Best Barbecue Restaurants in Utica

Good, no issues. Food was good, service was great no complaints.

In an age of far too many chain restaurants with their boring drink / food menus, what a delight to discover the Bitter Truth. Cool, welcoming vibe… friendly staff… and true cocktail expertise, we felt right at home. Oh, and the barbecue-forward menu did not disappoint. Owners Sean and Myra are fully invested and super personable. Eva and Ava took great care of us. We will definitely be back. Thank you.

Food was great and the service level was really good. We will be going back!

We had a wonderful experience and will definitely return to try some new dishes! The owner was very attentive, the food was delicious and we felt like we were at a relative place!

Beautiful establishment. Our server, while nice and accommodating took a very long time to get our drinks, even water and our food took over 46 mins after we ordered which took almost 30 minutes after we sat down. She was nice enough to honor the happy hour prices even though we were sitting at a table and not the bar, which was super nice. I tipped her well. But I would have appreciated a little bit faster service as it wasn't very busy.