Smokin' Jack's Rib Shack

505 W 17th St, Bloomington
(812) 332-7427

Recent Reviews

Crystal Shield

Delicious & friendly!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cornbread, Potato Salad, Baked Beans

P M

Pulled pork was decent. It wasn't fatty but didn't have a noticeable smoke flavor. Good size for price. Great place if you want to hear the employees say the F word about every 15 seconds. Not a family place.Kid-friendliness: NOT kid friendly due to employee language

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 3

Harry K

DO NOT order from this restaurant. I had the order delivered via their website and they prepared my food wrong. Once I let them know, they would not redeliver or even partially refund for the wrongly prepared order. Said that they do not take responsibility (seriously?) and hung up on me.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Harry K.

DO NOT order from this restaurant. I had the order delivered via their website and they prepared my food wrong. Once I let them know, they would not redeliver or even partially refund for the wrongly prepared order. Said that they do not take responsibility (seriously?) and hung up on me.

Jessica Price

This was my first time here. NEVER AGAIN!!!!! If you can’t tell from the pictures what it is. It’s 2 really long strands of hair that was in the greens. I found out the hard way by putting a fork full of greens in my mouth and noticed I was eating hair. No it doesn’t belong to anyone in my family we are all African American.

Food: 1

X

As Usual 10 out of 10!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Macaroni and Cheese, Cobbler, Fall Off the Bone Ribs Cornbread and Mac & Cheese, Beef Brisket Sandwich, Rib Tips Dinner 8 Tips

Matthew Reddish

It could be an awesome spot. The chicken needed more flavor, and the ribs were tough. The mac and cheese was good. The potato salad would be better if they chopped up the potatoes. The beans were good. Their sauces were not too bad, but they needed to supply more.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Baked Beans

Chris B.

Lots of potential here but it just misses the mark. I got the pulled pork this weekend and it was dry. No sauces on the table to try and the options they have are limited. There is 0 atmosphere for a place near a B1G school. They really need more TVs and either some music playing or a game on. It was dead silence. The diet pop machine was broken too. I sat in the front room and it didn't seem like the heat was on and the decor is very dated. Not an awful place just not anything I'd tell people to go out of their way for.

Ronny B.

Amazing restaurant. Great vibe, amazing food. Fireplace is a great touch, food is amazing, was served fast. Would recommend!! Try the pink lemonade and the fish on Friday.

Max Jacobs

Some of the best food in

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Justin Plank

Always enjoyed going here in years past and have only had carry out since Covid era. Today was our first time coming in to dine and while I love the smell and atmosphere... As a BBQ place, I felt my meal was lacking that very thing: BBQ. My 1/4 pork sandwich had some hot BBQ sauce but it's like I asked for "light sauce". I recall there being bottles of the sauce around the restaurant and when I asked, I was told they no longer have the bottles and was given a small cup of the original sauce. It was a little surprising. Food was good but not as good as the past.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sandwiches, Fries

Nic Martel

Smokey wings were goodKid-friendliness: Awesome playground out back

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fries

Eric Willeroy

Order of Brisket (2lbs) placed at 11am for a pick up at 7pm. ONLY .. to be told when I arrived 15 mins early that they are ALL OUT!! Okay .. maybe let the customer know before coming AND DRIVING WAY OUT OF MY WAY TO GO GET THE THE FOOD THAT AIN’T EVEN AVAILABLE !!!!! Also, I had to then scramble to find dinner for a few quests LAST MINUTE.. THE ENTIRE ISSUE I WAS TRYING TOO AVOID.. LMAO!! TERRIBLE COMMUNICATION AND LOUSY CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 1

Daniel Siddons

Every dish was served cold. No care for quality.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Dan Siddons

8 of us, and all of our food was cold. It has been years since we’ve been back in town but we’re very disappointed. Looked forward to the corn salad but it had way too much onion than I remember. Brisket was dry and cut too thick to be tender, in my opinion. Servers struggled to get us the right food. Wont be back.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

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