I'm not a big dessert person, but Barbacoa does it so well I just have to have them. This new special is a must try! Their customer service is also some of the best I've ever experienced!

My wife picked this place for her birthday dinner. We got there just in time to take full advantage of the happy hour deal, buy one drink, get one free. She ordered the special they had that day, the California Sea Bass, and I picked the Scallops they came as four large ones. The scallops were great. The Sea Bass was quite good. Now the service there is first class. With sitting outside, viewing the lake, and enjoying a good meal, it was a good evening. Although my wife was not a fan of the bday cotton candy she got. She would have enjoyed something different.

Bye one get one Happy Hour!! When you can walk out with drinking the best drinks, eating the best food, AND THE BEST SERVICE FROM MOLLY and AMYN!! you know you picked the best place to celebrate 14 years of marriage!! Love this place !

Had a wonders dinner for our anniversary. Our server,Andrew, was great. The grill octopus is fantastic.

Been here twice. Reservations are better on Friday -Sundays. We sat outside both times and it's beautiful facing the lake. Both times were in May-June so weather in BOISE is perfect! Food was great! Tomahawk was their special and it was huge. Good for two or even three , depending on hunger. Great taste.

From the great atmosphere to the appetizers to the cocktails, this place is wonderful! Two for one happy hour, even on weekends and they make a great Old Fashioned. The zucchini crisps, crab cakes, shrimp tacos and the hibachi wings are an absolute must try when you come here! The service is excellent, Carter was very attentive and very knowledgeable about the menu and the bar offerings! I highly recommended this place,you cannot go wrong!

One word for this place - WOW! I think everyone is well aware of how good it is, but we went there on my birthday last week and it did not disappoint. We started with table side guacamole - outstanding!! I ordered the cowboy ribeye and shared some with my wife who ordered the jalapeno rice & Mac and cheese sides. We both had a garden salad. All food was outstanding. We each had a couple drinks and since we were there for happy hour, we ended up with two for one! The drinks are amazing - the "ice glass" amazing. I don't typically give out 5's, but this place deserves it. Our waiter was fantastic and attentive and the decor is awesome (love the keyhole in the Men's room ). For my birthday, our server set us up with the cotton candy with the Belgium chocolate, and we were truly amazed!! Get a reservation and try this if you haven't already !

Before I give my review, I just want to give a mini PSA for readers to take any Yelp review with a grain of salt (including mine). Don't necessarily rely on these reviews too much that they make you unwilling to try a potentially really good establishment. Why am I giving this disclaimer? The most recent review here before mine is from a person who gave a one star review -- fair enough, everyone has different experiences. Upon looking further into that person's Yelp profile, I saw that out of the 17 reviews they've written, 8 were one star, 3 were two stars, and the remaining 6 were five stars. That's important context because they seem like someone who's either gonna be really unhappy with a place, or really happy with a place. But in their case, they seem to be more likely to write reviews when they're particularly unhappy. Now on to my actual review of Barbacoa. My rating considers not just the food, but the service. Food-wise, pretty solid options. My husband got the table side guacamole, which he really enjoyed and said it's the best guacamole he's had (and he's eaten A LOT of guacamole in his life). He also got the rib eye (which was served on hot rock). The temp on the ribeye cook was perfectly medium rare, but not as seasoned as we probably would have liked. The peppercorn cognac sauce that it came with definitely made it taste much better though. He also got the salad (with chipotle ranch) as a side, which he enjoyed. I got the "hot rock" filet, and it was delicious. It's really difficult to properly season filet mignon especially because of its thickness, but Barbacoa nailed it. It didn't need the cognac sauce, but I did put just a bit to try it, and it was good. I got the herbed shoestring fries as a side, which were okay -- they were a bit soggy, and the flavor was just okay. I also had a huckleberry mojito, which was recommended by one of our servers. It was really good especially because in not much of a drinker. It had a good amount of sweetness and fruitiness which I like in drinks. For dessert, we got the coffee and doughnuts. The coffee was basically a sweetened milk poured over espresso ice. Very interesting concept, which we actually want to try at home, but definitely tasted better when consumed last -- once the ice has melted a bit. The doughnuts were creme-filled bunuelos and mini churros which were really light and tender. For the churros though, I would have preferred more cinnamon sugar since the churros were thicker. The bunuelos had just the right amount of sweetness, even with the creme. Our servers were great -- polite and occasionally checked in on us. A lady (which I assumed was a lead or a manager), also checked in on us, which was nice. The place itself looked really unique and interesting, especially the bathrooms. May not be everyone's cup of tea decor-wise, but at least the place had personality. We paid about $200 including tip, which may sound pricey for some. We knew what to expect because we looked at the menu ahead of time. It's not something we'd pay for all the time, but I think it's a solid option for special occasions or the occasional date night. We'll definitely go here again at some point to try other things on the menu.