Barrel 53

3.6

37 Reviews

$30 and under

American

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2 people

Mar 24, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 2 times today

Good for business meals
Charming
Good for groups

At Barrel 53 we proudly offer a casual dining experience with a sophisticated touch of down home southern cuisine. Located in the heart of the Bluegrass, our Bourbon & Spirit selection is the front runner to the start of the evening. Join us Saturday evenings for live music showcasing a variety of local bands. Grab a quick drink in our rustic copper & barrel themed lounge or dine in with friends and entertain our extensive dinner menu!

Dining areas

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
American, Cocktail Bar, Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service
Hours of operation
Mon–Thu, Sun 11:00 am–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 11:00 am–1:00 am
Phone number
(859) 475-0950
Website
http://www.hotellexky.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Business Casual

Location
5532 Athens Boonesboro Rd, Lexington, KY 40509-9491
Neighborhood
Lexington
Cross street
I-75 at exit 104 Athens Boonesboro by Lexington Sport Club Pro Soccer Arena
Parking details
Hotel Parking
Additional
Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Vegan, Wine

Potato Skins$10.00
Pretzel & Beer Cheese$10.00
Mozzarella Wedges$11.00
Triple Crown Loaded Nachos or Fries$15.00
Tortilla Chips or Fries, With your choice of Beef, Pork, or Chicken, Queso, Jalapenos, Bacon Bits, Black Olives, Diced Tomatoes Served with House Made Salsa
- Nachos$0.00
- Fries$0.00
- Beef$0.00
- Pork$0.00
- Chicken$0.00
Trifecta Combo$12.00
Mozzarella Wedges, Pretzel Bites, Potato Skins
Copper Sliders$18.50
- NO CHEESE$0.00
- Cheddar Cheese$0.00
- Monery Jack Cheese$0.00
BBQ Chicken Quesadilla$13.50
9 Piece Wings$16.00
9 Piece Wings Tossed in Buffalo, Dry Rub, BBQ, Bourbon Glaze
- Buffalo$0.00
- Dry Rub$0.00
- BBQ$0.00
- Bourbon Glaze$0.00
- Naked$0.00

Soups & Salads

Soup of the Day$7.20
Caesar Salad$8.40
House Salad$8.00
with Bacon, Cucumber, tomatoes, & Cheese with Homemade raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette OR Ranch Dressing
- Half Salad$0.00
- Full Salad$4.00
- Vinaigrette$0.00
- Ranch$0.00
- Blue Cheese$0.00
- Honey Mustard$0.00
- No Dressing$0.00
- Creamy Italian$0.00

Entrees

Fettuccine Alfredo$21.00
w/ Fettuccine
- Asparagus$0.00
- Baked Potato$0.00
- Baked Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Brussels Sprouts$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- French Fries$0.00
- Half Caesar$0.00
- Half Salad$0.00
- Mashed Potatoes$0.00
- Seasonal Vegetable Medley$0.00
- Chicken$0.00
- Steak$2.00
Grilled Salmon$27.00
Grilled Salmon Topped with Creamy Dill Sauce with your choice of side
- Asparagus$0.00
- Baked Potato$0.00
- Baked Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Brussels Sprouts$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- French Fries$0.00
- Half Caesar$0.00
- Half Salad$0.00
- Mashed Potatoes$0.00
- Seasonal Vegetable Medley$0.00
Sirloin Steak$21.00
6oz Sirloin Steak w/ choice of sides
- Asparagus$0.00
- Baked Potato$0.00
- Baked Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Brussels Sprouts$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- French Fries$0.00
- Half Caesar$0.00
- Half Salad$0.00
- Mashed Potatoes$0.00
- Seasonal Vegetable Medley$0.00
- Well Done$0.00
- Medium Well$0.00
- Medium$0.00
- Medium Rare$0.00
- Rare$0.00
- Extra Rare$0.00
Barrel Burger Platter$15.00
Our Signature Burger with Lettuce , Tomato, Candied Jalapenos, Tangy Mustard, House Made Pimento Cheese Served with Fries
- Rare$0.00
- Medium Rare$0.00
- Medium$0.00
- Medium Well$0.00
- Well Done$0.00
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
- Half House Salad$0.00
- Brussel sprouts$0.00
- Baked potato$0.00
Chicken Tender Platter$13.00
Served with Fries & Honey Mustard BBQ
- Asparagus$0.00
- Baked Potato$0.00
- Baked Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Brussels Sprouts$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- French Fries$0.00
- Half Caesar$0.00
- Half Salad$0.00
- Mashed Potatoes$0.00
- Seasonal Vegetable Medley$0.00
- Grilled$0.00
- Fried$0.00
- Honey Mustard$0.00
- BBQ$0.00
- Ranch$0.00
- No Sauce$0.00
Kentucky Hot Browns$18.50
- Asparagus$0.00
- Baked Potato$0.00
- Baked Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Brussels Sprouts$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- French Fries$0.00
- Half Caesar$0.00
- Half Salad$0.00
- Mashed Potatoes$0.00
- Seasonal Vegetable Medley$0.00
Fried Catfish Platter$18.50
Hand Breaded fried catfish served with house made tartar sauce with fries
- Asparagus$0.00
- Baked Potato$0.00
- Baked Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Brussels Sprouts$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- French Fries$0.00
- Half Caesar$0.00
- Half Salad$0.00
- Mashed Potatoes$0.00
- Seasonal Vegetable Medley$0.00
14" Pizza (Online Order)$12.50

