J.S. Barnett's Whiskey House

420 Franklin Ave, Waco
(254) 714-1356

Recent Reviews

Colby B

A fail here on Mother's Day. Called and emailed a few weeks ago for dinner reservations for 6pm - they said no problem. However, showed up at reservation time and was told the kitchen is closed for Sunday evenings, bar only. Would have been nice to have known that when making reservation.

Amanda Groves

This place is just SAD now. It used to be a great spot for quality food, great atmosphere and awesome drink selection. And now…. if you are coming here for drinks only then the place is okay. No matter how busy they are the service is always slow and some what unfriendly. The food used to be very good quality but as of the last three years it’s not even average. Your food will come out 45 minutes to an hour after you order and will be room temperature. They try to pass it off as gourmet but its anything but. The drink selection and bar atmosphere are still good but that’s all it has going for it anymore. The last time we were here as we left a cockroach walked across the bar where we were seated. It was a sign. Don’t waste your time at this spot. George’s and Olive Branch will always be a better selection.

W. TA

Looked up this place on the web. Saw they had a Happy Hour with food and drinks. When my group arrived, we were told the Tuesday Happy Hour only included drinks...not food like what was/is advertised. Disappointed...the waiter said "I don't have anything to do with the website." Bad response. After receiving our drinks, we proceeded to order some House Made Chips until we figured out what we wanted to eat. Well, that was another false claim. The dishwasher brought out a plate of store bought chips that were poured out of a bag and presented as if they were House Made Chips. When asked the waiter if, indeed, this is what they did, his response was, "Yes."Needless to say, we left w/o ordering anything else. We lost faith in the integrity of the business.False advertisement abounds!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Reid Higgins

Always a great spot to go to, Cody is such a great bartender and always has amazing service. Cool atmosphere and lots of drink options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jaime Lerma

I went with some family that was in town and a few business associates. We ate as well as had a few drinks. The service was great, the food was delicious, and the service was top notch. The cooks even came out to greet us and ask how the food was. Miguel and Zack were awesome!!! Can't wait to try a different meal from those two cooks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mackenzie Medlin

This place is amazing. Haven’t ate yet but already the atmosphere is the best! Will update once I get my food! Xoxo

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

P H.

Stopped in and overall glad we did, food was well prepared, and good portions. We stopped in during the mid afternoon time, so the place was mostly empty. Well maintained, and clean. Service was ok. Wasn't great, wasn't bad, only real complaints were ordering water, and getting the order right. They bring you bottled water instead of tap. Wouldn't be a big deal, but we stopped in with 2 kiddos and asked for water for them. Wasn't told it would be bottle, and before we could ask, the server made sure to open it as she walked to the table. Luckily it wasn't a large charge, but would have been nice to have been told ahead of time. Kept us from deciding to order more than we did, felt like it was a purposeful up charge, and we weren't going to order more to see what else was going to be charged. The order wasn't a big order, and one of my kiddos ordered his food asking for a few things to be left off. It came as it was listed on the menu with everything we asked not to be on it. Would we go back.. possibly. Food was worth the trip back, but service seemed lacking.

Douglas G.

Huge selection of whiskies (I really mean huge) and reasonably priced. I had the Old Fitz 17 BiB. Food was good and service was good too.

Denise Guthrie

Wow, nothing I can say will explain how great they. We sat in no hurry and ordered. Our food was maybe 10 mins late and they treated us like royalty. This is so awesome. Everyone needs to try this place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Taking the Reins

Feels like home.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Steak, Charcuterie Board, Bread Pudding

DSeay KIEL

Very nice place nice and comfortable feeling great service and staff good food and drinks made our 1st anniversary feel special and nice would like to visit again will

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Alfredo

Dennis (dspille)

We did Sunday morning brunch. We were immediately seated and put in our order, but it took 50 minutes before our finally food arrived. I had the Southern Benedict, but the biscuit looked and tasted like canned biscuits, and the food was cold. We will not be going back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 2

Meryl Anderegg

I wouldn't recommend coming here during a planned event or if you're mostly coming for food. I have been here before and enjoyed it so decided to return. Very disappointed. Wasn't told before we ordered our appetizers and drinks that we essentially wouldn't be able to order anything else because of an event. This was not our waiters fault as he was also not made aware. I was told I wasn't going to be able to order the dish I went there for because of this event, after we'd already been there for about 40 minutes. Also, ordered the $18 charcuterie board that had, what looked like, pre cut cheese cubes from HEB (pepper Jack and Colby Jack), very little meat, non candied pecans, and hamburger type pickles. Just very disappointed.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Anthony caraballo

Let me tell you the steak was cooked to perfection. Can't wait to go back when I'm back in town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak

Rusty Poston

This place is a lot of unpretentious fun in the middle of a bunch of baylor kid trap trash places. Great staff, good atmosphere and strong drinks. Recommended as long as you can find parking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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J.S. Barnett's Whiskey House

420 Franklin Ave, Waco, TX 76701
(254) 714-1356