4 Rivers Smokehouse

  4.5 – 3,200 reviews   • Barbecue restaurant

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We’re turning up the fun with new hours that’ll keep your weekends smokin’! NOW Open on Sundays: Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Kissimmee, Lakeland, Longwood, Tallahassee, Tampa, UCF, Winter Garden, Winter Park, Coral Springs, South Tampa, and Orange Park. All locations have extended hours on Friday & Saturday, open until 9pm Join us for smokin’ good weekends. We look forward to serving you! 4 Rivers Smokehouse Orange Park was the seventh 4 Rivers Smokehouse location, second in the Jacksonville area and only a mile from the St. Johns River. Named one of “The South’s Best BBQ Joints” and “The Best BBQ in Florida” by Southern Living and Food & Wine Magazine, respectively. Visit us for award winning BBQ at 220 Park Ave. Orange Pa…

Counter-serve chain eatery featuring Texas-style BBQ, homestyle sides & sweet treats.

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Ivan Lopez
Walked in with my family, it has been years since visiting this location. No one to greet us at the carver station. My wife ordered 1/4 W, FO, MAC, we ordered my son a kids BB slider, MAC… and I ordered a #BB BKB, and this new casserole side. The carver absolutely destroyed my brisket. I don’t even know if I got the full pound because he never weighed it.. it could have been more… could have been less… just thrown on the tray, no quarter pan…. Big ouch. It’s sad because the cook standard of the brisket was spot on.. just the way it was served was not appetizing. Outside of that the BKB, were off. Recipe could have changed.. just not 4R smokehouse.. idk how else to explain it. Manager who was walking the floor was great and did a swap for FO, which was good. Also, the casserole side was a banger for sure. Most importantly it was the vibe of the place… man.. no one was excited to be there it felt like rough… lighting was poor too… like where is the excitement?!? y’all have the best brisket in town!
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D Chen
4 Rivers Smokehouse is like fast-casual BBQ done right. You order at the counter, the food comes out quick, and the quality really delivers. The fried chicken wings were cooked perfectly, the brisket sandwich was soft and juicy, and the St. Louis ribs were tender with great BBQ sauce.

The sides caught us by surprise in the best way. The mac and cheese, coleslaw, roasted corn, and jalapeño cornbread were all excellent. Honestly, regular cornbread would’ve been just as good too.

The atmosphere is welcoming whether you dine inside or out, and the employees genuinely seemed happy to be there, which made the experience even better. Solid BBQ, great vibes, and absolutely worth coming back.
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Nick T
We always have a nice family experience here. The food is very flavorful and the desserts are very delicious. Lots of drawing sheets for kids. Really enjoyed speaking with Lena.
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Mike Minix
I got to have dinner here with my sister. It’s the first time we’ve gotten out together alone in several decades. It was a nice time to see her and catch up. Her chicken wings had hot dog skin.
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Cynthia G
We got the family meal with four different meats. The smoked chicken and the brisket were definitely decent like no major complaints but I’ve had better at other barbecue joints. The pulled pork was really good but the star of the show were the ribs. My whole family agreed that the ribs were delicious! We got macaroni and cheese and collard greens. Also really good. And of course, we couldn’t leave without ordering some dessert. We tried the chocolate chip cookie, the red velvet cake, and the gooey vanilla cake bar. I can’t remember what it’s called. That was definitely the best! Skip the chocolate chip cookie and go for one of the other offerings. It’s definitely pricey for a barbecue/lunch place. However, I think we did good getting the family meal and it was plenty of food for us. We even had leftovers to take home, we are a family of four. It was three adults/ one child
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Melissa Moon
Definitely will be back!! Good vibes! Great food! Friendly people! Just skip the Mac n cheese. Other than that everything was really good and fast service. You walk up and order (Subway style) Great dining experience!
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Raj Raman
Let’s start with what I ordered today.
1 LB Brisket 1/2 LB Texas Sausages
(2) 2X2 Pulled Pork & Burnt Ends
Sides : Mac & Cheese, Fries, Cheesy Potato’s, and Texas or smoked Corn( I think is what it’s called correct me if I’m wrong)
Chocolate bomb and Reese’s cookie!

