Great atmosphere and fun entertainment -- Garrison's definitely does that part well. The vibe is lively, and it's a solid spot to grab a drink and enjoy the scene. The bar food is good, but just to set expectations: this is not one of those local pubs where the food feels like home cooking. It's more standard bar fare. I tried the prime rib and was disappointed -- it was lukewarm and tasted like it had been cooked earlier and reheated. The baked potato came cold, added butter but somehow the butter wasn't even melted, which was confusing and took away from the experience. Overall, a good place for atmosphere, drinks, and entertainment, but I'd come with modest expectations when it comes to the food. read more

Medicore at Best,used to be awesome but not so much in the past couple of years.We check it out so often but nothing has changed especially the menu and whats up with that garlic bread ? Must be a cheap way out of giving a decent roll or bread ??? read more

The service here is great. The food not so much. It's mid at best. I had the steak tips which tasted like shoe leather. I asked for medium, I got well done. The scallops tastes like the frozen kind. The squash was soggy and gross. This place feels like it should he excellent but it wasn't. read more

First time going here for lunch with a friend. From what I saw portion sizes looked great! I love a good turkey dinner and so I went for it. Total disappointment!! Very obvious the stuffing was boxed. Everything other than the gravy was cold. Mashed potatoes had no flavor, if I didn't know any better I'd say they were boxed as well. Other than the seasoning on the skin of the turkey it wasn't flavor at all. Sadly the only appetizing item on my dish was the carrots. Looks can be very Deceiving, highly recommend not ordering this dish read more

Garrison's - Garrisons Turkey dinner - American Near Me - Billerica, Massachusetts

FOOD: Nothing to write home about here. Very overpriced. Food not very good and cooks cannot cook. First time there I got Veal Parm, my favorite to order if available at any restaurant. It was chewy, probably pounder pork loin and not real veal. Second time I got a pastrami and swiss sandwich. Pieces of pastrami no bigger than the fingernail on my little finger, very gross and salty, no swiss. Last time tried the hamburger. Asked for Med Rare, came out well done. Bun was toasted, which I did not ask for but bun was burnt, not brown, but black burnt. Table behind me had same exact issues with hamburger. He sent his back and I heard him wondering if the kitchen staff would not treat his return so well and he would probably not have returned it on second thought. SERVICE Got seated right away with reservations. Didn't see a waiter for 10 minutes. HE took drink order and didn't see drinks for 15 minutes and he missed one of the drinks we never got. 15 minutes later food order went in. 45 minutes later we got our food. TIME: 6:00 P.M. on A Saturday night. AMBIANCE: Simple walls and lighting, nothing special to tie to the price of food & drinks. Drinks somewhat weak. BOTTOM LINE: Would have been much better staying at home and cooking for about $10 a head instead of dropping $54 a head at Garrisons and having to endure bad food, bad service and terrible dining out experience. We will NOT be back. EVER! read more

The service is wonderful. Such a friendly atmosphere. You can tell it's a local bar. You are made to feel comfortable. Kylie our bartender was extremely attentive and made me a delicious blood orange cosmo! Lunch was a sampler and just enough of a portion to share. read more

Laura H. provided outstanding service and the food was perfect! Definitely worth the trip.

Went to Garrisons the other night. I had forgotten we have been there before and can't believe I have never reviewed. There is a big bar in one room and dining booths are in a separate room. I can't remember what I got the first time, but I do remember we split an Apple Crisp which was out of this world! It is made to order, and topped with ice cream and loads of whipped cream. We went again the other night. Sat at a cozy booth and ordered a Cosmo. The Cosmo came and something was off. Way off. So I asked the waitress to get me something else and she was happy to accommodate. The second drink was a fruity drink off the specials menu and was delicious. We ordered our entrees which came complimentary with soup. The soup was Turkey vegetable and hit the spot. I was in the mood for both steak and seafood, so I ordered the steak tips and baked scallops. I was a little leery of both as unless the menu says dry scallops you could end up with chemical tasting scallops, but I thought I would try anyway. I never order steak tips but didn't want to order the 14 oz strip steak as I would have never finished it. I asked for rice Florentine as a side. My steak tips were very good and scallops were excellent. I was really impressed with their "breadcrumbs" which were actually cracker crumbs which I prefer anyway over breadcrumbs. The rice was probably the best Florentine I have had. Flavorful, moist and delicious. My entree was very enjoyable and priced at $29.99. My husband got Chicken Parmesan with Penne and said it was very good. Price was $20.99. On our second recent visit, I ordered the same entrée as the first time. The scallops were as delicious as the first time but the steak tips were too well done. The rice was just as delicious as well. My husband got baked haddock which he said was fresh, flaky and delicious with a delicious cracker topping. We did receive bread the second time which is toasted bread with herbs on it. I would have preferred just plain bread as some of the pieces were pretty hard and were pretty hard to eat. We asked if they had the apple crisp and unfortunately, they did not. Maybe next time. All in all, a very, very good experience. read more

