The Barn Restaurant And Tavern - Pawlet

We stopped at this restaurant on our first night in town and it did not disappoint. I would give more stars if I could. The restaurant is a bit on the rustic side but it is filled with charm and the dining is fine dining. The first floor is a dining area along with their full bar. We sat in the main dining area next to their large fireplace. It was nice to have our dinner with a fire right next to us. For starters we had the duck and bacon wontons. They were absolutely delicious. For our entrees I had the NY Strip served with vegetables and a garlic butter. The steak was cooked at a perfect medium-rare temperature. The steak was delicious and tasted even better with the garlic butter. My girlfriend had the salmon. The salmon was perfect. To end the night we had dessert which was a mixed berry tart with ice cream. The tart was a perfect way to end our meal. The next time we are here we will definitely be back. The service was excellent, the waitress taking care of us was

We have never been disappointed at The Barn! Good food and great service. You can dine in the dinning room or in the tavern. This is our go to restaurant when we are in town.

I had an INCREDIBLE dinner here with my husband. If you could imagine a picturesque restaurant tucked into the rolling hills of VT, with great local organic food and even better service- this is your spot! Bring the family, bring your friends, and enjoy yourself because there is no service to communicate with the outside world. But you're gonna love it! Sends you back to a time of sharing meals without cellphones! Truly a life changing experience!

Could use more parking, people were parked along the road on the steep hill. Definitely make reservations. I didn't expect it to be as busy as it was at 5:30pm. Started with a sweet potato coconut bisque from the specials menu as well as the cheese sampler. The bisque was good, but the cheese sampler stood out. Presented on a barn shaped cutting board, there were dried figs, apple slices, some sort of amazing jelly and crackers along with 4 types of cheese. This sounded a bit pricy to me($12, but was very good and worth the price. My husband got a salad and a pasta dish with chicken. He said the salad was fine, there was not much chicken on the main course and the pasta was very al dente(which is fine with him, flavor was good. I got an angel hair pasta special with sun dried tomatoes and a big ball of soft cheese on the top. My pasta was cooked perfectly. The dish had great seasoning. I also tried their cider on tap: Citizen Cider. Was quite dry, but nice, it grew on me: Served ice cold in a pint glass. My husband got the draft root beer, quite good. About half way through our meal, the power went out. There were big storms raging through the area. It was still light enough outside and there were enough windows in the dining area that we weren't left in absolute darkness. The staff took it in stride and were providing paper credit card receipts and taking credit card info down on paper. It did take longer to pay because of this, but a delay was to be expected under the circumstances. Overall, the price was delightfully lower than I expected($60ish without tip for the 2 of us, considering we got drinks, appetizers and the like. My dish was the priciest($17 . Service was quite good considering how packed they were and the power outage. The repurposed barn interior is very cool. We would come back when in the area!

Great food. Great service. Great atmosphere. Made for a memorable evening. Next time we will try the tavern. Heard they have good local entertainment.