well to start off our trip, this was our first time to the barrel house. We moved into Hallmar a few months ago and I don't know how we missed this place but we won't miss it again. The food the food was excellent. Jordan did a good job of describing the various options we drilled in on the pork tacos which apparently were on special and then the fish and chips which is what I got. I also got the cucumber and onions it's a side dish Yum Yum. Service was great. We were here at a pretty quiet time around 3 o'clock. So there really wasn't a lot of people around. Piggy enjoyed her pork tacos along with the warm mac & cheese. we will definitely be back here again as it's only 2 miles from Hallmark. I may even have to order to go and drive out and pick it up from my girlfriend a.k.a. the wife. If you're in the area you should drop in. read more

I've been to the Coralville Barrel House a few times now and have had good experiences each time. The menu is a good size, with a nice variety of options, including pizzas and shakes (neither of which I've tried yet). I've had the Cajun Jack chicken sandwich, the Reuben, and The Miami, and found all the be solid sandwiches. I have yet to have had a bad item on their menu, but nothing has blown me away. Barrel house differentiates themselves a little in the side dish arena, offering chips, potato rounds, and barrel cucumbers as slightly different options along with the common fries or salad. Barrel House also has a few house beers. This location has a good layout, with a bar area with some high top tables along with booths and tables in the open main dining area. There is also a smaller patio area outside for the summertime. read more

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Party of 2, noon on Sunday. It's big and open, several TV's to watch the games. Clean establishment. Server was sweet and attentive, even making sure my son's burger was completely plain. My son loved his food, he's super picky. He ate all of it. Cleaned the plate. I had the firecracker fish sandwich. It was too big to be eaten like a civilized American, so I just took the bun off. Fish was perfectly breaded and fried, topped with cheese and pickles on a bed of some yummy pink and a little spicy coleslaw. I've never had a fish sandwich so unique. Homemade chips, which I ALWAYS mention because not very many places have them, I crave them sometimes. The ranch is definitely homemade, the buttermilk thick kind (I'm guessing sour cream too). I'm thoroughly impressed and can't wait to eat here again! read more

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I had previously been to another location and thought it was good. So, I was curious to try the new Coralville location. It does appear to have a somewhat bigger menu with different items, so it felt like trying a new place. I had the Cajun Jack Chicken Sandwich, and we split some Spicy Cheese Curds. Both were not bad, but just be warned the cheese curds are in fact spicy. The chicken sandwich was decent, but I would have preferred grilled rather than breaded chicken. I somehow missed that on the menu. Service was a little hectic as they just opened but nothing terrible. I'll definitely be back to try other items. read more

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The burgers are great and the whole place is a cool experience. We had great service, and they even have their own beer so that was cool to try. I would go again. read more

Prices were high for food that was unremarkable. The restrooms were not clean and your feet would stick to the floor.

I had the pleasure of coming to your store last night. I wanted to send high compliments to our waitress Alana D. She was kind enough to help with you app on my phone. I am older so I not tech savvy . She went above and beyond to help me. She was a great waitress that I hope you value as she truly cared about the customers !! We will for sure come back. You are lucky to have her. Linnet Wainwright read more

Stopped by, wanted the fish and chips, waitress took order. Returned quite awhile later and said they were all out of fish, works have it tomorrow. Then she proceeded to try and talk me into various items on the menu. I'm 69, I can pick out my lunch, thank you! A little too much!!!! read more

Went there for the first time the other day. We decided just to sit at the bar and eat. The bartender was attentive at first but then he must have left because we never seen him again. It started to get busy in there and I felt bad because it looked like they only had 2 servers for the whole place (including serving us at the bar). The ambiance of the place felt off, very cafeish, not what we were expecting I guess. The food was decent. I had the Barrel Burger (added bacon) and fries, my husband had the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich and potato rounds. read more

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Best buffalo chicken dip EVER!! Also, Forest is THE best server! Between those two things, I just keep going back. :-) I also enjoy the atmosphere. read more

This was my first time at Barrel House. My brother has loved it and raves about the one in Dubuque so I had to try it out. My friends and I happened to go on the night they were having music bingo which was fun although the music was so loud we had a hard time hearing each other. I had the ranch chicken sandwich and man was it stacked with chicken. It was good and the potato rounds that I got with it were yummy. Our waiter was attentive and kind. Would come back to try more items off their menu. read more

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I Came with my dad for lunch. Server was over excited and artificial. Food was mediocre-i ordered a salad- dressing was horrible- and lettuce was bad. I pulled the bad lettuce on a separate plate and let the server know- she could take the plate- I couldn't eat it anymore. She still charged us full price- no questions asked. Ambiance is cool- with barrels hanging from the ceiling But the environment feels cold. Not good for date night- more sports bar vibe. Maybe the fried food is good! read more

