Reviews for Mojo Smokehouse, BBQ & Blues in Lakeland, FL
Old school atmosphere. Great service. Very good cocktails. High quality food. Several large groups being served when we arrived.... Everyone seemed happy. Background music at a perfect level. A couple of plates and glasses seemed to have residue on them. Doorframe near our table could use a good cleaning. Read more
Party of 4 ordered all different things and everyone was in awe of how delicious everything was. I had the quesadillas, out of... this world! All very generous portions. 8/15/22 update: Great experience again, St Louis ribs and burnt ends are delicious aswell. Great whiskey and beer selection! We enjoyed the conversation with our waiter Nathan, fun times! Read more
The service, food and atmosphere were outstanding. I will definitely be back. The server made great recommendations and knew... the menu well. Read more
Loved the food and atmosphere. Our server was great. Had the stew, mac n cheese and collards. Everything was fresh and... delicious. Can’t wait to go back. Well worth a drive from Orlando. Read more
One of the worst dinners we’ve had in a while. So many things went south. After being told the only available seating was... outside (it was a cold night), we expressed we did not mind waiting. We were seated immediately. Weird but we were happy to sitand enjoy each other as there was only two of us. Cocktails arrived fast and tasted great. Ordered a sprit after waiting about45 min for our order. Sprite was all carbonation, they replaced the drink and fix the Sprite, no big deal. Couple minutes laterour food arrived, wife ordered a chicken sandwich and after a couple bites she realized it was raw, no joke 100% raw, notcooked, still bleeding, maybe sat down on a hot surface for a minute or so! We told the wait staff, she took the plate andoffered a replacement and we politely declined. The manager arrived after a bit and said something to the effect, ya I saw it,it was raw and that he will be removing it from our bill. So naturally I’m suspicious now. I ordered the three meat withsmoked chicken and the freaking chicken was raw! Not smoked properly with an obvious marble discoloration. Blood was stilloozing from the bone. Totally disgusted at this point and did not finish either meal. Read more
This is one of those sad times where I don’t understand the big deal about this place. Even before I visited Mojo Fed the... first time and still now so many people I talk to just rave about the place. But man, I just really don’t get it. I feel likeI’m the outlier of an inside joke. My first time at the Fed I had big expectations after hearing so much. And I wasn’tsuper impressed so I didn’t know if it was just a spoof, because that does happen. So later on I gave it another chance. Andagain, the food was just average to me. Come again a third time, not by my choice but that my party had never been there andwanted to try, and we all left clearly deciding we wouldn’t go back. I’ve tried different dishes here too- brisket, pulledpork, shrimp and grits, and none of it was bad, by any means. The shrimp and grits are super heavy and don’t mix well. Thepork is very dry when I’ve had it, and even the jalapeño corn bread is dry and way too spicy so you’re lacking your lipsbadly. Everything has been average at best and not worth spending the money when Lakeland really does have a lot of other greatoptions. Even just the presentation of the food is lackluster- on ugly dark blue splattered plastic plates and bowls. Onepositive is I do think the fried pickle app is pretty good, and comes with a nice sauce. My other complaint with Mojo Fed ishow insanely loud it is. The building is super cool- including “federal” in the name is so spot on because the buildingfeels like an old government (maybe it actually is?) building that’s very stately feeling, which is why I wish so badly I weremore taken with the food. But, even though the place feels grand, it’s really just one giant room, so when even a few partiesstart to come in, the noise level is tremendous. I’m saying- I can’t even hear the person 2 seats down from me speaking at amoderately loud level. It’s so loud it’s hardly enjoyable. Mojo Fed is very sadly one of those places I want to be betterthan it is. It’s Read more
We each had the 2 meat plate, one with brisket and one with turkey, and spare ribs. The sides of collard greens, cole slaw and... beans were all great. We also had the Frito Pie that was really fun and good. The banana pudding was stellar, so was the OddCouple cocktail. Our server, Derek, was very helpful and nice. The building is ready neat too. Read more
Our meal and service were good. What we ordered was a choice of (3) three meats with (2) two sides which were smoked Turkey,... smoked chicken and smoked beef brisket. Buttermilk chicken breast with (2) sides. The small cup of chili (beef brisket) had nobeans and has a good kick to it. Fried shrimp (tossed with sauce) as our appetizer, we decided to have the sauce on the side. Icouldn’t help to notice the chairs had left over food crumbs and I saw that as we were about to be seated. I cleaned it offmyself. If I saw it, whom ever cleared the table prior saw it . It’s a minor thing but hopefully it’s corrected goingforward. Read more