Thanecha

Review of The Barterhouse

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I joined some ...

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I joined some friends for a surprise birthday dinner at Barterhouse Ybor. We live about 5 minutes away in Palmetto Beach, and we were super excited to check this place out, as we had never been here, and we are always looking for cool places to go for our date nights.

Although the atmosphere is cool, our experience was terrible.

We arrived around 6:15 and were taken to our table, but we waited for a while without even having our drink orders taken. By the time the birthday boy arrived around 6:40, we were still waiting on our first drink. Totally unacceptable.

We ordered appetizers, which were nice, but our entree orders were not taken until we were already finished with the appetizers.

While my boyfriend and I were still finishing our meal, our group was told that we needed to get up and leave, as there were other people waiting for our table, and we were "taking too long". I still hadn't even finished my first drink.

We all got up, and I stood at the front door to finish my drink and try to figure out what was going on.

Completely unprofessional. Although we love eating out and trying new spots, we will definitely not be coming back to Barterhouse Ybor unless there is a change in management, and a major change in the way this restaurant is run.