Hickory’s Smokehouse

Review by Wheelchair Model Diaries

We had quite a week celebrating my partner’s birthday, all topped off by a birthday meal at Hickory’s Smokehouse, Folkstone Rd Kew Southport.

I booked in advance online (it gets very busy and is always best to book ahead) for four of us to dine on Saturday evening.

We parked in the car park in one of the disabled spots, and made our way to the reception area, up the gently sloping ramp. We were greeted warmly by the staff and met up with our friends who were waiting in the separate bar area of the restaurant.

We chose a table outside on the veranda, in the garden, which was sheltered and surrounded with beautiful fairy lights! There were blankets provided, and lots of heaters around the outer roof, operated via a press button so we could choose when to have it on and off.

Our server brought us popcorn and water for the table whilst we browsed the extensive menu! It was hard to choose as everything sounded so good! We decided to start with a cocktail (it was a birthday after all!) and these were delicious. We had hard cherry cola, and passionfruit cocktails.

The whole evening was full table service which was blissful for all of us, especially as a wheelchair user!

The restaurant outside was very wide and fully accessible, and inside there was still room around the tables to manoeuvre my wheelchair, even though it was absolutely packed full of diners, and there was a fully accessible toilet within easy reach and the facilities where spotless.

The food was out of this world! We tried the brisket bites, cheesy pretzel, and fritters to start, followed by beef briskets and hickory’s burgers. The food was so fresh, tasty, and great portions too.

The bill was brought to our table at the end as well as a card machine, and the service was just impeccable.

9/10 Highly recommended