The Back Burner Restaurant

My son wanted to try the back burner restaurant out today. It had been year's since we went last and the food was terrible. Now, under new ownership, all I can say is wow. The food and drinks were delicious and we sat on the back deck enjoying our meal and listening to the delightful sounds of singer, songwriter Carlos Olmeda. We will definitely be back as often as possible, cudos to Cody, Kara and their entire staff.

We went on a Friday night before 6pm and were seated in a reasonable amount of time but it went downhill from there, didn't receive our meals until 7:30 and when it did arrive no Silverware, finally get the waitress attention and we received just forks, have to wait for the waitress again, excuse me but we also would like knifes please. The food was good but the portions were a bit small for the prices that they charge. Being the only game in town they must think they gotcha. All I can say is that we tried them and if something was going on for the service to be this bad they should have let us know, maybe this isn't the norm but I won't be going back anytime soon.

this is my favorite restaurant, when I drive thru lower Maine ... The service is so friendly and helpful, the food is great, so flavorful and fresh, especially the smoked meats like the brisket. I can't even begin to compliment the desserts. U just have to see for yourself. I've been visiting here for the past couple of years and is still consistent every visit. 👍

My boyfriend and I live and town and were very fond of back burner and became pretty regular customers at least once a month. We've been more into take-out recently so our last two visits have been take-out. The 1st one they failed to ring in our food so when we arrived we waited 20 minutes while they started cooking our food. Things happen, we moved on. Fast forward to our most recent order made 4/17/2025. Ordered two dinners, both the exact meals- simple. Was told to come 5 minutes before close. We show up at 7:55pm. We can see our boxes labeled with our name across the bar. Three employees including the bar tender asked if we needed service as we walked in We said "yes, that's my take-out I'd like to pay for it". Unbelievably each employee just walked away without helping. At almost 15 minutes of standing there looking at our take-out boxes, the bartender said "we're busy right now". We then asked for the owner as the manager was just as rude and incompetent as his staff, so, we pointed to the owner sitting at the bar we called him over. The owner handed us our cold food, apologized for the wicked incompetence and pathetic service given from the staff and we were on our way. So unfortunate for a small business to lose loyal in-town customers due to lack of common sense and etiquette they should be providing. 0 stars.

Food was decent but not awesome. We drove 30 minutes to eat there and figure there are better places closer. If in the neighborhood I'd eat there again.

Remarkably fresh! Very good. Uncommonly good. Caprese flat bread was perfect, with sun dried tomatoes and reduced balsamic. Salad ingredients were all fresh.... Seemingly every ingredient was fresh cut. A really good experience. This place is doing something remarkable!

What a Great atmosphere! There was a few people there when we arrived not to busy our server was absolutely amazing ( found out he was the owner) the food and drinks were so good! Definitely will be going back!

Great food, not great service I usually never write reviews, but tonight i felt i had to. We were in the mood for smoked meat and BBQ and from previous experience we decided to come here. The food was delicious and our server started out friendly but then turned around very fast. We arrived around 7 and the restaurant closes at 8! I think we were her only table, but we had an hour before the kitchen was closing and we already kinda knew what we wanted. We ordered an app and two entres. The app came, it was delicious but the server was nowhere to be found to check on us, i was like maybe she's doing sidework or something and didn't think much of it. The entrees came, both delicious as well! We were missing the coleslaw on the briscet dish, but again, the server was nowhere to be found. She never checked how everything was, at all! All of the sudden around 7:45 she was aggressively sweeping the booths behind us 🤷‍♂️. She came few minutes later to ask if we need boxes, but not ask me if i want one more drink even tho the restaurant is open till 8 and there were two people at the bar as well, but she asked my bf if he is done with his half full margarita so she can grab the glass 🤷‍♂️. It was not even 8 when we ordered dessert and she acted like she was offended by that as well! Anyway, we paid our bill and on the way out i think the owner said thanks for choosing us, which i am not sure we will again. I work in the industry as well and have never treated and rushed my tables like that. I get it, it's not summer yet, slow nights still and we all want to go home early. But that doesn't mean you need to rush your tables out if the door when they have't been there even for 40 minutes and the restaurant is still open. We didn't show up 10 minutes before closing, we were there an hour before that! If you want to be in the service industry, you should be able to provide service to your customers, especially when you excpect a tip for that as well(which we still did). Anyway, great food, but the server needs to be friendlier as well.