Barley's Sports Bar & Lounge

10/26/09

great musicand great food

by sherita100 at Citysearch

BARLEY'S SPORTS BAR AND LOUNGE IS A GREAT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE YOU CAN ENJOY THE BAND AND ALSO PLAY POOL .BARLEY'S ALSO HAVE A GREAT MENU SELECTION AND GREAT SERVICE I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ALL....

• Pros: best entertainment venue

09/18/09

A big bunch of BS!

by jairs at Citysearch

DON'T BOTHER WASTING YOUR TIME OF MONEY ON THIS HOLE IN THE WALL!! Barleys adds 15% gratuity to EVERYTHING in the building. This was what the Manager told me when I questioned the gratuity on my tab for use of the pool table. If you're in a large group that is to be expected, but if an individual goes to the bar to order a drink or 2 people rent a pool table they still charge you gratuity. You end up paying an additional 15% for a guy to hand you a drink or a woman to take your ID and put it in a box and hand you pool que. The reciept tells you to see a manager if you disagree with the gratuity. Well I did and she was nothing short of a b!t@h! She told me the amount was only $XXXX and it was more trouble than it was worth to pay the transaction fee. Eventually she refunded the gratuity in cash which was just fine with me. It is obvious they are use to a particular clientele and are trying to squeeze every dime out of patrons to make up for either lost business or lack of adequate tips from the clientele they attract. Maybe if the food was better and the staff was worth it, people would gladly tip.

In addition, no one in the group, self include, was thrilled with the food. It was edible, thats all. It wasn't raw, bleeding, or still frozen. Thats the best I can say about it. The drinks tasted like juice and syrup, no alchohol.

The only positive things I can say is the music was great! The DJ upstairs played great old school music and the band downstairs sounded great as well.

• Pros: Great 80s and 90s music upstairs. Good band downstairs.
• Cons: 15% gratuity to everything, HORRIBLE manager, cramped tables

07/27/09

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by itsemjay at Citysearch

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