Fort 88 Smokehouse

The blonde manager (fiona) is absolutely amazing. She dealt with some stupid people who should have just been quiet and sat down and enjoyed their meal. And also the food is pretty good, can't complain one bit. If they complain they lied!!

It was quiet on a Saturday afternoon and a good time to bring the kids. The pulled chicken was dry, pulled pork was juicy, and the brisket was tender and fatty in a good way. The kid's chicken tenders were fantastic, but the amount of fries was small for my daughter.

The BBQ sauces seemed very similar: regular and spicy. I would have liked something funky or fun to try on the meat. The cornbread muffin had a unique fluffiness to it that I liked.

Kid-friendliness: Dedicated kid's menu. Baby changing table in the women's washroom is in the handicap stall.

Wheelchair accessibility: The booths are all up a step and the tables are high tops.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork, Baked Beans, Cornbread

Just went for my birthday dinner and had awesome service and DELICIOUS food & drinks!! We will definitely be back!

The food had good smoke flavor but both BBQ dinners we got, the meat was either barely warm or even cold to the touch. It's too bad because it would have been great food. I did get sick later on and the next day but can't say for sure if it was from the meat that wasn't brought up to temperature or not. It was too loud for easy conversation for us but some might like that bar type noise level. The coleslaw was great tasting but it had a slimy texture to the sauce. I guess it's possible that is what made me sick too but again I have no real evidence of that. The beans were flavorful and good but the beer flavor was too strong for me.
Also, all of their tap beer lines were down which is what drew me to this place to begin with. The mixed drink I got was too watery with all the ice in it.
I'm not sure if I'll be back unless some family or friends invite me there specifically.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork, Cornbread, Cowboy Beans

Nice atmosphere and the service was fast and polite food was ok.. Would I go back probably not I tried the burger with pulled pork on it, it was cooked the way i wanted it but wasn't what i was expecting .The wife got the half of a smoked chicken. I tried her chicken wasn't impressed hard for me being that I've smoked meats for 20 plus years. The shrimp appetizer was probably the best thing we ate.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Coleslaw

Food was ok..it was greesey. Little over cooked.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fort 88 Salad

The staff was super nice. The decor is typical of a sports bar theme. The food however, wasn’t good. The brisket was dry and the ribs burnt. Maybe it was a bad day in the kitchen?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Great food, great service, and great atmosphere. Highly recommend the steak!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Was really looking forward to this stop and I don't like leaving bad reviews, but thought I should with this one. Menu selection looked great. Food was sub par at best. Burger was hard packed and over cooked. Couldn't be saved. by the BBQ sauce. Coleslaw was diced and had so much of the cabbage core and onions it was barley palatable. Couldn't finish it. I actually spilled my full drink, waitress didn't even know. If it wasn't for the good people sitting close by throwing napkins, it would have been a disaster. Spoke to a friend about my experience, he had the same review. Looks good, very sub par. Will not be going back. Spend your hard earned money somewhere else.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Definitely recommend dine in to take out.
Missing items from our order and everything was soggy. Total bummer.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

The food was great and the restaurant is nice. I'm not necessarily a huge fan of smoked meats so I chose the salmon and it was tasty. My dinner mate had some amazing concoction of BBQ and mac and cheese and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good food , nice place just a bit pricey for what it was.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We felt like we were just another table. Food was just so so.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

No smoke. No flavor. Grudging service. We should have known this was going to be bad when we drove up and there was no smell of smoke in the air. The pulled pork was drowning in water but still dry. Mac and cheese was drowning in a thin and tasteless sauce. The few wait staff were clearly worn out. If the food had been good the prices would have been reasonable.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The seasonal drinks were absolutely delicious! We split a 3 meat platter. Definitely upgrade to the ribs. They were perfectly smoked. Such a great crust!
Cornbread muffins are top notch. I ate 3!
Get the brisket and pulled pork and rib combo!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cornbread