Gorky's Smokin Grill

The outside of this place is fantastic if you're a plant fan! I thought I should start out with that. Cozy restaurant inside makes you feel like you stepped back in time. Our waitress was fantastic. She told us the specials and answered all of our questions about the menu. I ordered the 1/2 smoked chicken with baked beans and potato salad. The potato salad was the best! I got the Kansas City sauce and didn't think it was spicy but it tasted good. The chicken was just average, not the best not the worst. The baked beans were pretty good. My boyfriend ordered the blow-out burger and could only finish half of it! That thing was humongous.

Wanted to try some BBQ while in PA. We ordered some side dishes and nachos from this establishment.After trying BBQ all over the country, this place left us confused and a bit grossed out. The greens were totally saturated with vinegar. That was essentially the only flavor they had. I do like vinegar in my greens, but not as the first and only taste. The yams were canned and had absolutely flavor at all. Nothing. The craziest thing was the nachos. The meat was not smoked at all. It was just very dry and had no flavor. The nachos came covered with raw California vegetables. Carrots, squash, etc. We thought it was a mistake so we gave them a call. The rude individual that answered that phone kept saying " that's how people eat them in Pennsylvania." According to any other restaurant we went to... that is not the case. They didn't want to make it right with us either. Unless you want tasteless and canned.... Go somewhere else.

Great place to go if you can't really find anything else. Small town place that has a nice ambience, decent service, and mid food. I had the blow-out burger which was rather messy and undercooked. Other than that. The service was decent and funny. 3/5

I have family in Mt Pleasant PA so visit at least once a year. I had been wanting to try Gorky's for a long while now and finally paid a visit.For starters you couldn't meet nicer people. There's a good vibe from the moment you walk through the entrance and the smells of smoked bbq drifting from the kitchen are enticing.We ordered ribs, pulled chicken and several sides. There's a wide variety of homemade BBQ sauces available. We tried three of them - Gorky's original, Carolina sauce, and the Fiery sauce. They were all good but the hot sauce could have packed a little more punch by my standards. Ribs were tender and delicious. The chicken was good, not great. As for the sides the cornbread is outrageously delicious. Runner up are the beans and chili. The only thing that failed to impress was the coleslaw, but there are probably a hundred different ways to make coleslaw. Highly recommend if you're in the area and hungry for BBQ done the old school way.Oh, and the Tshirts are epic.

Very personable server, and great ribs , corn bread is to die for. Hubby loved the potatoes and spicy beans and rice . Ty

this place has the best bbq every, i've come here for 3 years straight on my birthday and times in between. never disappointed

Slow services and unfriendly staff with overrated bbq restaurants. Walked in and approached the cashiers, took them 15min to acknowledge my existence. Then they complained about too many take-out customers then ignored me for another 15min. Why am I still standing here? Turned my back and walked out, then one of the waitresses/cashiers said "we will be with you in just a sec" Nice enough, I gave them another chance. And another 10min passed by.....Horrible services and still wonder why no dine-in customers. Lucky enough that you still have take-out customers.

Awesome owner! Definitely customer oriented:) super good service even with no reservations..

My wife and I ate there for the first time a week or so ago on a rare date night for us. The food was, oh my God, so excellent, and very fulfilling too. I had the Blowout Burger and felt like I was on an episode of Man vs. Food. I was able to successfully eat all of my burger, but not the fries that came with it. My wife had the brisket along with the salad it came with it and she said how delicious her brisket was. It looked and smelled very delicious too. Our server was great and kept coming back to check on us. Even though we were stuffed, we did a get dessert to take home for later, which was very good the next day. We will definitely go there again!

The brisket is delicious. Onion soup is yummy. Nice fresh salad. Will definitely come back.