I truly underestimated this restaurant. My boss treated us to takeout lunch from Barley House earlier today. The chicken wrap and french fries were great! I love how the fries were battered with the right amount of crisp. I will definitely be adding this place to my list of lunch spots in Akron. read more

So... went here before a show at EJ Thomas... food and service was good enough. The problem is that they charge a premium if you use a credit/debit card... total turn off. Plus they don't tell you in advance (I guess it could be in small print somewhere, but we didn't se it). read more

Ordered through yelp before they stopped taking online orders. I arrived 15 minutes after I ordered my food around 10:30pm and the doors were locked. There were two people sitting at the bar staring at me drinking beer on shift, they never came to the door to explain why they closed early. I sat in front trying to find somewhere else to eat and an older guy with glasses came out I asked him what time they closed he said he doesn't work there but he walked out the locked doors. I checked my bank and the full $30 came out my account, not sure why their system was able to take money out my account or they are advertising the wrong hours but the workers are incapable of staying the whole shift to preparing the rest of the orders. Would not recommend on late nights! read more

Went for vegan Monday night. The pictures of their mock chicken fingers is what drew me here.. and they were great! I thought the vegan philly was delicious.. my partner ordered the impossible burger that came on a pretzel bun. Due to all the construction downtown we parked on the street on high st. I can't say much for the service... it's a huge place and they didn't have much business by 9pm on a Monday.. we did wait for a bit by the "please wait to be seated" sign until the bartender invited us over to sit at the bar.. and he was friendly and on top of keeping our drinks topped off. I hope to see some of these vegan items added to their regular menu.. I've been wanting to try their vegan menu.. but they have a lot of competition for Monday nights.. since so many restaurants are doing meatless Monday's these days. read more

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If you are planning to eat here before a show at the Akron Civic Theatre, plan to get there at 11:00 when they open, and maybe just maybe you'll have your food before an 8:00 show. It took over an hour to get our food and it wasn't any good. Burgers come with potato chips, unless you want to pay $2 more for fries. The waitress sucked, she kept disappearing and could care less that we were late for the concert despite allowing enough time to have a few cocktails and dinner. Do yourself a favor and eat at home. Save your money and spare yourself the aggravation. read more

This place is simply bad. Consistently poor quality food at high prices. Not much more to say about it really. Not good.

The WORST service ever received. Sat there for an hour and a half with no food. Nobody stopped to ask us if we were doing okay or not. After asking for a manager, no one showed up for a good 30 mins. Overall terrible location and would never recommend! read more

Came with a group of 8 and while the night started off well, it didn't live up to our expectations. The staff seemed a little bit scattered and our waiter rarely checked in on us. I had the nacho burger and although the taste was good, it was so smothered in queso that towards the end I was unable to even finish it. Everyone did agree that the fries were very good! Someone ordered the bacon cheese fries but did not like them and said they were "dry". When we were ready to pay, everyone but one couple had a perfect bill. For some reason the staff had added another couple's order to my friend's bill. Then a soda was added (they both had water). Then another soda was added? The bill ended up being fine but it took way too long to do something as simple as taking a meal off. Not sure if we would come back. read more

I think the menu on Yelp needs some updating. I looked at it and had my heart set on a nice warm cup of the beer cheese soup. Only, it is no longer offered here. Everything else was fine. My friends and I shared the reuben egg roll appetizer and fried pickles. I had wings as my entree. They were meaty and good. I also had a side salad, which was fine. My one friend had his heart set on the Shepherd's Pie, and they were out of mashed potatoes, so they had to 86 that item. He was so disappointed. Nice beer selection. Good service. It was a little chilly in there, especially every time the door opened. read more

It's very sad to see how much this place has declined over the years. They were busy and the service was not too bad. But the food was whole other issue. I ordered the Smoked House Turkey Club with a side of cole slaw. The sandwich was missing the bacon looked like it was slapped together. The cole slaw was spoiled and smelled. I asked the waiter for some bacon and side of chips since I could not eat the cole slaw, never got them. Got the bill and noticed a $2.00 processing fee and I was paying cash. read more

Watch out for the scammy $2.00 junk "card processing fee" charge on every bill. How greedy can you get?

