Victory Smokehouse

I want to come back and actually try the BBQ here. People seem to love it and it looks great. I attempted to the other night but I got there on a game night and they had to close the smokehouse early. I instead went with a French dip that was promptly put together and ready for takeout in all of 5 minutes. Impressive? Sadly not. I have to say this was maybe the single most pathetic French dip I've ever laid eyes on. I figured being a BBQ place I'd maybe get some flank steak or sirloin in there... It was cold cuts. It was like someone took half a pack of cold cut roast beef and just folded a stack of like 4-5 slices together gas station style and melted some cheese on it. A bread that all but completely melts in half a second of contact with the au jus. There was no way for the meat to grab any of the au jus which just tasted like water and a bullion cube anyhow. The onion petals it came with were good at least.Again this is a BBQ place that I attended when the BBQ was shut down for the day and I think this French dip was more of a special than a menu staple, but no one can seriously think this is good can they?I'll be back to try the BBQ soon and update my review. I'm sure it'll be great, but don't serve great BBQ and then have trash like this on the menu. This was embarrassing.

I love barbeque and am always on the hunt for a new place to check out. I've heard of this place before, and came here with a fellow yelper to check things out.Walking in, the place is much larger than I had anticipated. That's a good thing. Plenty of seating and room to move about. I scoured the menu to see what they had which was a decent selection. Since I don't eat pork and my meat of choice is brisket, I kind of knew what I already wanted before even entering, so I knew what I wanted for the most part.They have meals here that are big and small. I went with a brisket sandwich that came with chips and a few extra bucks for a drink. While the pricing's competitive with others in the area, it was about $14.95 for my sandwich alone. If I wanted to change out my side of chips for anything else, it was a $2 upcharge. I'm okay with the $2 upcharge really, but to be honest, I wasn't overall impressed with their side selections. Usually, it's a pretty standard issue of things like baked beans, fried Okra, mac and cheese, etc. I didn't see any of those items on their sides. They had onion rings which is cool, but I was hoping for more. I did receive coleslaw with my meal which was actually a okay. I'm neither here nor there about coleslaw, but it was good at this location for the most part.On top of the lack of sides selection and random upcharge, ordering here can be a little confusing. You order at the counter, take a table number and seat yourself. Okay, cool. But they wait until the end to make you pay, not after you place your order with a waitress. Being that my friend and I were splitting our bill, we wanted to make sure things were separate. Plus what's the point of not paying at the counter? I'd rather do that then pay at the table. It's not like I'm going to continuously order more and more food.On the plus side, the servers did come to check on us on a regular basis, which we loved. Made sure we had everything we needed, but did not notice we were low on drinks and being that we were so involved in our conversation, we kept forgetting to ask. The staff here's friendly and knows their stuff which we loved!Food and service here was good, and I really loved coming here. I'd gladly dine in again as it was a great experience and I have no formal complaints. I will ask for chopped brisket next time but it was good and tasty when I ate here!

I had pull pork sandwich, it's very decent. Staffs are very nice. I enjoy the sporty rodeo vibe in the restaurant.

I was in town for business and tried Victory Smoke house last night. By way of background I used to be in the BBQ competition circuit and owned a BBQ catering business.My theory on BBQ joints is you can tell how authentic they are by the size of their wood pile.Victory Smokehouse was amazing! Their pit is a true BBQ pit and you can tell they have some pit masters tending their meat. The brisket was spot on, the burnt ends were incredible. The mac and cheese and greens were top level. If you're in the area make sure to check them out.

Open until 10pm, it's Monday. The staff failed to tell me on the phone that the smokehouse is currently closed, when I asked for their dining in hours. The smokehouse will open back up Tuesday, tomorrow. They were short staffed to run the smokehouse. We came to eat BBQ and had to order grilled food instead. Didn't feel like finding another place this late in the evening. We had to order food that could be cooked on the grill. Two dinner salads, one with fresh blue cheese, the other with Italian, chicken nachos, Turkey Reuben with tator tots. We got a number for the rest of our food to be delivered to our table. It's a country music bar. You pay for your food at your table with the waitress. The dinner salad was okay, had too much shredded cheese for me, had to take most of it off; since shredded cheese isn't my favorite on a salad. The nachos are just so-so, nice and cheesy at least. . The chicken isn't my favorite on it, it was definitely seasoned. It had both shredded cheese and the nacho cheese on the nachos. The Turkey Reuben would be better with a better and more standard thousand island dressing. They make their own with Mayo, ketchup and relish.Our waitress, Marilyn is nice, the rest of the staff are nice as well.

The service and food is always amazing even when they are packed for a Lions game. I love the burgers, steak fries and mac & cheese. They also smoke all their meats on site. A full slab of delicious ribs is only $23! The owner always comes out to say hello. Give this place a try, they treat you like family!

Great food for a tavern-type place. I've never had a bad meal here. The smokehouse was the best addition they made.

They were out of meat. Would liked to have tried their brisket and pulled pork, but no luck.#spicemeister has to wait.

Probably some of the worst BBQ I've had. I was really disappointed since they were rated highly on here. Would not recommend.

So short notice from out of town family wanting to experience Detroit ribs. It was getting late so we did not have time to actually go to the city. A couple weeks ago we did one of the empty lot pop up ribs, chicken, sausage and so on hook ups. Those were on point I mean dang lip lick'n good and that was before the sauce. But this day, here we are. So we ordered a slab and my typical liking of brisket. I speculated with my wife how they were cooked so probably not fair to write except whatever the process on this day it was awfully opposite of right. The meats-the ribs taste were not there as in no seasoning and no smoke but moist and drop off the bone...like huh right! I pictured the video of a guy taking a pinch of seasoning then flinging it over the entire slab like ola. The beef brisket was not even a pinch ola ahead of the ribs. My wife goes something like the brisket may have been next to smoke but not in it. That was a pretty good one coming from her. I still had to hear the various excuse she offered up out of love. Hey! we had short notice, say a friend recommended...I was soooo angry and embarrassed that I ordered ribs from another rib spot. Yes! it was like that on this day. I hope that was just a bad rib day but will not find out in the future.