4 Rivers Smokehouse - Winter Park
Reviews
Food was an average price. 31 for two adult sandwiches and a kid's meal. Pulled pork was dry and tasteless, potato salad was soup, sweet tea was meh, ice machine was out for most of the meal, jalapenos were stuffed with ricotta so watch out for that...This is not a saucy BBQ joint. You've got liquid sugar and hot sauce at the table, but nothing else on hand. Cuban sandwiches were great, but heavy on the mustard for the quesadilla. Sweet potatoes, coleslaw salad, and fried pickles were great. Really interesting batter. Atmosphere was good and layout was great, but for some reason they have music BLASTING at the ordering counter so it was a serious PITA to order. Service was pretty good, but the manager was not having a good day or something. My bf went to exchange the soupy potato salad and that was a no questions asked exchange so yay, but the manager either didn't know what was going on or didn't care, and shoved the next customer's food down the line in front of my bf so he had to reach over her food to grab the sweet potatoes. That's ew.
The food is good and is somewhat fair-priced. It was a much better restaurant 2 years ago though. They have increased their prices dramatically (30% or more in many cases) and reduced the amount of food substantially as well. It shows in their lines as they are much shorter now than before. Thinning the herd I guess. Before I would highly recommend it, not so much anymore. I told my spouse several years ago that 4 Rivers had a great situation if greed didn't take over. I think that's what's starting to happen.
I catered a dinner with several girlfriends for our friends son. His only input was that the food came from 4 Rivers. The catering manager, Ashley, was extremely helpful as I had no idea what to order for 75 people. No pork was allowed to be included in the menu. Somewhat of a challenge. Our delivery came exactly on time, to the minute. Efficient, polite and worked so hard. Our guests were from out of town and they all raved about the food. We asked for the pulled brisket to be extra lean and it was. Pulled chicken was wonderful. The desserts were outstanding and all the hostess were so happy we didn't knock ourselves out baking! Yummy Thank you 4 Rivers!
Definitely my favorite bbq restaurant. Great food and not too expensive. They have the best brisket and all of the sides are amazing. It's a lot better if you call ahead though, the lines can get a little crazy.
Best smoked bbq in Orlando. 1st time place was packed and the lined moved pretty fast. Ice tea also very good.