The Barn Cafe

Barn Café was a bit of an oddity — it looked more like a spit and sawdust pub than restaurant, but with waitress service. Similar to other diners, we didn’t find the quality of food all that high but at least there was a decent vegetarian option that wasn’t a frittata (butternut squash lasagne to be precise). The SR had ribs. Although neither of us would pretend the meal was all that wonderful, it was definitely average and not the worst place to visit in Picton.

horrible service (girl actually said ‘sh#@* to me when she walked into me). i had to find her to order (she attended to the locals very quickly tho). food was mediocre and not worth the 10% discount I received. Never again will I go or recommend.

The Barn was the first place we really had our first negative experience with customer service. We had gotten used to the bland British influence style of food (sorry friends, it’s true). But the charm of New Zealand helps you overlook the lack of flavor until you can at least find a Pacific Rim themed place to eat (Malaysian in Wellington was awesome).
But the service here was downright cold to go with mediocre food. I don’t see why it’s ranked so well, as we had much better experiences elsewhere in town!