The Broken Barrel Tavern in Palm Bay - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

From the outside it is not inviting or even hints at what lies behind the doors. The food was superb both had ribs. Service was exceptional. A proper place.

I used to love BB, but lately, the prices have skyrocketed, and food quality has dropped. I ordered their bourbon burger, and it tasted like a burger with balsamic poured all over it (takeout... ) the bun was soaked in it, and was gross when I got to it. The BBQ eggroles were burnt too. So sad that its taken this turn. The last two times have been like this. Please get better, and treat takeout like you do dine in.

The most delicious smoked foods! Incredible beer selection!! And great overall service...and live music is awesome too Return visit - fish and chips basket (mahi mahi) was the BEST fish and chips basket I've EVER had!!!

Great atmosphere if you're interested in something with low lighting and an easy pace. Good amount of space between tables. Bathroom was very clean and well-stocked. Server was good-natured and kept us in drinks throughout the meal. Pulled pork was amazing. Vegetables and coleslaw were a little on the bland side, but all in all, a great experience. If you're in the area, check it out!

These smoked and fried wings are the real deal...

I really like thus place. The food and service are quite good and it has a nice atmosphere Game days are the best

This place is the best. Their barbecue is absolutely incredible and I love the sauces they offer. Outstanding staff! Great beer menu selection. Fun lively entertainment.

Best wings in town hands down coming from someone that’s a cook this place is amazing.

Great sports bat with sit down seating. Food is delicious. Ask from Steely, great waitstaff and customer service.

Fun place. They do trivia with electronics seemed pretty cool I may try that next time we go.

Busy. Good prime rib sandwich special.

We moved our group bike ride here a few weeks ago. Thought it would be a good place to meet and have dinner afterwards. The owner conveyed that he did not want bicycles on the property. It’s too risky to leave expensive bicycles outside especially in the run down shopping center where this establishment is located. Plenty of other locations are nicer and more accommodating. Adios!

Americana smoke house. Great food! Full bar! Their sauces are all amazing.

Great waiter, loved the music even kid friendly

We came in for a quick dinner and Abby took great care of us and she was nothing but attentive and outgoing. Ask for Abby! She is great and very personable! We love her!

I have a business in the same plaza as the Broken Barrel and I've finnally decided to try out their food. For take-out I ordered a pulled pork rib sandwich with bourbon bbq sauce, chip fries, and ranch. All of the food was excellent. The insterior was clean and had a good atmosphere and the staff were friendly. I will be eating here again.

Okay you feel tricked. French fries are really chips and your waitress does not tell you. Did not tell ys about drink specials. Food mediocre at best.

Very interesting take on wings! Smoked- fried! You definitely get the smoke, very good, worth trying, just different from the crunch of deep fried.

It serves a niche, just not for me.

Overall mid dining establishment. 2/5 stars. Food was average. Would not recommend.

Paul was our server and did a great job! There were 6 of us and all of our orders were correct. Very nice environment for our family.

We were bored with local choices for takeout for dinner. We hadn't been to Broken Barrel for a while. We have always gone there for dinner. We ordered smoked wings, St Louis ribs, sweet potato fries, home made chip potatoes and coleslaw. We got it home and fit it all on 1 Ninja tray and baked it for 10 minutes. They gave us 3 sauces: A jous gravy, a worchester vinegar and a pineapple bbq. All very good. This was the best food I've had since moving to Florida 14 years ago. The ribs are unbelievable. The chicken equally great. The potato chips crispy and hot dipped in the sauces was fantastic and the sweet potato fries a nice finish. Their food is very thoughtfully made and packaged great. Well worth the money. Thank you

We had the best pulled pork and their smoked wings were fabulous 😍

We had our 25th wedding anniversary party there this past Saturday evening. We rented the front room and had a wonderful time. We only had 2 things we would like to see change .... That is the way the tables are set up for people to eat at and the speaker was not great for the juke box. By the way I used to not like the wings... They are amazing now... Thank you for being there for us on our special day.

Used to be our go to.....it's going down hill fast. Food tonight was definitely microwaved- either way too hot or cold.

I like the smoked and fried wings. They can be eaten saucy or not, and the sides are all very good. The pulled chicken is good and there's a few appetizers that I really like. Having some pool tables and darts also makes for an good time.

