Ollie's Bbq - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, OhioBBQ was good, great friesHusband had Reubensandwich...would go back if If in the area...

Our family of four visited what we thought was a super cute Western themed smokehouse. We travel a lot and are always on the lookout for great smoked meats and BBQ. They were somewhat busy but we were seated immediately at a table for 8. We waited for 15 minutes with servers passing us often before the waitress finally came to the table saying only, There 's just 4 of you? She took our drink and app order and I asked to go ahead and order our meals too since I didn 't want another long wait. For some reason, this seemed to throw her off. I asked for the smoked meat stuffed baked potato with pulled pork. She asked me again my drink order, then asked my food order again. I repeated my order three times. When it finally came out, it was a very small side baked potato with a small amount of melted cheddar and bacon bits. When I said that was not what I ordered, she instructed me the next time I come in, how to order it!?! They did correct it. She also ignored our requests for refills, but was in a hurry to bring to go boxes. The pulled pork was mushy and flavorless unless you used the BBQ sauce. The ribs option was 1/2 rack only, where most all smokehouses offer a full rack at a discount. The rib meat was thin and gristly on one end. The smoked Mac and cheese was little more than Kraft with BBQ sauce. My daughter said her burger was good, but onion rings were mushy. Their steak fries were great and the BBQ sauce itself was very good. Overall though, definitely not worth the price and disappointing. We will spend a little more and go to the Ribber next time.

This is the place you want to go. Great food awesome atmosphere and stellar service. Steak was cooked perfect, all the appetizers were tasty. Whole restaurant was clean and sanitary. When I'm back in town this is my first stop!

Probably the best hamburger I have ever had. I highly recommend this restaurant. Even though they were very busy, and short staffed that day, we didn't wait long and our food was delivered hot and fresh.

Our first time there and it was great, a young man that was waiter was so sweet! When in Portsmouth we will be back!