoid this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alex Moore
The only reason this doesn’t have two stars is the service. Don’t go here for the barbecue, never go here for the side dishes, but the service is excellent.I’m from the South; I love barbecue. Blue Smoke is not it. Credit where credit’s due, they smoke all their meat themselves for up to 16 hours. You can tell, and I do respect that. They have stretched themselves too thin, however, by trying to copy almost every barbecue style in the country. Not just Kansas City and Memphis, no—they offer Alabama white sauce and Arkansas cheese dip. The menu just tries to cover all the bases and falls short of them all.The sauces were actually pretty good, and fairly true to their regions. The rest of the food struggled.The ribs are decent, they were pull apart as they should be. They claimed to be Memphis style but were slathered in sauce in the kitchen (not a wet rub, a sauce), which I, at least, have never found in Memphis, so that was a bit misleading. They had a thick crust formed on the top and bottom which was neither tender, nor pull apart, and it made them difficult to eat.The brisket is Texas style, which I assume is just meant to refer to its blackened crust and no sauce. I’m not sure if they actually use different wood to smoke all these different styles authentically. It was okay. Some pieces were better than others.The sides were basically from Applebee’s. Any barbecue place should be embarrassed to have their Mac n cheese which was not the true dish and barely above Kraft quality. It was not baked, it was just tossed in what was ostensibly a mornay sauce, but I’d be shocked to find that the sauce wasn’t prepackaged.The same goes for the gravy on the potatoes. Cracker Barrel shouldn’t have better gravy than a place that prides themselves on being authentic (as the staff told me).The cornbread was decent, the muffins were four dollars for a single muffin, so we didn’t try it. The buttermilk chicken bites were all right, though they didn’t taste like buttermilk and the coating of breading was far thinner than any piece of chicken that has ever been fried south of Pennsylvania. The Cole Slaw was fine too, nothing special.Overall, I was incredibly disappointed by the food. If the menu would try to settle on one style, or even do it’s own thing, instead of trying to do everything everywhere, I think they could improve the taste of their food. I’d hate to taste their beignets; fortunately they were out. I don’t understand why any place outside of Louisiana, much less north of the Mason-Dixon Line insists upon ruining the good name of beignets. Those aren’t even barbecue!!I brought a non-American friend to try barbecue, because I could not take him to the actual barbecue cities, sadly, and he enjoyed it. The staff was very polite and professional while being friendly and helpful. They were very attentive, though the place wasn’t very busy when I was there.Wheelchair accessibility: They have a large wide space in an open concept area. The hallway for the bathrooms are large, and the bathrooms themselves are a good size.
Excellent service, delicious food. This restaurant is 5 minutes away from the World Trade Center in New York City. My friends and my family were satisfied with the Happy Hour spicy wings and the Smoke Show. These two choices were fantastic for 5 people. This place is recommended with 5 stars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marnie M.
The food, service, beer, and ambience were exceptionally great! We treated our friends to lunch and they said they would certainly return!
Jonathan Ong
Good food + better than Mighty Quinns in case you were wondering. Quality of food and sauce.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cooper P.
first off service is absolutely outstanding, everyone is kind, helpful, and accommodating. The food on the other hand is dog water. Calling this bbq should be illegal. The brisket tasted like a microwaved pot roast. The ribs were pretty much a door stop. Nothing On this menu is worth the price. It's a joke food wise.
Christopher J.
Did a reservation in RESY to check out Blue Smoke. The menu options weren't as extensive as I'd expect to see in a place that specializes in barbecue. Food was ordinary. Sad to say I was not impressed. I expected more from Danny Meyer. The brisket was not that good. No sauces were on the table. No paper napkin rolls. No salt and pepper. Total sacrilege. For NYC Barbecue, this place is not worth the cost. Hill Country is way better.
Food was cold when it arrived and brisket appeared and tasted like it was sitting around for a while. Place fell off.
My son said "Blue Smoke has the best brisket in NYC and maybe even TX too" I agree with him. The seasoning is perfect, the meat is super tender and moist, it just melts in your mouth, and we loved their homemade tortilla chips. It was our first time trying it. We started making bites with layers of mac n cheese, mashed potatoes, a piece of brisket w/their delicious sauce on top of their homemade tortilla chip, and to top it off, we would add a calbee hokkaido butter chip so both sides would be crunchy with savory gooey perfection in between. It's difficult to find a better bite and now we want to order it again now.
Great restaurant, great service really friendly and attentive staff, great ribs, excellent mac n cheese, we recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service and food was great!!! Came here for a company lunch and service was fast and food was great. We also got the white Alabama wings (not exactly what sauce it is) but it was absolutely amazing. We also had the deviled eggs but I liked the wings a lot. We also had the so I sausage links and that was amazing as well. I only had a pic of my main which is the brisket meal with mac and cheese. Mac and cheese was very hearty and I was surprisingly full after this meal when I thought I wouldn't be. It was very spacious inside and I would definitely come back!
Giving it a 5 due to..- Alabama white wings- Chicken sandwich- Fried chickenwhich were all amongst the best chicken dishes we've ever eaten.However, the BBQ was actually pretty disappointing and we'd never order that again. We had ribs (very dry) and brisket (underwhelming).Decor, service, wine were all solid too.It was the chicken, however, that truly made Blue Smoke memorable for us.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Alabama White Sauce, Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Alabama Wings, Alabama White Wings, Erma Jean's Fried Chicken Meal
Feel good ?Vegetarian options: Awesome ??