Nice place. Have held retirement parties here for years. The have a great indoor/outdoor bar with great service. Snacks and good drinks. Very friendly staff. read more

worst service in the world. slow is not the word. i think thwy are brewing the beer and raising th we xhicken when you order geez us its really bad. plus my wife ordered the southwestern egg roll it took then 20 minutes to tell they were out then he suggests tater tots which the furthest thing from an egg roll. i suggest the owner get bar rescue then sell it to an owner who cares. read more

Came in after a Ducks game. Should have known something was up, 4 people at bar and 2 tables were full. We had a party of 6, waitress came by and took our order. Ordered 2 beers and 4 waters, took 10 minutes( at the time she had only 1 table besides us with 3 people). 4 serving came and ten minutes later the other 2 arrived. Burger with egg had part of a sell in it with a burnt bun,2 orders had cold fries and 1 order was wrong. Told waitress about the order and ordered 2 more beers, she smiled and laughed and walked to the kitchen. She came back 10 minute later with the beer and an attitude and ask if anything else was wrong? Talked to the acting manager while B waitress kept sticking her nose in it. Manager took care of the problem. The waitress has no people skills was rude and bitchy. The cook should do a much better job or get another one. The place sucks!!!! read more

I don't know what happened to the Barley House, I used to really enjoy it, but it's clearly gone down hill. I know places are understaffed right now, but the service was unbelievably bad. There was only one other table when we got there, but it still took us five minutes to get seated. Add ten minutes to get waited on, and another ten minutes to have our waters brought to us. After ordering food, it took almost an hour to get four burgers. The waitress never refilled my water and was inattentive. The food was really bad, definitely not worth the $13 per burger we paid. read more

This was the worst experience we have ever had! Do NOT visit here! We waited HOURS for food. We eventually left the restaurant without eating ANYTHING! Drinks were left unfilled. We waited an hour to refill a beer. These employees had NO idea what was going on. While they were apologetic, they were absolutely clueless! Avoid at all costs! read more

Great food and beer. Had Reuben and fries, excellent. Wide selection of craft and bottled beers. Our server was Rachel, she is great! Went while Rubber Ducks baseball was playing home game, but very quiet time to go, so can't vouch for busy times. This was a Saturday at 5pm. A band was setting up as we were leaving, which is neat to still hear live music. read more

Well, I ate today at the Barley House with 3 business colleagues for lunch, who had told me about their excellent soup. And they were NOT lying! Today's special was Smoked Gouda and Broccoli, in a regular bowl or in a bread bowl (how I had it) with homemade chips. This was probably the best Cheese/Broccoli soup I have ever had. Seriously. It was amazing. The salad I had with it was very good, but to be honest, I think I was still wishing I had more soup to eat (it was THAT good), so the salad seemed somehow less by comparison. But in reality, the salad was good. Our server was friendly and accommodating (4 people, 4 checks), and the food was timely and as described above, excellent. It is clear that this is a 'big bar' type venue, with a stage for live music and such for the night-life... but if you want a very reasonably priced, excellent lunch, you won't go wrong here. Have the soup. I'm just sayin'! read more

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My sister recommended this place, she goes here often while at school. She raved about their burgers and it didn't disappoint! They have popcorn to hold you over until your first round arrives! We ordered sliders to start, the pulled pork and Caribbean jerk. Pulled Pork was better, the carribean jerk didn't have much spice it flavor, making it a bit forgettable. Perfect size though to get you ready for the main deal! She ordered the Western burger and chips, I decided on a turkey Reuben and coleslaw (since it takes me down memory lane back to New York delis!). Her burger was huge!!! Thick slices of sourdough bread, bacon, and giant onion rings. The party was seasoned well and perfectly cooked and the chips have great seasoning on them! My Reuben was good, but the bottom piece of bread was pretty soggy. The coleslaw was fresh and tasty, would be good paired with a burger since they're so big and heavy. Huge space, good service, has corn hole set up, lots of TVs with sports on, and often has live music on the weekends. Seems like a good place to go, especially being right next to the Rubber Ducks stadium! read more

