It's about what you can expect at the Boardwalk. It's nothing special but it gets the job done. Overall cleanly at least. Burgers were good (enough) Fries were okay (enough) That garlic on top is weird as hell and embarrassing considering proximity to the garlic capital (Gilroy). But hey, you're at the beach, and it's easy access to food. read more

Boardwalk Grille - Burgers good. Fries okay. That garlic on the fries weird and not worth it. - Burgers Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

Came here with my family of 7 so I knew it was going to cost me an arm and a leg to feed them all and I was right. I get it that we are a captive audience but why does it have to be so expensive! And it doesn't even come with a drink! Come on man. Setting that rant aside, the food was pretty good. Got the BBQ burger and it hit the spot. All the burgers and fries were hot off the grill. The service was quick despite how busy it was and the staff were very patience as I stumbled through my long order. We loved eating on the boardwalk people watching and laughing at the scared people in the Pirate Ship ride. Overall, it's overpriced amusement park food. read more

Bad costumer service, I asked just for another cup of ranch and they didn't gave it to me, plus he answered to me in a bad way, I don't recommend eating here. If I could give 0 stars I would definetly do it. read more

Came here on a weekday, more specifically Thursday. I was really looking forward to eat here with my family. Let me just say, the customer service was HORRIBLE. The workers seemed absolutely miserable and gave attitude to me when i was giving out my order. I never once had this problem before but it really made me dislike the way they treated me as a customer. This type of behavior should never be tolerated in any establishment and i hope that they greatly improve their service moving forward. honestly, this is the only bad place to eat here at the boardwalk, everywhere else gives good customer service + good food. read more

I came with my family, honestly this place has the worst customer service. Treated my family so bad even if it was a minimal question about something. Also about the food it took so long & honestly it was so freaking cold literally disgusting to even eat that I threw it away, workers looked miserable & refused to give ranch even though I was willing to pay. They need to pay more attention on how they are their workers be working. read more

I placed an order for chicken tenders and fries and waited over 30 minutes while being told several times that it would be "just 5 more minutes." Eventually, I was told it was something like a "system issue," and my order was refunded. However, the refund did not include the tip, and no explanation. The lack of communication and concern for customers' time was very disappointing, especially given the long wait and the inconvenience it caused with my parking. read more

Came here on Memorial Day weekend. Luckily we came early before it got super busy. Ordered the breakfast burrito with sausage and sausage and egg sandwich. It was average, nothing spectacular. Price was descent for the boardwalk, about $12 for both. Masks are still required which I don't mind. Hand sanitizer is readily available and social distancing is enforced but obviously not followed by everyone. Staff wear gloves and masks, friendly also. read more

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If I was able to put zero stars, I would. The food took an exponential amount of time to arrive. Once my food was given to me, it was colder than expected and very disappointing. The cheese on the cheeseburger wasn't even melted. I had expected more for the overly priced food. A fountain drink, sprite to be specific, was almost six dollars Horrible, do not recommend. read more

It's Boardwalk fare, chicken strips, fries and pork buns that were more mystery meat than not. Washed it down with a Boardwalk Blonde( how do you pass THAT UP?) read more

Boardwalk Grille - Itsy Bitsy found her chicken strips! - Burgers Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

Chicken strips with fries and ordered a burger completely unhappy with the fact that I ordered my food about 10 minutes to get it and once I received it when my buzzer went off I went up there within about 30 seconds and my food was extremely cold. My chicken strips weren't even warm even in the middle, so what the hell were they doing this whole time, oh well next time I'll pay attention to my app reviews if I would've noticed I had 2 1/2 stars as of today I probably would've went somewhere else. read more

Boardwalk Grille - Chicken strips with fries and ordered a burger - Burgers Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

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My toddler fell and hit her chin after tripping on a doubled over mat while the manager was taking my order. I can't believe I had to point out to the manager that the folded up mat was a safety hazard and suggested unfolding it. Instead he begrudgingly moved it over several feet, still folded over! The staff need safety training as this is a lawsuit waiting to happen. read more

I just needed milk for the boy. The guy wasn't friendly but I did notice the array of healthy items in the cold case: salads, Naked Juice, oatmeal. and the likes. For a healthier alternative on The Boardwalk, Barbary was great! read more

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Located On the Colonnade. Open early for breakfast with a full espresso bar. Lunch and dinner menu includes deli sandwiches, salads, turkey legs, cheeseburgers, corn dogs, garlic fries, fruit cups, ice cream, sundaes and more! Grab a local craft beer while you're here! Delicious!!!!! read more

