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    Garden Restaurant

    4.3 (38 reviews)
    ModerateNew American
    Closed 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Classy
    Dogs allowed
    Outdoor seating

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    Mark T.

    We stopped by for a bite after filling up in the amazing art at the Barnes Foundation. Wow! For a museum restaurant, The Garden is Amazing!! Or maybe this place sets a new standard for what museum restaurant spots can be. Nice menu with good diversity without being overwhelming. The location is beautiful with both indoor and outdoor seating. Our waiter Louis was great!! The food was excellent too. Plus a little bonus of homemade potato chips after you're seated. The chips had a Cajun ranch seasoning yum. We had the grilled chicken salad BLT and the Barnes Burger. Both hit the spot. Burger was perfectly medium rare as requested.

    Kyle D.

    Great SPOT! It's wonderful when you can sit outside but not today bc it was a little cold and rainy. I ordered the Niçoise salad which was absolutely fantastic. NOTHING like my hometown like some of the crappy restaurants in the LV. Chef Mike is wonderful. The staff was wonderful, too. The mgmt was great & overall it was a very pleasant experience.

    Barnes burger ($18) cheddar, bib, pickle, brioche.
    Mike O.

    tl;dr: beautifully designed space, indoors and out to rest your "awe-reflex" during or bookending your visit to the Barnes collection. Simple dishes, good prices, excellent views. Reservation recommended. + amuse is a cup of freshly made potato chips with Asian spices. + mine was a simple yet delicious cheeseburger with a side salad. Perfect. Now back to the collection. COMMENTARY I am a student of art. 181 Renoirs in one building is going to take some years to appreciate and study. And that's before I begin to comprehend Dr. Barnes' understanding of the period and what artists were doing and collecting and appreciating themselves at that time. But Art is Life. And I'm a human being. I greatly appreciate that architects Williams and Tsien included places to rest your "awe reflex" like the Garden Restaurant (and the coffee bar, originally downstairs but now in the lobby court). An opportunity to replenish and refresh your body with a simple yet elegant meal. FURTHER As I'm learning more about the peculiar eccentricities of Dr. Barnes and his intent for his $20+ billion art collection after his death, and his open disgust and hatred for Philadelphia art society types, I know he has rolled over many many times in his grave at how the Annenbergs and Pews have commercialized the collection, including putting a restaurant opposite. Yet I am a benefactor. And I'm so appreciative that I don't have to drive to the original gallery location in Merion. If you're interested, check out "Art of the Steal" on YouTube. Fascinating.

    Apple and cinnamon bread pudding
    Steve R.

    Great food, great service, great Barnes Museum restaurant! As we were hungry, this was an unexpected delight!

    Salmon
    Renée C.

    3.5 stars. Nice spot for lunch. The salmon was delicious, though I felt like they skimped on the portion given the price. Would it honestly have cost so much to put a few more pieces of broccolini on the plate?

    Salade Nicoise

    The Barnes Foundation Garden Restaurant is a gem! Beautiful setting and outstanding food and service. The Salade Nicoise was better than I have had in Nice! Hats off to the chef. The choice of greens and dressing superb. We came down from Northern Jersey, joined the museum , and will be back soon to the restaurant. Highly recommended. Locals are fortunate to have access to such a lovely restaurant. Chatted with a local proprietor at the Reading Market and she concurred.

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    Dan K.

    We came here on a scorching hot day and found reprieve in the wonderful air conditioning and calming plants. The restaurant is a beautiful space with large windows that overlook a garden with plenty of outdoor seating (though not ideal when it's 100 outside). Our waiter was very friendly and made great recommendations for our party of 6 (we were seated immediately at noon time). We were delighted by the complimentary potato chips that came to the table. My spouse greatly enjoyed the tuna melt while I had the chicken salad BLT. All entres come with a side salad or fries. The restaurant got quite a bit busier around 1pm and our waiter understandably had a little trouble keeping up, but it was all good. The restaurant is a little hard (it's inside the barns museum) and you don't need a ticket to get into the restaurant.

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    John C.

    After a delightful time looking at art, we went to lunch and had a thoroughly wonder lunch. I had the lamb burger. Perfectly cooked and very tasty. My wife had the Chicken Schnitzel . Extremely well done. We finished with their Ginger cake. A must have if you have room for dessert.

    This place got such good reviews, but my experience was awful! After a long day of viewing the beautiful artwork exhibited in the Barnes Foundation, my family decided to get a nice lunch. My sister and I ordered the GRILLED Salmon. Note, the salmon was NOT grilled. It was swimming in a plate of oil. I thought it was the most horrendous thing ever! Every bite you would get of the fish would be accompanied by a spoon of oil. My parents got the chicken salad sandwich and it was just "okay" considering the price point. Reconsider before eating here.

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    Delicious food. Loves the gaspacho. One of the best museum restaurants I've ever been to.

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    Awesome Review! Thanks for signing up to be a member... See you soon!!

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    Amazing service, top notch cuisine, beautiful atmosphere. Could not ask for anything better.

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    Fantastic salads and breads after an afternoon at the museum. Love it! Great food, great service.

