The Barge

The Barge is one of my favourite places in Lincoln! The staff are so friendly and go out of their way to make your visit special. The cocktail menu is very extensive, so there’s something to suit everyone! I haven’t had a bad cocktail here yet, they’re all so yummy. The decor is beautiful and there’s a nice outdoor area for you to sit on the waterfront. I couldn’t recommend more.

My partner and I very much enjoyed our first visit here. Admittedly it isn't a cheap place to drink, but the cocktail prices are pretty standard for the area if you ignore the 2-for-1 cocktail offers that some Lincoln bars are running. Nicely laid out inside and the new owners have done a good job of the refurbishment. The bar staff clearly knew their stuff and were fun, friendly and, most importantly, made us some great tasting drinks.

We had a great time when we visited The Barge over Christmas. The staff were really helpful and friendly, and the cocktail menu is really good: it has classics like the Old Fashioned and White Russians, which they make really well, and lots of modern ones too. They also have good offers on too. Will definitely be going again.

Fantastic view if you get to sit on the boat, but that’s about the only thing great about the barge.

The food menu is very limited, and some members of staff are extremely rude.

the app was very temperamental and only worked a handful of times. Both nights we saw multiple people complain about the app however when we complained the staff told us there is no table service if the app does not work then there’s nothing they can do, yet others who had the same problem received direct table service.

Further more some friends and I went to the barge on both a Friday and Saturday and had completely different experiences. On the Friday we shared a pizza and it was nice covered in mozzarella and cooked to perfection, whereas on the Saturday we received a pizza with hardly any mozzarella. After explaining to a member of staff we had eaten there the previous day and the pizza was covered in mozzarella so we were dissatisfied with only the middle half of the pizza being covered in mozzarella i was shocked to here the reply. The staff member questioned the reasoning behind our disappointment stating they had handmade the pizza themselves so they knew exactly how much cheese was on the pizza and even after my explanation the staff member demanded I show them the pizza. Once I showed it to them to the staff member they claimed the cheese was under the meat, I physically had to break the pizza in half to show nothing more than tomato covered bread. There was no apology or discussion, instead a sarcastic remark was the reply saying they can make another pizza however it would take a further 15 minutes, which I said was not a problem.

Once the next pizza came out there was hardly any change at all the middle of the pizza being the only section which had mozzarella on it, the rest was just tomato covered bread just like before.

We were very disappointed in the way this was handled and the attitudes of the staff members involved. We would not recommend the barge as nice place to visit and will not be returning.

Thank you so much for amazing customer service, fabulous drinks and the beautiful scenery whilst enjoying the Friday evening with my partner. This place is a gem on the map of Lincoln, it’s a shame that Nottingham University doesn’t do anything for community as opposed to Lincoln Uni.

A random decision but the best one! Fabulous sundowner cocktails! Wish I'd thought about this place sooner, to spend an evening, drinking cocktails, as the sun sets!

Table service was terrible, Most draught products were unavailable, first to order last to be served, order was sent to another table, then told that they had run out of beer that we ordered, no apologies from staff, when speaking to staff there knowledge of the product was very poor. also another couple sitting outside also left due to slow service, We did get refund, but will not go back. Could be a great place, with better knowledgeable & more enthusiastic staff.

Fast service, great customer service, good range of drinks. Main critisisms are that the ordering app isn't reliable and the food menu is almost non existant with only 1 flavour of crips available , everything else was out of stock.