Texas Smoker - Newcastle upon Tyne

Wow! After living in the UK for 33 years and searching everywhere for real, authentic smoked BBQ food, I finally found it at the Maid of Stone festival in Maidstone, Kent. I tried the Brisket stack Burger and dirty fries and they were AMAZING! They even had their smoker oven right there at their food stall, the smell was incredible. Texas Smokers is truly the best smoked food in the UK. Well done to the team!

The Texas Smoker restaurant, located in the popular 'Stack complex' in the center of Newcastle, was a disappointment from start to finish. The menu boasted about their slow-cooked brisket and other food items, but my order of 'cowboy nachos' for £8 was a letdown. After a ten-minute wait, I received a tiny tray of nachos that looked good on the surface but were actually soggy and covered in Heinz baked beans. To make matters worse, they had drizzled sour cream on top and added a slice of jalapeno. The overall experience was dreadful, and it was clear that the restaurant didn't feel the need to provide quality food because of its location in The Stack. I will not be going back - baked beans on chips is not my idea of a good meal.

Ordered “loaded” fries but there wasn’t anything loaded about them. Just some fries in a box with beef brisket in a stale brioche bun. That’s it. And for £9 a complete rip off. Friend ordered loaded fries from the Greek place and got what I expected, big plate of fries covered in sauce/chicken. Never going back.

We were looking around Stack today and the delicious bbq smell drew me straight in! The food was made freshly for me and tastedj ust as good as it smelled! The portions were quite good as were the flavours. Staff were really friendly too!

Whilst visiting the stack on Saturday we were seated just opposite the Texas Smoker after a few drinks we felt the need for food, there wasn’t a massive choice but enough, we ordered the bbq fries onion rings which arrived red hot were really lovely, a very pleasant choice