Bacco's Ristorante

06/13/08

My Fav in Rochester

by stmoore

This is my favorite restaurant in Rochester. Cozy Atmosphere, great service, scrumptious food, good portions. Order the Penne quattro formaggio (even if it not on the menu). It is a great, rich, pasta with shrimp. And if they have it on the menu, order the no-flour chocolate cake for dessert. Have not had a single bad meal and have probably eaten there around 20-30 times. The owner and his wife both go out of there way to be friendly and helpful. Despite prior reviews I have never been rushed out of the restaurant. There are only around 10-15 tables in the entire restaurant so if you were asked to order after several hours of taking up a table, and it offended you, get a life!

• Pros: Great everything
• Cons: parking lot could be a little bigger but then the place would have to move to new location. That always worries me because other old favorites that weren't the same after a move.

05/14/08

If You Want To Be Rushed Out The Door or Filled and Billed Dine Here :(

by MLD2007

We had a bad time at this eatery a few weeks ago. Not only were we rushed through the dining process we noticed the owner at the bar getting drunk as he verbaly abused his staff. UGH, do not dine here if I were you. There are WAY better Italian restaurants in this city...and the Park ave atmosphere on this particular section of Park ave is more of a minus than a plus. Just two buildings down is low income housing...we felt a bit nervous parking our car out on the road too becasue the parking lot was full:(

• Pros: If you are in a hurry you can eat fast
• Cons: rushed service, over-priced wine and appetizers, need of update ambiance

05/10/08

How to have a dinner out ruined!

by Zebraman

We met another couple we had not seen in a few months last night at Bacco's. We had a cocktail and talked. After about 20 min the owner informed us that we had better order NOW as we only could stay at the table for 1 more hour. He was much more concerned about flipping the table that about us as customers. This ruined our dinner, non of the four of us rember what the food was like and none of us will return after such rude treatment from the owner. I guess the resturant would be OK if you like fast food. But you'll get better treatment from McDonalds than at Bacco's. Unless you like to dine "on the clock".