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Came here for lunch after visiting Santa Cruz beach. This restaurant is the only place that is not within the amusement park. It's sort of set off to the side with the gift shop. We got the buccaneer combo with garlic fries and the Greek salad. The burger wasn't like red robin or anything, but it wasn't fast food either. It was large, and juicy. The patty was small but the large onion rings made up for it. There's bacon and a slice of tomato. All around awesome burger. The salad was good and fresh. They give you plenty of balsamic vinegar. I only used about 1/2. The chicken was well grilled and seasoned. The fries were garlicky and crispy. A regular sized lemonade is pretty big. Overall it was a good lunch. read more

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When we visited the Boardwalk, we parked close by Neptune's Kingdom. Once the baby's in the stroller, kid's hand at bay, and tons of their stuff on my back, I was hungry. Passing through Neptune's Kingdom, we see Barbary Coast. I ordered their corn dog (I haven't passed by Surf City Grill yet), and their Garlic Fries. Mom-in-law ordered their Turkey Legs. The corn dogs were alright. The Garlic Fries were good, but could a little more of the garlic. Barbary Coast is average among numerous food spots at the Boardwalk. read more

Boardwalk Grille - Barbary Coast - Burgers Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

Avoid at all cost, this place is terrible and should not even be in business anymore. Ordered garlic fries, chicken tender, chicken burger a clam chowder today at 6:01pm. Guess how long it take for them to get the food out? 6:15? 6:20? 6:30? All wrong! 6:42pm! Kept asking them where's my food the little kid gave me an annoying face and told it's coming out WITHOUT even checking! How the heck did he know? I gave up. The food they gave me was inedible, fried all soggy, chowder was cold, my family all angry and threw away the food, the lady never even apologize for the late or anything screw you type of attitude, absolutely horrible and ruin my day. Pls pls avoid this place. read more

Horrible service. Gave us fries that were soggy. I let them know that and the guy happy agreed to give us a fresh batch. Turned out they were even more worse probably just refried the already soggy ones. Lazy , unethical folks getting a kick out of serving bad food. read more

The service is ridiculously slow! Especially if you order a hamburger. All items came out slow, but hamburgers were literally a 25 minute wait. The wait is definitely not worth it. The hamburgers and cheeseburgers are made with frozen beef patties and processed cheese. They are extremely bland and taste like freezer burn. Their food expediting system is extremely flawed and the customers pay the price with huge amounts of wasted time and crappy food. Go somewhere else. read more

Visited this place on Sunday afternoon for a quick snack. No toppings for hot dog. There's a sausage and a bun. Have fun. read more

The best food out there no cap. I would recommend it and would love to come back again

Yeeesh $7.29 for soggy garlic fries? That could probably sum up the review but wait there's more. It's just your normal greasy crap but poorly executed so you not just feel guilty for eating it, but even your inner fat kid gets annoyed with you too. Service also atrocious. The ketchup dispenser was out so I asked them about it and they dismissively said - "there's another one over there" (pointing to opposite side). I said "Thanks" and walked over. Yep - out of ketchup too. Staff did not seem to care. 0FsGiven Better off going to McD's folks. read more

while on the broadwalk, this place is a quick and easy place to go in/out to get a burger, hot dog, fries, a soda or beer or clam chowder. nothing special...fast food-like and tons of people get a hot dog, soda or beer and walk off w/ it in hand. if you do get a seat right at where you order, it's a good area to people watch plus a glimpse of the beach. it's pricey...like a large fries is $4.29 or a bread bowl of clam chowder is $6.50 (minimal chowder though). read more

Outrageously delicious TURKEY LEGS! Every single time we make it out to the boardwalk this place is a must go-to eatery for me...I must have one of their turkey legs! Soooo good. Cannot go home without having one, seriously. read more

$40 for 3 mediocre cheeseburgers Very under staffed . Fries were freezing. Waiting 30 mins and its not even packed, just looks like one employee working and very much overwhelmed n it shows in her service read more

Turkey leg once every four months is all I get. Everything else is the same as anywhere but at three times the price. BC gouges.

