Piggly’s Smokehouse & Barbeque

Brisket, dry over cooked
Pulled pork, dry, the ends with the bark could not chew
Onion rings, very good
Cornbread, very good
Potato salad, tastes processed out of a can
Bartender, provided great service
Over priced

Super disappointed in typically a very accommodating restaurant. Sadly on this visit the expectations were sorely missed as the hospitality was not there. To explain my SO and I arrived from a 30 minute ride to get the (as advertised on there website) «all you can eat ribs». Well the website DOES NOT list any day in which this offer is not valid. When we placed our order there was some confusion as the staff themselves agreed that no date is provided so the offer appears to stand. My SO and I proceed to request the offer and the sever goes to confirm with management. Now this is where I feel things where poorly handled. The sever returned to inform us the owner will not up hold the offer THAT IS ADVERTISED on their very own website. Now if any class was shown the «owner» would of greeted me at the table and explained why or kept with the offer as it’s false advertisement. So sadly we will not be returning, remember people your word is everything.

Our 1^st time here. I gave it 3 stars because there is always room for improvement!!! Our waitress was quick, friendly and knowledgeable about the whole menu!
We were pleasantly surprised with the AYCE catfish special for 10.00. The catfish was meaty, tender and lightly breaded. I wish the it had a bit more UMPHFF. A little salt and paprika in the batter. But this is just my taste preference. I am not a fish person but this was really good.
You really can’t get a better deal anywhere.
I had the brisket dinner. It was just okay. The salad bar was fresh and filling. Good old fashioned farm veggies. The cornbread was awesome, sweet and fluffy with real corn. Just my style. The baked potato was overcooked. But loaded with butter and sour cream. The French fries were undercooked and soggy. The sweet tea was SWEEET!

I stopped in this place during a trip to Mesa. The initial service was a little slow with the seating but after that everything was great. I tried the sampler meat platter with the baby back ribs pulled pork turkey and brisket. My favorite was the brisket it melted in your mouth but the rest of the meats were very good. The only negative comment would be about the ribs the meat was a little chewy but the flavor was excellent. By far the brisket was my favorite. Definitely a place to visit if you’re in the area.

Love coming here with my family! Corn bread is awesome as well as the service. My husband always gets the wings and loves them! The zucchini is HUGE and the dressing they come with is SO good :)

The food is amazing as well as the service. People talk a lot about Joe’s BBQ, and as an avid BBQ lover I would pick Piggleys every time. I had the brisket and pulled pork platter and it was the best BBQ meat I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot. Will definitely come back again.

Food is good, service is good. Ambience is a little lacking. Definitely food for a relaxing day, but not so much for a family dinner. Justin the server was fantastic, attentive and on top of everything.

We went here for our first time on a Friday night at 9pm. Yeah way too late to be eating dinner but we ate a lot. Our server Justin was very good at recommendations and of course we had to try it all — except I ran out of room for dessert, will have to go back.
The service was excellent, ambiance is very comfortable and the food — even an hour before closing was amazingly delicious– best Mac and cheese ever! We will definitely be going back. Thank you Justin

DH and I were enjoying the beautiful day and, as we drove by, the smell of smoking pig just pulled us in — like a magnet. Just could not pass it by…
It was lunchtime so we decided to do sandwiches and their salad bar.
The salad bar by itself would not be a good deal — the lettuce was not terribly fresh although it was a nice nix of spring and romaine. nothing too exciting on it — all the usual suspects although I have to admit, I was raised to never put the end of a cuke in a salad but apparently my mom didn’t teach these guys. but it was okay. Next time I’d go for a side and check those guys out.
They do bring you cornbread with the meal which is just weird with a sandwich but, never having met a carb I didn’t like, I dove in. I love my cornbread moist, coarse, and not too sweet. This was pretty much everything I don’t like about cornbread — sweet and more like a cake. But that is all in the preference.
The sandwiches weren’t bad. My hubs had a pulled pork with slaw that was nicely portioned. The slaw was creamy and fresh, not sweet, not oniony. The bun fresh and grilled. The pork was really nicely smoked and moist — just as it should be. The price was a little high for his sandwich platter compared to other smokehouses and eateries with comparable menus.
I had smoked brisket. Moist. with sauce on the side. That was dang good brisket. Very nicely fatty but not overly so (I am sorry to all you lean brisket folks but seriously — brisket should not be lean, you need that fat cap to flavor it during its journey to your plate). It was shredded which is not always my preference as it can sometimes be a tough grind if you know what I mean but this was tender. Kudos to the smokers! They had one job and they did it well!
Now that brisket sandwich was a bit more pricey. I kind of wavered a bit on ordering — I had been out to a local microbrew earlier in the week and did their brisket. Bout the same price but the sandwich was a bit more plentiful. And for $ 2 more, I could have had a 10 oz prime rib with 2 sides — I think I chose poorly, grasshopper. Probably that was my biggest complaint — I didn’t think the sandwich was worth the price compared to others in the area.
Last item: sauce. Two choices: sweet or spicy. The sweet was thin and sweet with a vinegar overtone. The spicy was not very spicy. So the solution for me was a mix of the two of them. Although there was no way to thicken it up.
All in all — quality was pretty decent. I think you need to shop the specials to make it worth the cost. I can guarantee I will be back at least to try that smoked prime rib though — who needs a bevy of virgins in heaven when you can have smoked prime rib on earth???

