The Smokehouse
“This way you can just go up to the register, tell them your order number and pick up your food.”
“I've tried the oxtails and the jerk pork.”
“Food is so tasty and good the best I've had in St. Albans the food takes a while but it's so worth the wait.”
The Smokehouse
Take-out: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
5 reviews
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I ve been going to Smokehouse since they were on 197 and linden, I'm happy they moved to the current larger location as it can accommodate the large amount of customers that frequent this spot. The line is almosy always out the door and the wait it usually 15-20 minutes so I always always call ahead. They will give you a number and when you go in check at the register on your left to see if your number was called. The staff here does what they have to, don't expect a greeting or smile but believe me Ive seen worse. Stew chicken, collard greens (made with turkey wings), plantain and festival is what I regularly get from here and it's so good. Stew chicken is flavorful, collard greens are seasoned just right, plantain are usually huge and their festival are soft and slightly sweet. The mac n cheese is delicious and baked to perfection, rice and peas are actually made with coconut milk which gives the rice a nice flavor.
Good food is not fast and fast food is not good. Smoke House is a blessing to the community for dine-in, Take Out or catering. Searching for legit home cooked goodness? Have a distinct palette for flavor? You've come to the right place.
Saint Albans is known for Mom and Pop shops, that easily open and close shop within the blink of any eye. Linden Blvd is home to many local west indian restaurants, catering halls and other small businesses. Smoke House is here to stay.
Smokin Flavor! Smokehouse catered some items such as their BBQ wings for my Baby Shower. These wings are juicy and savory and smoked! Their plates are delicious. The potato salad is heavenly and so is the Mac! Everyone raved about the wings! I believe they're owner is west indian and I love the combination of Southern Food meeting West Indian flavor. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by for some Take Out. Do not expect a seat because many will be waiting for pick up lunch and dinner orders.
STAPLES:
POTATO SALAD
MAC N CHEESE
BBQ Wings
FRIED CHICKEN
RICE & PEAS
3 stars is for the lack of good customer service, they need to change how they deal with their patrons. As for the food everything I tried here has been up to par so far. I get to come here when I'm visiting NY so hopefully the place stays the same or improves for the better. I've seen many places like this come and go especially in this part of Queens. My advice is keep the chef happy and properly train the staff on welcoming and serving there customers.
Let me start off by saying the food here is really good and the prices are good as well, I've never dined in the restaurant so I can't comment on that but I've gotten takeout many times, I live very close to this place and the reason why I'm only giving 3 stars is because of rude, slows and bad service, another thing is they often run out of certain things on the menu, I suggest calling ahead and come in 15-20 min later, but even then you will wait because when you call they give you a number, but the numbers are not in any particular order so you just have to hope she will call your number while you are there otherwise it will sit on the shelf until you can manage to get her to acknowledge you, the customers here literally walk in and shout random numbers so forget that you were already waiting there, if I didn't live so close I probably wouldn't go back but since I do I order once in a while, again the food is awesome but the whole order and pick up process is horrible
With the limited number of restaurants in the area, this is a very popular take out spot.
I've tried the oxtails and the jerk pork. I really liked the oxtails; they're a lil fatty, but I think that's a good thing. Jerk pork was a bit dry, so not a favorite. Others tried their ribs, jerk chicken & fish, and they all agreed it was quite tasty. The jerk sauce is amazing, it's good on anything! The spicy sauce is great as well, but a bit too much if you can't handle spicy food.
We enjoyed the edges of the macaroni and cheese, but texture wise, the macaroni was overcooked, very greasy, and a bit too salty.
I'll definitely come back to check out the rest of the menu.