Sandwiches

High Stakes BLT$10.00
6 Pc of Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, With Garlic Aioli Served on Grilled Texas Toast
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
Prime Rib on Baguette$21.00
8oz of slow cooked premium prime rib served with house made aju sauce
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
Pulled Pork Sandwich$12.00
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
Grilled Chicken Sandwich$12.00
5 oz. Served with Lettuce, Tomato & onion topped with IPA Aioli
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
- No Lettuce$0.00
- No Tomato$0.00
- No Onion$0.00
- No Aioli$0.00
KY Grilled Pimento Cheese Sandwich$9.00
our signature KY proud freshly grated pimento served on grilled white bread
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00

Additional Sides

French Fries$4.50
Cole Slaw$4.50
Seasonal Vegetable Medley$4.50
Baked Sweet Potato$4.50
Broccoli$4.50
Mashed Potatoes$4.50
Asparagus$4.50

Kids Menu

Kids Chicken Tenders$5.00
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
Kids Burger$5.00
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
Kids Mac n' Cheese$5.00
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
Kids Grilled Cheese$5.00
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00
Kids Hot Dog$5.00
- Fries$0.00
- Cole Slaw$0.00
- Veg Med$0.00
- Sweet Potato$0.00
- Broccoli$0.00
- Mash Potatoes$0.00
- Asparagus$0.00

Deserts

Barrel Roll$10.00
Home made cinnamon Roll w/ fried apples, vanilla ice cream & Drizzled caramel sauce
Kentucky Fudge Brownie$7.50

Beverages

Coke$2.70
Diet Coke$2.70
Sprite$2.70
Lemonade$2.70
Mello Yellow$2.70
Root Beer$2.70
Powerade$2.70
Coke Zero$2.70

What 37 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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3.6

3.6 based on recent ratings

3.7Food
3.9Service
3.6Ambience
3.4Value

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Review summary

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Barrel 53 impresses with its "excellent food" and "awesome service." Guests praise the "cool atmosphere," "friendly staff," and "live music." The "succulent steak" and "amazing fettuccine Alfredo" stand out. Despite some challenges during busy events, many diners express their intent to "definitely return" for the inviting ambiance and flavorful offerings.

