It's an old school pub and grill, with a bar featured in the center of the room, with hi tops and booths flanking on two of the sides. Grab your Keno sheets and settle in with a libation to pass some time. This isn't quite the place you'd expect to be served a mound of lobster in a foot long toasted roll. Crispy, tender and delicious, go ahead and treat yourself. The fried haddock sandwich came with a thick and oversized fillet, which couldn't be contained by the bulkie roll it sat atop of. Service is so so, but the food should meet your high expectations. read more

The Barn is a staple here in the community and Leo is a genuinely kind human being. Just dont tell anyone, he would hate for that to get around lol. Seriously, I had a massive motorcycle accident years ago, and didn't know Leo at the time, but he reached out and brought me lunch once a week for 8 weeks, while I was stuck in bed with out the ability to move. Never knew the guy before that day, and I have been a HUGE fan ever since. Quit eating red meat a while back but before that The Barn was my goto for burgers. Only the best meat and great size. His staff is super friendly, and the bar tenders know how to poor a drink for sure. Some of the best Long Island Ice Teas around. Keep doing what your doing Leo and staff. This city loves you guys. read more

They get all the standard bar foods right. Chicken & Burgers always satisfy. Awesome fries. The Lobster Roll is superb as well. A fun & affordable choice in Amesbury! We love the Tuesday Night trivia. read more

Rented a House in Massachusetts my Aunt was Hosting Thanksgiving on the way up here after dealing with lots of Traffic all day we wanted a place close to the House so we found this place its very good the Drinks and Food were very good I had a good Burger my Brother had the Buffalo Chicken Pizza my Sister in Law also had a Burger and my Mom had a Shrimp Dish that was Gluten Free Happy that you take good care of gluten people overall would come back read more

Great food, excellent service with lots of options to choose from, I have had serve items on the menu and all were yummy

Great little bar with delicious gluten friendly bar food, friendly staff, happy regulars, and a quaint fun atmosphere. Been coming here for years since we discovered this gem, having friends join us while we are traveling through. Usually even the most accommodating restaurants don't have anywhere near the number of gluten friendly options as this place and they do a great job of making it delicious while they are at it. read more

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Fabulous unpretentious spot for a great draft beer and burger! The service is outstanding and everyone was so friendly and accommodating! We went for their $10 burger nights on Mondays. Wow! What a great burger!! Thank you, Leslie for being such a wonderful server and to the man who made our burgers- we say "thank you" too! We will definitely be back! read more

Friendly local bar. Cold beer friendly "townies" and staff. The (cold) lobster roll was good. The wings are tasty for bread wings ( I prefer traditional wings). I would recommend, a really nice spot. read more

Stopped in couple weekend ago for an adult dessert. Ordered an expresso martini and watched her ask another worker if they had expresso. Heard the other worker say no. Watched bartender continue to add more bailey's in replacement. Covered the inside of glass with chocolate which is not in an expresso martini. Drink was completely disgusting. When asking bartender what she made the drink with she lied to my face. Just say im sorry I don't have anymore expresso and I would of gladly gotton something else. I recently gave it another shot. Different bartender and I chose to stick with a simple beer. I just wanted to chill and play keno. This experience although I got the correct drink it was a complete mission to get a refill. Maybe 6 or 7 people sitting at the bar and it took a good 20 mins with an empty glass to order another. Absolutely NO personality in this building and yes extremely dirty. I think my visits have come to an end! read more

Sat at the bar for dinner & drinks. Waited an hour for food which ended up tasting like cheap dive bar microwave pasta. The lady bartender needs to learn to multi task even when it's not busy. She wanted to look busy & talk to regulars. Never asked if we wanted another drink, how the food was or anything. Also saw kitchen help pour a heavy handed vodka drink from the bar. No wonder it took so long to cook some pasta read more

Waited for over an hour for our food to come up and finally had to cancel our order so we wouldn't miss our concert. Bartender was arrogant and said she was 'sorry but doesn't cook the food'. Will not return read more

Food ok service a little slow. Sat at bar and not that crowded. Had nachos and wings.

