Barking Dog Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Amesbury

Don't bother going here, our table of four was extremely dissatisfied with our meals. We ordered 3 burgers, medium rare and medium in which they all came back like burnt hockey pucks. Also ordered the chicken bacon ranch Mac and cheese and couldn't be bothered to eat it. The cheese was so grainy and the chicken tenders were rubbery. We waited 15 minutes for our waitress who was also the bartender on a Monday night with no one else working to come check in on us. When we asked for the manger she sent the owner to come speak to us. He was extremely disrespectful to us and treated us like children strictly based off assumption (we're all 20). We simply just wanted to explain to him how we were dissatisfied with our meals and how we wanted to work something out. He tried telling us that we could've just exchanged our meals for something new... at that point there was no appetite to wait for another poorly cooked meal. Since we're "children" we just wanted to receive our meal for free. He claimed to had watched us the entire time as we were eating and said we were "happy and enjoying ourselves". As an owner of "5 restaurants" apparently in the last 15 years he had never seen a table act the way we did. Don't you think with all that experience you would've noticed our barley eaten plates and thought maybe there's a problem? On top of that he threatened to call one of our old bosses just to explain to him how disrespectful we were being. And that's on...

There is a fine line between vintage and old. When first stepping in you think... what a nice vintage place. Then you notice the old carpet, the old bar stools, the old tables, ect. While clean, the atmosphere is simply blah.

For the food, my wife and I shared the tater tot appetizer. It was good, but your're basically paying $9 for a scoop of tater tots and cheese sauce. I had the meatloaf panini and generally liked it. I thought the chipotle mayo was overpowering and the meatloaf a little bland. Much better would have been to take the slices of meatloaf, season both sides, and throw it on the grill for a few minutes to toast it up. My wife had the vegetarian burger and RAVED about it. She loved the patty but felt the same about the chipotle mayo, a little overpowering. The fries were fantastic. I don't know how they made them so light. Almost like the potatoes were whipped, dropped in a fryer, and then battered and double fried. They were awesome.

I know it sounds like a lot of negatives for a 4 star review but it overall was very good for a...

This place was a hidden gem! Was my first time in amesbury driving through town after finishing a job at work on my way back to Marblehead saw the sign and stopped in to give it a try! Was not disappointed in the slightest. Fresh food got the chicken sandwich recommended by the bartender food came out super fresh and was hands down the best chicken sandwich I’ve had 5/5 stars I would definitely make the trip to amesbury from Billerica just to stop in again maybe even bring a date! Bartender Cody was awesome and gave above excellent service and killed it with his recommendations of food and drinks! all public parking no need to worry plenty of spot if anyone sees this place or review I highly recommend stopping in and checking it out great atmosphere great food and even...