Beef Baron

First I am a great fan of this eatery/​bar because they have a great beer selection and full bar and is very close to where I live. Best local by far. Knowledgeable friendly staff and customers
always a plus. The burgers are excellent. However and a big however, burgers, in my mind, were born with fries. The Beef Baron has no fries. Potato chips or potato salad doesn’t cut it.
Who in this day and age doesn’t accept credit or debit cards? BofA atm next door. Other than these two drawbacks, an excellent location worthy of a repeat visit.

I had the baroness chicken sandwich with coleslaw. The chicken was cooked to a juicy perfection (not precooked!!)
Swiss cheese, bacon, caramelized onions, lettuce, tomato on great bread to top it off. They also have a good selection of beers and great service too!

Uhhh well I heard from locals this had the best burger. So we went. The burger was pretty good but not worth the drive, lack of fries, the stop at the ATM. OH and no coke or Pepsi products. The 3 stars is ONLY because the burger was decent.
Menu is very limiting so only go if you’re going for a burger. Waiter was alright and don’t forget cash.

We always enjoyed a good burger and a beer. Tonight it was clouded by terrible service. Feeling like we were a nuisance our waItress barely gave us time to complete our order. Then we weren’t even asked uf we wanted anything else. Just the check! Customerservice 101… cater to the custoner. Not sure what is going on here but for a Friday the place was dead. No surprise… service sucks!

At first I was skeptical of this place judging it from the outside. When I first came in I immediately noticed the dated interior. Menus were also very dated as well. My waiter was a younger woman. They had an awesome beer selection. Their food was perfect. For the price the burgers are one of the best in town. I love that if you sit at the bar you can watch them prepare your food. Burger was cooked exactly to my liking. Also ordered some grilled wings, which are absolutely phenomenal.
Edit: tried this place again and everything was great! The manager is very polite and took care of us like gold.

This place is the absolute worst. Service was terrible waitress threw the food on the table after my family and I waited an hour for food while watching two tables that came after us be served and leave before we were even served. I would not recommend anyone ever go here. If was possible to give negative stars I would. Not to mention it is cash only, while going to the cash from the ATM next door the waitress was spotted outside sucking down cigarettes. The WOAT

Not, a place that I ever care to eat again. Someone wrote in an earlier post that they didn’t do fries but mozzarella sticks and wings, well be warned… this is the only place that I have ever had mozzarella sticks done on the grill… and that was the best part of the meal… my husband who will eat anything, uses this place as a threat too me, «if you don’t tell me where you want to eat we’re going to the barron. Yick, I figure it out quick.

Thank God they Remodeled. I drank here in my 20’s and had bad puking spell that left a stain on the carpet. No stain remained.
I decided to give em a try again in my 40’s because I read in LV Style Magazine that they were the best place to get a burger in the Lehigh Valley. (Although I personally would rather go to Werts Café or The Burger Shack any day, Hell even Yocco’s the Hot Dog King makes a better burger) .
Let’s start with cleanliness and décor. I would say they are far from Divey but it is pretty dark in the Bar area to the point that if you just want to eat there and were never there to know to just sit anywhere, you’d be standing for a bit like we were.
There was about 10 people seated at the bar and no one in the dining room. Thankfully I had cash on hand, having not read the previous reviews on Unilocal that it’s a cash only joint. Seriously if that’s the case they need to make that clear somewhere, I didn’t see it posted outside or even in the menu.
I was a little miffed at the no french fries issue but they must have a fryer because they sell deep fried chicken wings and mozzarella sticks, I guess they just prefer to not make french fries. It’s a tad ridiculous that chips just don’t come with the meal either.
Jess ordered the Baroness which is a BBQ chicken sammich. The waitress actually asked how she wanted it cooked. It’s a chicken sammich for Christ’s sake make sure it’s cooked plain and simple… Makes me assume no one ever orders anything but the burgers. Came with a pickle and a hot pepper cut in half, she had a bag of chips extra as well.
I got the Baron which was a ½ lb huge burger with onions and cheese and BBQ Sauce and I got mushrooms instead of bacon. I got my burger medium.
The burger was cooked perfectly and juicy but bland, might help with a simple salt and pepper while ya cook it ya know toppings are great but i want a slightly seasoned piece of beef. I got a side of very yummy red potato salad but it came in a plastic take out container that was pretty small and came before my burger woulda been better if served on the plate with the burger.
Aside from those 10 people in the bar the dining area was empty but took a reallllllllllllllly long time for us to get our meals. The waitress was perky and not rude at all but eh, I just don’t think they are THE BEST the Valley has to offer.

