The Barn Door Grill and Bar

4561 Iron Works Pike, Lexington
(859) 721-3527

Recent Reviews

Rebekah W.

Honestly, one of the best burgers in the area. The breakfast and other lunch offerings are great, too. It's not known by many, which is unfortunate. If you are in the area for the horse park, I highly recommend it.

Olivia B.

Love the barn door grill and the event space. We hosted our work Christmas party here and cannot say enough good things. The food was delicious and they kept our buffet stocked the entire time. We will definitely use them again for our next event!

Beth Sink

Found this place in my maps. A little out of our way to our destination, but absolutely worth it!! The eggs were PERFECT, the gravy delicious (and being southern I am super picky about my gravy) biscuits were fluffy and tasty!!The only thing missing was milk.All in all, do yourself a favor and stop in for breakfast!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Paul Snyder

This bar and grill is in the Bluegrass Stockyards retail space near the Kentucky Horse Park. I ordered a cheeseburger to go. It was a reasonably priced half pound of meat with choice of cheese and toppings,adding like an egg was a little extra. The meat itself was as fresh as possible - I would be surprised if it is not straight from the stockyard. The patty was dense, lean with very little fat. It reminded me of burgers from cafes in small cattle towns in Texas, the kind that hard working cowboys and cowgirls want. If you want a taste of a fantastic rural Texas burgers this is the place. But temper your expectations, there is a difference in texture and taste between fat marbled wagyu beef and fresh, lean, highest quality farm/ranch burgers. And understand that this is primarily intended to provide breakfast / lunch for cattle buyers and sellers and workers, just like the track kitchen at Keeneland.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: The Bluegrass Burger

Sheila Sweeney

Excellent staff and

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ellen C.

Wonderful! We reserved the bar area for a casual holiday meal with extended family. The staff were helpful in planning our menu since we had children to adults. We decided on pulled pork sandwiches and several sides. The food was set up buffet style with tea, lemonade and cookies. The meal was excellent and the cookies were amazing! The bar was available for alcoholic beverages and the restaurant also prepared a few meals from their children's menu for the youngsters. The room was decorated for the holidays and the staff went above and beyond in making sure we were pleased and had what we needed. They were friendly and efficient. We recommend them and we look forward to booking with them in the future.

James Bamberger

Awesome Food , We love this place and the people that work there. Very friendly....Parking: Plenty of parking, Large and small vehicles.. RVs plenty of roomWheelchair accessibility: Lots of ramps all ground level

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Kentucky Burger and Fries, Cheeseburger and Hush Puppies, The Bluegrass Burger, Soup

Alexander P.

I went in this afternoon to post some flyers, a friend said they had good food but I was skeptical- BEST DAMN REUBEN SANDWICH I've had in 10 years. I consider myself somewhat of an aficionado- I've had them at Shapiro's in Indy, Katz's in NYC, primanti bros, various smaller restaurants coast to coast. This one is hands down better. Not because it's got 5lbs of meat on it, it's perfectly balanced. Tender corned beef made in house by the chef instead of tough reheated cold cuts .. try it.

Fredrick Remington

Overnight parking allowed. Today's Thursday and not very busy at 530pm. The reuben was great. I plan to visit again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

TJ Rhodeback

Easy stop, great food and people!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chelsea C

Pulling up my husband says "where are you taking us?" It's in a marketplace complete with cattle auctions. It was a neat experience for my little girl. The breakfast menu is only about 6 options but everything we tried was top notch. Biscuits and gravy is peppery but I like mine like that. Husband got the sausage, egg, & cheese on a biscuit and gave it 2 thumbs up. Got the French toast for our toddler and honestly was jealous because it was perfect. Hashbrowns were crispy & hot. If the wind ever blows us back through the area we'd definitely stop.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lisa H.

This is a bar and restaurant in a large building where Cattle Auctions take place. The restaurant was closed so the bar was the only option. The two servers were sitting down and annoyed that we came in at all. They told us they were out of steak, burgers and chicken which really left only 3 or 4 menu options. The food was average , service left a lot to be desired. I would not return to the bar. I am reluctant to try the restaurant based on the service.

James Yacoubian

This is a pretty underwhelming place but good food. It’s in an obscure location. Within a large building you go to the back and there it is beside some commercial offices. It’s structured like a fast food place - you order up front and then sit down and they bring you your food. I don’t recall any service after they brought your food. The food itself was okay nothing special in my opinion

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

S M.

THE WORST. Good god what happened. This place used to have the BEST food. A very unfortunate change of ownership and we ended up paying $30 and having a good long wait for a grilled cheese sandwich that wasn't cooked long enough to even melt the cheese and the soggiest nastiest fries I have EVER encountered. Seriously. Children make better grilled cheese at their own stoves at home. DO NOT GO!

Amber Gray-Kurz

We went here for burger week. It was our first time trying this restaurant. The service was exceptional. The staff was extremely polite and genuine. As soon as someone would leave, the table would be cleaned. The food was good. My husband loved the fries but they were a bit salty for my taste so personal preference. We did both agree that the burger was a bit dry. It would have been better if it was served medium.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

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