Smoke Berkeley Llc

Great BBQ!!! Friendly staff. Highly recommend the chocolate pecan pie!!!

They let us sit inside when it was cold and rainy outside. The pulled pork and greens were excellent.

Great place and rely friendly staff!!! The bbq sandwiches and meat by the pound are all great deals. Try the collard greens- Best in town

Some good, some not so much. I had extremely high hopes based on solid reviews, and a preliminary call to see if they had any non meat offerings found an extremely friendly, up front, and helpful staff member. My wife is on a plant based diet, and, though it may surprise some, we can find plant based items at some BBQ restaurants. Smoke Berkeley doesn 't have anything I 'm aware of on their menu that would cover that need, but the staffer referred me to a nearby place that had something for her, and that earned me making it a point to stop by and pick up some of Smoke Berkeley 's offerings. I am told their brisket and ribs are what they are known for, so I focused on those. The brisket was good, but those coming here for brisket should be aware that they subscribe to the leave the fat on model it was easily the thickest fat cap I 've seen left on restaurant BBQ ever, and resulted in my 1/2# of brisket having a lot less of a full meal to it than expected. I am normally a juicy part of the brisket kinda guy, so, if it is too much fat for me, it 's a lot of fat. Know that going in, and it 's a good if less than stellar brisket. The ribs turned out to be worth the hype. They had a solid amount of meat on the bone, and were tender enough for the meat to come off the bone easily while still being firm enough to eat from the bone if you choose. I personally was not a fan of either BBQ sauce I tried, but I don 't have to like a sauce to recognize sauces that are good for what they are trying to do. Their sauces seemed a very reasonable offering, although the sauce I was given as sweet was way too heavy on the vinegar to reasonably consider a sweet sauce. Overall, it hasn 't earned a spot as a go to BBQ place for me, but I will be back to give the brisket a second chance and to get more of those ribs. PS: I also tried the sweet potato pie. I 'm going to forego a real rating on that one though, as I have an out of state friend who runs a BBQ restaurant and serves up his grandmother 's recipe for sweet potato pie. It is so amazing that I decided a while ago nothing measures up and no rating would be fair, so I just pass on it... ;

Food was very tasty and good portions. Will be going back again