The Smoke Pit - Northampton

Food was excellent, service v good. Would go back again soon. One small thing was one of our party had the swordfish with salad, the salad was v sparse.

Even though the wait was quite long, when the food finally came out with it was absolutely fantastic, as it normally is whenever I go there! I had the ribeye steak, which was cooked perfectly and my friend, who had never been there before, had the platter for one, which she said was amazing. The staff were also lovely and our waiter especially. Already making plans to go again at some point.

The food itself was brilliant, and the staff attempted to be somewhat attentive. However, I was disappointed by the general lack of service provided and the fact that my chips arrived cold!

The food was excellent - and plenty of it - and great atmosphere. Even on a Monday night!! I would very much recommend the Smoke Pit.

Always friendly staff, great food. The chicken ceasar salad is a winner with me X Great drinks choice, the strawberry in the prosecco was a great personal touch.

Fantastic menu , great food and service was excellent a wonderful way to celebrate a 16th birthday , we will be back for more in the future

Fantastic meal and the service was second to none. This was our second visit and will definitely not be the last. I will definitely be recommending to all of my friends and family. Well done to Matt and the team .

we went for a friends birthday and booked the table on line without any problems, once we arrived we had excellent service and the was excellent too , very good value for money

Had a great night, Lovely atmosphere, staff was friendly and the food was amazing. It was especially very good for gluten free would highly recommend!

Booked at short notice for somewhere close to the theatre. Brilliant place. Great food, good portions, great beers and polite attentive staff. Innovative restaurant design. Mixture of American diner, retro and scrap heap challenge. Highly reccomend.

This awsn't our first visit to the Smoke Pit, and definitely won't be our last. A great restaurant - the food is really excellent, and good service also.

Overbooked and an extended wait we decided not to stay and wait due to it being extremely noisy and echoed like a school canteen. At the prices that are charged i would expect a more refined ambience. I wont book again due to the noise levels.

Excellent food, decent serve and a nice place. Will be back again soon. There are not many places serve ring this type of food and the smoke pit does it well.

staff really friendly, food was amazing, portion sizes are incredible & excellent value for money, can't wait to go again & we've recommended this place to all our friends

This was my first visit, I was impressed by the layout and the overall ambiance of the place, the staff were very pleasant and I could not fault the food, I would recommend to my friends and will definately vist again.

Food was fine. Service was poor - no engagement, no enthusiasm - didn't make you feel particularly welcome. Borderline on whether we will make a return visit.

Fantastic food well priced and very friendly staff,we took my 76 year old mother and she can't wait to go again she loved the food and the whole experience.its a fantastic place for the whole family any age

Great food and great service. Just a shame that some of the drinks are a little overpriced- more like London prices. Would recommend to anyone who is a true meat lover.

Amazing food, fab service. The cocktails were great. My boyfriend and I shared a burger platter, it was amazing. My mum had the best ribs I've ever tasted, and even my vegetarian sister found plenty of options (including the Mac and Cheese which was also delicious!)

Fantastic food, atmosphere and service as always! Great value for money, especially the St Louis ribs, best i've had anywhere. Smoke Pit's own BBQ sauce is also amazing!

Great Food. Great Service. No Pressure. Great Atmosphere. Great Music. A friendly welcome. No pressure to choose your food. Food is plentiful. No pressure to leave when finished.

Excellent food and service. Staff were very friendly and the speed of service was perfect. Quality of the food served was excellent and matched the description on the menu

Group of 4 adults and one child for evening dinner. Very busy but staff courteous and helpful. Good food, good atmosphere, but quite expensive. Would recommend for meat eaters!

Amazing food and superb service! Very pleasant surroundings and waiting staff were very friendly and attentive despite being really busy. Will definitely be going back!

Fantastic food and fantastic atmosphere. Drinks service was abit slow but other than that can't fault the restaurant. Keep doing what you're doing. BBQ Heaven

Lovely food, a little too loud to talk and we were a bit rushed by staff to vacate our table once we had finished eating. However I do love it and keep going back

Good service, excellent food, great atmosphere. Only reason I didn't give it a 6 is because they sent out the wrong salad - but it was nice so I ate it. Bottomless soft drinks machine was pretty nifty too :) Would definitely recommend - good for big appetites and meat lovers. Will be back for sure.