Love the salad bar.
BBQ plates are a little expensive for the quality but they give a big portion.
This is the same bbq you used to only be able to get from the fair.
You at a picnic tables which is sort of neat.
Full bar down to earth people.

Looked interesting so I wanted to come here. Came here with my boyfriend. We split the pulled pork plate with cowboy beans, Mac and cheese, and a side of fries. The service was stupid slow. The food came lukewarm. Bad service I can forgive but cold food is just nasty. My boyfriend ordered beer before we ordered our food and it came seconds before the food. He was really upset about it. The piggly fries were the only hot food we were served, unfortunately they came in a mushy brick of fries. Just go to Tom’s BBQ, it’s cheaper and better.

Ribs with no sauce means ribs with just a little really really sweet nasty sauce on them. I wiped it off with a napkin but it still tasted like sweet sauce instead of meat. Fish fry meant nicely cooked bland fish in almost raw batter with no seasoning.
Won’t be back. Can’t take my boss here cause he Hates sweet sauce like I do. I don’t understand why no one wants to make dry rub ribs, some people can’t have sugar, some people want to taste pork not sauce.
To top it all off they were out of chicken, chicken makes them the most money on the cheapest meat, they make more money on chicken than any other product, but sorry we are out of chicken. Thinking on it now they probably would have put sauce on the chicken if I had gotten it anyway.
The second star is for Kilt Lifter on tap. can you say YUMMMM

The chicken I order was pink and Berly had chicken it was more bones the chicken and my boyfriend ribs didn’t have any flavor. Our valentine
Dinner was suppose to be a Texas Roadhouse but the wait for 45 Minutes to 50 and our movie start at 920 so we decide to try this place. Sorry but I didn’t like it

First time going to dinner at Piggy’s was completely worth it. While all of the chain restaurants had a 30 – 45 minute wait, we were sat immediately. The food is great, I loved the breading on the Catfish Fry. Normally am not a fan of alot of places potato salad, theirs was great! Definitely worth a shot!

I was so busy trying to eat my turkey leg I couldn’t focus on my review. had the turkey leg dinner with green beans and potato salad. oh my, although the place has changed a bit since the last time I was here, the food is still top notch tasty. It was kind of slow last night, but the service was great. the smoked turkey leg is like no other along with the other bbq.

Huge BBQ joint with nobody eating there at 1pm on Monday afternoon. The manager was nice and friendly and offered me samples of what i requested (lean brisket and turkey). They serve turkey with cranberry aioli for some reason, but that might be a better choice than the standard sweet BBQ sauce which is good too. Both meats were excellent and it is a tough choice between the two items. Turkey was thickly sliced, yet crumbly and made for some good sandwiches. They include two slider rolls in each meat order, so you can just slap the meat on there also for a snack. The brisket was well marbled and a had a great bark and flavor. It reheated well in oven and was simply excellent.
I do believe the per pound prices for the brisket are wrong on the menu and it now $ 18.99 per pound, which is getting a bit up there. The turkey was about 7 bucks for ½ pound. You could also buy one sandwich for about $ 10-​$ 11 with a side, but I think per pound is better for to-​go orders. Either way, the inside is nice and roomy and the BBQ is legit, yep a shocker for Mesa.

My husband thinks it’s a little above average. Maybe because I like Joes so much, I found it very average. The meat was neither tender or though, mine had a lot of fat which is nasty to me. They have a regular and spicy BBQ but the spicy is pretty mild.
Cornbread was good, salad bar was clean and fresh. If they tell you the coleslaw is like KFC, don’t believe them! It has vinegar flavor which KFC does not. Mac and cheese is made with big seashell pasta it was fine but nothing special.
Service was good, front desk lady was very friendly. Cute décor. A little baffled by the combo of smooth jazz and 70s love songs but to each their own.
Summation: BBQ is a personal preference thing. For me, it’s fine but not worth the calories or cost.

I ordered the smoked pulled pork, slightly dry but okay. The sauce was mediocre. I asked the server which sides he suggested, he said the Mac n cheese was his favorite (not mine at allll). He also suggested the cowboy baked beans. spicy and just okay. I ordered the Sweet Tea & after tweaking it a bit with simple syrup it was pretty good. My friend ordered the beef ribs and he would give them a 6 on a scale from 1 – 10. Our server was realllly nice and checked in often. He did as much as he could to please us. The food was very fast. it came within 5 minutes of ordering it, which made us raise our eyebrows.
They cater and work the fair circuits and THIS is why they are still in business.
I gave 3 stars because it was fast, it wasn’t terrible and the service was great.

First time here, had the ½ chicken dinner only like $ 9 delish great service live band I would come back

This place is Just OK. Went on a sunday for lunch. Ordered the turkey plate and the brisket dinner. The sides we ordered were mac & cheese. .yum .salad bar. disappointing (after reading other reviews)
green beans. yikes, greasy. They brought us yummy cornbread when we sat down but with dinner disappointing rolls? I say serve the cornbread and ditch those dinner rolls.
It was happy hour/​which equates to .50 off drinks lol. They also offer a happy hour selection of appetizers but they are just normal bar food and wew didnt try any.
So the best thing about this place are the sofa seats at the bar haha these made me laugh but they were super compfy. Anyhow 3 stars because i think its overpriced food that was simply «fine».