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Barley House

Restaurant Bar American restaurant Bar and grill Night club Sports bar Cigar shop Eclectic restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Night clubs in Cleveland


Address

1261 W 6th St, Cleveland, OH 44113, United States

Website

www.barleyhousecleveland.com

Contact

+1 216-623-1700

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.50 (1.6K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 12 pm to 2:30 am
  • Saturday: 12 pm to 2:30 am
  • Sunday: (Easter), 12 pm to 12 am, Hours might differ
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 3 pm to 2:30 am
  • Thursday: 12 pm to 2:30 am

Featured Reviews


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  • 1/5 Miss P. 2 years ago on Google
    It seems you only get treated with respect if you’re of a certain status and color. I haven’t felt so belittled in years. Very disgusting behavior. I hope all of you employees feel proud of yourselves. There’s clearly a status quo you all work very hard to maintain. Sickening. Enjoy.
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Asia T. 1 year ago on Google
    Tonight I had the worst experience here. Staff and owner were very rude and from what I could see prejudice. My first time there I was told that my knee length biker shorts were not apart of dress code and that I needed to change in order to get in. After leaving and going home to return an hour later they then refused to let my husband in stating that he was not dressed correctly. This was not said when I was turned around prior though. The door staff was rude and the owner spoke very smart. I was sent home to change but watched them let guys in with athletic shorts on. Very bad experience and not a place for people of color
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Joey M. 7 months ago on Google • 12 reviews
    Had a group for a birthday party try and go here, everyone in late 30’s, good jobs, just trying to get out for a night. The one black guy in our group had ripped jeans on (the TINIEST rips on both knees) we were told at the door ripped jeans weren’t allowed even though several men and women inside had them on directly in front of our face: we were so disgusted and blown away by this treatment to the point I don’t ever leave bad reviews but felt compelled to. There’s several other great bars on that strip don’t support this one .
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Tony W. 1 year ago on Google
    My wife and I came in for dinner and there was no hostess to greet us. There was this huge private party going on that took up half the restaurant. We waited several minutes before finally going up to the bar and asked to be seated. The response was I'm not sure let me go ask the manager. We waited several more minutes before asking someone else. The same answer.... I don't know let me ask someone. So we just left to eat somewhere else. Very disappointing for out of towners like us that have heard good things about this place.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Zane P. 1 year ago on Google
    I'm not sure how this place is still open. They wanted a $20 cover when there was practically no one inside. Once we got them to come down (I was with a group of 10), I ordered a Mich Ultra for $6.50. It was warm. They refused to give me another one. With all of the bars to choose from, you'd think they'd treat their customers a little better. Guess I'll take my business elsewhere! Avoid at all costs and go to the many bars that don't charge a ridiculous cover!
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 c r. 7 months ago on Google • 492 reviews
    The food is consistently good, with a wide variety of options to choose from. The service is friendly and attentive. The atmosphere is lively and fun, especially on weekends. They have a great selection of beers on tap. They offer happy hour specials. If you're looking for a great place to eat, drink, and have fun, Barley House is a great option.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tina G. 7 months ago on Google • 126 reviews
    I can’t recall the bartenders name, but she did a fantastic job!! (She was alone on Saturday lunch) We were there the weekend of the Browns home opener. The food was great and the place was hopping. We’d definitely recommend.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Dawn T. 1 year ago on Google
    Slow service and took over an hour to get food and we didn't get all of our food. Didn't ask for the waitress to remove it from the bill because we figured that would take forever as well. The only think fun was the girl that tends the bathroom. She is great
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 D H. 1 year ago on Google
    The food wasn't that good. The tater tots has so much pepper on them I couldn't eat them. The biggest issue I have tho was I paid with a credit card. My bill was 22 dollars and some change. I left a 10 dollar tip but looked at my statement they put 100 tip down. I've called and left messages on an answering machine and I talked to someone that said they would give my message to a manager. I have not been contacted back still. We will never go to this place again when we are in Cleveland.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jim B. 4 months ago on Google • 13 reviews
    After tailgating, five of us headed to Barley House to watch a Browns game and had a great experience. Food was excellent and the service was even better! The place was jammed, but the staff did a great job of keeping everyone happy. Well done, Barely House!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Steve S. 4 months ago on Google • 119 reviews
    Was here for a Christmas Bar Crawl, great atmosphere, and unlike a few other bars on the Crawl, the DJ's played the music at a level that we could still converse with each other.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 jeffrey K. 1 year ago on Google
    I think the owners. Get a bad rap. For being to hard on their employees. If you are doing what you're supposed to, the best service, time in and time again Is tough to get anywhere, in this city or any city in America. If you don't demand excellence, from yourself, I'm pretty sure your employer should. Food, tables, drinks. Top notch. No games. Just right. Great people.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Sheri L. 1 year ago on Google
    So we went in for Browns game on Sunday. We were told by a group of patrons that we were trying to put our drinks on their tab. How unbelievable!!! The small little cocktail waitress told them that we were trying to do that! Not one of us would ever do that! We tried to tell them that and the cocktail waitress had us thrown out!!!!! We are all still in disbelief!!! How can this happen????? We will NEVER forget this bar or this experience!!!!!!! How unfair and how cruel!!!!! We intend to tell our story to everyone !!!!!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Carolyn H. 2 years ago on Google