37 Reviews

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Tim VIP
Western KY12 reviews
3.0
Dined on February 21, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 2
It was a fairly basic restaurant bar. Great friendly service. Food was average.
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kinley
Unspecified1 review
5.0
Dined on February 16, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Food was amazing and the service was great! Will definitely be back
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Travis
Louisville3 reviews
2.0
Dined on February 15, 2025
1. Overall 2
2. Food 1
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 1
Preset menu for $150, we had one margarita and one old fashioned. Two salads came out with what i would assume a mist of dressing and some cranberries. All in we we're 1 hour in before we got salads, as we were getting up to leave our waitress assured us our food would be out soon. I don't think this place is set up to host a valentines day special event. i highly doubt i'll ever return to this place, seemed like a decent place online but i'd avoid. so you don't end up stopping at 5 guys for valentines dinner at 9:30 on your way home.
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Kinley
Louisville1 review
1.0
Dined on February 14, 2025
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
Restaurant obviously couldn’t handle the Valentines crowd. Waited in line to be sat, then ended up being sent to the wrong place twice. After the confusion, we finally were sat ( this was also a preset menu for $75 per person ). It took 20 minutes to get drinks and 45 minutes for salad and were never brought rolls. After an hour we finally received rolls and put in our entrees. After waiting almost two hours in total, we were served extremely raw chicken and even more raw fish. At that point we asked for our check and a manager, which none came. We were severely disappointed and left to eat DQ for our Valentine’s Day dinner since at this point it was after 8 pm. Definitely would not recommend this place to anyone !
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Rob
Columbus4 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 14, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Service was great. Food was very good. We had burgers, the special ‘big bologna” sandwich and the pork belly blt. Prices were reasonable. Only minor issue was the bologna was a little lukewarm and not cooked with any type of char to add flavor. Taste was still good but it could have been better. Everything else was very good.
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Valerie
Cincinnati1 review
5.0
Dined on January 25, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Dinner in the igloo was the perfect way to celebrate a 16th birthday!
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Aimee
St. Louis4 reviews
4.0
Dined on December 25, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We went on Christmas night, and they were very shortstaffed. However, the food was great and the weight staff was wonderful.
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Steven
Louisville1 review
5.0
Dined on December 21, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The place was very nice the food was good. There were not very many customers but the weather was cold and nasty the night we went so hopefully that was the issue. Would hate to see this place not do well would definitely recommend.
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Connor
E. Tennessee1 review
5.0
Dined on December 19, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Absolutely loved the vibe here. The food was spectacular especially the fries. And the live music was so good!!
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BethS
Charleston4 reviews
5.0
Dined on March 2, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We stopped here for dinner on our way to do Kentucky bourbon distillery tours. All of us enjoyed the food and drinks!
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Barrel 53 is rated 3.6 stars by 37 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people

Mar 24, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 2 times today

5532 Athens Boonesboro Rd, Lexington, KY 40509-9491

Dining areas

Additional information

Cross street
I-75 at exit 104 Athens Boonesboro by Lexington Sport Club Pro Soccer Arena
Neighborhood
Lexington
Hours of operation
Mon–Thu, Sun 11:00 am–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 11:00 am–1:00 am
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
American, Cocktail Bar, Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
Hotel Parking
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Vegan, Wine

Website
http://www.hotellexky.com/
Phone number
(859) 475-0950

Barrel 53

Make a reservation

Dining areas

Additional information

Appetizers

Potato Skins$10.00

Pretzel & Beer Cheese$10.00

Mozzarella Wedges$11.00

Triple Crown Loaded Nachos or Fries$15.00

Trifecta Combo$12.00

Copper Sliders$18.50

BBQ Chicken Quesadilla$13.50

9 Piece Wings$16.00

Soups & Salads

Soup of the Day$7.20

Caesar Salad$8.40

House Salad$8.00

Entrees

Fettuccine Alfredo$21.00

Grilled Salmon$27.00

Sirloin Steak$21.00

Barrel Burger Platter$15.00

Chicken Tender Platter$13.00

Kentucky Hot Browns$18.50

Fried Catfish Platter$18.50

14" Pizza (Online Order)$12.50

Sandwiches

High Stakes BLT$10.00

Prime Rib on Baguette$21.00

Pulled Pork Sandwich$12.00

Grilled Chicken Sandwich$12.00

KY Grilled Pimento Cheese Sandwich$9.00

Additional Sides

French Fries$4.50

Cole Slaw$4.50

Seasonal Vegetable Medley$4.50

Baked Sweet Potato$4.50

Broccoli$4.50

Mashed Potatoes$4.50

Asparagus$4.50

Kids Menu

Kids Chicken Tenders$5.00

Kids Burger$5.00

Kids Mac n' Cheese$5.00

Kids Grilled Cheese$5.00

Kids Hot Dog$5.00

Deserts

Barrel Roll$10.00

Kentucky Fudge Brownie$7.50

Beverages

Coke$2.70

Diet Coke$2.70

Sprite$2.70

Lemonade$2.70

Mello Yellow$2.70

Root Beer$2.70

Powerade$2.70

Coke Zero$2.70

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