I’m not a frequent online reviewer, but I’ll give it to you straight. Ambiance is decent for the sole fact your sitting by the beach; however, service is painfully slow and the food sub-par. You’d think for the location in Rye (and the prices they charge) you’d receive both a quality meal and overall experience. Unfortunately, not the case with Barley Beach House. My fiancée and I decided to try this place out based on the 4.2 rating it had on Google, but I can’t fathom why people would feel this restaurant deserved that high of a rating. Our reservation was at 7:30 on a Friday night. Once we were seated, we waited about 15 minutes for our server to come give us waters and take our drink order - not terrible, but I instantly got the understanding of how this experience was going to go. Especially since it really wasn’t overwhelmingly busy. After waiting that long just to be greeted and served a water, we ordered an appetizer to get the ball rolling. We continued to wait an entire hour to receive said appetizer, and then another 45 minutes for our entrees. Server was absent most the time and the empty glasses and dishes piled up on our table while bussers walked right by without a care. We didn’t even receive small plates for our appetizer. Literally ate off of a napkin… I could list a few more examples of the poor quality of service, but I think you can paint the picture. Only thing this place had right is getting alcoholic drinks delivered to you quickly (only thing that kept me from leaving). The staff was embarrassingly disorganized in that runners were coming out with handfuls of food/drinks not knowing which table it belonged to. I noticed they kept asking us and other guests if what they were attempting to deliver was theirs. Of course the typical response was “no.” After all that I’m not sure if this is due to the management’s poor leadership or just plain old negligence that resulted in how their staff operated. In summary - service is terrible, food not worth the price, bathrooms a mess and no hand soap. If you’re gonna go to this place, save yourself the disappointment and just sit at the bar and order drinks (beer or wine though since the mixed drink I ordered was weaker than the service - just sayin’). Better places to go to spend your money and time.