    Unexpectedly charged a cover fee of $20 and we waited in a long line just to get told that there was a cover for each person. After waiting approximately 30-40 minutes we were let inside where we had fun and enjoyed our evening. I just wish they had more heat lamps or something to keep the crowd warmer, and if they had a sign stating there would be a cover fee for that night.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Olga N. 1 year ago on Google
    I had a negative experience at this establishment. My friends and I were permitted to enter the club and immediately thrown out because one of us had an ice cream. Bouncers screamed "go learn some English." I called the club multiple times to share my experience, but the manager refused to talk to me. It is disturbing that this behavior is permitted at a venue in a culturally diverse city. If you speak with an accent, I do not recommend visiting this venue, you will feel unwelcome here. The venue is unaware that entire US was based on immigration and their ancestors had to learn English. I'm just appalled.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ashya M. 7 months ago on Google • 92 reviews
    Fun spot. We went after the Browns home opener and it was a vibe. Security was nice. Bartenders pleasant and ppl were in a great mood so it worked out well.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nia E. 10 months ago on Google • 66 reviews
    Guess I'm outgrowing the atmosphere due to my age, but I definitely give credit when due. It's nice every blue moon to have somewhere safe & lively to hang out. Everyone we encountered were super nice and cool vibes. Dj was good. Kat the Woman's Concierge is ALWAYS SUPER AMAZING!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Mike C. 1 year ago on Google • 4 reviews
    If you like dry burnt un seasoned burgers this place is for you. It only took them half an hour to bring drinks, and 1 hour for food. When you complain about it you will be greeted with rolling eyes and attitudes, after you wait 15 more minutes for an almost manager to show up and ask to remake it or deduct it off the bill. I chose not to wait another hour for 1 burger. I now would like deduct the one star rating I gave them to no stars at all. If you walk into a large restaurant to eat at peak time and it's empty, LEAVE!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Tarik C. 4 months ago on Google
    Definitely hands down not a place I would go just any day it s very unsafe and the management doesn't do anything to help at all take it from someone who lives here
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Taylor H. 11 months ago on Google
    Me and a few girlfriends recently visited this location because they were holding an event called “Girls night out”. We have never been here previously so we didn’t know what to expect. We were greeted by a very friendly doorman. When we entered we were “welcomed” by unfriendly servers who had trouble figuring out where to seat us. Two women in our group were in wheelchairs. We were unable to sit at the upper level because it wasn’t handicap accessible, which is a pretty big strike for us. We had to sit on the main level with the high top tables (we were also told that we would have to go to the bar and place our orders instead of having a server come to us. I guess they don’t “service” the high top tables. Although clearly we were unable to go to the upper level so we were hoping they would make an exception for us.) They sat us all the way in the back and we were barely able to see the stage. We got there about 30 minutes before the show even began and there were hardly any people in the bar. They could’ve sat us at a table where we would be able to enjoy the show. Especially with having two individuals in wheelchairs. I did not have good experiences with either of the female bartenders. They were both very confused and could not make drinks properly. They want you to stick to the menu of their overpriced cocktails with hardly any alcohol in them. When I attempted to get a certain drink or shot, they said they didn’t have that ingredient or they didn’t know how to make it. They then shoved the menu on me and basically said “stick to this”. Very rude, very short. Some women in the group ordered food, it came out pretty late and the fried pickles were left behind and when we mentioned where they were the girl brought them out and said “Sorry for your wait” and handed us cold friend pickles. Definitely forgotten, on accident or purpose? The bathroom WAS NOT fully handicap accessible. My friend in her motorized wheelchair could not even fit in one of their stalls. Most of the night the bartenders were lined up toward the back, not busy. The girls were all rude and extremely unfriendly or unwilling to help. They were avoidant from the beginning. The only Barley House worker that we had a very nice experience with, was the nice doorman that greeted us at the beginning. He also got us wristbands since we were unable to do so, which made it so easy on us. And he turned off the fan that was directly on us and kept looking over at us to make sure we were accommodated for. Very sweet and I wish I got his name. All in all I honestly wouldn’t recommend this bar. The staff In horrible, with the one exception. The drinks are awful and the vibe is definitely “off”. None of us will be returning, and I highly suggest you don’t visit this particular establishment.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Christopher L. 11 months ago on Google
    Atmosphere is always on point every time I come here. Food always taste fresh. They will always keep my business every time I’m in town.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Oscar M. 2 years ago on Google
    Barley house really is not the scene. Lots of drinking kiddos that seemed to just fall off the farmers truck. Flannel and Sweatshirts abound in this place. Barely 20 so etchings trying to figure things out . *But LostCLE is. You dress to impress and truly have an amazing crowd of real people.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 john p. 1 year ago on Google
    Great bar scene in a cool area of downtown. Service can be tough on the weekend but that’s to be expected. Good music great atmosphere and decent drinks. I was denied once however for wearing timberland boots
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Rob H. 1 year ago on Google
    Went there on a Sunday afternoon to watch the Browns game and have some food and drinks. Tables were $200 minimum spend. For a Sunday afternoon? I can see this type of policy for a night time "club" experience, but come on! Went somewhere else.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tamra P. 1 year ago on Google
    Such a great spot with very caring people, large selection of cocktails and food. I would definitely go again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Hannah F. 1 year ago on Google
    I have been to Barley many times. This was the absolute WORST experience I’ve ever had. I, along with my boyfriend, were dancing and a bouncer came up and told me he needed to leave. I asked for what, and was told he didn’t need to give me a reason, but we both needed to leave the bar. We literally were only dancing and was asked to leave. I have never been so disrespected in my life. And to think, I have told MANY people to come here—I will NOT give my business to this bar ever again.

