823 18th St N Building E #E, Brandon, MB R7A 1C6, Canada
Montana's BBQ & BAR is a Canadian comfort food restaurant and sports bar that is famous for barbecue cuisine. Enjoy in-house smoked pork ribs, beef brisket, grilled steaks and juicy burgers which are paired perfectly with catching the game. Montana's Brandon celebrates fun-to-eat, finger-licking smoked and barbecued comfort food that breaks the 'proper' rules. Located near Dinsdale Park & Valleyview Community Centre in the Northern core of Brandon. Experience the fun, casual and unpretentious vibe, where you can laugh heartily, cheer on the game and enjoy your friends and family. We can't wait to serve you.
5pm Mondays is apparently a busy time at this location. Reservations had many booths sitting empty while we ate our meal hurriedly and left. They gave us a choice of sitting at the bar or at a conventional table which just happened to be at the entrance to the kitchen where constant traffic made the meal even less appealing than it was. The patio wasn’t even offered as an option. Food wise, it was standard Montana’s food, however, not nearly as good as other locations. Plus, you would think, being seated right next to the kitchen the food would at least be warm. Not apparently at this Montana’s location.
Give makana a raise guys, she’s so sweet 🥺
3rd time dining at Montana's. It was my second time ordering the beef rib. Amazing taste but sadly slightly overcooked. It was quite a bit smaller than the first rib I've eaten there. The outside was tough (couldn't even cut it with a steak knife). The other time the rib was done perfectly. Maybe due to size the cook time was off? Anyways, staff was very friendly, food came pretty fast. Very cool atmosphere if you like farming and ranching. We had takeout once before and I had a burger. Don't remember which one exactly but it was the best burger I've had in Brandon. Our group ordered a variety of dishes and everyone was very happy with their order! I'm happy with the portion size too. I won't have leftovers to box up but a meal + a dessert fills me up quite nicely. Oh and they're very kid friendly!
Don't think I've ever had "bad" service here by any means. It's always good. But Phoenix tonight was the best to date. She is a very skilled server, the right amount of service and help, not too much or too little. Food was awesome to boot. The service is simply the best of any other restaurant Ive sat down at in Brandon. Keep it up guys, it's refreshing.
A dinner at Brandon Montanas was tasty. Chicken burrito bowl and pulled pork sandwich. Would order again ! A family restaurant with some kind of horn that kids can honk. This was a bit disconcerting and annoying. At first we thought it was an alarm but our calm waitress Allie assured us it was kids who had discovered the horn. I would not have this feature even in a family restaurant.
Great food, great service as always! We escaped there for supper after our ceremony and a long day running around the city! Lovely staff as always!
Our waiter was amazing. He was one of the best servers I have had in a long time thanks for being the best. We also had a delicious meal love the Kapow shrimp. Great job all of you involved
Amazing service, great prices, amazing food. Updated review: (Sept 2023) Love the new menu and the food is still amazing. Big thank you to our server, Karen. The beer is great
Great food
Great place to socialize over a meal
Excellent service. Had to book for a retirement party for upto 40 pers. Had no issues. Enjoyed that staff conducted the embarrassing song for the retiring member. Thanks for the great time.
Another great dinner with delicious food! :)
What can I say? Wonderful staff, excellent food, and our absolute favorite when in town.
Great food
Loved it! Totally would go back again, best ribs in the world.
I would like to thank Montana s for the horrible service last night. I thought after grade 3 people would stop making fun of my stutter, but I guess not thanks to the 2 montana s employees.
Had the all you can eat ribs. Our server was top notch making sure our drinks were always full and making sure everything was to our satisfaction.
Excellent service everything excellent
Best experience good staff
The meal was tasty. I had a good time with my family. Disney was our server, and she was amazing!
I appreciate Dennis making today a great day for me and my brother.
Do not order from Skip the Dishes. Forgot a side dish and entire order was cold. Phone went unanswered and Skip did nothing. $46 for 2 items. Total disappointment.
Food was great, good service. Price was acceptable.
we celebrate the best events in life here, the ribs are the best
Great food. Julie was our server. She was sooo friendly and awesome.
we are from Saskatoon and stopped in for supper tonight and as usual it was awesome.Special thank you to our waitresses tonight Ashley G.Very kind and did a amazing job taking care of us.