The bartender named Chris, was such a dream, and adorable. I will be coming back for sure!!

Came in for the ribs. 2 pounds is perfect. Best ribs around

Haven't been here in ages, just kinda off our beaten path. Smoked wings and turkey, and house baked beans and blue cheese fries as good as ever. Top notch beer selection too. Just returned 5/30 hasn't changed still great BBQ and beer selection.

Held an event in the back room and had it catered... thanks Heather for helping arrange this and thank you to the servers they were great!! The food absolutely delicious.

I was very disappointed in the burger and fries. The fries weren’t any fries I’ve ever had. I don’t get to order food out a lot so this was a splurge for us and it was so not worth our monthly splurge.

What a great place! Stopped in for a drink and then had a few more. Fantastic Happy Hour. Our bartenders Ben and Eric were super fun! It was our first time here and they offered us a sample of their pecan smoked chicken wings. Absolutely delicious! We WILL be back! 👍👍

Smoked wings are great. Don't even need wing sauce.

You wouldn't know it by looking at from the outside, nestled in a shopping center, but the food and service were great here! Would definitely go back. We just in the mood for wings and got them smoked. They were great just smoked and naked but we did pick a few sauces to dip them in. Highly recommend the bourbon bbq and the Hawaiian BBQ. I also got the butter Parm garlic sauce. Loved all three of them. The jalapeno cornbread has just enough heat (for me) with a drizzle of honey on it. For dessert we each had the bread pudding. Wow! It was awesome!

GREAT PLACE... LINDSEY IS THE BOMB 💣... BBQ DONE RIGHT

Delicious food, awesome service.. very cool place.

Their BBQ is made with care, and expertise. Their draft beer list is great, and they are a rarity in that they carry a bottle craft beer selection as well. Everything they cook is one of a kind, no shortcuts. I love this bar!

Great food, great service. Been a family favorite for 15 years.

Ribs off the hook friendly staff nicely priced huge salads highly recommend barbecue egg rolls and onion soup excellent

Food is amazing. Friday night music is perfect.

All around good. Fast service, good food, good portions. Great bread pudding for dessert.

Amazing food, Abby was great and made our experience the best it could be, she was Awesome!!

Hidden gem stop by and find out why

Great assortment of crafted beer.Good food,excellent server very knowledgeable on craft beers.

Brent is awesome the wings were amazing

Was DELESIOUS!! People were nice definitely plan to come back! 😎

Great place to stop for lunch, play pool, and get drinks

We come for wings almost weekly but tonight was exceptional. We ordered wings and they messed up but they overly fixed the issue. The manager on duty was extremely kind (overly so) and I can’t say anything but thank you!

On vacation in Florida, we ate and spent the evening in this very nice pub restaurant. We had an excellent evening. The pulled pork is excellent! Special mention to the bar server, who made us particularly welcome! THANKS ! I recommend without hesitation.

Awsome bar food, and a big selection of beers. We are not regulars, and are always treated Great.

Great food. Great service. Great place to watch sports.

Picked this spot at random and was blown away with the quality of the food. Good service and friendly atmosphere

Food was horrible, got smoked wings tossed in habanero honey, the wings skin was rubbery & the sauce was so runny the wings tasted like nothing. The bbq sauce was almost completely liquid. The drinks we ordered from the bar came out horrible. I’m not sure what’s changed I used to frequent this place regularly but slowly the quality of food & drinks have gotten worse. I’m literally mad I’m spending money here on food that was this bad. Do yourself a favor go somewhere else if you’re looking for good food & drinks.

Best smoked wings I've ever had....habanero honey and Hawaiian BBQ...were the best!!!!

Private event apparently means you can be rude to anyone else that's walks into the restaurant.

Not an upscale place, tshirt and shorts/jeans. Ribs are dry rub, Hawaiian BBQ sauce excellent, BB burger very good. Pulled pork was nice. Fun sports bar atmosphere. Good choice.

This place never disappoints, love the wings.

It was just ok. The turkey sandwich had 2 small slices on it for $12 the sweet potato fries were saturated in ? My spouse loved the dry rub ribs. Baked beans were ok and the potato salad wa not to our taste. Server Ben was excellent, however and the live music was excellent as well.

