Barriques - University

Marlowe O

1.02 months ago

It takes a lot for me to want to leave a bad review, but considering how bad the economy is, I don’t want other people wasting their money here. Today I bought an oat milk dirty chai ($7.30 before tax + tip by the way) and the avocado jack wrap. The chai came out, and it was scalding hot to the point of it tasting burnt. For those of y’all who aren’t baristas… it’s not easy to make oat milk taste burnt you really gotta abandon it. It would’ve been more understandable if they were slammed, but we were one of 2 orders in line. Point is, I would’ve been embarrassed to serve the drink I received today. We got their wrap to go, and as you can see in the picture it was a soggy mess from the start. And I opened it in the car, not like 20-30 minutes later. And chef…. If you can hear me… I’m begging you to add literally any flavor to this food. You can start with salt and pepper but it needs something… literally anything. One of the most flavorless things I’ve ever eaten :( I waited until I got home and could add seasoning, salsa, and wrap it in a new tortilla for some structural integrity it so desperately needed. However, the employees were kind and the service was fine, it was just the product that was sorely lacking. I’d heard good things about Barriques before, but after today I probably won’t go back. Maybe it was an off day, but there are much better coffee shops in Madison.

Calen Bernbeck

3.011 months ago

Largest size is 16oz coming out to $7.02. Got a pistachio latte with whole milk. Barely taste the pistachio. The drink tastes burnt

Emily Meade

5.011 months ago

The food here was really tasty, and for someone who was traveling around for a little bit with a newly found Gluten Allergy, this place was awesome! The atmosphere was good, the staff were all super helpful and overall they helped to make the experience less confusing for me. (That goes for both this location, and the smaller location within the hospital in the area) I highly reccomend this place!

Gina

1.02 years ago

This Barriques location's food is UNACCEPTABLE. I have ordered food to be delivered from Barriques so many times I can't even count them all. I have loved the food I have received from each and every one of those times, except for the last 2 times. Today I ordered a $50+ 4-item order to be delivered from what it appears was the location at 2505 University Ave. We did not receive the 2 pieces of bacon we ordered and paid extra for on one of our items; we also did not receive the 2 sides of salad dressing we for the side salad that we ordered; and in addition, the side salad itself contained mostly ROTTEN pieces of mixed greens. DISGUSTING. ABSOLUTELY DISAPPOINTING. The employees and manager at this location need to stop and take a good long look at what exactly is going wrong there with their food safety and business practices. I am 100% fed up with nearly every restaurant in Madison we order from not preparing food in a proper, neat, or food safe manner, nor aligned with the customers' orders. The bar has been set so absolutely low for food service quality and professionalism in this city that said bar has long ago been buried underground. And to note- I am physically disabled, unable to get up and leave my house whenever I want; I rely heavily on restaurants and food delivery services for my and my children's literal survival. I don't want to talk about that to anyone working in any restaurant or driving for any delivery service that I've ordered from because I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO say anything about that in order to persuade any of them to do things the way they are supposed to be expected to be done in the first place. STRIVE HARDER FOR EXCELLENCE SO YOU HAVE REASON TO TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR BUSINESS.

Sneha Chandrika

5.08 years ago

Ordered one of the speciality drinks, Mexican mocha..loved the drink.. with it's spicy cayenne twist. The other coffee white chocolate mocha didn't have any taste of white mocha in it sadly. The food looks good and the menu has decent choices.wide range of wine and free WiFi.. definitely would recommend this place.