Barrel & Cruse Bistro — Restaurant in Katherine

Where to start with this place? Firstly, there are NO beers on tap. They had a very limited range of beers in their fridge. The whole place needed a good tidy up. There was Happy Birthday decorations that were clearly from a while ago. They had a tiny tv on in the bistro but they had the Yorkshire Vet playing? Who wants to have an animal autopsy playing whilst their eating their dinner?? The kids playground was in need of repairs as it looked liked something out of Five Nights at Freddy's!! They need to decide if they are a pub bistro or an Indian restaurant, I'd go with the latter as my wife and I really enjoyed our Butter Chiken, but one of our kids ordered fish and chips. Fish Fingers aint fish and chips, guys. I feel like this place needs Gordon Ramsay to come in and sort them out. Until then I will not be returning...

super busy place so it pays to reserve a table or turn up early like 5pm early because they fill up really quickly as there aren't many other good options in town. service was fast and efficient. nacho was very delicious and home made not your typical throw together one. t bone steak was perfectly steak and I'll go as far as to say it was the best we've ever tasted, period. only down fall was my bulgogi, it should be called this cause it isn't even close. it's more like a mongolian beef or beef stir fry but absolutely no a bulgogi which is what I was hoping for. next time I really want to try the lava cake. also great playground to occupy the kids. would be nice if we were told order food here drinks there get your own cutlery and water here etc we didn't know what to...

Make sure they charge you properly:

Went for lunch two days ago. I ordered a pasta carbonara and was charged $25. I wasnt sure how much she charged so i sat down then check. When i checked menu and questioned about the price as it was $23 couple of weeks ago. She told me everything pasta is SEASONAL PRICE and its NORMAL here. I was told it depends on the cost of sauce, and sometimes it can be even $28. I wonder how carbonara with no seafood nor any meat can be seasonal price and the reason is about the SAUCE? Food quality is pretty unsteady which means sometimes can be ok, but just double or triple check about your bills as they can charge you any price due to SEASONAL...