Top rated Barbecue restaurants in Raleigh, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Barbecue restaurant

👍👍 Get ready for a nap! OMG, you get so much food for the right price. The first things I was impressed with was the pricing! For just $12 you can get one meat, hush puppies, coleslaw, and two sides like banana pudding and Mac N Cheese. WOW! Now the location is not ideal if you are expecting a restaura...

4.80 (250 reviews)

SmokeStacks Cafe

Barbecue restaurant

👍👍 My second time in here was as good as my first. Once again we came for Sunday lunch/brunch. They open at 11 and we arrived at 1140 and it was a 30 wait for a table for 2. No problem. The weather was nice so we ordered drinks and waited outside for a table to open up. Once again, they make a great Ol...

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4.80 (244 reviews)

The Capital Grille

Fine dining restaurant

Outpost of the upscale steakhouse chain offers classic American fare & a clubby, refined setting.

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4.60 (1.7K reviews)

Midwood Smokehouse

Barbecue restaurant

Regional BBQ specialties served up on plates & in sandwiches in a roadhouselike setting.

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4.60 (390 reviews)

Ole Time Barbecue

Barbecue restaurant

Down-home BBQ joint serving meat-&-3 plates at lunch & dinner, plus tailgate-party platters to go.

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4.50 (1.6K reviews)

City Barbeque

Barbecue restaurant

Counter-serve smokehouse chain offering classic barbecue fare in down-home settings.

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4.40 (2K reviews)

Sam Jones BBQ

Restaurant

Easygoing restaurant preparing chicken wings, plus grilled poultry & beef sandwiches.

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4.40 (1.2K reviews)

Longleaf Swine

Restaurant

👍👍 All I can say is, get the banana pudding. I don’t even like pudding, but this hit so good. 🤣 The outside bar was really cute and had a nice feel/vibe to it. The bartenders there were very helpful in letting my husband and I know about their ingredients in some of the cocktails and they made some su...

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4.40 (376 reviews)