Mike's Smokehouse Bbq

We went to Mike's on Father's Day expecting some good ribs. They were not good. First of all they were out of baked potatoes. No apology - they were just out. It was only 6:00 pm. When the ribs came they were the toughest ones I have ever tried to eat. I let the wait staff know when they finally came around and she said she would let the kitchen know. Not sure what that meant for us. We waited for fifteen minutes and no one came back to our table. We decided to leave and never return. On our way out We noticed other tables with ribs left on the plates after the people left. Do yourself a favor and head over to Famous Dave's or Texas Roadhouse. We wish we would have. more

Thanks for a brief history of how you like your BBQ... really insightful. Mike's is a great place to go eat with your friends. The atmosphere is family friendly and I thought the food was excellent... Granted I haven't spent years tracking down the perfect BBQ, I thought very highly of the food served here. I had the pork sandwich and thought it was excellent. Maybe you should try that next time. more

I had take-out from Mike's Smokehouse in Eau Claire during my trip to the Badger State of Wisconsin in January of 2006. Now...I've been all around the BBQ belt of this country. I've had the tangy mustard based Q of the Carolinas, the sweet southern sauces of Memphis and my very favourite mesquite smoked bbq of Texas--no sauce needed there! Now, my criteria of what makes good BBQ is quite simple. 1. Low. 2. Slow. and 3. Good BBQ don't need no sauce. In fact, the best BBQ I ever had was only rubbed with salt, pepper and then slow smoked in a mesquite smoker until it was juuuuuuuuuust right. Mike's Smokehouse (let me repeat that again) Mike's SMOKEHOUSE was just awful! The ribs tasted like they were thrown into a crock pot in the morning with a bottle of ketchup and left to cook until dinnertime. The meat was totally way too overcooked and soaked in this nasty sauce. I didn't taste smoke at all--just the sharply nauseating taste of liquid smoke. Stay away from Mike's. more