Bailey's Bar & Grille - Townsend, Massachusetts

Amanda B.

So the clam chowder and burger were delicious! The main reason I don’t want to give this 5 stars is because on the drink menu it says to ask about the craft beers they have on tap, we asked and were told that they had bud lite, Sam adams, Guinness, and Truly which a little bit of a disappointment. But still the food and service was good, the outdoor seating was pretty- and I’d like to come back for the dessert that I was being served but I was way too full after all the food.

Updates review after two more trips! Fantastic service and they do have craft beers, maybe the server I had before was confused? Well the French onion soup is divine and I’ve been happy with all the food I’ve had here so far!

Update 2: honestly docking some points here since my last visit. Ordered the salmon burger and it was super dry and fishy. I would normally let that slide but my partners Mac n cheese was also flavorless, not worth the price. The waitress noticed I was not eating my salmon burger and did refund me but the whole experience was just not great and meanwhile there was another table returning food.

Jamie H.

Service was good but the food was only okay and prices here are really high. Also a soda water cost $4.00 when every place I've been to in my life it's free. That was shocking and disappointing.

Mark M.

Bailey's is a nice place to eat with an impressive menu. This summer evening we ate al fresco (and chased away a bee that was also interested in the menu. Such visitors can be part of the outdoors so eat inside if you can't take the chance of shooing away a flier. The inside is very nice too. We enjoyed our meal outside.)

Our waitstaff was friendly and our food came out very quickly after we ordered. We left full, and with some take-home. All four of our party liked their meals. I had the country fried chicken over delicious mashed potatoes. The onion rings were very good, too, that they substituted for the salad I didn't want. No hassle with the swap out.

Yamaha L. F. O. D.

My friend and I have been passing this restaurant for 3 years heading back and forth to work in Jaffrey NH. Finally we decided to stop here lastnight and try this restaurant out. We are extremely grateful we did! We sat at the bar and we were asked within 1 minute what we wanted to drink from the very attentive bartender. She made the best patron margaritas I've ever had. They were not all sweet and sour like some restaurants. These were made perfectly and were plentiful strong. I ordered chicken parmesan with linguini which also came with garlic bread, and my friend ordered the mushroom cheeseburger with fries. Both meals were unbelievably good. The service was excellent, and the other bar patrons were fun, and socialable. When we walked back to the car we were both disgusted at ourselves for not stopping at Bailey's years ago. We can hardly wait to dine at this restaurant again.

Scott

Got the Steak frites. Steak was not cooked correctly so sent it back. Steak came back with a piece missing and the fries are cold.

Overall then steak was not good or just a bad piece - $22. Always a great time/ food but the last few were not that great.

I got the BBQ short rib burger on my last visit. It was soggy and the ribs was mostly fat. Sent it back, fixed the short ribs but the burger patty wasn’t cooked correctly.

Dan C.

The quality of food here is consistently impressive. However, I reduced my rating. don't order any fish unless you like it cooked into oblivion. They always ruin the fish unless you ask for it specifically to be cooked medium rare ir even rare.

h D.

I usually go there for lunch.
The acoustics are not good. I think the experience there would be greatly improved if the crazy level of noise was reduced. The point of a lunch is to meet and chat with your friends. Much of the time one cannot carry on a conversation.
Almost all of the surfaces are hard and sound reverberates far too much. The music system is often blasting away and usually requests to lower the sound level go unheeded.
The staff is very pleasant and attentive but if one cannot communicate because of the din, it affects the dining experience negatively.
There are ways that sound levels can be made more acceptable. How expensive that would be I do not know, but I would think it would be worth the investment.
I hope the owners will look into that because it would make the dining experience so much better.

Al C.

Hadn't been there for years. Went back this week and enjoyed the food and I think the changed dining area. Very comfortable and loved what we ordered