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Center Street Smokehouse – western new york, Batavia, NY
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Great atmosphere and fantastic service. Very friendly with natural conversation with the wait staff made us feel like guests at a house party and not just customers at a restaurant.
The breadsticks with nacho cheese were perfect. Super soft and butter coated. The deviled eggs are also top notch, you can tell the person making them has spent a lot of time perfecting the recipe and method.
Unfortunately the rest of our food didn’t match that level. The meat was dry, and so was the cornbread.
The cornbread also didn’t taste like corn at all, more like a white bread roll.
TLDR: Apps are great, entrees are mid.
Asked for a table for 2 and the waitress told the host to just “put them next to the bathrooms”. It wasn’t pleasant to hear or do since the place was half empty and there was able seating elsewhere.
That isn’t the problem through, the ceiling was leaking on us and the table. The waitress told us to ignore it and avoid that part of the table. We endured it till the food came out and then asked if we could move. The waitress was wonderful but the situational awareness was off. Especially since the other tables were dry.
Apparently the building leaks every time it rains so avoid going during that time.
It’s so good , the kids already want to go back for ribs !
My only recommendations for the restaurant is this:
Introduce a honey bbq sauce to your menu and please introduce shirts/sweatshirts in size 4x. ❣️
I would rate this place C++ to B
Will try again to see if it’s better
My husband and I ordered a 3 meat combo with ribs, pulled pork and brisket. The sides were hush puppies and smashed potatoes. My husband ordered a Hayburner beer and a BBQ burger with a side of dirty rice and extra hush puppies to take home. The bill before the discount was a little over $40. Decent price for the amount of food.
Before your food arrives, you are given complimentary cheesy biscuits. They were soft and pretty good. Although, I prefer the red-lobster style ones…haha! We used a couple of their house-made BBQ sauces to dip the biscuits in. One was dark, sweet and had a molasses flavor while the other was tangy with more vinegar and a lot of spices.
The burger and rice were okay. The burger was not overly flavorful and the roll was kind of gummy and soggy. I wasn’t into it unless I drenched it in their homemade BBQ sauce. The rice was pretty good but I prefer Cajun style dirty rice because it’s more flavorful. I’ll give the burger a C.
The 3 meat combo was pretty good and I’d grade it a B+ because those hush puppies were really good and the ribs were tasty. I do a lot of my own smoking/grilling, so I feel like I can be pretty honest in my review here. The brisket was nice and tender with only a hint of smoke flavor. I prefer a nicer smoke ring but again with enough sauce, it was tasty. The pulled pork was a bit dry until I sauced it up and then it was good. The ribs fell off the bone and were pretty tender. I appreciate the option of ribs with a dry rub, so I can choose to add sauce or not. These were a little on the dry side but I enjoyed the flavor and fat to meat ratio. The potatoes were okay but nothing to get excited about. I’d suggest BBQ saucing them up too! The hush puppies were so good, had a major crunch but were soft in the middle.
I’d maybe go back if I was in Batavia but I don’t think I’d travel to just go to the restaurant.