Great gluten free menu, I have Celiac and I never get sick eating here. All the staff are great Barry , Amanda, Jeannie and Jamie!!

I dropped by while doing sales calls in Amesbury. The parking is in a shared lot, so it was very easy. The place was very clean and was greeted when I entered. Seems Like a very friendly place where people would know you. The place was clean. I ordered the Barn 1/2 lb burger and a draft Sammy. The fries were HOT, which is too rare nowadays. The burger was actually cooked to medium, just as I ordered. Most places will cook to med-well but his place nailed it. Very friendly service and good food. The heat was high so it warmed me up quickly in the January cold. Will return. read more

Barn Pub & Grill - Barn 1/2 lb burger - Pubs Near Me - Amesbury, Massachusetts

We found this place and took a chance last Wednesday night. What a great place to grab some comfort food and drinks. We even got desert to go and the bill came to $66. That included two drinks (margaritas), appetizer, two meals, and lava cake to go. Really great food and love the atmosphere too! read more

We got three lobster rolls for take out and wow!! We were so delighted with the gigantic lobster roll! Tasty cole slaw and crunchy steak fries. A bargain for under $20! Unheard for any lobster roll. We will definitely be getting take out again from Barn Pub. read more

Stopped in for a quick lunch. Immediately greeted by a sour puss who was not happy that we requested outdoor seating. There is no river view as claimed. We had about 3 seconds to look at the menu before the waitress aggressively came over to take order. It did arrive promptly however we were attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets and had to ask to come inside where we were promptly forgotten about. Took 7 years to get a bill which was incorrect and belonged to someone else. And then to top it all off - charged us for a more expensive salad to which I promptly just paid for it so I could leave this establishment. Never again. read more

Really slow service in a Saturday night in the back porch - 40 mins before order taken.

Had a great lunch with friends on the deck outside. The service was great and the food was delish! Thank-you! ;-)

First time in Amesbury and we tried The Barn Pub, and we very impressed. Reasonably priced food and drink with good quality food. From the wings appetizer to the fresh baked fish, and chicken finger platter we were very pleased with their food and attentive server! When we come back next year, we will visit The Barn Pub again. read more

Colossal lobster roll not as colossal as you'd like to believe. Took over an hour for a takeout order of lobster roll with onion rings and baked artichoke hearts. Didn't have my drink order taken for at least 20 minutes and then ordered a Blue Moon and got a local IPA...not even close to the same. By the time I got my order back to the local hotel, food was no longer hot. Lobster roll had good flavor and plenty of meat. What I believe was the owner or manager was more interested in selling lottery tickets than in ensuring customers were taken care of. Bartender was overwhelmed even though there were only about 20 people in the entire place. Would go back if I had to, but plenty of other places to try first. read more

This place has great food. Large gluten free menu and great service. Will be going back again. And the prices are outstanding. Great specials every day. The owners are in the restaurant every day and are wonderful people. Easy to get to and plenty of parking. read more

Great food, great service. Extensive gluten free menu. Good portion sizes and reasonably priced!

The best pub grub I've had in a while. Seriously, the chicken finger basket was awesome. A group of us ended up here because we couldn't find another restaurant we were looking for. The Barn has a huge bar in the center of the first floor, and a few booths out back. The beers are cheap. We're talking 2.75 cheap. You cannot beat that. Also, like previously mentioned, it has Keno. Play some keno, eat some chicken fingers and chili, and you'll be happy to be at The Barn! read more

Love going to the barn with my daughter! This time of year, you can sit inside or outside. Food is delicious. Prices are great!

