Colorful open-air restaurant offering sandwiches, grilled meat & salads, plus a bar & river views.
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Barley on the Hudson is the kind of place that you'd see in movie where the lead character owns the somewhat rundown tour boat and he competes against the flashy high-end tour boat ...this would be the place he would hang out at and talk to the owner every day.
This is not meant to be an insult. It's just to give you the visualization.
The entrance isn't easy to spot, it's not lit up, and it is between parked cars. The sign says SEAT YOURSELF written nicely in chalk. You walk past bathrooms, and open doors that you don't go down, to enter into the proper area and it's ...nice.
Big bar with lots of bar seating is available and pushed back further area has many more seats. These are right next to the outdoor kitchen area.
There are tiki torches, one is lit. There are servers but you're not sure if they are the servers until you see them grabbing food and serving it. But it sort of looks like you go to the cook and tell him what you want ..you don't ..but it looks that way.
The bartender handled every order I saw and nobody was waiting long....the bar and kitchen staff did not keep anyone waiting, very impressive.
The food was expensive...for food served in an old style basket with paper, it was surprisingly expensive. Everything was about 18.00. The sandwichices came as is and everything extra was 2.00. If you wanted cheese on your burger, 2.00. If you wanted avocado, 2.00. Etc
Guacamole and chips...17.00.
Alcohol was what you'd expect and they did have a decent amount of variety when it came to their beers and the pour was a good size.
The live music was nice. This night had a one man band keyboardist who had a great voice. Played Huey Lewis, Billy Joel, and some modern country and it all sounded good. He did a nice little Beatles Medley that was very well done.
Overall, this isn't where you go when you want to impress a first date. It is where you go when you've been dating and you want to get out and enjoy the night air. You will get decent view of the Tappan Zee if you sit at the end...you will see docked boats...but if you wanted a couple drinks and decent vibe, you're good here.
This isn't a place that Bar Rescue would flip out at...but would probably offer some good suggestions...about maybe the entrance way and walkway to the back...about sprucing up the lighting...maybe having the servers wear something...
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YOU NEED TO READ ALL OF THIS....Only reason why I gave this place 2 stars and Not 1 is because it's a nice spot to chill outside..But..if you're going to order drinks..be prepared to pay high prices....
If this place wasn't on the water, it would be closed already. You have to get your own drinks at the bar and go to the counter to order and pickup your food. Which is fine, if the girls at the counter weren't so rude! We walked up asking to have a seat for 4 people and scoffed "go seat yourself". Strike 1.
We get a seat, or group orders and we're enjoying the view.... wind picks up and knocks over an umbrella in our general seating area. The (what we assumed to be a manager) comes over to our table, unannounced and rips the umbrella off our table, telling us it's too windy and he's taking them down. STrike 2.
We get drinks and our food, sangria was $13 and undrinkable... chicken quesadilla was rubbery and tasted microwaved. My husband's burger had bugs in the lettuce and the fries were soggy. This is the most expensive sub-par food I've ever had. Strike 3.
And as an added bonus, the bathroom is FILTHY, and your paying for parking(even directly parked in front of the place. Do what you will with that information... but I'd never...
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