I didn't get what I ordered and paid extra. I guess I should have checked. The wings are way to hard.

This was my 2nd time here and both times were a great experience. The food was delicious, the atmosphere very nice and our servers Ivan and Ben were simply amazing. I definitely found my new place to go 🥰

The food was good and service was excellent. But it was so loud that you could not hear yourself talk.

If you plan to have more than 4 people, make sure all of you are there at the time you try to get a table. They have a policy that they will not seat you until everyone is there??? This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard! Are you trying to make people go elsewhere?

Great place. Good barbecue, excellent beer selection, and fun atmosphere. Also excellent service - when our waiter got tied up with a large group, another waitress came over to help us out / cover for him. Ribs were very good. I need to go on a Wed for all you can eat ribs!

Chips were old enough to vote, bun extremely burn, no mushroom. Pickle and water was good

Excellent food and service! I love this locally owned bbq sports bar!!

Hot garlic wings crispy an wet are tha bomb

Attended a club gathering. The food was fresh and tasty. The service was excellent and atmosphere jovial. The prices were reasonable too.

This owner is a complete Jerk. He fired a father that broke his back for this company for 6 years. The father recently lost his car which the owner knew about. This father has 4 small children.How dare you!!!!! And around the holidays!!! His children will not get a christmas or a roof over their head now!! I hope you are proud of yourself!!!DISGRACEFULL

We had our company get together here on Friday night. The staff was very accommodating to our group. I did not catch our servers name but he was amazing! We kept ordering multiple appetizers throughout the time we were there. He always kept checking out drinks and took every additional order with a smile! Thank you so much for allowing us to have a great evening!

Very friendly place. I always have a great time. Great food and friendly service.

The BEST BBQ in town. And we're from Texas. We love the atmosphere. The ribs are my fav. I ordered 1lb to eat there and a second to take home. My hubby likes the chicken wings. The sauces are all great, too.

The BEST BBQ in town. And we're from Texas. We love the atmosphere. The ribs are my fav. I ordered 1lb to eat there and a second to take home. My hubby likes the chicken wings. The sauces are all great, too

Awesome food and service! Nice place to meet for drinks with friends.

Our server was very nice and checked on us often

It’s a bar like atmosphere and a little dark but the food is amazing!

I've tried multiple dish at this restaurant and they were all great! Really good food here and the service has always been good

Just got done with lunch with friends. The drinks were great and so was the service.

Me and my friends needed a good place to catch our Bucs game and we found it. This was a perfect spot to watch the game. Staff was amazing and great selection of brews. Specials ran all day for the games. Definitely would hit this place up if you’re in town. Wings were on point.

On the recommendation of a coworker, I ordered the smoked wings (x8). Taste was on par with other smoked wings, not overpowering, not underwhelming. The wings were tender but a little on the dry side. My sauces were Habenero Honey and Hot with Garlic, nothing special to report. I also ordered the Chip Cut Cheese Fries, and I DO NOT recommend them, nacho cheese and very chewy. Service was excellent, along with time to table.

Came here a lot but the past few times I have been here the service was rude ... This time the waiter was especially rude ... I also heard him complaining about his tip from table next to us. Slamming things on our table and being a smart a$* to us ...your not meg 'omallys get over yourselves

Last week I had their ribs, they were awesome! This week tried their wings. Not impressed at all. They were smoked and fried which were good but they came with separate sauces (very little) blue cheese was extra! Very expensive! Definitely not worth the price! Very disappointed! Not what you'd expect. And they didn't care....

9/5/23 - Got there to meet friends. Party of 5. Wouldn't seat until the whole party was here. If it were packed that might make sense. Oh well. That's a loss of income (drinks and snacks while waiting)!

Great food. Clean, cool atmosphere, friendly staff.

Used to take my clients here.... but 2nd now horrible... Flies all over our table. Food below par, service bad. LOVED the wings but leery about taking anyone again

Always a great experience at Broken Barrel! All the staff are great!! Ivan especially takes good care of us on Thursday nights at trivia!

