Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ — Restaurant in Charlotte

We were very hopeful this place would be good. It's A great concept, and could make great money at the Sharon Amity location. Sadly, it was not A good experience from the time we walked in the door. There was no one to take our order. We waited 5 minutes , and were getting ready when someone did come out from the kitchen to take our order. We ordered 3 hotdogs, A brisket sandwich, A pulled chicken sandwich, and A southwest salad. Everything came out wrong. My sister in law waited 30 minutes for her salad. They didn't have lettuce, so someone went to Harris Teeter to buy A bagged salad. When they brought it out it only had chicken on it. They didn't have back beans or corn. It would have been so much better if they just told her they didn't have the salad today. The hotdogs didn't have the proper toppings. We asked for mustard since it wasn't on put on the hotdogs as we requested. First, we were told they didn't have any mustard in the restaurant. Then A few minutes later found some, and brought it to us. We asked for the onions, but we never received them.. The sandwiches were requested with the BBQ sauce on the side. They came out smothered in BBQ sauce. So much so that one couldn't be eaten. It seemed like it had more sauce than meat. I think if they could get A good manager in there the place could do really well. Someone that can place orders so the restaurant isn't out of half of their menu. Plus, 3/4 of the draft beers were out of stock as well. Very...

Crave is the new walk up to the counter, hot dog & BBQ (and self serve beer taps) in Cotswald. My husband and I gone twice now, and both times we were very happy with our experience. Our very first visit was late, on a Friday night. The service was phenomenal! I wish I could remember the cashier’s name because he was so accommodating, from explaining the menu (no frying in oil; they use an air fryer!) to assisting with the beer taps (pay by the ounce) since they weren’t pressurized correctly, and it was mostly foam. Selecting a beer by being able to sample each one will always be a plus for me. We enjoy being able to sample from all of the local breweries. We got the pulled pork sandwiches w/ coleslaw, baked beans, and a side order of the sweet corn nuggets. (These were soooo good!) Everything was delicious, and the BBQ sauces were so good, that you won’t be able to pick a favorite! We returned this afternoon for the mac & brisket sandwich; it was delicious as well. Their big seller are hot dogs with a variety of toppings; we plan to go back and sample a few! This may sound strange to some, but we even felt great afterwards. Have you ever felt that weighed-down, heavy, blah feeling after eating at a BBQ joint? And then ask yourself, why do we go back if we feel like this afterwards every time? Well, we actually noticed that we felt great afterwards, both times, and will be frequenting Crave for our BBQ fix. We may even try some...

Not amazing, but maybe I ordered the wrong thing. The two sausages in the dynamic duo were ok, but the bun felt like it just came out of a bag or wasn't as fresh as I would expect for a restaurant. The chili and cheese sausage was good but the peppers and onions on the other one were barely cooked and just sad looking. The tater tots were great and the bbq mac and cheese someone at our table got both looked amazing. I probably should have got a hot dog, since it's in their name. The fried pickles had an odd flavor, no one at our table loved them and we didn't finish them. The self serve beer wall is a neat idea but it caused more issues than I think it solved. I had to get help when a tap filled a cup with foam and then after that they lost my tab which doesn't make sense because I was holding the tab card in my hand. The employees at the register weren't interested in using the tab card to look up what had been dispensed and just charged me an arbitrary amount. We went for their trivia night which was fun but didn't seem well publicized, there were 5 groups there for Harry Potter Trivia. None of the issues were huge but all combined on our first visit made us reconsider if we want to return for future trivia nights. None of the prizes were related to the restaurant or the trivia topic whatsoever, it would be fun to have free tater tots or a free hot dog be one...