Okay, so it's a little tough to locate but well worth the find! The bar is rustic but a fairly clean looking tavern, much like a country pub. The night we went it was very busy, but we did luck out and get two spots at the bar. The appetizers were delicious and the dinners were perfect. The bartender knew everyone and she was very quick and attentive. We made our way downstairs to the game room later: what a wild place! Awesome pub to hang out with friends, listen to cool music, play pool and it seemed like there were dart boards in every corner - No waiting!! All in all a very entertaining environment! Probably would have gotten the fifth star if we made it up to the dining area, but we were having way too much fun, eh LF? read more

Serioiusly, its called the Barn... what do you expect. Its a local hang out with Cheap beer, selection isnt bad, about a 6 outta 10, got your normal stuff, but some better microbrews. But the food is about a 3 outta 10, its Drunk Food, I get drunk, and I need to eat. Nachos & sampler are a good standard to measure food by, and the Nachos were all canned ingredients, tomatos were hard, sour cream in a package, Salsa was canned. The Sampler was weird, (2) Fried ravioli, dry chicken fingers, Jal. Poppers (they were ok), the Waffle fries were good, but that was about 60% of the sampler. Cant complain about the prices, but you do get what you pay for. If you want a cheap local place to drink and dont care about food, here ya go Gutes Essen Yo! read more

This place is what it is. What is it? A crappy dive bar for Amesbury locals around the rotary. Amesbury is basically a ghost town after 9 p.m. and with a few bars around the downtown area, this is the one the not so high brow class goes to. The menu is generic pub fair of pizza, sandwiches, and beef and fish entrees. The prices are cheap, which they have to be because the food is not good. The beer selection is poor with really only your generic brand labels available. It really hasn't been properly cleaned in years and it smells the same as it did when people could still smoke here. It's very dirty inside and could use some professionals to come in here. I don;t know why they have a function room here because any event held would reek of unprofessionalism. It's usually empty of patrons when I do come occasionally when visiting a friend in the area, but there's real reason to come here. General avoidance is strongly recommended. read more

For a divey bar I wasn't expecting the food to be anything to write home about...but they proved me wrong. It's actually decent! And from what I hear they have the best lobster roll around...I haven't had a chance to order that yet but I shall have to give it a try. If you're not the type that feels like people stare at you when you walk into a place you might not like it here lol. It's one of those places where everyone seems to know each other and they have quite a few regulars. Which can be fun! read more

First, I want to say that Thom K. (9/16/2011) is an idiot...his review is the reverse of any experience I've ever had at the Barn! That being said, I LOVE THE BARN! Comedy nights are hilarious! Drinks are good and very reasonably priced. And, most recently, I had a "California BLT" there that made my stomach SING! OMG...the combo of guacamole (not too spicy/not bland), and a BLT was one I wouldn't have thought of myself, but being a girl originally from the SW, I had to try it. Wow!!! It is a taste sensation! I also highly recommend the haddock here! My family are Nova Scotia fishermen and I'm very spoiled with fish. I usually can't tolerate it anywhere but in NS because it's just not fresh enough. Well, the Barn has got it going on with their haddock supplier and it was cooked to perfection! The service is friendly, the place is locally owned and operated - with one of the husband/wife owners almost always present! - and they have CLEAN bathrooms. Listen folks, this is a PUB. If you're looking for fine linens and waiters with snooty attitudes that have been threatened within an inch of their lives in this bad economy to be at your beck and call, then go elsewhere! If you're looking for a friendly, happy, comfortable, clean, good food, good drinks and fun place, then GO TO THE BARN! It is a blast, and they even have free WIFI if you're a techie like me who is too cheap to get a smart phone. :) Tell 'em Michelle sent you - and go soon! :) read more

My husband and I had a great dinner here while on vacation. It's simple, very casual and the food was great. My husband and I had burgers with fries that were delicious. The service was good and our waitress was very friendly. read more