As far as restaurants go in that strip mall Babcock south of Palm Bay road. Chili 🌶️, Burger King Got. Better too.... The broken barrel is a nice restaurant and it's a good place to go to and enjoy a meal it's less hassle, and it's kind of old school that you talk to you treat you like a person. And I met the owner and nice lady and also the staff. Call up and ask for all-you-can-eat Saint Louis style ribs I believe it's Wednesday after 5 pm, I'll call anyway and make sure they didn't sell out exact good...👍

Down right local favorite. Great food great service pool tables great cold beer. Hint the wings and ribs are awesome!!

Excellent smoked, fall off the bone, garlic parm and habanero honey… Don’t forget the key lime pie!!!

Caution: Avoid this restaurant if you have celiac disease, allergies or dietary restrictions. They are completely intolerant of food sensitivities.

The Broken Barrel Tavern-4700 Babcock St. NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905 3.5- Stars The Broken Barrel distinguishes itself as an unfussy tavern, offering homestyle barbeque (including meats smoked on-site). The tavern is located just inside Palm Bay Center. I had previously reviewed Broken Barrel, in my pre-Big Boy days. On that occasion, I had assessed a four-star rating. In the present, my appraisal will be 3.5-stars, owing solely to the enduring strength of the smoked wings. Incidentally, Abby is our ofitsiant qiz. Upon further review, ordering barbeque first thing Monday morning is likely far from ideal, as the pulled rib meat maintained a mushy texture and possessed a lethargic consistency. It betrayed the telltale aroma of a microwave reheat and presented as subpar fare, likely the product of yemeless indifference. Despite the admittedly woeful pulled rib platter and indeed standing in stark contrast, the eight wings were most delicious. These were perfectly smoked, exceptionally tasty, and reminiscent of a caliber and quality that would allow them to be just as delectable, if eaten cold tomorrow. Big Boy Says, "Skip Monday's leftover barbeque and go straight for the wings."

The Broken Barrel Tavern-4700 Babcock St. NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905 3.5- Stars The Broken Barrel distinguishes itself as an unfussy tavern, offering homestyle barbeque (including meats smoked on-site). The tavern is located just inside Palm Bay Center. I had previously reviewed Broken Barrel, in my pre-Big Boy days. On that occasion, I had assessed a four-star rating. In the present, my appraisal will be 3.5-stars, owing solely to the enduring strength of the smoked wings. Incidentally, Abby is our ofitsiant qiz. Upon further review, ordering barbeque first thing Monday morning is likely far from ideal, as the pulled rib meat maintained a mushy texture and possessed a lethargic consistency. It betrayed the telltale aroma of a microwave reheat and presented as subpar fare, likely the product of yemeless indifference. Despite the admittedly woeful pulled rib platter and indeed standing in stark contrast, the eight wings were most delicious. These were perfectly smoked, exceptionally tasty, and reminiscent of a caliber and quality that would allow them to be just as delectable, if eaten cold tomorrow. Big Boy Says, “Skip Monday's leftover barbeque and go straight for the wings.”

Food may be great but their policy of waiting until most of your party is here really ruins the experience. I have been waiting over 30 minutes while people who came in after me are seated because some of my party is running late. Terrible service.

Best smoked wings ever and Ivan is pretty rad.

Service sucked…food was ok and less money than most places. Bartender was more concerned with cashing out and what tip we were going to leave him.

My office had a rep bring in lunch from BBT and they did not dissapoint! We ordered 16 individual lunch orders with special instructions, substitutions, etc. and each meal was perfect. The entire office was in agreement that BBT food and prep we all perfect and on point. I love this place! Thanks guys for our lunch yesterday you did great!!

Ordered take out this evening. The food was delicious and made exactly how requested.

Tried all you can eat ribs, but waiting 15 mins for 3 ribs was not worth it! Made our Anniversary dinner a sour moment

If you like salad as a meal, you have to try the salads here. I had both blackened chicken and smoked turkey salads. My friend had the Mandarin both times. Chef kiss to all! The best value and taste for a salad. Highly recommend. Also, the wait staff is so friendly and attentive.

Service amazing, Food amazing. Environment makes you feel like you’re out in the woods in the Carolinas. We loved it. We had the barbecue sampler, and the brownie à la mode for dessert

A unique tavern with friendly staff willing to converse. Excellent food, great atmosphere. We will be back!!