Barking Gull

It took over an hour and a half for 2 burgers and 1 other entrée to come out on a Wednesday night. By then the 2 & 4 year olds had lost interest and we took the food to go. Terrible to say the least. I was hoping for a quick burger and fries with my nieces, nothing fancy but this was a total disappointment. My husband politely paid and we left. I threw out my burger at home, it looked like a little hockey puck with some shredded lettuce.

Overall, even though the taste of the food was OK, I came away with a negative impression of the Barking Gull.
1) First thing that soured my opinion was the cheap disposable cups they serve you drinks in. I’m at a restaurant, not my neighbor’s backyard BBQ. Please serve drinks in real re-​usable glasses. It’ll be better for the environment too!
2) During the course of our dinner, for which I was seated outside, staff allowed two other separate customers to smoke in the outdoor dining area. And by «allowed» I mean, they did nothing to stop those two disgusting individuals from filling the air with toxins that everyone else had to breathe. The one guy was dressed and also acting like a Jersey Shore Douchebag-​Bro from 10 years ago; the Barking Gull does seem to attract a bit of a low-​brow crowd.
3) While the pizzas were served quickly, and tasted OK, they were a bit small. More like a 10″ pizza… and if it started at 12″ when they stretched the dough, that is an awful lot of shrinkage!
Overall, I came away with the impression that this restaurant is run extremely cheaply. Everything about it looks like it has been done on a shoe-​string budget. Considering the decent location, I would have expected the restaurant to operate at a slightly higher level, but then again, maybe that is one of the reasons they attract a bit of a lower-​end customer base.

Good pizza– I had the Utica Greens wood-​fired pizza, and it was very good.
The service at the bar was very attentive, although not very knowledgeable of the beer selection– which is decent. They have 2 local taps, and four other craft beers on tap.

Food was good, service was terrible. Stood at the bar for 15 min to get a drink. Lots of talking between bartenders, other staff and other patrons that had already been served. This place is really cool and has potential, but need to train staff to be more attentive to waiting customers.

My husband and I celebrated our 10^th anniversary here today. We were VERY happy with the service, the atmosphere, and food quality. We’re rating ⁴⁄₅ because it was off peak (3pm on a Thursday) and there were very few people there. We’ll definitely be back!

Tried the bacon cheese dip which was ok. The pizzas, wraps, and burgers were subpar and very bland. Everything was also very salty and nothing was fresh. Server was not attentive and took us three times to get drink refills and there’s too many people in the bar area to have tables. There are far better places to eat around here.