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Good: Potato skins were very good, crispy & hot. Mediocre: clam chowder-tasted okay but lukewarm. Mozzarella sticks tasted okay but lukewarm. Boneless chicken wings tasted good but lukewarm. Burger tasted okay, was hot but overcooked. Bad: Fries were hot but over seasoned. Amazing: Apple Cider donut sundae...absolutely the best thing. Service was excellent. Ashley our server was very attentive & friendly. read more

Been here a bunch. Both food and service are always great. Really like the burgers and the steak tips.

Service was lousy. I had a drink order immediately and asked if I wanted food. I said yes and got a menu and was informed of when kitchen closes. After being there 45 minutes no one took an order for food or asked to refill my drink so I left read more

I'd put this at a 3.5: The service was a bit slow, it was moderately busy so overall I didn't mind but it was a bit slow in all honesty. The server was friendly and the food came out the way it was ordered although a bit cooler than one would expect for dining in. The chowder was a solid 7/10 while the buff fingers were about a 5.5/10. Blue collar crowd which was perfect really loved the feel. Probably won't be rushing back anytime soon but wouldn't say avoid either. read more

The food and service are solidly 4 stars, everyone and I mean everyone from reception, waitress, servers and bartenders are friendly and professional. The scallops as everyone has noted were perfectly cooked and delicious. My wife's crab topped haddock had very little crab and the haddock was a bit overdone. The music was great, but only if you went to the small alcove where the musician was playing. Virtually a waste as no one else on the other side of the bar or the bar area dining room could hear him.... Not the venue if your looking for live music and that has nothing to do with the talent! read more

My friend and I wanted to get some food in Billerica area so went to Garrisons. The food quality was sub par. Steak tips had no flavor and tough. Friend ordered scallops and soaked in butter. Also, prices on menu were not defected accurately at check out of bill. Told receive an old menu. Would not recommend. Over priced for poor quality food. read more

The service and food has always been good the times we have eaten there. Menu is fairly diversified to satisfy most.

Came here with a friend who is a regular and had a great time! Got a table in the bar, people are playing Keno, its kinda loud and packed- food must be good! Ordered some cold beers and got an appetizer plate while we talked and decided on what to eat. My local friends ordered the eggplant parmesan -which was very tasty and more than he could eat, and she got the Atlantic Haddock. Both were huge plates- the eggplant parm was fantastic and the fish was as well. .I ordered the haddock with scallops and glad I did. Since I was craving lobster, the scallops were cooked perfect, and the haddock had a nice batter, tender, great white flakey fish. The side was a spinach rice which was buttery and rich- perfect for the dish. With the scallops, my plate was $20- a great value which even makes it better!! Service was on the spot, had quite a few Sam Adams and enjoyed the evening there. For a Thursday night, to be this packed, it has to be one of the go to places in the area. Glad we went, will be back on my next trip to Billerica. Highly recommend read more

Garrison's - Great haddock and scallops!! - American Near Me - Billerica, Massachusetts

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Food was terrible. I asked that they go light on the wine and butter in my seafood casserole. It was drownding in wine and butter. That's all I could taste. Yuck! I ate one of the shrimp and one of the scallops, which were just okay and tasted like wine! I was hungry but couldn't eat anymore of that terrible dish. And the cooked zucchini and summer squash was mushy! I ordered a drink afterwards and it was watered down with soda water. The servers and bartenders are nice but food and the owner of this place suck! The band was amazing and people were dancing and having fun. At 9:30pm the owner shut the band off and closed the place. Who does that. The bar and bar side tables were filled with people!! We all went to another nearby bar that will now have my business. Never again will I go to Garrison's. I DO NOT recommend!! read more

Everyone when in doubt just ask for Kyle to be you server/waiter this dude is on point idk about the rest but he is on point.........