I don't drink alcohol, so my review is solely on food. Also, given that the place has only been open for a week, they don't have a host/hostess yet, and the server mentioned they were short on servers today, I am not going to dive into the service side of things. It's always a bit bumpy when getting started. It felt like a typical American pub-style restaurant with run-of-the-mill food. I enjoyed the tangy BBQ sauce-covered pulled pork sandwich I ordered. It was a nice touch to toast the bun to help lessen the seepage of juices into the bun - a clutch move. It still ended up being quite messy, but I don't think such sandwiches can truly be anything but messy (at least if they are any good). The "potato rounds" that I ordered as my side for my sandwich were actually tater tots. They were crisp (almost too crisp), but they were doused in too much seasoning and, about 20% were really dry. The spicy cheese curds lived up to their name. The heat hits you not only as you take a bite, but it lingers long after. Though there are some foods around Iowa that are called spicy that are clearly not (I call that "Iowa Spicy"), these are legitimately spicy. Let that be your warning, Iowa Spicy people! Finally, the prices seem a bit off - especially for the appetizers. I mean, $13 for a plate of truffle fries?! I saw some delivered to the table next to me, and I wouldn't pay anything above $8 for them. May that's just me, but it seems a bit steep. read more

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This is the first time going and to say I want impressed is an understatement. We were greeted by a very nice young man who was our waiter and immediately told us they were out of French fire fries and burger patties...there goes 1/3 of the menu. Those that got beverages that were non alcoholic were given said beverage in a large glass, approximately 8" tall and a straw for that glass that was approximately 6" tall. I went to my car and got seven take out straws out of my glove box that I had and passed them to those trying to constantly retrieve their straws from their drinks. And finally, we waited nearly an hour for our food. Although what I had was good, it wasn t wait an hour good. My understanding, from talking to others that have been here, this isn't unusable for this establishment. read more

Pretty good food. Fries are great. Mac and cheese is white and oh so creamy. Spicy cheese curds might be my new favorite and nice twist on plain old cheese curds, I ordered them with ranch though, not the special berry sauce they come with. The only thing I found weird was I got the club sandwich, usually the ham and turkey is layered on the whole sandwich, they made it so half the sandwich was only turkey and the other half was only ham. This was odd to me that they made it this way (see pic, I had ate part of it) usually a club is layered and some places it's like a 3 layer thing. This was just like 2-1/2 sandwiches, separate. Seemed odd, but was fine, I just rearranged the meat after I realized. Otherwise, great food. My order was delivered, so I didn't actually go there to review the restaurant. Oh and the 1 thing I didn't like was that they have no white bread options at all. They only have honey wheat bread for the sandwiches, which I'm not a fan of. I asked for white but they don't have it. Maybe get sourdough bread or something as an option. read more

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The staff is super friendly and very attentive. We had waiter Ben B and he was fantastic! He made sure we were doing good and made sure our drinks were filled. The atmosphere was awesome! Super nice and the restaurant was very clean. My family went in for appetizers. The food came out hot and yummy!!! We got the Mr Nacho with the mojo chicken. We also got an order of boneless moonshine bbq wings. Let me tell you these were delicious!!!! I highly recommend Barrel House and we will be returning! So good!! 5 stars!! read more

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I have been wanting to try this establishment as it is new to the area. Walked in with NO greating!! Sat at the bar. There was one table outside and three tables inside with people. 3 waiters/waitresses and one bartender. It took exactly 12 minutes to even be recognized. The bartenfee asked the only other person sitting at the bar if he wanted another drink. His drink was still half full. Still has not asked me if I wanted anything. I asked for a menu which she gave me. She proceeded to go outside and sit down with a table of three. Never came back in for over 5 minutes. I left and will never go back.that you Barrel house for the worst experience ever. You have lost my business and as many people as I can tell business. read more

Came in for lunch recently and was a bit underwhelmed. I've been searching for a place with a killer chicken sandwich and unfortunately, the one I ordered was the wrong one- the Cajun jack chicken sandwich. My chicken was dry & the rest of the sandwich was heavy handed on the sauce. Not certain if this sandwich usually comes this way or if the cook was compensating for overcooking the chicken. At least it wasn't undercooked. It could have just been a bad day for them? Service was scant. They seemed to have had 3 service staff members on the floor with approximately 7 tables (mostly 2 tops) 2 tables of which were done and left shortly after we sat down. Our server didn't go over their very large menu or ask any questions other than are we ready to order. The place was a little unkempt and wished the restroom had a foot handle to open the door because there aren't paper towels in the restroom to open the doors with. Also wished they had different napkin options because my black pants were riddled with lint from their white napkins afterwards. On the plus side, my partner had the firecracker fish sandwich and I tried that and it was quite tasty. I'd be willing to give this place another go & try something different. read more

