Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Que

Fast service. Super fun and friendly waitress. Good food. Also has great take out and catering options. Decent value for your money. Ample parking and good sized waiting area.

Having grown up in Wisconsin, Famous Dave’s has always been one of my favorites. My fiancée and I have visited this location twice while traveling through the area, and it has been great both times. The brisket is as moist and flavorful as I always remembered, and the ribs were to die for. Moreover, the servers here provide quality and friendly service; one of the times we came only an hour before closing, but the server never seemed irked or annoyed by our late presence there while she was trying to clean up.
In short, Famous Dave’s is the place to go for some good barbecue served by great people

Ordered the Texas brisket and was served three (count them, three) small slices of meat on a slice of Wonderbread. Even though is tasted okay it was way too little food for the money. Fries were blah. I’ll continue going to Mission Barbecue instead. Get more for your money and better tasting too.

Whatever techniques «Dave» used to win all those BBQ championships they talk about on The Food Network, he’s clearly not employing them in the chain restaurants.
Yes it’s technically bbq, so it can’t be ALL bad, but it is close. Meats are uninspired, sides are bland, atmosphere is generic. Bbq is supposed to be about loving the meat and the process, and this mass produced shadow of that tradition just comes up flat.
In a town that is home to Black Hog BBQ, Famous Dave’s is completely unnecessary. Take your money across town, and support the superior locally owned alternative.

This place is really hit or miss depending on the day. We use to order from here a lot, but then their ribs became inconsistent, so we stopped ordering. Pray you go on a good day.

You can find lots of places that have food better than this. It’s nothing special at all.
What’s worse? The urinal in the men’s room has a horrible design. I walked into the bathroom and noticed immediately that there were splatters all over the floor. I thought it was strange.
Then I took my turn, and while peeing I immediately noticed that much of the pee was bouncing off the urinal and onto my ankles. So not only am I wiping my hands afterward, but I’m drying off my ankles?! This is horrendous. It is a complete disgrace to food service sanitation.
I won’t visit this restaurant again until they have fixed the bathroom. And even then, I can’t see why I’d choose the food here over any other place in the world.

Gross!
Stopped in for an early lunch. Only one table was occupied in the restaurant but I was given a table right by the door.
Asked the server about the chopped pork sandwich and decided to order it.
Chopped fat on a bun!
Go elsewhere!

Great place !!! My son loves the chicken strips/​fries and loves that Oreos come with his meal. Very kid friendly. Great barbecue and excellent rotisserie (country roasted) chicken !

I went to this restaurant today (3÷25÷15) to use my coupon I received in my email for a free burger or sandwich just for signing up to receive email offers. I phoned my order in.
When I walked in, I entered the restaurant using the to go entrance, located in the back of the restaurant. The young lady at the counter and the manager was very pleasant. My food was ready, and my burger smelled so good in the bag.
I ordered the chargrilled cheeseburger with the famous fries, and it was soooooo good! I couldn’t believe that this cheeseburger was that good!!! I will be eating here in the future.

This place used to be me and my fiancé’s favorite spot… not anymore! The almost empty parking lot had me thinking when we pulled in, but it was 8:00 on a Thursday so I just brushed it off and we went inside. No one at the front «desk» area to sit you when we walked in, the bartender came around the corner and apologize, said the girl just ran to the bathroom. *second red flag going off in my head* he sat us, and told us a server would b right out. Now useally as soon as my ass hits the seat I am quickly looking for the drink section because they used to come over as soon as you sat down and I never had a chance to look at the drink menu, this time… I got to look over the whole thing… TWICE! Finally this girl came over, who honestly didn’t even look like she worked there and asked us what we wanted to drink, and then walked away after we told her, my fiancée was going to order a appetizer but I guess never mind now… She came back over with the drinks, almost slammed them down on the table and walked away, when I saw her walk by again I stopped her and told her we would like to order a appetizer and she said «that’s fine» and pulled out her little notebook… ummm? Damn stright that’s fine, we R at a restaurant, I’m not asking permission for somthing I’m tell you we would like to order something to eat. We ordered are appetizer & food because we didn’t know A-​what one was going to come first and B-​if we would even see R waitress again. I timed it, 45 minutes later, are drinks R both gone and are food still isn’t there. And then as soon as I was asking if he wanted to leave because this is getting REDICULIOUS and he was getting mad, are food came, she dropped it off, and WALKED AWAY… my fiancé’s burger was dry, and didn’t have any of the stuff on it he asked for. My catfish was cold in the middle but I ate around it, and the appetizer we ordered came out after are food. I could seriously go on and on about how the girl gave us an attitude when I asked if I could have another drink, ect, but it’s not worth it and it’s making me mad all over again just thinking about it, if you don’t like your job, then quit. Don’t take it out of your customers! Anywho, I herd they where under new management so that’s probably why, OHH and the famous daves sauces that are useally on the table wernt there, when we asked for them, she said she can only bring out 1 and asked what one we wanted. me and him won’t be returning unless something dramatically changed.

