The Smoke Room

Our first visit here and we will be back! The mains were soooo good! Lost one star due to a couple of minor things and the brownie, but the main meals definitely earned the other stars. There’s a multi story car park near by, which we were very grateful for as it was chucking it down. They have limited parking on weekends though, so parking could be difficult at busy times. Just a short walk and we were there, very wet and very hungry. We were promptly seated, right by the toilet door. I asked to be moved to one of the many empty tables but was told no. Just as I was considering leaving, another staff member very kindly moved us to a more central table. I’m so grateful they did, as we would have missed out on the amazing food otherwise. The restaurant looks great! It’s quite a rustic vibe, with lots a quirky decor. The waiting staff were very attentive, and brought drinks quickly. It was hard to choose what to order as everything sounded incredible. Once we did order though, we couldn’t believe how fast the food came. It was well under 10 minutes and the food arrived piping hot. We both had smashed burgers, mine with beef brisket and my son’s with pulled pork. We also ordered the loaded fried with beef brisket and mac cheese because they sounded so good and we just had to try them. Honestly, we couldn’t get over how nice it all was, it was to die for! The portions were large, so we couldn’t finish everything, but we tried our best. I cannot express how good the main meals were! We cannot wait to go back to try more. Although we were full, we were also keen to see how good the desserts were. We had high expectations after the mains. My son ordered ice cream and I had brownie with banoffee ice cream. The ice cream was lovely! Unfortunately the brownie was a bit dry though. It tasted like it was maybe a few days old and had been warmed in the microwave. I prefer my brownie fudgy so it was disappointing. It definitely needed some more chocolate sauce too. We weren’t too bothered though as they were reasonably priced desserts and it didn’t spoil our meal at all. One other slight issue at the end was that no bill or receipt was offered. I asked for the bill and the waitress just told me the amount owed. I think most people like to see a breakdown of their bill and that’s pretty standard in restaurants. Lots of places have started automatically charging a serving charge now, so I’d have liked to have known if one was added. I did give a reasonable tip (about little over £4) but I would have given more if I’d known if a service charge had already been added. It just felt very awkward, I didn’t want to not tip in case a charge wasn’t added, but didn’t want to tip a lot in case it had. I hope the negatives will be taken as constructive criticism and not criticism of the staff. The bill came to a little over £65 for 4 soft drinks, 2 mains, 1 side and 2 desserts, which I think was very reasonable. We’ll be back soon. We really want to work our way through the menu.

We ate at the smoke house yesterday evening and i have to say the food was incredible, great atmostpher and attentive service. Liam looked after us from start to finish brought drinks quickley with impecable manners we didnt know what to try so he made some suggestions and we went from there. It was by far one of the best stakes ive had and thw smoke house chips were top draw. We carnt wait to visit again.

Amazing place to eat, great quality food. The Mac and cheese has to be the best I’ve ever had. Has a disabled toilet downstairs and has to be the best disabled toilet my mam has ever had to use. Super clean and this is gonna sound weird but smelt amazing lol. Smelt like bubblegum grape or something. So with the quality of the food, vibe and access to an amazing disabled loo, the slightly expenny food was worth it

We were a part of three adults visiting for the first time for a 18:45 booking on a Friday evening. The food was amazing! Cannot fault it at all. The service however, was a joke. There was a blonde waitress who was great, attentive, fast acting and really pleasant. Unfortunately for us she left at 20:00 and it went off downhill. Staff were stood at the bar, chatting, looking at phones and generally having a great time. This included who I assume was the manager. Not one of them turned to check on customers. We wanted to order dessert but it took us to long to get the bill we went home. Such a shame as the food was incredible. Can't recommend unless you like being ignored and paying for the privilege.

A really nice place to meet and have a decent meal with a group. We booked ahead for a party of us, were greeted and served drinks quickly. We all had large mains and a drink each. The food was great, the platters looked great, the steak was good and the sides were really nice. It was a quiter weeknight evening so it wasn't busy. We did feel a little rushed to order, we were told the kitchen was shutting soon. I spoke to someone regarding some intolerances and he wasn't particularly helpful or friendly about it so I ordered the safest option for me.