Barley's Backyard Uptown

Great food, many levels, and very helpful waitstaff. They had different varieties of beer here and lots of TVs to watch the Steelers

I always have a blast and a hilarious good time at this bar! This is a great spot to get together with friends for happy hour or to get the girlfriends together for a fun night out! Don't let the local gossip get to you, this is not a college bar. Sure, the bar is located by a college, but you aren't going to be around a very young crowd. The security is tight and strict, they are serious about checking ID's. So this is a great bar to go out and not have a worry in the world! The staff are super friendly and helpful with your food and drink orders. This was the first time I visited the bar on a Saturday night and it was nicely packed!! Downstairs they were playing pop hits and upstairs on the roof, the DJ was ripping great EDM beats, hell yeah!! The restrooms are clean and organized and there are plenty of parking options via street parking or adjacent parking lots.

Cool drinks and decent music selection for a late night out. Cheesesteak spot right next door for the post drank eats.

Cute little hip spot with rooftop vibes. We came here on a Friday night at the peak of HH. If you know anything about Town, you know that its definitely a college town. Even with the students being on summer break the spot was pretty packed. I liked the layout. Plenty of TV screens to watch baseball games and basketball finals. I like the umbrellas on the roof top to block out the sun and the space was pretty spacious. I ordered the grilled salmon dinner with side salad and asparagus w/parm. Not bad for a bar. It came out pretty good and was pretty tasty. Our waiter, she was very sweet, she was good, she did her best under the circumstances. I couldn't believer her upper management has her working the entire rooftop by herself. I had to be about 70+ people and she handled all of them. Kodos to her but seemed a little unfair and overworked in my opinion. I felt bad for her. Although the food was good, it took a long time for it to come out of the kitchen and I also didn't enjoy my drink. I would give this place another try maybe not on a Friday though.

I was here last night on a date at 7pm and it's 3 stars. First off, when we walked in a guy laughed at me. Secondly, there's not stools to accommodate all sizes (not me), thirdly the waitresses push drinks and try to get you to leave (also happened at a prior time I was there with a guy). My date was great.., I'm just reviewing the location, ambiance and service. We did not order food here. Downstairs is open Thursday- Saturday and Saturday has DJs both levels starting at maybe 10. I'll probably be back just because there's getting to be limited options in Towson.

I would love to give this location more than three stars, but I can't. We've been here several times usually for drinks and a snack. For a bar with appetizers I'd probably give them four stars.I came here for lunch and honestly everything was slightly off. First of all when I got there, they had the windows open. It was so windy that the little menu holders with the QR code were blowing off the tables. I had to change seats so that I wasn't in a gale storm. Eventually, they closed one of the big windows and things got much better.Next it took quite a while for everything to happen. The server checked in on me quickly but everything after that went very slowly.I ordered the Maryland crab soup and Caesar salad combo and I would expect that would come out relatively quickly, but it took legitimately over 20 minutes for them to ladle the soup and plate a simple salad. Even worse the salad came with no dressing on it or on the side. I decided not to ask for extra dressing because I just wanted to continue the meal. Next I had ordered an order of the Boneless chicken wings appetizer. This took at least another 20 minutes to come out. Luckily, I put an hour and a half in the meter, but ordering two appetizer dishes should not take an hour to get to the table.The final straw that forced me to downgrade them to three stars was that there was a yelp check-in Deal for a 10% discount. I showed it to the server and he acknowledged it but when he came back with the check, he told me that only a manager could authorize that discount and there was no manager on site today. This is simply unacceptable. The 10% discount wouldn't make or break my decision to eat there but I could imagine a group of college kids showing up thinking they were going to get a discount and then finding out at the last second that it wasn't valid. That could be a big deal for them. Regardless, on principle, if you set up a yelp deal, it needs to be honored.All in all I was forced to give them three stars, because anything more than that would not be an honest assessment of my experience. The only reason they're not getting two stars is because the food that was correctly prepared was decent and enjoyable.

I came here with some friends on a Saturday night. We arrived just a bit before 10pm and the first floor was pretty empty. The rooftop was nice, we originally sat at the bar but were quickly asked to stand up so that the chairs can be put away. I've never seen chairs removed from highly tops and the bar before by a certain time. Especially when the establishment isn't that packed. The dj was playing a mix of music which was okay. Barleys is definitely a college bar an a place to grab a quick drink with friends.

Sadly, this was the first and LAST time I eat here. This place had some mediocre bar food BUT I guess I came during a dog fundraiser and there were dogs everywhere while eating and someone's dog pissed right near my table and a lady just poured water on it! Don't get me wrong I LOVE DOGS, but not when I'm eating at a restaurant and have to watch one pee. I don't even think dogs are allowed inside of a restaurant so I don't know why they were there in the first place. Ruined my experience and the ambiance of the facility. I asked to speak with a manager and apparently there wasn't a manager available and the server was really funny since he was very hungover from the night before. I am not coming back here, I'm very disappointed with the lack of professionalism observed.

I usually come for a few drinks but since I live in the area now I figured I'd try to have lunch. The food was not good at all. There was no flavor in anything. My crab dip was very bland. The calamari was fried too haHowever the atmosphere and service was great. I am a service person. If you give great service, clean restaurant and nice atmosphere I can settle for mediocre food. I wish I knew the guy name that served me today he was really nice. I'll definitely be back for lunch. He gave me some good recommendations.

Really good service and atmosphere. Good was great. Went for a football game and ended up being much better than I would expect from a bar.