I have to give a big shout out to the Jerron & David at the bar! My wife and I had a fabulous weekend stay while in town for a wedding. I recommend the brisket plate, it was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark Daniel
Smokehouse. Drop those hideous pickles. We were a party of six. The Cubano was a unanimous (3 of us) failure due to lack of dill pickles, lack of the correct mustard, inclusion of pickles that taste like cinnamon topped cobbler. My sister loved her Cobb Salad. My other sister said the burger was very good. So fix the Cubano and all will be good. Great service. Cool atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Wes Roberts
We went to the Smokehouse for a date night on Saturday. My wife had the salmon and I had the red snapper. I hadn't had snapper in many years and forgot how much I love it! My wife gets salmon most of the time when we go out anywhere, and she was VERY happy with the Smokehouse version. We also got the pork belly appetizer, which was phenomenal. Overall, 5 stars all around--can't recommend enough! Food, drinks and service were all superb!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sunday K
Went for drinks, desserts and coffee after dinner at a place next door. Dessert portions were huge! I recommend sharing with at least 3-4 people. My friends and I got one each just to try them and best one was the cookie skillet. They loved it. For me it's way too sweet because I'm not a big fan of really sweet stuff or chocolate unless it's dark. Creme brûlée shoud be on the menu.The carrot cake has too much cinnamon for my preference. Coffee was good and strong. Casual atmosphere. Place seems to have issue with noise. Light background music would help.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Katie M.
Need to update your restaurant hours to reflect your actual hours of serving food. We came for breakfast and the website and here says 7-2.
Bob Nigeria
I got the cubano sandwhich and it wasn’t good very dry no sauce almost completely bread no meat however the service was very good the waitress was very nice and very fast at getting us our
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
Vivian Sims
My husband and I began with drinks in the Cattlemen's Bar, perfect drinks, and then moved to the Smokehouse for dinner. The food was excellent and service was great. My husband had the smoked prime rib and I had short ribs. It was a fabulous evening.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Christi Harris
I do not recommend the breakfast. I really want this place to succeed and I’m not sure if it’s the cook or the quality of food they are being given. Our eggs were powdered and my husband’s biscuits and gravy were horrible where we weren’t sure what they were. How can you mess up breakfast that bad? The service was great but I’m hoping they will work on the food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Joshua Ledbetter
Don’t get the short rib! Nothing but fat and no seasoning at all. It’s a nice fancy restaurant, but for the price you’re paying for the food, I will never go back had a party of 15 people and nobody was impressed.
Baylor Hancock
The BEST Dessert is the DoubleTree Cookie Skillet! As good ole Abilene native born and raised in the Town. Let me say this! The menu is evolving and changing into something extraordinary and delicious! So Thank you very much for good service
Our server did not tell us the special for the night. We only found out there was one when a neighboring server told her guests after our food had arrived. It seems that they have raised prices by about double from when they first opened which was disappointing. The food was good but not worth that price point.
Toula F
My husband and I went on a Sunday for dinner. We started with the brussel sprouts and the jalapeno cornbread. I liked the flavor of the brussel sprouts, but they were too tough. It says they're fried, so I was expecting more of a crispiness, but they were not at all crispy. Great flavor, though.My husband LOVED the cornbread. I liked it. I love sweet cornbread, and this was not sweet. I explained it to my husband as: If Texas had a flavor, it would be this cornbread.For the main course, I ordered the brisket, and my husband ordered a filet. He LOVED his filet. He even talked about it hours later when we were sitting on the couch watching tv.I thought my brisket was ok. I've had standout brisket here in Abilene, and this doesn't make even my top 5. The flavor is good, but the texture is terrible. It was chewy and rough. The potatoes were good, but the gravy was bland. The broccolini was bland and didn't really go with the brisket, in my opinion.For the price, we expected the best. It is very expensive for what it is.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Suanna Davis
Went for dinner. Had cocktail each (every person thought they were delicious-3 different). Main meal—good. We all had desserts. Most were huge. Ask about size if that matters. I took most of my carrot cake home and had three more desserts from it. We had someone gluten free with us and the staff(without prompting) brought her the hotel package cookies. Obviously they weren’t chef made, but it made her so happy to be able to eat dessert with everyone.Dietary restrictions: I have nightshade allergies and most of their food has peppers or potatoes, but they substitute without any issue.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Brian
We were hoping for great restaurant experience in Abilene. Instead, we were greeted with long waits for food (while there were maybe 10 tables of couples) the staff was inattentive and forgetful and spent more time on their phones than taking care of customers. I understand it's a holiday weekend and we tried to be understanding. I waited 20 mins for an order only to have the waitress come over and ask "didn't you order a drink"? I spoke to mgmt and said we were disappointed. I doubt we will be back. Furthermore, when the menu says braised short rib. I should get a short rib and not a beef rib that's hard and dry, photo provided for bone size comparison. Overall, this was a very disappointing $48 plate. However, the bar was great...