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Lunch with 20 of my friends. Service and food were wonderful. Forest waited on all of us and was awesome. Will definitely be going again

Very Disappointing! We waited for over 10 minutes after walking in the door with no acknowledgement from a hostess or any of the servers. The hostess never appeared and the servers went out of their way to avoid eye contact with the 10 people waiting at the hostess station. We were one of three parties that just left after standing around waiting for someone to seat us or tell us there would be a wait or acknowledge us in any way. So I can't comment on the food but I can say the servers were very rude and management was non-existent. read more

My boyfriend and I had ordered takeout during the soft opening when that was the only option and very much enjoyed the food we had. We were excited to share with my family and so we all went out for dinner. We got sat quickly and our waitress was fantastic. Some food came out wrong twice and when brought to the managers attention he essentially yelled at us, saying it was correct both of the other times, but he would go remake it again, before he turned around and stormed off. He is the only reason for the low rating. Our waitress actually apologized to us for his behavior... this should absolutely not have to happen in my opinion. We will go back because the food is fantastic, but we will certainly give them some time to iron out the kinks. read more

Delicious food, fast & friendly service even though it was opening weekend. We had spicy cheese balls appetizer - if you can take the heat, the berry dipping sauce adds a lot. Burgers & sandwiches were tasty, fries & truffle fries were good but not as fresh as we would like. And 1 in our party tried the boozy cookies/cream milkshake. We'll definitely be back to try some different things next time, but nice to have another American food Corridor choice! read more

A fine place for a burger and drink. I did the bbq sandwich. I'd probably go in the summer to get an adult summer drink and then head to our pool. read more

Great food and great ambiance! The bacon cheeseburger pizza was amazing. Our service was quick and excellent

An average place serving the typical American food of burgers, wraps, pizza. I like the aesthetic of the place, but service was kinda slow. I really enjoyed the nachos but overall nothing really stood out. Pretty comparable to Reds, the foundry, copper boar, etc. Pricing is pretty average too. read more

This has become one of my husbands and I's go to restaurants in the area. We always are seated quickly, the staff is friendly, and we never wait long for our food. The portions are large so we often get two meals for the price of one with leftovers. Prices are very reasonable as well. read more

We tried it for the first time on Halloween '23. It was pretty busy for a weekday at 5pm, but we still got a booth. The beer selection was great, and the food menu was huge, but not overwhelming! Everyone was pleased with theirs, not only were the portions big but the food was very good-- especially the fries! Service was excellent, and the memory was great... we'll definitely be going back! read more

My wife and I ate dinner during the "soft" opening weekend and what a wonderful meal...delicious food. We sat at the bar with the idea we'd switch to other seats but our bartender (Lilly) was so pleasant and attentive that we didn't move. Consequently, we did end up having a few more drinks than anticipated...awesome selection of beers and Lilly made a couple mixed drinks that were delicious. Finally, the menu is impressive and our food was fantastic! Highly recommend the Mac and cheese...we will definitely be regular customers and we are so happy Barrel House has expanded to the Iowa City area. read more

Barrel House was a fantastic place! Visited with a few friends after work for a couple drinks and was amazed by their menu for both food and drink. We all ended up ordering something to share and try and everything was purely perfection. Staff was helpful and happy and the Assistant General Manager even stopped by to make sure we were having a great time. Will definitely be coming back (hopefully for a music trivia in the future) read more

I gave the barrel house a second try - was closed the first time I stopped. First, Friday night at 6, not at all busy. Our server was really nice but didn't seem aware of the basics of serving - knowing the beers and menu, checking how the food was shortly after serving, and bringing the bill in a timely manner after we had finished. Not all the beers on tap were listed on the menu. Husbands order was not made correctly- they made a fresh plate. Sweet potato fries and potato rounds were lukewarm. Chicken salad had some gristle. Pulled pork was tasty. However, is probably a great place to watch games ( lots of tvs, 2big screens)and have appetizers and drinks. read more

The service was very good, and there are no complaints on that side but I cannot say the same about the food. We ordered the bbq pork nachos and they came out cold with minimal pork, too much cold shredded cheese, and hardly any queso. As a main I got the Diablo burger and it looked like a gas station burger with a fried whole jalapeño stacked into it. The taste wasn't terrible but it definitely wasn't great. read more

Food was cold and low quality. Service was slow despite have very few customers. Expected more from a new restaurant.