SmokeEaters
| Address: | 3175 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA |
| Phone: | +1 408-970-3300 |
| Site: | smoke-eaters.com |
| Rating: | 4.1 |
| Working: | 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–1AM 11AM–1AM 11AM–12AM |
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Seth Peters
Tips and tricks (from a regular customer): 1. Boneless only. The traditional bone-in wings here are mediocre and overpriced. One boneless wing is comparable to a chicken breast cut in half. Come on Thursday for discounted boneless wings. ($8 for 3 wings) 2. Sensitive stomach? Get the sauce on the side. This place will drench your wings in sauce. If you have a sensitive stomach or a meeting after lunch, get the sauce in the side. 3. Dont use the hard plastic cups for water. Use the disposable cups. The hard plastic cups for water taste like the wash rag or sponge they were cleaned with. Avoid ruining your delicious meal by selecting a disposable plastic cup. 4. Look at the beer selection. There is always a great selection of beers on tap. Dont order before looking at the beer selection or you might end up waiting in line twice. 5. 3 is all you need. If you have an average of slightly over average appetite, 3 boneless wings is right for you. Like previously mentioned, the boneless tenders are the equivalent of a chicken breast cut in half the hot dog way. 6. Validate your parking. If you park in the parking garage near the place they will validate your parking. If youre not sure what parking garage, ask someone who works there.
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J.D. Ortiz
Chicken tenders are great. I got them with sauce on the side, honey sriracha and traditional (buffalo). They werent fried like most places. They were more like a English-style beer batter.I dont know if Ill try the wings next time because the tenders were so good! Tater tots were good. The basket is about the size of a large fast food portion. Chicken nachos were OK. I thought they needed more shredded cheese. There were many beers on tap. I personally wish they would have had Firestone Walker brand beers (my preferred brand). The staff were all pretty young but friendly. This seems like a college hangout. I enjoyed the raggae playing in the house speakers. It was pretty relaxing lol.
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Danielle Curran
I love Smoke Eaters! Dont be fooled by the 3 piece chicken tenders, it doesnt sound like much but its definitely enough to fill up 1 person. They always have a ton of beers on tap, and some bottled as well. Anywhere you look in here will have at least 1 TV in sight. They feature all the NFL games (and other sports) + all of the UFC fights (theres a cover for PPV events). What they are best known for is there wings. Personally I always order the Honey Sriracha wings. Surprisingly, their burgers are also good. I recommend the Cali burger cooked medium.
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Derik Vo
Wings are good depends on the the cook. Sometime its the perfect crisp to juicy ratio. The sauces are hit or miss; I tried the inferno sauce and it gets vinegary the more you eat, it has a hint of honey and ketchup with dried peppers. The atomic has a ketchup and honey taste with a little kick with none of the vinegar taste. Nothing too amazing pretty average. WiFi is the second smoke eaters and the pass is hellfire95 at the time of this review. Tuesdays have .69 cent wings in increments of 5. Thursdays have tender for a dollar each.
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Hunter Blake
This is my first time here and I surely hope I caught them on a bad night. I got the 6 chicken tenders and some fries. The fries were good but the chicken was anything but tender. It was well over cooked and so hard that it scratched my throat on each and every bite. I only got two of the six tenders down and then went over to In-n-Out burger to get something to eat before my movie. If a group talked me into it, I might give them a second shot, but I would never come back on my own.
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Andrey Shevchenko
Основная фишка места - куриные крылышки с множеством соусов на выбор. Крылышки делают прямо в соусе и, на наш вкус, его слишком много. Лучше бы было давать соус отдельно. Также тут хороший выбор пива.
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Javier Urtubia
Beer here is great! The wings, well thats another story. If you are a wing traditionalist, this is not the place for you. The wings are breaded and fried and absolutely smothered in sauce. Im not sure they are hand spun at all. The traditional sauce is actually pretty spicy and good, but it definitely not a Franks Red Hot based sauce. Id say its Spicer. Taste good. But if you are into wings like you would get at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, this is not the place for you.
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Enow Neba Ayuk Ebott
The Waiter Forgot part of my order. My wings came out before the appetizer. Then for the first time in my life I had cold wings. COLD WINGS!!! How and where does that happen? Drinking water was in an open pitcher standing by the bar. No offense but anything could drop in it. I didnt feel like this place handled my food well. I wouldnt be coming here again, the only good thing they had going for them was their "Inferno" Wings are actually nice and hot.
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Tomas Lopez
Great beer, horrible food service. Ordered the philly, came out as the "Tri tip". Took it up to the front (without touching the sandwich) and told them its not a philly like I ordered. The guy questioned me what I ordered, showed him the receipt, still questioned me. Told him to correct the sandwich, he was hesitant. Fries cold, wings cold. Wont be coming back for the food, just the beer.
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Tanay Gavankar
Got the 3pc tenders with fiery garlic sauce and a side of garlic fries. Really liked the fries, and the chicken was pretty good. The chicken had a very small amount of cartilage in it (which I dont like - but I might have just been unlucky) and the prices (particularly for the fries) were a bit on the high side. Overall, decent, but itd be really good if it was a few bucks cheaper.
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aron1327
October 12th 2016. 11:30 am Food sucked asked for crispy came under cooked ... Service sucked also pregnant order taker was rude made me feel like I was annoying her for being there . For 10 wings and a soda 18$ very pricy ...then I only got one ranch for 10 wings and when I asked for another ranch she said I had to pay for it ...just a horrible Lunch experience ...never again
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Bob Nash
Crappy service, small portions. Showed up for lunch, during the World Cup 2014. Cashier was rude and bored. Food came quickly, but portions were pathetic. 1/3 the normal/previous amount of meat in the Tri-Tip sandwich and 1/2 the amount of fries. Tasted OK but definitely wont be back unless extremely convenient or desperate... Or if someone else is paying.
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Stefanie Trimble Fluin
Best wings Ive had in the bay area so far - really delicious! Sometimes they go overboard on the sauce, so just be aware. The curly fries are good, and they have a good selection of beers. Usually dont like eating there because its too loud and typically playing sports on the TVs. Seating can be hard to find sometimes.
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mark burch
Had the philly cheese steak and fries and it was very good. A nice sized sports bar that has very good food. Only problem is seating, when at the bar its neck wrenching to look up to see the screens. If they could streamline seating so that everyone can see various games at the same time that would be awesome!
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Laura Panzariello
Lugar aconchegante e temático. Nas paredes tem capacete, blusa e outras coisas de diversos esportes. Atendimento bom. Diversas cervejas.
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Jarred Capellman
Hands down the best wings you will find anywhere. They have various levels of spicy (I like the atomic and fiery garlic) and to add further their garlic fries are amazing with a healthy portion of real minced garlic. If youre in the area definitely check it out.