I’ll make this short and simple. The Beef Baron burgers are the best burgers you can get in the Lehigh Valley. Always fresh beef, always consistent (for 30+ years!), and always good service. Now if there would only be french fries and the ability to pay by debit or credit card I’d be here every week!

Heard allot about this place. A friend of mine went there today. A major disappointment. The much anticipated burger was anything but good. No taste. No seasoning which equal no taste. The bun was bad. Also, you cannot get fries because they don’t serve them. Overall, this place was a major disappointment. I would not recommend this place.

Thanks to a waitress-​in-​training & possible confrontation-​to-​be, we’ve soured on this place. A particular waitress became, what I felt to be, condescending towards us — especially me. She seemed to mock me & exaggerate her smiles & ‘perky’ tone of voice towards me. Sometimes it seemed like she would just ignore us when we came in & it would take forever for her to take our food order. We dealt with her attitude simply because we so enjoyed Beef Baron’s burgers. On our 2^nd-​to-​last visit this waitress was on duty, & she had a trainee waitress on duty w/​her. She had the trainee waitress wait on us. We had more than our usual to drink, including some shots, plus some food. We paid the receipt that was given to us by the trainee waitress, leaving a good tip like we always did, & left. As we headed home, my husband & I both agreed that the bill had seemed a bit low, & we wondered if Beef Baron had lowered their shot prices for happy hour.
The next time we came in, a different waitress came up to us saying that we hadn’t left enough money the last time we had been in there & that the waitress who had been on duty that night wanted to talk to us. We were a bit shocked by her approach but quickly realized she must mean that night we both thought the bill had been too low. We explained to THIS waitress that perhaps the trainee waitress on duty that night had rung up our bill incorrectly, & we asked if we could just try & settle it up now. She said ‘no’. We would have to speak w/​the other waitress & that it was OUR mistake for not leaving enough money.
Regardless of our states of mind, my husband & I are meticulous about checking our bills when we eat out. What I remember is that we had been charged just $ 2 or $ 2.50 per shot that 2^nd-​to-​last visit. We had 6 shots between us that night & we don’t drink ‘well’ shots. Perhaps the trainee waitress undercharged us for them. If this was the case, then please don’t blame your employee’s error on your customers. We would have gladly tried to correct the issue had the blame been placed on the appropriate party. Instead, we felt like we were being attacked & accused of purposely short-​changing a bill.
Too bad. Because we still crave their burgers.

We visited here for the first time on a Friday evening, overall it was a mediocre visit.
On the upside the Baron has a very nice selection of beer, domestic and foreign. Also, they have a solid fare of burgers and burger like offerings.
The Baron is surprisingly small child friendly having both a couple of juice selections, a separate dining area in the back and highchairs.
The service was competent and our server understood how it was to eat out with children and added to the experience.
On on the minus side as others have commented it’s cash only and that fact ISN’T posted anywhere when you arrive. The way our society is now cash is often a secondary option for an average person and they could be in for a nasty surprise. I didn’t see an ATM.
Also, no french fries. That caught both R and myself off guard. The food came slowly (over 30min for our party of 4 adults and 1 child) for what we ordered Burgers, the lack of other customers when we were seated. In the end one of our party suffered through an incorrect order (medium rare instead of medium well). Due to the influx of business was unwilling to wait for what we thought would be a significant delay.
It’s worth a visit, just keep in mind that others have looked at the Beef Baron with what we think are rose colored glasses.
While this place might have once been great it’s settled into middle aged mediocre dive bar with just hints of previous greatness.

I first found out about this place thanks to Unilocal!and thought I’d found a unique place to try for dinner. Turns out my boyfriend had known about the place for a while and it wasn’t a surprise, but oh well. We’re always looking for a good, small bar to grab a bite to eat and a good (read: not Bud Light or Yuengling) beer.
Beef Baron fits the bill and is close to home. We’ve been there a handful of times and the beer selection is always good. Last visit — 2 weeks ago — they had a seasonal Weyerbacher, the Yards Brawler, Spaten Oktoberfest, and several others of which I can’t recall.
The burgers are delicious and made fresh on the grill. They’re actually fresh made black angus burgers. They’re not mystery meat patties or pre-​fab frozen burgers. Did I mention they’re also reasonably priced? The chili is also a good pick. Service is friendly but can be a little slow if it’s a busy evening. Make sure to bring CASH as they don’t accept credit or debit.

Beer is ice cold. The Baron Burger is easily the best burger in town. Perfectly cooked and juicy. Big screens for football Sundays. I will definitely go back.