Barney's Restaurant — Restaurant in Town of Oyster Bay

Small and cozy establishment with amazing food. The ambiance is nice, when you walk in there's a cozy bar and they have a beautiful fire place in the dining room. Everyone is happy to be there, and the energy in the room spreads a light buzz. I had the most delish tuna tartare appetizer. Beautiful presentation, the tuna was fresh and the coleslaw was crunchy, with a crisp toastada, it was perfection! Also we had the crab cake appetizer, served on field greens with a fresh and tangy dressing, perfectly paired with the crab cake and lemon caper emulsion. For our final appetizer we had the ricotta gnocchi, while it was tasty just a few bites was good for me. It was very dense and the sauce was creamy with a very rich flavor, earthy hints of mushrooms and greens, and I could imagine too much would have left me feeling heavy. Nonetheless still good. On too my entree! Pan seared diver scallops and shrimp!!! Scallops are one of my favorite entrees and I am so happy to say that were PERFECTLY cooked and bathed in the most mouth pleasing lemon dill sauce that danced and swirled through a bed of jullianed zucchini, again perfectly cooked. They were soft yet still had the crisp bite to give the tiniest bit if crunch underneath a bite of scallop. This lemon dill sauce had such an amazing consistency, so full of flavor! The taste of creamy, buttery, dill hinted lemon washes over your tongue and matches well with all the items on your plate. There were maybe a small handful of polenta croutons, a little too hard for my liking, but they are croutons so they should be! My dinner date ordered the skirt steak and graciously fed me a bite. The skirt steak was cooked just as ordered medium rare and had nice flavor. I really enjoyed the spinach he had on the side, and I helped my self to several bites and used it to mop up the rest of my lemon dill sauce from my own entree! Finally for dessert we had a key lime pie which was light and full of lime flavor, drizzled with a blueberry sauce and fresh blueberries on the side. It was perfectly tart and sweet. We also indulged in a slice of cheesecake which was so fluffy and rich and creamy and everything you want a slice of cheesecake to be! I was absolutely tickled with our restaurant choice and will be returning in the weeks to come! ( I had my eye on the lamb!! ) I would highly recommend this restaurant, it is worth...

Had dinner with friends at Barney’s in Locust Valley. I ordered duck, the breast was overcooked & charred on the outside. Sent it back. Came out the second time literally raw & cold in the middle. Sent it back. By that time my companions were almost done with their dinner. I choose not to have it done a third time nor order another dinner as I didn’t want to be sitting there eating when everyone else was finished. The owner, after awhile, came to the table and proceeded to berate me loudly in the middle of the dining room for sending the food back. He created a scene in front of the other dinners. The purpose of that was what? He looked so ridiculous. So much hostility from him. He went on to state his chef was trained by a Michelin chef & this never happens. Mind you my friend had the same dinner & hers was prepared perfectly while mine was not ate-able twice. The owner never apologized & was clearly angry at me!!!! How dare I send the food back. He did eventually remove the charge for my dinner from the bill & right before we left gave me a gift certificate to come back, which I will not because his treatment of his guests was unacceptable. The issue with the food is one thing & if was just that I would not have left a review because I understand things happen. It was the owner’s abusive tirade & behavior that was the problem and so...

Went here for a special birthday dinner. Called prior to going to be sure they could accommodate a wheelchair. We were advised there was a ramp. When we arrived there was no ramp but two of the wait staff graciously lifted the person in the chair up the 3 steps-but when we left we were on our own. When we arrived it was quiet but within 30 minutes it was incredibly noisy -you could not hear the other person at your table. One person in the party ordered a prime rib special...it arrived looking like a charred steak. Never saw prime rib served this way. It was sent back and the owner/manager never even came to the table to apologize. The duck dishes were very bland, no taste of raspberry sauce as they said it would have. The waitress was very nice and tried her best but was overwhelmed...took forever to get drinks and other patrons were frustrated with the service as well. Instead of the owner helping out his staff, he was too busy socializing with the regular patrons he knew. The food quality was fair and service lacking. Both food and service should be much better when paying these prices. There are a lot of great restaurants to choose from and unfortunately Barneys is NO longer...