The Barn Door Restaurant Meat Market

Food was very good and freshly made. Service was poor at best! Maybe it was just a bad night for the servers...Was not busy! Better alternatives in San Antonio for the same cost are available. We probably will not go back but that's a reflection on the service not the food. Overall... disappointed!

We arrived about an hour after they opened. The place is very large with several rooms. All told, we were a party of 16. We were placed in a separate room. The host was more than happy to accommodate a last-minute change to the number of seats. Once all of our party arrived and our orders were taken, it was more than one hour before we received any type of food. Bread rolls were finally brought after an hour. We were told about 30 minutes into our visit that they were just turning on the oven to put the rolls in so they would be a while. However, the restaurant had already been open for at least 45 minutes before we arrived. The rolls were good. Nothing spectacular. Other appetizers arrived shortly thereafter. I tried a jalapeno popper. It was good. I initially ordered the ribeye, medium rare, but I ended up changing my mind and ordering the chicken fried ribeye. I am a chicken fried steak aficionado and had recently been ordering them whenever I went out to eat. I'd actually eaten two at two different restaurants within the last 2 weeks: One at the Aspen Creek Grill in San Antonio and another at the Brewster Street Ice House in Corpus Christi. This CFS was the worst of the three. I was extremely disappointed. It was a classic meh chicken fried steak: very thin unflavored breading that separated from the beef once you cut into it. The beef was also flavorless. I ordered two types of gravy: a brown gravy and a cream gravy. The brown gravy was much better, but that is not saying much. I think they're depending too much on the gravy to provide flavor to the chicken fried steak. Both other CFS's from the other two restaurants were head and shoulders above this one with the Brewster Street CFS one of the best I've ever had. One other note about this CFS. Because it was a ribeye, it had more fat than the standard CFS. It's not really the best thing when you're eating that part with the breading. The salad I received was good but not great. The only thing holding it back was the dressing which was homemade. I ordered thousand Island. I was told all of the dressings were homemade. I think it needed a little more zing. It was also a little flavorless. The loaded baked potato was very good. My kids enjoyed their chicken strip meal and grilled cheese meal respectively. My wife also enjoyed her steak, but said it was nothing out of the ordinary. Very disappointed. I probably won't go back again considering this experience and the price of the ribeye that I should have ordered. I'll just go out and buy one and make it myself. Kid-friendliness: They do have a kids menu which I just posted. It has some good options and the prices are reasonable.

Rack of lamb was excellent, very tender. Wait staff was very attentive and personable

This was our first time visiting and definitely won't be our last. The food was excellent! Dressings made in house, warm fresh dinner rolls, and the steak was to die for. We even got a private tour of the kitchen. I would recommend 100%!!!

Prices are utterly absurd. 14.50 for Mushrooms? Jim’s are better and 4 dollars cheaper. This is an old line San Antonio institution type restaurant and the atmosphere is nice and food is good but they’re like 25 percent more expensive than almost anywhere else for the same food. I suppose if money just doesn’t matter to you this is a good choice but I find their prices downright offensive