Harris County Smokehouse - Tomball

I arrived and found there was plenty of parking. The restaurant looked liked an authentic western BBQ place. It was really decorated nicely. You get a tray and order you food. You can observe the food being prepared and cut up right infront of you. The drinks, rolls and condiments were self serve. The rolls were very good. I got the three meat plate with sliced beef, ribs, and links. I also got a baked potato that was a very nice size. The food was hot and fresh and was very tasty. I really enjoyed the food and atmosphere and will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

1st time here for breakfast. It wasn’t busy. I ordered the two brisket and egg tacos with cheese. It was delicious. Service was fast and friendly. Food came out quickly and hot. I’d come back here for brisket breakfast tacos anytime!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food. Great service! Definitely coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

09/20/2025 2:32pm
Haven’t been here in a while so we decided to give it another try. We ordered the two meat plate with sides & salad with turkey & an extra ranch because one is laughable. Both meats had good flavor but were warm, not hot. The salad with turkey was delicious.

There was no cornbread & no rolls out so we asked for some. They brought out ice cold rolls so we had to ask them to microwave them. The table next to us said they asked for cornbread 20 minutes ago & none ever came out.

The condiment bar was horrible & sloppy. There was no pico so we had to ask for more. The area hadn’t been wiped down so food was everywhere & every set of tongs except two were in the condiment so they couldn’t be used. We had to reach over the pickles to get the jalapeños & my wife said the pickles tasted like jalapeños from cross contamination.

The bathrooms have about 1/2” of dust covering everything & we’re not the cleanest.

Overall, the people were polite but inattentive to cleaning the work stations & restrooms. The food was decent for the price.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

Always great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tasty food 😋 Nice Seating choices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The brisket was dry, bland, boring, and tasted like regret. The brussel sprouts were boiled in water only, no flavor at all, same for the green beans. This is an extremely poor representation of Texas barbecue, and does not deserve to be called Texas barbecue. The sausage tasted like the cheapest trash sausage you can buy. Definitely not deserving of any stars. Step your game up Harris County Smokehouse, have some Texas pride.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Been a few times and not too packed when I’ve gone. Literally everything is delicious. My favorite is their sausages and giant fluffy rolls. Cool decor lots of western stuff

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My second favorite place to eat brisket in Tomball (after the original rib tickler) - Love the inside decor -brought our friends from the UK here for our New Year’s Eve meal. The fixings are great too. As a Brit now living back in the UK these are the places that I miss from Texas the most..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is overpriced on meat. They charge one pound at set price and if you want one and a half pounds of same meat they upcharge more on the half pound. Ridiculous. Scam

Whenever I visit my mother, we'll go out to eat. Lately, we have been visiting Harris County Smokehouse on some visits. It is in our rotation so to speak. Their food is pretty good.
On the last (double meaning!) visit, we waited seemingly forever for our food. After 25 minutes, I went to ask about it and our food was sitting on the counter between the kitchen and servers. I pointed this out and was told it had just been placed there ... even though they were grabbing a large order for a group that was well after us.
My Mom's bacon was cold; she ate one half of one piece. The manager (I assume) seemed disinterested and offered to cook it again. Needless to say, we declined since we were done with the meal. We had earlier told an employee who was in the dining area, but no one ever came out to speak with us.
Their excuse was that they only had one cook - on a Friday night! Our previous outings were better, but not enough to overcome this night and make us inclined to return.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Great biscuits and gravy good breakfast

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The ribs were great!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I will drive from The Woodlands all the way here for my lunch hr just to get the loaded baked potato with chopped beef! It's so good and has the perfect amount of toppings. Usually go through drive thru.

Food: 5

Always an attitude from EVERYONE who works here. I've said it before but seriously my last time eating here. The tables are ALWAYS sticky, the service is always rude, the bbq is ALWAYS below par, and the price is ALWAYS overpriced. The only reason they're busy is location. Quit giving them our money Tomball and let's get a new BBQ joint in town.