Sid’s Smokehouse

I really wish this place was good because it’s so close to my home. We’ve tried it multiple times and the food is really greasy and doesn’t seem as fresh as it could be. When comparing it to aptos BBQ, there’s really no competition.

Went here tonight with my parents, the food was delicious, we had the chicken, baby back ribs, and the brisket. Everything was done just right. our server was a bit slow on returning to the table and checking up. otherwise we had a good experience, with a lot of friendly staff

Really good BBQ. More importantly, a friendly down home place that is willing to hold a table for 15 on a Friday night. The waitresses were patient and kind with 7 kids (all seated at one end and somewhat less supervised than they should have been). The big combo BBQ meat platter had all the men drooling. The rest of the patrons were kind as well, although most of them didn’t seem like the kid sort. Definitely a local crew. I’m not giving it 4 stars cause it’s not that kind of place. But for what it is, it was really good.

Other than running out of food most of the time. It is amazing. I suppose that’s the reason. Check it out for yourself.

First time here. The brisket was amazing. Highly recommended. The pork ribs were solid. Service was great. Everyone in our party would definitely come back. Even the pizza got rave reviews.

It was our first time here after driving by for years and it was worth stopping. We ordered the sloppy Sid and the brisket cheese steak. Both were excellent. We also had some very good garlic fries. Service was great.
The meat was served dry. That’s without sauce, allowing the customer to control the amount used. For me this was perfect as to much sauce steals from the flavor of the food itself.
Excellent will be coming back.

I just gotta say it
i went here with my pregnant wife and my son
the server was somewhat disrespectful (my wife asked about drink options and the server gave a flippant remark)
the food was average
o, and the parking lot situation sucks, please be aware as they have very little parking
also, when we entered the restaurant I had to draw the hostesses attention (this was AFTER she looked at me and didn’t provide a greeting).
it is safe to say, that I will never eat here again. nor would i recommend it to anyone. there are many other places that have AWESOME BBQ in the area besides Sids. Sorry guys, you blew it on this one.

I’m surprised that this place has such low reviews. I’ve ordered pizza for pick up here a few times and love it. The staff has always been friendly though I can’t speak to the dining experience as I’ve only ever ordered pizzas to go.

Hours are completely wrong. Went on a Friday for lunch and even though the hours are posted on Unilocal and on a sign in the front window as open, no one was there. Unresponsive to phone calls as well. Will not try to return to this restaurant.

I brought in a text book to study at lunchtime. While the menu was BIG and varied, I gravitated towards the smokehouse pizza. It wasn’t really a traditional pizza in any sense of the word. In other words, yes, it was on a flour crust, but there was no way you could pick up a slice and eat it like a pizza. I’m not saying that this is a bad thing. It was so loaded with the smoked meats that they offer (pork, brisket, chicken and sausage) that you really just need to consider the pizza aspect as a delivery vehicle for the smoked meats. I grabbed a fork and dug in. It was good. It was really good. But as far as a pizza goes, they should just call it the smokehouse sampler on a round crust with sauce.

Best, lean brisket in town, worth the drive to freedom Blvd exit. Decent selection of draft beer. Second time coming here, consistently good.

I’ve been back a handful of times with my mom and her boyfriend. Although the service has somewhat improved the food hasn’t and they always without fail mess up my order.

Food is pretty good, I enjoyed the small beer selection. Food came out quickly. Waitress waited a half hour or so, however, to deliver menus and then wasn’t very on top of her service. She barely stopped by to check how we were doing.
The extremely low review is due to their parking situation. There is a CEMENT enforced light lamp in the middle of the parking lot and DIRECTLY behind a parking space, my parking space to be exact. Now, I was trying to be careful but the navigation of having to swerve while I am backing out to miss the pole while the parking lot is full ended up in an extremely scratched back panel on my car. Will cost hundreds to fix. Now before you think this is just my driving that is the problem, a friend actually went through the same problem and it dented and scratched his car which cost him hundreds to fix as well. Management should care about the property and safety of their guests and REMOVE THIS POLE. The light is good, but the placement has caused many problems for their customers.

