Reviews for Barley's Family Restaurant in Austin, MN
We were seated ordered drinks taken. Chocolate milk was basically white milk. We got out found pancakes good. Biscuits and... gravy was horrible. No taste when you just mix white gravy and chop up grilled sausage links. We were there for 30 to 45 minsnever once did our waitress come back. Sat there without drinks for half the time empty glass on the side of the table. Shenever looked at us so I could wave her down. Which I shouldn't have to do. Read more
Food was good, lots of choices, what you'd expect from a hometown restaurant. Would benefit from a mop and bucket along with... some elbow grease. Like all restaurants these days they could use more help. The place was very busy, the servers did their bestand were attentive. Read more
Good food and good prices. The menu is very big so sometimes it can be hard to decide what to order but there is something for... everyone. The service is always great and the food is on par with small diners. Read more
This morning, I was hungry and stopped in for the first time. I waited for the lady at the front that was helping customers ... because I thought I need to be guided to a table. she said I can go take a seat. I went started looking for a small table seatto be polite since I was by my self. So I guess I went too close to the party or large group area as I heard this waitressyelling from far while serving another customer ?NO, the back room is only for large groups ?. I was embarrassed as everyonewas staring at me. I wasn?t trying to use the back room. The lady at the front approaches her and and ask, ? what was all thatabout?? And she replies, ? He tried to use the back room? all this when other customers are listening. I was trying to look fora smaller table. Now I have to somewhere where I can eat with out being disrespected. Read more
I recently went to Barley's for the first (and only) time. I had high hopes for this restaurant because in the small(ish) town... I am from the family restaurants have a warm, welcoming atmosphere. I was a waitress for many years at several differentrestaurants, so I know what I am talking about. It looked like there were several "regulars" there and they may have adifferent viewpoint, but I was not impressed. Ok, here we go: Pros: Had flavored creamer for coffee, service was fast, foodcame out quickly. Cons: Food: I asked for my eggs "not runny", and they came out runny. I also bit into several pieces of eggshell... Food server: She was busy (and they were probably understaffed), but she also was not welcoming, never asked howeverything was, actually yelled at a regular, and balked when I asked her to break a $10 bill (so I could give her atip)... Restrooms: Women's restroom had an awful, dead fish smell to it, and was not very clean.... So, in closing, if youhave never been there, I would avoid this place. If you are a regular, you can do better.... Read more
Tough call on how many stars, I'd give it a 3.5 if I could. Not sure if we got an unseasoned batch, but we were told the... chicken dumpling soup was amazing (from the waitress) and it ended up being SO BLAND! Tasted like it was made with water, notbroth, desperately needed salt and pepper, maybe lemon too. The rest of the food was pretty good. Not super fast service, evenwhen it was quite slow. They will also ask how old the children are for the kids menu, just fyi! Read more
Very long wait times, food was ok. Seems like maybe the menu is too large and so the food takes a long time, not sure. We would... probably give it one more go and then not again if we had the same experience. Read more
Food was just ok, service was beyond horrible. Customers had to get up and get their own coffee and clean their own tables...... This is just pathetic! The restaurant wasn't even busy, they had 2 people serving and after waiting 15 minutes to order we gotour food almost 30 minutes later. The food we ordered was well overcooked and disgusting and there was food on our plate that wedidn't even order!! Good luck to those of you that decide to try this dumpster dive out. May the odds be ever in your favor! Wewill NEVER be back. Read more