Strongman Smokehouse — Restaurant in Town of Trego

CAMPERS BEWARE, MID GRADE FOOD AND RUDE, UNPROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

We were staying at a Campsite nearby and decided to go out after tubing. We were sat down quickly but it took around 15 minutes to be visited by our waitress and get waters. When we finally were, she made no effort to really greet us or acknowledge the delay and just took our drink orders. Knowing there could be a staffing issue causing a delay, we wanted to put our appetizer and entree orders in at the same time. When she finally came back around again for apps, she took 2 of our orders and immediately darted off while another person in our party was still talking to her and we then knew we would be forced to wait even longer for our meals. At this point, we decided to just get our entrees to go rather than bearing this wait. Though, this whole ordeal still took almost 2 hours. Understaffed maybe? I can understand that, tell us if it’s like that so we can know rather than be left in the dark. I can have grace with people in that situation.

BUT what topped it all off was that the waitress was rude at nearly every interaction. When my girlfriend asked about what the nachos had on them , it was met with a short answer and a frankly bitchy expression/inflection. She never came by and asked us how the food was or if we needed more water. At the end when it was time to pay, she didn’t ask us if we wanted to split it up for our party or anything, she just brought me the bill and left.

We DID want to split it, but it was not worth staying at this place a minute longer at that point.

The food was okay, their bbq sauces are good. I don’t think the food was as good as they position it to be. I wasn’t all that impressed. I expected much more for the price especially. Usually I don’t mind if service lacks and the food is amazing, but neither the appetizers nor the entrees were anything I would look to eat again.

We love coming up here and camping and tubing down the river, but we will never be returning here. Don’t waste your time on...

Wow just wow, from the efficiency and friendliness of the staff to the fantastic food this is a must go to if you’ve never been and a repeat return trip as well. Let’s start with the bayou shrimp appetizer - holy smokes was that great and flavorful, 9 large shrimp 🍤 with that bayou kick. I’d love to have them over a linguini pasta (or Mac) as a dish 😉 (menu suggestion) We had the half rack ribs and 1/2 chicken and shared so we got to try each. Can’t recommend them high enough, the ribs were fall off the bone and the chicken so tender and flavorful both being the best I’ve ever had. The sweet potato fries were waffle fries 🤤 good and sidewinder fries good as well. The pineapple slaw was a nice surprise so good and different from the usual slaw. Now the homemade sauces again a wow, the Alabama white sauce I used to dip my sweet potato fries, chicken and ribs in I loved it that much. The cranberry bbq sauce so flavorful and good. The staff clearly wants to work here and it shows. I believe Heidi was our server and she was fantastic. If I could give this place overall more than 5 ⭐️’s I would. Don’t walk, run to give them a try. Oh and they provide salted in the shell 🥜 for you to snack on and toss shells on floor while you wait. I’d recommend everything we ate. Can’t wait to try the other items on the menu. We sure will be back as happy...

Small portions and huge, crazy prices. Dry, flavorless brisket, really dry and flavorless brisket. Totally flavorless pulled pork.

They add, quoting from their website, a "relatively insignificant 4% charge" to cover employee benefits. If it is so "insignificant" why don't they pay it themselves? Maybe just increase the (already crazy high) prices 4% rather than adding a surprise surcharge to your bill at the end of meal? Does the surprise billing of 4% actually go to the employees or does it just pad the owner's profits? Seriously, just raise prices on the menu and be up front with charges.

Mac and cheese was OK but small. Cornbread was very small (but it did have a good flavor). Service was OK but nothing special. We waited longer for the bill to come than for the meal...I guess they forgot us? Actually, the bill never came, my wife and I had to track the waitperson down to get and pay our bill! (She was, for some reason, not coming out of the back, the bar tender had to finally go get her!) Atmosphere was nice, bright, clean and new looking...but nothing special...kind'a too open, cold and sterile (IMHO). Free peanuts on the table were not bad. My wife and I cannot recommend the restaurant and have no...