Cafe Barron's — Restaurant in Longview

Very disappointing experience!! My husband and I had reservations for 515. We arrived and there was only one other table seated, yet we were seated at a table crammed up against the wall. No big deal, we just pulled it out and sat down. Our waitress was very dry, no greeting at all. We were starving so we ordered mushrooms for appetizers with our drinks. They were out of sweet tea, crab cakes, grits. While waiting on appetizer, rap music comes blaring from the kitchen, along with loud talking and cursing. I have been to Barron’s many times, but never in the evening. The atmosphere was completely different and unacceptable! Our mushrooms arrive, and I could instantly see they were different because it’s my favorite thing on the menu and I order it every time. I take a bite and they clearly have chili in the stuffing! I cannot make this up…. I asked my husband to try one, and he confirmed it tasted like canned chili!!! What is going on? We came in for a quiet evening to a classier place that usually has higher standards, but this was completely unbelievable. We asked for the check and got up to leave. The ONLY decent thing done, Todd refused to charge us anything and offered a free meal next time. He was very nice, but I doubt we’ll ever return. The music and shouting could be heard from the bar where he was serving customers. We don’t mind spending money for a good meal and tipping well, but for these prices, y’all missed the mark in a major way. Chili In mushrooms and blaring music?? God...

Had my first visit at Cafe Barron's a couple days ago. Was there with a large Real Estate group about 25 or so. Generally the service was good, as was the food. Although I did not actually get what I ordered. Still it was good. Had a choice of chicken or fish. I chose the fish. Was oven backed and breaded. Heard the chicken was tough from a couple people.

There were covid-19 precautions anywhere that I could see.

The wait staff was good but it didn't seem great to me and could have been a lot better. I would want to actually visit again without a large group of people and just have it a couple of us. Then see what the service and food is like.

It seemed as though the atmosphere was probably better outside the main conference room where I was seated so I really couldn't even say much for the true atmosphere but I have a feeling it's better than what I experienced. I will plan to go back and try it again one day. I'm not even sure what else is on the menu other than Fish and Chicken. Would be interesting to find out. If you're in the area, give them a try see what you...

Food was really great. We had the spinach artichoke dip and just loved it and it just kept getting better when we actually received our meal. For the main course we had the amazing lobster ravioli and their Viel. Lobster ravioli with the cream sauce was great we saved the leftover sauce for bread the next day. The Veil Had great flavor however the it was a little tough (reminded me more of a sliced thin steak rather than veil). Server was pretty good as well. My only real peeve is that my wife and I stood in front of the location looking for a way in and didn't recognize that we had to walk through a closed store till we saw a small sheet of paper on the store's door.

The food and atmosphere were great. My only problem really is for a first time person, if I didn't already have a reservation I may have left just because there is no clear entrance to...