The Barge

We went tonight at about 7pm and it wasn't to busy. When we walked in, the Hostess was there and 2 busboys sitting around texting. That's a no-no from what I see on these restaurant shows, but I didn't give a lesser rating.

I really enjoyed everything from the sesame bread sticks and bread , to the nice salad and of course the sizzling seafood with baked potato. We all enjoyed our seafood dishes, and yes the drinks were very good also. Our waiter Eric was really nice and friendly. The service was a bit slow for it not being busy, but the food made up for it and we were in no hurry. The prices were a little high for a dated restaurant, but I'd go back for the seafood again.

Well I wanted to visit the Barge since they rebuilt after hurricane sandy. Sadly the outside is not open. When we walked in there were two waitresses adding up bills. We stood there a few minutes and then one of the waitresses says to the other I haven't even got to table 3 yet and made a sarcastic laugh. It was then explained to us there was no hostess working. After we were seated I said to my sister I hope the one who laughed about not getting to her table wasn't our waitress. After sitting there for 10 minutes with no water or bread unfortunately she was our waitress. Water glasses were dirty and we had to ask for bread two times and she blamed the bus boy.

Good thing the food was very good, but expensive
. Had to wait for 15 minutes to get the bill and she came over with it and complained how people didn't show up
on time to work. Not professional but at least the food and wine was good.

Food is overpriced and boring. It was deserted at 7 oclock on a Thursday night. Bad sign. The only good thing was they give you all the free bread you could ever want. Avoid it.