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
blake bolton
Food was excellent. Heather took really good care of us!!!
I have to give a big shout out to the Jerron & David at the bar! My wife and I had a fabulous weekend stay while in town for a wedding. I recommend the brisket plate, it was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Smokehouse. Drop those hideous pickles. We were a party of six. The Cubano was a unanimous (3 of us) failure due to lack of dill pickles, lack of the correct mustard, inclusion of pickles that taste like cinnamon topped cobbler. My sister loved her Cobb Salad. My other sister said the burger was very good. So fix the Cubano and all will be good. Great service. Cool atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
We went to the Smokehouse for a date night on Saturday. My wife had the salmon and I had the red snapper. I hadn't had snapper in many years and forgot how much I love it! My wife gets salmon most of the time when we go out anywhere, and she was VERY happy with the Smokehouse version. We also got the pork belly appetizer, which was phenomenal. Overall, 5 stars all around--can't recommend enough! Food, drinks and service were all superb!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went for drinks, desserts and coffee after dinner at a place next door. Dessert portions were huge! I recommend sharing with at least 3-4 people. My friends and I got one each just to try them and best one was the cookie skillet. They loved it. For me it's way too sweet because I'm not a big fan of really sweet stuff or chocolate unless it's dark. Creme brûlée shoud be on the menu.The carrot cake has too much cinnamon for my preference. Coffee was good and strong. Casual atmosphere. Place seems to have issue with noise. Light background music would help.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Need to update your restaurant hours to reflect your actual hours of serving food. We came for breakfast and the website and here says 7-2.
I got the cubano sandwhich and it wasn’t good very dry no sauce almost completely bread no meat however the service was very good the waitress was very nice and very fast at getting us our
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
My husband and I began with drinks in the Cattlemen's Bar, perfect drinks, and then moved to the Smokehouse for dinner. The food was excellent and service was great. My husband had the smoked prime rib and I had short ribs. It was a fabulous evening.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I do not recommend the breakfast. I really want this place to succeed and I’m not sure if it’s the cook or the quality of food they are being given. Our eggs were powdered and my husband’s biscuits and gravy were horrible where we weren’t sure what they were. How can you mess up breakfast that bad? The service was great but I’m hoping they will work on the food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Don’t get the short rib! Nothing but fat and no seasoning at all. It’s a nice fancy restaurant, but for the price you’re paying for the food, I will never go back had a party of 15 people and nobody was impressed.
The BEST Dessert is the DoubleTree Cookie Skillet! As good ole Abilene native born and raised in the Town. Let me say this! The menu is evolving and changing into something extraordinary and delicious! So Thank you very much for good service
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Our server did not tell us the special for the night. We only found out there was one when a neighboring server told her guests after our food had arrived. It seems that they have raised prices by about double from when they first opened which was disappointing. The food was good but not worth that price point.
My husband and I went on a Sunday for dinner. We started with the brussel sprouts and the jalapeno cornbread. I liked the flavor of the brussel sprouts, but they were too tough. It says they're fried, so I was expecting more of a crispiness, but they were not at all crispy. Great flavor, though.My husband LOVED the cornbread. I liked it. I love sweet cornbread, and this was not sweet. I explained it to my husband as: If Texas had a flavor, it would be this cornbread.For the main course, I ordered the brisket, and my husband ordered a filet. He LOVED his filet. He even talked about it hours later when we were sitting on the couch watching tv.I thought my brisket was ok. I've had standout brisket here in Abilene, and this doesn't make even my top 5. The flavor is good, but the texture is terrible. It was chewy and rough. The potatoes were good, but the gravy was bland. The broccolini was bland and didn't really go with the brisket, in my opinion.For the price, we expected the best. It is very expensive for what it is.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Went for dinner. Had cocktail each (every person thought they were delicious-3 different). Main meal—good. We all had desserts. Most were huge. Ask about size if that matters. I took most of my carrot cake home and had three more desserts from it. We had someone gluten free with us and the staff(without prompting) brought her the hotel package cookies. Obviously they weren’t chef made, but it made her so happy to be able to eat dessert with everyone.Dietary restrictions: I have nightshade allergies and most of their food has peppers or potatoes, but they substitute without any issue.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
We were hoping for great restaurant experience in Abilene. Instead, we were greeted with long waits for food (while there were maybe 10 tables of couples) the staff was inattentive and forgetful and spent more time on their phones than taking care of customers. I understand it's a holiday weekend and we tried to be understanding. I waited 20 mins for an order only to have the waitress come over and ask "didn't you order a drink"? I spoke to mgmt and said we were disappointed. I doubt we will be back. Furthermore, when the menu says braised short rib. I should get a short rib and not a beef rib that's hard and dry, photo provided for bone size comparison. Overall, this was a very disappointing $48 plate. However, the bar was great...
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Food was excellent. Heather took really good care of us!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5