I was told about this place so figured, sure I will try it. Was a waste of money. I got the Western BBQ burger and the smokehouse greens. Oh the greens were terrible. A few of us ordered them and the flavor, I cant even describe it. But by far the worst greens I have ever had. The burger was very messy and I had to add a bunch of BBQ sauce to it for flavor. They put maybe a teaspoon of bbq sauce. But luckily they have a few different bbq squirt bottles to use.
We had 6 people in our party and we asked if we could have straws for our drinks. The waitress said that they had to save them, that they didn’t have many left. Then she brought 3 and said that was the last ones she had. I had my daughter ask the girl at the bar for some straws and she held up a cup of straws for my daughter to grab a few. I though, wow, a whole cupful, but yet our waitress said tat we got the last 3. Um, I don’t think so.

Just needed something light so stopped for the special, Ahi. Perfectly cooked, presented beautifully and served by friendly staff.

Meh. Haven’t been here in a few years– forgot that it wasn’t that great and went to try it again– got the pizza and it was so-​so– cheese laden and kind of just flavorless– the waitress was not very experienced — got our food and not 5 minutes later she just randomly brought the check and said «so do you need a box?»
High point? The big beers.
My husband said his side salad was good.
My son loved the kids cheese pizza– as soon as the tourists leave, I’ll be back at Aptos street BBQ

Food is not that great ribs are always dry, pulled pork too salty and most of the meats are to «smokey/​fatty» the sides are meh… pizza meh… I live next door to sids I go to just drink beer and even that is over priced 16 $ for two blue moons might as well get a 12 pack and sit at home I come here often with my room mates they like the place but only really get burgers they need to fire all those guys in back they are lazy and are not good cooks at all. Aptos ST bbq is WAY better the sides are not great but the BBQ is A+ at aptos st bbq. Great beer selection as well at aptos at BBQ. The waitresses are all very nice and some are
Super cuties at Sids BBQ. Over all 2 stars food cost to much $ and the quality is subpar.

My husband loved the ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ burger (half beef, half bacon patty) but the garlic mashed it came with (that the waiter recommend) should have been used for spackle.
I wanted a salad, but the BBQ Chicken Salad came with lettuce, chicken, tortilla strips, and BBQ and Ranch. No veggies to speak of? No thanks, I’m cool on the lettuce smothered with meat and sauce.
I ended up going with the «margarita» pizza (which I deduce was supposed to be a margherita pizza) which, according to the menu, came with roasted garlic, tomatoes, cheese, pesto and fresh basil. Pesto was totally absent. Large pieces of very pale Roma tomato, and GLOBS of garlic covered the pizza. So much garlic that you had to scrape it off with a knife.
Moral of the story? Don’t come here for pizza or salads. Be prepared to eat something grilled or BBQ’ed or else go home disappointed.

Looks like ive been having bad luck lately with restaurants.
Came here for dinner after a nice day at the beach. We ordered the «lil sids» dinner, which is similar to famous daves feast for 2. This dinner was suppose to feed 2 – 3, and consistes of pulled pork, brisket, half a chicken, ribs, and three corn muffins. Price: 49.99. Ribs and chicken were the only fresh, good item on the platter. Chicken was actually very tender and juicy.
The pulled pork was dry and sauceless. Brisket was hard and stale, with discoloration from sitting out too long. Corn muffins were another story. Was that even edible? Completely hard on top and soggy on bottom, where the paper wrap was. Pretty gross. the platter wasnt worth it. If id known, i would have just ordered the two items mentioned above.
Our waiter was nice, while the waitress was a little air headed. Service could have definitely been better. We waited for long amounts of time before we were able to receive any refills. They probably came around twice. Once for refills, and lastly for the checks.

Lunch special was bomb and the onion rings were great!
French dips were well liked.
Pulled pork was on point.
What usually gets a minus star ended up being a positive:
They forgot the pulled pork on the 2 nachos (it’s an additional 5 bucks so it’s a big deal). We called and they were great. We got a store credit (thank you b who took our order).