smoke on the water

delicious and classy. outstanding service and delicious food. one of my favorite restaurants. the brisket, pulled pork and the roasted vegetables are my favorites. great location on the river. i try to eat there as often as possible.

my favorite. i absolutely love smoke on the water. i have had the pulled pork with mac n cheese and slaw. and topped my pulled pork off with all of their different bbq sauces. the pulled pork was so tender it just melted in my mouth. i washed everything down with their awesome sweet tea. excellent meal, excellent service, and great prices!

passable bbq, great sides and nice atmosphere. pulled pork is good but like one reviewer said, not a ton of smoke on it. that being said the sides are fantastic. the collard greens, fried okra and mac and cheese are way above average. sit outside if the weather is nice and you have a real treat.

i've changed my mind about sotw. the last few times we have dined here we were underwhelmed by the food. fried items seemed greasy and under seasoned. service and atmosphere are still terrific.


-----22 aug, 2009-----

without a doubt the best hamburger i have ever had!!!!! well seasoned, perfectly cooked with a rich, tangy pimento cheese sauce. get it by itself or as part of a sampler with mini pulled pork and bbq beef brisket sandwiches

we hadn't really planned on having dinner at smoke on the water . we had planned on taking advantage of smoke's happy hour. from 4:00pm to 7:00pm monday through saturday, drinks are downright cheap, making this one of the best happy hours in town. draft beer and liquor drinks - 1/2 off, bottles of beer and glasses of wine - $1.00 off. image: http://www.upstatefoodie.com after a couple drinks in the warm, clubby bar, we shifted from lounge-type seating over to a booth in the dining area. the photo below is the view from one of the booths lining the wall. and, it did fill up later in the evening. we've been to smoke on the water a few times now, but the dishes in this post are from one of our earlier visits. as of this writing, a couple of these dishes have been replaced by new dishes on the menu, but you'll get a good idea of what they're food's like. here's the current menu . corn bread was served with our drinks. people can be pretty picky about their corn bread. i like it all! this v

this was the best meal i have had in greenville. i honestly can't wait to come back. i had the pork chop and my wife had the crab cakes. both were amazing.

after several trips, i am revising my vote down. many times here a menu item sounds great butthe actual item does not live up. pulled pork is not smokey. i had the fried catfish sammy and there was over twice the bread over fish. ridiculous. overall mediocre food. the location and atmo are great but really i don't think it is worth it for mediocre food. sorry.


-----19 aug, 2009-----

this is a great restaurant. barbeque is to die for. don't bother with the crabcake po boy though. casual, masculine sensibility to the atmosphere with a lovely view from the back porch or people watching in front. go to this restaurant!

the food is great and so is the atmosphere.
only problem is the wait. i love everything on the menu. we try to go when downtown isn't busy.
i always go with the bbq

upscale meat and 3 type place near falls park. i’ve been here several times and i always find the food to be good but not great. this time i had the brisket sandwich. the brisket was a little on the dry side. they pitch their sauces and recommended a habanero sauce which helped a lot. side was a potato cake which sounded intriguing but was just okay. free cornbread is always good. i had a bloody mary too and that was tasty. service was friendly. got out under $20 which i think is reasonable with an alcoholic beverage. 3 1/2 stars.

for what you’re paying, it’s just alright. got to try a handful of the food that everyone at the table ordered. the sides were good and the main entrees were decent, but nothing stood out as great. most disappointing was the brisket which was thinly sliced and dry.

i can now take smoke on the water out of my bookmarked places to eat. i celebrated my bday, july 12 by having lunch here. the restaurant isn't large, and the lunch time crowd wasn't that big. smoke on the water has a fully stocked bar and i was going to have a bday margarita but decided on the lemonade instead. the table had several big bottles of barbecue sauce for your convenience, from a sweet and mild, mustard based, ketchup to hot barbecue sauces. they serve cake square size pieces of cornbread while you wait on the food to come. it's served with warm butter and is slightly sweet. they will bring out as much of these as you want. a nice a different southern touch!! for an appetizer we had the smokin' jackets. the smokin' jackets are potato skins stuffed with your choice of beef brisket, pulled pork or smoked pulled chicken. we had ours stuffed with pulled pork, they top this with melted cheese and barbecue sauce and green onions. these are served with sour cream. i liked the potato skins, though the pulled pork topping was a little skimpy, as you can see in the picture. they reminded me of the baked potatoes that big dave's barbecue use to serve. for lunch i ordered the barbecue chicken breast, a dinner portion comes with two sides. my sides were mac and cheese and squash casserole. my first bite of the squash casserole i noticed that there was mushrooms in it, i'm not a mushroom eater, so i gave the squash casserole to my niece and she gave me her fried okra. the switch was ok with me. that being said i can't say how the squash casserole was. the okra looked and tasted like it was breaded in just a cornmeal batter. it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. the mac and cheese was just that macaroni with a cheese sauce with to me a little too much garlic in it. this was still a different tasting mac and cheese, the flavor was ok it was creamy and the pasta was not under cooked it had a nice crunchy breadcrumb topping that added and nice touch to the casserole. now about the barbecue chicken breast. it was a nice looking piece of chicken, nice grill marks, a beautiful glaze of a sweet tasting smoky barbecue sauce. the chicken breast was not very tender, but it did have a good smoked taste. this meal should come with a steak knife, so it would be easier to cut the chicken breasts. it was a butterflied chicken breast, but it was still tough. i've found that if you put chicken breasts in the oven after it's comes off of the grill, it gets tender. that's time consuming i know, but it helps tenderize the chicken especially if it's a thick chicken breast. all in all it was a good meal, and i'll come back again and try some thing different on the menu. i would recommend smoke on the water it's a nice place to eat in downtown greenville.

i love smoke on the water but it's time to step it up. the wait times are ridiculous and even after ordering it took an hour for my meal to come out. this has been the last 2 times i've been there. please reevaluate your flow and efficiency!!

the pulled pork here was as good as i have had in a restaurant. they blend their own sauces. they include a vinegar base, a mustard base and two tomato based sauces with their own unique flavors. my wife had a chicken salad sandwich. okay, but she said she has had better. friendly service and reasonable prices.

had a late dinner here and it was still very crowded. enjoyed a beer at the bar before our table was available. ordered the beef brisket which was thinly sliced and very flavorful. even tried all of the different sauces which were quite good each with their own unique taste. the fried okra was tasty but i didn't care for the squash casserole that had roasted red peppers which in my opinion over powered the taste of the squash. the crab cake sandwich was good with a fried loaded potato as a side. the mac-n-cheese made with a white cheddar was good as well. all in all, we had a pleasant experience and a wonderful meal. the staff was friendly and accommodating even though they were slam packed. we would definitely visit again.

a good value crowd pleaser. meals are a good variety and plentiful. sides i tried - onion rings, fried okra, spinach casserole were all delish. and so was pecan pie. i'd go back.