Smokey Stallion

A group of us stopped in after our "feed the Homeless " event. We all managed to sit at the bar. We were greeted with warm smile and a gracious hello by our bartender. She was very professional and personable as she took our orders and made great drinks. Our orders came out fast, hot, and delicious. Stopping there was an excellent choice

Pulled chicken tasted days old. Cole slaw and potato salad were store bought quality. Burgers were super small. The fried pickles and tater tots were decent. Service was fine.

ParkingBeing right downtown I assumed I would have to pay for parking. To my pleasant surprise I was able to find free street parking close by. If you aren't able to find street parking, I did notice a garage around the corner. ServiceOur waitress was kind, attentive and answered our questions about the menu. We appreciated her honest opinions.AmbianceBeing a Friday, I expected there to be much more of a crowd but there wasn't. And that's fine by me! I can see this being a popular place during game days. There is lots of seating and a nice bar area. There are a fews mounted onto the walls that were displaying sports shows.FoodThey do have happy hour specials. I arrived just after happy hour ended so I wasn't able to take advantage of any of the deals. I ordered smokey marg and the fish plate. The plate came with two sides and I decided on greens and the mac & cheese. My marg was good - a bit too sweet to compliment the smokey flavor but still a good drink. The fish had great flavor and cooked well. My favorite part of my meal was the collard greens. The mac & cheese disappointed me - it was too heavily seasoned with garlic powder. I opted for the dirty rice instead which was also heavily seasoned with pepper but not bad.For a $15 plate I hated that I was given plastic ware to eat it with :(

12/30/2023 @ 4:00pm approximate arrival. I would not recommend anyone to go to this resturant. I only gave it a two(food) because my wife liked the burger.First, there is automatically a 15% gratuity added to your bill (I tip well for good service as I used to work for service when I was younger). Force tip promotes crappy service. She took our order and never saw her again until the bill after 5pm. She already printed them ahead of time. No refills on drinks, how you are doing, NOTHING. She had no name tag and wore a yellow shirt. She went by indi on the receipt. This place should of been packed wall to wall since a stones throw to the Mercedes Benz stadium. No manager/owner checking in customers. Bartender brought out the food. No condiments on the table, we had to get up and go ask for them from the bartender. Again waitress no where to be seen or helpful. FoodAppetizer, Pretzel had no flavor and cheese dip was over cookedPulled pork sandwich was dry and wasn't a fan of the sauce (maybe it was just because of the little amount of sauce). Fries were great for some odd reason. Presentation looked good. My wife liked the stallion burger and fries. But again no service for refills. This is for the owner.Now this was really odd, drinks come out in a plastic solo type cup and silverware was pre-packaged white fork and knife with napkin salt and pepper. I get this for to go orders but not sit down meals. Come on owner this isn't that type of restaurant. This shows that this won't be in business much longer. The layout of this place was wasted by not putting in more seating. This place could be great location. The manager or owner should be out on the floor to check on customers (never did see them). Ticket time was way to slow with the amount of volume of people that were there. We paid cash, god knows how long it would of taken for that process.

We stumbled across this place as we parked in the parking deck next door. We had two hours to kill before the game started so we decided to go check it out and watch the Georgia before we headed to the stadium for the Atlanta United game. As soon as I walked in I didn't feel the vibe. Not one worker greeted us, we say the sign that said " please seat yourself" so me and my friends found a table and sat down. We waited about 10 minutes to see if anyone would come to us but nope. There were other customers there but no one came around after they got their food. After 10 minutes went by I decided to wave down a server. She came took our orders, brought us out drinks and someone else brought us out food. We didn't see her again until i waved an employee down AGAIN for our check. The place wasn't even busy for them to not serve us. And I was annoyed that they automatically added 18% gratuity for 3 people because they didn't deserve it! Right before we left a group of people came in and played their instruments which was cool to seeAs for the food, we ordered the sampler platter. Which I didn't really care to eat. I took a few bites and I wasn't a fan. The brisket, and chicken was really dry. Ribs were okay but the brisket was really most and had good flavor. The margarita was pretty good. I probably would not be coming back here

We came on a Sunday afternoon. The atmosphere was quiet and not so crowded so why not.We started with the rib tip appetizer. It was okay. They have an assortment of sauces with traditional, golden, and another one I can't remember. I'm a Carolina girl so golden sauce will always be my go to. As you can see in the picture, the rib tips are seasoned and fork tender. However, there was nothing special about them. It wasn't nasty but there wasn't a "wow" factor either.Because of the appetizer, I decided play it safe and ordered a Cobb salad with pork. Again, the salad was just okay, nothing wow. I would recommend that the salad needed some special seasoning or something to give it that umpf.Overall, service was nice, clean space, nice quiet day to enjoy lunch but I feel the chef is playing it safe with the food. For a bbq joint, I expected a flavor party. For the chef or kitchen staff, don't be scared, jazz it up the flavor ;)

The ribs and tater tots were great; so were the beans. Great ambiance enjoyed the music they were playing also had sports on tvs. Service was a little slow for it being sort of empty when we were there, food came out promptly it was the waiting for the Togo boxes and check that took a long time

This restaurant space has been unoccupied for quite some time so I have been eager to see what would replace the last business. Well bay-beeee this new restaurant did not disappoint! It is still a BBQ restaurant but this time, it is black owned and the proprietor is Cam Newton. The layout is the same as when it was Smoke Ring and it is still spacious and clean. I sat at the bar and originally came to try the ribs and the brisket but the Mayor had a large order that day that wiped them out of both meats. Therefore, I redirected and ordered the Fried Pickles, the Sampler Plate with 1/4 chicken and pulled pork with the sweet and spicy BBQ sauces, dirty rice, and collard greens to eat and the house margarita to drink. When I say EVERYTHING was delicious?!! I was pleasantly surprised that the meats were so tender and the sides were so flavorful! The bartender/bar manager Khas was dope as heck! He was pleasant, patient, personable, and made my experience 100% awesome! I will most certainly be back and look forward to becoming a regular at this spot.

What better way to deal with the blahs of a rainy day than to go out for BBQ. Smokey Stallion did not disappoint. The service was friendly and the food was down home good!! I'll be back for sure.

I went to eat here on a Saturday before a concert. The service was awful. It took 10 mins for them to even get our drink order. The drink order came out 15 mins after that. Only one drink came out. We had been sitting for 30 minutes one of the drinks never came out but our food came out long before. There was maybe 15 people in the restaurant but the service was not willing to take care of anyone but people at the bar. Multiple people walked out before their order was even taken.