  • 1/5 Josh L. 10 months ago on Google
    Extremely racist and rude. Upon entry, staff did not let 3 of my African American friends enter due to them wearing “athletic shorts” even though there were white customers wearing athletic shorts in the bar.

  • 1/5 Sara Ann S. 10 months ago on Google
    Pleasant greetings and servers. Got drinks and waitress kept them full. Food took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to our table. Every order was over salted, missing items, and one dinner was not even made. Definitely has problems in the kitchen . Was not impressed.

  • 1/5 Denise c. 1 year ago on Google
    Completely awful from 5 minutes of sitting down until the end. 8 people. Decent bar tab. 8 meals ordered. 7 orders received. 4 of the 7 were incorrect. One taken back because of dietary restrictions and it was never returned. Just completely horrible. Waitstaff continually running down the hallway towards restrooms and not towards the kitchen. So so many things wrong here. Arrived 4pm left 6:30 after a 20 minute discussion with server on $64 tab when in all actuality it was $31. Do better Barley House. I used to frequent when I worked across the street and they never missed a beat. Referred many a people. No more.

  • 5/5 Dwight N. 1 year ago on Google
    Loved this place. Sit outside if the weather is good. Right off the water. Fun friendly atmosphere with a great staff. Completely enjoyed our time here

  • 5/5 Brandee Y. 2 years ago on Google
    I was really nervous when I came here because it was extremely loud and I was worried it wasn't my scene but honestly it's so fun you just get sucked into it. Everyone is so happy and dancing and it's infectious. Let this bar grow on you ❤️

  • 5/5 Owen C. 1 year ago on Google
    I was extremely well looked after by the staff, who are numerous and professional. They had enough Irish potations, including some lovely top-shelf whiskeys, to make the Gael in me happy.

  • 2/5 Chef A. 1 year ago on Google
    Parking wasn't available at the location. Kitchen was closed at 9pm on a Saturday...dress code was implemented on my guests for my birthday when I had a section setup through Chris...not what I expected.

  • 2/5 Liam G. 11 months ago on Google • 1 review
    I was assaulted by a bouncer. One of bouncers here was overly aggressive and lifted me up and promptly threw me on the concrete unprovoked back first. I could have been paralyzed and the force of the throw shattered my phone screen. Update-5/1/23: Despite the response beneath claiming the damages were covered, Barley House has still not compensated me for the damage to my property caused by their former staff member and has as of today apparently decided to cease communication with me. Update: After speaking with management and explaining the situation they assured me this bouncer would no longer be working at barley house and agreed to cover the damages on my phone screen. The management was very respectful and listened to me.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rachel C. 7 months ago on Google • 1 review
    We had Sydney as our server for an event and she was awesome! So fun and bubbly. We will definitely be back to see her!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Food
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Dancing
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Food at bar
    • ✓️ Happy-hour food
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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