Barney’s Drive-In

This is your standard drive-​in burger and root beer joint that has been a part of the local scene forever. The décor isn’t fantastic, the service is high school girls like it had always been and the portions may not be huge, but the root beer is top notch! Hamburgers are usually grilled well and the onion rings and fries are good. There isn’t a lot of variety — the chili dogs, burgers, chicken or fish sand which are what you can get but you can enjoy from your own car or at a table. We like to sit in the old Cadillac with a table installed. Check out the view of Clear Lake while you dine. Summer begins here!

What is this, a coleslaw for ants?! It’s literally barely an ounce of coleslaw they give you out of a disposable dipping cup. No literally, you would have to refill it for your fries if it held ketchup.
Other than the coleslaw debacle I actually liked the burger. It was a very standard drive in style burger, but it was definitely better than anything you would get at McDonalds or even Wendys.
The people working here seem to all be 12, so communicating with them was a little difficult. They all seem to want you to order from different boxes depending on where you are sitting, and the food doesn’t all come out at once.
All in all, it wasn’t bad by any stretch of the word, but it wasn’t terribly good either. I’ll probably come back to try some of the other stuff on the menu.

I will say, this place has gotten a little better over the last 2 years or so. It is not wonderful, but it OK. The cheese fries are decent and the burger was surprisingly not greasy. I only go here about once or twice a season because it is a little spendy. If they would change the grease more often, the food would be better. However their ice cream treats are waaaay better than DQ and more affordable. If nothing else, go there for the ice cream. It is worth a try.

I went to this place once and i was discussed.
First off I went there in the summer of 2010 when the BP oil spill was going on. They advertised «Fresh Gulf Shrimp» I did not have the shrimp but I’m fairly sure they do not have fresh shrimp of any kind and at the time the gulf was in quite disarray.
I ordered a cheese burger and fries with a Pepsi. It was then I also found out they do not take debit cards, but they do have an ATM on site.
When i got the food the burger looked gray, the bun was cold, I was very disappointed, but not as disappointed as i was when i started to eat it. it was gross!
I can say i will not go back to this place again, i love drive-​ins, but the food is just bad.