Barnton Bar and Bistro
Barnton Street, Stirling, ScotlandOverall:2.7 Food:2.3 Drink:3.1 Atmosphere:2.8
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| 12 Review(s) | Overall | Atmosphere | Drink | Food |
| I was in a few days after it was taken over after quiglys point and met a friend we both had the steak pie and it was lovley and the prices were really good as were the price of drinks..its not much to look at but the staff were very nice..it had a nice relaxed feel to the place and the location is fab will be back again. - Apr 26, 2010 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| since its make over this place has totally gone downhill! i was in with friends. the staff were awfull - couldnt have cared less, when we tried to order drinks they had no strongbow, no diet coke and no lime mixer, later we found out from the table next to ours they also didnt serve red wine! the decor was awful - looked like a completely botched makeover! would never go again - s, scotland - Oct 23, 2009 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Yes, the Bistro is now under new management and as another comment said, there is no other place like it in Stirling. Pubs are generally franchises of a large chain or packed so full with the "every night" crowd that it makes it difficult to pop in every once in a while. The Bistro is a wonderful mix of people from all ages and areas of Stirling. It is now much more gay friendly before, including women this time. The staff are friendly, trying hard to get the place regenerated and offer interesting events each night such as pub quizzes and open mic nights. With a variety of drinks, good music, a relaxed atmosphere and affordable pool table, you can't go wrong in this old and treasured piece of town. - B, Scotland - Sep 6, 2009 | 5 | 5 | 3 | NR |
| Worst fajita in the history of the world. No peppers, no salsa, no gaucamole. A few crisps at the side of the plate. A rip-off at £7. Staff look like they can't be arsed and the interior hasn't changed in several years. It's a shame as it used to be a nice place. - Gavin, Scotland - Aug 17, 2009 | 1 | 1 | NR | 1 |
| This place was once great, it seems to be under new ownership now. The place wasn't very busy, the staff were under no pressure at the bar. I ordered a soda water and lime and chicken fajitas. The drink was poorly mixed and had no ice so it was slightly warm. The food was disgusting. A plate with two of the cheapest tortillas known to man, quarter of a packet of rank crisps scattered around, a paper cup of cheese which looked like plastic and another paper cup of what I can only assume was supposed to be sour cream. The chicken was delivered separately, no seasoning, some (barely) fried onions and for some reason grated carrots. My friend was lucky enough to have one slither of red and one slither green pepper with his. This was the worst meal I've eaten in my life. The staff shall we say look well fed, spent most of their time playing the fruit machine, must be completely clueless. The service was terrible, even when we tried to pay the bill. Sad to see this once great place become so poor, shameful for Scotland since many tourists will no doubt eat a disgusting meal there. - Martin, Glasgow, Scotland - Aug 17, 2009 | 1 | NR | 1 | 1 |
| Clean the men's toilets you pigs. NO soap, PEE all over the place, GRAFFITI since 1990's all over the walls, NO mirror, DOOR off it's hinges, YUK. COBWEBS all over the ceilings, DEPRESSING DRABBY looking staff, DIMLY lit, lack of beverages...As soon as I walked in I wanted to leave but was with my family who all needed to pee. I would rather have urinated in my jeans that go in there again. - John, Stirling - Jul 11, 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Clean the men's toilets you pigs. NO soap, PEE all over the place, GRAFFITI since 1990's all over the walls, NO mirror, DOOR off it's hinges, YUK. COBWEBS all over the ceilings, DEPRESSING DRABBY looking staff, DIMLY lit, lack of beverages...As soon as I walked in I wanted to leave but was with my family who all needed to pee. I would rather have urinated in my jeans that go in there again. - John, Stirling - Jul 11, 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ok, so i'm a little biased here as the Barnton is one of my favourite establishments, despite the comments above i should also point out i'm straight and love shooting pandas! But what the Barnton offers is the most unpredictable mix of people, drinking together in harmony, no one night is ever the same, the jukebox is pretty good and they do some cheap drink promotions. But as i say the main point on which to recommend it is that there is no bar like it anywhere else, chilled in the day, raucous on a night with a unique character i have never found anywhere else. Its a little rough diamond amongst the modern myriad of witherspoon style pubs. Surely that alone is worthy of raising a (pretty good) pint to the Barnton and making a visit! - Oli Chan, UK - Nov 23, 2005 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| the food in this pub is great, the staff are joe public who work to live, not live to work, which makes life quite entertaining if one of them has a problem. These are real people. The quiz is not rigged, just a we bit too hard. Table one is just a bunsh of ageing queens,the only political topic is who's round is it. A gay friendly bar, who's gays all keep them selfs to them selfs.Very friendly if you make an effort to talk to the staff - annon, scotland - Aug 23, 2005 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| by the way, the quiz isn't rigged. my flatmate used to write it, deliver it, and mark it, i can give you my 100% guarantee - you're just thick. - john, scotland - Mar 19, 2005 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| the other description offered here is bizarre indeed. the bistro does indeed have cliques and there is a table one crew, but to sum them up as some kind of commie save the world brigade is nothing short of bizarre. i don't think most of them know what a whales are, far less that they might need saved. as for the food, in 7 years i have eaten sunday lunch there, it has never once been anything but well cooked, and relatively fairly priced. it is true to say the staff are rarely efficient, rarely friendly when serving, but neither are they unfriendly. just not the usual smiley drones of the likes of o'neills, etc. ie they are just people acting like people. the bistro - beautiful 50s style interior - is often great, often shit, but rarely dull. students, travellers, lecturers, wee hard men, ex prisoners, intellectuals, most kinds of people drink there. alasdair gray loves it, sonic youth had a pint there last year, and you can't help feel that reviewer 1. is just a wee bitty jealous that he couldn't make it into the 'table one crew' himself. - hardly, scotland - Mar 19, 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Stirlings answer to a gay bar, although the number of gay men rarely reaches double figures with no more than a quarter of customers actually being gay.There is certainly a clique type clientelle in the bistro, who truly feel they have arrived in life as they sit around table one (the one at the right hand side of the front door) massaging each others militant political correctness,so unless you are a gay lesbian disabled vegan endangered bisexual panda of ethnic origin, it may be best to avoid this table.The draught beers are of a fairly good standard but if you want to order food BEWARE! as they may be too busy saving the whale,to carry out the customers desires efficiently,that is unless you desire your steak pie still frozen,for the best part of six quid.The bistro also plays hosts to a pub quiz (which is rigged)upon where,the save the housefly brigade at table one, thrash the heathens in what has become a weekly propoganda exercise,these people are not only on a higher plateu with regards to morality,but on an intellectual level aswell,now how do you like those apples?.If you want to spend a few months in there acting camp and worrying about the plight of the tasmanian tiger,(too late the last one was shot in 1937) then possibly you might end up sharing the joys of winning a pub quiz with a bunch of friends who are blissfully unaware of how they resemble the nazis they claim to despise. - Redondo Croalos, scotland - Jan 21, 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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