Best BBQ in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida — updated August 21, 2026
Three West Palm Beach smokehouses worth the drive, ranked by how well the reviews hold up: a South Dixie Highway pit with more than 1,300 ratings, a soul food BBQ counter on North Tamarind, and a Florida-style smoker doing wahoo dip alongside brisket.
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West Palm Beach barbecue is a short list, and two of the three strongest options sit within about a mile and a half of each other on South Dixie Highway. The local twist is seafood: smoked fish dip turns up on menus here next to brisket and ribs. Below are the three spots in the city that are actually smoking meat, ordered by how settled their reputations are.
1. Pig Beach BBQ Palm Beach
The most heavily reviewed barbecue restaurant in the city, with a 4.5 average across roughly 1,390 ratings, which makes it the closest thing to a proven pick on this list. It sits at 2400 S Dixie Hwy, and the menu runs past ribs and brisket into smoked chicken wings, pork belly bao buns, smoked mahi-mahi fish dip and a soft baked pretzel with cheese. Monday is the short day: 4pm to 8pm only. Tuesday through Saturday it opens at 11:30am and runs to 9pm, Sunday to 8pm. Happy hour is 4pm to 6pm Monday through Friday, which is the quietest window to get a table.
2. Off Tha Bone BBQ
The pick if you want barbecue and soul food on the same plate, and the highest-rated dedicated BBQ spot in West Palm Beach at 4.5 from 789 reviews. That is a large enough sample to take seriously, though not quite Pig Beach's volume. The kitchen is at 1516 N Tamarind Ave, north of downtown, and the operation is built around takeout and delivery rather than a long sit-down meal, so plan on eating in the car or at home. Call ahead at 561.904.6142 if you are ordering for a group.
3. Tropical Smokehouse
A Florida-leaning smokehouse at 3815 S Dixie Hwy that treats smoked fish as seriously as smoked meat, alongside burgers. The 4.3 rating is the lowest here, but it comes from 1,111 reviews, so it is a settled figure rather than a wobbly one. Starters include spicy wahoo dip, a brisket empanada, hot and sweet hushpuppies and chorizo queso. Note the schedule before driving over: closed Mondays, open Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30am. This is the original Dixie Highway location.
What we left off
Mission BBQ in Royal Palm Beach is a chain and outside the city, so it is out. Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q on Okeechobee Blvd is both a chain and listed as closed. Palm Beach Zoo and West Palm Beach Food Tours are worth their own guides but neither is a barbecue restaurant, and Desi Subs & Grill, well rated as it is at 4.8 from 776 reviews, is a sub and grill counter rather than a smokehouse.