Ok, the prices are stupid high even for the boardwalk! $18 for my and my 3 year old to get two meals and split a drink. Mr. Eastern European dude who "helped" us was more than rude (sorry you hate your job dude, but come on). While we ate, we enjoyed what we were eating. But about an hour later... we didn't enjoy it all that much. Stomach was all angry for about an hour. Not just mine but my daughter and my friend too. Could be that we don't eat that kind of ultra fried everything that often... but it just wasn't sitting well. Next time, we are hitting one of the cafes on Beach. read more

This place gets super packed! You can hardly walk around. The food also takes a long time. The prices are quite expensive as well. It's better to order from a different food place on the boardwalk since they'll sell the same food at the same prices. You just won't have to deal with the crowd that you face here. We couldn't find seating here either, which makes sense since it wa so crowded. read more

Don't come here if you can help it. Food is not good, but VERY overpriced. Their "meal-prices" do not even include a drink so that's $9+ dollars for a burger and (bad) fries plus however much a drink costs. Worse than McDonald's. read more

Way overpriced junk food. Tiny burger for $8.00. Drinks not included in the combos. Not worth anything at all. Basically, it is like charging the price of champagne for the beer. read more

Boardwalk Grille - Burgers Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

Grabbed breakfast here as we arrived, hungover, to the Boardwalk. The greasy, eggy burrito was larger than I expected and had fresh tomatoes and cilantro in it. Nice touch. The service was friendly but slow, and the dining room was sparsely decorated and looked kind of depressing. Still, I felt 85% better after that burrito, so I'm going with 4 stars. read more

Ate here after a round of minigolf! 1907 nights pepsi deal is pretty awesome ($1 for a medium). Corndog meal is kind of pricey. Smoked Turkey Leg is pretty darn good! Don't even bother trying to eat the skin, it is soooo tough but that is usual with smoked turkey. The meat itself was extremely tender, moist and flavorful. I like to eat it with hot sauce. The garlic on the garlic fries had issues staying on but was fine if you ate it with a fork. Giant Turkey leg is packed with protein to keep you full during your whole Boardwalk adventure and don't worry about the turkey tryptophan drowsiness - go on a few rides to get your blood pumping! read more

I hate posting reviews when they are bad reviews but sometimes, enough is enough. Not only were they extremely rude, expensive, took forever to order w/only 4 ppl in line (20min even though there were at least 10 staff standing around) & the food out really, really slow! But to top things off, the food was redictilously cold, stale and disgusting. We wanted to bring it back to them but figured they would prob js give us another order of nasty so we left and bought elsewhere. read more

Absolute favorite place on the boardwalk. Gotta drive 2 hours to get here otherwise id eat here everyday. If you love the burgers at Krusty burger at universal then your gonna love the burgers here. read more

When we were in the mood for coffee after looking around Barbary Coast made sense to check out. Luckily I got a cashier that just opened so I didn't have any wait and she also knew how to make some great coffee. The Blanca Grande was made almost perfect and the Mocha was terrific. read more

Garlic Fries and Turkey Legs (well the guy at the counter said Pork, I thought it was turkey). Also soft serve ice cream was really good.

Turkey leg was so salty I had to go for dialysis afterward. The wait was long for the overpriced, yet cold fries and the cashier was rude to boot (adds insult to injury). Oh yes .... the tap water tasted like it came from the toilet bowl. YETCH! read more

The breakfast burrito was actually really good. Or maybe I was just really hungry? We had to wait a really long time for our food though.

By far one of the absolute worst experiences I've ever had. We got half of our food in 20 minutes the other half 15 minutes later. All of it was cold and absolutely horrible. We put all of the food directly in the garbage after we all tried it. Not only was the food disgusting The help was extremely rude, I tipped them anyway... And they didn't even say thank you or acknowledge it. I strongly do not recommend this restaurant! If I could give this a negative star I would. This is the first time I've ever took the time to do a review. That's how bad it was! read more

after working at the bwalk, every employee knows and loves barbary coast. although a wee bit expensive(it is the boardwalk, after all), the food is fresh and they open before every other store on the walk. 9am!! i love coming here for my daily coffee before my shift starts. if you come here before 11am, get their breakfast burrito or breakfast sandwich! they look small, but they are so filling! and they have tapatio to put on your food! win win win! oh and the fries= crispy, yummy! same with the chicken strips! they're located right near the mini golf/ neptune's kingdom! read more

I was on a hunt to for a smoothie or frapee of some sort while we were chillen at the beach. I was taking a look thru some shops and I found Barbary Coast right by the arcade, they had frappes and smoothies and in the pictures they looked so good, but then again of course all ads the pictures look good. After a couple minutes of just staring straight at the picture, I settled on an Oreo Frappe. The cashier rang me up and charged 5.25 on my card. I guess I'm expecting somewhat high prices esp with their location. After gathering my drink and as I was heading back I started to take small sips..and it was just Bleh! I felt like it had no flavor what so ever.. I barely can taste any oreos.. the only oreos I seen where at the top of my cup, little crumbles to make my drink look pretty. I was def. disappointed..turns out my sister got the same exact drink (we didnt know we got the same drink or even went to the same place) she was disappointed as well. If you come here don't order the Oreo Frappe, get something else! It will not satisfy your tastebuds read more