The Barn on York — Restaurant in Harrison Township

I’ve been contemplating this review for about 2-3 weeks. But our last experience is still bothering me. My husband and I came here for a Sunday lunch and had incredible burgers! There was 1 other table and 1 guy sitting at the bar. Service was great. We decided to take my in laws here about a 1 1/2 weeks later for dinner because we were so impressed. About an hour after ordering our food, we had to ask our server when the food was coming out. She went to check on it. Then told us that we were still waiting for my chicken wrap (fried chicken, bacon, lettuce and tomato) but she could bring the rest of the food out. We said yes please. Everybody else’s food came out. Cold. Pretty much not edible. About 30 minutes later, my fried chicken wrap had still not been brought out. I told the server to just cancel it, but she insisted on checking on it. Said they were making the fries and it would be right out. About 10 minutes later, it was finally done. The whole experience was mind blowing. My wrap was probably the simplest of all the meals. The most frustrating part was finding out the owner was sitting at the bar the entire time. We weren’t the only table who was getting their food late, cold and complaining. The owner did nothing to try to make the situation right. We get it. My husband used to be a restaurant manager. You have your bad days. But for the owner to do absolutely nothing was crazy to us. All he had to do was apologize for a bad night. The only thing the server did was comp 1 meal, because we insisted as it was completely inedible. It wasn’t the servers fault! We tipped her well. She was extremely apologetic the entire time. She was just dealt a crappy hand and is clearly working for an owner who would rather sit at the bar than help his staff. Unfortunately we’ll never go back because of the owner. I talked this place up to SO many people after our first, wonderful experience. But have retracted all the good reviews I’ve given because of him. Do better for your employees and for the sake of your establishment. Super disappointed because I wanted this to...

The parking lot is large so plenty of parking. They have picnic tables outside and a small area with heaters and picnic tables. When you first go in there’s tables and a dart board. The next door way is the bar and dining tables. They have lots of bar seating. There’s tables for 4, 5 and 6 people. They have a TouchTunes jukebox that’s loaded with all different songs and genres. The menu has plenty to choose from. Lots of beer on tap with a few local beers featured. Beer is $2.25 for bottles and domestic drafts are $2 until 7:00pm then the price goes up. Several TV and games around the room. The waitresses were very friendly and attentive. We went with pizza subs and ham and cheese subs. They came with fries and my husband got onion petals. They were delicious and the fries tasted like fair fries. We will ask for the subs to be cooked a little longer next time but they were good! We will definitely come back! It was a fun and comfortable atmosphere. They had a couple skeletons dressed as OSU fans sitting at a chair 😂. I should add they do have high chairs and several a kids were there. I would be comfortable taking kids (at least through the week when we were there). The kids menu is labeled...

Man. This is unfortunate to write, but I think we visited The Barn on York for the last time tonight. I've certainly witnessed some questionable choices in this bar/restaurant over the years. I can forgive inconsistent food, obnoxiously overserved patrons, obviously oblivious management and very little atmosphere. What I cannot forgive is being blatantly ignored. This evening, after slow food service, going to the bar for plates & silverware so that we were able to eat, watching our server pass by out table over and over and then having to wait 30 full minutes to get a check so that we could leave I can confidently say I am not eager to return. There are some real gems on this staff, but the overall cons have begun to outweigh the pros with far too much consistency.

And I must add...For the love of God! Get some...