S***hole doesn't begin to describe this place adequately. Hasn't been cleaned seemingly since the 70s. There were crumbs *everywhere* on the bar, not that the bartender could see them because there was so much crap on his side of the bar. The Keno sign should have been a clue. I gave it the benefit of the doubt, then wasn't enthused by anything on the menu. The bartender, once he'd finished complaining to customers across the bar about everyone wanting to cash out at the same time before the comedy show upstairs, pointed out the specials, and that's what I ended up ordering (typically a good bet). I ordered the baseball steak; steak wrapped in bacon with blue cheese, potato and vegetable and a Monstah IPA. The beer was served warm in a glass that was not clean; not dirty, but not beer clean. I might have pointed this out but, a) I didn't think it was going to do much good, and b) the bartender was less attentive than a toll-taker. The food came reasonably quickly, but did not improve my optimism. The steak was good sized and looked adequately cooked. The fries were pub fries but were a bit undercooked. I've always wondered if they still produced the 5-gallon pails of vegetables we had in the high school cafeteria 25 years ago, and the green beans gave me my answer: alive and not well. I began with the green beans because I didn't get a steak knife, or even a plastic butter knife for that matter. Trying to make the best of it, I joked to my wife that maybe the steak was actually that tender. It wasn't. The woman who brought the food out was over near the silverware, but was more concerned with the Keno cards than with our attempts to get her attention. Likewise, the bartender was more interested in his discussion about the TV channels (Fox News) than with our attempts to get his attention. Finally we managed to ask him for a steak knife. He apologized and attempted a joke about it being fork tender. I gave him points for trying but also mentioned that I'd tried that. I ate my food but did not finish my tepid beer. We eventually got our check. I am a 20% minimum tipper and you really need to try hard to get me below that, let alone below 15%. Mission accomplished. I wouldn't feed this food to animals I was trying to trap, and I wouldn't approve of the service even if it was delivered to Yankees fans. In short, nothing about this experience didn't suck. By the time we left (not particularly full), my stomach hurt like hell. I celebrated my evening out with a brutal attack of gas shortly after returning home. Stay away! If this place is the best option, get in your car and drive to the nearest McDonald's -- at least you know what you're getting into. read more

Fun new England pub. Easy food. Karaoke some nights. Open late (2 am) but food ends around 9 pm. Turkey Club sandwich, cole slaw, pint of beer cost $18 with tip. read more

Excellent service! Accommodated our party that included 3 strollers. Couldn't have been better!

This is a great place to go when you don't feel like getting all dressed up to go to one of Amesbury's classier establishments and want some good pub food and cheap drinks. I'm sold on their lobster roll. It's delicious, fresh and available year round. Now, I'll be honest, I was a little wary to order a lobster roll here, since I have fairly demanding standards in this arena. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that they do a much better job with it than most area seafood shacks. The XL hot bun is nicely grilled with a big portion of fresh and tasty meat inside served with steak fries. Can't beat it for $15. As of this writing there are a lot of low ratings for The Barn, but in my experience the food is consistently good and service is always prompt and courteous. read more

The location is kinda hard to find (it's tucked back off the road). The inside is all casual bar. Big screen tvs, big bar, pool tables downstairs, local and nat'l beers on tap. They have keno. Kinda sums it up. The food was surprisingly fantastic and super inexpensive. Service was friendly. We'll definitely go back! read more

The Barn Pub & Grille comedy show is HYSTERICAL. Just as good if not better than anything you'll see in Boston, without the parking issue (huge parking lot at the Barn Pub &Grille) and no high prices for food and drinks. Huge room upstairs ensures that every seat offers a clear view of the stage. Restaurant & Bar downstairs is friendly...the type of place where everybody knows your name. Plus I love a place that has a designated Keno station...never have to bug the bartenders. read more

I heard through the grapevine that because the owner's son had Celiac's, The Barn has a dedicated kitchen for gluten-free cooking. How rare is that? SoI had clam chowder and fried seafood for the first time in years and it was delicious! Perhaps the Barn could become a dedicated site for those of us with food allergies. The dining area will need to be expanded. read more

Stopped in on a Saturday afternoon to catch the Sox game and even though the bar was full of "regulars", we felt welcome and had good service. I didn't order any food but my companion said the Buffalo tenders were good, not greasy. read more

Food was great at a very reasonable price. I had the lobster roll and my girl friend had the cod sandwich. Both were great! Bartender/waitress had too many responsibilities. Service was slow! Side dishes were wrong but were corrected. Overall good food with a good price. read more