Smoking Butt Heads BBQ

Treated Hubby to lunch for the best BBQ in Travelers Rest... what a tremendously addictive meal we had!Had to go back later in the week to try a different sandwich and again amazed at the quality of our food!Took our "Growler" in for a beer refill too and met Steve and Kelly the owners who were equally memorable in welcoming us back.A low key neighborhood perfect fit that we consider a local treasure.

This place is an upscale BBQ place. The service was outstanding and attentive. The BBQ is outstanding and has some of the best brisket in the upstate. I'm sure we will return. The drinks were $15 each. Wow!!!!

We sat outside on the covered patio because we had our dogs. The service was great! Tammy took care of us and even brought the dogs a large bucket of water. We ordered the pork rinds with barbecue ranch (delicious) a full Rib platter with collards and I had a platter with pork, ribs and a spicy sausage with collards. Everything was yummy and we especially liked the mustard bbq sauce. Everyone was so friendly (even the manager stepped out to chat with us) and seemed to enjoy our puppies too!!!

The male manager with a ponytail is extremely rude. I asked questions regarding the order process with a QR code and he was not helpful at all. He was unclear on how it works and then told me it was my problem. Insulting the intelligence of a customer is a horrible first impression. I ordered a side but at this point do not feel comfortable to even eat here. I would not recommend anyone to come here. It also smells like cigarettes on the entire patio and no one is currently smoking. I'd give is 0 stars if I could.

Poor service! We rented the upstairs tonight as a private room for a Christmas party. Food did not come out on time. Music sucked because the DJ was drunk. Even when we reported it things did not get better. My advise pick somewhere else to have a party.

First let me preface this review with we did not eat here. I am reviewing the bar only. We went in for a few cocktails and to watch a ballgame at the bar. They have good TV setups and there were less than a dozen people in the entire restaurant so it was easy to hear the game as well as watch. There were cocktail tents on the bar advertising drink specials. We ordered a White Russian and a pink fruity drink from those cards. The male bartender was very friendly but admitted it was his first week. He did not know how to make either drink but he tried. Neither were "correct" but he was nice so we made concessions and drank them. we went easy on next round. Whiskey on the rocks and Rum & Coke. Attached is our receipt where we were charged an additional $1.50 for ROCKS- the ICE in that drink. I watched the pour. It was 1 normal shot glass and then a small amount of ice added. It was not an extra pour or 1.5 shots to constitute $1.50 surcharge. The ice charge was more than the $1.20 surcharge for the credit charge. I have never been charged for ice in a cocktail. If you were adding more alcohol than a normal shot show it in the cost of the drink. But this drink was a measured shot glass pour and not a drop more. What the heck?!! Go to other downtown bars where you get a good cocktail at a fair price. You won't find that here.

First of all, great name. Secondly, great food. I read about all of the awards this place has won and had to try the ribs. I went with a half slab and they were delicious! The meat fell right off the bone. The sides weren't bad. Lexi, our server, was alot of fun and meticulously walked us through all of the sauces. There was some good live music playing in the afternoon. The location is right on Main Street so it's a win all the way around.

My husband saw this place mentioned in Southern Living and it was just off the interstate on our way to vacation. So glad we stopped for lunch.The barbecue was literally the best we ever had!! My husband got the sweaty pig sandwich and I got the rib and brisket plate. We had collard greens, coleslaw and fries. All were delicious!! The pulled pork on my husband's sandwich was plentiful and cooked perfectly. Moist with no fat or gristle. The collard greens were our favorite side ( even though the slaw and fries were terrific )! The ribs were meaty and tender and the brisket was melt in the mouth tender. Perfect with just enough fat for flavor! My husband proclaimed The Smoking Butt Head "the standard by which all barbecue will now be measured ". We plan on stopping in again on our way home!! Our waitress was great and our food was served quickly. We enjoyed local beer as well. Good music was playing overhead and they also have an upstairs venue that broadcasts NFL football games. Great place!

Service was good. Food was good and we love the turkey, but my chicken sandwich had bones in it. Almost cracked a tooth. We ate at the restaurant and took home leftovers. Unfortunately the half I ate in the restaurant did not have bones.

This place is a sure shit show. This is the downstairs bar that has one bar tender. We purchased tickets to go upstairs to listen to the band but unless you reserve a table for 4 at the tune of 85.00 it is standing room only. You have a limited menu but nowhere to set to eat your food. And the toilet paper is hanging on the coat hook in the bathroom stall. Will try again in a month or so to see if they have gotten their shit together. Would be a nice place to watch football in the fall but they have SERIOUS kinks to work out.