Black Smoke

This restaurant delivers an American barbecue experience, blending traditional smoking techniques with local influences for a culinary journey. The atmosphere is warm, featuring an industrial and rustic design that adds to the character of the space. The menu boasts a variety of smoked and grilled meats, including ribs, brisket and sausages. Portions are generous.

Adding more to my comment since the restaurant replied to me; first of all I recommend you to check your own menu because you aren’t aware of the prices. You have a tasting menu for 79.99 euros per person. You have almost 0 signature cocktails, and the staff couldn’t even manage making a jack and coke. Thanks! Atmosphere and interior design is great, service is super slow. We ordered the combo that costs 80 euros per person, did it worth it? No. I’d recommend you to directly order meat, I can’t say they’re very good with appetizers. Pastrami was extremely good! Their cocktail selection is very bad, not diverse at all. They can be more creative with all the sauces they have.

(This section new) Unfortunately after the reply of the owner I've had to lower my rating to 1/5 from 3/5. Doubting my sister's qualifications is terrible. Insulting her & my integrity is a bridge to far. My goal w a review is to give people what they need to make an informed decision. The staff being friendly and professional and the venue being nice doesn't make spoiled sides any less spoiled. If it was a bar it would have been a 4.5. If I was a carnivore and only ate meat a 5. However given the fact that it is labelled a restaurant and at its pricing point it actually warrants a 1/5 which I decided to make a 3/5 because everyone has a bad day sometimes. Hence me explicitly mentioning the date and the fact that the old chef was gone. Thinking I don't want to punish a restaurant too much for having a bad day. I hope your chef is fine and she ends up making the best side dishes for beautiful meat in the future. And I hope the person writing replies to reviews takes a pause in the future to think what the person's goal is and whether silence is golden might apply. Kind regards. (Original review) We ate here on Wednesday 28th of August and had 9 to 1 Texas Style Brisket (beef brisket - their signature dish) and Perfection Plate Solo (combo of pulled beef and pulled pork). The meat was very good, (my sister invited me here after an earlier memorable experience) and the setting (rooftop bar) was quite nice on a sunny evening. However, side dishes did not look fresh and appealing. And after tasting them we concluded that they must have been made a whole lot of days ago. Goat cheese accompanying the corn on the cob even seemed rotten. After tasting them, sides were left on the table untouched (except the roast potatoes). We have never let a restaurant throw away so much food coming from our table. We informed the staff and they told us that the chef had recently left and that the new chef (formerly the sous chef of Black Smoke) had taken her position 2 weeks earlier. Make your own conclusion... The head waitress took our drinks off the bill, without discussion.

The food is great as always. The sizes were bigger before but enough. I received savoury salad and pickles so it was not making much sense. I will come again for sure!

Place with a special vibe. Food was good, not super special. I should have tried a piece of meat instead of the pulled pork. That’s their specialty it seems. Friendly staff.

If you know how brisket should be, then you might want to try the other dishes. It is sadly really hard sourcing the correct cut off meat for brisket here in Europe. It was more of a roast with not enough fat inside the meat, therefore it was a very lean piece of meat, the taste was really good though with lots of good pepper. I had the slaw and the smoked potatoes for sides and they were really good. Staff super friendly and beer selection okay 👍 Would definitely visit again another time.

Overall not the most pleasant experience. The food was mediocre and doesn't hold up to the American barbecue description. The atmosphere is pleasant and the music perfectly matched. Seating was okay for my partner, however the wood chair on my end had me shifting uncomfortably after 10 minutes. Servers were friendly, although not very attentive. We waited several times to be helped with drinks, and I would like to add that they were not that busy. Once, when trying to get service from the person that had helped us twice before, we got a quick (slightly annoyed) reply that the server was busy and would get someone else to help us. Leaving us confused as to who was actually serving us.. The food. Undoubtedly the biggest dissapointment of the evening. The pulled beef on the starters and mains were very dry. The beef brisket, although soft and tasty, was immensely salty, leaving us wishing our drinks weren't empty. The Charolais sirloin steak contained a lot of tendons leaving me with the unfortunate situation of having to remove the meat from my mouth, as my teeth had lost the battle. The sides were delicious, but we had hoped for the barbecue meat to be the star of the show. The positive highlight of the evening was the spectacular cocktails that were delicious. It is unlikely we will return to Black Smoke and can therefore not recommend it.

To much bullsh*t. More focus on the food then the rest. One of my best friends turns 50 a few weeks ago, a good opportunity to surprise him with surprise dinner. We ordered "THE BEST OF BEEF" and we went all in. The staff and service is pretty good, they are on top of things. Our plate arrived within 20 minutes. The food is good, I'm grillhead my self. The brisket was okay, it fall apart when serving on my plate. Brisket should never fall apart. I think they are using grass fed breed instead of grain fed. The rub is okay, I prefer the one at home. Brisket is challenging cut of beef to prepare . I had higher expectations, they are the pro's. Pulled beef was okay, at one 1 point I had enough, to much of the same flavor. The steak was okay, nothing outstanding. The ribs are good, we really likes those. From the side dishes I really liked the burnt little gem salad with miso dressing. Within a hour and half you're back outside the restaurant at the cost of €140,- for that kind of money I want to experience more different bbq dishes, instead all served in a one time. No black smoke for me anymore. It was a fun experience, way to expensive for what is served.