Recommended dishes: Blue Smoke Burger
Very good graded smoked meat, just loved it. Sides portion can be larger.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chipotle Chicken Wings, Texas Beef Brisket
If you love fried chicken, look no more than the FiDi! Came with my family and ordered the 3 piece dinner and it did not disappoint. When my meal arrived, the breading looked a little on the dark side. But it might be their spice blend because when I broke into the fried chicken it was cooked to perfection and nice and juicy. Collards were very vinegary tasting but still delicious. I could not finish all 3 pieces and the third piece was excellent for breakfast the next morning along with the biscuit. Yummo! We had a little episode with the barbecue sauce bottle which exploded mostly on daughter's favorite stussy sweater but also got my husband. Manager Seth immediately came over and handed the situation like a true professional. Had both sweaters dry cleaned and daughter a shirt and hat to wear home. Next time I'm in town, I'll def be back for more blue smoke fried chicken!
Went for Valentine’s Day because I come to this location often. They took about an hour and a half getting my food out while the entire time looking at my girlfriend and I waiting for the food. They gave us an undercooked (FRIES WERE RAW) and cold food as well as a sorry and made us pay full price. Meant to write this a few weeks ago honestly loved this restaurant was my number one pick and I’ve been going here for years. Won’t be going back! Avoid this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The only reason this doesn’t have two stars is the service. Don’t go here for the barbecue, never go here for the side dishes, but the service is excellent.I’m from the South; I love barbecue. Blue Smoke is not it. Credit where credit’s due, they smoke all their meat themselves for up to 16 hours. You can tell, and I do respect that. They have stretched themselves too thin, however, by trying to copy almost every barbecue style in the country. Not just Kansas City and Memphis, no—they offer Alabama white sauce and Arkansas cheese dip. The menu just tries to cover all the bases and falls short of them all.The sauces were actually pretty good, and fairly true to their regions. The rest of the food struggled.The ribs are decent, they were pull apart as they should be. They claimed to be Memphis style but were slathered in sauce in the kitchen (not a wet rub, a sauce), which I, at least, have never found in Memphis, so that was a bit misleading. They had a thick crust formed on the top and bottom which was neither tender, nor pull apart, and it made them difficult to eat.The brisket is Texas style, which I assume is just meant to refer to its blackened crust and no sauce. I’m not sure if they actually use different wood to smoke all these different styles authentically. It was okay. Some pieces were better than others.The sides were basically from Applebee’s. Any barbecue place should be embarrassed to have their Mac n cheese which was not the true dish and barely above Kraft quality. It was not baked, it was just tossed in what was ostensibly a mornay sauce, but I’d be shocked to find that the sauce wasn’t prepackaged.The same goes for the gravy on the potatoes. Cracker Barrel shouldn’t have better gravy than a place that prides themselves on being authentic (as the staff told me).The cornbread was decent, the muffins were four dollars for a single muffin, so we didn’t try it. The buttermilk chicken bites were all right, though they didn’t taste like buttermilk and the coating of breading was far thinner than any piece of chicken that has ever been fried south of Pennsylvania. The Cole Slaw was fine too, nothing special.Overall, I was incredibly disappointed by the food. If the menu would try to settle on one style, or even do it’s own thing, instead of trying to do everything everywhere, I think they could improve the taste of their food. I’d hate to taste their beignets; fortunately they were out. I don’t understand why any place outside of Louisiana, much less north of the Mason-Dixon Line insists upon ruining the good name of beignets. Those aren’t even barbecue!!I brought a non-American friend to try barbecue, because I could not take him to the actual barbecue cities, sadly, and he enjoyed it. The staff was very polite and professional while being friendly and helpful. They were very attentive, though the place wasn’t very busy when I was there.Wheelchair accessibility: They have a large wide space in an open concept area. The hallway for the bathrooms are large, and the bathrooms themselves are a good size.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent service, delicious food. This restaurant is 5 minutes away from the World Trade Center in New York City. My friends and my family were satisfied with the Happy Hour spicy wings and the Smoke Show. These two choices were fantastic for 5 people. This place is recommended with 5 stars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food, service, beer, and ambience were exceptionally great! We treated our friends to lunch and they said they would certainly return!
Good food + better than Mighty Quinns in case you were wondering. Quality of food and sauce.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
first off service is absolutely outstanding, everyone is kind, helpful, and accommodating. The food on the other hand is dog water. Calling this bbq should be illegal. The brisket tasted like a microwaved pot roast. The ribs were pretty much a door stop. Nothing On this menu is worth the price. It's a joke food wise.
Did a reservation in RESY to check out Blue Smoke. The menu options weren't as extensive as I'd expect to see in a place that specializes in barbecue. Food was ordinary. Sad to say I was not impressed. I expected more from Danny Meyer. The brisket was not that good. No sauces were on the table. No paper napkin rolls. No salt and pepper. Total sacrilege. For NYC Barbecue, this place is not worth the cost. Hill Country is way better.