I came in at lunch and the service was great, I ordered, and once I put the whole order in they began prepping everything in front of me. The person prepping was really nice and so was the person helping him! First thing I noticed was the brisket on a cutting board to the side, and as he was cutting it there was absolutely no jiggle or juices, but I thought ehh whatever haven’t had barbecue in months so I can deal with a little dry brisket. They had no sausages up front so they called someone to bring them some already cut up front, and the fries also weren’t ready so they said they would bring it out to the table, no problem there! The pulled pork looked great, and the burnt ends looked a little suspect as far as the color, honestly looked like they had been sitting a while.
Taste & Rating:
BRISKET 2/10
Every barbecue spot I go to with reviews like this place, I always order a pound of brisket, sausages are my favorite but brisket is just delicious. Well, this was by far the worst brisket I’ve had in Jax so far. The Brisket was SO DRY. It lacked any juice and I ate 1 1/2 slices before I gave up. The barbecue sauce could not save that cut. I understand sometimes you can overcook a little bit, but as a chef, or management or whoever, you gotta see that brisket and just know, you can’t serve that. Any flavor the bark possibly had was masked by the amount of times I had to chew it and how much I had to douse it in barbecue sauce to get through it. Unfortunate, because there are so many good reviews on it.
SAUSAGES: 6/10
Honestly I’d probably rate the sausage a 7/8 because of the flavor, but my sausages came to me hardly room temperature, they did taste good and paired with that spicy BBQ you guys have it was pretty banging, I wish I had it fresh and juicy!!!
PULLED PORK: 8/10
Bangin, crazy it was actually the best thing we had to eat lol. Didn’t need sauce it was juicy and tender! Normally we always get it as like the side character in the movie lol
BURNT ENDS: 0/10
oh my god, I thought the brisket was bad lol. My assumption was right they had been sitting far too long, it was so dry my son couldn’t even bite into his, my wife was gripping those things tryna spread it apart. She herself likes her barbecue a little dry but she couldn’t believe how dry they were either. The server was kind enough to replace my son’s burnt ends with the pulled chicken since he literally couldn’t eat a bite of it and he loved the pulled chicken!
FRENCH FRIES: 8/10
bangin, nothing better then fresh crispy fries with good flavor, good job on those, I can get behind that!
Mac & Cheese: 6/10
It was good, nothing crazy but it was good ! Kinda reminded me of KFC Mac & Cheese but better, my son loved it
Texas or street corn lol : 8/10
Yea that was good I loved that it was actually tasty, most places just can’t nail the corn at all and you guys really did!
CHEESY POTATOS: 5/10
They were okay, nothing special but they weren’t bad by any means!
CHOCOLATE BOMB: 9/10
I can’t cap, this thing took me and my wife by surprise! F.I.R.E. Also pretty sick you guys have a kind of bakery section!
REESES COOKIE: 6/10
A bit underwhelming, visually it looked 10/10 but it lacked in the taste department, it just tasted okay!

In total I spent just about 100$, and I felt my money was not well spent which is unfortunate because I see so many good reviews, I talked to another customer who stated “ you should come on Friday evening or the weekends after 2 because the food is something special” and I’m not sure I can get behind that, I feel like food quality shouldn’t depend on the day, because I paid the same price for the “special” weekend food! I am disappointed today, HOWEVER, I won’t let one bad experience stop us from coming back, just might have to come on Saturday next time lol.
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Lyle McFadyen
First time visiting this place and I am telling you to try their 2+2… ribs and pork/brisket burnt ends. So good! My wife had the Cuban sandwich and bread pudding. Zero complaints!

Definitely recommend!!!
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Lisa Blevins
We were in town for a show and drove by this place, Loved the look of the building so much we looked it up and was sold right away on the Menu! Turned around and so glad we stopped. Awesome customer service (congrats to the young man going into the service) Great, and I mean great food food and desserts!! We had a 3 plate, brisket, turkey and sausage, collard greens and potato cheese casserole, hell even the free water was delicious!! I had the LESS fat brisket sandwich and oh man the best I ever had… and we lived in TX.. lol We loved it so much that when we get to Tampa (MacDill AFB) we will be stopping at that location to get more! I’ll try to remember to take pictures there! If your riding through Jacksonville, especially around 295, Orange Park area, 4 Rivers, is RIGHT off Exit 10 going south!! Just awesome!!
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David Jones
Great food and the service was awesome. Very clean place with a nice outdoor seating area if you would rather eat outside. The dessert bar is wonderful, with the so many selections to choose from.
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