Got some drinks and applies. Great service drinks and food
Had the spinach dip. It was delicious and the service is always good.
Great wings
Very relaxing. Staff pleasant as always. Dietary restrictions: Very accommodating and transparent about the allergies and the menu. Kid-friendliness: Very friendly and understanding. We had a spill and they replaced the meal for free, which we did not expect
Had hot wings and chicken burrito bowl with chicken fajitas. It was delicious. Service was good. Staff were friendly.
Awesome meal
Love this place! Probably one of my top places to eat in Brandon! The food is always delicious and there is always excellent service. Even if its busy here theyre always super nice and frequently check in on how youre doing. Everything on the menu is good, especially the ribs, steak and Kapow shrimp and they have a nice variety of options to choose from. Definately one of my go to places to eat!
Great food & service.
Steak was amazing, highly recommend to try it
It was a pleasure to have Lauren as our server. Nowadays, you seldom get someone as professional, low-key (not pushy), and positive attitude, as she was. Thank you & hope to have you serve us next time. Service was a 15 out of 10!!! (Manager please take note) Vegetarian options: Vegetarian fajitas & the veggie burger are wonderful.
Fish and chips were great. However something was wrong with the cole slaw. My husband comment was it tasted like dirt.
I ordered the 10 oz steak meal for $36 and it was plain no seasoning or marinade which means they did no effort to cook it. The gravy tasted like water. My server Allie was awesome and saw the mistake and allowed me another order so I got the breaded chicken covered in white gravy and it was tasteless too it s like the cook doesn t wanna make a effort at all. Again the server Allie took all the cost off the bill which I did not expect, she got a tip. Montanas needs to learn how to use seasonings and marinades.
Had to wait when we went but we got a text when it was ready. The food was good and it didnt take long at all. Kid-friendliness: My kids were everywhere and not on e did anyone complain, but I tried getting them to sit still LOL
Good family restaurants with above average response for service.
Kid-friendliness: Kid friendly Food
I ordered fish and chips, fish came covered in dark brown batter with hard and greasy chips. Fish was also extremely greasy. I have had fish and chips at Montanas in Winnipeg, which were excellent. This meal was disgusting. I also found the ceiling rafters and all items hung around the walls, very dirty and dusty. I will certainly not return to this establishment, I now regret not complaining about the meal and paying for it. I ended up with a very bloated and gassy stomach all night.
Great place, delicious food, clean and atmospheric hall. Excellent staff. Well, the prices are not cheap accordingly. You can go once a month
Love the chicken burrito bowl!
Great food
Nice place, food is inconsistent.. sometimes good, sometimes just ok.
We love going to Montana because they treat you nicely! Plus, they always wish you Happy birthday when the whole crew lines up and cheers for you. It makes you feel special!
Great place, great food. Jon, the manager, plus all the staff are very friendly. Dietary restrictions: There is a great variety of foods to pick from if you have dietary restrictions. Kid-friendliness: Great kids menu!!
Had a good time with cousins. Cant complain about the food.
The place is cozy, but I didn t like the steak.
Great service and food .
My hubby and I receive Gift Certificates from family for birthdays etc from Montanas because it has always been our GO TO place to take out! We live out of town and always treat ourselves to a meal and usually take home with us! ( Sometimes we eat in).. This is the second time in a row that our order hasn t been correct it s frustrating to drive 50 minutes . Warm up supper and find our order is incorrect! ( not cool Montanas with the cost of food these days)! I repeated my order over the phone twice ( I m not going to lie) the Person taking the I order (I had to repeat myself a few times) . Even had to spell the pick up name (Rick) twice and it was even then under the name Kate when I picked up and paid! Montanas get your act correct . You are going to lose some very faithful customers!
Awesome service
Wednesday all you can eat ribs today were exceedingly slow with the food from the start and on repeat rib order. Usually they are much better. The food was good. Waitress was also good. Just slow from the kitchen. Food
The best in town!
Best restaurant in Brandon! Prices are relatively reasonable, as compared to other places.
Very good burger!
Great tasting food and and great service. A bit on the pricier end. Very good ambiance and atmosphere.
Great restaurant
Great place to go if your hungry! Serving are quite big and food tastes great! Our server Olga did a great job! Thanks
Very friendly staff. Food was great and quick to arrive at table
Good service,great ribs
Food always consistently good. Great place to take children due to the already loud fun atmosphere
Everyone does not want to listen to Christmas carols even though you guys are celebrating that.