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Went for a trivia night, had a blast and it was very well organized! the staff was attentive too! big space to hang out and a very large bar! Food was great as well as the drinks! Will definitely be back the next time I am in Akron! read more

Tonight I went here with a few friends and we got some tortilla chips and salsa and a flatbread pizza and chicken wings with a few sauces. Ask for the tortilla chips and salsa they were pretty good and average and as for the flatbread pizza it was probably the best thing on the table it was really good in it had pieces of chicken on it now for the chicken wings I feel that these were just average and they were overcooked a little bit and burnt on some spots but the sauces did help with it read more

Waste of time and money! Service was absolutely terrible and gratuity was automatically added to the check when our service was much less than desirable. My boyfriend bit into a bone in his chicken tenders. How does that even happen? I'm absolutely shocked this establishment is even still open. If there was an option I'd leave this place 0 stars. read more

Very poor service, did not come back to our table and check on us. We watched our server on her phone while we did not get drinks refilled. Note, she was not the only server on their phone. read more

STAY AWAY!!!! After an hour of waiting we still don't have our meals! Will have to leave and go to our show hungry.

HORRIBLE is the only way to describe it! After waiting an hour (not exaggerating) we were told our food would be out in 20 minutes. We asked for the bill only to see they added extra drinks and a 20% gratuity. There was No Manager on site which may explain the sh*tsho*w. Wish there was a ZERO start option. read more

Visited 12/2/17: Rude employees, bouncers were extremely rude and even cursed me and my buddies out telling us to leave the bar 30 minutes before they actually closed. Drinks were watered down 2/10 Seats were very uncomfortable. Atmosphere was very aggressive. I do not recommend coming here. read more

The ultimate mix of "bar and grill" meets dive bar. This place has a sort of small town feel with local events and happenings, all while being located close to the university of Akron. The food is absolutely amazing, the impossible burger is the first fully advertised vegan option at such a place. The alcohol selection is pretty inclusive, and it's just overall a very good place to hang out any time. read more

I visited the Barley House for the first time in at least 5 years. Upon entering we were greeted by a friendly staff member and taken to our table. After a few minutes wait our waitress came over bringing menus and taking drink orders. Throughout the entire meal she was attentive and on top of things. We all ordered lunch from the limited menu options and our food was quickly brought out. All meals were accurate. The Barley House has a full bar, a pool table/bar games, Tvs, a stage, and dance floor. Overall the Barley House is a decent establishment; however, isn't anything special. read more

The attention received for a perceived regular was 8/10. As a newcomer it was 2/10. I understand a bit of favoritism, but this discrepancy is inexcusable. read more

Saturday night at 6pm, 1 hour before a rubber ducks game is to start. Decide to stop here for dinner and a beer before attending the game.. we walk into the restaurant and immediately notice at least 10 EMPTY tables. The girl at the front desk finally looks up from her phone and tells us it's a 30-45 minute wait. I reply, but there is empty tables everywhere.. she doesn't even respond.. looks back down at her phone and ignores us. read more

We were the only customers except for employees off shift. We raised our hands, banged the bar, waited 15 minutes and the bartender willfully ignored us and walked past us to go outside to smoke. We finally asked an employee who was drinking at the bar to fetch us beers which she did even though she was off shift. When the bartender returned, he LOUDLY complained that we asked for beers AFTER 15-20 minutes of waiting. She gets our tip, he gets NOTHING. read more

Nope, we will pass on going back. On a Sunday in downtown Akron, there is a lack of choices, which drove us to Barley House. Nice thing is after 1 pm, apps are 2 bucks off. The app we wanted, they were out of. They were out of the roll for my husbands burger, and the substitute they used couldnt hold up, it became a soggy mess. My Cuban was good but was not pressed and was served on a sausage roll...I really wanted that pressed crunchy bread. I believe the syrup was low on the pop machine as it was pale and watery. Our server would disappear and wasn't there when we needed her. No acknowledgement or apology when I said part of my order was missing. She said ok, checked on her other tables amd dropped it off as she walked by the next time we saw her. Lackluster is my overall description. read more

