Bartley's Burger Cottage   

I had gone to Bartley's once before when I was in college with 2 friends. So I knew that the place was incredibly cramped and crowded to say the least. My boyfriend has a love for burgers and wanted to try Bartley's out so I agreed. We came apparently during the lunch rush where you have to order your food while waiting in line OUTSIDE. That was the first downer. The second was that we had to sit at one of those tables w/ 2 people at another table blocking us from getting in and out as needed. It's pretty damn pathetic to have to ask someone if you can get in and out of your own seat! Also, it's not the best place for larger people... The third downer was the cash only part. Yeah, they have an ATM inside and ironically we were seated right next to it! But that doesn't make it any easier or convenient when you don't carry cash. Also when we went to the cashier and I asked if I could leave a tip for the waitress, she was incredibly rude! I almost asked for the tip back! All that girl has to do is cash out the customers. Yeesh! As for our food, I don't like what they put in all their burgers so I got a Ken Reeves (turkey club sandwich) and my boyfriend got a burger supreme. When he lifted the bun to put the lettuce and tomato in it, I saw how burned the burger was (he asked for medium rare). GROSS. For someone who loves burgers, he didn't seem to hype up his burger very much once he tasted it so I know it was crappy. The only real decent thing about the food was the oreo frappe I got, and that took forever anyways which kind of ruined it for me. And our waitress had no waitress manners in asking if we wanted refills or anything. It definitely was NOT worth the money to come here. All I can say is: NEVER AGAIN!

I finally went here after all the hype and was completely bummed out. The service was rude and the appertizers cold. The burgers taste like an old greasy frying pan (bad after taste) and price was 9 to 10 a burger with fries or rings. One thing is the onion rings are the ONLY half decent tasting thing on the whole menu. So take my advice an I eat out and travel a lot the best place to have a REAL burger is in Somerville R F O'Sullivan;s and thats that. TRUST ME! This is no plug for Sully's but hands down Sully's has the BEST!