Stepped outside my comfort zone, I usually always have ribs, but this time, I tried an amazing Buttermilk Chicken sandwich. Extremely tender and juicy.
Family went just before dinner rush and enjoyed their time. Would have appreciated if there werent tvs everywhere. Hard to keep the kids from staring at the screen watching internet shorts(tik toks). food came fairly quickly. Would consider coming again.
Chipotle firecracker burger is
Okay food and customer service!
We went to the location in Brandon during the very busy AG days week. We were seated quickly and served at a reasonable pace. Great place to go for dinner anytime.
Great service by Sarah!
I had the ribs and they were absolutely perfectly cooked. My daughter had the chicken wrap and the baked mac n cheese. The sizes are very filling for children and OK for adults. They give cornbread a lot as a side but mine didnt come with butter. Still good though.
Very busy and loud but fun
Disgusting, processed and un-fresh, frozen food. Dusty and dirty interior.
I had the restaurant all to myself around 3:30pm today (quiet time on a Monday, I suppose ). I ordered the alcohol-free strawberry lemonade which was so thirst quenching and delicious. I asked for a piece of cornbread with my cream of broccoli soup and was not disappointed. I wasn t a big fan of the antojitos (a texture thing, the flavour was nice a touch of spiciness, but the center was very soft and creamy [cheese]). The person who recommended them to me loves antojitos; I would have been won over by crunch rather than soft, moist, rich centers. The staff were very friendly and attentive, and I feel the cost of the meal was fairly priced. The next time I visit, it will be for the KAPOW! shrimp ,my favourite crunchy & spicy item on their menu. Oh, and probably another strawberry lemonade although I have had their alcohol-free stone fruit lemonade and it is also very tasty .
Had a great birthday lunch at our local Montanas yesterday! Staff were very attentive and accommodating for our large group, and the food was delicious as usual! What a great meal experience! Dietary restrictions: 1 of our family members has a dairy allergy, which staff were made aware of, and were then attentive to as well. Kid-friendliness: We had several kids in our group, and they all were provided with coloring papers and crayons, drink refills, and desserts!
Outstanding service, food was excellent and reasonably priced
One of our favorite places to dine out. Delicious every time. Best steak or burger around. Service is always fast and friendly.
Jill was so friendly. I have to say, the nachos are the best in town. Loaded and not a bare chip!
Had the most filling and enjoyable meal! Great service as well.
The southern fried chicken sandwich was amazing probably the best iv had And four cheese spinach dip is also the best iv had Food
National chain restaurant with excellent staff. Montanas menu is definitely geared towards ribs and BBQ, but has some healthy choices as well. Staff are well trained, pleasant. Food is good quality, good portions and tasty. reasonably priced.
Matt was an amazing server. The food was great and I definitely recommend the Randsom Long Island Ice tea
Love the ribs and wings
Use to have excellent ribbs. In-house smoking has toughened and dried them out ..
Ordered early for my dads 98th birthday.his favourite meal! Ordered for 10! Takeout! there were no errors and it was ready on time and hot! Thank you so much! Served by the manager and he was so helpful and pleasant! Thank you!
Took our two young children for lunch on our road trip and had a positive experience. Large portions for the price and food was very tasty. Restaurant is kid-friendly. Thank you to our server Pheonix!!
Always good food. Servers are awesome. Attentive, kind, hard workers.
Mackenzie was a fantastic server. Never had an empty cup and she seemed to appear the moment we needed anything. Great service! The food was also amazing everyone loved their chosen dishes!
I ordered a 7 ounce steak and it was like a big ball of meat very good but to hard to cut
Great food, great place....had a great evening..
Great food and fantastic service!
Its a good Montanas. Well run restaurant. If you dont like Montanas you probably wont like eating here because its is a Montanas.
I like the atmosphere of this place, but I dont like the food. Not much choice. I tried several dishes. I like the service. It is clean and cozy here.
A great place and overall experience! The restaurants manager, Jon is amazingly helpful. A true master of customer service!
Always enjoy Montanas. All you can eat rib night, just roll me to the truck after. Good service, wicked as always ribs and service with a smile.
Reserved in advance for a retirement party and they received, served us with great service. The food was good.
