Bardenay - Boise Airport — Restaurant in Idaho

I wanted to eat here because of the lauded gluten-free carrot cake. It was unpleasant to discover all parking, in zone one, is just shy of fiver an hour. If you have an inclination to meander here, park a couple blocks out and pay less.

That said, for top dollar, you can park in the adjacent parking lot to the building. If you are celiac or gluten allergic, you have options, but like so many places, salads are the only side dish you can have. The regular fries are breaded, and the sweet potato fries are cross contaminated in a shared fryer.

There is an ahi tuna salad, house smoked turkey and Swiss, a house made turkey and ham and bacon sandwich and a burger. I had the ahi tuna salad, and the so had the turkey, ham and bacon on the Udi's bun with sweet potato fries as he won't get sick.

Our food came out rather late as there was some confusion in the kitchen regarding gluten-free requests, so we had to pay for another hour of parking. I can't say that was great. The turkey is really good. I am not a bug fan of turkey. This was moist and peppery and delicious. The bacon was straight up burnt. The fries were far and away the best either of us have ever had.

My ahi tuna was cold. I thought it would be warm, so that was disappointing. The salad, as a whole, was meh... but nutritious. It needs some raw, red onion or something to add some complexity. The Berry cider, on the other hand...was perfection.

Finally, we get to the gluten-free carrot cake. It really is delicious. One slice is really the equivalent of two, so we easily shared. It is served with real whip cream and some carrot shreds.

I would come back for the carrot cake and cider only. I hope they consider having a dedicated fryer...

I was refused a beverage by the waitress because I was speaking loud because my hearing aid was not working and I didn’t know I was speaking so loudly. The bartender told me that if I didn’t lower my voice (which I wish I had shown that my hearing aid they were going to close security and escort me out. )This is amusing because it was the first beverage I was ordering at the restaurant and the beverage was hard cider of all things!!! I was looking forward to my hummus plate, but that never happened. I had a glass of wine at three in the afternoon in San Jose and it was now 7 PM in Boise, Idaho. I don’t like the way the restaurant dealt with the situation. I think if they explained why they thought I might have been intoxicated I would’ve understood. I think I would’ve calm down and then remember that maybe my hearing aids aren’t working because it was a long work and travel day and the charge ran out.I don’t know if they were tired because it was near closing time .But I’m 63 years old female and I haven’t ever been asked to leave a place. I am petite. I’m a professional and it was embarrassing and unjust. I could understand if I had been drinking and was being cut off! I’m still shaking my head trying to figure out what happened. On the positive side the airport manager dealt with it in a much more professional way. But still didn’t get my meal or my drink because now all the restaurants were closed (Tuesday night). Maybe skip Boise airport and stay with Spokane Washington airport or pick another...

This was the second time I’ve been here to have a beer before a flight. It was also the second time I’ve encountered the most unfriendly and rude bartender (gal with the glasses).

Last time I was here she acted so put out to serve customers and complained the whole time about her job while slamming things around behind the bar. This time wasn’t much different and she was just plain rude from the moment I stepped up to the bar.

I’m alone and I was going to sit here and have a few beers and a bite to eat 3 hours before my flight out, but I decided to only have one (because it was too late to walk out before the friendly table server grabbed my drink for me).

I travel often for business and have a good rapport with bar and wait staff all across the country. Sadly, I won’t be back here again and I will encourage my business counterparts to avoid this place as well.

My rating for this business is solely based on my unexpectedly terse interaction with the bartender. Seems like if you dislike your job so much that you treat customers poorly on what I can only assume is a consistent basis, then maybe it’s time to look for a new work.

I’m sure she is probably a friendly person outside of work, but clearly she doesn’t enjoy customer service or customers for that matter.

If you visit, avoid interaction with the bartender and stick to table service and maybe it will be fine. The table server was actually really pleasant and I left a good...