Maverick's Smokehouse and Taproom

Reviews about Maverick's Smokehouse and Taproom

• Renee Blake

  Jul, 28 2018
  ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
  Their banana pudding was edible. However, I had their 2 meat combo, brisket and that cheddar sausage, and gagged. First off, everything was cold, and I figured they microwaved it or something because it came like 5 minutes after I ordered it. (I was one of the few customers there) the brisket was dry. I had to smother it in BBQ sauce, which the kind of spicy one was was delicious. The sausage was probably the best one, and I wouldn't get it a second time. I had potato salad and mac and cheese. Both sounded great, and even looked good. Potato salad was not okay. It was chunky, and had a sour taste to it. The mac and cheese was flavorless. My friend had wings and ribs, and was equally unimpressed. We ended up grsbbibg food elsewhere afterwards. The service was very pleasant. The bartender had just started, and he was funny, and sweet. Would go to the bar and grab drinks, or sit outside by the fire pits and drink, sure. But I wouldn't eat there.
• Travis Nelson

  Mar, 23 2018
  ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
  We arrived with a party of six and were seated outside on a nice evening. It then took over 30 minutes to get drinks after we went to the bar and the bartender gave us drinks. 15 minutes later a waitress came to take our order. After that, we never saw our waitress again for refills or to check on us. After 1 hour and 45 minutes or 2 hours after our arrival we never got a refill or saw our waitress again. We went and asked a manager if our food was even close and they told us they hadn't even put our food in. They all started blaming each other at that point. During our 2 hours there we saw multiple other couple get incorrect orders, be sat at dirty tables which were never cleaned, and multiple other parties of two leave with never being seen by wait staff. While this was one of the worst dining experiences we've experienced, I have to give props to the bartender. We was doing the job of every single other person there. He was seriously running around bringing food, cleaning tables, and taking care of the bar. He needs a raise and is going far above his job duties just trying to keep the place running. I give him 5 stars alone and any other businesses around here would love to have someone with his work ethic and drive when this place probably closes down soon since no one gets to actually eat here.

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