Had a chicken burrito bowl that was delicious. Went for lunch and food and service was excellent. There was more than enough food in the rice bowl. Parking: Lots of free parking
Food was okay, service was good. It seems it s gone downhill from when they first opened in Brandon I used to love going there.
Wonderful evening out in Brandon. Everyone enjoyed their meals! Dietary restrictions: Gluten Free Food : 4/5 |
Kid-friendliness: Our fav restaurant to take the grandkids Food
Would recommend this place to anyone. Great food, good service and nice atmosphere.
Music is always too loud!
Great steak with the fixings, love their beans. Busy place, friendly team. Definitely recommend. Nice patio, but too windy to sit outside, although some were.
Excellent service (MLee)! Food was great! Awesome atmosphere! Excellent Manager!
Smoke house chicken wrap is damn good.
Restaurant was not busy when we arrived so we were seated promptly. Not sure what happened after being seated, but we seemed to have been forgotten about. I flagged down a waitress who ensured we were promptly looked after. Waitress did a great job thereafter. Manager swung by the table at the end of our meal to apologize and he most definitely made it up to us. Stuff happens, I understand, was impressed by how it was escalated and handled. I will be back to Brandon Montana s next time I pass through in the future!
There are better places in Brandon with good food and good frequencies and vibrations.
Being from Montana had to try out Montana s. Service was great from the bartender. Food was great! All around pleased with the experience
Best
The food is amazing I love it so much
Service was decent, food was all cold but tasted good.
I love their service and hospitality it was fun
Great food, huge portions, friendly staff. Always a great place for casual dining!
Food as always was good tasty and actually arrived in a decent time frame this time; waited about 35 minutes for a table; waitress wasnt the most attentive and left dishes and empty drinks for too long.
Grilled shrimp was cold.
Good food, extremely filling.. Great service from our server Jordan.
Always a treat. Had the fish and chips and enjoyed it.
Great food , fantastic cornbread even though it has shrunk substantially, Please bring back the Cobb salad I miss it
Been here 3 times this year, food came out cold each time, tried the steak twice and it was so tough their knives couldn t cut through it(ordered medium rare), this place has really gone downhill in the past few years
Love the atmosphere, awesome food, awesome staff and service
We had great service from our waitress, Allie, even though our group ended up being late. Super apps and entres, lots of fun, and of course good birthday singing.
Everything was very good..... just if I was more rich I would go more often .
Good food! Great service!
Was extremely awesome
The food was hot when we got it. I ordered buttermilk fried chicken.
Great experience on our last visit. Good food and good service. They really made sure we were satisfied with our meal.
Food was great. We had Lauren as a server and she was absolutely incredible.
excellent experience
Really nice place to go eat and have a beer. I like it
The ribs were so old they CME off the bones in strings.. Worst ribs ever. Was so disappointing as u advertise great ribs.
Stopped in for lunch. Service was friendly and the environment was fun. Food was average.
Our server, Matt, was excellent. The food was good as usual.
A good evening with chicken fajitas, fried chicken and corn bread, plus 2 chicken burrito bowls, and our server was tops. Thanks Kiana!!
Great food
Food was good and tasty. I had the pulled pork which was delicious and the fries were cooked perfectly. The waitress we had was also, very nice and even took the time to talk to our 1 year old which thrilled him. A friend in our party had the ribs which is the only downfall I noticed as they didntappear to be very meaty, but that would be my only complaint. Kid-friendliness: Very polite and professional staff.
Food was super good friendly staff looking forward to eat there again
Great friendly service!!
Ribs were a bit dry, but steak, salad, mushroom skillet and wings were great as was our server.
Was fast and very good
Decent
Cool ambience, lovely service, great food, friendly staff. Parking: Free and easy parking in front of the establishment for at least 7 cars.
This is my first time EVER to do a review for a restaurant. Unfortunately for this Montanas location, its not a good one. I felt compelled to do a review as a buyer beware to others who may be thinking of ordering delivery from this restaurant. I ordered the Southern BBQ Combo for 4 from Skip The Dishes to be delivered to my sisters place only to find out that the order was not fulfilled correctly when it arrived. They received an individual-sized coleslaw instead of a family-sized coleslaw. And they only received one cornbread instead of four. I was so upset! Obviously, I expect to get what I paid for. I paid $90.03 for this order! I contacted both Montanas and Skip The Dishes to possibly get a refund for their oversight. To my utter disappointment, neither one offered a refund and/or Skip Credits to rectify this situation. It really is such poor customer service on both their part! So be warned, theres a chance that you will NOT get all of the food you paid for if you order delivery from here.