Sad to say this place has
Gone downhill. After I haven’t been there in a while we decided to go and it was majorly disappointing. Food was cold and meat was dry. tough, the brisket! :(the corn muffins didn’t come until we were done dinner and she only brought us one a piece. which is fine but when we asked for more she said they only made the ones she gave us??? What??? My daughter (5) even said. Are you being silly? They are my favorite, may I have another? And she said no. What just happened?

I now have been to Famous Dave’s twice. Once for lunch with a group of teens as their chaperone, and once for a late afternoon bar visit between meetings. My needs and expectations were fulfilled on both visits.
I don’t give chain restaurants five stars as personal policy as the food lacked the originality that would lend itself to such a rating. Otherwise, a guest’s reasonable expectations for a burger and ribs place would be met consistently.
A particular high note is the exceptionally friendly service. The weekday afternoon bar-​maid could give lessons to restaurant employees. She is the embodiment of service perfection.

The empty parking lot should have been the only red flag needed… had I stopped at the catfish fingers, this review would be completely different! Brisket-​DAYS old! Spare ribs-​DAYS old and concealed by a thick mush of BBQ sauce! If Dave only knew… this place should be closed reevaluated, and reopened. That’s NOT bbq!

No complaints. Great sauces. Using them for catering is always a hit, especially an outdoor barbeque event or pool party! If you get wings, opt for bone in and the buffalo sauce.

The best part about this place is the different sauces. This place is hit and miss, even more so for the sides. Basically this place is good for if you are in a pinch for some bbq food. The remodel about a year ago was a good choice, but there are other locals bbq joints that are way better.

Yum! Nachos appetizer is delicious– the baked beans put it over the top and keeps me coming back for more. Recently ordered the grilled pineapple. Wow, it was hot and sugary like a dessert. Now I’m craving those too! Service is always good and I never leave hungry:) I’m hungry just thinking about it!

Delicious food, decent prices, and friendly service! I would give 5 stars but it took about 25 minutes for our food to arrive at our table. I always order the St. Louis Style Ribs with potato salad and fries. My husband orders the Two Meat Combo — White meat chicken and pulled pork with baked beans, fries and corn on the cob. The Devil Spit sauce is my choice of sauce; my husband likes the Rich and Sassy sauce. Absolutely love the cornbread — sweet and warm!

Decent, chain restaurant BBQ. I enjoy the fact that they have fried catfish fingers. I also LOVE the Georgia Mustard sauce. Service is average, prices decent.

Wow! As one can see in the picture, Famous Dave’s certainly knows how to serve a real full rack (12 bones) of St. Louis spare ribs, with each bone is abundantly covered with delicious sweet smokey meat. I can tell that these ribs were cooked «low and slow» due to the pink hue (see attached picture) of smoking process.
The meat was almost fall off the bone in texture, but had some snap to it. The sauce was sweet and tangy with a slight onion flavor. IMO, the best ribs I’ve had since eating at ‘Fat Mats Rib Shack’ in Atlanta, Georgia (which I consider the best BBQ ribs I’ve ever had), in 2009.
The side of baked beans was also delicious. The bits of sausage and onion, combined in a tangy sauce, complimented the ribs very well. The sweet cornbread was outstanding. At $ 25, I felt I got my money’s worth. IMO, this far surpasses that other BBQ place in downtown Frederick.
The service was friendly and quick. The server even brought out a fresh glass of Pepsi before I was done with the first one. Famous Dave’s is my home-​base for spare ribs in Frederick.
Seriously people, I’ve tried almost all of the BBQ places (including Black Hog), except Blues BBQ Co., in Frederick and none come close. I look forward to trying Blues, as I love BBQ!

This is a solid BBQ place here in MD. If you go before 5pm you can get the early bird special of either 2 or 3 meats and sides for much cheaper then normal price.
The pulled pork: Uninspired, skip it.
The chicken: Solid, but that is not why I came here.
Brisket: Pretty damn good, smother it in sauce and its even better.
Hot Link: My favorite!!! This thing is a monster and comes on a tiny piece of bread which cannot contain it.
Love their sauces!!! Also, their corn bread is incredible!!! Good beer selection and always an interesting crowd. They have TV’s at the bar for football also.