I wanted to like this place. My son, a student at Akron University told me about it. The beer selection was good , my beer, a white ale was Lukewarm, The food however was horrible. I had a margarita flatbread that tasted of oil and nothing else it was very bland I tried to add pepper to it but it didn't help. My son had a chicken salad sandwich that came with house made chips. I didn't taste the chicken salad, but the chips were but the chips were cold greasy and chewy not crisp. they were awful. I would go back to have a beer maybe but never to eat. read more

Worst experience ever!! It was so slow! The food was disgusting. We were with another couple, and we both ordered appetizers. 30 mins after ordering the appetizers the waitress walked by and I asked if they were going to be coming out? Her answer was "Oh, did you want to get the appetizers before your meal?" I wasn't aware that even needed to be said. The keggar tots were disgusting. I ordered the chicken wrap with a sweet non spicy sauce, and instead it came with a very spicy Buffalo sauce, which I ate anyways because I was so hungry. It made me so sick. My husband ordered the Philly cheesesteak which had no cheese, or any sauce. It was gross. The other couple got wings, and they were terrible! And extremely overpriced!! All in all at the table we spent over $100 and were extremely dissatisfied. The only good thing was the beer. read more

Prepare to pay just for being downtown. The beers on tap were delicious, but the food we shared (provolone sticks, chicken wings) and our burgers were barely average. The fries were good and the service was very good. As for the restaurant itself- The place was not clean and my shoe got stuck to floor from lack of mopping. If you have time to go somewhere else, do. Too expensive for what you're actually getting. read more

Step in the 'Barleyhouse' and expect to entry some weird Twilight Zone episode. The waiters and waitresses were in force but everyone seemed lost. Took way longer to get seated then reasonable given size of this place, number of staff and more then 80% of the seats were empty. Once seated - we realized others around us were complaining of lack of service. After 20 min and multiple waitresses walking by but not making eye contact we left. Walked down the street to Lockview - greeted immediately, seated immediately and food orders placed all within 5 min. read more

The worst service I have ever had. I am in the industry and understand that everyone is understaffed right now. My food was not what I ordered and asked to speak to the manager. I had ordered all flatts for my wings and was given drumsticks. When I told him what I had ordered his excuse was well we are understaffed and didn't have enough flatts to fill the order. I was not sure what being understaffed had to do with my food being wrong. I told him that if they were not able to fill my order that someone should have come out to tell me instead of assuming what I wanted. He shrugged his shoulders, took my plate and walked away. I was not offered another meal or asked if I wanted anything else. I would have gladly paid for something else as all of my friends were still eating. When we asked why he did not ask me if I wanted another meal his reply was well I thought you were ready to leave. We all still had full drinks and had not asked for checks at this point. Later I was told by another patron that he's normally not like that but he had been drinking all day. This was by far the worst experience I have ever had and none of us will return read more

The wings suck ass, they are not fried definitely don't loom like the picture, the sauces are bad the chicken taste funny, will not order again!!!! What a waste of money!!!!! read more

wait almost 3 hour for food and some never received orders , server was most disrespectful to customers. said it was are fault for her errors in orders. read more

This is a great place if you are a college douchebag. From what I can tell, the only girls who go in here are a) dating a college douchebag who insisted they go there; b) too drunk to care (disclaimer: these girls only only appear Thursday-Saturday); or c) wearing a pair of "jeggings" so small, one should fear an imminent slingshot-like experience upon any attempt to remove them. The service--if you want to call it that--is terrible. I've stood, staring at the bartenders for up to 15 minutes while they chat, and nothing has happened. If you go for lunch, may God have mercy upon your soul. Waiting for your food will make you contemplate if they're bringing the special Thursday tacos in from Mexico. Oh, and let's talk about the "dancing." There is a sad dance floor which remains unpopulated most weekends. If you choose to dance, everyone in the bar will watch you because all the seating is arranged so that you can see the stage. This may or may not lead to a completely humiliating cell phone video of you doing the Cupid Shuffle the next time you see a beloved friend or colleague. Oh, and whether you are male or female, you'd better believe that there will be a college douchebag dancing alongside you in the video grinding against you with no provocation. Consider yourself warned. read more