the bartender spilled some draft beer on my person and keno slips. I was a little angry about it,. The bartender started to make it that I was the problem. I got kicked out for good. Wish I could go thru life blaming others for my troubles read more

Went there with my parents. The hostess didn't want to sit us near the window. The room was damn near empty. Then we had the worst server. I unfortunately ordered the prime rib. Gritty and absolutely disgusting!!! My parents ordered the pot roast dinner. The meat was so chewy it was like gum! And even the mashed potatoes and carrots were gross!! How do you mess up mashed potatoes???? Absolutely disgusting!!! Worst food I have ever eaten! read more

This place is awesome great food reasonably priced awesome service large quantities definitely worth the money. We are here and there's a major snowstorm outside and this place is still packed. read more

Garrison's - Peppermint martini - American Near Me - Billerica, Massachusetts

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Food is great as is all the staff a huge selection of different meals on the menu an extremely good local restaurant in Billerica

Finally tried Garrisons out after recommendations from our friends. Sadly, we were very disappointed. We ordered surf and turf and upgraded to the baked lobster. Also added in a side salad for $3.99. Our meal came with no sides and no salad. Is it typical to spend almost $50 for a meal and not receive any sides and they forget the salad that you paid extra for? Also-ordered the steak tips medium rare. We received medium well to well done. Not sure we'll be returning. read more

Made reservations for 530 ok then at315 got call saying they can't hold the reservation because a party of 23 was comeing a600 so we were canceled no form help the manger just lost good a sale will never eat there again read more

Our server was excellent, so I do commend that. The food, however, was really not good, and definitely not worth the price. The artichokes were nothing but a disappointment. We sent them back, and they were taken off the bill. I ordered the Tuscan chicken sandwich with no cheese. The chicken was so dry and flavorless, it was pointless. I got sautéed spinach and mushrooms for the side, and it was overwhelming with salt. Very overpriced. My husband got lobster ravioli. It was not hot, when served. It was taken and reheated. A very weird situation, because the pasta was dry, but the sauce was so watery. It had a very strange flavor. He took one bite. Our waitress asked how it was, and he expressed the dissatisfaction. It was replaced with lobster mac n cheese, which was much better. I appreciate the kind and wonderful service, but this was a huge hassle to have dinner. read more

great food and extremely understanding service! when someone in my party spilled their drink by accident twice they were quick to help clean & get a replacement! read more

I have had many great meals here, but was recently blown away by the portion size and flavor of the Parmesan-crusted chicken. Great job to the Chef and always friendly and accommodating staff. A Billerica must. read more

Love this place!! Impeccable service! Amazing food! Best prime rib I've ever had. Always a delicious martini special. The Stuffed mushrooms with cheese are so delicious! Portions are huge ! We are new Billerica residents and I'm just so in awe of how nice and friendly the locals are. Surf and turf is tHe best deal in town. Love Garrisons. Feel very blessed that's it's 5 minutes from our new home read more

Garrison's - Prime rib surf and turf! No words .... - American Near Me - Billerica, Massachusetts

They should pay staff to go to bartending school. Some don't know basic cocktails. The cigarette container at the entrance is disgusting. Get rid of it. Who wants to walk passed a bunch of cigarette smoke as soon as you walk in? Plant some flowers out front and actually make it look inviting. read more

Julie the hostess is awesome! Very professional and attentive but above all she greets me with a smile every time! The staff there is amazing and so are their food and drinks! I had the pleasure of having Kristi and Taylor as our server, both are sweet and kept checking on us to make sure we enjoyed our time there. Will go again and recommend friends and family! read more

Came here just for drinks. I've gotten take out soup before. Really loved the soup. Always wanted to sit down, now we did! I got the coconut margarita. It was great! Fiancé had a blue moon. I believe one of the managers was taking care of us. He was supper nice and polite. He made sure we were taken care of, even though we were just stopping by for drinks. Great atmosphere and service. I can definitely see why this is such a busy local place. There was live music too. I think it was an event because there was a poster by the door, but I think they do live music often. We'll be back, and I'll be getting another coconut margarita. read more

Garrison's - Coconut Margarita... fab!!! - American Near Me - Billerica, Massachusetts

