Best BBQ in Naples
Naples, Florida — updated August 24, 2026
Naples is short on dedicated smokehouses, so the barbecue worth driving for comes from a catering kitchen off Immokalee Road and a wood-fire grill near Neapolitan Way. Here are the independent options that actually cook the food this guide is about.
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Naples has plenty of restaurants with barbecue somewhere on the menu and very few places built around it. The list below is short on purpose: national chains and steakhouses were cut, and so was an Asian restaurant whose listings say it is turning into a pizza and pasta spot. What remains are three independents, two of them well rated but on modest review counts, which means promising rather than proven.
1. Herb's Catering & Best BBQ
This is the closest thing on the list to a dedicated barbecue operation: a catering kitchen on Immokalee Road whose weekly menu runs to pork, pulled chicken, ribs and sliced brisket. It holds a 4.8 rating, though from 68 reviews, so treat that as a strong early signal rather than a settled verdict. The important practical detail is that Saturday orders run 1 to 4 PM and you call ahead to schedule a pickup time on 239-821-6902. Listings show two different Immokalee Road addresses, so confirm the pickup point when you book. Come with a plan, not an appetite for browsing.
2. Backyard Fire Grill
A cherry wood fire grill doing domestic baby back ribs alongside chicken, wings, steaks, chops and seafood, with beer and wine. The rating is 4.8 across 73 reviews, which is the largest sample of any genuine barbecue-adjacent independent here, but still small enough that a handful of visits could move it. Hours are tight: Monday through Saturday, 3 PM to 9 PM, closed Sunday. That afternoon opening makes it an early-dinner option rather than a lunch one. It sits on Neapolitan Way, a short hop from the Tamiami Trail corridor, and it is grill cooking rather than a long-smoke smokehouse, so set expectations accordingly.
3. Liki Tiki BBQ
Included with a caveat. Liki Tiki sits on Tamiami Trail North near downtown, and its own site lists daily service for lunch, dinner and late-night drinks, with happy hour from 4 to 7 PM. One aggregator listing marks the business as closed, and the two phone numbers published for it do not match, so call before you drive over. The rating is 3.9 from 109 reviews, the largest count of the three and the weakest score, which suggests an inconsistent kitchen rather than an untested one. Worth a look if you want barbecue within walking distance of the Fifth Avenue area, not if you want a sure thing.
What we left off
MISSION BBQ was removed as a national chain, as was The Capital Grille, which is a fine-dining steakhouse rather than a barbecue restaurant. Scoreboard Social is a sports bar with pizza, salads and pretzels on the main menu and does not fit the premise. Zen Asian BBQ was cut on two counts: it is an Asian tapas and sushi restaurant rather than a barbecue house, and reports indicate it is closing and becoming a pizza and pasta restaurant.