Food was simply stunning. Decor etc sets the tone perfectly for what they do. The service is a little slow and the food takes longer than you'd like. But when it arrives its simply brilliant.

Delicious food and lots to choose from, generous portions, attentive staff who were not pushy. Desserts were surprisingly big as well - so probably best to share!

Easy to book, The place is amazing so modern and industrial. Food was excellent. Service was good, but we were asked if we wanted dessert menu, we said yes, but it didn't arrive?! Will definitely return and take friends and family. Very child friendly.

We had no complaints with the food, we just had to wait quite a while as a lot of people had been booked in. However, we were offered some free drinks. Good atmosphere.

Fantastic food and excellent service! Well worth the cost, make sure you book well in advance if you want to go on a weekend to avoid being disappointed!

Had a great meal, couldnt finish it all so have that to look forward to today!! Can't wait to go back. I wouldn't take any vegetarian friends.

Another fantastic meal. Staff efficient and friendly. Made to feel welcome as soon as we walked through the door. We were early but our table was ready so were shown straight to it. Food was great.

Great atmosphere, the service was execellent and of course the food was well cooked and delicious. Try and leave enough room for the creme brûlée ice cream...wow!

Excellent all round experience. Food super. Service super. BUT drinks too pricey and the long island iced tea had the incorrect ingredients but otherwise all good.

The only thing I can say is that it was ok, the food was nice and the people were nice. Wasn't blown away by the food but being a smoky bbq place I expected a bit more Smokey flavours instead of everything being drenched in sauce.

We had a fantastic time. The staff were brilliant, the venue was fab and the food gorgeous. Highly recommend the nachos for starters :D Portions are huge and the taste is fantastic. Will go back soon

Very friendly staff with great value for money food. Excellent location that keeps you looking for more. Will definitely go again as the atmosphere there is lovely.

We love the food here, first time trying puddings and I had a key lime pie and asked for vanilla ice cream rather than the raspberry sorbet it came with. It was delicious. Also had the free refill drinks which is a great idea too. I had the chicken ceasar salad and hubby had a platter. Always a winner

Amazing food, would defo recommend. Tasty, plenty of food but couldn't manage a pudding. Staff bent over backwards to make us feel welcome and happy

First time visit to the Smoke Pit, and overall an enjoyable experience. The BBq food was well presented and tasted delicious, only negatives where all the side dishes grated carrot, pineapple, gherkins etc had all been either pickled or doused in vinegar. Which no one liked (appreciate that this could be personal preference, but considering all five of us didn't like it, I am going to say a heads up would have been nice). The biggest let down was the staff, although friendly and polite. It certainly didn't appear that any of them had ever worked in a restaurant before, they where keen enough to take the main order. But there was no explanation offered about how things worked, did we want sauce of certain things, what flavour smoke was being used, or anything. There was no come back to ask if we where ok, or how our food was, would we like anymore drinks. Again no one was rude, but we had to ask for our bill twice. And even then it took 30 minutes to get it. Considering this is the only bbq restaurant in Northampton, with some basic staff training it could be great.

Great service despite being very busy. Great choices on the menu. Some dishes slightly over priced. Great choice of cocktails too! We were sat next to the drinks refill machine which was irritating. Food tasted real good- we will definitely go back and hope we sit somewhere different!!

Great place, very nice friendly staff. The food was very nice. My partner and I had a sharing platter and it was great, I would definitely recommend

Straight forward menu, friendly and efficient staff, big portion sizes, not too expensive. The best grated carrot you'll ever taste. All in all a nice place to have dinner.

Good menu excellent food, very nice resturant nice atmosphere, everywhere looked clean shown to our table very quickly service very good, staff nice and friendly very helpful. Will definitely return and would recommend to friends and family.

Great food. Service was a bit slow. We go again.

Had a great time, loads of food, great cocktail, very friendly service. Will definitely return as could not fit in a dessert this time. Definitely recommend a visit.

had wait 5 minutes for our table so they gave us our first drinks for free which was awesome,food was lush and staff so friendly and helpful

Great food! Just a little disappointed that the birthday cake was brought out without us asking... Other than that, great place! Will be visiting again!