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    I stopped in with 2 friends to escape the rain with a happy hour drink. It was nice to be able to…read moresit at a table for Happy Hour instead of the bar. The restaurant and bar have dark wood with soft lighting. It was a relaxing atmosphere. The host/server was super nice. He brought water over and took our order. He also helped us pick a good cocktail! We each had a different cocktail. All were expertly mixed and very good and also strong! The cocktails were $11 at Happy Hour. We didn't eat but plan on going back to try the food! The Wayward is participating in the 250th cocktail trail. Different hotel have a specialty cocktail celebrating the 250th birthday of the US. The cocktail was a little pricey, but they do donate $2.50 to a charity organization. The same cocktail under a different name was on the happy hour menu.

    The Wayward is a participating bar on The Philadelphia Cocktail Trail in commemoration of America's…read more250th birthday. I've walked by here many times, but yesterday was my first time actually going in. I visited with a fellow Yelp Elite and one of her co-workers for Happy Hour. We were seated at a table near the bar and our server, who was also at the host podium, was Dontay. He was the kindest and sweetest man. He went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. We each opted to get one drink and no food. If you want to get the wind knocked out of you after one drink, this is your spot. The drinks were STRONG. I ordered the Market Street Muse and I could barely taste the limoncello. The vodka and basil were the most prominent flavors. I was feeling good. I'm rating this establishment four stars because the drinks on The Philadelphia Cocktail Trail were essentially existing drinks they had on their current menu but with different names. Same ingredients. I was hoping to see something new or related to America's 250th. Overall, though, the space was very calm and clean and I enjoyed being there. All the menu items sounded great, too. I'll have to pop in here for a bite to eat next time.

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    5 stars for Bud and Marilyn's? I recently gave The Love 5 stars for its fried chicken!…read more The Marilyn's Fried Chicken I had this evening was every bit as good! I'm not sure why I waited so long to try the chicken at Bud and Marilyn's, but better late than never! They serve a LARGE 1/2 chicken. I started with the thigh. I was smitten by the first bite. I was told the chicken is soaked in a buttermilk brine for 24-48 hours - dipped in a buttermilk dredge - covered with their 'secret recipe' seasoned flour - and fried in a 'pressure fryer' that cooks the chicken in 12 minutes. It was perfectly fried - so crispy - the texture and seasoning of the exterior coating was incredible. The chicken was tender and juicy - the thigh was the juiciest - I didn't get to try the drumstick as I was too full! I had the thigh and 1/2 the breast. The breast is my favorite and I savored each large delicious piece I broke apart. It's important to pick up the chicken and eat it by hand - I did cut mine in half for a picture - but didn't use a fork to eat it - you lose the 'panache'of the meal. I didn't use the hot sauce served with the chicken - I brought my own bottle of honey and poured it over the chicken and biscuits. It was heavenly! Which brings me to the Biscuits! The dish comes with 2 large fluffy buttermilk biscuits - they were golden brown on the outside and tender and fluffy on the inside! They had such a rich, buttery flavor. I took several pieces of chicken and layered them on pieces of biscuit, drizzled with honey! It was truly a 5 star fried chicken and biscuit dinner!

    I've been here a couple times. Loved it. Plenty of options and everything was well made…read more Everything I ate had a hint of decadence without being gross or unhealthy. This is my new go-to for chicken & waffles. Concise, excellent beer selection. And interesting, well-made cocktails. The banana cream pie is one of my favorite desserts anywhere. Staff is friendly. Prices were very reasonable.

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    My sister is local to the area and insisted that our trip to visit her included an evening at Time…read more We arrived on Monday night around 9:30-10 pm. Everyone we interacted with was absolutely wonderful and pleasant, ranging from the team members to our fellow patrons. I had a gin and Sprite to drink and I ordered the burger for some grub. The drink was standard but on the strong side. I enjoyed the burger very much and found the fries to be hot and crispy, just as a good shoestring fry should be. Of course, we enjoyed the live music that swirled around the bar that evening. The band was great and upbeat. I would definitely return!

    I've been to TIME multiple times over the last month alone and have always loved the food, music,…read moreatmosphere, and service, which is exactly why I chose to bring friends visiting from out of town here on a Friday night. Unfortunately, this was by far the worst experience I've had. We had a 7 PM reservation and arrived at 7:15 PM. I acknowledge that we were late and apologized to the host. However, we arrived within the stated grace period. When we checked in, the hostess explained that because we arrived later within the grace period, our 90-minute seating window would still end based on the original reservation time. We acknowledged that and had absolutely no issue with it. What made the experience uncomfortable was how aggressively we were reminded about the time throughout the entire meal. We were reminded at least 5-6 separate times how much time we had left. Comments like "just so you know you have 25 minutes left" and "our next party is coming in 5-10 minutes" made it feel like staff was actively trying to rush us out before our reservation time had even ended. Mind you, we already understood the policy. One reminder would have been enough. Instead, it completely changed the energy of the evening and made us feel unwelcome and pressured to leave. We had originally planned to stay through our reservation and then move to the bar for the live music afterward, but after being repeatedly rushed, we decided to leave entirely and spend the rest of the night elsewhere. The most disappointing part was the interaction with the manager, Eric. Rather than listening or showing any understanding, he immediately became defensive and aggressive. He repeatedly insisted we were "15-20 minutes late," which was simply not true -- we arrived during the stated grace period. The issue was never the policy itself. It was the way we were treated throughout the night. It's unfortunate because this has genuinely been one of my favorite spots in Philly, and I've recommended it to multiple people. But this experience left a really bad impression, especially when bringing guests from out of town.

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