Barrio Tequila Bar & Café

Comments:

By Tom on October 24, 2008 at 2:45 pm:

Well Maybe. This place needs some work!

By Ginny Moore on November 4, 2008 at 10:45 am:

I tried to go online to get a menu but it seems they don't have a web address. I came up with several reviews.

By Darin Schott on December 18, 2008 at 7:35 am:

This was a horrible experience for Mexican food. If you want a drink, great place, if you want to eat....forget it....Service and servers were terrible

By katrina on December 19, 2008 at 8:09 pm:

i agree services is some of the worst you could find its amazing that they are so busy and for some reason i keep going back i wonder when this poor services will be enough to keep me and others from returning on a good note get it together barrio and give great services please

By Angie on December 24, 2008 at 10:52 am:

I tried to make reservations and they blew me off three times! Manager was too busy to even hear my complaint!Terrible management and customer service. Not worth it no matter how great the tequila!!

By Lisa on January 22, 2009 at 4:29 pm:

food is hit or miss and the place is always packed. if you want Mexican food, go elsewhere - NOT worth waiting (we sent some food back last time b/c it was so bad); if you want good tequila and a crowded atmosphere (which can also lead to slow service) - it's worth stopping in.

By Ronnie on February 12, 2009 at 7:48 am:

Love the vibe of the place but I have found the food to be hit or miss. I wish management would get new menus and learn how to spell the ingredients that they use.

By Vanessa on February 17, 2009 at 9:12 am:

Its somewhat pathedic when you are busing your own table, getting your own drinks and waiting 45 min for guac. Terrible!

By Graham on March 5, 2009 at 12:35 pm:

Went for restaurant sampling menu. Didnt mention anywhere that it HAS to be shared by at least two people. Unlike other reviewers mentioned, service was good but not great. Food was fresh and flavorful, but everything was garnished with limes, cilantro, and radish. I'm in agreement that one should go to Barrio for the bar experience, not the restaurant.

By M.Karsten on June 24, 2008 at 7:41 am:

If you want to be overbilled and have dishonest servers this is the place to be. I found the place to be loud and other guests to be loud and over cocktailed. Would not even consider going back. Avoid if you want a sain night out.

By S. S. on December 11, 2009 at 10:02 am:

I made a reservation and then they tried to seat me near the door, or should I say "my" table was in the bar, facing the windows and touching the door frame IN MINNESOTA IN WINTER (there is only the one door separating the restaurant from outside)! When I told the hostess that this was not acceptable I was told that this was the table that they had reserved for me and they were full that night, I told her that was unacceptable. Miraculously when I turned to leave the restaurant she and her two fellow hostesses were able to find me a better table in the "loft" away from the door. This is where I will ask for a table next time I make a reservation. The service was not good. The waiter was apologetic, but frazzled. He spilled an entire glass of water on us. The runner who brought out our food was on his own planet. He brought us the wrong drink once and the wrong food three times, and we only ordered two small plates and four tacos to share between the two of us! The food was quite good, although most of it was garnished with cilantro, lime and radishes, as another reviewer mentioned. The food was fresh and flavorful. I plan to give this place another try, but if the service is as bad as it was the first time, it will probably be my last visit, as the food did not make up for the horrible service. It was a little loud, definitely not a place for a relaxing romantic dinner, but a vibrant atmosphere for an evening out. I would probably not sit in the bar (which is almost 2/3 of the area).

By Christina on February 3, 2010 at 9:21 am:

We went here for happy hour - will never go back! In an empty bar, we had to beg for service and drinks. The food was overpriced and the waiter kept trying to fill half-full wine glasses with water and take food plates that we were eating off of! It was like a bad SNL skit. We quickly paid our bill and went next door to the Bulldog to get dinner.

By psm on June 30, 2010 at 7:32 am:

Terrible service for restaurant week. Forced to purchase 2 meals to get rest. week food. Small portions, minimal vegetarian. Will not return.