Reviews for Barrel House in Bloomington, IL
We went on a double date with the expectations of good food and service but possibly a bit pricey as previous reviews have said.... However, it was not what we were hoping for. For two people to order 1 drink and a meal each along with a traditional tip, itwas $72. My order was cold while someone else at the meal did not like theirs. Our waiter stood behind us while taking our orderand so we had to turn in the booth to even see him. When I ordered my $14 margarita he did not ask what flavor I wanted and justbrought a random one over and immediately left. At the end of the evening he pressed the 20% tip option for us and just pointedwhere to sign which is highly suggestive of what you want from somebody. I would have liked to address all of these things whilethere, but being a double date as it was that's not necessarily an appropriate time to do so without being awkward. The onlyreason I gave it a second star was to give the benefit of the doubt to the other menu options as it was a variety. Read more
Nice place . Food was fabulous?? Taste good and standard . Boneless Wings and firecrackers shrimp tasty ???? Staffs are... attentive and quick service Good for family dining and differences choices of menus , Overall love ?? the house ? Read more
The food was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend the lobster dip as an appetizer. And talk to your server about their drink... recommendations because whatever they brought me was delicious. The absolute only think I thought wasn't good was the art on thewalls. It's a nice place and the people were nice so I won't go into a bunch of details. But it is offensive and uncomfortable.Not the employees fault more or less an interior designer that thought it would be a good idea to have a picture of workingslaves on the wall. Shm. Read more
Had the lunch special. You have several choices. I had a club with some chips. The Club was very good! Chips were good also. ... Enjoyed an Ice cold IPA and my lunch friend had a Margarita. Which she said was really good. Nice place. Read more
The food was great! We sat in the bar area which is pretty nice. Our server was friendly and did a great job!
We were asked if we wanted to sit in the garage. We said sure but should have said no. There were plenty of tables in the main... dining room with the live entertainment. It was a small space with out door metal tables and chairs in a very plain roomseparate from the everything else. It may be a nice space with the garage doors open on a nice night but otherwise no ambianceand no decor. The waitress was nice and attentive but couldn?t tell me if they had sweet tea. I didn?t see a list of nonalcoholic beverages on the menu. The firecracker shrimp was great! The patty melt with fries was disappointing. The meat had noflavor and the barrel sauce added an unusual mayoish taste to the patty melt. On the other hand my husband liked the patty melt.They do have a big menu and we will be going back; but I will stay away from the garage and the patty melt. We got the shrimp,two patty melts and one beer for $59. Overpriced in my opinion. Read more
Service was great. Menu was unusual and hard to choose. The 2am burger was great but a little over priced.
The food and service are outstanding! I especially love the firecracker shrimp tacos! Portions are very large!