Walked into the Cherry Tree smokehouse today, place was empty except for 1 table at 11:45. not a good sign so far. no real direction on what to do when you enter except to go to the front desk and wait for someone to show up. looks very under staffed. I only see 2 people running around. this is lunch time! any good place for lunch has a lunch rush and prepares for it! i asked for a sample of the brisket and it took 10 minutes just for him to have the other guy slice it and finally give it to me. there was no line behind me when i ordered the sample... and when i finally got the sample i had 10  people behind me. so i ordered my food before i got the sample in hope to help them process these people quicker, but it was just simply understaffed. then sadly i was not impressed by the flavorless chewy brisket. does not even come close to little miss BBQ brisket. finally,  around 12 a lady showed up to help them, just in time for the rush. i ordered the pulled pork sandwich with a combo. what is the combo you ask? not sure. had to get back in line after my order to figure out what comes with the combo and for goodness sakes give me my drink! i thought that was standard. then dude gives me a can of Dr. Pepper. little disappointed that there is no refills. $11.86 for a combo and i get a tiny little bite sized looking corn bread, some cheap chips, and a can of soda. where is the value? my pulled pork sandwich looked like it got the crap beat out of it, then grilled to warm it up for serving. not saying thats what they do... it just looks like the most haggard pulled pork sandwich I've ever seen. so i finally started eating and the pork was dried out, so i rescue it with a bunch of BBQ sauce and it was decent. not flavorless, but needs a lot more flavor. i did eat it all so it was edible. really wanted to like this place but it lacks flavor and customer service. i saw all the poor reviews for this place and had to see for myself. so i conclude that it's over priced and the value is not there. it has potential, so i'll visit back in about 6 months to see how they are doing. good luck Cherry Tree you have a nice little place.