We were seated immediately and our server came and took our drink orders right away. Food order was taken and food was promptly brought to us hot and delish! Our waitress was great and would recommend this restaurant!
The ribs were amazing.
On Aug.10/2022 We took our visitors from Australia to experience all you can eat ribs. We arrived around 7:15. The restaurant was very busy. The initial service was quick, the four of us all ordered a drink and the all you can eat ribs. The food came in about 10 minutes. The French fries were ice cold and the ribs were cold, dry, tough and petrified. Clearly they had been sitting under a heat lamp for quite awhile. I called our server over and she replaced all of our meals with hot fries and hot, dry, tough and petrified ribs. It was unbelievably disappointing. A McDonalds McRib is more flavourful and tender. We felt bad for our Auzzie guests. We now had a new waiter who was sympathetic to our complaints but had no authority to comp us anything. I advised him that Montanas should be embarrassed serving this poor quality of food. Obviously everything is premade and is inserted in a microwave and or a heat lamp. Just because we came around 7 doesn t mean we she be served the scraps or remains of the day. Montanas use to be great place to eat, good dollar value. We do not recommend Montanas Brandon to anyone anymore. Avoid a disappointment, spend your money on local food establishments who care about what they serve. Not big chain restaurants who don t give a hoot about your dinner. They only get one star bc the beer was nice and cold.
Parking: In a mall
I went for dinner at this location last night, I sat at the bar as I was by myself. The food and service was good, however I forgot my sweater there, that I had hung on the back of my chair. The sweater was a blue, hand knitted sweater my parents bought for me from Newfoundland months before they past, meaning it has the most sentimental value to me. When I realized I had forgotten it there I contacted them, only to be told it wasn t in the lost and found. I really hope they can come around to finding it, it wasn t busy, i tipped 20% so I can t understand how it would just disappear. Things happen, this was a very nice sweater, I would reward for its return. Until then I would advise to be extra careful with leaving anything behind at this location.
Not the best service. Very quiet and basic servers who don t go above and beyond, I wasn t impressed.
Zero complaints
Excellent food, friendly staff
Over it. Paid 80 bucks for two kids meals and two adults. Went to Burger King afterwards to get a whopper so I was actually full. Not worth it, not returning.
Went on Saturday, heard they were renovating? Only thing renovated to my eyes was the menu. Really expensive for the par cooked pub food offered.
This Montanas was okay. Im not particularly fond of sitting in a high chair. This is a decorative feature thats pretty but would be more practical if I were 10 ft tall. The steak was lack luster but it was tender....... more about the experience below. The food service people were nice and checked how things were more than once. I was offered a refill but declined. But I always appreciate the offer because sometimes Im thirsty. My steak was closer to a medium than the medium rare that I ordered. The sauce on the steak wasnt fantastic, Im more of a salt and pepper kind of guy. The potatoes were actually very good. I would eat them on there own. The coleslaw was okay, more sweet than tangy. The meal was moderately priced. Also its an automatic 1 star deduction when Im given a paper straw.
Great time. Always good food.
Back ribs were good as always and service was good.
We went to Montanas in Brandon MB. Holy moly let me tell you about this server named Tiffany! We had a party of 7 kids and adults and Ive never been so impressed with the service she was very attentive and took the time to humor the kids questions general sillyness all meals were out promptly same with the drinks she definitely made our night out one to remember. Only down fall is she said shes only there once a week so now I have to call ahead and ask if shes working that night cause if shes not there Im not going! Haha
Steak was the best.. all u can eat ribs..omg
Not nearly as good as they used to be. Service is very slow.
Always a great visit . Friendly staff great food .
Horrible meal . My garden salad was wilted and so tiny . My daughters pizza off the children s menu was dried out and you could not bite the crust. Even the waitress said it s a frozen pizza heated up. So unappetizing and tough to bite. She left it. Waitress never asked to bring her something else and no manager came to the table. Meal came to $52.00 never will I go back.
Brandon Montanas was great! Friendly efficient service. Awesome food!
Has to say thanks to the manager at Brandon location, me order was mess up bu skip and he make sure I get it after I speak with him great food great service keep the good work