Barton G. The Restaurant Restaurant Review:
Barton G. is an event impresario with a reputation for over-the-top theatrics (like the giraffes at the restaurant’s grand opening). The interior of the eatery is subdued with giant floral bouquets, iridescent curtains and a glass wall. We’d recommend reserving in the lushly landscaped 125-seat garden patio playground where adults who have not grown up can enjoy Barton’s festive comfort food....
"If a restaurant was the circus" it would resemble this "outlandish" South Beach fantasyland (with a sister in Los Angeles), where presentations of its New American dishes are "over the top" with "signature toys and trinkets" and liquid-nitrogen mixology provides a "smoky" sideshow; some argue the "top-dollar" offerings are "more style than substance", but most say "spot-on" service and a...
PT Barnum would be proud. Massive portions of food and ingenious pre- sentation. A babbling brook of soy sauce for your tuna tartare? A Pac-Man video game with your dessert? Chocolate monkeys? It's Food Network on acid. Prepare to trip.
Eye candy comfort food that is almost too pretty to eat seals the deal at this posh South Beach eatery.:
In Short
It's a culinary circus at promoter Barton G's eclectic masterpiece. Whether you choose the intimate outdoor patio setting or the more conventional air-conditioned dining room...