The food was great! Highly recommended the French onion soup. The server Kerman was not good unfortunately. We felt rushed the whole time by her. We ordered the soup and 2 minutes after our soup came out, our dinner was given to us. We weren't even half way down our soup by the time our dinner was out. Obviously our dinner got cold because we were still eating the soup and she didn't care about it. I mentioned it to her and she didn't even apologize or do anything about it. Even when she gave us our bill, she was hovering over us to get the bill right away when we still had drinks to finish so I don't understand why she was rushing us so much. It honestly ruined the experience for us so I would recommend sitting at the bar instead if you don't want to feel rush the whole meal. read more

Met old friends in the area today. Service was good, nice waiter at lunch. Got the bacon wrapped meatloaf special. Meatloaf was dry as heck, bacon was black and hard. Meat was room temp, obviously not made today. I generally love meatloaf. Potatoes were fake. Would take a lot to get me to try again. read more

Ok... Went again...and this time was better. Had the Onion Rings appetizer...and the Fisherman's Platter. Yeah...deep fry overload, but I had heard that the seafood was pretty good here, so I thought I'd give it a go. (Pics uploaded) So the Onion Rings were good...a firm batter is used here and it's obvious these are hand breaded and fried. Quite good...they came out with a Marinara Sauce that is average...and it's the first place I've seen that served Onion Rings with Marinara...thought that was just a Cheese Stick thang. Then the Fisherman's Platter came out...wow...tons of food. Finished about half of this thing. Fried food doesn't make the best of leftovers, but no way was I going to dust this thing off. Haddock, Scallops, Shrimp, Clam Strips, same onion rings and fries. Haddock...a little fishy. Fresh Haddock is never fishy...so you do the math. Shrimp...not a big fan of deep fried shrimp overall...I prefer it grilled or cold with a nice side of spicy cocktail sauce...this shrimp tasted chewy and a tad overcooked. Clam Strips...not great, not awful....in fact, quite par for course as far as Clam Strips go. Fries...pretty good, not great, but good. Tarter Sauce was ok. Cole Slaw was ok. And now I mention the scallops. Wow. So I got this plate to try the sampling of deep fried seafood...and I have to say, I would definitely go with the scallops next time. A whole big plate of 'em. Very tasty. The batter seemed to be a little thinner on these...maybe that is why I liked 'em best... Overall, a pretty good plate of seafood. The place is clean...dimly lit of course per usual. Both times I've been to this place, the staff were really friendly...I have to say, tonight however, we had Leana, (one N lol), waiting on us. Very cute...very funny...and a really good sense of humor. My buddy and I had a good time sharing a couple laughs with her. So this place hasn't blown me away food wise...but staff wise, they're the kinda place you want to throw into the regular rotation. I'll be back. read more

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Prime rib was dry. Stuffed shrimp was gooey. Service was terrible and realized after the fact that we never got the side salad or the soup. Also had to wait good 5-7 minutes for silverware after the food was on the table .... read more

If you sit in a booth good luck getting a second drink so you can wash down your food waitress Mia eventually showed up so I could continue to eat then we weren't served something that came with the meal and told us you can't get that if you're paying for a salad! And the manager agreed with the waitress apparently they can't read the menu properly, I'm giving 3 stars for the food, service was 1 star. Also very pricey drinks much higher than area average. read more

We were a party of 10. 6 prime rib meals and 4 fish. Everyone was satisfied and loved their meals. The cocktails were expertly mixed - perfection. Our waitress - Ashley - outstanding. Will definitely go back! read more

We had a blast last night! Unexpected change in our work schedules left us home with an empty fridge so we headed down Rt3A...looking for affordable meal. Sat in lounge area to watch Charlie Moore fishing on TV. Mixed grill & bleu rib eye special HUGE PORTIONS and yummy. Then a trivia game started so we started a team. Ended up winning!!! Thanks for gift card and laughs (what's rap?) read more

Great steaks, fun atmosphere, we were seated immediately. The tables were clean and our server was prompt, if even a little brusque. The menu is your standard American fair, steaks with potato or fries, chicken and fish dishes in a couple of specials. The food is nothing to rave over, but it is hearty comfort food. I ordered the prime rib rare and was not at all disappointed... Portion was great and my sides were good. Prices are in keeping with restaurants of this type. Casual dress, very local place. We will definitely return. read more

I have been to Garrison's quite a few times so I can confidently say, this place is great! The service is good and my food is always good! I highly suggest the baked scallops and you can not go wrong with their martinis! read more